U.S. House election, 2008

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Contents 1 House contests in 2008 1.1 Contenders’ Registry 1.2 U.S. Congressional Districts 2 Alabama 3 Alaska 4 Arizona 5 Arkansas 6 California 7 Colorado 8 Connecticut 9 Delaware 10 Florida 11 Georgia 12 Hawaii 13 Idaho 14 Illinois 15 Indiana 16 Iowa 17 Kansas 18 Kentucky 19 Louisiana 20 break 21 break 22 break 23 Michigan 24 break 25 Mississippi 26 Missouri 27 break 28 break 29 break 30 break 31 break 32 break 33 break 34 break 35 break 36 Ohio 37 break 38 Oregon 39 break 40 break 41 break 42 break 43 break 44 break 45 break 46 break 47 break 48 break 49 break 50 break 51 break 52 See also

House contests in 2008

Contenders’ Registry

If you or someone you know is planning to campaign for one of these offices, please go to the Contenders' Registry to register your campaign. Then put the reference to it in the “Opposing candidates” block for the district.

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U.S. Congressional Districts

State	District	Incumbent	Party	2006 Result	DKos tag	Status	Opposing candidates

Alabama

State	District	Incumbent	Party	2006 Result	DKos tag	Status	Opposing candidates
Alabama	AL-01	Jo Bonner	Republican	-68.1%	AL-01		Benjamin Lodmell (D) (cw) Thomas Fuller (D) (withdrew after primary)
Alabama	AL-02	Terry Everett	Republican	-69.5%	AL-02		Bobby Bright (D) (cw)
Alabama	AL-03	Mike Rogers	Republican	-59.4%	AL-03		Greg Pierce (D) (cw), Mark Layfield (I) (cw), Joshua Segall (D) - Lawyer (cw)
Alabama	AL-04	Robert Aderholt	Republican	-70.2%	AL-04		Greg Warren (D) (cw), Nick Sparks (D) - attorney (cw)
Alabama	AL-05	Robert Cramer	Democrat	100.00%	AL-05	Retiring	Parker Griffith (D) (cw)
Alabama	AL-06	Spencer Bachus	Republican	-100.00%	AL-06		Unopposed, again...
Alabama	AL-07	Artur Davis	Democrat	100.00%	AL-07	Unopposed	Artur Davis (D) (cw)

Alaska

State	District	Incumbent	Party	2006 Result	DKos tag	Status	Opposing candidates
Alaska	AK-AL	Don Young	Republican	-56.6%	AK-AL		Diane E. Benson (D) (cw), Jake Metcalfe (D) (cw), Ethan Berkowitz (D) (cw)

Arizona

State	District	Incumbent	Party	2006 Result	DKos tag	Status	Opposing candidates
Arizona	AZ-01	Rick Renzi	Republican	-51.8%	AZ-01	Open Seat	Ann Kirkpatrick (D) (cw), Howard Shanker (D) (cw), Mary Kim Titla (D) (cw)
Arizona	AZ-02	Trent Franks	Republican	-58.6%	AZ-02		John Thrasher (D) (cw)
Arizona	AZ-03	John Shadegg	Republican	-59.3%	AZ-03		Bob Lord (D) (cw), Mark Yannone (L) (cw), Annie Loyd (I) (cw)
Arizona	AZ-04	Ed Pastor	Democrat	72.5%	AZ-04
Arizona	AZ-05	Harry Mitchell	Democrat	50.4%	AZ-05
Arizona	AZ-06	Jeff Flake	Republican	-74.8%	AZ-06
Arizona	AZ-07	Raúl Grijalva	Democrat	61.1%	AZ-07
Arizona	AZ-08	Gabrielle Giffords	Democrat	54.3%	AZ-08		Derek Tidball (I) (cw)

Arkansas

State	District	Incumbent	Party	2006 Result	DKos tag	Status	Opposing candidates
Arkansas	AR-01	Marion Berry	Democrat	69.2%	AR-01
Arkansas	AR-02	Vic Snyder	Democrat	60.5%	AR-02
Arkansas	AR-03	John Boozman	Republican	-62.4%	AR-03		John Burnett (D) (cw)
Arkansas	AR-04	Mike Ross	Democrat	74.5%	AR-04

