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Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Office of Secretary of State - Elections Division
2008 Rhode Island Congressional and Statewide Races
Presidential Primary Filing Deadline: 12/7/07, Presidential Primary: 3/4/08, Minor Party Filing Deadline: 5/30/08, Primary Filing Deadline: 6/25/08, Presidential Filing Deadline: 6/25/08, Primary: 9/9/08, Independent Filing Deadline: 9/5/08, General Election 11/4/08,
Last Updated: March 4, 2007 |
| Predictions, Notes, List of State Parties, State Media, |
President, 59.4% in '04 for Kerry, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Democratic, |
U.S. Sen. Hillary R. Clinton (D-NY) 58.45%,
U.S. Sen. Barack H. Obama (D-IL) 40.38%, ex-U.S. Sen. John R. Edwards (D-NC) 0.61%, uncommitted 0.56%, |
U.S. Sen. John S. McCain, III (R-AZ) 64.84%,
ex-Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR) 21.56%, U.S. Rep. Ronald E. "Ron" Paul (R-TX) 6.58%, ex-Gov. W. Mitt Romney (R-MA) 4.39%, uncommitted 2.11%, ex-Amb. Alan L. Keyes (R-MD) 0.43%, Hugh Cort, III (R-AL) 0.09%, |
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Governor, 51.0% in '06, 2nd term, next election in 2010, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Republican, |
| Providence Mayor David Cicilline (D), |
Donald L. "Don" Carcieri (R),
'06 candidate / Mayor Stephen P. Laffey (R), |
Robert J. Healey Jr. (Cool Moose) |
Lt. Governor, 53.1% in '06, 1st term, next election in 2010,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, |
| Elizabeth H. Roberts (D), |
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Attorney General, 59.5% in '06, 2nd term, next election in 2010,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, |
| Patrick C. Lynch (D), |
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Secretary of State, 53.6% in '06, 2nd term, next election in 2010,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, |
| A. Ralph Mollis (D), |
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General Treasurer, 73.3% in '06, 1st term, next election in 2010
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, |
| Frank T. Caprio (D), |
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Senator 78.4% in '02, 2nd term, next election in 2008, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Cook Political Report: Solid Democrat, National Journal's Rankings: Least Likely to Switch Parties, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, Rothenberg Political Report: Safe Democrat, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Solid Democratic, |
| John F. "Jack" Reed (D), |
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Senator 53.5% in '06, 1st term, next election in 2010, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Unrated, |
| Sheldon Whitehouse (D), |
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1st Congressional District, 69.2% in '06, 7th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
| Patrick J. Kennedy (D), |
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2nd Congressional District, 72.7% in '06, 4th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
| James R. Langevin (D), |
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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 Rhode Island Political Parties:
4. Rhode Island Media Links:
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