Nevada Secretary of State - Elections Division

2008 Nevada Congressional and Statewide Results Presidential Caucus: 1/19/08, Primary Filing Deadline: 5/16/08, Independent Filing Deadline: 5/16/08, Minor Party Filing Deadline: 7/3/08, Presidential Filing Deadline: 7/6/08, New Party Filing Deadlilne: 8/6/08, Primary: 8/12/08, General Election 11/4/08, Last Updated: December 2, 2008
Predictions, Notes, List of State Parties, State Media,
President, 50.5% in '04 for Bush, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: McCain, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Leans Obama, Cook Political Report: Toss Up, Rothenberg Political Report: Toss-Up, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Leaning Obama,
U.S. Sen. Barack H. Obama (D-IL) 55.1%,	U.S. Sen. John S. McCain, III (R-AZ) 42.7%,	consumer activist Ralph Nader (I-CT) 0.6%,
		ex-U.S. Rep. Robert L. "Bob" Barr (L-GA) 0.4%,
		Minister Charles O. "Chuck" Baldwin (IA-FL) 0.3%,
		ex-U.S. Rep. Cynthia A. McKinney (G-GA) 0.2%,
1st Congressional District, 64.8% in '06, 5th term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democrat, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic,
Shelley Berkley (D) 67.7%,	'04 Senate candidate / '06 nominee Kenneth Wegner (R) 28.3%,	Caren Alexander (IA) 2.0%,
		'04 & '06 nominee Raymond James Duensing, Jr. (L) 2.0%,
2nd Congressional District, 50.4% in '06, 1st term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Leans Republican, Cook Political Report: Lean Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Likely Republican, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Leans Republican,
'06 nominee ex-Board of Regents member Jill Talbot Derby (D) 41.4%,	Dean Heller (R) 51.8%,	John Everhart (IA) 3.4%,
		Sean Patrick Morse (L) 1.7%,
		'06 Gov. nominee Craig Bergland (G) 1.6%,
3rd Congressional District, 54.5% in '06, 2nd term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Chris Cillizza: 20th Most Likely Seat to Switch Parties, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: No Clear Favorite, Cook Political Report: Toss Up, Robert Novak: Likely Democratic Target, Roll Call's Outlook: Tossup, Rothenberg Political Report: Toss-Up / Tilt Democratic, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Leans Democrat, DCCC Target,
'06 Gov. nominee St. Sen. Alice Costandina "Dina" Titus (D) 47.4%,	Jon C. Porter (R) 42.3%,	Jeffrey C. Reeves (I) 4.3%,
		'04 & '06 nominee Joseph P. Silversti (L) 2.9%,
		'06 St. Controller candidate / Insurance Agency owner Floyd Fitzgibbons (IA) 2.0%,
		Bob Giaquinta (G) 1.1%,

1. Link to Predictions:

D.C.'s Political Report, Washington Post's Chris Cillizza, Campaign & Elections: Political Oddsmaker, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard, Cook Political Report, National Journal's Rankings, Roll Call's Outlook, Rothenberg Political Report, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball,

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 Nevada Political Parties:

(D) = Democratic Party (G) = Green Party (I) = independent candidates

(IA) = Independent American Party - Affiliated with Constitution Party (L) = Libertarian Party (R) = Republican Party

4. Nevada Media Links:

Gardnerville Record-Courier Henderson Home News Las Vegas City Life Las Vegas Review-Journal Las Vegas Sun

Nevada Appeal Nevada Business Journal North Lake Tahoe Bonanza Reno Gazette-Journal Tahoe World