California

State	District	Incumbent	Party	2006 Result	DKos tag	Status	Opposing candidates
California	CA-01	Mike Thompson	Democrat	66.3%	CA-01
California	CA-02	Wally Herger	Republican	-64.2%	CA-02		John Jacobson (D) (cw)
California	CA-03	Daniel Lungren	Republican	-59.5%	CA-03
California	CA-04	John Doolittle	Republican	-49.9%	CA-04	Retiring.	Charles Brown (D) (cw)
California	CA-05	Doris Matsui	Democrat	70.8%	CA-05
California	CA-06	Lynn Woolsey	Democrat	70.3%	CA-06
California	CA-07	George Miller	Democrat	83.9%	CA-07
California	CA-08	Nancy Pelosi	Democrat	80.4%	CA-08		Cindy Sheehan (I) (cw)
California	CA-09	Barbara Lee	Democrat	86.4%	CA-09
California	CA-10	Ellen Tauscher	Democrat	66.5%	CA-10
California	CA-11	Jerry McNerney	Democrat	53.2%	CA-11
California	CA-12	Tom Lantos	Democrat	76.1%	CA-12
California	CA-13	Fortney Stark	Democrat	74.9%	CA-13
California	CA-14	Anna Eshoo	Democrat	71.1%	CA-14
California	CA-15	Michael Honda	Democrat	72.4%	CA-15
California	CA-16	Zoe Lofgren	Democrat	72.8%	CA-16
California	CA-17	Sam Farr	Democrat	75.9%	CA-17
California	CA-18	Dennis Cardoza	Democrat	65.4%	CA-18
California	CA-19	George Radanovich	Republican	-60.6%	CA-19
California	CA-20	Jim Costa	Democrat	100%	CA-20
California	CA-21	Devin Nunes	Republican	-66.6%	CA-21
California	CA-22	Kevin McCarthy	Republican	-70.8%	CA-22
California	CA-23	Lois Capps	Democrat	65.2%	CA-23
California	CA-24	Elton Gallegly	Republican	-62.1%	CA-24		James "Chip" Fraser (D) (cw), Jill Martinez (D) (cw), Brett Wagner (D) (cw)
California	CA-25	Howard McKeon	Republican	-60.1%	CA-25
California	CA-26	David Dreier	Republican	-57.0%	CA-26		Hoyt Hilsman (D) (cw), Russ Warner (D) (cw)
California	CA-27	Brad Sherman	Democrat	68.8%	CA-27
California	CA-28	Howard Berman	Democrat	74.0%	CA-28
California	CA-29	Adam Schiff	Democrat	63.5%	CA-29
California	CA-30	Henry Waxman	Democrat	71.5%	CA-30
California	CA-31	Xavier Becerra	Democrat	100%	CA-31
California	CA-32	Hilda Solis	Democrat	83.0%	CA-32
California	CA-33	Diane Watson	Democrat	100%	CA-33
California	CA-34	Lucille Roybal-Allard	Democrat	76.8%	CA-34
California	CA-35	Maxine Waters	Democrat	83.8%	CA-35
California	CA-36	Jane Harman	Democrat	63.4%	CA-36
California	CA-37	Laura Richardson	Democrat	82.4%	CA-37		John Kanaley (R) (cw), Daniel Abraham Brezenoff (G) (blog), Herb Peters (L) (cw)
California	CA-38	Grace Napolitano	Democrat	75.4%	CA-38
California	CA-39	Loretta Sanchez	Democrat	65.9%	CA-39
California	CA-40	Edward Royce	Republican	-66.8%	CA-40
California	CA-41	Jerry Lewis	Republican	-67.0%	CA-41
California	CA-42	Gary Miller	Republican	-100%	CA-42		Ron Shepston (D) Ed Chau (D)
California	CA-43	Joe Baca	Democrat	64.5%	CA-43		Scott Folkens (R) (cw)
California	CA-44	Ken Calvert	Republican	-60.0%	CA-44		Bill Hedrick (D) (cw)
California	CA-45	Mary Bono	Republican	-60.7%	CA-45		David Roth (D)(cw)
California	CA-46	Dana Rohrabacher	Republican	-59.6%	CA-46
California	CA-47	Linda Sánchez	Democrat	62.4%	CA-47
California	CA-48	John Campbell	Republican	-60.0%	CA-48
California	CA-49	Darrell Issa	Republican	-63.4%	CA-49
California	CA-50	Brian Bilbray	Republican	-53.2%	CA-50		Michael Wray (D) (cw)
California	CA-51	Bob Filner	Democrat	67.5%	CA-51
California	CA-52	Duncan Hunter	Republican	-64.7%	CA-52	Running for Pres.
California	CA-53	Susan Davis	Democrat	67.6%	CA-53

