110th Congress (2007-2008) - House Seats by State

The Green Papers: 2008 General Election

110^th Congress
(2007-2008)
House Seats by State

443 House Seats up for election in 2008 (includes CA House CD 12, IL House CD 14, IN House CD 7, LA House CD 1, LA House CD 6, MD House CD 4, MS House CD 1, OH House CD 11 special elections)

443 Elected

31 Open House Seats (voluntary retirement, seeking other political office)

2 Vacant House Seats (office holder resigned, deceased, or expelled)

387 Incumbents renominated by same party

3 Incumbents lost primary - no longer a candidate for this office

3 Republican

2 Incumbent Houses - election status not yet determined (primaries and/or nominating conventions yet to be held)

2 Democratic

1496 Candidates seeking a House Seat (Candidates may run under the banner of multiple parties. Hence, the number of parties may be greater than the number of candidates.)

This is a list of the current House seats and the incumbents occupying them. All 435 of these seats are up for election on 4 November 2008.

There have been 6 deaths, 4 resignations, and 0 changes of party affiliation in the 110^th House.

Congressman J. Dennis Hastert (Republican, Illinois, CD 14) announced his retirement on 17 August 2007 and resigned 26 November 2007.
Congressman Nicola Tsongas (Democrat, Massachusetts House CD 5) was elected 16 October 2007 to fill the vacant seat.
Congressman Martin T. "Marty" Meehan (Democrat, Massachusetts House CD 5) resigned 1 July 2007 to become Chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Lowell.
Congressman Juanita Millender-McDonald (Democrat, California CD 37) passed away 22 April 2007 at the age of 68 from cancer.
Congressman Charles Whitlow "Charlie" Norwood (Republican, Georgia CD 10) passed away 13 February 2007 at the age of 65 from lung and liver cancer.
Congressman Paul E. Gillmor (Republican, Ohio CD 5) passed away suddenly 5 September 2007 at the age of 68.
Congressman Jo Ann S. Davis (Republican, Virginia CD 1) passed away 6 October 2007 at the age of 57 from breast cancer.
Congressman Robert Latta (Republican, Ohio CD 5) was elected 11 December 2007 to fill the vacant seat.
Congressman Rob Wittman (Republican, Virginia CD 1) was elected 11 December 2007 to fill the vacant seat.
Congressman Tom Lantos (Democrat, California CD 12) passed away 11 February 2008 at the age of 80 from esophageal cancer.
Congressman G. William "Bill" Foster (Democrat, Illinois House CD 14) was elected 8 March 2008 to fill the vacant seat.
Congressman Jackie Speier (Democratic, California CD 12) was elected 8 April 2008 to fill the vacant seat.
Congressman Stephen J. "Steve" Scalise (Republican, Louisiana CD 1) was elected 3 May 2008 to fill the vacant seat.
Congressman Donald J. "Don" Cazayoux, Jr. (Democratic, Louisiana CD 6) was elected 3 May 2008 to fill the vacant seat.
Congressman Travis W. Childers (Democratic, Mississippi CD 1) was elected 13 May 2008 to fill the vacant seat.
Congressman Albert R. Wynn (Democratic, Maryland CD 4) resigned 1 June 2008 to become a partner in the Washington law firm Dickstein Shapiro LLP.
Congressman Stephanie Tubbs Jones (Democratic, Ohio CD 11) passed away 20 August 2008 at the age of 58 after suffering an aneurysm.
Congressman Rahm Emanuel (Democratic, Illinois CD 5) resigned 2 January 2009 to become President-elect Barack Obama's Chief of Staff.

