House Leadership
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Leadership Title (click for official website) |
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| Nancy Pelosi |
Speaker of the House
(Democrat, California 8th district) |
| Steny Hoyer |
Majority Leader
(Democrat, Maryland 5th district) |
| John Boehner |
Minority Leader
(Republican, Ohio 8th district) |
| James Clyburn |
Majority Whip
(Democrat, South Carolina 6th district) |
| Roy Blunt |
Minority Whip
(Republican, Missouri 7th district) |
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Representative
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District
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 Winners marked for contested races
(unmarked incumbents won re-election)
20th. All races are resolved as of Dec. 17th!
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| Alabama |
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| Jo Bonner | 1 | Republican | Mobile | |
| Terry Everett | 2 | Republican | Rehobeth | |
| Retiring in 2008. Contenders:
Mayor Bobby Bright (D; won June 3 primary)
vs. State Rep. Jay Love (R; Won July 15 runoff)
vs. State Sen. Harri Anne Smith (R; Lost July 15 runoff)
vs. Dr. Craig Schmidtke (R; lost June 3 primary)
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| Michael Rogers | 3 | Republican | Anniston | |
| Robert Aderholt | 4 | Republican | Haleyville | |
| Bud Cramer | 5 | Democrat | Huntsville | |
| Retiring in 2008. Contenders:
State Sen. Parker Griffith (D; won June 3 primary)
vs. Wayne Parker (R; Won July 15 runoff)
vs. Chery Baswell-Guthrie (R; Lost July 15 runoff)
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| Spencer Bachus | 6 | Republican | Vestavia Hills | |
| Artur Davis | 7 | Democrat | Birmingham | |
| Alaska |
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| Don Young | At Large | Republican | Fort Yukon | |
| Hotly contested seat in 2008. Challengers: State Rep. Ethan Berkowitz (D);
Previous challengers: Lieutenant Governor Sean Parnell (R; lost Aug. 26 primary) and Former party chair Jake Metcalfe (D) |
| Arizona |
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| Rick Renzi | 1 | Republican | Flagstaff | |
| Retiring in 2008. Contenders: Former State Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick (D) vs. Sydney Hay (R) |
| Trent Franks | 2 | Republican | Glendale | |
| John Shadegg | 3 | Republican | Phoenix | |
| Announced retirement in 2008, then rescinded announcement. Contenders: Bob Lord (D) vs. Former State Rep. Steve May (R). |
| Ed Pastor | 4 | Democrat | Phoenix | |
| Harry Mitchell | 5 | Democrat | First elected 2006 | |
| Jeff Flake | 6 | Republican | Mesa | |
| Raul Grijalva | 7 | Democrat | Tucson | |
| Gabby Giffords | 8 | Democrat | First elected 2006 | |
| Arkansas |
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| Marion Berry | 1 | Democrat | Gillett | |
| Vic Snyder | 2 | Democrat | Little Rock | |
| John Boozman | 3 | Republican | Rogers | |
| Mike Ross | 4 | Democrat | Prescott | |
| California |
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| Mike Thompson | 1 | Democrat | St. Helena | |
| Wally Herger | 2 | Republican | Marysville | |
| Dan Lungren | 3 | Republican | Long Beach | |
| John Doolittle | 4 | Republican | Rocklin | |
| Retiring in 2008. >(Recount completed Dec. 13th) Contenders:
Tom McClintock (R)
vs. Charlie Brown (D)
vs. Doug Ose (R; lost June 3 primary)
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| Doris Matsui | 5 | Democrat | Special election 2004 | |
| Lynn Woolsey | 6 | Democrat | Petaluma | |
| George Miller | 7 | Democrat | Martinez | |
| Nancy Pelosi | 8 | Democrat | San Francisco | |
| Barbara Lee | 9 | Democrat | Oakland | |
| Ellen Tauscher | 10 | Democrat | Alamo | |
| Jerry McNerney | 11 | Democrat | First elected 2006 | |
| Hotly contested seat in 2008; challengers: Former St. AM Dean Andal (R) |
| Tom Lantos | 12 | Democrat | San Mateo | |
| Planned on retiring in 2008; passed away Feb. 2008. Contenders: Former State Sen. Jackie Speier (D, won special election April 8 2008) |
| Pete Stark | 13 | Democrat | Fremont | |
| Anna Eshoo | 14 | Democrat | Atherton | |
| Mike Honda | 15 | Democrat | San Jose | |
| Zoe Lofgren | 16 | Democrat | San Jose | |
| Sam Farr | 17 | Democrat | Carmel | |
| Dennis Cardoza | 18 | Democrat | Atwater | |
| George Radanovich | 19 | Republican | Mariposa | |
| Jim Costa | 20 | Democrat | Fresno | |
| Devin Nunes | 21 | Republican | Tulare | |
