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2008 Iowa Congressional and Statewide Primary Results
Presidential Caucuses: 1/3/08, Primary Filing Deadline: 3/14/08, Primary: 6/3/08, Independent Filing Deadline: 8/15/08, General Election 11/4/08,
Last Updated: June 4, 2008
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President, 49.9% in '04 for Bush, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic,
U.S. Sen. Barack H. Obama (D-IL) 37.58%,
'VP 04 nominee / ex-U.S. Sen. John R. Edwards (D-NC) 29.75%, U.S. Sen. Hillary R. Clinton (D-NY) 29.47%, Gov. William B. "Bill" Richardson (D-NM) 2.11%, U.S. Sen. Joseph R. "Joe" Biden, Jr. (D-DE) 0.93%, uncommitted 0.14%, U.S. Sen. Christopher J. "Chris" Dodd (D-CT) 0.02%, ex-U.S. Sen. Maurice "Mike" Gravel (D-AK) 0.00%, '04 candidate / U.S. Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH) 0.00%, 		ex-Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR) 34.3%,
ex-Gov. W. Mitt Romney (R-MA) 25.3%, ex-U.S. Sen. Fred D. Thompson (R-TN) 13.4%, U.S. Sen. John S. McCain, III (R-AZ) 13.1%, '88 Libertarian Party nominee / U.S. Rep. Ronald E. "Ron" Paul (R-TX) 10.0%, ex-New York City Mayor Rudolph W. "Rudy" Giuliani (R-NY) 3.5%, U.S. Rep. Duncan L. Hunter (R-CA) 0.4%, ex-Amb./ '04, '92 & '88 Senate nominee '96 & '00 Presidential candidate Alan L. Keyes (R-MD) 0.0%,
Senator, 54.2% in '02, 5th 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, Rothenberg Political Report: Safe Democrat, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Solid Democratic,
Tom Harkin (D), Christopher Reed (R) 35.3%,
ex-St. Rep. George S. Eichhorn (R) 34.7%, businessman Steve Rathje (R) 29.9%, 		Diana Newberry (SW),
1st Congressional District, 55.0% 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,
Bruce Braley (D), St. Sen. David Hartsuch (R),
2nd Congressional District, 51.4% 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,
David W. Loebsack (D), ophthalmologist Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R) 43.5%,
Funeral director Peter Teahen (R) 42.9%, minister Lee Harder (R) 13.5%,
3rd Congressional District, 51.8% in '06, 6th term, 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,
Leonard L. Boswell (D) 61.0%,
'06 Gov. cand. / ex-St. Rep. Ed Fallon (D) 39.0%, 		ex-party counsel Kim Schmett (R), Frank Forrestal (SW),
4th Congressional District, 57.2% 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,
activist / marketing manager Becky Greenwald (D) 50.7%,
businessman Kurt Meyer (D) 27.6%, disabled Marine vet. William J. Meyers (D) 13.2%, Vice President of the Iowa Farmer’s Union Kevin Miskell (D) 8.4%, 		Tom Latham (R),
5th Congressional District, 58.4% in '06, 3rd term, might run for U.S. Senate, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican,
retired Rev. Rob Hubler (D), Steve King (R),

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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.

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