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Arizona 2-year term. Election Cycle 2008, 2010. No Term Limit.
Partisan Composition: 4 Republican, 4 Democratic
	Green; (Democratic; Independent)	3,616	1.07%	William Stephen Crum • Filed with the FEC as an Independent and as a Democrat. • FEC H6AZ00027: Financial report not available
Total		338,023	100.00%
	Green	4,464	3.59%	Rebecca DeWitt • FEC H8AZ04116: Financial report not available
Total		124,427	100.00%

Arkansas 2-year term. Election Cycle 2008, 2010. No Term Limit.
Partisan Composition: 3 Democratic, 1 Republican

	Green	64,398	21.38%	Deb McFarland • FEC H8AR02100: Financial report not available
Total		301,159	100.00%

	Green	58,850	20.35%	Abel Noah Tomlinson • FEC H8AR03058: $5,948
Total		289,231	100.00%

	Green	32,603	12.95%	Joshua Drake • FEC H8AR04098: Financial report not available
Total		251,837	100.00%

California 2-year term. Election Cycle 2008, 2010. No Term Limit.
Partisan Composition: 34 Democratic, 19 Republican

	Green	24,793	8.54%	Carol S. Wolman • FEC H8CA01182: $6,428
Total		290,472	100.00%

	Green	5,776	2.16%	Barry Hermanson • FEC H4CA12089: $26,411
Total		266,853	100.00%

	Green	1,754	2.36%	Barry Hermanson • FEC H4CA12089: $26,411
Total		74,369	100.00%

	Green	9,926	3.64%	Carol Liane Brouillet • FEC H6CA14098: $0
Total		272,766	100.00%

	Green	12,123	5.08%	Peter Myers • FEC H8CA15091: Financial report not available
Total		238,589	100.00%

	Green	8,257	2.89%	Thomas "Tom" Lash • FEC H4CA46095: Financial report not available
Total		285,277	100.00%

Colorado 2-year term. Election Cycle 2008, 2010. No Term Limit.
Partisan Composition: 4 Democratic, 3 Republican
		Open Seat (no incumbent)
	Green	10,026	2.91%	J.A. Calhoun • FEC H6CO02131: Financial report not available
Total		344,364	100.00%

Connecticut 2-year term. Election Cycle 2008, 2010. No Term Limit.
Partisan Composition: 4 Democratic, 1 Republican
	Green	7,201	2.44%	Stephen E. D. "Steve" Fournier • FEC H8CT01129: Financial report not available
Total		295,557	100.00%
	Green	6,300	1.95%	Gregory Scott Deshefy • FEC H8CT02077: $4,407
Total		323,041	100.00%
	Green	8,613	2.90%	Ralph Ferrucci • FEC H4CT03074: Financial report not available
Total		297,368	100.00%
	Green	1,388	0.45%	Richard Z. Duffee • FEC H6CT04119: Financial report not available
Total		308,776	100.00%

	Green	2,324	0.77%	Harold H. Burbank, II • FEC H8CT05138: Financial report not available
Total		302,657	100.00%

Illinois 2-year term. Election Cycle 2008, 2010. No Term Limit.
Partisan Composition: 10 Democratic, 8 Republican, 1 Vacancy
	Green	12,607	5.35%	Jerome Pohlen • FEC H8IL03094: $7,054
Total		235,524	100.00%
	Green	11,053	7.92%	Omar N. López • FEC H8IL04118: Financial report not available
Total		139,606	100.00%
	Green	9,283	4.02%	Alan Augustson • FEC H8IL05065: Financial report not available
Total		230,892	100.00%

	Green	8,140	3.34%	Morris "Moe" Shanfield • FEC H8IL09166: Financial report not available
Total		243,694	100.00%
		Open Seat (no incumbent)

	Green	22,635	7.12%	Jason Michael Wallace • FEC H8IL11071: $7,130
Total		317,895	100.00%
	Green	10,907	3.66%	Rodger W. Jennings • FEC H8IL12079: $6,783
Total		298,181	100.00%

	Green	9,402	2.78%	Steven J. "Steve" Alesch • FEC H8IL13101: Financial report not available
Total		337,771	100.00%

