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  WA - District 08
  RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > Washington > WA - District 08
OfficeHouse of Representatives
TypeGeneral Election
Filing Deadline 00, 0000 - 12:00pm
Polls Open November 04, 2008 - 09:00am
Polls Close November 04, 2008 - 10:00pm
Term Start January 03, 2009 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 2011 - 12:00pm
ContributorRalphie
Last ModifiedRalphie December 03, 2008 12:59pm
Data Sources[Link]
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
PartyRepublican Won11/07/2006
NameDave Reichert Votes129,362 (51.46%)
Term01/03/2007 - 01/03/2009 Margin7,341 (+2.92%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Aug 19, 2008 WA District 8 - Blanket Primary Dave Reichert
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 9.5000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Dave Reichert
Lean 1
Slight 15
Darcy Burner
Slight 18
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

09/07/2008 10/23/2008

CANDIDATES
Photo
Name (I) Rep. Dave Reichert Darcy Burner
PartyRepublican Democratic
Votes191,568 (52.78%) 171,358 (47.22%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -20,210 (-5.57%)
Predict Avg.49.74% 49.93%
Finances$0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Research 2000 
10/21-10/23
46.00% (-3.0) 46.00% (+5.0)
Survey USA 
10/20-10/21
46.00% (-8.0) 50.00% (+6.0)
Lake Research (D) 
10/11-10/14
40.00% (+0.0) 47.00% (+0.0)
Bennett, Petts & Normington (D) 
10/08-10/09
44.00% (+0.0) 49.00% (+0.0)
Research 2000 
10/05-10/07
49.00% (+0.0) 41.00% (+0.0)
Survey USA 
09/07-09/09
54.00% (+0.0) 44.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
I McCord 2014
  Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund
D DFWDem
  Tacoma News Tribune
D Ashley
  Democracy for America
  eQualityGiving
Laf-W Craverguy

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Oct 19, 2008 11:00pm Blog Entry Reichert Sweeps Newspaper Endorsements  Article Ralphie 
Oct 16, 2008 06:30pm Blog Entry Time Magazine wonders if netroots will bring down Burner  Article Ralphie 

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