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True Immigration Reform Candidates for
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ALABAMA
Primary: June 3, 2008
Runoff: July 15, 2008

RACE: U.S. Congress, 2nd District
CANDIDATES:
Bobbi Bright (D)
,Jay Love (R)*

ARIZONA
Primary: August 12, 2008
RACE: U.S. Congress, 7th District
CANDIDATES:
Raul M. Grijalva (D)*, Gene Chewning (R)
RACE: U.S. Congress, 8th District
CANDIDATES:
Gabrielle Giffords (D)*, Derek Tidball (I),
Tim Bee (R)
CALIFORNIA
Primary: June 3, 2008
RACE: U.S. Congress, 4th District
CANDIDATES:
Charles D. Brown (D),
Tom McClintock (R

RACE: U.S. Congress, 17th District
CANDIDATES:
Sam Farr (D)*
, Jeff Taylor (R)

RACE: U.S. Congress, 35th District
CANDIDATES:
Maxine Waters (D)*,
Ted Hayes (R)

RACE: U.S. Congress, 39th District
CANDIDATES:
Linda Sanchez (D)
*, Diane Lenning (R)
RACE: U.S. Congress, 47th District
CANDIDATES:
Loretta Sanchez (D)*, Rosemarie "Rosie" Avilia (R)
RACE: U.S. Congress, 51st District
CANDIDATES:
Bob Filner (D)
*, David Lee Joy (R)
RACE: U.S. Congress, 52nd District
CANDIDATES:
Mike Lumpkin (D),
Duncan Duane Hunter (R), Michael Benoit (L)
RACE: U.S. Congress, 53rd District
CANDIDATES:
Susan A. Davis (D)*, Michael P. Crimmins (R),
COLORADO
Primary: August 12, 2008
RACE: U.S. Congress, 1st District
CANDIDATES:
Diana DeGette (D)*,
George Lilly (R)
RACE: U.S. Congress, 5th District
CANDIDATES:
Doug Lamborn (R)*, Bidlack (D), Rich Hand (I)
RACE: U.S. Congress, 6th District
CANDIDATES:
Henry H. Eng (D),
Mike Coffman (R)
CONNECTICUT
Primary: August 12, 2008
RACE: U.S. Congress, 2nd District
CANDIDATES:
Joe Courtney (D)*,
Sean Sullivan (R),
Gregory S. Deshefy (G
), Daniel J. Reale (L)
FLORIDA
Primary: August 26, 2008
RACE: U.S. Congress, 6th District
CANDIDATES:
Cliff Stearns (R)*, Timothy M. Cunha (D)
RACE: U.S. Congress, 7th District
updatedCANDIDATES:
John L. Mica (R)*, Faye Armitage (D)
RACE: U.S. Congress, 16th District
CANDIDATES:
Timothy Mahoney (D)*,

Tom Rooney (R),
RACE: U.S. Congress, 19th District
CANDIDATES:
Robert Wexler (D)*
, Edward J. Lynch (R),
Ben Graber (I)
RACE: U.S. Congress, 22nd District
CANDIDATES:
Ron Klein (D)*,
Allen B. West (R)
GEORGIA
Primary: July 15, 2008
RACE: U.S. Senate
updatedCANDIDATES: Saxby Chambliss (R)*, James F. Martin (D), Allen Buckley (L)
RACE: U.S. Congress, 2nd District
CANDIDATES:
Sanford D. Bishop Jr. (D)*, Lee Ferrell (R)
RACE: U.S. Congress, 8th District
CANDIDATES:
Jim Marshall (D)*, Rick Goddard (R)

RACE: U.S. Congress, 10th District
CANDIDATES:
Paul C. Broun, Jr. (R)*, William M. Saxon (D)

RACE: U.S. Congress, 12th District
CANDIDATES:
John Barrow (D)*, John E. Stone (R),

RACE: U.S. Congress, 13th District
CANDIDATES:
David Scott (D)*,
Deborah Travis Honeycutt (R),

IDAHO
Primary: May 27, 2008

RACE: U.S. Senate
CANDIDATES:
Larry LaRocco (D),
Jim Risch (R) ,Marvin Richardson (C), Jerry Carter (I), Dr. Rex Ramell (I)