Colorado

State	District	Incumbent	Party	2006 Result	DKos tag	Status	Opposing candidates
Colorado	CO-01	Diana DeGette	Democrat	79.80%	CO-01
Colorado	CO-02	Mark Udall	Democrat		CO-02	Running for Sen.
Colorado	CO-03	John Salazar	Democrat		CO-03
Colorado	CO-04	Marilyn Musgrave	Republican		CO-04
Colorado	CO-05	Doug Lamborn	Republican		CO-05
Colorado	CO-06	Thomas Tancredo	Republican		CO-06	Not seeking reelection
Colorado	CO-07	Ed Perlmutter	Democrat		CO-07

Connecticut

State	District	Incumbent	Party	2006 Result	DKos tag	Status	Opposing candidates
Connecticut	CT-01	John Larson	Democrat		CT-01
Connecticut	CT-02	Joe Courtney	Democrat		CT-02
Connecticut	CT-03	Rosa DeLauro	Democrat		CT-03
Connecticut	CT-04	Christopher Shays	Republican		CT-04		Jim Himes (D)
Connecticut	CT-05	Christopher Murphy	Democrat		CT-05

Delaware

State	District	Incumbent	Party	2006 Result	DKos tag	Status	Opposing candidates
Delaware	DE-AL	Michael Castle	Republican		DE-AL		Jerry Northington (D)

Florida

State	District	Incumbent	Party	2006 Result	DKos tag	Status	Opposing candidates
Florida	FL-01	Jeff Miller	Republican	FL-01		Joe Roberts (D) (cw)
Florida	FL-02	Allen Boyd	Democrat	FL-02
Florida	FL-03	Corrine Brown	Democrat	FL-03
Florida	FL-04	Ander Crenshaw	Republican	FL-04
Florida	FL-05	Ginny Brown-Waite	Republican	FL-05
Florida	FL-06	Cliff Stearns	Republican	FL-06		Dave Bruderly (D) (cw)
Florida	FL-07	John Mica	Republican	FL-07
Florida	FL-08	Ric Keller	Republican	FL-08		Todd Long (R) (cw), Corbett Kroehler (D) (cw), Mike Smith (D) (cw), Charlie Stuart (D) (cw), Quoc Van (D) (cw)
Florida	FL-09	Gus Bilirakis	Republican	FL-09		Bill Mitchell (D) (cw)
Florida	FL-10	C.W. Bill Young	Republican	FL-10		Samm Simpson (D) (cw)
Florida	FL-11	Kathy Castor	Democrat	FL-11		Tim Fasano (R) (cw)
Florida	FL-12	Adam Putnam	Republican	FL-12
Florida	FL-13	Vern Buchanan	Republican	[1]		Christine Jennings (D) (cw), Mike LaFevers (D) (cw)
Florida	FL-14	Connie Mack	Republican	FL-14
Florida	FL-15	Dave Weldon	Republican	FL-15		Steve Blythe (D) (cw), Bob Bowman (D) (cw), Paul Rancatore (D) (cw)
Florida	FL-16	Tim Mahoney	Democrat	FL-16		Gayle Harrell (R) (cw), Tom Rooney (R) (cw), Hal Valeche (R) (cw)
Florida	FL-17	Kendrick Meek	Democrat	FL-17
Florida	FL-18	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	Republican	FL-18
Florida	FL-19	Robert Wexler	Democrat	FL-19		Ben Graber (D) (cw)
Florida	FL-20	Debbie Wasserman Schultz	Democrat	FL-20
Florida	FL-21	Lincoln Diaz-Balart	Republican	FL-21		Dean Santoro (R) (cw), Frank Gonzalez (D) (cw)
Florida	FL-22	Ron Klein	Democrat	FL-22		Marc Flagg (R) (cw), Allen West (R) (cw)
Florida	FL-23	Alcee Hastings	Democrat	FL-23		Ray Torres Sanchez (D) (cw), Marion Thorpe Jr. (R) (cw)
Florida	FL-24	Tom Feeney	Republican	FL-24		Clint Curtis (D) (cw)
Florida	FL-25	Mario Diaz-Balart	Republican	FL-25		Michael Calderin (D) (cw)

