2008 United States Senate election in Georgia

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Template:Future election in the United States 2008 General elections will be held on November 4. Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss, first elected in 2002, is seeking re-election to his position as a United States Senator from Georgia.

The General Primary was held July 15, 2008.[1] A run-off between the top two Democrat contenders was held on August 5, in which Jim Martin defeated Vernon Jones.[2]

CQ Politics rates this race as 'Leans Republican'.[3] The Cook Political Report considers it 'Lean Republican'.[4] The Rothenberg Political Report considers it a 'Safe Republican'.[5]

Candidates

Republican Party

  • Sen. Saxby Chambliss - Incumbent senator with a 61% approval rating according to a July poll.[6]

Democratic Party

  • Jim Martin - Former State Representative, former State Human Resources Commissioner, Vietnam War veteran, and 2006 nominee for Lt. Governor

Martin had a 47% approval rating according to a July poll.[7]

Also Ran

Libertarian Party

  • Allen Buckley - Attorney, Accountant, 2004 gubernatorial nominee, and 2006 nominee for Lt. Governor

Socialist Workers Party

  • Eleanor Garcia (write-in) - Communist political organizer and frequent candidate

Election dates

The state party primaries were on July 15, 2008 with primary runoff elections on August 5, 2008. The general election will be held on 4 November 2008 and the general election runoff (if necessary) on December 2, 2008.[9]

Polling

General Election

Source Date Chambliss (R) Martin (D)
Insider Advantage October 9, 2008 45% 45%
Rasmussen Reports October 7, 2008 50% 44%
Research 2000 September 29 - October 1, 2008 45% 44%
Survey USA September 29, 2008 46% 44%
Rasmussen Reports September 16, 2008 50% 43%
Survey USA September 14 - September 16, 2008 53% 36%
Rasmussen Reports August 14, 2008 50% 44%
Rasmussen Reports July 21, 2008 51% 40%
Strategic Vision June 29, 2008 57% 28%
Rasmussen Reports June 26, 2008 52% 39%


Source Date Chambliss (R) Jones (D)
Rasmussen Reports July 21, 2008 59% 29%
Strategic Vision June 29, 2008 57% 27%
Rasmussen Reports June 26, 2008 57% 30%
Strategic Vision December 12, 2007 57% 27%
Rasmussen Report November 13, 2007 55% 32%
Rasmussen Report September 23, 2007 53% 28%
Strategic Vision June 24, 2007 55% 31%
Rasmussen Report September 23, 2007 53% 28%
Strategic Vision June 24, 2007 55% 31%
Insider Advantage May 23, 2007 48% 31%
Strategic Vision April 7, 2007 57% 29%

Democratic Primary

Source Date Cardwell Jones Knight Lanier Martin
Insider Advantage July 8 - 9, 2008 11% 20% 4% 1% 31%
Strategic Vision (R) June 27 - 29, 2008 22% 25% 14% 6% 17%
Mellman Group (D) May 29 - June 1, 2008 7% 16% 2% 3% 21%
Insider Advantage May 12, 2008 14% 21% 1% 5% 3%
Strategic Vision (R) May 9 - 11, 2008 20% 28% 11% 5% 15%

Election Results

Republican Primary

Unofficial results [1]:

2008 Georgia U.S. Senate Republican primary election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Saxby Chambliss 392,928 100.0
Turnout 392,928 100.0

Democratic Primary

Unofficial results [2] for the first round; as Vernon Jones did not win a majority of the vote, a runoff was held between him and Martin. Martin subsequently won the runoff.

2008 Georgia U.S. Senate Democratic primary election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Vernon Jones 199,029 40.4
Democratic Jim Martin 169,640 34.4
Democratic Dale Cardwell 79,183 16.1
Democratic Rand Knight 25,670 5.2
Democratic Josh Lanier 19,721 4.0
Turnout 493,243 100.0

Runoff results (with 98% reporting) [10]:

2008 Georgia U.S. Senate Democratic primary election runoff
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Jim Martin 188,137 59.8 +25.4
Democratic Vernon Jones 126,425 40.2 -0.2
Turnout 314,562

General Election

2008 Georgia U.S. Senate general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Saxby Chambliss
Democratic Jim Martin
Libertarian Allen Buckley
Socialist Workers Eleanor Garcia (write-in)
Write-in William Salomone, Jr.
Majority
Turnout

References

  1. ^ Unofficial And Incomplete Results of the Tuesday, July 15, 2008 General Primary Election Georgia Secretary of State
  2. ^ http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=5&docID=news-000002934958
  3. ^ Race Ratings Chart: Senate CQ Politics
  4. ^ 2008 Senate Race Ratings The Cook Political Report, October 9, 2008
  5. ^ 2008 Senate Ratings The Rothenberg Political Report, September 29, 2008
  6. ^ Election 2008: Georgia Senate Rasmussen Reports July 21, 2008
  7. ^ Election 2008: Georgia Senate Rasmussen Reports July 21, 2008
  8. ^ "Says Cardwell: Chambliss is 'a borrow-and-spend pawn of the special interests'".
  9. ^ Georgia Elections and Elected Officials
  10. ^ http://sos.georgia.gov/elections/election_results/2008_0805/00302.htm

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