[161], When asked whether the Republicans were abandoning their hopes of holding onto Warner's seat, senator John Ensign, the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, responded that "You dont waste money on races that dont need it or you cant win."[116]. [41] For most of the campaign, Chambliss maintained a comfortable lead in most polls. On Jan. 1, 2008, Gov. Click on the states in the map to toggle them between Democrat, Republican and Tossup. Domenici's role in the developing scandal had reduced the probability he would have been re-elected, and a SurveyUSA poll showed his approval ratings at 41%, with 54% disapproving. Two senators from each state are elected to represent their state. Democratic Senator Barack Obama of Illinois won the presidential election, by defeating his challenger, Senator John McCain, and the Democrats bolstered their majority in both Houses of Congress. He was certified March 3, 2008, by the Tennessee Division of Elections as having achieved ballot access for the November 4, 2008, election as a candidate for United States Senate. Oct. 05: Senate Races. In December 2007, Chambliss had an approval rating of 53% and a disapproval rating of 34% according to Strategic Vision, a Republican polling firm. [54] Chad Koppie, a retired airline pilot and vice-chairman of the Illinois Center Right Coalition, was the nominee of the Constitution Party. The 56th quadrennial United States presidential election was held on November 4, 2008. Governors No Toss Ups 45 Democrats * Toss Ups 7 Republicans 48 38 Safe or Not Up 6 1 7 2 4 42 Safe or Not Up 51 Seats Needed. This marked the first time that Nebraska has split its electoral vote since it moved away from the winner-take-all method in 1992. Obama won the Electoral College after receiving 365 votes to 173 votes for McCain. Collins. [32], Other candidates included Bob Kinsey of Denver as the Green Party nominee,[33] Douglas "Dayhorse" Campbell as the American Constitution Party's nominee,[34] and Independent candidate Buddy Moore, unaffiliated any party.[35]. Republican John Barrasso was appointed by Governor Dave Freudenthal (D) on June 22, 2007, to fill the senate seat of Republican Craig L. Thomas, who died on June 4. It takes 270 electoral votes to win the 2020 presidential election. simplemaps_election.selected.R = ['AK', 'AL', 'AR', 'AZ', 'GA', 'ID', 'KS', 'KY', 'LA', 'MO', 'MS', 'MT', 'ND', 'NE', 'NE1', 'NE3', 'OK', 'TN', 'TX', 'UT', 'SC', 'SD', 'WY', 'WV']; [153] In addition, the Green Party of Texas sought ballot access for its candidate David B. 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Barkley received 437,404 votes, about 15% of total votes cast.[84]. [23], The Democratic candidate was Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich, the son of popular former Democratic Representative Nick Begich. Democrats made Senate Minority Leader, four-term senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky a target due to his leadership of Senate Republicans and his ties to President Bush, as well as his mediocre approval rating in the state, which was below 50%.[61]. [80] Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer, a professor at the University of St. Thomas (St. Paul, Minnesota), joined the race in October 2007. The Republican challenger turned out to be Jeff Beatty, an ex-Army Delta Force officer who garnered 30% of the vote in a challenge to Democratic Congressman Bill Delahunt in 2006. The Electoral College is the process in which the United States elects its president. When one party elected more than half the senators, some majority party members had to find space on the minority party side of the aisle. In addition, two freshmen were appointed to fill vacancies created by Barack Obama's and Joe Biden's resignations to become president and vice president. 51 of 100 Seats Needed for Majority Current Senate: 53 ( D ); 45 ( R ); 2 ( I ) Blue Democratic Win Red Republican Win Yellow Other Party Win Light Teal Partial Results Dark Gray No Results Light. Midterm Election Map 2018: Live Results - ABC News Follow hourly state-by-state senate, governor and house results and see who is in the lead Democrats or Republicans. President Bush won Montana by more than 20 points in both 2000 and 2004, but Montana also had a popular Democratic governor, Brian Schweitzer, and a newly elected Democratic junior senator, Jon Tester. Haley Barbour (R) named Rep. Roger Wicker (R . [126] Inhofe's opponent was State senator Andrew Rice. Projected Senate: Dem 59 GOP 41 : Main page: Previous report: Next report: Senate polls Web.csv . Incumbent Republican Thad Cochran announced that he would seek re-election for a sixth term. [47] The announcement followed by just six days the disclosure that he had pleaded guilty on August 1, 2007, to a reduced misdemeanor charge arising out of his arrest on June 11 at the Minneapolis airport for soliciting sex with a man in the restroom. Graham easily won re-election with 58% of the vote to Conley's 42%. Republican. The New Hampshire Senate saw the election of the first-ever female majority. A map of key Senate races to watch. ", Campbell, James E. "An exceptional election: Performance, values, and crisis in the 2008 presidential election. Obama won 52.9% of the popular