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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 [ edit ]
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] but he broke that pledge in this election.
Republican primary [ edit ]
Candidates [ edit ]
Results [ edit ]
Democratic primary [ edit ]
Candidates [ edit ]
Jim Slattery , former U.S. Representative and nominee for Governor in 1994
Lee Jones, nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2004
Results [ edit ]
General election [ edit ]
Candidates [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
Polling [ edit ]
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%
Rasmussen Reports
October 13, 2008
36%
55%
Survey USA
October 22, 2008
35%
57%
Survey USA
October 28, 2008
33%
60%
Results [ edit ]
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic [ edit ]
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ "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 .
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