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Arizona Secretary of State - Election Department
2008 Arizona Congressional and Statewide Primary Results
Presidential Primary Filing Deadline: 12/17/07, Presidential Primary: 2/5/08, New Party Filing Deadline 4/15/08, Primary Filing Deadline: 6/4/08, Independent Filing Deadline: 6/4/08, Independent Presidential Filing Deadline: 6/4/08, Primary Write-in Deadline: 7/24/08, Primary: 9/2/08, Write-In Deadline: 9/25/08, General Election: 11/4/08,
Last Updated: September 3, 2008 |
| Predictions, Notes, List of State Parties, |
President, 54.9% in '04 for Bush, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Republican, |
U.S. Sen. Hillary R. Clinton (D-NY) 50.49%,
U.S. Sen. Barack H. Obama (D-IL) 42.12%, ex-U.S. Sen. John R. Edwards (D-NC) 5.30%, Gov. William B. "Bill" Richardson (D-NM) 0.63%, U.S. Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH) 0.44%, Sandy Whitehouse (D-AZ) 0.14%, U.S. Sen. Christopher J. "Chris" Dodd (D-CT) 0.11%, Edward Dobson (D-AZ) 0.09%, ex-U.S. Sen. Maurice "Mike" Gravel (D-AK) 0.08, Richard Grayson (D-AZ) 0.07%, Col. Karl E. Krueger (D-SD) 0.06%, retiree Frank Lynch (D-FL) 0.05%, William Campbell (D-AZ) 0.05%, Chuck See (D-AZ) 0.05%, Libby Hubbard (D-AZ) 0.04, Michael Oatman (D-AZ) 0.04%, Rich Lee (D-WA) 0.04%, Peter "Simon" Bollander (D-AZ) 0.03%, '04 candidate Evelyn L. Vitullo (D-AZ) 0.03%, Philip Tanner (D-AZ) 0.03%, Tish Haymer (D-AZ) 0.02%, Balance Party candidate Orion Karl Daley (D-NY) 0.02%, Leland Montell (D-AZ) 0.02%, Loti Gest (D-AZ) 0.02, |
U.S. Sen. John S. McCain, III (R-AZ) 47.37%,
ex-Gov. W. Mitt Romney (R-MA) 34.26%, ex-Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR) 8.98%, U.S. Rep. Ronald E. "Ron" Paul (R-TX) 4.18%, ex-New York City Mayor Rudolph W. "Rudy" Giuliani (R-NY) 2.60%, ex-U.S. Sen. Fred D. Thompson (R-TN) 1.81%, U.S. Rep. Duncan L. Hunter (R-CA) 0.20%, ex-Amb. Alan L. Keyes (R-MD) 0.18%, John R. McGrath (R-AZ) 0.09%, Frank Edward McEnulty (R-CA) 0.06%, Sean "CF" Murphy (R-AZ) 0.05%, James Creighton "Mitch" Mitchell Jr. (R-IL) 0.03%, John Michael Fitzpatrick (R-NY) 0.03%, David Ruben (R-AZ) 0.02%, Michael Burzynski (R-AZ) 0.02%, '88 congressional candidate / retired Gen. Jerry R. Curry (R-VA) 0.02%, '02 Senate candidate / '04 & '06 Congressional candidate / dentist / fugitive Jack Shepard (R-MN) 0.01%, Robert L. "Bob" Forthan (R-OR) 0.01%, Michael P. Shaw (R-AZ) 0.01%, Hugh Cort, III (R-AL) 0.01, Rick Outzen (R-FL) 0.01%, businessman Daniel A. "Dan" Gilbert (R-NC) 0.01%, Charles Skelley (R-AZ) 0.01, Rhett R. Smith (R-TX) 0.01%, |
ex-U.S. Rep. Robert L. "Bob" Barr (L-GA), |
| ex-U.S. Rep. Cynthia A. McKinney (G-GA), |
| consumer activist Ralph Nader (I-CT), |
1st Congressional District, 51.8% in '06, Richard G. "Rick" Renzi (R) retiring after 3rd term, Polls,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Democratic, Chris Cillizza: 3rd Most Likely Seat to Switch Parties, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Leans Democrat, Cook Political Report: Lean Democratic,, Roll Call's Outlook: Tossup, Rothenberg Political Report: Toss-Up / Tilt Democratic, Robert Novak: Likely Democratic Target, |
ex-St. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick (D) 47.2%,
ex-TV reporter Mary Kim Titla (D) 32.6%, attorney Howard M. Shanker (D) 14.2%, mental health advocate Jeffrey Brown (D) 6.0%, |
'02 candidate / trade assoc. exec. dir.. Sydney Ann Hay (R) 39.1%,
Sandra L. B. Livingstone (R) 34.2%, Tom Hanson (R) 17.2%, Barry Hall (R) 6.0%, businessman Preston Korn (R) withdrew but still received 3.5%, |
Brent Geer Maupin (I), |
| Thane Eichenauer (L/WI), |
2nd Congressional District, 58.6% in '06, 3rd term, Polls,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Cook Political Report: Solid Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
| ex-prof. John Thrasher (D), |
Trent Franks (R), |
William Crum (G), |
| Powell Gammill (L), |
3rd Congressional District, 59.3% in '06, 7th 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, |
| attorney Bob Lord (D), |
John Shadegg (R), |
Michael Shoen (L), |
4th Congressional District 72.5% in '06, 9th term, Polls,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Cook Political Report: Solid Democrat, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
| Ed Pastor (D), |
'02 candidate / '04 & '06 nominee Don Karg (R),
author Richard Grayson (R/WI), |
Rebecca DeWitt (G), |
| Joe Cobb (L), |
5th Congressional District, 50.4% in '06, 1st term, Polls,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Leans Democrat, Cook Political Report: Lean Democratic, Cook Political Report: Lean Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Leans Democratic, Rothenberg Political Report: Lean Democratic, NRCC Target, |
| Harry E. Mitchell (D), |
ex-Co. Treas. David Schweikert (R) 29.5%,
'00 candidate / ex-city councilor Susan Bitter Smith (R) 27.4%,
ex-St. Rep. / ex-St. Sen. Laura Knaperek (R) 15.6%, ex-St. Rep. Mark Anderson (R) 13.6%, lobbyist Jim Ogsbury (R) 12.6%, Lee Gentry (R) 1.5%, |
Warren Severin (L), |
6th Congressional District, 74.8% in '06, 4th term, Polls,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Cook Political Report: Solid Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
librarian Rebecca Schneider (D) 73.8%,
account exec. Chris Gramazio (D) 26.2%, |
Jeffrey Flake (R),
Scott Bergren (R) withdrew, |
Rick Biondi (L), |
7th Congressional District, 61.1% in '06, 3rd term, Polls,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Cook Political Report: Solid Democrat, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
| Raul M. Grijalva (D), |
'92, '98, '00, '02, '06 candidate / '04 nominee Joseph D. Sweeney (R) 66.8%,
pastor Gene Chewning (R) 33.2%, |
Raymond P. Petrulskey (L/WI), |
8th Congressional District, 54.3% in '06, 1st term, Polls,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Leans Democrat, Cook Political Report: Lean Democrat, Cook Political Report: Lean Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Likely Democratic, Rothenberg Political Report: Lean Democratic, NRCC Target, |
| Gabrielle "Gabby" Giffords (D), |
St. Sen. Timothy S. Bee (R), |
Paul Davis (L/WI), |
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 Arizona Political Parties:
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