United States Senate election in Rhode Island, 2008
Encyclopedia
The 2008 United States Senate election in Rhode Island took place on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Jack Reed won re-election to a third term.
Results
Candidates
- Jack Reed (D), Incumbent U.S. Senator
- Robert TingleRobert TingleRobert G. Tingle is an American casino pit manager and a former candidate for public office in the state of Rhode Island.-Early life:Tingle was born in Darby, Pennsylvania.In 1975, he graduated from Atlantic City High School....
(R), 2002 nominee, 2000 U.S. House nominee, and pit boss at Foxwoods Resort CasinoFoxwoods Resort CasinoFoxwoods Resort Casino is a hotel-casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut, United States. Together with the MGM Grand at Foxwoods, it is one of the largest casino complexes in the world in terms of floor space for gaming. The entire resort comprises of space. The casino has over 380 gaming tables...
Polling
Poll Source | Dates administered | Reed | Tingle |
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Rasmussen Reports | July 1, 2008 | 72% | 20% |
Results
External links
- Rhode Island Board of Elections
- U.S. Congress candidates for Rhode Island at Project Vote SmartProject Vote SmartProject Vote Smart is a non-profit, non-partisan research organization that collects and distributes information on candidates for public office in the United States...
- Rhode Island, U.S. Senate from CQ PoliticsCongressional QuarterlyCongressional Quarterly, Inc., or CQ, is a privately owned publishing company that produces a number of publications reporting primarily on the United States Congress...
- Rhode Island U.S. Senate from OurCampaigns.com
- Rhode Island U.S. Senate race from 2008 Race Tracker
- Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets.orgCenter for Responsive PoliticsThe Center for Responsive Politics is a non-profit, nonpartisan research group based in Washington, D.C. that tracks money in politics and the effect of money and lobbying activity on elections and public policy and maintains a public online database of its information.Their database...
- Tingle (R) vs Reed (D-i) graph of multiple polls from Pollster.com
- Official campaign websites
- Jack Reed for U.S. Senate Democratic candidate
- Bob Tingle for U.S. Senate Republican candidate