| Kevin McCarthy | 22 | Republican | First elected 2006 | |
| Lois Capps | 23 | Democrat | Santa Barbara | |
| Elton Gallegly | 24 | Republican | Simi Valley | |
| Buck McKeon | 25 | Republican | Santa Clarita | |
| David Dreier | 26 | Republican | San Dimas | |
| Brad Sherman | 27 | Democrat | Sherman Oaks | |
| Howard Berman | 28 | Democrat | North Hollywood | |
| Adam Schiff | 29 | Democrat | Burbank | |
| Henry Waxman | 30 | Democrat | Los Angeles | |
| Xavier Becerra | 31 | Democrat | Los Angeles | |
| Hilda Solis | 32 | Democrat | El Monte | |
| Diane Watson | 33 | Democrat | Los Angeles | |
| Lucille Roybal-Allard | 34 | Democrat | Los Angeles | |
| Maxine Waters | 35 | Democrat | Los Angeles | |
| Jane Harman | 36 | Democrat | Venice | |
| Laura Richardson | 37 | Democrat | Special election June 2007 |
| Grace Napolitano | 38 | Democrat | Norwalk | |
| Linda Sanchez | 39 | Democrat | Lakewood | |
| Ed Royce | 40 | Republican | Fullerton | |
| Jerry Lewis | 41 | Republican | Redlands | |
| Gary Miller | 42 | Republican | Diamond Bar | |
| Joe Baca | 43 | Democrat | Rialto | |
| Ken Calvert | 44 | Republican | Corona | |
| Mary Bono | 45 | Republican | Palm Springs | |
| Dana Rohrabacher | 46 | Republican | Huntington Beach | |
| Loretta Sanchez | 47 | Democrat | Santa Ana | |
| John Campbell | 48 | Republican | Special Election Dec 2005 | |
| Darrell Issa | 49 | Republican | Vista | |
| Brian Bilbray | 50 | Republican | Special election June 2006 | |
| Bob Filner | 51 | Democrat | San Diego | |
| Duncan Hunter | 52 | Republican | Alpine | |
| Retiring in 2008 to run for president. Contenders: Duncan D. Hunter (R, incumbent's son) vs. Brian Jones (R) vs. Bob Watkins (R) vs. Vicki Butcher (D) vs Mike Lumpkin (D) |
| Susan Davis | 53 | Democrat | San Diego | |
| Colorado |
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| Diana DeGette | 1 | Democrat | Denver | |
| Mark Udall | 2 | Democrat | Boulder | |
| Running for Senate in 2008. Contenders:
Board of Education member Jared Polis (D) vs. Scott Starin (R)
Former contenders: State Sen. Joan Fitz-Gerald (D) vs. Former County Commissioner Tom Stone (R)
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| John Salazar | 3 | Democrat | Alamosa | |
| Marilyn Musgrave | 4 | Republican | Fort Morgan | |
| Hotly contested seat in 2008; challenger: Betsy Markey (D) |
| Doug Lamborn | 5 | Republican | First elected 2006 | |
| Tom Tancredo | 6 | Republican | Littleton | |
| Retiring in 2008 to run for president. Contenders: Mike Collins (D)
vs. Wil Armstrong (R)
vs. Sec. of State Mike Coffman (R)
vs. State Sen. Steve Ward (R)
vs. State Sen. Ted Harvey (R)
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| Ed Perlmutter | 7 | Democrat | First elected 2006 | |
| Connecticut |
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| John Larson | 1 | Democrat | East Hartford | |
| Joe Courtney | 2 | Democrat | First elected 2006 | |
| Rosa DeLauro | 3 | Democrat | New Haven | |
| Christopher Shays | 4 | Republican | Bridgeport | |
| Hotly contested seat in 2008; challengers: Jim Himes (D) |
| Chris Murphy | 5 | Republican | First elected 2006 | |
| District of Columbia |
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| Eleanor Norton | At Large | Democrat | Washington | |
| Delaware |
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| Michael Castle | At Large | Republican | Wilmington | |
| Contested seat in 2008; challenger: Karen Hartley-Nagle (D; won 9/9 primary) |
| Florida |
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| Jeff Miller | 1 | Republican | Chumuckla | |
| Allen Boyd | 2 | Democrat | Monticello | |
| Corrine Brown | 3 | Democrat | Jacksonville | |
| Ander Crenshaw | 4 | Republican | Jacksonville | |
| Ginny Brown-Waite | 5 | Republican | Brooksville | |
| Cliff Stearns | 6 | Republican | Ocala | |
| John Mica | 7 | Republican | Winter Park | |
| Ric Keller | 8 | Republican | Orlando | |
| Upset victory in 2008: Alan Grayson (D) |
| Gus Bilirakis | 9 | Republican | First elected 2006 | |
| Bill Young | 10 | Republican | Indian Rocks Beach | |
| Kathy Castor | 11 | Democrat | First elected 2006 | |
| Adam Putnam | 12 | Republican | Bartow | |
| Vern Buchanan | 13 | Republican | First elected 2006 | |
| Hotly contested seat in 2008; challengers: Katherine Harris (R) vs. Christine L. Jennings (D) |
| Connie Mack IV | 14 | Republican | Sanibel | |
| Dave Weldon | 15 | Republican | Palm Bay | |
| Retiring in 2008.
