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  IA US Senate - R Primary
RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > Iowa > Senate Class II
OfficeSenate
HonorificSenator - Abbr: Sen.
TypeRepublican Primary Election
Filing Deadline March 14, 2008 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open June 03, 2008 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close June 03, 2008 - 08:00pm Central
Term Start January 03, 2009 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 2015 - 12:00pm
ContributorCOSDem
Last Modifiedev June 23, 2008 11:53pm
Data SourcesIowa Secretary of State
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/05/2002
NameTom Harkin Votes554,278 (54.18%)
Term01/03/2003 - 01/03/2009 Margin106,386 (+10.40%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/04/2008
NameTom Harkin Votes941,665 (62.66%)
Term01/03/2009 - 01/03/2015 Margin381,659 (+25.39%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
RaceIA US Senate 11/04/2008
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
01/10/2008 06/03/2008
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
George S. Eichhorn 3 ------
Steve Rathje ------1
Leaning Call: Steve Rathje (57.14%)
Weighted Call: George S. Eichhorn (99.96%)

CANDIDATES
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Name Christopher Reed St. Rep. George S. Eichhorn Steve Rathje (W) Write-In  
PartyRepublican Republican Republican Republican  
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Certified Votes 24,964 (35.32%) 24,390 (34.51%) 21,062 (29.80%) 256 (0.36%)  
Margin0 (0.00%) -574 (-0.81%) -3,902 (-5.52%) -24,708 (-34.96%)  
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%  
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $--  
Website [Website] [Website] [Website]  
Entry Date 01/00/2008 00/00/0001 00/00/2006 --  
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ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
R Bill Salier
R Larry McKibben 🔗
R Mike Mahaffey 🔗
R Ron Wieck 🔗
R Jeff Lamberti 🔗
R Dave Mulder 🔗
R James Seymour 🔗
R Mark Zieman 🔗
 


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Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Jun 04, 2008 07:45pm News Eichhorn: No clear winner in senate primary  Article ev 
Mar 07, 2008 02:00pm Announcement Congressman King won't challenge Harkin for Senate seat  Article COSDem 
Mar 06, 2008 09:15pm Announcement Former GOP lawmaker to challenge Harkin  Article COSDem 
Jun 03, 2005 12:00am News BREAKING NEWS: STEVE KING CONSIDERS RUNNING AGAINST TOM HARKIN  Article COSDem 

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