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  TX US President - D Primary
RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > Texas > President
Parent RaceUS President - D Primaries
OfficePresident
HonorificPresident - Abbr: President
TypeDemocratic Primary Election
Filing Deadline January 01, 2008 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open March 04, 2008 - 07:00am Central
Polls Close March 04, 2008 - 07:00pm Central
Term Start January 20, 2009 - 12:00pm
Term End January 20, 2013 - 12:00pm
Contributorparticleman
Last ModifiedRBH May 09, 2008 07:55pm
Data SourcesSOS [Link]
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Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/02/2004
NameGeorge W. Bush Votes4,526,917 (61.09%)
Term01/20/2005 - 01/20/2009 Margin1,694,213 (+22.86%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/04/2008
NameJohn McCain Votes4,479,328 (55.45%)
Term01/20/2009 - 01/20/2013 Margin950,695 (+11.77%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
RaceTX US President 11/04/2008
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
02/18/2008 03/04/2008
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Hillary Clinton 15 ------
Barack Obama 17 5 1 --
Leaning Call: Barack Obama (66.67%)
Weighted Call: Hillary Clinton (57.60%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

03/16/2007 03/03/2008

CANDIDATES
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Name Sen. Hillary Clinton Sen. Barack Obama Sen. John Edwards Gov. Bill Richardson Chairman Joe Biden Sen. Chris Dodd  
PartyDemocratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic  
Campaign Logo  
Certified Votes 1,462,734 (50.88%) 1,362,476 (47.39%) 29,936 (1.04%) 10,773 (0.38%) 5,290 (0.18%) 3,777 (0.13%)  
Margin0 (0.00%) -100,258 (-3.49%) -1,432,798 (-49.84%) -1,451,961 (-50.50%) -1,457,444 (-50.69%) -1,458,957 (-50.75%)  
Predict Avg.40.98% 39.98% 1.00% 0.43% 0.20% 0.05%  
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $--  
Website [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website]  
Entry Date 01/20/2007 02/10/2007 -- -- -- --  
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MATCHUP POLLS (50 from 16 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg47.30%-- 47.04%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%--  
American Research Group 
03/02/08-03/03/08		 50.00% 3.0 47.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Zogby International 
03/01/08-03/03/08		 47.00% 3.0 44.00% 3.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Survey USA 
03/01/08-03/02/08		 48.00% 3.0 49.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Insider Advantage 
03/02/08-03/02/08		 49.00% 2.0 44.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
03/02/08-03/02/08		 47.00% 3.0 48.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Public Policy Polling 
03/01/08-03/02/08		 50.00% 2.0 44.00% 4.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
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D Eddie Lucio, Jr.
D Elba Garcia
D John Loza
D Ed Oakley
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D Jim Chapman 🔗
D James A. "Jim" Mattox 🔗
D Pauline Medrano
D Charles W. "Charlie" Stenholm 🔗
D Gene Green
D Solomon P. Ortiz
D Arthur Lewis Schechter 🔗
D Silvestre Reyes 🔗
D DFWDem
D TX DEM
D Chente Quintanilla 🔗
R Aaron Peña 🔗
D Armando "Mando" Martínez 🔗
D Veronica Gonzales 🔗
D Rene O. Oliveira 🔗
D Richard Peña Raymond 🔗
D Juan Manuel Escobar 🔗
D Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa 🔗
D Carlos "Charles" Uresti 🔗
D Senfronia Thompson 🔗
D Hubert Vo 🔗
D Mario Gallegos, Jr. 🔗
D Lee P. Brown 🔗
D Garry Mauro 🔗
D Roy M. Spence, Jr. 🔗
D Robert C. "Bob" Krueger 🔗
D Dolph Briscoe 🔗
D Sheila Jackson Lee 🔗
D Rubén Hinojosa 🔗
D Henry Cuellar 🔗
D EastTexasDem
  San Antonio Express-News
D Molly Beth Malcolm 🔗
D Eddie Lucio III
D Max A. Sandlin
D Mark White
D Al Green
D Lloyd Doggett
D Chet Edwards 🔗
  Corpus Christi Caller-Times
  Fort Worth Star-Telegram
  El Paso Times
  Houston Chronicle
D Will P. Wynn
D Jim Dunnam
D Jim Hightower 🔗
D Kirk Watson 🔗
D Pete Gallego
D Charlie Gonzalez 🔗
D Ron Kirk 🔗
D Rodney Ellis 🔗
D Eddie Bernice Johnson 🔗
  Austin American-Statesman
  Dallas Morning News
D Max A. Sandlin
D Craig Eiland
D Paula Hightower Pierson
D Mark Homer
D Stephen J. Frost
D Joe Farias
D Garnet F. Coleman
D Trey Martinez Fischer
D Jim Dunnam
D Kirk Watson
D Charles Soechting
D Hank Gilbert
D Mikal Watts 🔗
D Laura Miller
 


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Feb 14, 2008 07:00pm Endorsement Texas populist boost for Obama from Hightower  Article Gerald Farinas 
Feb 11, 2008 07:00pm Announcement Clinton, Obama to debate in Austin before Texas primary  Article DFWDem 
Feb 10, 2008 11:00am General Barack Obama faces uphill fight to win over Texas Hispanics  Article DFWDem 
Feb 07, 2008 06:40am General Democrats roll out Texas campaigns  Article DFWDem 
Jan 11, 2008 04:00pm Legal Ruling Judge says Dennis Kucinich can't be on Texas ballot  Article DFWDem 

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