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Wisconsin Secretary of State - State Elections Board
2008 Wisconsin Congressional and Statewide Races
Presidential Primary Filing Deadline: 1/2/08, Presidential Primary: 2/19/08, Minor Party Filing Deadline: 6/2/08, Primary Filing Deadline: 7/8/08, Independent Filing Deadline: 7/8/08, Presidential Filing Deadline: 9/2/08, Primary: 9/9/8, General Election: 11/4/08,
Last Updated: May 9, 2007 |
| Predictions, Notes, List of State Parties, State Media, |
President, 49.7% in '04 for Kerry, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Democratic, |
U.S. Sen. Barack H. Obama (D-IL) 58.12%,
U.S. Sen. Hillary R. Clinton (D-NY) 40.74%, ex-U.S. Sen. John R. Edwards (D-NC) 0.60%, U.S. Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH) 0.24%, uncommitted 0.08%, U.S. Sen. Joseph R. "Joe" Biden, Jr. (D-DE) 0.07%, Gov. William B. "Bill" Richardson (D-NM) 0.05%, ex-U.S. Sen. Maurice "Mike" Gravel (D-AK) 0.05%, U.S. Sen. Christopher J. "Chris" Dodd (D-CT) 0.04%, |
U.S. Sen. John S. McCain, III (R-AZ) 54.78%,
ex-Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR) 36.94%, U.S. Rep. Ronald E. "Ron" Paul (R-TX) 4.69%, ex-Gov. W. Mitt Romney (R-MA) 1.97%, ex-U.S. Sen. Fred D. Thompson (R-TN) 0.66%, ex-New York City Mayor Rudolph W. "Rudy" Giuliani (R-NY) 0.51%, uncommitted 0.21%, U.S. Rep. Duncan L. Hunter (R-CA) 0.19%, U.S. Rep. Thomas G. "Tom" Tancredo (R-CO) 0.05%, |
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Governor, 52.8% in '06, 2nd term, next election in 2010, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, |
James "Jim" Doyle (D),
Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton (D), |
lobbgyist William J. McCoshen (R), |
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Lt. Governor - Tied with Gov., 52.8% in '06, 2nd term, next election in 2010, might run for Governor
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, |
| Barbara Lawton (D), |
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Attorney General, 50.2% in '06, 1st term, next election in 2010
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Republican, |
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J. B. Van Hollen (R), |
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Secretary of State, 57.1% in '06, next election in 2010
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, |
| Douglas "Doug" LaFollette (D), |
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Treasurer, 47.4% in '06, 1st term, next election in 2010
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, |
| Dawn Marie Sass (D), |
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Superintendent of Schools, next non-partisan election 2009, 62% in '05
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, |
| Elizabeth Burmaster (D), |
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Senator, 55.4% in '04, 3rd term, next election in 2010, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Unrated, |
| Russell D. "Russ" Feingold (D), |
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Senator, 67.4% in '06, 4th term, next election in 2012, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Unrated, |
| Herbert H. "Herb" Kohl (D), |
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1st Congressional District, 62.7% in '06, 5th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
| teacher Paulette Garin (D), '06 candidate / group home manager / ex-actor Don Hall (D), '06 candidate Mike Hebert (D), businessman Steve Herr (D), financial planner Marge Krupp (D), retired surgeon / '04 & '06 nominee Jeffrey Chapman Thomas (D), |
Paul D. Ryan (R), |
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2nd Congressional District, 62.9% 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, |
| Tammy Baldwin (D), |
David Redick (R), |
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3rd Congressional District, 64.8% 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, |
| Ronald James Kind (D), |
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Kevin Barrett (L), |
4th Congressional District, 71.5% in '06, 2nd term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
| Gwendolynne S. Moore (D), |
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5th Congressional District, 62.1% in '06, 15th term, might retire, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
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F. James "Jim" Sensenbrenner, Jr. (R), prof. James C. Burkee (R), |
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6th Congressional District, unopposed in '06, 8th term, might retire, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
| marketing specialist Roger Kittelson (D), |
Thomas E. "Tom" Petri (R),
District Attorney Ken Kratz (R), |
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7th Congressional District, 62.1% in '06, 20th term, might retire, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
| David R. Obey (D), |
farmer Daniel Mielke (R), |
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8th Congressional District, 51.2% in '06, 1st term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Leans Democratic, Cook Political Report: Lean Democratic, Robert Novak: Likely GOP Target, Roll Call's Outlook: Tossup, Rothenberg Political Report: Lean Democratic, NRCC Target, |
| Steven L. "Steve" Kagen (D), |
'06 nominee / ex-St. Rep. John Gard (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. |
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