State Senator Bill Posey (R)
Previous contenders: Alan Bergman (R) vs. Steve Blythe (D) |
| Timothy Mahoney | 16 | Democrat | Special election 2006 | |
| Hotly contested seat in 2008; challengers: Tom Rooney(R; won Aug. 26 primary); vs. St. Rep. Gayle B. Harrell (R; lost Aug. 26 primary) vs. Palm Beach Gardens Councilor Hal Valeche (R; lost Aug. 26 primary) |
| Kendrick Meek | 17 | Democrat | Miami | |
| Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | 18 | Republican | Miami | |
| Robert Wexler | 19 | Democrat | Boca Raton | |
| Contested seat in 2008; challengers: Edward Lynch(R) vs. Former State Sen. Ben Graber(I) |
| Debbie Wasserman Schultz | 20 | Democrat | | |
| Lincoln Diaz-Balart | 21 | Republican | Miami | |
| Ron Klein | 22 | Democrat | First elected 2006 | |
| Alcee Hastings | 23 | Democrat | Miramar | |
| Tom Feeney | 24 | Republican | Oviedo | |
| Contested seat in 2008; challenger: Suzanne Kosmas (D) |
| Mario Diaz-Balart | 25 | Republican | Miami | |
| Georgia |
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| Jack Kingston | 1 | Republican | Savannah | |
| Sanford Bishop | 2 | Democrat | Albany | |
| Lynn Westmoreland | 3 | Republican | Redistricted 2006 | |
| Hank Johnson | 4 | Democrat | First elected 2006 | |
| John Lewis | 5 | Democrat | Atlanta | |
| Tom Price | 6 | Republican | | |
| John Linder | 7 | Republican | Duluth | |
| Jim Marshall | 8 | Democrat | Redistricted 2006 | |
| Hotly contested seat in 2008; challengers: Former US Rep. Mac Collins (R) vs. Rick Goddard (R) |
| Nathan Deal | 9 | Republican | Clermont | |
| Paul Broun | 10 | Republican | Special election June 2007 | |
| Phil Gingrey | 11 | Republican | Marietta | |
| John Barrow | 12 | Democrat | | |
| Hotly contested seat in 2008; challengers: Karen Bogans (R) vs. Chris Edenfield (R) vs. Ray McKinney (R) |
| David Scott | 13 | Democrat | Atlanta | | |
| Hawaii |
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| Neil Abercrombie | 1 | Democrat | Honolulu | |
| Mazie K. Hirono | 2 | Democrat | First elected 2006 | |
| Idaho |
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| Bill Sali | 1 | Republican | First elected 2006 | |
| Contested seat in 2008; challenger: Walt Minnick (D) |
| Mike Simpson | 2 | Republican | Blackfoot | |
| Illinois |
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| Bobby Rush | 1 | Democrat | Chicago | |
| Jesse Louis Jackson | 2 | Democrat | Chicago | |
| Dan Lipinski | 3 | Democrat | | |
| Luis Gutierrez | 4 | Democrat | Chicago | |
| Rahm Emanuel | 5 | Democrat | Chicago | |
| Appointed as Pres.-Elect Obama's chief of Staff in Nov. 2008; special election to be scheduled sometime in early 2009.
Contenders: Steve Greenberg (R) |
| Peter Roskam | 6 | Republican | First elected 2006 | |
| Danny Davis | 7 | Democrat | Chicago | |
| Melissa Bean | 8 | Democrat | | |
| Hotly contested seat in 2008; challenger: Steve Greenberg (R) |
| Jan Schakowsky | 9 | Democrat | Evanston | |
| Mark Kirk | 10 | Republican | Wilmette | |
| Contested seat in 2008; challengers:
Dan Seals (D)
vs.David J. Kalbfleisch (G)
vs.Allan Stevo (I)
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| Jerry Weller | 11 | Republican | Morris | |
Retiring in 2008.
Contenders: State Sen. Debbie Halvorson (D) vs. Martin Ozinga III (R)
Withdrawn contenders: Jimmy Lee (R) vs. Mayor Tim Baldermann (R)
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| Jerry Costello | 12 | Democrat | Belleville | |
| Judy Biggert | 13 | Republican | Hinsdale | |
| Denny Hastert | 14 | Republican | Yorkville | |
| Resigned effective Nov. 2007. Special election March 8, 2008, won by Bill Foster (D). Faces rematch in November with Jim Oberweis (R) |
| Timothy Johnson | 15 | Republican | Urbana | |
| Donald Manzullo | 16 | Republican | Egan | |
| Phil Hare | 17 | Democrat | First elected 2006 | |
| Ray LaHood | 18 | Republican | Peoria | |
| Retiring in 2008. Contenders: Peoria Councilman John D. Morris (R) vs. Jim McConoughey (R) vs. State Rep. Aaron Schock (R) |
| John Shimkus | 19 | Republican | Collinsville | |
| Indiana |
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| Peter Visclosky | 1 | Democrat | Merrillville | |
| Joseph Donnelly | 2 | Democrat | First elected 2006 | |
| Mark Souder | 3 | Republican | Fort Wayne | |
| Steve Buyer | 4 | Republican | Monticello | |
| Dan Burton | 5 | Republican | Indianapolis | |
| Mike Pence | 6 | Republican | Columbus | |
| Julia Carson | 7 | Democrat | Indianapolis | |
| Rep. Carson died of lung cancer on Dec. 15, 2007. A special election will take place in 2008.
Contenders: André Carson (D) vs. State Rep. Jon Elrod (R)
André Carson (Julia's grandson) won the special election on March 11, 2008. Rematch scheduled for Nov. 2008.
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| Brad Ellsworth | 8 | Republican | Blairsville | |
| Baron Hill | 9 | Democrat | First re-elected 2006 | |
| Iowa |
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| Bruce Braley | 1 | Democrat | First elected 2006 | |
| David Loebsack | 2 | Republican | Davenport | |
| Leonard Boswell | 3 | Democrat | Des Moines | |
| Tom Latham | 4 | Republican | Alexander | |
| Steve King | 5 | Republican | Kiron | |
| Kansas |
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| Jerry Moran | 1 | Republican | Hays | |
| Nancy Boyda | 2 | Democrat | First elected 2006 | |
| Hotly contested seat in 2008; challengers: Lynn Jenkins (R; won Aug. 5 primary) vs. Former U.S. Rep. Jim Ryun (R--See voting record; lost Aug. 5 primary) |
| Dennis Moore | 3 | Democrat | Lenexa | |
| Todd Tiahrt | 4 | Republican | Goddard | |
| Kentucky |
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| Ed Whitfield | 1 | Republican | Hopkinsville | |
| Ron Lewis | 2 | Republican | Cecilia | |
| Retiring in 2008. Contenders:
State Sen. Brett Guthrie (R)
vs. State Sen. David Boswell (D)
vs. Daviess County Judge-Exec. Reid Haire (D, lost primary, May 20, 2008)
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| John Yarmuth | 3 | Democrat | First elected 2006 | |
| Contested race in 2008. Challenger:
Former US Rep. Anne Northup (R; Congressional voting record)
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| Geoff Davis | 4 | Republican | | |
| Hal Rogers | 5 | Republican | Somerset | |
| Ben Chandler | 6 | Democrat | Woodford County | |
| Louisiana |
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| Bobby Jindal | 1 | Republican | | |
| Rep. Jindal was elected Governor, and resigned his House seat effective Jan. 14, 2008.
