The Green Papers: Iowa 2008 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 3 June 2008
General Election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
Electoral Votes:7(1.30% of 538)
Governor:1 
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
2002-2010 Representatives:5(1.15% of 435)
2000 Census:2,931,923 (1.04% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):2,165,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):1,841,346
Capital:Des Moines
Tuesday 3 June 2008 polling hours 7:00a CDT (1200 UTC) to 9:00p CDT (0200 UTC).
Tuesday 4 November 2008 polling hours 7:00a CST (1300 UTC) to 9:00p CST (0300 UTC).
 

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Iowa State and Local Government

Iowa 2008 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats, Republicans, Third Parties

3 June 2008 primary returns from an official source. The Republican U.S. Senate and CD 2 U.S. House races are very close. The recount request deadline is 5:00 Friday 13 June 2008.

Under State law, a candidate in a Primary must receive at least 35% of the vote in that Primary to win a Party's nomination. If no candidate receives 35% in the Primary, the nominee is chosen by the State Convention of the Party.

 
           
President  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 7 (Winner-take-all)
Up for election in 2008
  Candidate Constitution     Charles Obadiah "Chuck" Baldwin
• Vice President: Darrell L. Castle
• FEC P80005499: $96,079
  Candidate Peace And Freedom     Ralph Nader
• Vice President: Matt Gonzalez
• FEC P20000527: $2,434,472
  Candidate Socialist Party USA     Brian Patrick Moore
• Vice President: Stewart A. Alexander
• FEC P80005275: $9,516
  Candidate Socialist Workers Party     James E. Harris
• Vice President: Alyson Kennedy.
Stand-in candidate. The Party's nominee, Róger Calero, having been born in Nicaragua, does not meet the Constitutional requirements for President.
  Candidate Independent; (Libertarian)     former Congressman Bob Barr
• Vice President: Wayne Allyn Root
• FEC P80005580: $648,749
  Candidate Independent; (Socialism and Liberation)     Gloria Estela La Riva
• Vice President: Robert Moses
• FEC P80005572: $9,471
  Candidate Independent; (Green)     former Congressman Cynthia A. McKinney
• Vice President: Rosa A. Clemente (Wendy Barth, stand-in for Vice President)
• FEC P80004930: $132,856
U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 110th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes
Class 2
Seat up for election		 Democratic Senator  Thomas Richard "Tom" Harkin
• First elected: 1984; re-elected: 1990, 1996; 2002
[also served in U.S. House- elected: 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982]
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
• Renominated - 3 June 2008 Primary
  Candidate Democratic     Senator  Thomas Richard "Tom" Harkin
• FEC S4IA00020: $5,319,617
    Republican     George Scott Eichhorn - lost primary
• Received 34.58% in the 3 June primary.
• FEC S8IA00096: $7,407
    Republican     Steve Rathje - lost primary
• FEC S8IA00088: $105,071
  Candidate Republican     Christopher Reed
• Received 35.26% in the 3 June primary.
• FEC S8IA00104: $11,765
  Candidate Write-in; (Socialist Workers Party)     Diana Newberry
Class 3 Republican Senator Charles "Chuck" Grassley
• First elected: 1980; re-elected: 1986, 1992, 1998, 2004.
[also served in U.S. House- elected: 1974, 1976, 1978]
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: None, All Governors
  Democratic Governor  Chester "Chet" Culver
• First elected: 2006
• Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Elected on a ticket with Governor.
  Democratic Lieutenant Governor  Patty Judge
• First elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
110th U.S. House of Representatives  2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 110th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
3 Democratic (3 Renominated);
2 Republican (2 Renominated)
CD 1
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Seat up for election		 Democratic Congressman  Bruce L. Braley
• First elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
• Renominated - 3 June 2008 Primary
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman  Bruce L. Braley
• FEC H6IA01098: $779,596
  Candidate Republican     state Senator  David L. "Dave" Hartsuch
• FEC H8IA01086: $16,661
CD 2
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Seat up for election		 Democratic Congressman  David Wayne Loebsack
• First elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
• Renominated - 3 June 2008 Primary
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman  David Wayne Loebsack
• FEC H6IA02146: $683,387
    Republican     Merlin Lee "Lee" Harder - lost primary
• FEC H8IA02035: $27,737
  Candidate Republican     Mariannette Jane Miller-Meeks
• FEC H8IA02043: $133,494
    Republican     Peter R. Teahen - lost primary
• FEC H8IA02050: $117,549
  Candidate Green     Wendy Barth
  Candidate Nominated By Petition     Brian Alan White
• FEC H8IA02068: Financial report not available
CD 3
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Seat up for election		 Democratic Congressman  Leonard L. Boswell
• First elected: 1996
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
• Renominated - 3 June 2008 Primary
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman  Leonard L. Boswell
• FEC H6IA03144: $1,300,216
    Democratic     former state Representative Ed Fallon - lost primary
• FEC H8IA03074: $294,342
  Candidate Republican     Kim Schmett
• FEC H8IA03082: $79,884
  Candidate Socialist Workers Party     Frank V. Forrestal
CD 4
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Seat up for election		 Republican Congressman  Thomas P. "Tom" Latham
• First elected: 1994
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
• Renominated - 3 June 2008 Primary
  Candidate Democratic     Rebecca "Becky" Greenwald
• FEC H8IA04056: $143,443
    Democratic     Kurtis Loren "Kurt" Meyer - lost primary
• FEC H8IA04049: $176,025
    Democratic     Kevin James Miskell - lost primary
• FEC H8IA04072: $9,090
  Candidate Republican     Congressman  Thomas P. "Tom" Latham
• FEC H4IA05102: $1,053,821
    Write-in; (Democratic)     William J. Meyers - apparently not a candidate
• Lost 3 June 2008 Democratic primary. May run as an independent write-in in the General Election. 16 August update: Did not file for the General Election.
• FEC H8IA04064: Financial report not available
CD 5
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Seat up for election		 Republican Congressman  Steven A. "Steve" King
• First elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
• Renominated - 3 June 2008 Primary
  Candidate Democratic     Rob Lewis Hubler
• FEC H8IA05053: $110,188
  Candidate Republican     Congressman  Steven A. "Steve" King
• FEC H2IA05072: $645,765
    Independent     Roy Nielsen - apparently not a candidate
• FEC H6IA05123: $1,500
  Candidate Independent     Victor Vara
Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010
  Democratic Secretary of State  Michael A. Mauro
• First elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010
  Democratic Attorney General Tom Miller
• First elected: 1978; re-elected: 1982, 1986; elected again: 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010
  Democratic Treasurer Michael L. "Mike" Fitzgerald
• First elected: 1982; re-elected: 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Auditor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010
  Republican Auditor  David A. "Dave" Vaudt
• First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Secretary of Agriculture and Land Stewardship  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010
  Republican Secretary of Agriculture and Land Stewardship  Bill Northey
• First elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Political Parties    Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.
Major Parties
 • Democratic (affiliates): 9 incumbents, 6 candidates
 • Republican: 5 incumbents, 6 candidates
Major Third Parties
 • Green (affiliates): 2 candidates
 • Libertarian: 1 candidate
Other Third Parties
 • Constitution (affiliates): 1 candidate
 • Socialism and Liberation: 1 candidate
 • Peace And Freedom: 1 candidate
 • Right to Life
 • Socialist Party USA: 1 candidate
 • Socialist Workers Party: 3 candidates
Independents
 • Independent: 4 candidates
 • Nominated By Petition: 1 candidate
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
 • Not readily classifiable
 • Write-in: 1 candidate
 