vote, while McCain gathered 45.7% of the popular vote. Tex. Stevens's conviction on seven felony counts of corruption put his re-election bid in serious jeopardy, coming just over a week before the election, though Stevens appealed the conviction. Congress. Projects. He won 56% of women voters and 49% of male voters, the latter group important to Republican chances in the race. [137] Conley, whose victory in the Democratic primary over Michael Cone was a surprise, is a former Republican who supported Ron Paul in 2008 and campaigned as the more conservative candidate on some issues, notably illegal immigration and the bailout of Wall Street. Democratic Senator Barack Obama of Illinois won the presidential election, by defeating his challenger, Senator John McCain, and the Democrats bolstered their majority in both Houses of Congress . There are typically two reasons a senator might want to change desks: to gain a better location within the Chamber, or to occupy a desk previously used by a particular senator. As of 2023, Stevens still holds this record. Dykstra won the Republican primary on June 3. Today the desks are no longer arranged in their original order, but are moved within the Chamber to suit the needs of the Senate. The Democrats gained 8 seats, while the Republicans did not gain a seat. Former Governor and U.S. Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander was elected in 2002 to succeed retiring senator Fred Thompson. Baucus easily won re-election, taking 73% of the vote, with Kelleher taking 27%. In addition, this was the largest Democratic Senate gain since 1986, where they also won eight seats. [12], Sessions defeated Figures, taking 63% of the vote to Figures's 37%, Dispelling rumors that he would retire due to advanced age (he was 84 years old on election day) and ongoing federal investigations into his conduct, senator Ted Stevens filed papers for re-election for an eighth term. "The enduring allure of charisma: How Barack Obama won the historic 2008 presidential election. President George W. Bush (R) was unable to seek re-election due to term limits, leaving open nominating processes for both major parties. Collins was re-elected with 58% of the vote in 2002 over State Sen. Chellie Pingree. [134] National Journal has declared that "Reed is probably the safest incumbent of the 2008 cycle". Kerry won with 66% of the vote to Beatty's 31%. Such seating became known as the Cherokee Strip, a reference to the region in Oklahoma with land that at the time belonged neither to the Indian Territory nor the United States. Sen. Trent Lott's surprise resignation has opened up the other Mississippi Senate seat in 2008. The site was created by Taegan Goddard, who runs a network of political websites including Political Wire, Political Job Hunt and the Political Dictionary. This was the first presidential election year since 1964 when the Democratic Party won the White House and had coattails in the Senate and House of Representatives. Texas has not elected a Democrat in a statewide election since 1994, but according to pre-election Rasmussen polling, senator John Cornyn had an approval rating of 50%. Senator Barack Obama of Illinois was the Democratic nominee, and Senator John McCain of Arizona was the Republican nominee. As a result, Mississippi's Attorney General Jim Hood challenged Barbour in court, claiming that the special election needed to be held within 100 days of Lott's resignation, as per state law. The major theme during the campaign was the American public's general desire of change and reform from both Washington and the policies of President Bush. Barkley, who had briefly been appointed Senator after the death of Paul Wellstone in 2002, ran under the banner of the Independence Party, the largest third party in Minnesota. Going into these elections, the Senate consisted of 49 Democrats, 49 Republicans, and two Independents who caucused with the Democrats, giving the Democratic caucus the slightest 5149 majority. McCain still won the white vote, though Obamas share of the vote was large enough to win in some Republican areas. The Republican nominee was Jay Wolfe of Salem, a former State Senator. Not on the ballot, but running a write-in campaign, was Darryl W. Perry, the 2004 Libertarian Party nominee for Pennsylvania State Treasurer and 2007 candidate for Mayor of Birmingham, Alabama. Pat Roberts currently has an approval rating of 56%.[58]. Obama won nearly all major demographic groups on his way to victory. Challenging Levin were Republican State Representative Jack Hoogendyk, Green candidate Harley G. Mikkelson, US Taxpayers' candidate Mike Nikitin, Libertarian professor Scotty Boman, and Natural Law's candidate Doug Dern.[69]. Since Democrat Jim Webb had defeated incumbent Republican George Allen for Virginia's other Senate seat in 2006, Virginia's senate delegation flipped from entirely Republican to entirely Democratic in just two years. This marked the first time that Nebraska has split its electoral vote since it moved away from the winner-take-all method in 1992. Baucus was not expected to face a significant challenge from the 85-year-old Republican nominee, Bob Kelleher, who surprised observers by winning the June 3 Republican primary despite supporting a number of positions that put him to the political left of Baucus, such as nationalization of the American oil and gas industry.