ILLINOIS
Primary: February 5, 2008
RACE: U.S. Senate
CANDIDATES:
Dick Durbin (D)*, Steven Sauerberg (R)
RACE: U.S. Congress, 14th District
CANDIDATES:
Jim Oberweis (R), Bill Foster (D)*
INDIANA
Primary: May 6, 2008
RACE: U.S. Congress, 1st District
CANDIDATES:
Pete Visclosky (D)*, Mark J. Leyva (R)
KANSAS
Primary: August 5th
RACE: U.S. Congress, 3rd District
CANDIDATES:
Dennis Moore (D)*, Nick Jordan (R)
, Joel Balam (I), Joe Bellis (L)
LOUISANA
Primary: September 6, 2008
Runoff: October 4, 2008
RACE: U.S. Congress, 4th District
CANDIDATES:
Keith Hightower (D),
John C. Fleming, Jr (R),
Chris D. Gorman (R), Chester T. Kelley (R)
MARYLAND
Primary: February 12, 2008
RACE: U.S. Congress, 8th District
CANDIDATES:
Chris Van Hollen (D)*,
Steve Hudson (R)
MICHIGAN
Primary: August 5, 2008
RACE: U.S. Congress, 5th District
CANDIDATES:
Dale E. Kildee (D)*,
Matt Sawicki (R)
MINNESOTA
Primary: September 9, 2008
RACE: U.S. Congress, 3rd District
CANDIDATES:
Jigar Madia (DFL), Erik Paulsen (R),
David Dillion (I)
MISSISSIPPI
Primary: March 11, 2008
Runoff: April 1, 2008

RACE: U.S. Senate, Class I
CANDIDATES:
Roger Wicker (R)*, Ronnie Musgrove (D),
RACE: U.S. Congress, 2nd District
CANDIDATES:
Bennie G. Thompson (
D)*, Richard Cook (R)
RACE: U.S. Congress, 4th District
CANDIDATES:
Gene Taylor (D)
*, John McCay, III (R)
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Primary: September 9, 2008
RACE: U.S. Senate
CANDIDATES:
John E. Sununu (R)*, Jeanne Shaheen (D),
Kenneth E. Blevens (L), Shawn Girard (I)
NEW JERSEY
Primary: June 3, 2008
RACE: U.S. Senate
CANDIDATES:
Frank R. Lautenberg (D)*,
Richard Zimmer (R), Anthony B. Fisher (I), Daryl Mikell Brooks (I)
RACE: U.S. Congress, 6th District
CANDIDATES:
Frank Pallone, Jr. (D)*, Robert E. McLeod (R)
NEW YORK
Primary: September 9, 2008

RACE: U.S. Congress, 18th District
CANDIDATES:
Nita M. Lowey (D)*,
Jim C. Russell (R)
NORTH CAROLINA
Primary: May 6, 2008
Runoff: June 24, 2008
RACE: Governor
CANDIDATES:
Beverly Purdue (D), Pat McCrory (R), Michael Munfer (L)
RACE: U.S. Congress, 2nd District
CANDIDATES:
Bob Etheridge (D)*, Danny Eugene Mansel (R), Willis G Adkins (L)
RACE: U.S. Congress, 7th District
CANDIDATES:
Mike McIntyre (D)*
, Will Breazeale (R)
RACE: U.S. Congress, 8th District
CANDIDATES:
Robin Hayes (R)*, Larry Kissell (D),
RACE: U.S. Congress, 9th District
CANDIDATES:
Sue Myrick (R)*
, Harry Taylor (D)
RACE: U.S. Congress, 10th District
CANDIDATES:
Patrick McHenry (R)*,,
Daniel Johnson (D), Bryan Greene (I)
RACE: U.S. Congress, 11th District
CANDIDATES:
Heath Shuler (D)*,
Carl Mumpower (R)
RACE: U.S. Congress, 13th District
CANDIDATES:
Brad Miller (
D)*, Hugh Webster (R)
OREGON
Primary: May 20, 2008
RACE: U.S. Congress, 2nd District
CANDIDATES:
Greg Walden (R)*, Noah I. Lemas (D) Richard Hake (C)
RACE: U.S. Congress, 3rd District
CANDIDATES:
Earl Blumenauer (D)*,
Delia Lopez (R)
RACE: U.S. Congress, 4th District
CANDIDATES:
Peter DeFazio (D)*, Jaynee Germond (C)

RACE: U.S. Congress, 5th District
CANDIDATES:
Mike Erickson (R), Kurt Schrader (D),

PENNSYLVANIA
Primary: April 22, 2008
RACE: State Attorney General*
John Morganelli (D)

*Note:
ABI does not actively solicit surveys for state and local candidates (other than governor), however, if a candidate for state or local office wishes to submit a survey, we will gladly post his or her responses accordingly.
RACE: U.S. Congress, 4th District
CANDIDATES:
Jason Altmire (D)
*, Melissa Hart (R)

RACE: U.S. Congress, 8th District
CANDIDATES:
Patrick Murphy (
D)*, Tom Manion (R), Tom Lingenfelter (I)

