2008 Candidates

Candidate	Year	Office	State	Election Results
Andy Meisner	2008	Oakland County Treasure	Michigan	Won Primary, Won General
Barbara Favola	2008	Arlington County Board	Virginia	Won Primary, Won General
Rick Taylor	2008	State House 151st District	Pennsylvania	Won Primary, Won General
Summer Starr	2008	State House 12th District	Hawaii	Lost Primary
Dan Scripps	2008	State House 101st District	Michigan	Won Primary, Won General
Connie Pillich	2008	State House 28th District	Ohio	Won Primary, Won General
Al McAffrey	2008	State House 88th District	Oklahoma	Won Primary, Won General
Deb Lavender	2008	State House 94th District	Missouri	Won Primary, Lost General
Anton Gunn	2008	State House 79th District	South Carolina	Won Primary, Won General
Adam M. Fetterman	2008	State House 81st District	Florida	Won Primary, Won General
Ty Cobb	2008	State House 64th District	Tennessee	Won Primary, Won General
Michael Calderin	2008	State House 119th District	Florida	Won Primary, Lost General
Daniel Biss	2008	State House 17th District	Illinois	Won Primary, Lost General
Hannah-Beth Jackson	2008	State Senate 19th District	California	Won Primary, Won General
Wendy Davis	2008	State Senate 10th District	Texas	Won Primary, Won General
Clint Zweifel	2008	State Treasurer	Missouri	Won Primary, Won General
Jim Roth	2008	Corporation Commissioner	Oklahoma	Won Primary, Lost General
Linda McCulloch	2008	Secretary of State	Montana	Won Primary, Won General
Denise Juneau	2008	State Superintendent of Public Instruction	Montana	Won Primary, Won General
Rich Cordray	2008	Attorney General	Ohio	Won Primary, Won General
Steve Bullock	2008	Attorney General	Montana	Won Primary, Won General
Kate Brown	2008	Secretary of State	Oregon	Won Primary, Won General
Jack Markell	2008	Governor	Delaware	Won Primary, Won General
Chris Gregoire	2008	Governor	Washington	Won Primary, Won General
Gary Trauner	2008	US Congress At Large	Wyoming	Won Primary, Lost General
Harry Teague	2008	US Congress 2nd District	New Mexico	Won Primary, Won General
Linda Stender	2008	US Congress 7th District	New Jersey	Won Primary, Lost General
Jackie Speier	2008	US Congress 12th District	California	Won Special, Won Primary, Won General
Mike Smith	2008	US Congress 8th District	Florida	Lost Primary
Carol Shea-Porter	2008	US Congress 1st District	New Hampshire	Won Primary, Won General
Dennis Shulman	2008	US Congress 5th District	New Jersey	Won Primary, Lost General
Dan Seals	2008	US Congress 10th District	Illinois	Won Primary, Lost General
Mark Schauer	2008	US Congress 7th District	Michigan	Won Primary, Won General
Jon Powers	2008	US Congress 26th District	New York	Lost Primary
Chellie Pingree	2008	US Congress 1st District	Maine	Won Primary, Won General
Gary Peters	2008	US Congress 9th District	Michigan	Won Primary, Won General
Raul Martinez	2008	US Congress 21st District	Florida	Won Primary, Lost General
Betsy Markey	2008	US Congress 4th District	Colorado	Won Primary, Won General
Dan Maffei	2008	US Congress 25th District	New York	Won Primary, Won General
Mike Lumpkin	2008	US Congress 52nd District		Won Primary, Lost General
Ben Luján	2008	US Congress 3rd District	New Mexico	Won Primary, Won General
Nicholas Leibham	2008	US Congress 50th District	California	Won Primary, Lost General
Frank Kratovil	2008	US Congress 1st District	Maryland	Won Primary, Won General
Suzanne Kosmas	2008	US Congress 24th District	Florida	Won Primary, Won General
Larry Kissell	2008	US Congress 8th District	North Carolina	Won Primary, Won General
Ann Kirkpatrick	2008	US Congress 1st District	Arizona
Mary Jo Kilroy	2008	US Congress 15th District	Ohio	Won Primary, Won General
Christine Jennings	2008	US Congress 13th District	Florida	Won Primary, Lost General
Jim Himes	2008	US Congress 4th District	Connecticut	Won Primary, Won General
Martin Heinrich	2008	US Congress 1st District	New Mexico	Won Primary, Won General
Debbie Halvorson	2008	US Congress 11th District	Illinois	Won Primary, Won General
Kirsten Gillibrand	2008	US Congress 20th District	New York	Won Primary, Won General
Gabielle Giffords	2008	US Congress 8th District	Arizona	Won Primary, Won General
Bill Foster	2008	US Congress 14th District	Illinois	Won Special, Won Primary, Won General
Joe Garcia	2008	US Congress 19th District	Florida	Won Primary, Lost General
Joan Fitz-Gerald	2008	US Congress 2nd District	Colorado	Lost Primary
Donna Edwards	2008	US Congress 4th District	Maryland	Won Special, Won Primary, Won General
Steve Driehaus	2008	US Congress 1st District	Ohio	Won Primary, Won General
André Carson	2008	US Congress 7th District	Indiana	Won Special, Won Primary, Won General
Darcy Burner	2008	US Congress 8th District	Washington	Won Primary, Lost General
John Boccieri	2008	US Congress 16th District	Ohio	Won Primary, Won General
Diane Benson	2008	US Congress At Large	Alaska	Lost Primary
Kay Barnes	2008	US Congress 6th District	Missouri	Won Primary, Lost General
Judy Baker	2008	US Congress 9th District	Missouri	Won Primary, Lost General
John Adler	2008	US Congress 3rd District	New Jersey	Won Primary, Won General
Tom Udall	2008	US Senate	New Mexico	Won Primary, Won General
Jeanne Shaheen	2008	US Senate	New Hampshire	Won Primary, Won General
Andrew Rice	2008	US Senate	Oklahoma	Won Primary, Lost General
Jeff Merkley	2008	US Senate	Oregon	Won Primary, Won General
Jim Martin	2008	US Senate	Georgia	Won Primary, Lost General
Tom Allen	2008	US Senate	Maine	Won Primary, Lost General

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