Georgia

State	District	Incumbent	Party	2006 Result	DKos tag	Status	Opposing candidates
Georgia	GA-01	Jack Kingston	Republican	GA-01
Georgia	GA-02	Timothy Bishop	Democrat	GA-02
Georgia	GA-03	Lynn Westmoreland	Republican	GA-03
Georgia	GA-04	Henry Johnson	Democrat	GA-04
Georgia	GA-05	John Lewis	Democrat	GA-05
Georgia	GA-06	Tom Price	Republican	GA-06
Georgia	GA-07	John Linder	Republican	GA-07		Jeffrey E. Moss
Georgia	GA-08	Jim Marshall	Democrat	GA-08		Rick Goddard (R) (cw)
Georgia	GA-09	Nathan Deal	Republican	GA-09		Joe Inman (D) (cw)
Georgia	GA-10	Paul Broun Jr.	Republican	GA-10
Georgia	GA-11	Phil Gingrey	Republican	GA-11
Georgia	GA-12	John Barrow	Democrat	GA-12
Georgia	GA-13	David Scott	Democrat	GA-13		Deborah Honeycutt (R) (cw)

Hawaii

State	District	Incumbent	Party	2006 Result	DKos tag	Status	Opposing candidates
Hawaii	HI-01	Neil Abercrombie	Democrat	HI-01
Hawaii	HI-02	Mazie Hirono	Democrat	HI-02

Idaho

State	District	Incumbent	Party	2006 Result	DKos tag	Status	Opposing candidates
Idaho	ID-01	Bill Sali	Republican	ID-01		Larry Grant (D) (cw), Rand Lewis (D) (cw)
Idaho	ID-02	Michael Simpson	Republican	ID-02

Illinois

State	District	Incumbent	Party	2006 Result	DKos tag	Status	Opposing candidates
Illinois	IL-01	Bobby Rush	Democrat	IL-01
Illinois	IL-02	Jesse Jackson, Jr.	Democrat	IL-02
Illinois	IL-03	Daniel Lipinski	Democrat	IL-03		Mark Pera (D) ([ cw])
Illinois	IL-04	Luis Gutierrez	Democrat	IL-04		George Cardenas (D) (cw), Manny Flores (D) (cw), Roberto Moldonado (D) (cw), Ricardo Munoz (D)
Illinois	IL-05	Rahm Emanuel	Democrat	IL-05		Alan Augustson (G) (cw)
Illinois	IL-06	Peter Roskam	Republican	IL-06
Illinois	IL-07	Danny Davis	Democrat	IL-07
Illinois	IL-08	Melissa Bean	Democrat	IL-08		Randi Scheurer (D) (cw), Ken Arnold (R) (cw), Steve Greenberg (R) (cw), Bill Scheurer (I) (cw)
Illinois	IL-09	Janice Schakowsky	Democrat	IL-09
Illinois	IL-10	Mark Kirk	Republican	IL-10		Jay Footlik (D) (cw), Dan Seals (D) (cw), David Kalbfleisch (Green) (cw)
Illinois	IL-11	Jerry Weller	Republican	IL-11	Retiring.
Illinois	IL-12	Jerry Costello	Democrat	IL-12
Illinois	IL-13	Judy Biggert	Republican	IL-13		Steve Alesch (G) (cw)
Illinois	IL-14	Dennis Hastert	Republican	IL-14	Retiring	Chris Lauzen (R) (cw), Jim Oberweis (R) (cw), Bill Foster (D) (cw), John Laesch (D) (cw), Jotham Stein (D) (cw)
Illinois	IL-15	Timothy V. Johnson	Republican	IL-15
Illinois	IL-16	Donald Manzullo	Republican	IL-16		Robert Abboud (D) (cw)
Illinois	IL-17	Phil Hare	Democrat	IL-17
Illinois	IL-18	Ray LaHood	Republican	IL-18	retiring [2]	Edward Mokrzycki (R) (cw), Aaron Schock (R) (cw)
Illinois	IL-19	John Shimkus	Republican	IL-19		Shirley Roney (D) (cw)

