2008 United States Senate election in Kansas
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The 2008 United States Senate election in Kansas was held on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Pat Roberts won re-election to a third term.
Background
The state of Kansas has not elected a Democrat to the U.S. Senate since 1932. Kansas's other Republican Senator
Lyndon Johnson carried the state over Barry Goldwater
.
Roberts had announced ahead of the
1996 election that "I plan only to serve two terms in the U.S. Senate",[1]
but he broke that pledge in this election.
Republican primary
Candidates
- Pat Roberts, incumbent U.S. Senator
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Pat Roberts (Incumbent) | 214,911 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 214,911 | 100.00% |
Democratic primary
Candidates
- Jim Slattery, former U.S. Representative and nominee for Governor in 1994
- Lee Jones, nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2004
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Jim Slattery | 68,106 | 68.93% | |
Democratic | Lee Jones | 30,699 | 31.07% | |
Total votes | 98,805 | 100.00% |
General election
Candidates
- Pat Roberts (R), incumbent U.S. Senator
- Jim Slattery (D), former U.S. Representative
- Randall Hodgkinson (L), attorney
- Joseph L. Martin (Re), nominee for Secretary of State in 2006
Predictions
Source | Ranking | As of |
---|---|---|
The Cook Political Report[3]
|
Safe R | October 23, 2008 |
CQ Politics[4] | Likely R | October 31, 2008 |
Rothenberg Political Report[5] | Safe R | November 2, 2008 |
Real Clear Politics[6]
|
Safe R | November 4, 2008 |
Polling
Poll Source | Dates administered | Slattery | Roberts |
---|---|---|---|
Rasmussen Reports | May 13, 2008 | 40% | 52% |
Research 2000/Daily Kos | June 2–4, 2008 | 38% | 50% |
Cooper & Secrest | June 5–8, 2008 | 36% | 48% |
Rasmussen Reports | June 11, 2008 | 39% | 48% |
TargetPoint Consulting, Inc. | July 1, 2008 | 34% | 54% |
Rasmussen Reports | July 15, 2008 | 33% | 61% |
Rasmussen Reports | August 11, 2008 | 37% | 56% |
Survey USA | August 20, 2008 | 31% | 58% |
Survey USA | September 22, 2008 | 35% | 55% |
Rasmussen Reports | September 23, 2008 | 38% | 58% |
October 13, 2008 | 36% | 55% | |
Survey USA | October 22, 2008 | 35% | 57% |
Survey USA | October 28, 2008 | 33% | 60% |
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Pat Roberts (Incumbent) | 727,121 | 60.06% | -22.46% | |
Democratic | Jim Slattery | 441,399 | 36.46% | +36.46% | |
Libertarian | Randall Hodgkinson | 25,727 | 2.12% | -6.98% | |
Reform
|
Joseph L. Martin | 16,443 | 1.36% | -7.02% | |
Majority | 285,722 | 23.60% | -49.82% | ||
Turnout | 1,210,690 | ||||
Republican hold | Swing |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
- Douglas (Largest city: Lawrence)
- Wyandotte (Largest city: Kansas City)
- Atchison (Largest city: Atchison)
See also
References
- ^ "Pat Roberts Said In 1996 He'd Only Serve Two Terms — He's Running For His Fourth". BuzzFeed. October 14, 2014. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
- ^ a b "Results" (PDF). www.kssos.org. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
- ^ "2008 Senate Race ratings for October 23, 2008". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
- ^ Race Ratings Chart: Senate Archived October 28, 2010, at the Wayback Machine CQ Politics
- ^ "2008 Senate ratings". Inside Elections. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
- ^ "2008 RCP Averages & Senate Results". Real Clear Politics. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
- ^ "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives". Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
External links
- Elections & Legislative from the Kansas Secretary of State
- U.S. Congress candidates for Kansas at Project Vote Smart
- Kansas, U.S. Senate CQ Politics
- Kansas U.S. Senate from OurCampaigns.com
- Kansas U.S. Senate race from 2008 Race Tracker
- Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets
- Roberts (R-i) vs Slattery (D) graph of multiple polls from Pollster.com
- Official campaign websites (Archived)