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North Dakota Secretary of State - Elections Division
2008 North Dakota Congressional and Statewide Races
Presidential Caucus: 2/5/08, Nominating Convention: 4/11/08, Primary Filing Deadline: 4/11/08, Write-in Deadline: 5/20/08, Primary: 6/10/08, Independent Filing Deadline: 9/5/08, Write-in Deadline: 10/14/08, General Election: 11/4/08,
Last Updated: April 7, 2008 |
| Predictions, Notes, List of State Parties, State Media, |
President, 62.9% in '04 for Bush, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Republican, |
U.S. Sen. Barack H. Obama (D-IL) 61.15%,
U.S. Sen. Hillary R. Clinton (D-NY) 36.55%, ex-U.S. Sen. John R. Edwards (D-NC) 1.49%, U.S. Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH) 0.38%, other 0.28%, ex-U.S. Sen. Maurice "Mike" Gravel (D-AK) 0.16%, |
ex-Gov. W. Mitt Romney (R-MA) 35.67%,
U.S. Sen. John S. McCain, III (R-AZ) 22.73%, U.S. Rep. Ronald E. "Ron" Paul (R-TX) 21.28%, ex-Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR) 19.9%, ex-Amb. Alan L. Keyes (R-MD) 0.42%, |
Libertarian nominee |
| '04 VP nominee / Minister Chuck Baldwin (C-FL), |
Governor, 71.3% in '04, 2nd term, next election in 2008, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Cook Political Report: Solid Republican, Louis Jacobson's Rundown: Safe, Rothenberg Political Report: Safe Republican, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Solid Republican, |
| St. Sen. Tim Mathern (D), |
John Hoeven (R),
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Lt. Governor, 71.3% in '04, 2nd term, next election in 2008,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, |
| St. Rep. Merle Boucher (D), |
Jack Dalrymple (R), |
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Attorney General, 68.9% in '06, 3rd term, next election in 2008,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, |
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Wayne Stenehjem (R), |
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Secretary of State, 53.9% in '08, 3rd term, next election in 2008
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, |
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Alvin A. "Al" Jaeger (R), |
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Treasurer, 56.3% in '04, 1st term, next election in 2008
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republicanic, |
| ex-magazine editor / teacher / building contractor Mitch Vance (D), |
Kelly Schmidt (R), |
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Auditor, 64.3% in '04, next election in 2008
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, |
| auditor Daryl Splichal (D), |
Robert R. "Bob" Peterson (R), |
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Agriculture Commissioner, 55.8% in '06, next election in 2008
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Democratic, |
| Roger Johnson (DNL), |
Jim Lee (R), |
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Insurance Commissioner, 64.4% in '04, Jim Poolman (R) resigned during 2nd term, next election in 2008
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, |
| St. Rep. Jasper Schneider (D), |
Adam Hamm (R), |
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Tax Commissioner, 53.1% in '06, next election in 2008,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, |
| ex-St. Sen. / '00 Lt. Gov. nominee Aaron Krauter (D), ex-St. Sen. / ex-Willston City Comm'r. Jim Yockim (D), state's attorney Birch Burdick (D), '04 nominee Steve Tomac (D), |
Cory Fong (R), |
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School Superintendant, 61.6% in '04, non-partisan election, next election in 2006
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, |
| Wayne G. Sanstead (DNL), '04 candidate / ex-state teachers union president Max Laird (DNL),
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| Public Service Commissioner, 63.7% in '02, Susan Wefald (R) retiring?, next election in 2008, |
| attorney Cheryl Bergian (D), |
Brian Kalk (R), |
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| Public Service Commissioner, 65.5% in '04, 2nd term, next election in 2010 |
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Kevin J. Cramer (R), |
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| Public Service Commissioner, 52.3% in '06, next election in 2012 |
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Tony Clark (R), |
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Senator, 68.3% in 04, 3rd term, next election in 2010, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Unrated, |
| Byron L. Dorgan (DNL), |
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Senator, 68.8% in '06, 4th term, next election in 2012,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Unrated, |
| Kent Conrad (DNL), |
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At Large Congressional District, 65.7% in '06, 8th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
| Earl Pomeroy (DNL), |
industrial engineer / '00 Senate nominee / '04 nominee / Duane Sand (R), |
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1. Link to Predictions:
2. D.C.'s Political Report's stars indicate the rating of the race from 1 star to 5 stars depending on its entertainment value.
The color indicates D.C.'s Political Report's prediction of the winning party.
| = Democrat retain control, |
 = Democrats take over control, |
| = Republican retain control, |
 = Republicans take over control, |
 = Independent / 3rd Party retains control, |
 = Independent / 3rd Party take over control |
| Bold indicates incumbent. |
Yellow district indicates open races. |
| Light Blue boxes indicates Democrats maintained control. |
Light Red boxes indicates Republicans maintained control. |
| Blue boxes indicates Democrats took control. |
Red boxes indicates Republicans took control. |
3. Key to North Dakota Political Parties:
4. North Dakota Media Links:
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