Indiana

State	District	Incumbent	Party	2006 Result	DKos tag	Status	Opposing candidates
Indiana	IN-01	Peter Visclosky	Democrat	IN-01		Mark Leyva (R)
Indiana	IN-02	Joe Donnelly	Democrat	IN-02
Indiana	IN-03	Mark Souder	Republican	IN-03		Michael Montagano (D) (cw)
Indiana	IN-04	Steve Buyer	Republican	IN-04		Nels Ackerson (D) (cw)
Indiana	IN-05	Dan Burton	Republican	IN-05		John McGoff (R) (cw)
Indiana	IN-06	Mike Pence	Republican	IN-06		Barry Welsh (D) (cw)
Indiana	IN-07	Julia Carson	Democrat	IN-07
Indiana	IN-08	Brad Ellsworth	Democrat	IN-08
Indiana	IN-09	Baron Hill	Democrat	IN-09		Aaron Hankins (R) (cw)

Iowa

State	District	Incumbent	Party	2006 Result	DKos tag	Status	Opposing candidates
Iowa	IA-01	Bruce Braley	Democrat		IA-01	Seeking reelection.	David Hartsuch (R)
Iowa	IA-02	David Loebsack	Democrat		IA-02	Seeking reelection.	Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R)
Iowa	IA-03	Leonard Boswell	Democrat		IA-03	Seeking reelection.	Kim Schmett (R)
Iowa	IA-04	Tom Latham	Republican		IA-04	Seeking reelection.	Becky Greenwald (D) (cw)
Iowa	IA-05	Steve King	Republican		IA-05	Seeking reelection.	Rob Hubler (D) (cw)

Kansas

State	District	Incumbent	Party	2006 Result	DKos tag	Status	Opposing candidates
Kansas	KS-01	Jerry Moran	Republican	KS-01
Kansas	KS-02	Nancy Boyda	Democrat	KS-02		Lynn Jenkins (R) (cw), Jim Ryun (R) (cw)
Kansas	KS-03	Dennis Moore	Democrat	KS-03
Kansas	KS-04	Todd Tiahrt	Republican	KS-04

Kentucky

State	District	Incumbent	Party	2006 Result	DKos tag	Status	Opposing candidates
Kentucky	KY-01	Ed Whitfield	Republican	KY-01
Kentucky	KY-02	Ron Lewis	Republican	KY-02
Kentucky	KY-03	John Yarmuth	Democrat	KY-03		Erwin Roberts (R) (cw)
Kentucky	KY-04	Geoff Davis	Republican	KY-04
Kentucky	KY-05	Harold Rogers	Republican	KY-05
Kentucky	KY-06	Ben Chandler	Democrat	KY-06

Louisiana

State	District	Incumbent	Party	2006 Result	DKos tag	Status	Opposing candidates
Louisiana
LA-01	Bobby Jindal	Republican	LA-01	Running for Gov. ‘07	Gilda Reed (D) (cw)
LA-02	William Jefferson	Democrat	LA-02
LA-03	Charlie Melancon	Democrat	LA-03
LA-04	Jim McCrery	Republican	LA-04	Retiring.
LA-05	Rodney Alexander	Republican	LA-05
LA-06	Richard Baker	Republican	LA-06
LA-07	Charles Boustany	Republican	LA-07

