The Green Papers
Governor's Chairs, Senate, and House Seats
up for Election on 4 November 2008
with no incumbent running for them

This table is updated after each state completes its nominating process. Currently, 36 jurisdictions have completed their nominating processes: Illinois, Maryland, Texas, Ohio, Puerto Rico, Pennsylvania, Mississippi, Indiana, North Carolina, West Virginia, Nebraska, Oregon, Idaho, California, Iowa, Alabama, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Dakota, Arkansas, Maine, North Dakota, Virginia, South Carolina, Utah, Georgia, Oklahoma, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Tennessee, Colorado, Connecticut, Nevada, Florida.


Governor's Chairs, Senate and House Seats...
Open (incumbent not running for re-election)
No incumbent running
Uncontested (one candidate running)
Multiple incumbents running
Only One Major Party Canddidate


 
Alabama
House CD 2
Democratic - Montgomery Mayor  Bobby Neal Bright, Sr.
Republican - state Representative  Jay K. Love
House CD 5
Democratic - state Senator R. Parker "Parker" Griffith
Republican - Wayne Parker, Jr.
California
House CD 4
Democratic - Charles Duane "Charlie" Brown
Republican - state Senator  Thomas "Tom" McClintock
House CD 52
Democratic - Michael David "Mike" Lumpkin
Republican - Duncan Duane Hunter
Libertarian - Michael Benoit
Colorado
Senate Class 2
Democratic - Congressman  Mark E. Udall
Republican - former Congressman Robert W. "Bob" Schaffer
Green - Robert A. "Bob" Kinsey
American Constitution - Douglas "Dayhorse" Campbell
Independent - Jerry Dean Carter
(Green); Write-in - Bruce E. Lohmiller
House CD 2
Democratic - Jared Polis
Republican - Scott Howard Starin
Green - J.A. Calhoun
Unity - William Robert "Bill" Hammons
House CD 6
Democratic - Henry H. "Hank" Eng
Republican - Secretary of State  Mike Coffman
Florida
House CD 15
Democratic - Stephen Lee "Steve" Blythe
Republican - state Senator  William "Bill" Posey
No Party Affiliation - Frank Zilaitis
Idaho
Senate Class 2
Democratic - former Congressman Larry LaRocco
Republican - Lieutenant Governor  James E. "Jim" Risch
Libertarian - Kent A. Marmon
(Republican); Independent - Rex Floyd Rammell
Independent; (Constitution) - Pro-Life, Formerly Known as Marvin Richardson
Illinois
House CD 11
Democratic - state Senate Majority Leader Deborah "Debbie" DeFrancesco Halvorson
Republican - Martin "Marty" Ozinga, III
Green - Jason Michael Wallace
House CD 18
Democratic - Colleen Callahan
Republican - state Representative  Aaron Schock
Green - Sheldon Schafer
Constitution - Bradley K. "Brad" Carter
Maine
House CD 1
Democratic - former Senate Majority Leader Chellie M. "Hannah" Pingree
Republican - former state Senator Charles Edward "Charlie" Summers, Jr.
Independent - Peter Throumoulos
Maryland
House CD 1
Democratic - Frank Michael Kratovil, Jr.
Republican - state Senator  Andrew P. "Andy" Harris
Libertarian - Richard James Davis
Unaffiliated - John Richardson
Mississippi
House CD 3
Democratic - Joel L. Gill
Republican - Gregg Harper
Independent - Jim Giles
Missouri
Governor
Democratic - Attorney General  Jeremiah W. "Jay" Nixon
Republican - Congressman Kenny Charles Kenny Charles Hulshof
Libertarian - Andrew W. "Andy" Finkenstadt
Constitution - Gregory Thompson
House CD 9
Democratic - state Representative Judith W. "Judy" Baker
Republican; (Right to Life) - Blaine Luetkemeyer
Libertarian - Tamara A. Millay
Nebraska
Senate Class 2
Democratic - Scott Michael Kleeb
Republican - former Governor and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture  Michael O. "Mike" Johanns
Green - Steven R. "Steve" Larrick
Libertarian - Jim Weis
Nebraska - Kelly Renee Rosberg
New Jersey
House CD 1
Democratic - Camille Spinello Andrews
Democratic - Donald Norcross
Republican - Dale Mark Glading
Green - Matthew Thieke
Independent - Margaret M. Chapman
Independent - Alvin Lindsay, Jr.
Independent - Everitt M. Williams, III
House CD 3
Democratic - state Senator John H. Adler
Republican - Christopher "Chris" Myers
Independent - R. Edward Forchion
House CD 7
Democratic - state Assemblywoman Linda D. Stender
Republican - state Senator  Leonard Lance
Green - George DeCarlo
Independent - Thomas D. Abrams
Independent - Dean Greco
Independent; (Republican) - Bridgewater Council Member  Michael P. Hsing
New Mexico
Senate Class 2
Democratic - Congressman  Tom Udall
Republican - Congressman  Stevan E. "Steve" Pearce
Independent - Zach W. Boatman
House CD 1
Democratic - Martin T. Heinrich
Republican - Darren P. White
House CD 2
Democratic - Harry Teague
Republican - Hobbs Mayor Monty Newman
Republican - Edward R. "Ed" Tinsley, III
House CD 3
Democratic - Public Utilities Commissioner  Ben Ray Luján
Republican - Daniel K. "Dan" East
Independent; (Green) - Carol Miller
Independent - Ron Simmons
North Carolina
Governor
Democratic - Lieutenant Governor  Beverly Eaves "Bev" Perdue
Republican - Charlotte Mayor  Patrick McCrory
Libertarian - Michael Munger
Ohio
House CD 7
Democratic - Sharen Swartz Neuhardt
Republican - state Senator  Steve Austria
House CD 11
Republican - Thomas Pekarek
House CD 15
Democratic - Franklin County Commissioner  Mary Jo Kilroy
Republican - state Senator  Steve Stivers
Libertarian - Mark Noble
No Party Affiliation - Don Elijah Eckhart
House CD 16
Democratic - state Senator  John A. Boccieri
Republican - state Senator  J. Kirk Schuring
Oregon
House CD 5
Democratic - state Senator  Kurt Schrader
Republican - Mike Erickson
Libertarian - Steven Vandever "Steve" Milligan
Pacific Green - Alexander "Alex" Polikoff
Constitution - Douglas "Doug" Patterson
Pennsylvania
House CD 5
Democratic - Clearfield County Commissioner Mark B. McCracken
Republican - Glenn W. "G.T." Thompson
Libertarian - James Fryman
Tennessee
House CD 1
Democratic - Rob Russell
Republican - David Philip Roe
Independent - Joel Goodman
Independent - Thomas "T.K." Owens
Independent - James William Reeves
Utah
House CD 3
Democratic - Bennion Lloyd Spencer
Republican - Jason Chaffetz
Constitution - James Michael "Jim" Noorlander
Virginia
Senate Class 2
Democratic - former Governor Mark Robert Warner
Republican - former Governor James S. "Jim" Gilmore, III
Libertarian - William "Bill" Redpath
(Independent Greens); Independent - Glenda Gail Parker
Independent - Ishah Wright
House CD 11
Democratic - Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman  Gerald E. "Gerry" Connolly
Republican - Keith S. Fimian
(Independent Greens); Independent - Joseph P. "Joe" Oddo
 
 
Tally
OfficeTotal
Congressman 28
Senator 5
Governor 2
Totals35
 
 

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.

 
 


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