A special election took place on May 3rd, 2008, electing St. Rep. Steve Scalise.
A rematch is scheduled for the regular election in Novmber 2008.
Likely contenders: Gilda W. Reed (D) vs. David Gereighty (D) vs. St. Rep. Steve Scalise (R) vs. St. Rep. Tim Burns (R) |
| William Jefferson | 2 | Democrat | New Orleans | |
| Hotly contested in 2008. (Final runoff scheduled for Dec. 6th) Contenders:
Joseph Cao (R)
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| Charlie Melancon | 3 | Democrat | | |
| Jim McCrery | 4 | Republican | Shreveport | |
| Retiring in 2008. (Final runoff scheduled for Dec. 6th) Contenders:
Paul Carmouche (D)
vs. John Fleming (R)
vs. Chris Gorman (R; lost preliminary)
vs. John Milkovich (D; lost preliminary)
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| Rodney Alexander | 5 | Republican | Quitman | |
| Richard Hugh Baker | 6 | Republican | Baton Rouge | |
| Rep. Baker resigned to become a lobbyist, effective Feb. 2, 2008.
A special election took place on May 3rd, 2008, electing State Rep. Don Cazayoux.
A rematch is scheduled for the regular election in November 2008.
State Sen. Bill Cassidy (R)
Likely contenders: State Rep. Don Cazayoux (D) vs. Former State Rep. Woody Jenkins (R) |
| Charles Boustany | 7 | Republican | | |
| Maine |
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| Tom Allen | 1 | Democrat | Portland | |
Running for Senate in 2008. Contenders:
Chellie Pingree (D)
vs. Former State Sen. Charlie Summers (R)
Contenders prior to June 10 primary:
Former State Sen. Michael Brennan (D)
vs. St. Sen. Ethan Strimling (D)
vs. Adam Cote (D)
vs. Dean Scontras (R)
vs. Mark Lawrence (R)
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| Michael Michaud | 2 | Democrat | East Millinocket | |
| Maryland |
|---|
| Wayne Gilchrest | 1 | Republican | Kennedyville | |
Incumbent ousted in primary: Frank Kratovil Jr. (D) vs. State Senator Andy Harris (R; won February primary)
UPDATE Sept. 3: Rep. Gilchrist (R) has endorsed the Democratic nominee, Frank Kratovil (D), over the Republican nominee who beat Gilchrist in the primary Andy Harris (R). |
| Dutch Ruppersberger | 2 | Democrat | Cockeysville | |
| John Sarbanes | 3 | Democrat | First elected 2006 | |
| Albert Wynn | 4 | Democrat | Mitchellville | |
Incumbent ousted in primary: Donna Edwards (D; won February primary) vs. Peter James (R)
After losing the primary, Wynn resigned, forcing a special election. Donna Edwards won the special election and was sworn into Congress on June 19, 2008 (Congressional voting record). She faces a rematch against Peter James in November. |
| Steny Hoyer | 5 | Democrat | Mechanicsville | |
| Roscoe Bartlett | 6 | Republican | Frederick | |
| Elijah Cummings | 7 | Democrat | Baltimore | |
| Chris Van Hollen | 8 | Democrat | Kensington | |
| Massachusetts |
|---|
| John Olver | 1 | Democrat | Amherst | |
| Richard Neal | 2 | Democrat | Springfield | |
| Jim McGovern | 3 | Democrat | Worcester | |
| Barney Frank | 4 | Democrat | Newton | |
| Niki Tsongas | 5 | Democrat | Special Election Oct. 2007 | |
| John Tierney | 6 | Democrat | Salem | |
| Ed Markey | 7 | Democrat | Malden | |
| Michael Capuano | 8 | Democrat | Somerville | |
| Steve Lynch | 9 | Democrat | South Boston | |
| Bill Delahunt | 10 | Democrat | Quincy | |
| Michigan |
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| Bart Stupak | 1 | Democrat | Menominee | |
| Peter Hoekstra | 2 | Republican | Holland | |
| Vernon Ehlers | 3 | Republican | Grand Rapids | |
| Dave Camp | 4 | Republican | Midland | |
| Dale Kildee | 5 | Democrat | Flint | |
| Fred Upton | 6 | Republican | St. Joseph | |
| Tim Walberg | 7 | Republican | First elected 2006 | |
| Contested seat in 2008; challengers:
State Sen. Mark Schauer (D)
vs.Sharon Marie Renier (D)
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| Mike Rogers | 8 | Republican | Brighton | |
| Joe Knollenberg | 9 | Republican | Bloomfield Hills | |
| Hotly contested seat in 2008; challengers:
Dr. Jack Kevorkian (I)
vs.Former State Senator Gary C. Peters (D)
vs.Rhonda Ross (D)
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| Candice Miller | 10 | Republican | Harrison Township | |
| Thad McCotter | 11 | Republican | Livonia | |
| Sander Levin | 12 | Democrat | Royal Oak | |
| Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick | 13 | Democrat | Detroit | |
| Survived contested primary challenge (Aug. 5) against state Representative Mary Waters. |
| John Conyers | 14 | Democrat | Detroit | |
| John Dingell | 15 | Democrat | Dearborn | |
| Minnesota |
|---|
| Tim Walz | 1 | Democrat | First elected 2006 | |
| John Kline | 2 | Republican | Lakeville | |
| Jim Ramstad | 3 | Republican | Minnetonka | |
| Retiring in 2008. Contenders:
State house Majority Leader Erik Paulsen (R)
vs. Ashwin Madia (DFL)
vs. David Dillon (I).
