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Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth - Elections Division
2008 Massachusetts Congressional and Statewide Primary Results
3rd Party Filing Deadline: 2/1/08, Presidential Primary: 2/5/08, Primary Filing Deadline: 6/3/08, Independent Filing Deadline: 8/26/08, Primary: 9/16/08, General Election 11/4/08,
Last Updated: June 6, 2008 |
| Predictions, Notes, List of State Parties, |
President, 61.9% in '04 for Kerry, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Democratic, |
U.S. Sen. Hillary R. Clinton (D-NY) 56.16%,
U.S. Sen. Barack H. Obama (D-IL) 40.80%, ex-U.S. Sen. John R. Edwards (D-NC) 1.59%, no preference 0.62%, U.S. Sen. Joseph R. "Joe" Biden, Jr. (D-DE) 0.29%, U.S. Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH) 0.24%, ex-U.S. Sen. Maurice "Mike" Gravel (D-AK) 0.15%, Gov. William B. "Bill" Richardson (D-NM) 0.09%, U.S. Sen. Christopher J. "Chris" Dodd (D-CT) 0.07%, |
ex-Gov. W. Mitt Romney (R-MA) 51.3%,
U.S. Sen. John S. McCain, III (R-AZ) 41.01%, ex-Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR) 3.85%, U.S. Rep. Ronald E. "Ron" Paul (R-TX) 2.66%, ex-New York City Mayor Rudolph W. "Rudy" Giuliani (R-NY) 0.53%, no preference 0.38%, ex-U.S. Sen. Fred D. Thompson (R-TN) 0.19%, U.S. Rep. Duncan L. Hunter (R-CA) 0.05%, U.S. Rep. Thomas G. "Tom" Tancredo (R-CO) 0.03%, |
Ralph Nader (I) 38.3%,
ex-U.S. Rep. Cynthia A. McKinney (G-GA) 24.4%, activist Kat Swift (G-TX) 3.1%, Jared Arlen Ball (G-MD) 2.2%, Kent Philip Mesplay (G-CA) 2.0%, Elaine Brown (G-GA) withdrew 1.96%, no preference 10.0%, write in votes 14.1%, blank votes 4.0%, |
Senator, 80.0% in '02, 3rd term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Cook Political Report: Solid Democrat, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, Rothenberg Political Report: Safe Democrat, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Solid Democratic, |
John F. Kerry (D) 68.9%,
ex-Gloucester councilor Edward O'Reilly (D) 31.1%, |
'06 congressional nominee / ex-Army Delta Force officer / ex-FBI agent / businessman Jeff Beatty (R), |
Robert J. Underwood (L), |
William Estrada (SW), |
1st Congressional District, 76.2% in '06, 9th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
John W. Olver (D),
Atttorney Robert Feuer (D), |
Nathan Bech (R), |
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2nd Congressional District, unopposed in '06, 10th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
| Richard E. Neal (D), |
No Republican |
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3rd Congressional District, unopposed 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, |
John W. Olver (D) 79.3%,
Atttorney Robert A. Feuer (D) 20.7, |
No Republican |
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4th Congressional District, unopposed in '06, 14th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
| Barney Frank (D), |
Earl H. Sholley (R), |
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5th Congressional District, 51.3% in '07, 1st term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democrat, Roll Call's Outlook: Likely Democratic, |
| Nicola S. "Niki" Tsongas (D), |
No Republican |
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6th Congressional District, 70.0% 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, |
| John F. Tierney (D), |
inventor Richard A. Baker, Jr. (R), |
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7th Congressional District, unopposed in '06, 16th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
| Edward J. "Ed" Markey (D), |
John Cunningham (R), |
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8th Congressional District, 91.0% 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, |
| Michael E. Capuano (D), |
No Republican |
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9th Congressional District, 78.3% in '06, 4th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
| Stephen F. Lynch (D), |
No Republican |
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10th Congressional District, 64.7% 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, |
| William D. Delahunt (D), |
No Republican |
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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 Massachusetts Political Parties:
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