United States Senate election in Iowa, 2008
Encyclopedia
The 2008 United States Senate election in Iowa was held on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Tom Harkin
won re-election to a fifth term.
Tom Harkin
Thomas Richard "Tom" Harkin is the junior United States Senator from Iowa and a member of the Democratic Party. He previously served in the United States House of Representatives ....
won re-election to a fifth term.
Results
Candidates
- Christopher Reed - small businessman and Navy veteran
- George Eichhorn - former State RepresentativeIowa House of RepresentativesThe Iowa House of Representatives is the lower house of the Iowa General Assembly. There are 100 members of the House of Representatives, representing 100 single-member districts across the state with populations of approximately 29,750 for each constituency...
- Steve Rathje - businessman
Results
Candidates
- Tom HarkinTom HarkinThomas Richard "Tom" Harkin is the junior United States Senator from Iowa and a member of the Democratic Party. He previously served in the United States House of Representatives ....
(D) - Incumbent U.S. Senator - Christopher ReedChristopher ReedChristopher Reed was the Republican nominee in the 2008 Senate election in Iowa, losing to Senator Tom Harkin. Reed was unsuccessful in a bid for the Republican nomination for Congress in Iowa's 2nd District in 2010.-Early life:...
(R) - Navy Veteran
Polling
| Poll Source | Dates administered | Tom Harkin (D) | Christopher Reed (R) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Survey USA | October 29, 2008 | 61% | 35% |
| Rasmussen Reports | October 23, 2008 | 57% | 41% |
| Survey USA | September 17-18, 2008 | 60% | 37% |
| Rasmussen Reports | August 7, 2008 | 60% | 36% |
| Rasmussen Reports | July 10, 2008 | 55% | 37% |
| Rasmussen Reports | June 10, 2008 | 53% | 37% |
| Research 2000 | April 21-23, 2008 | 59% | 20% |
Results
External links
- Voter/Elections from the Iowa Secretary of State. Source for official results and turnout summaries.
- U.S. Congress candidates for Iowa at Project Vote SmartProject Vote SmartProject Vote Smart is a non-profit, non-partisan research organization that collects and distributes information on candidates for public office in the United States...
- Iowa, U.S. Senate from CQ PoliticsCongressional QuarterlyCongressional Quarterly, Inc., or CQ, is a privately owned publishing company that produces a number of publications reporting primarily on the United States Congress...
- Iowa U.S. Senate from OurCampaigns.com
- Iowa U.S. Senate race from 2008 Race Tracker
- Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets.orgCenter for Responsive PoliticsThe Center for Responsive Politics is a non-profit, nonpartisan research group based in Washington, D.C. that tracks money in politics and the effect of money and lobbying activity on elections and public policy and maintains a public online database of its information.Their database...
- Reed (R) vs Harkin (D-i) graph of multiple polls from Pollster.com
- Official campaign websites
- Tom Harkin, Democratic incumbent nominee
- Steve Rathje, Republican candidate
- Christopher Reed, Republican nominee
- George Eichhorn, Republican candidate