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Nevada Secretary of State - Elections Division
2008 Nevada Congressional and Statewide Primary 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: August 13, 2008 |
| Predictions, Notes, List of State Parties, |
President, 50.5% in '04 for Bush, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Republican, |
U.S. Sen. Hillary R. Clinton (D-NY) 50.71%,
U.S. Sen. Barack H. Obama (D-IL) 45.19%, ex-U.S. Sen. John R. Edwards (D-NC) 3.75%, U.S. Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH) 0.05%, ex-U.S. Sen. Maurice "Mike" Gravel (D-AK) 0%, other 0.01%, |
ex-Gov. W. Mitt Romney (R-MA) 51.1%,
U.S. Rep. Ronald E. "Ron" Paul (R-TX) 13.73%, U.S. Sen. John S. McCain, III (R-AZ) 12.75%, ex-Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR) 8.16%, ex-U.S. Sen. Fred D. Thompson (R-TN) 7.94%, ex-New York City Mayor Rudolph W. "Rudy" Giuliani (R-NY) 4.31%, U.S. Rep. Duncan L. Hunter (R-CA) 2.01%, |
Minister Charles O. "Chuck" Baldwin (IA-FL), |
| ex-U.S. Rep. Robert L. "Bob" Barr (L-GA), |
| ex-U.S. Rep. Cynthia A. McKinney (G-GA), |
| consumer activist Ralph Nader (I-CT), |
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) 89.7%,
'02, '04 '06 candidate / merchant marine Mark John Budetich, Jr. (D) 10.3%, |
'04 Senate candidate / '06 nominee Kenneth Wegner (R) 34.7%,
'04 & '06 candidate Russ Mickelson (R) 19.8%, restaurateur Chris Dyer (R) 14.7%, ex-judge Eve "No. 1 Mom" Ellingwood (R) 9.0%, casino worker Ray J. Kornfield (R) 8.7%, Mike Powers (R) 7.1%, ex-auto exec. Ed "Mr. Clean" Hamilton (R) 6%, |
'04 & '06 nominee Raymond James Duensing, Jr. (L), |
| Caren Alexander (IA), |
2nd Congressional District, 50.4% in '06, 1st term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Republican Favored, Roll Call's Outlook: Likely Republican, |
| '06 nominee ex-Board of Regents member Jill Talbot Derby (D), |
Dean Heller (R) 86.0%,
pawn shop manager James W. Smack (R) 14.0%, |
Sean Patrick Morse (L), |
| John Everhart (IA), |
| '06 Gov. nominee Craig Bergland (G), |
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: Leans Republican, Cook Political Report: Toss Up, Robert Novak: Likely Democratic Target, Roll Call's Outlook: Leans Republican, Rothenberg Political Report: Lean Republican, DCCC Target, |
'06 Gov. nominee St. Sen. Alice Costandina "Dina" Titus (D) 84.7%,
'06 candidate / chiropractor / ex-convict Barry Michaels (D) 8.8%, '04 & '06 candidate Anna Nevenic (D) 4.2%, '98 candidate '02 Gov. candidate / '04 Sen. candidate / trash collector Carlo "Tex" Poliak (D) 2.2%, |
Jon C. Porter (R) 81.6%,
Jesse Law (R) 11.3%, Carl Bunce (R) 7.1%, |
'04 & '06 nominee Joseph P. Silversti (L), |
| '06 St. Controller candidate / Insurance Agency owner Floyd Fitzgibbons (IA), |
| Bob Giaquinta (G), |
| Jeffrey C. Reeves (I), |
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 Nevada Political Parties:
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