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Parents > United States > Iowa > Senate Class II
OfficeSenate
HonorificSenator - Abbr: Sen.
Type General Election
Filing Deadline 00, 2008 - 12:00am Central
Polls Open November 04, 2008 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close November 04, 2008 - 08:00pm Central
Term Start January 03, 2009 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 2015 - 12:00pm
ContributorRalphie
Last Modifiedev November 24, 2008 06:58pm
Data Sources[Link]
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
  PartyRepublican Won11/04/2014
NameJoni Ernst Votes588,575 (52.10%)
Term01/03/2015 - 01/03/2021 Margin94,205 (+8.34%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Jun 03, 2008 IA US Senate - D Primary
Tom Harkin
D 91,859
Jun 03, 2008 IA US Senate - R Primary
Christopher Reed
R 70,672
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
06/10/2005 11/04/2008
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Tom Harkin 2 3 16 40
Leaning Call: Tom Harkin (100.00%)
Weighted Call: Tom Harkin (100.00%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

04/21/2008 11/01/2008

CANDIDATES
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Name (I) Chairman Tom Harkin Christopher Reed Write-In  
PartyDemocratic Republican Nonpartisan  
Campaign Logo  
Certified Votes 941,665 (62.66%) 560,006 (37.26%) 1,247 (0.08%)  
Margin0 (0.00%) -381,659 (-25.39%) -940,418 (-62.57%)  
Predict Avg.61.11% 38.25% 0.00%  
Cash On Hand 6/30 $4,109,219.00 6/30 $292.00 $--  
Website [Website] [Website]  
Entry Date 00/00/2008 00/00/2008 --  
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MATCHUP POLLS (11 from 5 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg56.88%-- 35.20%-- 0.00%--  
YouGov 
10/18/08-11/01/08		 56.00% -- 36.00% -- 0.00% --
Selzer & Co. 
10/28/08-10/31/08		 57.00% 4.0 31.00% 3.0 0.00% --
Survey USA 
10/28/08-10/29/08		 61.00% 1.0 35.00% 2.0 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
10/23/08-10/23/08		 57.00% 3.0 41.00% 1.0 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
09/25/08-09/25/08		 54.00% 4.0 40.00% 6.0 0.00% --
Survey USA 
09/17/08-09/18/08		 60.00% -- 37.00% -- 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
R Spen
  Mason City Globe-Gazette
D Brandonius Maximus
  Ottumwa Courier
  Omaha World Herald
  Dubuque Telegraph Herald
  Sioux City Journal
  The Hawk Eye
  Iowa City Press-Citizen
  Quad City Times
  Des Moines Register
  Esquire
G BR_Green
G Guy
D Jason
D COSDem
Laf-W Craverguy
D Ashley
 


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Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Oct 27, 2008 07:00am Endorsement With fifth Senate term, the expectations rise [Harkin]  Article COSDem 
Apr 09, 2007 12:00pm Blog Entry Harkin and Grassley Forever?  Article RP 
Aug 27, 2006 03:00pm Commentary No competition so far for Harkin [IA Senate 2008]  Article COSDem 

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