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2007 Massachusetts's 5th congressional district special election

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Field	Value
election_name	2007 Massachusetts's 5th congressional district special election
country	Massachusetts
type	by-election
ongoing	no
previous_election	2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts#District 5
previous_year	2006
next_election	2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts#District 5
next_year	2008
election_date	October 16, 2007
seats_for_election	Massachusetts's 5th congressional district
image1	File:Niki Tsongas 113th Congress.jpg
image_size	150x150px
nominee1	Niki Tsongas
party1	Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote1	54,363
percentage1	51.3%
image2	3x4.svg
nominee2	Jim Ogonowski
party2	Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote2	47,770
percentage2	45.1%
map_image	2007 MA-05 special election results.svg
map_size	200px
map_caption	Municipality results
Tsongas:
Ogonowski:
title	U.S. Representative
before_election	Marty Meehan
before_party	Democratic Party (United States)
after_election	Niki Tsongas
after_party	Democratic Party (United States)

Tsongas:
Ogonowski:
Massachusetts held a special election to fill a vacancy in Massachusetts's 5th congressional district on October 16, 2007. Democrat Niki Tsongas won election to Congress, defeating Republican Jim Ogonowski in an election that was closer than expected.

Marty Meehan had been the district's Representative to Congress since 1993. He announced his resignation in May 2007 (effective July 1), allowing him to become the next Chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Meehan had last won re-election in 2006, when he ran unopposed. The district was considered to be strongly Democratic, as it voted 58% for the Democratic candidate (John Kerry) in the most recent presidential election. In addition, Massachusetts had not elected a Republican to Congress since Peter Blute and Peter Torkildsen were last elected to office in 1994 (both were defeated in 1996). No Republican had held the 5th congressional district's seat since Paul W. Cronin departed from office in 1975 after his defeat by Democrat Paul Tsongas in 1974.

A primary election was held on September 4, 2007, to determine each political party's nominee for the general election. Niki Tsongas won the Democratic nomination and Jim Ogonowski won the Republican nomination. Tsongas won the general election, held on October 16, 2007, with 51% of the vote; Ogonowski received 45%.

Candidates

All candidates for the election are listed alphabetically first by party, then by name. Bold is primary winners and general election candidates.

Constitution

Kevin Thompson – State Constitution Party Secretary from Brockton

Democratic

Eileen Donoghue – City Councilor and former Lowell Mayor
Jamie Eldridge – State Representative from Acton
Barry Finegold – State Representative from Andover
Jim Miceli – State Representative from Wilmington
Niki Tsongas – Dean at Middlesex Community College from Lowell, and widow of Paul Tsongas

Independent

Kurt Hayes – Businessman from Boxborough
Patrick O. Murphy – Brick and stonemason from Lowell

Republican

Jim Ogonowski – Former Air Force Lt. Colonel from Dracut, and brother of John, the Captain of American Airlines Flight 11, which was hijacked by al-Qaeda terrorists and flown into the North Tower of the World Trade Center as part of the September 11 attacks. He is believed to have been killed by the hijackers prior to the crash.
Thomas Tierney – Self-Employed Independent Consulting Actuary from Framingham

Withdrawn / not running

Democratic

James DiPaola – Middlesex County Sheriff
David O'Brien – Democratic National Committee member from Concord

Republican

Fred Smerlas – Former NFL defensive lineman
Michael J. Sullivan – Mayor of Lawrence

Results

Primary

2007-09-04

General

2007-10-16

Polling

Democratic primary

Source	Date	Donoghue (D)	Eldridge (D)	Finegold (D)	Miceli (D)	Tsongas (D)	DiPaola (D)	O'Brien (D)
Survey USA	Aug 27–29, 2007	29%	15%	9%	3%	40%
Survey USA	Aug 11–13, 2007	16%	13%	14%	4%	38%
Kiley & Company	Aug 8–9, 2007	18%	16%	13%	4%	34%
JEF Associates	Aug 6–7, 2007	22%	7%	8%	4%	28%
1=[Kiley & Company](https://web.archive.org/web/20070912083018/http://www.nikitsongas.com/press/072207.pdf)}}	July 15, 2007	13%	12%	10%	4%	36%
JEF Associates	Jun 28–30, 2007	17%	10%	13%	4%	26%
Kiley & Company	May 22, 2007	9%	10%	11%	3%	38%
Garin-Hart-Yang Research	May 3–4, 2007	13%	5%	10%	4%	36%
Kiley & Company	Mar 23–24, 2007	9%	9%	8%	3%	35%	6%	3%

Republican primary

Source	Date	Ogonowski (R)	Tierney (R)
Survey USA	Aug 27–29, 2007	72%	12%

General Election

Source	Date	Ogonowski (R)	Tsongas (D)	Thompson (C)	Hayes (I)	Murphy (I)
Survey USA	Oct 8–10, 2007	42%	51%	0%	2%	4%
RCCC Poll	Oct 1–5, 2007	39%	44%	N/A	N/A	N/A
Survey USA	Sep 7–9, 2007	41%	51%	2%	2%	1%

Results

Bold indicates winner of nomination. Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20120207164837/http://www.thebostonchannel.com/politics/14003157/detail.html

General Election

Democratic primary

Democratic Primary Election, Sep 4	Party	Votes	Percent
Niki Tsongas	Democratic	19,811	35.69%
Eileen Donoghue	Democratic	17,373	31.29%
Jamie Eldridge	Democratic	8,041	14.48%
Barry Finegold	Democratic	6,996	12.60%
Jim Miceli	Democratic	3,296	5.94%

Republican primary

Candidates	Republican Primary Election, Sep 4	Candidate	Party	Votes	Percent
	Jim Ogonowski		Republican	12,014	89.04%
	Tom Tierney		Republican	1,479	10.96%

References

Giroux, Greg. (May 9, 2007). "Massachusetts Rep. Meehan Sets Date to Vacate Seat". CQPolitics.com.
[http://www.wbur.org/news/2007/71445_20071016.asp 5th District Elects Tsongas] Associated Press
Murphy, Matt. (June 2, 2007). "Lowell Mason joins rep. race". LowellSun.com.
[http://www.lowellsun.com/fastsearchresults/ci_5650767 lowellsun.com]
[http://www.eagletribune.com/punews/local_story_118115335 eagletribune.com] {{webarchive. link. (July 30, 2012)
(April 27, 2007). "Ogonowski's House bid gets boost". Boston Globe.
[http://news.bostonherald.com/localPolitics/view.bg?articleid=196944/ bostonherald.com]
[http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReportEmail.aspx?g=d7cc29a1-b071-4e33-b4b7-5f7d2fc6bd03 Survey USA]
[http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReportEmail.aspx?g=3f9e767e-1af2-4d7b-9b1a-2167e94cb057 Survey USA]
[http://www.lowellsun.com/front/ci_6629453 Kiley & Company]
[http://www.lowellsun.com/front/ci_6629453 JEF Associates]
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[http://www.lowellsun.com/front/ci_6327426 JEF Associates]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20070704052802/http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/article.php?id=LJS2007053101 Garin-Hart-Yang Research]
[http://www.lowellsun.com/front/ci_5495644 Kiley & Company]
[http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReportEmail.aspx?g=04fe9b30-61de-4f66-9c29-2de5004b960f Survey USA]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20071016180836/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/10/15/politics/politico/main3370568.shtml RCCC Poll]
[http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollPrint.aspz?g=9cd85212-ab1e-46ff-91b0-ef66436384e1&d=0 Survey USA]

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