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  AL - District 05
RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > Alabama > AL - District 05
OfficeHouse of Representatives
Type General Election
Filing Deadline 00, 2008 - 12:00pm
Polls Open November 04, 2008 - 07:00am
Polls Close November 04, 2008 - 08:00pm
Term Start January 03, 2009 - 12:00pm
Term End December 20, 2009 - 12:00am
Turnout 48.37% Total Population
ContributorAndy
Last ModifiedWilliam Shakesman December 22, 2009 10:23am
Data Sources[Link]
Description Term end due to party switch.
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/07/2006
NameRobert E. "Bud" Cramer, Jr. Votes143,015 (98.25%)
Term01/03/2007 - 01/03/2009 Margin140,475 (+96.51%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won12/22/2009
NameParker Griffith Votes1 (100.00%)
Term12/22/2009 - 01/03/2011 Margin1 (+100.00%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Jun 03, 2008 AL District 5 - R Primary Wayne Parker
Jun 03, 2008 AL District 05 - D Primary Parker Griffith
Jul 15, 2008 AL District 5 - R Runoff Wayne Parker
MAP

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KEY RACE? 6.5000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
03/07/2008 11/04/2008
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Parker Griffith 17 5 2 1
Wayne Parker 2 ------
Leaning Call: Parker Griffith (94.87%)
Weighted Call: Parker Griffith (83.01%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph
04/01/2008 10/14/2008

CANDIDATES
Photo  
Name St. Sen. Parker Griffith Wayne Parker (W) Others  
PartyDemocratic Republican Independent  
Website [Website]  
Certified Votes158,324 (51.52%) 147,314 (47.94%) 1,644 (0.54%)  
Margin0 (0.00%) -11,010 (-3.58%) -156,680 (-50.99%)  
Predict Avg.35.83% 30.83% 0.00%  
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $--  
MATCHUP POLLS (3 from 2 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg42.39%-- 40.37%-- 0.00%--  
Anzalone Liszt Research (D) 
10/12/08-10/14/08		 46.00% -- 38.00% -- 0.00% --
Capital Survey Research Center 
08/19/08-08/21/08		 45.00% 3.0 40.00% 8.0 0.00% --
Capital Survey Research Center 
04/01/08-04/01/08		 48.00% -- 32.00% -- 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
D Jason
  Esquire
D BDem
IndP 6921
 

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NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Sep 25, 2008 10:30pm News 1987 review of Griffith stirs up race Parker releases peer report critical of opponent's work  Article RBH 

DISCUSSION
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D:1733The Return of Soybomb ( 490.9855 points)
Tue, April 8, 2008 05:10:13 PM UTC0:00
Hell yeah baby!! Looks like we our finally making a stand in the deep south. Although from everything I have read, this district seems to be heavily Democratic at the state level.
 
D:262William Shakesman ( 6920.2134 points)
Tue, April 8, 2008 08:07:43 PM UTC0:00
Eh, I remember the poll showing that Nick Clooney was going to win handily.
 
D:2109Andy ( 4160.6357 points)
Wed, April 9, 2008 08:48:22 AM UTC0:00
This district's somewhat different than the one Clooney ran in.
 
I:6480NationalLiberal1922 ( 0.0000 points)
Wed, July 2, 2008 09:59:04 PM UTC0:00
It is pretty Democratic locally, Bush only got 54% in 2000, compared to 46% for Gore and Nader.

Given the disparities of the two candidates it looks good for the Democrats.
 
D:1989RBH ( 1271.2517 points)
Fri, November 14, 2008 04:12:33 AM UTC0:00


Kind of unfortunate for Parker that his opponent's first name is Parker