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.
Notes
Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from an election authority that the person so listed will actually appear on the ballot.
 
FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.
Links Links to other web sites
Constitution   Links to State Constitutions
 • 1857 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF IOWA
Election Authority
 • Iowa Secretary of State
Legislature   Links to State Legislatures
 • Iowa General Assembly
Democratic
 • Iowa Democratic Party
 • Iowa First Caucus - Your information source for the 2008 Iowa Caucuses)
 • Iowa House Democrats
 • Iowa Senate Democrats
Republican
 • Iowa Senate Republican Caucus
 • Republican Party of Iowa
Third Party
 • Constitution Party of Iowa
 • Constitution Party of Iowa
 • Iowa Green Party
 • Iowa Right to Life Committee
 • Libertarian Party of Iowa
 • One Earth Party
Media & others
 • Blog for Iowa
 • DC's Political Report - Iowa
 • Dubuque Telegraph Herald
 • Fort Madison Daily Democrat
 • Globe Gazette - Mason City
 • Iowa Caucuses 2008
 • Iowa City Press-Citizen
 • Iowa Farmer Today
 • Iowa Independent
 • Iowa Politics - West Des Moines
 • Iowa Press - Iowa Public Television
 • Iowa Public Television - Johnston
 • Kalona News
 • KCAU TV - ABC - Sioux City
 • KCCI TV - CBS - TheIowaChannel - Des Moines
 • KCRG TV - ABC - Cedar Rapids - Iowa City - Dubuque
 • KDSM TV - FOX - Des Moines
 • KLJB TV - Fox - Davenport
 • KMEG TV - CBS - Sioux City
 • Politics1.com - Iowa
 • Quad-Cities - Dispatch/Argus/Leader - Moline - Rock Island - Davenport
 • Quad-City Times
 • Radio Iowa
 • Sioux City Journal
 • The Bloomfield Democrat
 • The Daily Nonpareil - Council Bluffs
 • The Des Moines Register
 • The Gazette - Cedar Rapids
 • The Humboldt Independent
 • The Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier
 • WHO TV - NBC - Des Moines
 

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