Talk:2008 United States House of Representatives elections

message: I'll be removing the POV-inducing lists of CREW and Rolling Stone's "worst congressmen" labels unless someone can show me an NPOV reason to keep them. It's totally arbitrary to take these two lists as the only lists for identifying poor congressmen, and it's essentially irrelevant to who's running in the races. Zz414 01:55, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: CREW

message: The final unresolved race, Ohio's 15th, has been called for Democrat Mary Jo Kilroy. It should be painted bright blue as a Democratic pickup. Democrats will officially have a 257-178 majority in the 111th House of Representatives, unless the recount in Virginia's 5th overturns Democrat Tom Perriello's victory (unlikely).  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.209.71.141 (talk) 17:53, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Map

message: Made a few minor corrections for spelling and factual corrections on the page through to Colorado. Alaska's Ethan Berkowitz is now the former State House Minority Leader. Under Colorado, slightly modified the entries for the Doug Lamborn and Tancredo districts. Tancredo was not the highest vote getter for a GOP Congressional candidate in Colorado in 2006. According to the CO Secretary of State's office, Tancredo got 59% of the vote and freshman Doug Lamborn got 60%. http://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/electionresults2006G/ Also factually incorrect was the claim of narrow reelection for Tancredo in 2000 after Columbine. While Tancredo's performance was (as a percentage) lower than in 1998 (where he scored 56% vs. 54% in '00), he received substantially more votes in 2000 (30k more), ran ahead of Bush's performance, and the Democrats received the exact same percentage in both 1998 and 2000 -- 42% (despite the Democrat being financially competitive in 2000). Columbine had almost no effect in putting a damper on Tancredo's performance.
69.247.131.177 03:40, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Factual and spelling corrections

message: Last cycle, I copied over the 2004 tables into the 2006 article.  I'm planning to do the same with the 2008 election.  Thoughts or concerns?  Chadlupkes 21:09, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You created a seperate page I dont see anything wrong with that Gang14 21:01, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

text: Can someone please make a list of retiring representatives? Star Garnet 3:15, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Complete list 

message: So he was going to run for the Senate but changed his mind... are we sure he's not going to run for his house seat again instead?--Dr who1975 (talk) 16:54, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The Wikipedia article on him cites 2 sources saying he's retiring. --W.marsh 20:44, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Thomas M. Davis]]

message: *Did I miss the news, or is Hawaii still a state?  I lived there until just last July, and I'm pretty sure they are electing representatives, too.  Is there some reason they weren't included? subsailor (talk) 04:03, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hawaii 

message: Rather than removing MD 1 and 4 (Gilchrest and Wynn) from the list of races with no incumbents, the section should be renamed either "Open seats" or "General election races with no incumbents." The intent seems to be to list those districts which will definitely elect new members in November, and those two districts qualify and should be included, since the incumbents aren't in the race now. If there's no objection, that's how I'd like to proceed. JTRH (talk) 14:15, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: If we can come up with better language that we agree upon perhaps. I'll reiterate my position: If an incumbent is not running in the general election, then there is an open seat in that election. I don't see how it can possibly be construed any other way. Up until the general election, the parties are merely choosing their candidates. It is possible for there to be an open seat in a primary election, but that is distinct from the status of the general election. older ≠ wiser 22:46, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

text: My intuition would be no -- at least not until after the general election.  You could say the runoff election was for an open seat, but that's not something we'll have to worry about until November, if at all.  I doubt there's much chance of anything like this happening in any case.  -David Schaich Talk/Cont 04:31, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with David. The incumbent ran in the main election, so the election was not for an open seat. Unlike a primary elections, a run-off is more like a procedural extension or refinement of the general election. You could perhaps describe the run-off as being for an open seat, but not the general election overall. older ≠ wiser 11:39, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: "Races with no incumbents"

message: What if the incumbent is beat in the general election, but there is a run-off between two other candidates?  Then the run-off is what will be decisive.  Does that mean it's an open seat?—Markles 00:57, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: My intuition would be no -- at least not until after the general election.  You could say the runoff election was for an open seat, but that's not something we'll have to worry about until November, if at all.  I doubt there's much chance of anything like this happening in any case.  -David Schaich Talk/Cont 04:31, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with David. The incumbent ran in the main election, so the election was not for an open seat. Unlike a primary elections, a run-off is more like a procedural extension or refinement of the general election. You could perhaps describe the run-off as being for an open seat, but not the general election overall. older ≠ wiser 11:39, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: General election

message: I'm surprised nobody has yet to catch this mistake made on the 10th of May. Nancy Pelosi isn't the Democratic Leader, she's the Speaker of the House. The Democratic (Majority) Leader of the House is Steny Hoyer.
If any of you don't understand what I mean or why I'm going to change it, look at (for example) United States House of Representatives elections, 2004. That year, Nancy Pelosi was the Minority (Democratic) Leader and she was listed as such. The incumbent Speaker of the House, Dennis Hastert, is listed at the bottom of the infobox.
--72.148.158.58 (talk) 06:40, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: In the US House of Representatives, as well as many state legislative houses, the Speaker is the leader of the party. He or she takes the lead on policy matters. The majority leader is a floor leader, responsible for making sure that the party's bills succeed. It is no mistake that when the minority party goes into majority, the minority leader becomes Speaker, and the minority whip becomes majority leader. By the same token, if the majority party goes into minority and the party leaders stay in their jobs, the Speaker becomes minority leader, and the majority leader becomes minority whip. -Rrius (talk) 10:46, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wrong Democratic Leader 

message: Since Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball ratings are included in the predictions on the Senate page, should they also be included for House races? KCinDC (talk) 23:21, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sabato's Crystal Ball? 

