The Green Papers: Connecticut 2008 General Election
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 12 August 2008
General Election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
Electoral Votes:7(1.30% of 538)
Governor:1 
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
2002-2010 Representatives:5(1.15% of 435)
2000 Census:3,409,535 (1.21% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):2,499,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):1,874,245
Capital:Hartford
Tuesday 12 August 2008 polling hours 6:00a EDT (1000 UTC) to 8:00p EDT (0000 UTC).
Tuesday 4 November 2008 polling hours 6:00a EST (1100 UTC) to 8:00p EST (0100 UTC).
 

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Connecticut State and Local Government

Connecticut 2008 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats, Republicans, Third Parties


22 December 2008: November 4, 2008 Election November 4, 2008 Election Results


30 October 2008: Synchronized with The State of Connecticut Secretary of the State - 2008 Candidate List.


Tuesday 12 August 2008 State/Local PRIMARIES

CONNECTICUT PRIMARY results from a media source

 
           

President  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 7 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place, Duly Appointed Presidential Electors, List of Presidential Candidates.
Up for election in 2008
  Elected Democratic 997,772 60.59% Senator Barack Hussein Obama
(7 Electoral Votes)
Vice President: Senator Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr.

FEC P80003338: $778,642,047
  Candidate Republican 629,428 38.22% Senator John Sidney McCain, III
Vice President: Governor Sarah H. Palin

FEC P80002801: $399,826,076
  Candidate Independent 19,162 1.16% Ralph Nader
Vice President: Matt Gonzalez

FEC P20000527: $4,520,160
  Candidate Write-in; (Constitution) 311 0.02% Charles Obadiah "Chuck" Baldwin
Vice President: Darrell L. Castle

FEC P80005499: $262,010
  Candidate Write-in; (Green) 90 0.01% former Congressman Cynthia A. McKinney
Vice President: Rosa A. Clemente

FEC P80004930: $240,360
  Candidate Write-in; (Socialist Party USA) 19 0.00% Brian Patrick Moore
Vice President: Stewart A. Alexander

FEC P80005275: $9,516
  Candidate Write-in; (Socialist Workers Party) 10 0.00% Róger Calero
Vice President: Alyson Kennedy

FEC P80005481: Financial report not available
Total 1,646,792 100.00%  

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 110th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1 Independent Democrat Senator Joseph I. "Joe" Lieberman
First elected: 1988 (as a Democrat); re-elected: 1994, 2000, 2006 (as an Independent)
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
  
Senator Lieberman, elected as an Independent on 7 November 2006, caucuses with the Democrats. He has chosen to officially list his party as "Independent Democrat".

Class 3 Democratic Senator Christopher J. Dodd
First elected: 1980; re-elected: 1986, 1992, 1998, 2004.
[also served in U.S. House: elected 1974, 1976, 1978]
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Open Seat - On 10 January 2007, Senator Dodd announced that he is running for President in 2008. He has stated that he will not be a candidate for re-election to the Senate in 2010.

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: None, All Governors

  Republican Governor M. Jodi Rell
succeeded to the Governorship, 1 July 2004, upon the resignation of Governor John Rowland who had announced said resignation on 21 June 2004; First elected: 2006
Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Democratic     Jim Amann

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Elected on a ticket with- but nominated separately from- the Governor;

  Republican Lieutenant Governor Michael Fedele
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

110th U.S. House of Representatives  2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 110th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
4 Democratic (4 Renominated);
1 Republican (1 Renominated)

CD 1
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Seat up for election
Democratic Congressman John B. Larson
• Re-elected Tuesday 4 November 2008
First elected: 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
Renominated - 12 August 2008 Primary
 Polls: Democratic Congressman John B. Larson
  Elected Democratic; Working Families 211,493 71.56% Congressman John B. Larson
Democratic: 194,493; Working Families: 17,000

FEC H8CT01046: $1,606,567
  Candidate Republican 76,860 26.01% Joseph "Joe" Visconti
FEC H8CT01111: $15,840
  Candidate Green 7,201 2.44% Stephen E. D. "Steve" Fournier
FEC H8CT01129: Financial report not available
  Candidate Write-in 3 0.00% Matthew Coleman
Total 295,557 100.00%  