Former contenders St. Sen. Terri E. Bonoff (DFL; lost 9/9 primary) vs. Mayor Jim Hovland (DFL; lost 9/9 primary)
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| Betty McCollum | 4 | Democrat | St. Paul | |
| Keith Ellison | 5 | Democrat | First elected 2006 | |
| Michele Bachmann | 6 | Republican | First elected 2006 | |
| Collin Peterson | 7 | Democrat | Detroit Lakes | |
| James Oberstar | 8 | Democrat | Chisholm | |
| Contested race: Challenger:
Michael Cummins (R;
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| Mississippi |
|---|
| Roger Wicker | 1 | Republican | Tupelo | |
| Rep. Wicker was appointed to fill a Senate vacancy on Dec. 31, 2007. A special election will take place for the House seat on April 22 (which eliminated St. Rep. Daniel "Steve" Holland)
The final runoff election is on May 13 2008.
Contenders: Travis Childers (D; won special election) vs. Mayor Charles "Greg" Davis (R)
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| Bennie Thompson | 2 | Democrat | Bolton | |
| Chip Pickering | 3 | Republican | Hebron | |
| Retiring in 2008. Contenders: Randy Eads (D) vs. Pickens Alderman Joel Gill (D)
vs. James Broadwater (R) vs. Rankin County GOP Chairman Gregg Harper (R) vs. David Landrum (R) vs. St. Sen. Charlie Ross (R) vs. John Rounsaville (R)
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| Gene Taylor | 4 | Democrat | Bay St. Louis | |
| Missouri |
|---|
| Bill Clay | 1 | Democrat | St. Louis | |
| Todd Akin | 2 | Republican | St. Louis | |
| Russ Carnahan | 3 | Democrat | | |
| Ike Skelton | 4 | Democrat | Lexington | |
| Emanuel Cleaver | 5 | Democrat | | |
| Sam Graves | 6 | Republican | Tarkio | |
| Hotly contested seat in 2008; challengers: K.C. Mayor Kay Barnes (D) |
| Roy Blunt | 7 | Republican | Strafford | |
| Jo Ann Emerson | 8 | Republican | Cape Girardeau | |
| Kenny Hulshof | 9 | Republican | Columbia | |
| Running for governor in 2008. Contenders: State Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R) vs. State Rep. Judy Baker (D) vs. Commissioner Lyndon Bode (D; lost Aug. 5 primary) |
| Montana |
|---|
| Dennis Rehberg | At Large | Republican | Billings | |
| Contested seat in 2008; challenger:
Former State House Speaker John Driscoll (D) |
| Nebraska |
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| Jeff Fortenberry | 1 | Republican | | |
| Lee Terry | 2 | Republican | Omaha | |
| Adrian M. Smith | 3 | Republican | First elected 2006 | |
| Nevada |
|---|
| Shelley Berkley | 1 | Democrat | Las Vegas | |
| Dean Heller | 2 | Republican | First elected 2006 | |
| Jon Porter | 3 | Republican | Henderson | |
| Upset victory in 2008: State Sen. Dina Titus (D) |
| New Hampshire |
|---|
| Carol Shea-Porter | 1 | Democrat | First elected 2006 | |
| Contested seat in 2008; challengers:
Former US Rep Jeb Bradley (R; voting record)
vs. John A. Stephen (R; lost 9/9 primary) |
| Paul Hodes | 2 | Democrat | First elected 2006 | |
| New Jersey |
|---|
| Robert Andrews | 1 | Democrat | Haddon Heights | |
Running for Senate in 2008. Contenders:
Dale Glading (R)
vs. Camille Andrews (incumbent's wife)
vs. Mahdi Ibn-Ziyad (D).
UPDATE SEPT. 5: Rob Andrews had a last-minute change-of-heart (after losing the Senate primary) and announced he will, in fact, run for re-election.
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| Frank LoBiondo | 2 | Republican | Millville | |
| Jim Saxton | 3 | Republican | Mount Holly | |
| Retiring in 2008.
Contenders:
Christopher Myers (R; won June 3 primary)
vs. St. Sen. John H. Adler (D)
vs. Jack Kelly (R; lost June 3 primary)
vs. Justin Michael Murphy (R; lost June 3 primary)
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| Christopher Smith | 4 | Republican | Robbinsville | |
| Scott Garrett | 5 | Republican | Wantage | |
| Contested race in 2008; Challenger:
Dennis Shulman (D; won June 3 primary)
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| Frank Pallone | 6 | Democrat | Long Branch | |
| Mike Ferguson | 7 | Republican | Warren Township | |
| Retiring in 2008. Contenders:
St. AM Linda Stender (D; won June 3 primary)
vs. Leonard Lance (R; won June 3 primary)
vs. Scotch Plains Mayor Marty Marks (R; lost June 3 primary)
vs. Kate Whitman (R; lost June 3 primary)
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| Bill Pascrell | 8 | Democrat | Paterson | |
| Steven Rothman | 9 | Democrat | Fair Lawn | |
| Donald Payne | 10 | Democrat | Newark | |
| Rodney Frelinghuysen | 11 | Republican | Morristown | |
| Rush Holt | 12 | Democrat | Hopewell Township | |
| Albio Sires | 13 | Democrat | Special election 2006 | |
| New Mexico |
|---|
| Heather Wilson | 1 | Republican | Albuquerque | |
Running for Senate in 2008. Contenders:
Albuquerque City Councilor Martin Heinrich (D)
vs. Sheriff Darren White (R)
