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The General Election

On June 3rd 2008 the final states in the Democratic Party Nomination process voted. During the day Senator Barack Obama gained enough pledged and pledged-superdelegates to reach 2,118 or the magic number to secure his parties nomination. As of June 4th 2008 the official start of the general election, Senator Hillary Clinton had not officially dropped out of the race. It is still mathmatically impossible for her to secure the nomination.

 

Race for the Nomination

2008 marks the 55th consecutive election for the presidency of the United States. It will be the first election since 1928 without an incumbant running in the primaries from either party.

Sites Following the 2008 Race

Comedy Indecision 2008 Mainstream Media CNN McClatchy National Public Radio New York Times Reuters Schollastic News USA Today Wall Street Journal

Polling Polling Report Money Open Secrets Related Election Law blog

 

 

Senate

34 members of the United States Senate will be up for re-election in 2008. 33 will be elected and serve from January 3, 2009 until January 3, 2015 (Class II Senators); one senator from Wyoming, to be chosen in a special election, will serve the remainder of a term expiring on January 3, 2013 and join Senate Class 1.

ElectionGeek is currently building a Senate site. Until that time the best resource on the Web for watching Senate elections is Senate2008Guru.