2008 United States Senate election in Iowa

none March 2026 December 2017 2008 United States Senate election in Iowa Iowa Flag of Iowa (xrmap collection).svg presidential no 2002 United States Senate election in Iowa 2002 2014 United States Senate election in Iowa 2014 November 4, 2008 150x150px Tom Harkin official portrait (cropped).jpg Tom Harkin Democratic Party (United States) 941,665 62.66% Christopher Reed announcment1-300x226 (cropped).jpg Christopher Reed Republican Party (United States) 560,006 37.26% 240px County results 240px Congressional district results 240px Precinct results Harkin: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90% #0D0596 >90%Reed: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #C21B18 80–90% Tie: #AE8BB1 50% #808080 No data U.S. Senator Tom Harkin Democratic Party (United States) Tom Harkin Democratic Party (United States) The 2008 United States Senate election in Iowa was held on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Senator Tom Harkin sought re-election to a fifth and final term in office. Unlike Harkin's three previous reelection bids, he was not challenged by a sitting United States congressman, but instead faced small businessman Christopher Reed, who won the Republican primary by just a few hundred votes. Harkin defeated Reed in a landslide, winning 94 of Iowa's 99 counties. 2026, this is the last time that a Democrat has won a U.S. Senate election in Iowa. Democratic primary Candidates Tom Harkin, incumbent U.S. senator Results Democratic primary resultshttp://sos.iowa.gov/elections/pdf/2008/OfficialResultsReport2008Primary.pdf Official Results Report 2008 Primary Election 2020-01-17 Tom Harkin (incumbent) Democratic Party (United States) 90,785 98.83% Write-ins Democratic Party (United States) 1,074 1.17% 91,859 100.00% Republican primary Candidates George Eichhorn, former Iowa state representative Steve Rathje, construction company executive Christopher Reed, small businessman Results thumb|Republican primary results by county #e27f7f Reed #ffc8cd 30–40% #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #5bc75b Eichhorn #aae5aa 30–40% #87de87 40–50% #5bc75b 50–60% #309a30 70–80% #ff7644 Rathje #ffac8e 30–40% #ff8e65 40–50% #ff7644 50–60% Republican primary results Christopher Reed Republican Party (United States) 24,964 35.32% George Eichhorn Republican Party (United States) 24,390 34.52% Steve Rathje Republican Party (United States) 21,062 29.80% Write-ins Republican Party (United States) 256 0.36% 70,672 100.00% General election Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political Report2008 Senate Race ratings for October 23, 2008 https://cookpolitical.com/ratings/senate-race-ratings/139080 The Cook Political Report April 1, 2021 June 25, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210625160336/https://cookpolitical.com/ratings/senate-race-ratings/139080 dead Safe DOctober 23, 2008 CQ PoliticsRace Ratings Chart: Senate https://web.archive.org/web/20101028234525/http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=ratings-senate October 28, 2010 CQ Politics Safe DOctober 31, 2008 Rothenberg Political Report2008 Senate ratings https://www.insideelections.com/ratings/senate/2008-senate-ratings Inside Elections April 1, 2021 Safe DNovember 2, 2008 Real Clear Politics2008 RCP Averages & Senate Results https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/senate/election_2008_senate_races.html Real Clear Politics August 31, 2021 Safe DNovember 4, 2008 Polling thumb|Governor Chet Culver campaigning for Senator Harkin Poll source Dates administered ChristopherReed (R) TomHarkin (D)Survey USASurvey USA April 21–23, 2008 20% 59%Research 2000Research 2000 June 10, 2008 37% 53%Rasmussen ReportsRasmussen Reports July 10, 2008 37% 55%Rasmussen ReportsRasmussen Reports August 7, 2008 36% 60%Rasmussen ReportsRasmussen Reports September 17–18, 2008 37% 60%Survey USASurvey USA October 23, 2008 41% 57%Rasmussen ReportsRasmussen Reports October 29, 2008 35% 61% Results United States Senate election in Iowa, 2008http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2008election.pdf Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 2008 2020-01-17 Democratic Party (United States) Tom Harkin (incumbent) 941,665 62.66% +8.48% Republican Party (United States) Christopher Reed 560,006 37.26% -6.52% 1,247 0.08% N/A 381,659 25.39% +15.00% 1,502,918 Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Butler (largest city: Parkersburg) Crawford (largest city: Denison) Delaware (largest city: Manchester) Van Buren (largest city: Keosauqua) Plymouth (largest city: Le Mars) Grundy (largest city: Grundy Center) Harrison (largest city: Missouri Valley) Cass (largest city: Atlantic) Ida (largest city: Ida Grove) Fremont (largest city: Sidney) Pottawattamie (largest city: Council Bluffs) Sac (largest city: Sac City) Shelby (largest city: Harlan) Marion (largest city: Pella) Mills (largest city: Glenwood) Montgomery (largest city: Red Oak) Mahaska (largest city: Oskaloosa) By congressional district Harkin won all five congressional districts, including two that elected Republicans.Our Campaigns - IA US Senate Race - Nov 04, 2008 https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=240817 District Harkin Reed RepresentativeIowa 1 1st 67% 33%Bruce BraleyIowa 2 2nd 68% 32%Dave LoebsackIowa 3 3rd 60% 40%Leonard BoswellIowa 4 4th 62% 38%Tom LathamIowa 5 5th 55% 45%Steve King See also 2008 United States Senate elections References 2008 Iowa United States Senate