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The 2008 United States Senate election in Iowa was held on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator
Tom Harkin
Thomas Richard Harkin (born November 19, 1939) is an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as a United States senator from Iowa from 1985 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously was the U.S. representative for Io ...
sought re-election to a fifth term in office. Unlike Harkin's three previous reelection bids, he was not challenged by a sitting United States Congressman
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but instead faced small businessman Christopher Reed, who won the Republican
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primary by just a few hundred votes. Harkin defeated Reed in a landslide, winning 94 of Iowa's 99 counties. , this is the last time that a Democrat has won a U.S. Senate election in Iowa.
Democratic primary
Candidates
*Tom Harkin
Thomas Richard Harkin (born November 19, 1939) is an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as a United States senator from Iowa from 1985 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously was the U.S. representative for Io ...
, incumbent U.S. Senator
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
* George Eichhorn, former Iowa State Representative * Steve Rathje, construction company executive * Christopher Reed, small businessmanResults
General election
Predictions
Polling
Results
See also
* 2008 United States Senate electionsReferences
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Iowa
Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to th ...
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