message: Not to be too soon on this with the body still warm, but what's going to happen in the Ohio Eleventh district, now that Stephanie Tubbs Jones has died?  I'm sure a lot of people are wondering today.  TJRC (talk) 23:54, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ohio Eleventh 

message: I didn't want to put this in the 2006 discussion becuase I figured nobody would see it. The map showing pickups and holds in the infobox for 2008 is the same as the one in 2006. Comparison shows that 2006 has the wrong map. I don't know how to change it but I figured I could put it out there and someone else would.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.53.120.89 (talk) 20:08, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Uh... they aren't the same maps. —Mr. Matté (Talk/Contrib) 22:38, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Maps are wrong 

message: They were for the 110 congress, NOT the 111--Levineps (talk) 23:01, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Disagree (at least for the special elections that occured in 08), this article's title is "United States House of Representatives elections, 2008" not "United States House of Representatives elections, 111st congress". Jon (talk) 18:47, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: They might be in 2008, but everyone realizes they are for the 111 congress, not mainly for elections in 2008.--Levineps (talk) 21:15, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Special elections should not be included 

message: Virginia's 5th has been called for Tom Periello, shouldn't we change the map?Saberwolf116 (talk) 13:30, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  VA-05 

message: Qqqqqq wants clarity on the Purple Party entry on the results list. I'm left wondering what information is sought. According to the source candidates of the Purple Party won X number of votes, which represents Y% of the total. The table needn't explain the tenets of each party listed, so I think some of us are confused at what information is required to get rid of the clarify tag. My attempt was to put the word "Party" after "Purple" on the theory that that is all the clarity we need, but I suspect that is not really the information desired. So, my question to Q and like-minded folk is what more do we need to say? -Rrius (talk) 01:56, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: So far as I can tell, this is the only, or one of the very few, references to this so-called party on Wikipedia. I, for one, haven't been able to determine where this party ran candidates or basically anything else about it. The cited source is reputable, but I question blindly reproducing a single source's data here. Is there any other source to corroborate? I don't think we need an explanation of the party's platform or anything, but a Party ran candidates in 5 districts in Hawaii, Idaho, and Nebraska. or something to give some idea of context. Qqqqqq (talk) 02:03, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: While I agree on some level, I don't think a  tag is the solution. The fact is, there were only 28,541 votes for it, so it will be hard to track down which exactly where they were without searching the results for each state. I'm not sure that we have to list where they ran any more than we do for the Independent Green Populists, Vote People Change parties. Frankly, it could be giving undue weight to them. -Rrius (talk) 02:23, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I certainly understand what you mean about undue weight. But in the future, we're going to look back and have even less an idea of what these labels meant. If I'm overruled on this, I'm not going to be too concerned about it, but it seems that a lot of these groups might be (barely) here today and gone tomorrow, and it might be, in the interest of history, prudent to make some record their electoral efforts. Where these parties enjoyed relative success might be of historical significance. Or perhaps not. You're right—probably no need to clarify right now, but it might be nice at some point to provide a bit more context. Qqqqqq (talk) 02:30, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

text: Ha, nice work! I'd think that would be a helpful footnote to someone reading over the table of nationwide votes, but that's just me. Qqqqqq (talk) 02:32, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clarity on the Purple Party 

message: The graphic is now outdated since the total pickups in Ohio are now 3. Ohio needs to be shaded dark blue on the map  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dollarfine100 (talk • contribs) 06:24, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  State Pickups Graphic 

message: We need to chang it to dark blue.Saberwolf116 (talk) 18:52, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  oh-15 

message: All the information in United States House of Representatives special elections, 2008 is duplicative of the section in United States House of Representatives elections, 2008.  We only have special election articles in old-numbered years because there are no regular elections at all in those years.—Markles 11:50, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree; merge it. -Rrius (talk) 03:09, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed.  It should be a page for House elections for each year, with a section designed to separate the special and generals in even numbered years.--Muboshgu (talk) 21:15, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Special elections in 2008 for the 110th Congress 

message: In spite of the above section I propose merging the 2008 special elections with the 2007 special elections in a new article. I have started a centralized discussion here. -Rrius (talk) 01:33, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Special elections merger

message: Do we have a source for the two parties' vote totals in the info box and for the grand total upon which the percentages are based? -Rrius (talk) 00:49, 16 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Source for totals 

message: Swing is the average of the change between the two main parties, the figures quoted are change on the last elections. NOT the swing Harry Hayfield (talk) 13:20, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Defintion of swing 

message: This is a complete list, sure, 
But it is a complete list of the 2006 election!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 157.252.162.226 (talk) 09:07, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: All the state results are here besides California, Colorado, Oregon and Washington. Can someone add them soon? I would, but I'm terrible at formatting this kind of thing. Academic Challenger (talk) 06:19, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  request 

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