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Kentucky State Board of Elections
2008 Kentucky Primary Results
Filing Deadline: 1/29/08, Presidential Primary Deadline: 1/29/08, Primary: 5/20/08, Presidential Primary: 5/20/08, Independent Filing Deadline: 8/12/08, Presidential Independent Filing Deadline: 9/5/08, Write-In Filing Deadline: 10/24/08, General Election: 11/4/08,
Last Updated: May 21, 2008 |
| Predictions, Notes, List of State Parties, |
President, 59.6% in '04 for Bush, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Democratic, |
U.S. Sen. Hillary R. Clinton (D-NY) 65.5%,
U.S. Sen. Barack H. Obama (D-IL) 29.9%, uncommitted 2.5%, ex-U.S. Sen. John R. Edwards (D-NC) 2.0%, |
U.S. Sen. John S. McCain, III (R-AZ) 72.5%,
ex-Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR) 8.3%, '88 Libertarian Party nominee / U.S. Rep. Ronald E. "Ron" Paul (R-TX) 6.8%, uncommitted 5.1%, ex-Gov. W. Mitt Romney (R-MA) 4.7%, ex-New York City Mayor Rudolph W. "Rudy" Giuliani (R-NY) 1.5%, ex-Amb. Alan L. Keyes (R-MD) 1.0%, |
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Senator, 64.7% in '02, 4th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Republican, Chris Cillizza: 10th Most Likely to Switch Party, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Republican Favored, Cook Political Report: Solid Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, Rothenberg Political Report: Clear Advantage Republican, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Solid Republican, |
'03 & '07 Gov. candidate / businessman Bruce Lunsford (D) 51.1%,
businessman Greg Fischer (D) 33.9%, retired telephone line installer / '02 Congressional nominee / '04 Senate candidate / '07 Ag. Comm'r. nominee David Lynn Williams (D) 5.5%, '04 & '06 congressional candidate James E. Rice (D) 3.3%, Dr. Michael Cassaro (D) 2.8%, '06 congressional candidate / '88 Florida congressional candidate attorney / Navy vet. Kenneth Stepp (D) 2.2%, ex-postal worker David Wylie (D) 1.2%, '06 congressional candidate / Iraqi War veteran Andrew Horne 0.9%, |
A. Mitchell "Mitch" McConnell (R) 86.1%,
truck driver Daniel Essek (R) 13.9%, |
ex-GOP Gov. nominee Former gubernatorial candidate Larry Forgy (I)?, |
1st Congressional District, 59.6% 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, |
| ex-non-profit exec. Heather A. Ryan (D), |
Edward "Ed" Whitfield (R), |
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2nd Congressional District, 55.4% in '06, Ron Lewis (R) retiring after 8th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Likely Republican, Rothenberg Political Report: Republican Favored, |
ex-St. Ag. Comm'r. / St. Sen. David E. Boswell (D) 58.6%,
Co. Exec. Reid Haire (D) 41.4%, |
St. Sen. S. Brett Guthrie (R), |
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3rd Congressional District, 50.6% in '06, 1st 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: Safe Democrat, NRCC Target, |
| John Yarmuth (D), |
'07 gubernatorial candidate / ex-U.S. Rep. Anne. M. Northup (R) 76.9%,
developer / ex-prof. football player Chris Thieneman (R) 21.4%, UPS employee Bob DeVore Jr. (R) 1.7%, Corley C. Everett (R) withdrew, |
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4th Congressional District, 51.7% in '06, 2nd term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
| physician Michael Kelley (D), |
Geoffrey C. Davis (R) 85.2%,
UFO spotter Warren O. Stone (R) 8.0%, contractor G. E. Puckett (R) 6.8%, |
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5th Congressional District, 73.8% in '06, 14th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
| No Democrat |
Harold "Hal" Rogers (R), |
pilot Jim Holbert (I), |
6th Congressional District, 85.5% 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, |
| A.B. "Ben" Chandler III (D), |
'07 Att. Gen. candidate / attorney Jon Larson (R) 51.5%, businessman Gary Anthony "Tony" McCurdy (R) 48.5%, |
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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 Kentucky Political Parties:
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