Quick Roundup of Tuesday's Primary Results

[Ron Burgundy]

CQPolitics.com - Though dominated by the presidential primaries in Montana and South Dakota and Barack Obama's clinching of the Democratic presidential nomination, yesterday's vote could have been called the "Super Tuesday" of the 2008 congressional primary season. Seven states with 83 congressional districts held primary elections on Tuesday, and all but California also are hosting a Senate election this year.

Here's a brief roundup of the results in the major races in the seven states that held primary elections:

Alabama

- Senate: Democratic state Sen. Vivian Davis Figures was nominated to oppose Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions.

- 2nd District (Southeast -- part of Montgomery; Dothan): State Rep. Jay Love (35 percent) and State Sen. Harri Anne Smith (22 percent) finished first and second respectively in the Republican primary and will compete in a runoff election on July 15. The Democratic nominee is Montgomery mayor Bobby Bright, who won the three-candidate Democratic primary with 70 percent of the vote. Republican Rep. Terry Everett is retiring.

- 5th District (North -- Huntsville): Insurance executive Wayne Parker (49 percent) and businesswoman Cheryl Baswell Guthrie (18 percent) will compete in a Republican runoff on July 15. The Democratic nominee is state Sen. Parker Griffith, who won his primary with 90 percent of the vote. Democratic Rep. Robert E. "Bud" Cramer is retiring.

California

- 4th District (Northeast -- Roseville, Rocklin): State Sen. Tom McClintock defeated former U.S. Rep. Doug Ose, 53 percent to 38 percent, in the Republican primary. The Democratic primary was easily won by Charlie Brown, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel. Brown in 2006 nearly defeated Republican Rep. John T. Doolittle, who is retiring.

- 52nd District (Eastern San Diego; inland San Diego County): Duncan D. Hunter, a captain in the Marine Corps, won a four-candidate Republican primary with 74 percent of the vote and is heavily favored to succeed his father, retiring Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter.

Iowa

- Senate: Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin, who was unopposed in the primary, is a heavy favorite against Republican businessman Christopher Reed, who edged former state Rep. George Eichhorn in a three-candidate Republican primary.

- 3rd District (Central and east central -- Des Moines): Democratic Rep. Leonard L. Boswell defeated former state Rep. Ed Fallon, 61 percent to 39 percent. Boswell, who had never before been challenged for renomination, is expected to win a seventh term this November.

Montana

- President: Illinois Sen. Barack Obama defeated New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, 58 percent to 40 percent, in the Democratic primary.

- Governor: Republican state Sen. Roy Brown easily won his primary election and will face Democratic incumbent Brian Schweitzer, who was overwhelmingly renominated in his party's primary.

- Senate: Democratic Sen. Max Baucus, who was unopposed in the primary, will be overwhelmingly favored in November against Bob Kelleher, a perennial candidate who won a six-candidate Republican primary.

New Jersey

- Senate: Democratic Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg defeated Rep. Robert E. Andrews, 58 percent to 36 percent, and will face former Rep. Dick Zimmer, who won a three-candidate Republican primary with 46 percent of the vote.

- 3rd District (South central -- Cherry Hill, Toms River): Chris Myers, a local mayor, won a three-candidate Republican primary with 49 percent of the vote and will face Democratic state Sen. John Adler, who was unopposed. The winner will succeed Republican Rep. H. James Saxton, who is retiring.

- 7th District (North central -- Woodbridge Township): State Sen. Leonard Lance had 40 percent of the vote to win a seven-candidate Republican primary and will face Democratic state Rep. Linda Stender, who was unopposed. The winner will succeed Republican Rep. Mike Ferguson, who is retiring.

New Mexico

- Senate: Rep. Steve Pearce narrowly defeated Rep. Heather A. Wilson in the Republican primary, 51 percent to 49 percent. Democratic Rep. Tom Udall was unopposed. Republican Sen. Pete V. Domenici is retiring after six terms.

- 1st District (Central -- Albuquerque): In the race for Wilson's seat, Democrat Martin Heinrich, a former Albuquerque councilman, won 44 percent of the vote against three opponents and will face Republican Darren White, a county sheriff who won his party's primary with 82 percent of the vote.

- 2nd District (South -- Las Cruces, Roswell, Little Texas): In the race for Pearce's seat, Democrat Harry Teague, a former county commissioner, will face Republican Edward Tinsley, a restaurant chain owner. Teague defeated Bill McCamley, a county commissioner, by 52 percent to 48 percent, and Tinsley had 31 percent in a five-candidate primary.

- 3rd District (North -- Santa Fe, Rio Rancho, Farmington): Udall almost certainly will be succeeded in the House by Democrat Ben R. Lujan, a member of the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission. Lujan defeated four opponents with 41 percent of the vote in a Democratic primary in which his closest opponent was developer Don Wiviott, who had 27 percent.

South Dakota

- President: Clinton defeated Obama, 55 percent to 45 percent, in the Democratic primary.

- Senate: State Rep. Joel Dykstra easily won the Republican nomination and will face Democratic Sen Tim Johnson.

source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20080604/pl_cq_politics/politics2887927 [link]