CD 2
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Seat up for election
Democratic Congressman Joseph D. "Joe" Courtney
• Re-elected Tuesday 4 November 2008
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
Renominated - 12 August 2008 Primary
 Polls: Democratic Congressman Joseph D. "Joe" Courtney
  Elected Democratic; Working Families 212,148 65.67% Congressman Joseph D. "Joe" Courtney
Democratic: 198,984; Working Families: 13,164

FEC H2CT02112: $2,370,575
  Candidate Republican 104,574 32.37% Sean Patrick Sullivan
FEC H8CT02069: $399,208
  Candidate Green 6,300 1.95% Gregory Scott Deshefy
FEC H8CT02077: $4,407
  Candidate Write-in; (Socialist Party USA) 19 0.01% Todd Vachon
Total 323,041 100.00%  

CD 3
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Seat up for election
Democratic Congressman Rosa L. DeLauro
• Re-elected Tuesday 4 November 2008
First elected: 1990
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
Renominated - 12 August 2008 Primary
 Polls: Democratic Congressman Rosa L. DeLauro
  Elected Democratic; Working Families 230,172 77.40% Congressman Rosa L. DeLauro
Democratic: 204,761; Working Families: 25,411

FEC H0CT03072: $1,151,850
  Candidate Republican 58,583 19.70% Boaz "Bo" ItsHaky
FEC H8CT03059: Financial report not available
  Candidate Green 8,613 2.90% Ralph Ferrucci
FEC H4CT03074: Financial report not available
Total 297,368 100.00%  

CD 4
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Seat up for election
Republican Congressman Christopher Shays
First elected: 18 August 1987- in Special Election re: death of Congressman Stewart McKinney, 7 May 1987
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
Renominated - 10 May 2008 Convention
 Polls: Leans Democratic - Democratic Jim Himes favored over Republican Congressman Christopher Shays
  Elected Democratic; Working Families 158,475 51.32% Jim Himes
Democratic: 149,345; Working Families: 9,130

FEC H8CT04172: $3,940,028
  Candidate Republican 146,854 47.56% Congressman Christopher Shays
FEC H8CT04057: $3,774,740
  Candidate Libertarian 2,049 0.66% Michael Anthony Carrano
FEC H8CT04206: Financial report not available
  Candidate Green 1,388 0.45% Richard Z. Duffee
FEC H6CT04119: Financial report not available
  Candidate Write-in 10 0.00% Eugene Flanagan
Total 308,776 100.00%  

CD 5
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Seat up for election
Democratic Congressman Christopher Scott "Chris" Murphy
• Re-elected Tuesday 4 November 2008
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
Renominated - 12 August 2008 Primary
 Polls: Leans Democratic - Democratic Congressman Christopher Scott "Chris" Murphy
  Elected Democratic; Working Families 179,327 59.25% Congressman Christopher Scott "Chris" Murphy
Democratic: 161,178; Working Families: 18,149

FEC H6CT05124: $3,080,818
  Candidate Republican 117,914 38.96% state Senator David John Cappiello
FEC H8CT05120: $1,357,444
  Candidate Independent 3,082 1.02% Thomas Linton Winn
FEC H8CT05153: Financial report not available
  Candidate Green 2,324 0.77% Harold H. Burbank, II
FEC H8CT05138: Financial report not available
  Candidate Write-in 10 0.00% Walter Gengarelly
Total 302,657 100.00%  

Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

  Democratic Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz
First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002, 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

  Democratic Treasurer Denise L. Nappier
First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002, 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Comptroller  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

  Democratic Comptroller Nancy Wyman
First elected: 1994; re-elected: 1998, 2002, 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

  Democratic Attorney General Richard Blumenthal
First elected: 1990; re-elected: 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Political Parties    Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties
  Democratic (affiliates): 9 incumbents, 7 candidates
  Republican: 3 incumbents, 6 candidates
Major Third Parties
  Green (affiliates): 6 candidates
  Libertarian: 1 candidate
Other Third Parties
  Constitution (affiliates): 1 candidate
  Socialist Party USA: 2 candidates
  Socialist Workers Party: 1 candidate
  Working Families: 5 candidates
Independents
  Independent: 2 candidates
  Independent Democrat: 1 incumbent
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
  Write-in: 8 candidates
 
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from an election authority that the person so listed will actually appear on the ballot.
 
FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.

 


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