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Mississippi Secretary of State - Elections
2008 Mississippi Congressional Primary Results
Third Party Filing Deadline: 1/10/08, Independent Filing Deadline: 1/11/08, Primary Filing Deadline: 1/11/08, Presidential Primary Filing Deadline: 1/14/08, Primary: 3/11/08, Primary Run-off: 4/1/08, Presidential Filing Deadline: 9/5/08, General Election 11/4/08, General Run-off: 11/18/08,
Last Updated: March 11, 2008 |
| Predictions, Notes, List of State Parties, |
President, 59.7% in '04 for Bush, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Republican, |
U.S. Sen. Barack H. Obama (D-IL) 60.6%,
U.S. Sen. Hillary R. Clinton (D-NY) 37.2%, ex-U.S. Sen. John R. Edwards (D-NC) 0.9%, U.S. Sen. Joseph R. "Joe" Biden, Jr. (D-DE) 0.4%, Gov. William B. "Bill" Richardson (D-NM) 0.3%, U.S. Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH) 0.2%, U.S. Sen. Christopher J. "Chris" Dodd (D-CT) 0.2%, ex-U.S. Sen. Maurice "Mike" Gravel (D-AK) 0.1%, |
U.S. Sen. John S. McCain, III (R-AZ) 78.9%,
ex-Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR) 12.4%, U.S. Rep. Ronald E. "Ron" Paul (R-TX) 3.9%, ex-Gov. W. Mitt Romney (R-MA) 1.5%, ex-U.S. Sen. Fred D. Thompson (R-TN) 1.5%, ex-New York City Mayor Rudolph W. "Rudy" Giuliani (R-NY) 0.6%, ex-Amb. Alan L. Keyes (R-MD) 0.6%, U.S. Rep. Duncan L. Hunter (R-CA) 0.3%, U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO) 0.2%, |
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Senator, 84.9% in '02, 5th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Cook Political Report: Solid Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, Rothenberg Political Report: Safe Republican, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Solid Republican, |
'06 nominee / St. Rep. Erik R. Fleming (D) 65.5%,
'91 independent Gov. candidate, '94 Reform Party Congressional candidate, '95 Reform Party Gov. candidate, '96 Reform Party Congressional candidate, '98 GOP Congressional candidate, '99 GOP Gov. candidate, '00 Reform Party Senate candidate '02 Reform Party Senate nominee '03 Reform Party Governor nominee '04 Reform Party congressional nominee '07 Treas. nominee / evangelist Shawn O'Hara (D) 34.5%, |
W. Thad Cochran (R), |
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Senator, 63.6% in '06, C. Trent Lott (R) resigned 12/18/07 during 4th term, special election in 2008, next election in 2012 for full term,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Republican Favored, Roll Call's Outlook: Likely Republican, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Leans Republican, |
| ex-Gov. David R. "Ronnie" Musgrove (D), |
U.S. Rep. Roger F. Wicker (R), |
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1st Congressional District, 66.0% in '06, 7th term, Roger F. Wicker (R) appointed to the U.S. Senate, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
chancery clerk Travis W. Childers (D) 41.5%, St. Rep. Daniel S. "Steve" Holland (D) 30.8%,
Calhoun Alderman Marshall W. Coleman (D) 13.1%, attorney Brian H. Neely (D) 10.6%, '06 nominee / political consultant J.K. "Ken" Hurt (D) suspended campaign but still gets 4.1%, |
ex-Tupelo Mayor Glenn L. McCullough, Jr. (R) 38.8%, Mayor Charles G. "Greg" Davis (R) 36.8%,
opthamologist Randy Russell (R) 24.3%, |
prof. John M. Wages, Jr. (G), |
| restaurant owner Wally Pang (I), |
2nd Congressional District, 64.1% in '06, 8th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
Bennie G. Thompson (D) 85.6%,
retiree '90 & '92 GOP nominee / '06 candidate Dorothy "Dot" Benford (D) 14.4%, |
Richard Cook (R), |
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3rd Congressional District, 77.7% in '06, Charles W. "Chip" Pickering Jr. (R) retiring after 6th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
Pickens Alderman Joel Gill (D) 53.5%,
banker Randy Eads (D) 46.5%, |
St. Sen. Charles E. "Charlie" Ross (R) 33.4%, Rankin County GOP Chairman Gregg Harper (R) 28.3%,
businessman David Landrum (R) 25.6%, State Director for USDA Rural Development John Rounsaville (R) 10.4%, business consultant Gregory Hatcher (R) 1.1%, minister James Broadwater (R) 0.6%, Billy Marcy (R) 0.5%, |
'00 Senate candidate / '04 & '06 congressional candidate confederate heritage activist Jim Giles (I), |
4th Congressional District, 79.9% 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, |
| Gene Taylor (D), |
minister John McCay, III (R), |
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| Runoff Primary |
1st Congressional District, 66.0% in '06, 7th term, Roger F. Wicker (R) appointed to the U.S. Senate, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
chancery clerk Travis W. Childers (D) 57.3%,
St. Rep. Daniel S. "Steve" Holland (D) 42.7%, |
Mayor Charles G. "Greg" Davis (R) 50.8%,
ex-Tupelo Mayor Glenn L. McCullough, Jr. (R) 49.2%, |
prof. John M. Wages, Jr. (G), |
| restaurant owner Wally Pang (I), |
3rd Congressional District, 77.7% in '06, Charles W. "Chip" Pickering Jr. (R) retiring after 6th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
| Pickens Alderman Joel L. Gill (D), |
Rankin County GOP Chairman Gregg Harper (R) 57.0%,
ex-St. Sen. Charles E. "Charlie" Ross (R) 43.0%, |
'00 Senate candidate / '04 & '06 congressional candidate confederate heritage activist Jim Giles (I), |
| Special Election |
1st Congressional District, 66.0% in '06, 7th term, Roger F. Wicker (R) appointed to the U.S. Senate, Polls
Special Election Filing Deadline: 3/7/08, Special Election: 4/22/08, Special Election Run-off: 5/13/08,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, Rothenberg Political Report: Pure Toss-Up, |
chancery clerk Travis W. Childers (D) 49.4%,
St. Rep. Daniel S. "Steve" Holland (D) 1.2%, |
Mayor Charles G. "Greg" Davis (R) 46.3%,
ex-Tupelo Mayor Glenn L. McCullough, Jr. (R) 1.4%, |
prof. John M. Wages, Jr. (G) 0.6%, |
| restaurant owner Wally Pang (I) 1.1%, |
| Special Election Runoff |
1st Congressional District, 66.0% in '06, 7th term, Roger F. Wicker (R) appointed to the U.S. Senate, Polls
Special Election Filing Deadline: 3/7/08, Special Election: 4/22/08, Special Election Run-off: 5/13/08,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: No Clear Favorite, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, Rothenberg Political Report: Pure Toss-Up, |
| chancery clerk Travis W. Childers (D) 52%, |
Mayor Charles G. "Greg" Davis (R), 48%, |
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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 Mississippi Political Parties:
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