2008 United States Senate election in Kansas
County resultsRoberts : 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%Slattery : 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%
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 Sam Brownback announced that he is retiring due to "self-imposed term limits," which meant Roberts became the senior senator from Kansas in 2011. It is considered one of the most Republican states in the U.S. The last time its electors went to a Democrat was the Presidential Election of 1964, when 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]
Republican primary
Candidates
Results
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
General election
Candidates
Pat Roberts (R), incumbent U.S. SenatorJim Slattery (D), former U.S. RepresentativeRandall Hodgkinson (L), attorney
Joseph L. Martin (Re), nominee for Secretary of State in 2006
Predictions
Polling
Poll Source
Dates administered
Slattery
Roberts
Rasmussen Reports [ 7] May 13, 2008
40%
52%
Research 2000 /Daily Kos [ 8] June 2–4, 2008
38%
50%
Cooper & Secrest [ 9] June 5–8, 2008
36%
48%
Rasmussen Reports [ 7] June 11, 2008
39%
48%
TargetPoint Consulting, Inc. [ 10] July 1, 2008
34%
54%
Rasmussen Reports [ 11] July 15, 2008
33%
61%
Rasmussen Reports [ 11] August 11, 2008
37%
56%
Survey USA [ 12] August 20, 2008
31%
58%
Survey USA [ 13] September 22, 2008
35%
55%
Rasmussen Reports [ 11] September 23, 2008
38%
58%
Rasmussen Reports [ 11] October 13, 2008
36%
55%
Survey USA [ 14] October 22, 2008
35%
57%
Survey USA [ 15] October 28, 2008
33%
60%
Results
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
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 .^ a b Rasmussen Reports ^ Research 2000/Daily Kos ^ Cooper & Secrest ^ TargetPoint Consulting, Inc. ^ a b c d Rasmussen Reports ^ Survey USA ^ Survey USA ^ Survey USA ^ Survey USA ^ "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives" . Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved May 9, 2021 .
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