United States Senate election in Iowa, 2008

The Iowa United States Senate election in 2008 will be held on November 4, 2008 and will determine who will hold Iowa's Class 2 seat in the United States Senate for the next six years.

Incumbent Democratic Senator Tom Harkin has announced he will seek re-election to the United States Senate in 2008. Democrats did extremely well in the 2006 midterm elections in Iowa, retaining the Governor's seat, picking up two House seats, and achieving a majority in both houses of the Iowa General Assembly. Republican Congressmen Tom Latham and Steve King declined to run. George Eichhorn, Steve Rathje, and Christopher Reed filed for the Republican nomination; Reed narrowly won the June 3 primary.

Candidates

Democratic

* Tom Harkin - incumbent

Republican

* Christopher Reed - small businessman and Navy veteran

Also Ran

* George Eichhorn - former State Representative
* Steve Rathje - businessman

Polling

Election Results

Republican Primary

Unofficial results [http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/elections/2008/by_state/IA_Page_0603.html?SITE=AP] :

Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Christopher Reed
votes = 25,150
percentage = 35.3
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party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = George Eichhorn
votes = 24,736
percentage = 34.7
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party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Steve Rathje
votes = 21,327
percentage = 30.0
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votes = 71,213
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General Election

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party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Tom Harkin
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party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Christopher Reed
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External links

* [http://www.sos.state.ia.us/elections/index.html Voter/Elections] from the "Iowa Secretary of State"
* [http://www.votesmart.org/election_congress_state.php?state_id=IA&go33.x=14&go33.y=13 U.S. Congress candidates for Iowa] at Project Vote Smart
* [http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=senate-IA Iowa, U.S. Senate] from CQ Politics
* [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=240817 Iowa U.S. Senate] from "OurCampaigns.com"
* [http://www.2008racetracker.com/page/IA-Sen Iowa U.S. Senate race] from "2008 Race Tracker"
* [http://www.opensecrets.org/races/summary.php?id=IAS2&cycle=2008 Campaign contributions] from OpenSecrets.org
* [http://www.pollster.com/08-IA-Sen-GE-RvH.php Reed (R) vs Harkin (D-i)] graph of multiple polls from Pollster.com
*"Official campaign websites"
** [http://www.tomharkin.com/ Tom Harkin] , Democratic incumbent nominee
** [http://www.steverathje.com/ Steve Rathje] , Republican candidate
** [http://www.christopherreed2008.com/ Christopher Reed] , Republican nominee
** [http://www.george2008.com/ George Eichhorn] , Republican candidate