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2008 Massachusetts Congressional and Statewide Primary Results
3rd Party Filing Deadline: 2/1/08, Presidential Primary: 2/5/08, Primary Filing Deadline: 6/3/08, Independent Filing Deadline: 8/26/08, Primary: 9/16/08, General Election 11/4/08,
Last Updated: June 6, 2008
Predictions, Notes, List of State Parties,
President, 61.9% in '04 for Kerry, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic,
U.S. Sen. Hillary R. Clinton (D-NY) 56.16%,
U.S. Sen. Barack H. Obama (D-IL) 40.80%, ex-U.S. Sen. John R. Edwards (D-NC) 1.59%, no preference 0.62%, U.S. Sen. Joseph R. "Joe" Biden, Jr. (D-DE) 0.29%, U.S. Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH) 0.24%, ex-U.S. Sen. Maurice "Mike" Gravel (D-AK) 0.15%, Gov. William B. "Bill" Richardson (D-NM) 0.09%, U.S. Sen. Christopher J. "Chris" Dodd (D-CT) 0.07%,
ex-Gov. W. Mitt Romney (R-MA) 51.3%,
U.S. Sen. John S. McCain, III (R-AZ) 41.01%, ex-Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR) 3.85%, U.S. Rep. Ronald E. "Ron" Paul (R-TX) 2.66%, ex-New York City Mayor Rudolph W. "Rudy" Giuliani (R-NY) 0.53%, no preference 0.38%, ex-U.S. Sen. Fred D. Thompson (R-TN) 0.19%, U.S. Rep. Duncan L. Hunter (R-CA) 0.05%, U.S. Rep. Thomas G. "Tom" Tancredo (R-CO) 0.03%,
Ralph Nader (I) 38.3%,
ex-U.S. Rep. Cynthia A. McKinney (G-GA) 24.4%, activist Kat Swift (G-TX) 3.1%, Jared Arlen Ball (G-MD) 2.2%, Kent Philip Mesplay (G-CA) 2.0%, Elaine Brown (G-GA) withdrew 1.96%, no preference 10.0%, write in votes 14.1%, blank votes 4.0%,
Senator, 80.0% in '02, 3rd term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Cook Political Report: Solid Democrat, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, Rothenberg Political Report: Safe Democrat, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Solid Democratic,
John F. Kerry (D) 68.9%,
ex-Gloucester councilor Edward O'Reilly (D) 31.1%,
'06 congressional nominee / ex-Army Delta Force officer / ex-FBI agent / businessman Jeff Beatty (R), Robert J. Underwood (L),
William Estrada (SW),
1st Congressional District, 76.2% 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,
John W. Olver (D),
Atttorney Robert Feuer (D),
Nathan Bech (R),
2nd Congressional District, unopposed in '06, 10th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic,
Richard E. Neal (D), No Republican
3rd Congressional District, unopposed 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,
John W. Olver (D) 79.3%,
Atttorney Robert A. Feuer (D) 20.7,
No Republican
4th Congressional District, unopposed in '06, 14th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic,
Barney Frank (D), Earl H. Sholley (R),
5th Congressional District, 51.3% in '07, 1st term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democrat, Roll Call's Outlook: Likely Democratic,
Nicola S. "Niki" Tsongas (D), No Republican
6th Congressional District, 70.0% 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,
John F. Tierney (D), inventor Richard A. Baker, Jr. (R),
7th Congressional District, unopposed in '06, 16th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic,
Edward J. "Ed" Markey (D), John Cunningham (R),
8th Congressional District, 91.0% 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,
Michael E. Capuano (D), No Republican
9th Congressional District, 78.3% 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,
Stephen F. Lynch (D), No Republican
10th Congressional District, 64.7% 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,
William D. Delahunt (D), No Republican

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 Massachusetts Political Parties:
(D) = Democratic Party
(G) = Green-Rainbow Party
(I) = independent candidates
(L) = Libertarian Party
(R) = Republican Party
(SW) = Socialist Workers Party


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