	Green	9,533	3.05%	Scott Summers • Removed from the primary ballot on 6 December 2007 but later named as the replacement candidate for the general election. • FEC H8IL16070: $5,547
Total		312,220	100.00%
		Open Seat (no incumbent)

	Green	9,857	3.18%	Sheldon Schafer • FEC H8IL18084: $9,184
Total		310,088	100.00%

	Green	6,817	2.16%	Troy Dennis • FEC H8IL19124: Financial report not available
Total		315,589	100.00%

Iowa 2-year term. Election Cycle 2008, 2010. No Term Limit.
Partisan Composition: 3 Democratic, 2 Republican
	Green	6,664	2.09%	Wendy Barth • FEC H8IA02076: Financial report not available
Total		319,423	100.00%

Louisiana 2-year term. Election Cycle 2008, 2010. No Term Limit.
Partisan Composition: 4 Republican, 3 Democratic
	Green	1,883	2.82%	Malik Rahim • FEC H8LA02120: $10,985
Total		66,882	100.00%

Maryland 2-year term. Election Cycle 2008, 2010. No Term Limit.
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican, 6 Democratic

	Green	6,828	2.23%	Gordon Scott Clark • FEC H8MD08198: $36,541
Total		306,014	100.00%

Michigan 2-year term. Election Cycle 2008, 2010. No Term Limit.
Partisan Composition: 6 Democratic, 9 Republican
	Green; (Socialist Party USA)	2,669	0.81%	Jean Marie Treacy • FEC H8MI01123: Financial report not available
Total		327,836	100.00%
	Green	4,144	1.31%	Ken Mathenia • FEC H6MI05193: Financial report not available
Total		315,295	100.00%

	Green	3,512	1.10%	Edward Pinkney • FEC H8MI06106: Financial report not available
Total		319,646	100.00%

	Green	9,528	2.96%	Lynn Meadows • FEC H8MI07104: Financial report not available
Total		322,286	100.00%
	Green	3,836	1.06%	Aaron Stuttman • FEC H6MI08239: Financial report not available
Total		361,607	100.00%
	Green	4,737	1.35%	Douglas "Doug" Campbell • FEC H8MI09084: Financial report not available
Total		351,963	100.00%

	Green	4,146	1.19%	Candace Ruth Caveny • FEC H6MI10177: Financial report not available
Total		347,603	100.00%
	Green	5,072	1.47%	Erik William Shelley • FEC H8MI11239: $1,906
Total		345,182	100.00%
	Green	3,842	1.23%	William J. "Bill" Opalicky • FEC H8MI12096: Financial report not available
Total		312,344	100.00%
	Green	9,579	4.24%	George L. Corsetti • FEC H8MI13201: Financial report not available
Total		225,922	100.00%
	Green	8,015	3.25%	Clyde K. Shabazz • FEC H8MI14084: Financial report not available
Total		246,588	100.00%
	Green	7,082	2.16%	Aimee Smith • FEC H6MI15218: Financial report not available
Total		327,827	100.00%

Mississippi 2-year term. Election Cycle 2008, 2010. No Term Limit.
Partisan Composition: 3 Democratic, 1 Republican
	Green	1,876	0.55%	John M. Wages, Jr. • FEC H8MS01137: $2,491
Total		341,389	100.00%

	Nonpartisan; (Green)			~~John M. Wages, Jr. - lost primary~~ • Lost the 22 April primary with 1%. • FEC H8MS01137: $2,491
Total		107,914	100.00%

Missouri 2-year term. Election Cycle 2008, 2010. No Term Limit.
Partisan Composition: 4 Democratic, 5 Republican

	Write-in; (Green)	49	0.02%	Midge Potts
Total		323,212	100.00%

Nevada 2-year term. Election Cycle 2008, 2010. No Term Limit.
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 2 Republican
	Green	5,282	1.60%	Craig Bergland • FEC H8NV02061: Financial report not available
Total		329,520	100.00%