Contenders in June 3 primary:Jason Call (D)
vs. Former NM Health Sec. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D)
vs. St. Sen. Mark Boitano (R)
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| Steve Pearce | 2 | Republican | Hobbs | |
Running for Senate in 2008. Contenders:
Edward R. Tinsley (R)
vs. Former County Commissioner Harry Teague (D)
Contenders in June 3 primary:
County Commissioner Bill McCamley (D)
vs. Frank McKinnon (D)
vs. Al Kissling (D)
vs. Mayor Monty Newman (R)
vs. Ed Cornelius (R)
vs. Aubrey Dunn, Jr. (R)
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| Tom Udall | 3 | Democrat | Santa Fe | |
Running for Senate in 2008. Contenders:
Dan K. East (R)
vs. Public Regulation Commissioner Ben Ray Lujan, Jr. (D)
Contenders in June 3 primary:
Former NM Attorney General Jon Adams (D)
vs. Don Wiviott (D)
vs. Ron Dolin (R)
vs. Marco Gonzales (R)
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| New York |
|---|
| Timothy Bishop | 1 | Democrat | Southampton | |
| Steve Israel | 2 | Democrat | Huntington | |
| Peter King | 3 | Republican | Seaford | |
| Carolyn McCarthy | 4 | Democrat | Mineola | |
| Gary Ackerman | 5 | Democrat | Jamaica Estates | |
| Gregory Meeks | 6 | Democrat | Queens | |
| Joseph Crowley | 7 | Democrat | Queens/Bronx | |
| Jerrold Nadler | 8 | Democrat | New York | |
| Anthony Weiner | 9 | Democrat | Brooklyn | |
| Ed Towns | 10 | Democrat | Brooklyn | |
| Yvette D. Clarke | 11 | Democrat | First elected 2006 | |
| Nydia Velazquez | 12 | Democrat | Brooklyn | |
| Vito Fossella | 13 | Republican | Staten Island | |
Hotly contested race in 2008, after Rep. Fossella's arrest on drunk-driving charges and admission of an extramarital affair that produced a child. Rep. Fossella announced his retirement on May 20, 2008.
Contenders:
NYC City Councilor Michael McMahon (D) vs.
Robert Straniere (R)
Former contenders:
NYC City Councilor Domenic Recchia, Jr. (D; withdrew June 4, 2008) vs.
St. Sen. Andrew Lanza (R; lost 9/9 primary) vs.
County Clerk Stephen Fiala (R; lost 9/9 primary) vs.
Steve Harrison (D; lost 9/9 primary)
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| Carolyn Maloney | 14 | Democrat | New York | |
| Charles Rangel | 15 | Democrat | New York | |
| Jose Serrano | 16 | Democrat | Bronx | |
| Eliot Engel | 17 | Democrat | Bronx | |
| Nita Lowey | 18 | Democrat | Harrison | |
| John Hall | 19 | Democrat | First elected 2006 | |
| Kirsten Gillibrand | 20 | Democrat | First elected 2006 | |
| Michael McNulty | 21 | Democrat | Green Island | |
| Retiring in 2008. Contenders: Paul Tonko (D) vs. Jim Buhrmaster (R) |
| Maurice Hinchey | 22 | Democrat | Saugerties | |
| John McHugh | 23 | Republican | Pierrepont Manor | |
| Michael Arcuri | 24 | Democrat | First elected 2006 | |
| Jim Walsh | 25 | Republican | Syracuse | |
| Retiring in 2008. Contenders: Dan Maffei (D) |
| Thomas Reynolds | 26 | Republican | Clarence | |
| Retiring in 2008. Contenders:
Alice Kryzan (D)
vs. Christopher Lee (R).
Former contendersJonathan Powers (D; lost 9/9 primary; also WFP nominee).
|
| Brian Higgins | 27 | Democrat | | |
| Louise Slaughter | 28 | Democrat | Fairport | |
| Randy Kuhl | 29 | Republican | | |
| Contested race in 2008; Challenger:Eric Massa (D)
|
| North Carolina |
|---|
| G.K. Butterfield | 1 | Democrat | | |
| Bob Etheridge | 2 | Democrat | Lillington | |
| Walter Beaman Jones | 3 | Republican | Farmville | |
| David Eugene Price | 4 | Democrat | Chapel Hill | |
| Virginia Foxx | 5 | Republican | | |
| John Howard Coble | 6 | Republican | Greensboro | |
| Mike McIntyre | 7 | Democrat | Lumberton | |
| Robin Hayes | 8 | Republican | Concord | |
| Hotly contested seat in 2008; challengers: Larry Kissell (D) vs. John Autry |
| Sue Wilkins Myrick | 9 | Republican | Charlotte | |
| Patrick McHenry | 10 | Republican | | |
| Heath Shuler | 11 | Democrat | First elected 2006 | |
| Mel Watt | 12 | Democrat | Charlotte | |
| Brad Miller | 13 | Democrat | Raleigh | |
| North Dakota |
|---|
| Earl Pomeroy | At Large | Democrat | Valley City | |
| Ohio |
|---|
| Steve Chabot | 1 | Republican | Cincinnati | |
| Hotly contested seat in 2008; challenger: St. Rep. Steven L. Driehaus (D) |
| Jean Schmidt | 2 | Republican | Special Election Aug. 2005 | |
| Hotly contested seat in 2008; challenger: Dr. Victoria Wulsin (D) |
| Mike Turner | 3 | Republican | Dayton | |
| Jim Jordan | 4 | Republican | First elected 2006 | |
| Bob Latta | 5 | Republican | Old Fort | |
| Rep. Paul Gillmor passed away in September 5, 2007. A special election resulted in Bob Latta getting elected (the son of former Representative Del Latta). Rep. Latta was sworn in, Dec. 2007. |
| Charlie Wilson | 6 | Democrat | First elected 2006 | |
| Dave Hobson | 7 | Republican | Springfield | |
| Retiring in 2008.
