United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin, 2008

The 2008 congressional elections in Wisconsin will be held on November 4, 2008 to determine who will represent the state of Wisconsin in the United States House of Representatives. Wisconsin has eight seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; those elected will serve in the 111th Congress from January 3, 2009 until January 3, 2011. The election coincides with the 2008 U.S. presidential election and other Wisconsin elections.

The party primary elections were held September 9, 2008. All seats except for District 8 are considered safe for the incumbent Party. [ [http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=11 House: Races to Watch] "CQ Politics]

Election Match-Ups

Candidates listed in bold are their party's nominee for the indicated seat.Candidates in bold won their primary and are their party's nominee for the indicated seat. [ [http://elections.todaystmj4.com/L02F001.htm TMJ4 Milwaukee] - Election Results] Candidates with a strike have not submitted adequate nomination documents to appear on the 2008 primary and general election ballots by the July 8th deadline. Candidates not submitting adequate nomination documents may still run write-in candidacies.

District 8

Democratic incumbent Steve Kagen is again being challenged by Republican former State Assembly Speaker John Gard. CQ Politics forecasts the race as 'Leans Democratic'.

Kagen won by a 51% to 49% margin his first term in this Republican-leaning district that went fairly easily to President George W. Bush with 55% to 45% for John Kerry in 2004. He will likely face a serious threat from Republicans, who had held this seat since 1999. His predecessor, Mark Green, who ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2006, has been nominated by Bush to be Ambassador to Tanzania, ruling out his running. His Republican opponent, as in 2006, will be Gard. Another 2006 Republican candidate, state Rep. Frank Lasee of Bellevue, and former Republican Green Bay Mayor Paul Jadin were mentioned as potential candidates but did not seek the office.fix|link=Wikipedia:Contents|text=citation needed

* [http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=district-WI-08 Race ranking and details] from CQ Politics
* [http://www.opensecrets.org/races/summary.php?id=WI08&cycle=2008 Campaign contributions] from OpenSecrets.org
* [http://www.pollster.com/polls/wi/08-wi-08-ge-gvk.php Gard (R) vs Kagan (D)i] graph of collected poll results at "Pollster.com"

References

External links

* [http://www.legis.state.wi.us/ltsb/redistricting/Maps/con2007.pdf State of Wisconsin Congressional Districts]
* [http://elections.state.wi.us/ Elections Division] from the "Wisconsin Government Accountability Board"
* [http://www.votesmart.org/election_congress_state.php?state_id=WI&go33.x=12&go33.y=11 U.S. Congress candidates for Wisconsin] at Project Vote Smart
* [http://www.2008racetracker.com/page/Wisconsin Wisconsin U.S. House Races] from "2008 Race Tracker"
* [http://www.opensecrets.org/races/election.php?state=WI Campaign contributions for Wisconsin congressional races] from OpenSecrets.org
* [http://www.jsonline.com/index/index.aspx?id=502 Politics Plus State and Local Elections] from the "Milwaukee Journal Sentinel" newspaper

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