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Tcu Endorsed Candidates 2008 Elections TCU ENDORSED CANDIDATES 2008 ELECTIONS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES DEMOCRAT REPUBLICAN 9 Barack Obama John McCain Key: 9 = Endorsement * = Incumbent ALABAMA U.S. SENATE DEMOCRAT REPUBLICAN 9 Vivian Davis Figures Jeff Sessions* U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS 1st 9 Tommy Fuller Jo Bonner* 2nd Open Seat 9 Bobby Bright Jay Love 3rd 9 Joshua Segall Mike Rogers* 4th 9 Nick Sparks Robert Aderholt* 5th Open Seat 9 Parker Griffith Wayne Parker 6th No Candidate Spencer Bachus* 7th 9 Artur Davis* No Candidate Key: 9 = Endorsement * = Incumbent ALASKA U.S. SENATE DEMOCRAT REPUBLICAN 9 Mark Begich Ted Stevens* U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT DEMOCRAT REPUBLICAN At-Large Ethan Berkowitz 9 Don E. Young* Key: 9 = Endorsement * = Incumbent ARIZONA U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS 1st Open Seat 9 Ann Kirkpatrick Sydney Hay 2nd 9 John Thrasher Trent Franks* 3rd 9 Bob Lord John B. Shadegg* 4th 9 Ed Pastor* Don Karg 5th 9 Harry Mitchell* David Schweikert 6th 9 Rebecca Schneider Jeff Flake* 7th 9 Raul M. Grijalva* Joseph Sweeney 8th 9 Gabrielle Giffords* Tim Bee Key: 9 = Endorsement * = Incumbent ARKANSAS U. S. SENATE DEMOCRAT REPUBLICAN 9 Mark Pryor* No Candidate U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS 1st 9 Marion Berry* No Candidate 2nd 9 Vic Snyder* No Candidate 3rd No Candidate John Boozman* 4th 9 Michael A. Ross* No Candidate Key: 9 = Endorsement * = Incumbent CALIFORNIA U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS 1st 9 Michael C. Thompson* Zane Starkewolf 2nd Jeff Morris Wally Herger, Jr.* 3rd 9 Bill Durston Dan Lungren* 4th Open Seat 9 Charles Brown Tom McClintock 5th 9 Doris Matsui* Paul Smith 6th 9 Lynn Woolsey* Mike Halliwell 7th 9 George Miller* Roger Petersen 8th 9 Nancy Pelosi* Dana Walsh 9th 9 Barbara Lee* Charles Hargrave 10th 9 Ellen Tauscher* Nicholas Gerber 11th 9 Jerry McNerney* Dean Andal 12th 9 Jackie Speier* Phillip Conlon 13th 9 Pete Stark* Raymond Chui 14th 9 Anna G. Eshoo* Ronny Santana 15th 9 Mike Honda* Joyce Stoer 16th 9 Zoe Lofgren* Charel Winston 17th 9 Sam Farr* Jeff Taylor 18th 9 Dennis Cardoza* No Candidate CALIFORNIA – Continued U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS 19th No Candidate George Radanovich* 20th 9 Jim Costa* Jim Lopez 21st 9 Larry Johnson Devin Nunes* 22nd No Candidate Kevin McCarthy* 23rd 9 Lois Capps* Matt Kokkonen 24th 9 Marta Jorgensen Elton Gallegly* 25th 9 Jackie Conaway Howard (Buck) McKeon* 26th 9 Russ Warner David Dreier* 27th 9 Brad Sherman* Navraj Singh 28th 9 Howard L. Berman* No Candidate 29th 9 Adam Schiff* Charles Hahn 30th 9 Henry A. Waxman* No Candidate 31st 9 Xavier Becerra* No Candidate 32nd 9 Hilda Solis* No Candidate 33rd 9 Diane Watson* David Crowley 34th 9 Lucille Roybal-Allard* Wayne Miller 35th 9 Maxine Waters* Ted Hayes 36th 9 Jane Harman* Brian Gibson CALIFORNIA – Continued U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS 37th 9 Laura Richardson* No Candidate 38th 9 Grace Napolitano* No Candidate 39th 9 Linda Sanchez* Diane Lenning 40th 9 Christina Avalos Edward Royce* 41st Tim Prince Jerry Lewis* 42nd 9 Ed Chau Gary Miller* 43rd 9 Joe Baca* John Roberts 44th 9 Bill Hedrick Ken Calvert* 