The Green Papers: Virginia 2008 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 10 June 2008
General Election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
Electoral Votes:13(2.42% of 538)
Governor:1 
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
2002-2010 Representatives:11(2.53% of 435)
2000 Census:7,100,702 (2.52% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):5,263,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):3,770,273
Capital:Richmond
Tuesday 10 June 2008 polling hours 6:00a EDT (1000 UTC) to 7:00p EDT (2300 UTC).
Tuesday 4 November 2008 polling hours 6:00a EST (1100 UTC) to 7:00p EST (0000 UTC).
 

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Virginia State and Local Government

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

13 October 2007: The GOP decided to select their Senatorial candidate by convention rather than by primary.

Virginia law states that there will be no primary in races "when less than two candidates declare".

 
           
President  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 13 (Winner-take-all)
Up for election in 2008
U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 110th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes
Class 1 Democratic Senator James H. "Jim" Webb, Jr.
• First elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Class 2
Seat up for election
Open		 Republican Senator John William Warner
• First elected: 1978; re-elected: 1984, 1990, 1996, 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
• Open Seat - 31 August 2007: Announced retirement effective at the end of his current term.
  Candidate Democratic     former Governor Mark Robert Warner
• Not related to Senator John William Warner
• FEC S6VA00093: $6,368,072
  Candidate Republican     Bob Berry
• FEC S8VA00289: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     former Governor James S. "Jim" Gilmore, III
• FEC S8VA00255: $753,776
  Candidate Republican     state Delegate Robert G. "Bob" Marshall
• FEC S8VA00263: $51,770
  Candidate Libertarian     William "Bill" Redpath
• FEC S8VA00271: Financial report not available
  Candidate Independent Greens     Gail Parker
  Candidate Independent     Ishah Wright
• Party: Jewish - Christian National Committee
• FEC S8VA00222: $0
Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2005, 2009. Term Limit: ineligble to immediately succeed after a given 4-year term, All Governors
  Democratic Governor Timothy M. "Tim" Kaine
• First elected: 2005
• Chair up for election: Tuesday 3 November 2009
• The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election.
• Open Chair - At term limit
  Candidate Democratic     state Senator Creigh Deeds
  Candidate Democratic     state Delegate Brian J. Moran
  Candidate Republican     Attorney General Robert F. "Bob" McDonnell
Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2005, 2009
  Republican Lieutenant Governor William T. "Bill" Bolling
• First elected: 2005
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 3 November 2009
110th U.S. House of Representatives  2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 110th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
8 Republican (6 Renominated, 1 Undetermined, 1 Open);
3 Democratic (2 Renominated, 1 Undetermined)
CD 1
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Seat up for election		 Republican Congressman Robert J. "Rob" Wittman
• First elected in a special election (re: the death of Congressman Jo Ann S. Davis): 11 December 2007
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
• Renominated - 10 June 2008 Primary
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Robert J. "Rob" Wittman
• FEC H8VA01147: $502,397
  Candidate Independent     Lucky R. Narain
  Candidate Write-in     Craig E. Ennis
• FEC H8VA01220: Financial report not available
CD 2
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Seat up for election		 Republican Congressman Thelma Day Drake
• First elected: 2004
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
• Renominated - 10 June 2008 Primary
  Candidate Democratic     Glenn Carlyle Nye, III
• FEC H8VA02046: $253,624
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Thelma Day Drake
• FEC H4VA02037: $1,047,910
CD 3
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Seat up for election		 Democratic Congressman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
• Renominated - 10 June 2008 Primary
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott
• FEC H6VA01117: $356,103
  Candidate Independent Greens     William Grogan
CD 4
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Seat up for election		 Republican Congressman J. Randy Forbes
• 2001 June 19: Elected in a special election to replace the seat vacated by the death of Norman Sisisky.
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
• Renominated - 10 June 2008 Primary
  Candidate Democratic     Andrea Miller
• FEC H8VA04018: $8,965
  Candidate Republican     Congressman J. Randy Forbes
• FEC H2VA04052: $423,001
  Candidate Independent Greens     Albert Burckard
CD 5
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Seat up for election		 Republican Congressman Virgil H. Goode, Jr.
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
• Renominated - 10 June 2008 Primary
  Candidate Democratic     Tom Perriello
• FEC H8VA05106: $640,554
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Virgil H. Goode, Jr.
• FEC H6VA05068: $438,307
  Candidate Independent Greens     Sherman Wichter
• ?
CD 6
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Seat up for election		 Republican Congressman Robert W. "Bob" Goodlatte
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
• Renominated - 10 June 2008 Primary
  Candidate Democratic     Salam ''Sam'' Rasoul
• FEC H8VA06047: $131,831
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Robert W. "Bob" Goodlatte
• FEC H2VA06115: $733,653
  Candidate Independent Greens     Jeffrey Pierson
CD 7
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Seat up for election		 Republican Congressman Eric I. Cantor
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
• Renominated - 10 June 2008 Primary
  Candidate Democratic     Anita Ruth Hartke
• FEC H8VA07045: $11,409
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Eric I. Cantor
• FEC H0VA07042: $2,269,015
  Candidate Independent Greens     Brian Taylor
• FEC H8VA07052: $6,067
  Candidate Independent; (Independent Greens)     William "Will" Griffith
• FEC H8VA07037: Financial report not available
CD 8
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Seat up for election		 Democratic Congressman James P. "Jim" Moran, Jr.
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
  Candidate Democratic     Matthew Thomas "Matt" Famiglietti
• FEC H8VA08126: $1,792
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman James P. "Jim" Moran, Jr.
• FEC H0VA08040: $756,826
  Candidate Republican     Mark Ellmore
• FEC H6VA08211: $13,600
  Candidate Republican     Amit Kumar Singh
• FEC H8VA08134: $35,339
  Candidate Independent Greens     Ron Fisher
CD 9
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Seat up for election		 Democratic Congressman Frederick C. "Rick" Boucher
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
• Renominated - 10 June 2008 Primary
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Frederick C. "Rick" Boucher
• FEC H2VA09010: $1,100,619
  Candidate Independent Greens     Tom Williams
CD 10
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Seat up for election		 Republican Congressman Frank R. Wolf
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
  Candidate Democratic     Judith M. "Judy" Feder
• FEC H6VA10183: $903,848
  Candidate Democratic     Michael R. "Mike" Turner
• FEC H8VA10072: $82,191
  Candidate Republican     Vern P. McKinley
• FEC H8VA10064: $18,325
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Frank R. Wolf
• FEC H6VA10050: $1,053,701
  Candidate Independent Greens     Neeraj C. Nigam
• FEC H6VA10191: $150
CD 11
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Seat up for election
Open		 Republican Congressman Thomas M. "Tom" Davis, III
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
• Open Seat - 30 January 2008: Announced that he will not seek re-election.
  Candidate Democratic     Lori P. Alexander
• FEC H8VA11054: $8,690
  Candidate Democratic     former Congressman Leslie Larkin Byrne
• FEC H8VA11039: $346,633
  Candidate Democratic     Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman Gerald E. "Gerry" Connolly
• FEC H8VA11062: $501,374
  Candidate Democratic     Douglas James "Doug" Denneny
• FEC H8VA11013: $65,316
  Candidate Republican     Keith S. Fimian
• FEC H8VA11021: $838,662
  Candidate Independent Greens     David Gillis, Jr.
• ?
Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2005, 2009
  Republican Attorney General Robert F. "Bob" McDonnell
• First elected 2005
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 3 November 2009
• Open Seat - Possible candidate for Governor in 2009
  Candidate Democratic     Steve Shannon
  Candidate Republican     Ken Cuccinelli
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): 5 incumbents, 19 candidates
 • Republican: 11 incumbents, 16 candidates
Major Third Parties
 • Green (affiliates)
 • Libertarian: 1 candidate
Other Third Parties
 • Constitution (affiliates)
 • Independent Greens (affiliate of Independence): 11 candidates
 • Right to Life
Independents
 • Independent: 3 candidates
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
 • Write-in: 1 candidate
 
