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  MD District 8
RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > Maryland > MD - District 08
OfficeHouse of Representatives
HonorificRepresentative - Abbr: Rep.
Type General Election
Filing Deadline August 00, 2008 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open November 04, 2008 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close November 04, 2008 - 07:00pm Central
Term Start January 03, 2009 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 2011 - 12:00pm
Turnout 80.53% Registered
ContributorU Ole Polecat
Last ModifiedU Ole Polecat November 28, 2008 01:38pm
Data Sources[Link]
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/07/2006
NameChris Van Hollen Votes168,872 (76.52%)
Term01/03/2007 - 01/03/2009 Margin120,548 (+54.62%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/02/2010
NameChris Van Hollen Votes153,613 (73.27%)
Term01/03/2011 - 01/03/2013 Margin101,192 (+48.26%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Feb 12, 2008 MD District 8 - R Primary
Steven J. Hudson
R 23,197
Feb 12, 2008 MD District 8 - D Primary
Chris Van Hollen
D 118,551
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
02/08/2008 11/04/2008
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Chris Van Hollen ------21
Leaning Call: Chris Van Hollen (100.00%)
Weighted Call: Chris Van Hollen (100.00%)

CANDIDATES
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Name (I) Campaign Committee Chairman Chris Van Hollen Steven J. Hudson Gordon Clark Ian Thomas (W) Others (W) Deborah A. Vollmer (W) Lih Y. Young
PartyDemocratic Republican Green Libertarian Unaffiliated Independent Democrat Independent Democrat
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Certified Votes 229,669 (75.07%) 66,345 (21.69%) 6,825 (2.23%) 2,562 (0.84%) 317 (0.10%) 188 (0.06%) 28 (0.01%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -163,324 (-53.39%) -222,844 (-72.84%) -227,107 (-74.23%) -229,352 (-74.97%) -229,481 (-75.01%) -229,641 (-75.06%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Cash On Hand 10/15 $2,724,622.55 $-- 10/15 $4,534.81 $-- $-- $-- $--
Website [Website] [Website] [Website]
Entry Date 11/05/2007 11/27/2007 02/29/2008 00/00/2008 -- 02/19/2008 03/31/2008
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DROPPED OUT - NO VOTES
Brian Crider (G)
Dec 03, 2007 - Feb 03, 2008 		Meyer F. Marks (Un)
Mar 11, 2008 -  00, 2008 		Adrian Petrus (Un)
Jun 02, 2008 -  00, 2008

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