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Nebraska Secretary of State - Election Administration
2008 Nebraska Congressional and Statewide Primary Results
Democratic Presidential Caucus: 2/9/08, Filing Deadline for incumbents: 2/15/08, Primary Filing Deadline: 3/3/08, President Primary Filing Deadline: 3/13/08, Primary Write-in Deadline: 5/2/08, Primary: 5/13/08, Republican Presidential Primary: 5/13/08, New Party Filing Deadline: 8/1/08, Third Party / Independent Filing Deadline: 9/2/08, Write-in Deadline: 10/24/08, General Election: 11/4/08,
Last Updated: May 14, 2008 |
| Predictions, Notes, List of State Parties, State Media, |
President, 65.9% in '04 for Bush, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Republican, |
Caucus Results
U.S. Sen. Barack H. Obama (D-IL) 67.56%,
U.S. Sen. Hillary R. Clinton (D-NY) 32.18%, uncommitted 0.26%, ex-U.S. Sen. Maurice "Mike" Gravel (D-AK) 0%,
Primary Results
U.S. Sen. Barack H. Obama (D-IL) 49.4%, U.S. Sen. Hillary R. Clinton (D-NY) 46.5%, ex-U.S. Sen. Maurice "Mike" Gravel (D-AK) 4.1%, |
U.S. Sen. John S. McCain, III (R-AZ) 87.0%,
U.S. Rep. Ronald E. "Ron" Paul (R-TX) 13.0%, |
ex-U.S. Rep. Cynthia A. McKinney (G-GA) 56.7%,
Jesse Johnson (G-WV) 19.4%, Kent Philip Mesplay (G-CA) 11.9%, activist Kat Swift (G-TX) 11.9%, |
'04 VP nominee / Minister Chuck Baldwin (Ne-FL),
Primary Results
Dr. Don J. Grundmann (Ne-CA) 46.8%, Diane Beall Templin (Ne-CA) 30.4%, Bryan Malatesta (Ne-TX) 22.8%, |
| ex-U.S. Rep. Bob Barr (L-GA), |
Senator, 82.8% in '02, Charles T. "Chuck" Hagel (R) retiring after 2nd term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Republican Favored, Cook Political Report: Likely Republican, National Journal's Rankings: 8th Most Likely to Switch Parties, Robert Novak: Likely Republican, Rothenberg Political Report: Clear Advantage Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Solid Republican, |
'06 congressional nominee Scott Kleeb (D) 68.7%,
businessman Tony Raimondo (D) 25.2%, James B. Wilson (D) 3.3%, U.S. Air Force veteran Larry Marvin (D) 2.8%, |
U.S. Ag. Sec. / ex-Gov. Mike Johanns (R) 78.0%,
Financial adviser Pat Flynn (R) 22.0%, |
'04 Congressional nominee / '06 Auditor nominee Natural Resource Board member Steve R. Larrick (G), |
| '06 Auditor nominee Kelly R. Rosberg (C), |
1st Congressional District, 58.3% 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, |
| vet. Max Yashirin (D), |
Jeff Fortenberry (R), |
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2nd Congressional District, 54.7% in '06, 5th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
'06 nominee / ex-Chamber of Commerce dir. Jim Esch (D) 80.6%,
Air Force Reserve Capt. / prof. Richard E. Carter (D) 19.4%, |
Lee Terry (R) 84.4%,
'98 & '06 candidate Steven Laird (R) 15.6%, |
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3rd Congressional District, 54.7% 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, |
'02 & '06 Sec. of St. nominee Jay C. Stoddard (D) 74.2%,
activist Paul Spatz (D) 25.8%, |
Adrian M. Smith (R) 87.4%,
Jeremiah Ellison (R) 12.6%, |
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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 Nebraska Political Parties:
4. Nebraska Media Links:
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