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Virginia State Board of Elections
2008 Virginia Congressional Races
Presidential Primary Filing Deadline: 12/14/07, Presidential Primary: 2/12/08, Primary Filing Deadline: 4/11/08, GOP Convention: 5/29/08, Primary: 6/10/08, Independent Filing Deadline: 6/10/08, Presidential Filing Deadline: 8/22/08, General Election: 11/4/08,
Last Updated: April 21, 2008 |
| Predictions, Notes, List of State Parties, State Media, |
President, 53.7% in '04 for Bush, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Republican, |
U.S. Sen. Barack H. Obama (D-IL) 63.66,
U.S. Sen. Hillary R. Clinton (D-NY) 35.46, ex-U.S. Sen. John R. Edwards (D-NC) 0.52%, U.S. Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH) 0.16%, Gov. William B. "Bill" Richardson (D-NM) 0.10%, U.S. Sen. Joseph R. "Joe" Biden, Jr. (D-DE) 0.08%, |
U.S. Sen. John S. McCain, III (R-AZ) 50.04%,
ex-Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR) 40.67%, U.S. Rep. Ronald E. "Ron" Paul (R-TX) 4.49%, ex-Gov. W. Mitt Romney (R-MA) 3.67%, ex-U.S. Sen. Fred D. Thompson (R-TN) 0.69%, ex-New York City Mayor Rudolph W. "Rudy" Giuliani (R-NY) 0.41%, |
Jared A. Ball (G), |
Governor, 51.7% in '05, barred from 2nd term, next election in 2009, Timothy M. Kaine (D) barred from 2nd term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Democratic, |
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'97 nominee / ex-Lt. Gov. / businessman Donald S. "Don" Beyer, Jr. (D)?,
U.S. Rep. Frederick C. "Rick" Boucher (D)?,
St. Del. Brian J. Moran (D),
'05 Att. Gen. nominee St. Sen. R. Creigh Deeds (D),
'05 Lt. Gov. nominee ex-U.S. Rep. Lewis F. "L.F." Payne (D)?,
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Att. Gen. Robert F. "Bob" McDonnell (R), |
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Lt. Governor, 50.5% in '05, next election in 2009,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, |
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William "Bill" Bolling (R), |
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Attorney General, 49.96% in '05, next election in 2009,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, |
| '05 nominee St. Sen. R. Creigh Deeds (D), |
Robert F. "Bob" McDonnell (R), |
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Senator, 82.6% in '02, John W. Warner (R) retiring after 5th term, next election in 2008, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Democrat, Chris Cillizza: Most Likely Seats to Switch Party, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Democrat Favored, Cook Political Report: Likely Democrat, National Journal's Rankings: Most Likely to Switch Parties, Robert Novak: Likely Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Leans Democratic, Rothenberg Political Report: Likley Democratic, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Leans Democratic, |
| ex-Gov. Mark R. Warner (D), |
ex-Gov. James S. "Jim" Gilmore III (R), St. Del. Robert G. "Bob" Marshall (R), Robert D. "Bob" Berry (R), |
G. Gail Parker (IG), |
| realtor / itinerant preacher Ishah L. Wright (I), |
Senator, 49.6% in '06, 1st term, next election in 2012, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Unrated, |
| James H. Webb Jr. (D), |
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1st Congressional District, 60.72% in '07, 1st term Jo Ann S. Davis (R) died 10/6/07, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Robert Novak: Leans Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Likely Republican, |
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Robert J. "Rob" Wittman (R), |
'07 candidate / grant writer Lucky R. Narain (I)?, |
2nd Congressional District, 51.3% in '06, 2nd term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Republican Favored, Cook Political Report: Likely Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Likely Republican, Rothenberg Political Report: Safe Republican, |
| U.S. A.I.D. employee Glenn C. Nye III (D), |
Thelma D. Drake (R), |
minister Gordon Klingenschmitt (IG)?, |
3rd Congressional District, 96.1% 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, |
| Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D), |
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attorney William Grogan (I), |
4th Congressional District, 76.1% in '06, 4th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
| computer instructor Andrea Miller (D), |
J. Randy Forbes (R), |
retired Col. Albert Burckard (IG), |
5th Congressional District, 59.1% in '06, 6th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
| Catholic relief worker Tom Perriello (D), |
Virgil H. Goode, Jr. (R), |
farmer / contractor Sherman Wichter (IG), |
6th Congressional District, 75.1% in '06, 8th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
| businessman Sam Rasoul (D), |
Robert W. "Bob" Goodlatte (R), |
prof. Jeffrey Pierson (IG), |
7th Congressional District, 63.9% in '06, 4th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
| realtor Anita Hartke (D), |
Eric I. Cantor (R), |
minister Will Griffith (I), |
| retired policeman Brian Taylor (IG), |
8th Congressional District, 66.4% in '06, 9th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
James P. "Jim" Moran Jr. (D),
attorney Matthew T. "Matt" Famiglietti (D), |
Mark W. Ellmore (R), businessman Amit Kumar Singh (R), |
Ron Fisher (IG), |
Jim Hurysz (I), |
ex-congressional aide Dianne Mary Kelly (I), |
9th Congressional District, 67.8% in '06, 13th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
| Frederick C. "Rick" Boucher (D), |
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realtor Tom Williams (IG), |
10th Congressional District, 57.3% in '06, 14th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Likely Republican, |
| '06 nominee / prof. Judy M. Feder (D), retired Air Force Col. Michael R. "Mike" Turner (D), |
Frank R. Wolf (R), foreign gov't advisor Vern P. McKinley (R), |
computer consultant Neeraj Nigam (I), |
11th Congressional District, 55.5% in '06, Thomas M. "Tom" Davis, III (R) retiring after 7th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Cook Political Report: Solid Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Leans Republican, Rothenberg Political Report: Lean Democratic, |
| '05 Lt. Gov. nominee ex-U.S. Rep. Leslie L. Byrne (D), Co. Chair Gerald E. "Gerry" Connolly (D), naval aviator Douglas J. "Doug" Denneny (D), Lori P. Alexander (D), |
custom inspector Keith S. Fimian (R), |
realtor David Gillis, Jr. (IG), |
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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