2008 United States gubernatorial election

Results of gubernatorial elections in eleven states on November 4, 2008:

Defended by Republicans (North Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Indiana)

Defended by the Democrats (North Carolina, Washington, Montana, Delaware, New Hampshire, West Virginia)

Gained by the Democrats (Missouri)

The United States gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 2008. Of the eleven candidates for election, six were held by Democrats and five by Republicans . As a result, the Democrats were able to win the governor's post in Missouri. This means that the Democrats make 29 and Republicans 21 of the total of 50 governors. In addition, the governors of American Samoa and Puerto Rico were elected that day . Both areas are under American administration, but are not states.
On the same day, the presidential election , the election to the House of Representatives and the elections to the Senate took place.

Open seats

• Delaware - Ruth Ann Minner (D - Fixed Term)
• North Carolina - Mike Easley (D - Fixed Term)
• Missouri - Matt Blunt (R - did not run again due to poor poll results)

Democratic incumbent

• Montana - Brian Schweitzer
• New Hampshire - John Lynch
• Washington - Christine Gregoire
• West Virginia - Joe Manchin

Republican incumbent

• Indiana - Mitchell Daniels
• North Dakota - John Hoeven
• Utah - Jon Huntsman
• Vermont - Jim Douglas

Opinion polls

Pre-election polls predicted another Republican victory for North Dakota, Utah and Vermont. Montana, West Virginia, Delaware, and New Hampshire should go back to the Democrats with relative safety. In Indiana, a Republican victory was considered likely. In Washington, North Carolina and Missouri, Democratic candidates had a slight lead in the polls.

So far Republican		Prediction
Country	Official	Sabato	UpFrontPolitics	CQ Politics
ND	Hoeven	Solid R	Sure R	Sure R
UT	Huntsman	Solid R	Sure R	Sure R
VT	Douglas	Solid R	Probably R	Sure R
IN	Daniels	Probably R	Almost R.	Almost R.
MO	( Blunt )	Open	Almost D	Open
So far democratic		Prediction
Country	Owner	Sabato	UpFrontPolitics	CQ Politics
WA	Gregoire	Open	Almost D	Almost D
NC	( Easley )	Probably D	Almost D	Almost D
DE	( Minner )	Probably D	Sure D	D Favored
MT	Schweitzer	Solid D	Sure D	D Favored
NH	Lynch	Solid D	Sure D	Sure D
WV	Manchin	Solid D	Sure D	Sure D

Final results by state

Country	Acting Governor	Electoral status 2008	Democratic candidate	Republican candidate	Other candidates	Results
American Samoa	Togiola Tulafono	Candidate for re-election	Togiola Tulafono - 41.3%	None	Utu Abe Malae (I) - 31.4% Afoa Moega Lutu (I) - 26.8% Tuika Tuika - 0.5%	Runoff
Delaware	Ruth Ann Minner	Term of office limited	Jack A. Markell - 67.5%	William Swain Lee - 32.0%	Jeffrey Brown (BE) - 0.5%	held by the Democrats
Indiana	Mitch Daniels	Candidate for re-election	Jill Long Thompson - 40.1%	Mitch Daniels - 57.8%	Andy Horning (L) - 2.1%	re-elected
Missouri	Matt Blunt	no new candidacy	Jay Nixon - 58.4%	Kenny Hulshof - 39.5%	Andrew Finkenstadt (L) - 1.1% Gregory Thompson (C) - 1.0%	democratic victory
Montana	Brian Schweitzer	Candidate for re-election	Brian Schweitzer - 65.4%	Roy Brown - 32.6%	Stan Jones (L) - 2.0%	re-elected
New Hampshire	John Lynch	Candidate for re-election	John Lynch - 70.2%	Joe Kenney - 27.6%	Susan Newell - 2.2%	re-elected
North Carolina	Mike Easley	Term of office limited	Beverly Perdue - 50.2%	Pat McCrory - 46.9%	Michael Munger (L) - 2.9%	claimed by the Democrats
North Dakota	John Hoeven	Candidate for re-election	Tim Mathern - 23.5%	John Hoeven - 74.4%	DuWayne Hendrickson (I) - 2.1%	re-elected
Puerto Rico	Aníbal Acevedo Vilá	Candidate for re-election	none	none	Luis G. Fortuño (NP) - 52.7% Aníbal Acevedo Vilá (PD) - 41.3% Rogelio Figueroa (PRfPR) - 2.8% Edwin Irizarry Mora (PRI) - 2.0%	Luis Fortuño (NP) was voted out of office
Utah	Jon Huntsman	Candidate for re-election	Bob Springmeyer - 19.7%	Jon Huntsman - 77.7%	Dell Hill - 2.6%	re-elected
Vermont	Jim Douglas	Candidate for re-election	Gaye Symington - 21.1%	Jim Douglas - 54.7%	Anthony Pollina (I) - 21.2% Tony O'Connor (I) - 1.1% Sam Young (I) - 0.8% Pete Diamondstone (LU) - 0.6% Cris Ericson (I) - 0, 5%	re-elected
Washington	Christine Gregoire	Candidate for re-election	Christine Gregoire - 53.3%	Dino Rossi - 46.7%		re-elected
West Virginia	Joe Manchin	Candidate for re-election	Joe Manchin - 69.8%	Russ Weeks - 25.7%	Jesse Johnson (M) - 4.5%	re-elected

See also

• 2008 election in the United States

Web links

• National Association of American Governors
• Association of Democratic Governors
• Association of Republican Governors

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2008 Gubernatorial Election Polls. Retrieved January 2, 2019 . 
2. ^ Sabato's Crystal Ball - 2008 Governor . UpFrontPolitics.com. September 22, 2007. Retrieved September 22, 2007.
3. ↑ 2008 Gubernatorial Races . UpFrontPolitics.com. September 22, 2007. Archived from the original on October 15, 2007. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 22, 2007. 
4. ↑ CQ 2008 Gubernatorial ratings . Archived from the original on October 10, 2008. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 22, 2007.