[99]. Even though West Virginia is a historically Democratic state, in which the party had a 50-32% edge in party affiliation over the Republicans in the 2004 elections, the state party is more conservative than the national party, giving its votes to President George W. Bush in that election and in 2000. The original 48 desks made by Thomas Constantine in 1819 were constructed in such a way as to form three concentric semicircles on the Senate floor. 2008 Presidential Election 2008 interactive map << 2004 2012 >> The 56th quadrennial United States presidential election was held on November 4, 2008. 2008 Nomination Battle. The goal of having two senators per state is to have each state equally represented in the senate. On April 1, 2009, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, citing serious prosecutorial misconduct during the trial, decided to drop all charges against Stevensan action that vacated his conviction. Democrat Barack Obama, then junior United States Senator from Illinois, defeated Republican John McCain. Two senators from each state are elected to represent their state. The only governorship that changed party hands was in Missouri: Democrat Jay Nixon was elected to replace Blunt, who chose to retire instead of seeking a second term. Since those elections, Democrats have had to endure the loss of some reliable voters because Hurricane Katrina dispersed many African-Americans from New Orleans, although the vast majority still live within Louisiana. The states are not interactive on the map unless the split is . Senator to ever lose re-election, defeating Warren Magnuson's 1980 record. Mr. Lewis was serving as the chairman of the Libertarian Party of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County. 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This seating plan is updated at the start of each Congress, and as needed if members change desks or seating locations or if a new senator is sworn in. He had already expressed interest in running and had been building the apparatus necessary to wage a Senate campaign.[65]. Obama received more votes than any candidate in history. Election Map [87] On June 30, 2009, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Al Franken received the most votes, and Norm Coleman conceded defeat after the ruling, allowing Al Franken to be Senator-elect of Minnesota. Obama and U.S. Senate Big Board - Election Results 2008 - The New York Times State Results Alaska Ariz. Calif. Colo. Conn. D.C. Hawaii Idaho Md. A September 2007 poll put Inhofe's approval rating at 47%, with 41% disapproving of his performance. At the start of each Congress, the desks are reapportioned between the two aisles of the Chamber based on the number of Democrats and Republicans. Each desk was custom made for a particular location within the Chamber. The campaign engaged targeted groups through networking sites like Facebook and MySpace. In North Carolina, there had been rumors that senator Elizabeth Dole would retire from the Senate and run for governor, but she said in 2006 that she intended to run for re-election. It was rumored that Lt. On October 19, 2007, Johnson formally announced that he was seeking re-election. The Obama campaign used social media and data gathering to promote the candidates argument for change. [19] Two former Veco executives have plead guilty to paying the younger Stevens $242,000 in bribes. [citation needed] Franken was sworn in as Minnesota's junior senator on July 7. By the 1930s, it had become the practice for senior senators to take front-row, center-aisle seats; junior majority party members who filled the Cherokee Strip were assigned either rear-row or end seats on the minority party side. Congress. The site also features a series of explainers about how presidents are actually elected in the United States. The assignment of these desks is governed by a series of Senate resolutions. The prior record, about 62 million, was set in 2004 by George W. Bush. The candidates disagreed on the causes of the financial crisis and tax policy. Ten were elected on November 4, 2008. The Republican nominee was Rep. Steve Pearce, who represented the more conservative southern part of the state. McCain and Obama differed on the presence of American troops in Iraq. It was also the first time the Republican Party nominated a woman for Vice President (Sarah Palin, then-Governor of Alaska). McCain and Obama both voted for a 2008 Senate bill to authorize the Treasury Department to purchase up to $700 billion in securities to prevent additional bankruptcies. Map of the 2008 Senate races using the latest state polls. Fellow senator Joe Lieberman, citing his status as an independent, endorsed Collins in her 2008 re-election bid. Senator, Kay Hagan, has since died. CQpolitics.com rated the contest as "safe Democrat.". Reed won the election, with 73% of the vote. . Use the interactive map tool to predict the winners of the 2014 senate elections and share with your friends! Obama won early votes in Iowa, Nevada, and South Carolina, while Clinton secured primary wins in Florida and Michigan.
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