RACE: U.S. Congress, 11th District
CANDIDATES:
Paul Kanjorski (D)*,
Lou Barletta (R)
RACE: U.S. Congress, 12th District
CANDIDATES:
John P. Murtha (D)*,
William Russel (R)
RACE: U.S. Congress, 16th District
CANDIDATES:
Joe Pitts (R)
*, Bruce Slater (D), John Murphy (G), Dan Frank (C)
RACE: U.S. Congress, 19th District
CANDIDATES:
Todd Platts (R)*, Phil J. Avillo, Jr. (D)
SOUTH CAROLINA
Primary: June 10, 2008
Runoff: June 24, 2008
RACE: U.S. Senate
CANDIDATES:
Lindsey Graham (R)*, Bob Conley (D),
TENNESSEE
Primary: August 7, 2008
RACE: U.S. Congress, 5th District
CANDIDATES:
Jim Cooper (D)*, John G. Donovan (R)
TEXAS
Primary: March 4, 2008
Runoff: April 8, 2008
RACE: U.S. Congress, 15th District
CANDIDATES:
Ruben Hinojosa (D)
*, Eddie Zamora (R)
RACE: U.S. Congress, 18th District
CANDIDATES:
Sheila Jackson Lee (D)
*, John Faulk (R)
RACE: U.S. Congress, 29th District
CANDIDATES:
Gene Green (D)*,
Eric Story (R)
UTAH
Primary: June 24, 2008
RACE: U.S. Congress, 3rd District
CANDIDATES:
Jason Chaffetz (R), Bennion L. Spencer (D)
VIRGINA
Primary: June 10, 2008

RACE: U.S. Congress, 1st District
CANDIDATES:
Robert Wittman (R)*, Keith Hummel (D)

RACE: U.S. Congress, 5th District
updatedCANDIDATES:
Virgil H. Goode, Jr. (R)*, Tom Perriello (D), Sherman Wichter (I)
WASHINGTON
Primary: August 19, 2008
RACE: U.S. Congress, 3rd District
CANDIDATES:
Brian Baird (D)*,
Michael R. Delavar (R)

RACE: U.S. Congress, 7th District
CANDIDATES:
Jim McDermott (D)*, Steve Beren (R)

WISCONSIN
Primary: September 9, 2008
RACE: U.S. Congress, 3rd District
CANDIDATES:
Ron Kind (D)*
Paul Stark (R)
RACE: U.S. Congress, 7th District
CANDIDATES:
David R. Obey (D)
*, Daniel E. Mielke (R)
WEST VIRGINIA
Primary: May 13, 2008

RACE: U.S. Congress, 3rd District
CANDIDATES:
Nick Rahall (D)
*, Marty Gearheart (R)

Each election on this page includes at least one congressional candidate who is making overall immigration reduction and improved immigration enforcement a major issue. Please e-mail us if you know of any other true reform candidates or have additional information on the races included here.

NAMES IN GREEN WITH YELLOW HIGHLIGHT are True Immigration Reform Candidates committed to ending illegal immigration and reducing overall immigration levels (as reflected in the 12 categories of the survey).

NAMES IN GREEN are incumbents who generally support reductions in illegal immigration.  They haven't taken the survey and their actions in Congress aren't quite good enough to qualify as a True Immigration Reform candidate. But their overall Recent immigration actions have earned them better than a "B" grade. 

NAMES IN PURPLE are candidates who generally support reductions but their answers on the survey did not quite qualify them as True Immigration Reform candidates.

NAMES IN RED are candidates who completed the immigration survey, but whose answers identify them as more opposed than supportive of overall immigration reductions (illegal and legal) -- or they are incumbents whose Recent immigration actions in Congress have earned them worse than a "C" grade.

NAMES WITH OUR SYMBOL preceding them indicate candidates whose survey responses best meet the criteria for being a "True Immigration-Reform Candidate" in races in which more than one candidate's name appears in green.

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You will see a grid that compares candidates' positions on various immigration issues. These positions have been ascertained by looking at actual voting records, statements in the media, and the surveys we have sent them and they have returned.

We make changes in the comparison pages as new information emerges. If you see any discrepancies, have additional candidates to suggest, or if you want to make the case that we have highlighted a race that is inappropriate, please contact us.

ABI NEVER ENDORSES CANDIDATES. Our highlighting of some candidates is to help citizens know who is most likely to work for reducing overall immigration so citizens can factor that information into their voting decisions. But we realize that voters mark their ballot based on many issues and judgments about the character and leadership of a candidate. We don’t presume to suggest the best candidate for your overall needs and interests. And, Americans for Better Immigration is strictly non-partisan, with no preference for one party or another.

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