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Colorado Department of State - Election Division
2008 Colorado Congressional and Statewide Primary Results
Precinct Caucus: 2/5/08, 3rd Party Filing Deadline: 3/3/08, Primary Filing Deadline: 5/29/08, Primary Write-in Deadline: 6/6/08, Independents Filing Deadline: 6/17/08, Independents Presidential Filing Deadline: 6/17/08, Primary: 8/12/08, Write-in Deadline: 8/26/08, General Election 11/4/08,
Last Updated: August 13, 2008 |
Predictions, Notes, List of State Parties, |
President, 51.7% in '04 for Bush, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democrats, |
U.S. Sen. Barack H. Obama (D-IL) 66.21%, U.S. Sen. Hillary R. Clinton (D-NY) 32.19%, uncommitted 1.04%, ex-U.S. Sen. John R. Edwards (D-NC) 0.08%, U.S. Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH) 0.05%, Gov. William B. "Bill" Richardson (D-NM) 0.01%, ex-U.S. Sen. Maurice "Mike" Gravel (D-AK) 0.01%, U.S. Sen. Joseph R. "Joe" Biden, Jr. (D-DE) 0.00%, |
ex-Gov. W. Mitt Romney (R-MA) 60.11%, U.S. Sen. John S. McCain, III (R-AZ) 18.39%, ex-Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR) 12.76%, U.S. Rep. Ronald E. "Ron" Paul (R-TX) 8.42%, ex-Amb. Alan L. Keyes (R-MD) 0.10%, ex-New York City Mayor Rudolph W. "Rudy" Giuliani (R-NY) 0.08%, U.S. Rep. Duncan L. Hunter (R-CA) 0.04%, ex-U.S. Sen. Fred D. Thompson (R-TN) 0.01%, |
Jonathan Allen (I-CO), |
Gene Amondson (Pro-WA), |
Minister Chuck Baldwin (C-FL), |
ex-U.S. Rep. Robert L. "Bob" Barr (L-GA), |
Elvena E. "Pee Wee" Lloyd-Duffie (I-IL), |
James Harris (SW-NY), |
Boston Tea Party nominee Charles Jay (I-UT), |
Alan L. Keyes (I-MD), |
William R. Koenig (I-VA), |
Gloria E. LaRiva (PSL-CA), |
Pacifist Party nominee Braford Lyttle (Pacifist-IL), |
Frank Edward McEnulty (I-CA), |
ex-U.S. Rep. Cynthia A. McKinney (G-GA), |
Brian P. Moore (S-FL), |
consumer activist Ralph Nader (I-CT), |
Objectivist Party Thomas Robert Stevens (I-NY), |
Senator, 50.7% in '02, Wayne A. Allard (R) retiring after 2nd term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Chris Cillizza: 3rd Most Likely Seats to Switch Party, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Leans Democrat, Cook Political Report: Toss Up, National Journal's Rankings: 3rd Most Likely to Switch Parties, Robert Novak: Leaning Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Tossup, Rothenberg Political Report: Toss Up, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Leans Democratic, |
U.S. Rep. Mark Udall (D), |
ex-U.S. Rep. / '04 candidate Robert W. "Bob" Schaffer (R), |
'04 congressional candidate Robert A. "Bob" Kinsey (G), |
'02 & '04 nominee Douglas "Dayhorse" Campbell (C), |
Buddy Moore (I)?, |
1st Congressional District, 79.8% 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, |
Dianna DeGette (D), |
'02 candidate / salesman George C. Lilly (R) 57.8%, Charles Crain (R) 42.2%, |
Martin L. Buchanan (L), |
'98 Senate candidate, '02 candidate arts promoter Gary Swing (WI), |
2nd Congressional District, 68.3% in '06, 5th term, Mark Udall (D) running for Senate in 2008, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
ex-St. Board of Education member Jared Polis (D) 41.7%, St. Sen. Joan Fitz-Gerald (D) 38.0%, conservationist Will Shafroth (D) 20.3%, |
enigneer Scott Starin (R), |
Unity Party co-founder Bill Hammons (I), |
Joe Calhoun (G), |
3rd Congressional District, 61.6% in '06, 2nd term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
John T. Salazar (D), |
Co. Comm'r. Wayne E. Wolf (R), |
electrical technician Steven McDuffie (L), |
4th Congressional District, 45.6% in '06, 3rd term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Leans Republican, Cook Political Report: Toss Up, Robert Novak: Likely Democratic Target, Roll Call's Outlook: Leans Republican, Rothenberg Political Report: Toss-Up / Tilt Republican, |
congressional aide Betsy Markey (D), |
Marilyn N. Musgrave (R), |
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5th Congressional District, 59.6% in '06, 1st term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
Ret. USAF Lt. Col. Hal Bidlack (D), |
Doug Lamborn (R) 44.5%, '06 candidate Jeff Crank (R) 29.3%, '06 candidate Ret. USAF Maj. Gen. Bentley B. Rayburn (R) 26.2%, |
'06 write-in candidate Brian X. Scott (C), |
'06 write-in candidate / musician Rich Hand (Rfm), |
6th Congressional District, 58.6% in '06, 5th term, Tom Tancredo (R) ran for President, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Robert Novak: Leaning Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
Hank Eng (D), |
Sec. of St. Mike Coffman (R) 40.1%, mortgage banker Will Armstrong (R) 32.8%, St. Sen. Ted Harvey (R) 15.3%, St. Sen. Steve Ward (R) 11.8%, electrical engineer Pepito Castellanes (R/WI), |
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7th Congressional District, 54.9% in '06, 1st term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Rothenberg Political Report: Safe Democrat, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
Ed Perlmutter (D), |
financial advisor John W. Lerew (R), |
Steve Lee Childs (G), |
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 Colorado Political Parties:
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