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Nebraska Secretary of State - Election Administration
2008 Nebraska Congressional and Statewide Results
Democratic Presidential Caucus: 2/9/08, Filing Deadline for incumbents: 2/15/08, Primary Filing Deadline: 3/3/08, President Primary Filing Deadline: 3/13/08, Primary Write-in Deadline: 5/2/08, Primary: 5/13/08, Republican Presidential Primary: 5/13/08, New Party Filing Deadline: 8/1/08, Third Party / Independent Filing Deadline: 9/2/08, Write-in Deadline: 10/24/08, General Election: 11/4/08,
Last Updated: December 9, 2008 |
| Predictions, Notes, List of State Parties, |
President, 65.9% in '04 for Bush, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  McCain, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe McCain, Cook Political Report: Solid McCain, Rothenberg Political Report: Safe / Likely McCain, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Solid McCain, |
| U.S. Sen. Barack H. Obama (D-IL) 41.6%, |
U.S. Sen. John S. McCain, III (R-AZ) 56.5%, |
consumer activist Ralph Nader (I-CT) 0.7%, |
| Minister Charles O. "Chuck" Baldwin (Ne-FL) 0.4%, |
| ex-U.S. Rep. Robert L. "Bob" Barr (L-GA) 0.3%, |
| ex-U.S. Rep. Cynthia A. McKinney (G-GA) 0.1%, |
| write in votes 0.4%, |
Senator, 82.8% in '02, Charles T. "Chuck" Hagel (R) retiring after 2nd term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Republican Favored, Cook Political Report: Likely Republican, National Journal's Rankings: 8th Most Likely to Switch Parties, Robert Novak: Likely Republican, Rothenberg Political Report: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Solid Republican, |
| '06 congressional nominee Scott Kleeb (D) 40.0%, |
U.S. Ag. Sec. / ex-Gov. Mike Johanns (R) 57.5%, |
'06 Auditor nominee Kelly R. Rosberg (C) 1.4%, |
| '04 Congressional nominee / '06 Auditor nominee Natural Resource Board member Steve R. Larrick (G) 1.0%, |
| Jim Weis (L/WI), |
1st Congressional District, 58.3% in '06, 2nd term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
| vet. Max Yashirin (D) 29.6%, |
Jeff Fortenberry (R) 70.4%, |
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2nd Congressional District, 54.7% in '06, 5th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Leans Republican, Cook Political Report: Lean Republican, Rothenberg Political Report: Republican Favored, Roll Call's Outlook: Leans Republican, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Leans Republican, |
| '06 nominee / ex-Chamber of Commerce dir. Jim Esch (D) 48.1%, |
Lee Terry (R) 51.9%, |
Ward Parker (L/WI), |
3rd Congressional District, 54.7% in '06, 1st term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
| '02 & '06 Sec. of St. nominee Jay C. Stoddard (D) 23.1%, |
Adrian M. Smith (R) 76.9%, |
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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. |
3. Key to Nebraska Political Parties:
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