Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth - Elections Division

2007 Massachusetts Special Congressional Primary Results Special Primary Filing Deadline: 7/17/07, Independent Filing Deadline: 8/21/07, Special Election Primary: 9/4/07, Party Nomination Deadline: 9/4/07, Special Election: 10/16/07, Last Updated: September 4, 2007
Predictions, Notes, List of State Parties,
5th Congressional District, unopposed in '06, 8th term, Martin T. Meehan (D) resigned, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Leans Democratic,
Nicola S. "Niki" Tsongas (D) 51.3%,	Air Force Lieutenant James "Jim" Ogonowski (R) 45.1%,	bricklayer Patrick Murphy (I) 2.0%,
		businessman Kurt Hayes (I) 1.1%,
		pastor Kevin Thompson (C) 0.5%,

1. Link to Predictions:

D.C.'s Political Report, Washington Post's Chris Cillizza, Campaign & Elections: Political Oddsmaker, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard, Cook Political Report, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball, Roll Call Analysis, National Journal's Chuck Todd, Rothenberg Political Report,

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 Massachusetts Political Parties:

(C) = Constitution Party (D) = Democratic Party (I) = independent candidates

(R) = Republican Party (WI) = Write-in candidates