The 2008 United States Senate election in Maine took place on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Susan Collins won re-election to a third term against Democrat Tom Allen, the U.S. Congressman from the 1st district.
Allen tried to tie Collins to George W. Bush, but these tactics failed as Collins maintained her image as a very popular, moderate, independent Republican. She obtained an endorsement from Independent and former Democratic U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman.[1]
When Collins was first elected in 1996 she pledged to serve only two terms (twelve years) in office, which would have been up in 2008. She instead decided to seek a third term, and defeated Allen with over 60% of the vote. She was the only Republican Senate candidate to win in 2008 in a state that was simultaneously won by Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.
ME-Sen: Baseline poll kos, DailyKos, October 22, 2007
Charlie Cook, Cook Political January 20, 2007
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2008, united, states, senate, election, maine, took, place, november, 2008, incumbent, republican, senator, susan, collins, election, third, term, against, democrat, allen, congressman, from, district, 2002, november, 2008, 2014, nominee, susan, collins, allen. The 2008 United States Senate election in Maine took place on November 4 2008 Incumbent Republican U S Senator Susan Collins won re election to a third term against Democrat Tom Allen the U S Congressman from the 1st district 2008 United States Senate election in Maine 2002 November 4 2008 2014 Nominee Susan Collins Tom AllenParty Republican DemocraticPopular vote 444 300 279 510Percentage 61 33 38 58 County resultsMunicipality resultsCollins 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 gt 90 Allen 50 60 60 70 U S senator before electionSusan CollinsRepublican Elected U S Senator Susan CollinsRepublican Contents 1 Democratic primary 1 1 Candidates 1 2 Results 2 General election 2 1 Campaign 2 2 Predictions 2 3 Polling 2 4 Results 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksDemocratic primary editCandidates edit Tom Allen U S Representative Thomas Ledue educatorResults edit Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes Democratic Tom Allen 69 932 85 6 Democratic Tom Ledue 11 795 14 4 Total votes 81 727 100 0 General election editCampaign edit Allen tried to tie Collins to George W Bush but these tactics failed as Collins maintained her image as a very popular moderate independent Republican She obtained an endorsement from Independent and former Democratic U S Senator Joe Lieberman 1 When Collins was first elected in 1996 she pledged to serve only two terms twelve years in office which would have been up in 2008 She instead decided to seek a third term and defeated Allen with over 60 of the vote She was the only Republican Senate candidate to win in 2008 in a state that was simultaneously won by Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama Predictions edit Source Ranking As ofThe Cook Political Report 2 Likely R October 23 2008CQ Politics 3 Lean R October 31 2008Rothenberg Political Report 4 Likely R November 2 2008Real Clear Politics 5 Likely R November 1 2008Polling edit Poll source Dates administered TomAllen D SusanCollins R Rasmussen Reports November 1 2008 41 57 Survey USA October 20 2008 43 54 Rasmussen Reports October 2 2008 43 53 Survey USA September 22 23 2008 39 55 Rasmussen Reports September 17 2008 42 55 Rasmussen Reports August 12 2008 40 55 Rasmussen Reports July 17 2008 42 49 Pan Atlantic SMS Group June 18 2008 31 56 Rasmussen Reports June 16 2008 42 49 Rasmussen Reports May 14 2008 42 52 Rasmussen Reports April 1 2008 38 54 McLaughlin amp Associates Coalition for a Democratic Workforce March 6 9 2008 31 54 Critical Insights October 12 30 2007 34 54 Survey USA October 26 29 2007 38 55 Research 2000 Daily Kos October 15 17 2007 33 56 Results edit General election results Party Candidate Votes Republican Susan Collins incumbent 444 300 61 33 2 9 Democratic Tom Allen 279 510 38 58 3 0 Write in 620 0 09 n aTotal votes 724 430 100 00 n aRepublican holdSee also edit2008 United States Senate electionsReferences edit Lieberman Backs Susan Collins Gives 5K To Her Re election Campaign CBS News 2008 Senate Race ratings for October 23 2008 The Cook Political Report Retrieved April 1 2021 Race Ratings Chart Senate Archived October 28 2010 at the Wayback Machine CQ Politics 2008 Senate ratings Inside Elections Retrieved April 1 2021 2008 RCP Averages amp Senate Results Real Clear Politics Retrieved August 31 2021 External links editElections Division from the Maine Secretary of State U S Congress candidates for Maine at Project Vote Smart Maine U S Senate from CQ Politics Maine U S Senate from OurCampaigns com Maine U S Senate race from 2008 Race Tracker Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets Collins vs Allen graph of multiple polls from Pollster com ME Sen Baseline poll kos DailyKos October 22 2007 A Lopsided Senate Lineup Charlie Cook Cook Political January 20 2007 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2008 United States Senate election in Maine amp oldid 1192791616, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
