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  MA District 5 - Special D Primary
RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > Massachusetts > MA - District 05
OfficeHouse of Representatives
HonorificRepresentative - Abbr: Rep.
TypeDemocratic Primary Election
Filing Deadline July 17, 2007 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open September 04, 2007 - 05:00am Central
Polls Close September 04, 2007 - 07:00pm Central
Term Start October 17, 2007 - 11:00am
Term End January 03, 2009 - 11:00am
Turnout 8.76% Total Population
Contributor*crickets chirp*
Last ModifiedRBH June 06, 2020 02:55pm
Data Sources
Description Date of Congressional Primary is confirmed. Rep. Marty Meehan accepted an appointment to head UMass Lowell.
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/07/2006
NameMartin T. "Marty" Meehan Votes159,120 (98.06%)
Term01/03/2007 - 07/01/2007 Margin155,968 (+96.12%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won10/16/2007
NameNiki Tsongas Votes54,359 (51.30%)
Term10/17/2007 - 01/03/2009 Margin6,577 (+6.21%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
RaceMA District 05 - Special Election 10/16/2007
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
04/03/2007 09/04/2007
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Niki Tsongas 8 2 6 --
Leaning Call: Niki Tsongas (100.00%)
Weighted Call: Niki Tsongas (100.00%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

03/24/2007 08/29/2007

CANDIDATES
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Name Niki Tsongas Mayor Eileen Donoghue St. Rep. Jamie Eldridge St. Rep. Barry Finegold St. Rep. Jim Miceli (W) Write-In  
PartyDemocratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic  
Campaign Logo  
Certified Votes 19,821 (35.61%) 17,385 (31.23%) 8,042 (14.45%) 6,999 (12.57%) 3,297 (5.92%) 120 (0.22%)  
Margin0 (0.00%) -2,436 (-4.38%) -11,779 (-21.16%) -12,822 (-23.03%) -16,524 (-29.69%) -19,701 (-35.39%)  
Predict Avg.39.50% 25.00% 16.00% 11.85% 3.15% 0.00%  
Cash On Hand 6/30 $1,126,837.00 6/30 $558,283.00 6/30 $281,497.00 6/30 $894,599.00 6/30 $19,221.00 $--  
Website [Website] [Website] [Website]  
Entry Date 00/00/2007 00/00/2007 00/00/2007 00/00/2007 00/00/2007 07/17/2007  
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MATCHUP POLLS (9 from 4 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg34.96%-- 23.88%-- 13.09%-- 9.88%-- 3.57%-- 0.00%--  
Survey USA 
08/27/07-08/29/07
40.00% 2.0 29.00% 13.0 15.00% 2.0 9.00% 5.0 3.00% 1.0 0.00% --
Survey USA 
08/11/07-08/13/07
38.00% -- 16.00% -- 13.00% -- 14.00% -- 4.00% -- 0.00% --
Kiley & Company (D) 
08/08/07-08/09/07
34.00% 2.0 18.00% 5.0 16.00% 4.0 13.00% 3.0 4.00% -- 0.00% --
JEF Associates 
08/06/07-08/07/07
28.00% 2.0 22.00% 5.0 7.00% 3.0 8.00% 5.0 4.00% -- 0.00% --
Kiley & Company (D) 
07/15/07-07/15/07
36.00% 2.0 13.00% 4.0 12.00% 2.0 10.00% 1.0 4.00% 1.0 0.00% --
JEF Associates 
06/28/07-06/30/07
26.00% -- 17.00% -- 10.00% -- 13.00% -- 4.00% -- 0.00% --
Kiley & Company (D) 
05/22/07-05/22/07
38.00% 3.0 9.00% -- 10.00% 1.0 11.00% 3.0 3.00% -- 0.00% --
Garin-Hart-Yang Research (D) 
05/03/07-05/04/07
36.00% -- 13.00% -- 5.00% -- 10.00% -- 4.00% -- 0.00% --
Kiley & Company (D) 
03/24/07-03/25/07
35.00% -- 9.00% -- 9.00% -- 8.00% -- 3.00% -- 0.00% --
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Apr 13, 2007 12:00am News Meehan's wife backs Tsongas  Article The Sunset Provision 
Mar 12, 2007 09:50am Blog Entry Baddour out of scrum for Meehan's seat  Article *crickets chirp* 

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