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New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety - Division of Elections
2008 New Jersey Congressional Primary Results
Presidential Primary Filing Deadline: 12/10/07, Presidential Primary: 2/5/08, Primary Filing Deadline: 4/7/08, Primary: 6/3/08, Independent Filing Deadline: 6/3/08, Presidential Filing Deadline: 7/28/08, General Election 11/4/08,
Last Updated: June 4, 2008 |
| Predictions, Notes, List of State Parties, |
President, 52.9% in '04 for Kerry, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Democratic, |
U.S. Sen. Hillary R. Clinton (D-NY) 53.91%,
U.S. Sen. Barack H. Obama (D-IL) 43.96%, ex-U.S. Sen. John R. Edwards (D-NC) 1.27%, U.S. Sen. Joseph R. "Joe" Biden, Jr. (D-DE) 0.34%, Gov. William B. "Bill" Richardson (D-NM) 0.28%, U.S. Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH) 0.25%, |
U.S. Sen. John S. McCain, III (R-AZ) 55.45%,
ex-Gov. W. Mitt Romney (R-MA) 28.4%, ex-Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR) 8.18%, U.S. Rep. Ronald E. "Ron" Paul (R-TX) 4.82%, ex-New York City Mayor Rudolph W. "Rudy" Giuliani (R-NY) 2.59%, ex-U.S. Sen. Fred D. Thompson (R-TN) 0.56%, |
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Senator, 53.9% in '02, 1st term / 4th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Democrat Favored, Cook Political Report: Solid Democrat, Robert Novak: Likely Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, Rothenberg Political Report: Safe Democrat, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Solid Democratic, |
Frank R. Lautenberg (D) 59.1%,
U.S. Rep. Robert E. Andrews (D) 35.2%, Mayor Donald Cresitello (D) 5.7%, |
ex-U.S. Rep. Richard A. "Dick" Zimmer (R) 45.7%,
dentist / St. Sen. Joseph Pennacchio (R) 40.5%, '97 Libertarian Gov. nominee / '00 candidate prof. Murray Sabrin (R) 13.9%, |
Jason Scheurer (L), |
| Sara J. Lobman (SW), |
| Jeffrey Boss (Ind), |
| '00 & '06 candidate J. M. Carter (I), |
| Daryl Mikell Brooks (I), |
1st Congressional District, unopposed in '06, 9th term, Robert E. Andrews (D) running for Senate, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Robert Novak: Likely Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
law school dean / congressional wife Camille S. Andrews (D) 83.2%,
John Caramanna (D) 11.1%, prof. / USAF vet. A.S. Mahdi Ibn-Ziyad (D) 5.7%, Bishop David G. Evans (D) withdrew, |
minister Dale M. Glading (R) 82.2%,
Fernando Powers (R) 17.8%, |
Matthew Thieke (G), |
| Alvin Lindsay Jr. (I), |
| Everitt M. Williams III (I), |
| Margaret M. Chapman (I), |
2nd Congressional District, 61.8% in '06, 7th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
| city councilman David Kurkowski (D), |
Frank A. LoBiondo (R) 88.8%,
Donna M. Ward (R) 11.2%, |
Jason M. Grover (G), |
| '01 Governor nominee / '00 & '02 & '04 nominee / painter Costantino "Tino" Rozzo (S), |
| Peter F. Boyce (C), |
| Gary Stein (I), |
| '06 candidate Thomas Fanslau (I), |
3rd Congressional District, 58.5% in '06, Hugh J. "Jim" Saxton (R) retiring after 12th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Leans Republican, Cook Political Report: Toss Up, Robert Novak: Leans Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Tossup, Rothenberg Political Report: Toss Up / Tilt Democratic, DCCC target, |
| '90 nominee / St. Sen. John H. Adler (D), |
Medford Township Deputy Mayor / exec. Christopher Myers (R) 49.0%,
Freeholder John P. "Jack" Kelly (R) 25.7%, ex-Tabernacle Twp. Committeeman Justin Michael Murphy (R) 25.3%, |
'98 & '00 congressional nominee / '06 Senate nominee marijuana legalization activist R. Edward Forchion (M), |
4th Congressional District, 65.7% in '06, 14th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
| Prof. / author Joshua M. Zeitz (D), |
Christopher H. Smith (R), |
Steven Welzer (G), |
5th Congressional District, 55.1% in '06, 3rd term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Likely Democratic, |
Rabbi / psychologist Dennis Shulman (D) 61.4%,
'06 candidate / civil rights attorney Camille M. Abate (D) 31.7%, '94 Libertarian candidate / businessman Roger Bacon (D) 6.9%, |
E. Scott Garrett (R), |
Ed Fanning (G), |
6th Congressional District, 68.5% in '06, 11th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
| Frank E. Pallone, Jr. (D), |
Robert E. McLeod (R) 55.1%,
Peter Cerrato (R) 29.0%, software engineer James P. Hogan (R) 15.8%, |
'06 candidate Herbert L. Tarbous (I), |
7th Congressional District, 49.5% in '06, Michael A. "Mike" Ferguson (R) retiring after 4th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: No Clear Favorite, Cook Political Report: Toss Up, Robert Novak: Leaning Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Tossup, Rothenberg Political Report: Pure Toss-Up, DCCC target, |
| '06 nominee / St. AM Linda Stender (D), |
St. Sen. Leonard Lance (R) 39.7%,
public relations consultant Kate Whitman (R) 19.8%, ex-Councilwoman P. Kelly Hatfield (R) 15.1%, Scotch Plains Mayor Martin L. "Marty" Marks (R) 12.5%, attorney Tom Roughneen (R) 7.2%, Darren Young (R) 4.8%, prof. A.D. Amar (R) 0.9%, |
George DeCarlo (G), |
| Dean Greco (I), |
| '02 & '06 candidate / anti-war activist / marketing director Thomas D. "Tom" Abrams (I), |
| Michael P. Hsing (I), |
8th Congressional District, 70.9% 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 J. "Bill" Pascrell Jr. (D), |
Navy vet. / contractor Roland "Rollie" Straten (R), |
Derek DeMarco (L), |
9th Congressional District, 71.2% 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, |
| Steven R. Rothman (D), |
'06 nominee / Iraqi War veteran Vincent "Vince" Micco (R), |
'97 governor candidate / '98 & '00 candidate bar owner Michael Perrone Jr. (Pr), |
10th Congressional District, unopposed in '06, 10th term, might retire, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
| Donald M. Payne (D), |
No Republicn |
Michael Taber (SW), |
11th Congressional District, 62.1% in '06, 7th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
'06 nominee / project manager Tom Wyka (D) 69.7%,
attorney Ellen Greenberg (D) 15.7%, retired banker Gary C. "Harry" Hager (D) withdrew but got 14.6%, |
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen (R) 86.7%,
Kate Erber (R) 13.3%, |
Chandler Tedholm (I), |
12th Congressional District, 65.4% 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, |
| Rush Dew Holt (D), |
deputy mayor Alan R. Bateman (R), |
David Corsi (I), |
13th Congressional District, 76.4% in '06, 1st term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
| Albio Sires (D), |
Joseph Turula (R), |
Louis Vernotico (I), |
Julio A. Fernandez (I), |
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 New Jersey Political Parties:
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