Contenders: Sharen Swartz Neuhardt (D) vs. State Sen. Steve Austria (R)
Former contenders: Bill Conner (D) vs. Dave Woolever (D) vs. Dan Harkins (R) vs. Former St. Rep. Ron Hood (R) vs. John Mitchel (R) |
| John Boehner | 8 | Republican | West Chester | |
| Marcy Kaptur | 9 | Democrat | Toledo | |
| Dennis Kucinich | 10 | Democrat | Cleveland | |
| Stephanie Tubbs Jones | 11 | Democrat | Cleveland | |
| Rep. Jones passed away in Aug. 2008;
challengers for the open seat: Thomas Pekarek (R);
Mayor Marcia Fudge (D)
|
| Pat Tiberi | 12 | Republican | Columbus | |
| Betty Sutton | 13 | Democrat | Lorain | |
| Steven LaTourette | 14 | Republican | Madison | |
| Deborah Pryce | 15 | Republican | Perry Township | |
| Retiring in 2008.
(Recount certification scheduled for November 25th) Contenders:
State Sen. Steve Stivers (R)
vs. County Commissioner Mary Jo Kilroy (D) vs. Robert Wagner (R)
|
| Ralph Regula | 16 | Republican | Navarre | |
| Retiring in 2008. Contenders: St. Sen. John Boccieri (D) vs. Paul Schiffer (R) vs. County Commissioner Matt Miller (R) |
| Tim Ryan | 17 | Democrat | Niles | |
| Zack Space | 18 | Democrat | First elected 2006 | |
| Oklahoma |
|---|
| John Sullivan | 1 | Republican | Tulsa | |
| Dan Boren | 2 | Democrat | | |
| Frank Dean Lucas | 3 | Republican | Cheyenne | |
| Tom Cole | 4 | Republican | Moore | |
| Mary Fallin | 5 | Republican | First elected 2006 | |
| Oregon |
|---|
| David Wu | 1 | Democrat | Portland | |
| Greg Walden | 2 | Republican | Hood River | |
| Earl Blumenauer | 3 | Democrat | Portland | |
| Peter DeFazio | 4 | Democrat | Springfield | |
| Darlene Hooley | 5 | Democrat | West Linn | |
| Retiring in 2008.
Contenders: Mike Erickson (R)
vs. State Sen. Kurt Schrader (D)
vs. Former State Sen. Kevin Mannix (R, lost primary, May 20, 2008)
vs. Steve Marks (D, lost primary, May 20, 2008)
|
| Pennsylvania |
|---|
| Robert Brady | 1 | Democrat | Philadelphia | |
| Chaka Fattah | 2 | Democrat | Philadelphia | |
| Phil English | 3 | Republican | Erie | |
| Hotly contested race. Opponent:
Kathy Dahlkemper (D) |
| Jason Altmire | 4 | Democrat | First elected 2006 | |
| John Peterson | 5 | Republican | Pleasantville | |
| Retiring in 2008.
Contenders in April 22 primary:
Bill Cahir (D)
vs. Mayor Rick Vilello Jr. (D)
vs. Matt Shaner (R)
vs. Chris Exarchos (R).
Contenders in general election:
County Commissioner Mark McCracken (D)
vs. Glenn Thompson (R)
|
| Jim Gerlach | 6 | Republican | Downingtown | |
| Joe Sestak | 7 | Democrat | First elected 2006 | |
| Patrick J. Murphy | 8 | Democrat | First elected 2006 | |
| Bill Shuster | 9 | Republican | Hollidaysburg | |
| Chris Carney | 10 | Democrat | First elected 2006 | |
| Hotly contested race. Opponent:
Chris Hackett (R) |
| Paul Kanjorski | 11 | Democrat | Nanticoke | |
| Hotly contested race. Opponent:
Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta (R) |
| John Murtha | 12 | Democrat | Johnstown | |
| Allyson Schwartz | 13 | Democrat | | |
| Mike Doyle | 14 | Democrat | Swissvale | |
| Charlie Dent | 15 | Republican | | |
| Joseph Pitts | 16 | Republican | Kennett Square | |
| Tim Holden | 17 | Democrat | Saint Clair | |
| Tim Murphy | 18 | Republican | Pittsburgh | |
| Todd Russell Platts | 19 | Republican | York | |
| Rhode Island |
|---|
| Patrick Kennedy | 1 | Democrat | Providence | |
| James Langevin | 2 | Democrat | Warwick | |
| South Carolina |
|---|
| Henry Brown | 1 | Republican | Hanahan | |
| Joe Wilson | 2 | Republican | Springdale | |
| Gresham Barrett | 3 | Republican | Westminster | |
| Bob Inglis | 4 | Republican | | |
| John Spratt | 5 | Democrat | York | |
| James Clyburn | 6 | Democrat | Columbia | |
| South Dakota |
|---|
| Stephanie Herseth | At Large | Democrat | Houghton | |
| Tennessee |
|---|
| David Davis | 1 | Republican | First elected 2006 | |
| Incumbent ousted in primary: Mayor Phil Roe(R; won Aug. 7 primary) vs. Rob Russell(D) |
| Jimmy Duncan | 2 | Republican | Knoxville | |
| Zach Wamp | 3 | Republican | Chattanooga | |
| Lincoln Davis | 4 | Democrat | Pall Mall | |
| Jim Cooper | 5 | Democrat | Nashville | |
| Bart Gordon | 6 | Democrat | Murfreesboro | |
| Marsha Blackburn | 7 | Republican | Brentwood | |
| Survived strong primary challenge (Aug. 7) by State Sen. Tom Leatherwood |
| John Tanner | 8 | Democrat | Union City | |
| Steve Cohen | 9 | Democrat | First elected 2006 | |
| Survived strong primary challenge (Aug. 7) by Nikki Tinker |