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.
Links Links to other web sites
Constitution   Links to State Constitutions
 • Consititution of Virginia
Election Authority
 • Virginia State Board of Elections
Legislature   Links to State Legislatures
 • Virginia General Assembly
Democratic
 • Virginia Democratic Party
 • Virginia Joint Democratic Caucus
 • Virginia Senate Democratic Caucus
Republican
 • Republican Party of Virginia
Third Party
 • Independent Greens of Virginia Not affiliated with the Green Party. Voted to affililate with the Independence Party of America on 10 January 2008.
 • Libertarian Party of Virginia
 • The Constitution Party of Virginia
 • The Green Party of Virginia
 • Virginia Society for Human Life
Media & others
 • Augusta Free Press: Election 2006
 • Bristol Herald Courier
 • citizenet.com - Fauquier County news
 • Culpeper Star-Exponent
 • Daily Press: Hampton Roads Daily Press
 • Danville Register & Bee - Dan River Region
 • DC's Political Report - Virginia
 • Manassas Journal Messenger
 • Martinsville Bulletin - Martinsville / Henry County
 • News & Advance - Lynchburg
 • Politics1.com - Virginia
 • Potomac News
 • Richlands News-Press - Richlands / Clinch Valley
 • Richmond Times-Dispatch
 • Southside Sentinel - Urbanna
 • Staunton News Leader
 • The Daily Progress - Charlottesville
 • The Free Lance-Star - Fredericksburg
 • The Independent Messenger - Emporia
 • The New Dominion - Waynesboro
 • The News Virginian - Waynesboro
 • The Roanoke Times
 • The Virginia Public Access Project
 • The Virginian Pilot - Norfolk
 • The Winchester Star
 • VAPolitics.net
 • WWBT - NBC - Richmond
 • WWBT - NBC - Richmond - Decision 2008
 

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