	Green	3,937	1.13%	Bob Giaquinta • FEC H8NV03077: Financial report not available
Total		349,812	100.00%

New Jersey 2-year term. Election Cycle 2008, 2010. No Term Limit.
Partisan Composition: 7 Democratic, 6 Republican
	Green	1,927	0.68%	Matthew Thieke • FEC H8NJ01218: Financial report not available
Total		285,157	100.00%
	Green	1,763	0.62%	Jason M. Grover • FEC H8NJ02125: Financial report not available
Total		283,965	100.00%
	Green	3,543	1.16%	Steven Welzer • FEC H8NJ04154: Financial report not available
Total		306,551	100.00%
	Green	5,321	1.72%	Ed Fanning • FEC H8NJ05102: Financial report not available
Total		309,007	100.00%
		Open Seat (no incumbent)

	Green			George DeCarlo
Total		295,628	100.00%

New Mexico 2-year term. Election Cycle 2008, 2010. No Term Limit.
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican, 1 Democratic
		Open Seat (no incumbent)

	Independent; (Green)	36,348	12.79%	Carol Miller • FEC H8NM03030: $42,156
Total		284,258	100.00%

Ohio 2-year term. Election Cycle 2008, 2010. No Term Limit.
Partisan Composition: 11 Republican, 7 Democratic
	Green	13,812	4.88%	Dennis Spisak • FEC H8OH06109: Financial report not available
Total		283,110	100.00%

Pennsylvania 2-year term. Election Cycle 2008, 2010. No Term Limit.
Partisan Composition: 11 Democratic, 8 Republican
	Green	23,214	8.74%	Titus North • FEC H6PA14168: Financial report not available
Total		265,540	100.00%

	Independent; (Green)	11,768	3.86%	John Andrew Murphy • FEC H6PA16288: $4,716
Total		305,167	100.00%

South Carolina 2-year term. Election Cycle 2008, 2010. No Term Limit.
Partisan Composition: 4 Republican, 2 Democratic
	Green	7,332	2.39%	C. Faye Walters • FEC H6SC04130: Financial report not available
Total		306,928	100.00%

Tennessee 2-year term. Election Cycle 2008, 2010. No Term Limit.
Partisan Composition: 4 Republican, 5 Democratic

	Independent; (Green)	3,196	1.16%	John P. Miglietta • FEC H8TN05252: $3,592
Total		275,602	100.00%

Texas 2-year term. Election Cycle 2008, 2010. No Term Limit.
Partisan Composition: 19 Republican, 13 Democratic

	Write-in; (Green)			Joel West
Total		308,995	100.00%

	Write-in; (Green)			Scott Trimble
Total		291,296	100.00%

	Write-in; (Green)			Ed Lindsay
Total		291,304	100.00%

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
	• Democratic-Farmer Labor
	• Democratic-Nonpartisan League
	• Republican
Major Third Parties
	• Green
	• Libertarian
	• Pacific Green
	• Reform
Other Third Parties
	• Alaskan Independence
	• American Constitution
	• American Independent
	• America's Independent
	• Boston Tea
	• Conservative
	• Constitution
	• Independence
	• Independent American
	• Independent Green Populist
	• Independent Greens
	• Independent Party of Oregon
	• Liberty Union
	• Marijuana
	• Peace And Freedom
	• Progressive
	• Purple Party
	• Right to Life
	• Socialist Party USA
	• Socialist Workers Party
	• Term Limits for the United States Congress
	• U.S. Taxpayers
	• Unity
	• Vote People Change
	• Working Families
Independents
	• Independent
	• No Affiliation
	• No Party Affiliation
	• Nominated By Petition
	• Nomination by other than by Primary
	• Nonpartisan
	• Other-party nominee
	• Unaffiliated
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
	• None of these candidates
	• Scattering
	• Write-in

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.