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Oregon Secretary of State - Elections Division
2008 Oregon Congressional and Statewide Primary Results
Primary Filing Deadline: 3/11/08, Primary: 5/20/08, Independent / Minor Party Filing Deadline: 8/26/08, General Election 11/4/08,
Last Updated: May 21, 2008 |
| Predictions, Notes, List of State Parties, |
President, 51.3% in '04 for Kerry, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Democratic, |
U.S. Sen. Barack H. Obama (D-IL) 58.4%,
U.S. Sen. Hillary R. Clinton (D-NY) 40.8%, write-in votes 0.8%, |
U.S. Sen. John S. McCain, III (R-AZ) 81.4%,
U.S. Rep. Ronald E. "Ron" Paul (R-TX) 14.5%, write-in votes 4.1%, |
Libertarian nominee |
| Green Party nominee |
| '04 VP nominee / Minister Chuck Baldwin (C-FL), |
Attorney General, Hardy Myers (D) barred from re-election, 54.8% in '04, next election in 2008
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic |
law prof. John R. Kroger (D) 55.8%,
St. Rep. Greg MacPherson (D) 44.0%, write-in votes 0.2%, |
No Republican |
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Secretary of State 57.2% in '04, Bill Bradbury (D) barred from 3rd term, next election in 2008,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, |
St. Sen. Kate Brown (D) 51.7%,
St. Sen. Rick Metsger (D) 27.2%, St. Sen. Vicki L. Walker (D) 18.0%, design engineer Paul Damian Wells (D) 2.7%, write in votes 0.3%, St. Sen. Brad Avakian (D/WI), |
Rick Dancer (R) 98.9%,
write-in votes 1.1%, |
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Treasurer, 52.9% in '04, Randall Edwards (D) barred from 3rd term, next election in 2008
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, |
St. Sen. Ben Westlund (D) 99.1%,
write-in votes 0.9%, |
businessman Allen Alley (R) 99.1%,
write-in votes 0.9%, |
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Senator, 56.2% in '02, 2nd term, next election in 2008, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Republican, Chris Cillizza: 7th Most Likely Seats to Switch Party, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Leans Republican, Cook Political Report: Likely Republican, National Journal's Rankings: 7th Most Likely to Switch Parties, Roll Call's Outlook: Leans Republican, Rothenberg Political Report: Narrow Advantage Republican, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Leans Republican, |
St. Rep. Jeff Merkley (D) 45.0%,
attorney Steve Novick (D) 42.0%,
ex-minister / realtor Candy Neville (D) 7.0%,
custodian Roger S. Obrist (D) 2.3%,
fitness instructor Pavel Goberman (D) 2.2%,
consultant David Loera (D) 1.1%,
write-in votes 0.5%,
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Gordon H. Smith (R) 85.5%,
'06 Gov. candidate / ophthalmologist Gordon Leitch (R) 14.0%, write-in votes 0.5%, |
ex-NEA chair John Frohnmayer (Ind), |
| '06 gov. nominee / ex-talk show host Mary Starrett (C)?, '06 congressional candidate David Brownlow (C), |
1st Congressional District, 62.8% 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, |
David Wu (D) 78.0%,
electronics engineer Will Hobbs (D) 16.7%, operations manager Mark Welyczko (D) 5.1%, write-in votes 0.2%, |
businessman Joel Haugen (R) 69.1%,
pathologist assistant C. William Chappell, IV (R) 29.1%, write-in votes 1.8%,Entreprenuer Stephan A. Brodhead (R/WI), |
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2nd Congressional District, 66.8% in '06 5th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
entreprenuer Noah Lemas (D) 97.9%,
write-in votes 2.1%, Home care specialist Sabrina I. Shrake (D/WI), |
Greg Walden (R) 99.1%,
write-in votes 0.9%, |
naturopathic physician Tristin Mock (Pac), |
3rd Congressional District, 73.5% in '06, 7th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
Earl Blumenauer (D) 86.9%,
cable tv host John Sweeney (D) 6.7%, retiree Joseph Walsh (D) 6.2%, write-in votes 0.2%, |
real estate investor Delia Lopez (R) 96.9%,
write-in votes 3.1%, |
John Olmsted (Pac), |
4th Congressional District, 62.3% 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, |
Peter A. "Pete" DeFazio (D) 99.6%,
write-in votes 0.4%, |
No Republican |
Michael Beilstein (Pac), |
| Jaynee Germond (C), |
5th Congressional District, 54.0% in '06, Darlene Hooley (D) retiring after 6th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Democrat Favored, Roll Call's Outlook: Likely Democratic, Rothenberg Political Report: Pure Toss-Up, NRCC Target, |
St. Sen. Kurt Schrader (D) 54.0%,
retiree Nancy Moran (D) 19.2%, ex-Gov. aide Steve Marks (D) 18.3%, small businessman Andrew Foster (D) 6.3%, retiree Richard W. Nathe (D) 1.8%, write in votes 0.4%, |
'06 nominee / businessman Mike Erickson (R) 48.0%,
'06 Gov. candidate / '02 Gov. nominee / '00 Att. Gen. nominee / ex-St. Rep. Kevin L. Mannix (R) 46.4%, dance instructor Richard "RJ" Wilson (R) 5.3%, write-in votes 0.3%, |
Alex Polikoff (Pac), |
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 Oregon Political Parties:
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