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Kansas Secretary of State - Elections and Legislative Matters Division
2008 Kansas Congressional and Statewide Primary Results
Democrats Presidential Caucus: 2/5/08, Republican Presidential Caucus: 2/9/08, Primary Filing Deadline: 6/10/08, 3rd Party Nomination Deadline: 6/10/08, Independent Filing Deadline: 8/4/08, Independent Presidential Deadline: 8/5/08, Primary: 8/5/08, Deadline to fill Nominee Vacancy: 9/15/08, Write-in Deadline: 10/27/08, General Election: 11/4/08,
Last Updated: August 5, 2008 |
Predictions, Notes, List of State Parties, |
President, 62.0% in '04 for Bush, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, |
U.S. Sen. Barack H. Obama (D-IL) 73.98%, U.S. Sen. Hillary R. Clinton (D-NY) 25.76%, ex-U.S. Sen. John R. Edwards (D-NC) 0.14%, U.S. Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH) 0.1%, uncommitted 0.02%, Gov. William B. "Bill" Richardson (D-NM) 0.00%, |
ex-Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR) 59.58%, U.S. Sen. John S. McCain, III (R-AZ) 23.5%, U.S. Rep. Ronald E. "Ron" Paul (R-TX) 11.18%, ex-Gov. W. Mitt Romney (R-MA) 3.35%, Alan L. Keyes (R-MD) 1.48%, uncommitted 0.43%, ex-U.S. Sen. Fred D. Thompson (R-TN) 0.31%, ex-New York City Mayor Rudolph W. "Rudy" Giuliani (R-NY) 0.17%, |
Minister Charles O. "Chuck" Baldwin (Rfm-FL), |
ex-U.S. Rep. Robert L. "Bob" Barr (L-GA), |
consumer activist Ralph Nader (I-CT), |
Senator, 82.5% in '02, 2nd term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Republican Favored, Cook Political Report: Solid Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, Rothenberg Political Report: Safe Republican, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Solid Republican, |
'94 Gov. nominee / ex-U.S. Rep. James C. "Jim" Slattery (D) 68.8%, '04 nominee / ex-lobbyist Lee Jones (D) 31.1%, |
C. Patrick "Pat" Roberts (R), |
Randall L. Hodgkinson (L), |
'06 SOS nominee Joseph L. Martin (Rfm), |
1st Congressional District, 78.6% 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, |
attorney James Bordonaro (D), |
Jerry Moran (R), |
'00, '02 & '04 nominee Jack W. Warner (L), |
Kathleen M. Burton (Rfm), |
2nd Congressional District, 50.6% in '06, 1st term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: No Clear Favorite, Cook Political Report: Toss Up, Robert Novak: Likely GOP Target, Roll Call's Outlook: Tossup, Rothenberg Political Report: Pure Toss Up, NRCC Target, |
Nancy Boyda (D), |
St. Treas. Lynn Jenkins (R) 50.8%, ex-U.S. Rep. Jim R. Ryun (R) 49.2%, |
Robert Garrard (L), |
Leslie S. Martin (Rfm), |
3rd Congressional District, 64.6% in '06, 5th term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Democrat Favored, Cook Political Report: Likely Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Likely Democratic, Rothenberg Political Report: Lean Democratic, NRCC Target, |
Dennis Moore (D), |
St. Sen. Nick Jordan (R) 76.0%, '06 candidate / contractor Paul V. Showen (R) 24.0%, |
'04 nominee Joe Bellis (L), |
'06 congressional nominee Roger D. Tucker (Rfm), |
court translator / chaplain Joel Balam (I), |
4th Congressional District, 63.5% 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, |
St. Sen. Donald Betts, Jr. (D), |
Todd Tiahrt (R), |
'98 Sec. of St. nominee / '96 U.S. Senate nominee / '92 & '00 Congressional nominee / '02 Senate nominee / '04 Senate nominee Steven A. Rosile (L), |
Susan G. Ducey (Rfm), |
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 Kansas Political Parties:
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