45th 9 Julie Bornstein Mary Bono Mack* 46th 9 Debbie Cook Dana Rohrabacher* 47th 9 Loretta Sanchez* Rosie Avila 48th 9 Steve Young John Campbell* 49th 9 Robert Hamilton Darrell E. Issa* 50th 9 Nick Leibham Brian Bilbray* 51st 9 Bob Filner* David Lee Joy 52nd Open Seat 9 Mike Lumpkin Duncan D. Hunter 53rd 9 Susan A. Davis* Michael Crimmins Key: 9 = Endorsement * = Incumbent COLORADO U.S. Senate DEMOCRAT REPUBLICAN Open Seat 9 Mark Udall Bob Schaffer U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS 1st 9 Diana DeGette* George Lilly 2nd Open Seat 9 Jerod Polis Scott Starin 3rd 9 John Salazar* Wayne Wolf 4th 9 Betsy Markey Marilyn N. Musgrave* 5th 9 Hal Bidlack Doug Lamborn* 6th Open Seat 9 Hank Eng Mike Coffman 7th 9 Ed Perlmutter* John Lerew Key: 9 = Endorsement * = Incumbent CONNECTICUT U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS 1st 9 John B. Larson* Joseph Vixconti 2nd 9 Joe Courtney* Sean Sullivan 3rd 9 Rosa L. DeLauro* Boaz Itshaky 4th Jim Himes Christopher Shays* 5th 9 Chris Murphy* David Cappiello Key: 9 = Endorsement * = Incumbent DELAWARE GOVERNOR DEMOCRAT REPUBLICAN Open Seat 9 Jack Markell Bill Lee U. S. SENATE DEMOCRAT REPUBLICAN 9 Joe Biden* Christine O’Donnell U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT DEMOCRAT REPUBLICAN At-Large Karen Hartley-Nagle 9 Michael Castle * Key: 9 = Endorsement * = Incumbent DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA UNITED STATES DELEGATE DEMOCRAT REPUBLICAN 9 Eleanor Holmes Norton* Adrian Salsgiver Key: 9 = Endorsement * = Incumbent FLORIDA U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS 1st 9 Jim Bryan Jeff Miller* 2nd 9 Allen Boyd, Jr.* Mark Mulligan 3rd 9 Corrine Brown* No Candidate 4th 9 Jay McGovern Ander Crenshaw* 5th 9 John Russell Ginny Brown-Waite* 6th 9 Tim Cunha Clifford Stearns* 7th 9 Faye Armitage John L. Mica* 8th 9 Alan Grayson Ric Keller* 9th 9 Bill Mitchell Gus Bilirakis* 10th 9 Bob Hackworth C.W. (Bill) Young* 11th 9 Kathy Castor* Eddie Adams, Jr. 12th 9 Doug Tudor Adam H. Putnam* 13th 9 Christine Jennings Vern Buchanan* 14th 9 Robert Neeld Connie Mack, IV* 15th Open Seat 9 Steve Blythe Bill Posey 16th 9 Tim Mahoney* Tom Rooney 17th 9 Kendrick Meek* No Candidate 18th Annette Taddeo Ileana Ros-Lehtinen* 19th 9 Robert Wexler * Edward Lynch 20th 9 Debbie Wasserman Schultz* No Candidate FLORIDA – Continued U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS 21st Raul Martinez Lincoln Diaz-Balart* 22nd 9 Ron Klein* Allen West 23rd 9 Alcee L. Hastings* Marion Thorpe, Jr. 24th 9 Suzanne Kosmas Tom Feeney* 25th 9 Joe Garcia Mario Diaz-Balart* Key: 9 = Endorsement * = Incumbent GEORGIA U.S. SENATE DEMOCRAT REPUBLICAN 9 Jim Martin Saxby Chambliss* U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS 1st 9 Bill Gillespie Jack Kingston* 2nd 9 Sanford D. Bishop Jr.* Lee Ferrell 3rd 9 Stephen Camp Lynn Westmoreland* 4th 9 Hank Johnson* No Candidate 5th 9 John Lewis* No Candidate 6th 9 Bill Jones Tom Price* 7th 9 Doug Heckman John Linder* 8th 9 Jim Marshall* Rick Goddard 9th 9 Jeff Scott Nathan Deal* 10th 9 Bobby Saxton Paul Broun Jr.