Indiana Secretary of State - Elections Division

2008 Indiana Special Congressional Election Results Democratic Caucus: 1/12/08, Republican Caucus: 1/13/08, Independent Filing Deadline: 1/22/08, Special Election: 3/11/08, Last Updated: March 11, 2008
Predictions, Notes, List of State Parties,
7th Congressional District, 53.7% in '06, Julia M. Carson (D), retiring after 6th term, died on 12/14/07, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Leans Democratic, Cook Political Report: Likely Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Likely Democratic, DCCC target,
André D. Carson (D) 54.06%,	St. Rep. Jon Elrod (R) 43.07%,	Sean Shepard (L) 2.87%,

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, National Journal's Rankings, Roll Call's Outlook, Rothenberg Political Report, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball,

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 Indiana Political Parties:

(D) = Democratic Party

(L) = Libertarian Party (R) = Republican Party