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  MA District 5 - Special D Primary
  RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > Massachusetts > MA - District 05
OfficeHouse of Representatives
TypePrimary Election
Filing Deadline July 17, 2007 - 12:00pm
Polls Open September 04, 2007 - 05:00am
Polls Close September 04, 2007 - 07:00pm
Term Start October 17, 2007 - 11:00am
Term End January 03, 2009 - 11:00am
Contributor*crickets chirp*
Last ModifiedRBH June 06, 2020 02:55pm
Data Sources
DescriptionDate 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%)
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 5.5000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Niki Tsongas
Strong 6
Lean 2
Slight 8
MATCHUP 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
Votes19,821 (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%
Finances$1,126,837.00 $558,283.00 $281,497.00 $894,599.00 $19,221.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Survey USA 
08/27-08/29
40.00% (+2.0) 29.00% (+13.0) 15.00% (+2.0) 9.00% (-5.0) 3.00% (-1.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Survey USA 
08/11-08/13
38.00% (+0.0) 16.00% (+0.0) 13.00% (+0.0) 14.00% (+0.0) 4.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Kiley & Company (D) 
08/08-08/09
34.00% (-4.0) 18.00% (+9.0) 16.00% (+6.0) 13.00% (+2.0) 4.00% (+1.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
JEF Associates 
08/06-08/07
28.00% (+2.0) 22.00% (+5.0) 7.00% (-3.0) 8.00% (-5.0) 4.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Kiley & Company (D) 
07/15-07/15
36.00% (-2.0) 13.00% (+4.0) 12.00% (+2.0) 10.00% (-1.0) 4.00% (+1.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
JEF Associates 
06/28-06/30
26.00% (+0.0) 17.00% (+0.0) 10.00% (+0.0) 13.00% (+0.0) 4.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
D Pat McGovern [L]
D Obama '08
D Susan C. Tucker [L]
D Susan C. Fargo [L]
  International Association of Firefighters
D William "Willie" Lantigua [L]
D Kevin J. Murphy [L]
D Steven C. Panagiotakos [L]
Laf-W Craverguy
  Democracy for America
  Progressive Democrats of America
  AFL-CIO
D Guy William Glodis [L]

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
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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