* 11th 9 Bud Gammon Phil Gingrey* 12th 9 John Barrow* John Stone 13th 9 David Scott* Deborah Honeycutt Key: 9 = Endorsement * = Incumbent HAWAII U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS 1st 9 Neil Abercrombie* Steve Tataii 2nd 9 Mazie Hirono Roger Evans Key: 9 = Endorsement * = Incumbent IDAHO U. S. SENATE DEMOCRAT REPUBLICAN Open Seat 9 Larry LaRocco Jim Risch U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS 1st 9 Walt Minnick Bill Sali* 2nd Debbie Holmes Mike Simpson* Key: 9 = Endorsement * = Incumbent ILLINOIS U. S. SENATE DEMOCRAT REPUBLICAN 9 Dick Durbin* Steve Sauerberg U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS 1st 9 Bobby L. Rush* Antoine Members 2nd 9 Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.* No Candidate 3rd 9 Dan Lipinski* Michael Hawkins 4th 9 Luis V. Gutierrez* No Candidate 5th 9 Rahm Emanuel* No Candidate 6th 9 Jill Morgenthaler Peter Roskam* 7th 9 Danny K. Davis* No Candidate 8th 9 Melissa Bean* Steve Greenberg 9th 9 Janice D. Schakowsky* Michael Younan 10th 9 Dan Seals Mark Kirk* 11th Open Seat 9 Debbie Halvorson Tim Baldermann 12th 9 Jerry F. Costello* Timmy Richardson 13th 9 Scott Harper Judy Biggert* 14th 9 Bill Foster* Jim Oberweis 15th Steve Cox 9 Tim Johnson* ILLINOIS--Continued U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS 16th 9 Robert Abboud Don Manzullo* 17th 9 Phil Hare* No Candidate 18th Open Seat 9 Colleen Callahan Aaron Schock 19th Daniel Davis 9 John M. Shimkus* Key: 9 = Endorsement * = Incumbent INDIANA GOVERNOR DEMOCRAT REPUBLICAN 9 Jill Long Thompson Mitch Daniels* U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS 1st 9 Peter J. Visclosky* Mark Leyva 2nd 9 Joe Donnelly* Luke Puckett 3rd 9 Mike Montagano Mark E. Souder* 4th 9 Nels Ackerson Steven Buyer* 5th 9 Mary Etta Ruley Dan Burton* 6th 9 Barry Welsh Mike Pence* 7th 9 Andre Carson* John Elrod 8th 9 Brad Ellsworth* Greg Goode 9th 9 Baron Hill* Mike Sodrel Key: 9 = Endorsement * = Incumbent IOWA U. S. SENATE DEMOCRAT REPUBLICAN 9 Tom Harkin* Chris Reed U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS 1st 9 Bruce Braley* David Hartsuch 2nd 9 David Loebsack* Mariannette Miller-Meeks 3rd 9 Leonard L. Boswell* Kim Schmett 4th Becky Greenwald Tom Latham* 5th 9 Rob Hubler Steve King* Key: 9 = Endorsement * = Incumbent KANSAS U. S. SENATE DEMOCRAT REPUBLICAN 9 Jim Slattery Pat Roberts* U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS 1st 9 James Bordonaro Jerry Moran* 2nd 9 Nancy Boyda* Lynn Jenkins 3rd 9 Dennis Moore* Nick Jordan 4th 9 Donald Betts Todd Tiahrt* Key: 9 = Endorsement * = Incumbent KENTUCKY U. S. SENATE DEMOCRAT REPUBLICAN 9 Bruce Lunsford Mitch McConnell* U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS 1st Heather Ryan Edward Whitfield* 2nd Open Seat 9 David Boswell S. Brett Guthrie 3rd 9 John Yarmuth* Anne Northup 4th 9 Michael Kelley Geoff Davis* 5th No Candidate Harold D. Rogers* 6th 9 Ben Chandler* Jon Larson Key: 9 = Endorsement * = Incumbent LOUISIANA U. S. SENATE DEMOCRAT REPUBLICAN 9 Mary Landrieu* John Kennedy U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS 1st Jim Harlan Steve Scalise* Vinny Mendoza 2nd 9 William J. Jefferson* Joseph Cao James Carter Troy Carter Cedric Richmond Byron Lee Helena Moreno Kenya Smith 3rd 9 Charlie Melancon* No Candidate 4th Open Seat Paul Carmouche John Fleming Willie Banks Chris Gorman Artis Cash Jeff Thompson John Milkovich 5th No Candidate Rodney Alexander* Andrew Clack 6th Open Seat 9 Don Cazayoux Bill Cassidy 7th Don Cravins, Jr.
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