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  GA US Senate - D Primary
RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > Georgia > Senate Class II
OfficeSenate
HonorificSenator - Abbr: Sen.
TypeDemocratic Primary Election
Filing Deadline June 01, 2008 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open July 15, 2008 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close July 15, 2008 - 06:00pm Central
Term Start January 03, 2009 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 2015 - 12:00pm
ContributorInspectorMorse
Last ModifiedRBH July 16, 2010 01:09am
Data Sources[Link]
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/05/2002
NameSaxby Chambliss Votes1,071,153 (52.77%)
Term01/03/2003 - 01/03/2009 Margin139,296 (+6.86%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won12/02/2008
NameSaxby Chambliss Votes1,228,033 (57.44%)
Term01/03/2009 - 01/03/2015 Margin318,110 (+14.88%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
RaceGA US Senate - Runoff 12/02/2008
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
04/20/2008 07/15/2008
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Jim Martin 8 2 ----
Vernon Jones 7 1 ----
Leaning Call: Jim Martin (57.14%)
Weighted Call: Jim Martin (95.05%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

05/09/2008 07/09/2008

CANDIDATES
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Name County Executive Vernon Jones Chairman Jim Martin Dale Cardwell Rand Knight Josh Lanier  
PartyDemocratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic  
Campaign Logo  
Certified Votes 199,026 (40.35%) 169,635 (34.39%) 79,181 (16.05%) 25,667 (5.20%) 19,717 (4.00%)  
Margin0 (0.00%) -29,391 (-5.96%) -119,845 (-24.30%) -173,359 (-35.15%) -179,309 (-36.35%)  
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%  
Cash On Hand 6/30 $150,369.00 6/25 $329,954.00 6/25 $20,225.00 6/25 $54,035.00 $--  
Website [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website]  
Entry Date 03/23/2007 00/00/2008 06/04/2007 06/07/2007 00/00/2007  
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MATCHUP POLLS (5 from 3 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg21.23%-- 24.03%-- 14.50%-- 7.45%-- 3.23%--  
Insider Advantage 
07/08/08-07/09/08		 20.00% 1.0 31.00% 28.0 11.00% 3.0 4.00% 3.0 1.00% 4.0
Strategic Vision (R) 
06/27/08-06/29/08		 25.00% 3.0 17.00% 2.0 22.00% 2.0 14.00% 3.0 6.00% 1.0
Mellman Group (D) 
05/29/08-06/01/08		 16.00% -- 21.00% -- 7.00% -- 2.00% -- 3.00% --
Insider Advantage 
05/12/08-05/12/08		 21.00% -- 3.00% -- 14.00% -- 1.00% -- 5.00% --
Strategic Vision (R) 
05/09/08-05/11/08		 28.00% -- 15.00% -- 20.00% -- 11.00% -- 5.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
  21st Century Democrats
D Thomas E. "Tom" Brown 🔗
  Atlanta Journal Constitution
D Sarnstrom
I McCord 2014
  Macon Telegraph
I WA Indy
D DFWDem
D Mark Taylor 🔗
D Ashley
D Jason
D Pedro "Pete" Marin 🔗
IND Monsieur
  National Education Association
D mtrz
  Georgia Association of Educators
  AFL-CIO
D Bob
D Ronald L. Cain 🔗
D Denise Majette 🔗
  Teamsters Local 728
I M@
G BR_Green
Laf-W Craverguy
 


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Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Jul 16, 2008 11:00pm News Obama Plays a Part in Contests in Georgia  Article ArmyDem 
Jul 02, 2008 10:00pm News Dem newcomer surprises with labor endorsements  Article Craverguy 
May 04, 2008 12:00pm Blog Entry Vernon Jones: "John Kerry nor Al Gore came to Georgia"  Article RBH 
Apr 29, 2008 06:00pm News Vernon Jones: ‘Obviously, the Democratic party loves to recruit losers’  Article RBH 
Jun 20, 2007 11:55pm Speculative Wyc Orr being urged to run for GA U.S. Senate  Article Sarnstrom 
Mar 23, 2007 08:55pm News DeKalb CEO Jones tells Chambliss he's after his [GA] Senate seat  Article ArmyDem 

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