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New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety - Division of Elections
2008 New Jersey Congressional
2009 New Jersey Gubernatorial
Presidential Primary Filing Deadline: 12/10/07, Presidential Primary: 2/5/08, Primary Filing Deadline: 4/7/08, Primary: 6/3/08, Independent Filing Deadline: 6/3/08, Presidential Filing Deadline: 7/28/08, General Election 11/4/08,
Last Updated: April 24, 2008 |
| Predictions, Notes, List of State Parties, State Media, |
President, 52.9% in '04 for Kerry, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Democratic, |
U.S. Sen. Hillary R. Clinton (D-NY) 53.91%,
U.S. Sen. Barack H. Obama (D-IL) 43.96%, ex-U.S. Sen. John R. Edwards (D-NC) 1.27%, U.S. Sen. Joseph R. "Joe" Biden, Jr. (D-DE) 0.34%, Gov. William B. "Bill" Richardson (D-NM) 0.28%, U.S. Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH) 0.25%, |
U.S. Sen. John S. McCain, III (R-AZ) 55.45%,
ex-Gov. W. Mitt Romney (R-MA) 28.4%, ex-Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR) 8.18%, U.S. Rep. Ronald E. "Ron" Paul (R-TX) 4.82%, ex-New York City Mayor Rudolph W. "Rudy" Giuliani (R-NY) 2.59%, ex-U.S. Sen. Fred D. Thompson (R-TN) 0.56%, |
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Governor, 52.65% in '05, next election in 2009, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, |
| Jon S. Corzine (D), |
U.S. Att. Chris Christie (R), '05 Gov. candidate / Bogota Mayor Steve Lonegan (R), '05 Gov. candidate / Morris Co. Freeholder John Murphy (R), |
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Senator, 53.9% in '02, 1st term / 4th term, next election in 2008, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Democrat Favored, Cook Political Report: Solid Democrat, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, Rothenberg Political Report: Safe Democrat, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Solid Democratic, |
Frank R. Lautenberg (D),
U.S. Rep. Robert E. Andrews (D), Mayor Donald Cresitello (D), |
dentist / St. Sen. Joseph Pennacchio (R), '97 Libertarian Gov. nominee / '00 candidate prof. Murray Sabrin (R), ex-U.S. Rep. Richard "Dick" Zimmer (R), |
'06 candidate Anthony B. Fisher (I), |
Sara Lobman (SW), |
Senator, 51.2% in '06, 1st term, next election in 2012, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Unrated, |
| Robert "Bob" Menendez (D), |
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1st Congressional District, unopposed in '06, 9th term, Robert E. Andrews (D) running for Senate, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
| law school dean / congressional wife Camille S. Andrews (D), John Caramanna (D), prof. / USAF vet. A.S. Mahdi Ibn-Ziyad (D), |
minister Dale M. Glading (R), Fernando Powers (R), |
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2nd Congressional District, 61.8% in '06, 7th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
| city councilman David Kurkowski (D), |
Frank A. LoBiondo (R),
Donna M. Ward (R), |
'06 candidate Thomas Fanslau (I), |
3rd Congressional District, 58.5% in '06, Hugh J. "Jim" Saxton (R) retiring after 12th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Leans Republican, Cook Political Report: Toss Up, Robert Novak: Leans Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Tossup, Rothenberg Political Report: Toss Up / Tilt Democratic, DCCC target, |
| '90 nominee / St. Sen. John H. Adler (D), |
Freeholder John P. "Jack" Kelly (R), ex-Tabernacle Twp. Committeeman Justin Michael Murphy (R), Medford Township Deputy Mayor / exec. Christopher Myers (R), |
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4th Congressional District, 65.7% in '06, 14th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
| Prof. / author Joshua M. Zeitz (D), |
Christopher H. Smith (R), |
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5th Congressional District, 55.1% in '06, 3rd term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Likely Democratic, |
| '06 candidate / civil rights attorney Camille M. Abate (D), '94 Libertarian candidate / businessman Roger Bacon (D), Rabbi / psychologist Dennis Shulman (D), |
E. Scott Garrett (R), |
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6th Congressional District, 68.5% in '06, 11th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
| Frank E. Pallone, Jr. (D), |
Peter Cerrato (R), software engineer James P. Hogan (R), Robert E. McLeod (R), |
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7th Congressional District, 49.5% in '06, Michael A. "Mike" Ferguson (R) retiring after 4th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Leans Republican, Cook Political Report: Toss Up, Robert Novak: Likely Democratic Target, Roll Call's Outlook: Tossup, Rothenberg Political Report: Pure Toss-Up, DCCC target, |
| '06 nominee / St. AM Linda Stender (D), |
prof. A.D. Amar (R), ex-Councilwoman P. Kelly Hatfield (R), St. Sen. Leonard Lance (R), Scotch Plains Mayor Martin L. "Marty" Marks (R), attorney Tom Roughneen (R), public relations consultant Kate Whitman (R), Darren Young (R), |
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8th Congressional District, 70.9% in '06, 6th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
| William J. "Bill" Pascrell Jr. (D), |
Navy vet. / contractor Roland "Rollie" Straten (R), |
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9th Congressional District, 71.2% in '06, 6th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
| Steven R. Rothman (D), |
'06 nominee / Iraqi War veteran Vincent "Vince" Micco (R), |
'06 candidate Michael Jarvis (I)?, |
10th Congressional District, unopposed in '06, 10th term, might retire, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
| Donald M. Payne (D), |
No Republicn |
Dean Debrosse (SW)?, |
11th Congressional District, 62.1% in '06, 7th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
| attorney Ellen Greenberg (D), retired banker Gary C. "Harry" Hager (D), '06 nominee / project manager Tom Wyka (D), |
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen (R), Kate Erber (R), |
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12th Congressional District, 65.4% in '06, 5th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
| Rush Dew Holt (D), |
deputy mayor Alan R. Bateman (R), |
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13th Congressional District, 76.4% in '06, 1st term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
| Albio Sires (D), |
Joseph Turula (R), |
Michael Taber (SW), |
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. |
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