| Texas |
|---|
| Louie Gohmert | 1 | Republican | | |
| Ted Poe | 2 | Republican | | |
| Sam Johnson | 3 | Republican | Plano | |
| Ralph Moody Hall | 4 | Republican | Rockwall | |
| Jeb Hensarling | 5 | Republican | Dallas | |
| Joe Linus Barton | 6 | Republican | Ennis | |
| John Abney Culberson | 7 | Republican | Houston | |
| Kevin Brady | 8 | Republican | The Woodlands | |
| Al Green | 9 | Democrat | | |
| Michael McCaul | 10 | Republican | | |
| Mike Conaway | 11 | Republican | | |
| Kay Granger | 12 | Republican | Fort Worth | |
| Mac Thornberry | 13 | Republican | Clarendon | |
| Ron Paul | 14 | Republican | Surfside | |
| Ruben Hinojosa | 15 | Democrat | Mercedes | |
| Silvestre Reyes | 16 | Democrat | El Paso | |
| Chet Edwards | 17 | Democrat | Abilene | |
| Sheila Jackson-Lee | 18 | Democrat | Houston | |
| Randy Neugebauer | 19 | Republican | Lubbock | |
| Charlie Gonzalez | 20 | Democrat | San Antonio | |
| Lamar Smith | 21 | Republican | San Antonio | |
| Nick Lampson | 22 | Democrat | First re-elected 2006 | |
| Hotly contested seat in 2008; challengers:
Former US Rep. Shelley Sekula-Gibbs (held seat for 7 weeks in 2007);
Pete Olson (won GOP primary April 8 2008)
|
| Ciro Rodriguez | 23 | Democrat | First re-elected 2006 | |
| Kenny Marchant | 24 | Republican | | |
| Lloyd Doggett | 25 | Democrat | Houston | |
| Michael Burgess | 26 | Republican | Highland Village | |
| Solomon Ortiz | 27 | Democrat | Corpus Christi | |
| Henry Cuellar | 28 | Democrat | | |
| Gene Green | 29 | Democrat | Houston | |
| Eddie Bernice Johnson | 30 | Democrat | Dallas | |
| John Carter | 31 | Republican | Round Rock | |
| Pete Sessions | 32 | Republican | Dallas | |
| Utah |
|---|
| Rob Bishop | 1 | Republican | Brigham City | |
| Jim Matheson | 2 | Democrat | Salt Lake City | |
| Chris Cannon | 3 | Republican | Mapleton | |
| Incumbent ousted in primary: Bennion Spencer(D) vs. Jason Chaffetz(R, won June 24 primary) |
| Vermont |
|---|
| Peter Welch | At Large | Democrat | First elected 2006 | |
| Virginia |
|---|
| Rob Wittman | 1 | Republican | Special election, Dec. 2007 | |
| Rep. Jo Ann Davis passed away on Oct. 6, 2007. Rep. Wittman was sworn in on Dec. 13, 2007. |
| Thelma Drake | 2 | Republican | | |
| Upset victory in 2008: Glenn Nye III (D) |
| Bobby Scott | 3 | Democrat | Newport News | |
| Randy Forbes | 4 | Republican | Chesapeake | |
| Virgil Goode | 5 | Republican | Rocky Mount | |
| (Recount finalized Dec. 17th) Contested seat in 2008; challenger: Tom Perriello (D) |
| Bob Goodlatte | 6 | Republican | Roanoke | |
| Eric Cantor | 7 | Republican | Richmond | |
| James Moran | 8 | Democrat | Arlington | |
| Rick Boucher | 9 | Democrat | Abingdon | |
| Frank Wolf | 10 | Republican | Vienna | |
| Tom Davis | 11 | Republican | Falls Church | |
Retiring in 2008; challengers:
Keith S. Fimian (R)
vs. County Chair Gerry Connolly (D)
Contenders prior to June 10 primary:
Former US Rep. Leslie L. Byrne (D) vs. Doug Denneny (D)
|
| Washington |
|---|
| Jay Inslee | 1 | Democrat | Bainbridge Island | |
| Rick Larsen | 2 | Democrat | Everett | |
| Brian Baird | 3 | Democrat | Vancouver | |
| Doc Hastings | 4 | Republican | Pasco | |
| Cathy McMorris | 5 | Republican | | |
| Norm Dicks | 6 | Democrat | Belfair | |
| Jim McDermott | 7 | Democrat | Seattle | |
| Dave Reichert | 8 | Republican | | |
| Hotly contested seat in 2008; challenger:
Darcy Burner (D)
|
| David Adam Smith | 9 | Democrat | Tacoma | |
| West Virginia |
|---|
| Alan Mollohan | 1 | Democrat | Fairmont | |
| Shelley Moore Capito | 2 | Republican | Charleston | |
| Hotly contested seat in 2008; challenger:
Anne Barth (D)
|
| Nick Rahall | 3 | Democrat | Beckley | |
| Wisconsin |
|---|
| Paul Ryan | 1 | Republican | Janesville | |
| Tammy Baldwin | 2 | Democrat | Madison | |
| Ron Kind | 3 | Democrat | La Crosse | |
| Gwen Moore | 4 | Democrat | | |
| James Sensenbrenner | 5 | Republican | Menomonee Falls | |
| Tom Petri | 6 | Republican | Fond du Lac | |
| David Obey | 7 | Democrat | Wausau | |
| Steve Kagen | 8 | Democrat | First elected 2006 | |
| Hotly contested seat in 2008; challengers: Former St. Rep. John Gard (R) |
| Wyoming |
|---|
| Barbara Cubin | At Large | Republican | Casper | |
| Retiring in 2008.
Contenders: School Board Chair Gary Trauner (D)
vs. State Treasurer Cynthia Lummis (R)
Former contender: St. Rep. Dan Zwonitzer (R) |