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State	District	Incumbent	Party	2006 Result	DKos tag	Status	Opposing candidates
Maine
ME-01	Thomas Allen	Democrat	ME-01	Running for Sen.	Mike Brennan (D) (cw) Adam Cote (D) (cw) Jill Duson (D) (cw) Mark Lawrence (D) (cw) Chellie Pingree (D) (cw) Ethan Strimling (D) (cw)
ME-02	Michael Michaud	Democrat	ME-02

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State	District	Incumbent	Party	2006 Result	DKos tag	Status	Opposing candidates
Maryland
MD-01	Wayne Gilchrest	Republican	MD-01
MD-02	C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger	Democrat	MD-02
MD-03	John Sarbanes	Democrat	MD-03
MD-04	Albert Wynn	Democrat	MD-04		Donna Edwards (D)
MD-05	Steny Hoyer	Democrat	MD-05
MD-06	Roscoe Bartlett	Republican	MD-06		Robin Deibert (D)
MD-07	Elijah Cummings	Democrat	MD-07
MD-08	Chris Van Hollen	Democrat	MD-08

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State	District	Incumbent	Party	2006 Result	DKos tag	Status	Opposing candidates
Massachusetts
MA-01	John Olver	Democrat	MA-01
MA-02	Richard Neal	Democrat	MA-02
MA-03	James McGovern	Democrat	MA-03
MA-04	Barney Frank	Democrat	MA-04
MA-05	Martin Meehan	Democrat	MA-05
MA-06	John Tierney	Democrat	MA-06
MA-07	Edward Markey	Democrat	MA-07
MA-08	Michael Capuano	Democrat	MA-08
MA-09	Stephen Lynch	Democrat	MA-09
MA-10	William Delahunt	Democrat	MA-10

Michigan

State	District	Incumbent	Party	2006 Result	DKos tag	Status	Opposing candidates
Michigan	MI-01	Bart Stupak	Democrat		MI-01
Michigan	MI-02	Peter Hoekstra	Republican		MI-02
Michigan	MI-03	Vernon Ehlers	Republican		MI-03
Michigan	MI-04	Dave Camp	Republican		MI-04
Michigan	MI-05	Dale Kildee	Democrat		MI-05
Michigan	MI-06	Fred Upton	Republican		MI-06
Michigan	MI-07	Timothy Walberg	Republican		MI-07		Mark Schauer (D)
Michigan	MI-08	Mike Rogers	Republican		MI-08
Michigan	MI-09	Joe Knollenberg	Republican		MI-09		Gary Peters (D), Nancy Skinner (D)
Michigan	MI-10	Candice Miller	Republican		MI-10
Michigan	MI-11	Thaddeus McCotter	Republican		MI-11
Michigan	MI-12	Sander Levin	Democrat		MI-12
Michigan	MI-13	Carolyn Kilpatrick	Democrat		MI-13
Michigan	MI-14	John Conyers	Democrat		MI-14
Michigan	MI-15	John Dingell	Democrat		MI-15

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State	District	Incumbent	Party	2006 Result	DKos tag	Status	Opposing candidates
Minnesota
MN-01	Timothy Walz	Democrat	MN-01		Mike Brennan (D) (cw), Adam Cote (D) (cw), Jill Duson (D) (cw), Mark Lawrence (D) (cw), Chellie Pingree (D) (cw), Ethan Strimling (D) (cw)
MN-02	John Kline	Republican	MN-02
MN-03	Jim Ramstad	Republican	MN-03	Retiring.	Terri Bonoff (D) (cw) Jim Hovland (R D)
MN-04	Betty McCollum	Democrat	MN-04
MN-05	Keith Ellison	Democrat	MN-05
MN-06	Michele Bachmann	Republican	MN-06
MN-07	Collin Peterson	Democrat	MN-07
MN-08	James Oberstar	Democrat