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Parents > United States > Iowa > Senate Class II
OfficeSenate
TypeGeneral Election
Filing Deadline 00, 2008 - 12:00am
Polls Open November 04, 2008 - 06:00am
Polls Close November 04, 2008 - 08:00pm
Term Start January 03, 2009 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 2015 - 12:00pm
ContributorRalphie
Last Modifiedev November 24, 2008 06:58pm
Data Sources[Link]
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
PartyDemocratic Won11/05/2002
NameTom Harkin Votes554,278 (54.18%)
Term01/03/2003 - 01/03/2009 Margin106,386 (+10.40%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Jun 03, 2008 IA US Senate - D Primary Tom Harkin
Jun 03, 2008 IA US Senate - R Primary Christopher Reed
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 5.0000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Tom Harkin
Safe 40
Strong 16
Lean 3
Slight 2
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

04/21/2008 11/01/2008

CANDIDATES
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Name (I) Party Control Tom Harkin Christopher Reed Write-In
PartyDemocratic Republican Nonpartisan
Votes941,665 (62.66%) 560,006 (37.26%) 1,247 (0.08%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -381,659 (-25.39%) -940,418 (-62.57%)
Predict Avg.61.11% 38.25% 0.00%
Finances$4,109,219.00 $292.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
YouGov 
10/18-11/01
56.00% (+0.0) 36.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Selzer & Co. 
10/28-10/31
57.00% (+4.0) 31.00% (-3.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Survey USA 
10/28-10/29
61.00% (+1.0) 35.00% (-2.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Rasmussen Reports 
10/23-10/23
57.00% (+3.0) 41.00% (+1.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Rasmussen Reports 
09/25-09/25
54.00% (-4.0) 40.00% (+6.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Survey USA 
09/17-09/18
60.00% (+0.0) 37.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
I E Pluribus Unum
R Spen
  Mason City Globe-Gazette
D Brandonius Maximus

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Oct 27, 2008 07:00am Endorsement With fifth Senate term, the expectations rise [Harkin]  Article COSDem 
Apr 09, 2007 12:00pm Blog Entry Harkin and Grassley Forever?  Article RP 
Aug 27, 2006 03:00pm Commentary No competition so far for Harkin [IA Senate 2008]  Article COSDem 

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