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Virginia State Board of Elections
2008 Virginia Congressional and Presidential Primary Results
Presidential Primary Filing Deadline: 12/14/07, Presidential Primary: 2/12/08, Primary Filing Deadline: 4/11/08, GOP Convention: 5/30-31/08, Primary: 6/10/08, Independent Filing Deadline: 6/10/08, Presidential Filing Deadline: 8/22/08, General Election: 11/4/08,
Last Updated: June 9, 2008 |
| Predictions, Notes, List of State Parties, |
President, 53.7% in '04 for Bush, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:     Republican, |
U.S. Sen. Barack H. Obama (D-IL) 63.66, U.S. Sen. Hillary R. Clinton (D-NY) 35.46, ex-U.S. Sen. John R. Edwards (D-NC) 0.52%, U.S. Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH) 0.16%, Gov. William B. "Bill" Richardson (D-NM) 0.10%, U.S. Sen. Joseph R. "Joe" Biden, Jr. (D-DE) 0.08%, |
U.S. Sen. John S. McCain, III (R-AZ) 50.04%, ex-Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR) 40.67%, U.S. Rep. Ronald E. "Ron" Paul (R-TX) 4.49%, ex-Gov. W. Mitt Romney (R-MA) 3.67%, ex-U.S. Sen. Fred D. Thompson (R-TN) 0.69%, ex-New York City Mayor Rudolph W. "Rudy" Giuliani (R-NY) 0.41%, |
Jared A. Ball (G), |
Senator, 82.6% in '02, John W. Warner (R) retiring after 5th term, next election in 2008, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:     Democrat, Chris Cillizza: Most Likely Seats to Switch Party, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Democrat Favored, Cook Political Report: Likely Democrat, National Journal's Rankings: Most Likely to Switch Parties, Robert Novak: Likely Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Leans Democratic, Rothenberg Political Report: Likley Democratic, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Leans Democratic, |
| ex-Gov. Mark R. Warner (D), |
ex-Gov. James S. "Jim" Gilmore III (R) 50.3%, St. Del. Robert G. "Bob" Marshall (R) 49.7%, Robert D. "Bob" Berry (R), |
Glenda Gail Parker (IG), |
| '02 congressional candidate / realtor / itinerant preacher Ishah L. Wright (I)?, |
1st Congressional District, 60.72% in '07, 1st term Jo Ann S. Davis (R) died 10/6/07, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Robert Novak: Leans Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Likely Republican, |
| physician Kith B. Hummel (D), |
Robert J. "Rob" Wittman (R), |
Nathan D. Larson (L), |
2nd Congressional District, 51.3% in '06, 2nd term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Republican Favored, Cook Political Report: Likely Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Likely Republican, Rothenberg Political Report: Safe Republican, |
| U.S. A.I.D. employee Glenn C. Nye III (D), |
Thelma D. Drake (R), |
minister / Navy Chaplain Gordon Klingenschmitt (I)?, |
3rd Congressional District, 96.1% in '06, 8th term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
| Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D), |
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attorney William Grogan (I)?, |
4th Congressional District, 76.1% in '06, 4th term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
| computer instructor Andrea Miller (D), |
J. Randy Forbes (R), |
'06 nominee / retired Col. Albert P. Burckard, Jr. (IG)?, |
5th Congressional District, 59.1% in '06, 6th term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
| Catholic relief worker Tom Perriello (D), |
Virgil H. Goode, Jr. (R), |
farmer / contractor Sherman Wichter (IG)?, |
6th Congressional District, 75.1% in '06, 8th term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
| businessman Sam Rasoul (D), |
Robert W. "Bob" Goodlatte (R), |
Janice Lee Allen (I), |
prof. Jeffrey Pierson (IG)?, |
7th Congressional District, 63.9% in '06, 4th term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
| realtor Anita Hartke (D), |
Eric I. Cantor (R), |
minister Will Griffith (I)?, |
| '06 nominee Brad Blanton (IG)?, |
8th Congressional District, 66.4% 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, |
James P. "Jim" Moran Jr. (D), 86.6% attorney Matthew T. "Matt" Famiglietti (D) 13.4%, |
Mark W. Ellmore (R) 56.1%, businessman Amit Kumar Singh (R) 43.9%, |
Ron Fisher (IG), |
Jim Hurysz (I)?, |
ex-congressional aide Dianne Mary Kelly (I), |
9th Congressional District, 67.8% in '06, 13th term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
| Frederick C. "Rick" Boucher (D), |
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realtor Tom Williams (IG), |
10th Congressional District, 57.3% in '06, 14th term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:   Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Likely Republican, |
'06 nominee / prof. Judy M. Feder (D) 61.8%, retired Air Force Col. Michael R. "Mike" Turner (D) 38.2%, |
Frank R. Wolf (R) 91.2%, foreign gov't advisor Vern P. McKinley (R) 8.8%, |
'06 candidate computer consultant Neeraj C. Nigam (L, IG), |
11th Congressional District, 55.5% in '06, Thomas M. "Tom" Davis, III (R) retiring after 7th term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:     Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: No Clear Favorite, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Cook Political Report: Solid Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Leans Republican, Rothenberg Political Report: Lean Democratic, |
Co. Chair Gerald E. "Gerry" Connolly (D) 57.9%, '05 Lt. Gov. nominee ex-U.S. Rep. Leslie L. Byrne (D) 33.4%, naval aviator Douglas J. "Doug" Denneny (D) 6.3%, Lori P. Alexander (D) 3.6%, |
custom inspector Keith S. Fimian (R), |
'06 candidate / freelance writer Joseph P. "Joe" Oddo (IG), |
| realtor David Gillis, Jr. (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 Virginia Political Parties:
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