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Missouri elections, 2008 Turnout 66.1%
Elections were held in Missouri
President [ edit ]
With a margin of just .13%, Missouri was the closest race in the 2008 Presidential Election.
2008 United States presidential election in Missouri[1]
Party
Candidate
Running mate
Votes
Percentage
Electoral votes
Republican John McCain Sarah Palin 1,445,814
49.36%
11
Democratic
Barack Obama
Joe Biden
1,441,911
49.23%
0
Independent
Ralph Nader
Matt Gonzalez
17,813
0.61%
0
Libertarian
Bob Barr
Wayne Allyn Root
11,386
0.39%
0
Constitution
Chuck Baldwin
Darrell Castle
8,201
0.28%
0
Write-ins
Write-ins
3,906
0.13%
0
Green (write-in )
Cynthia McKinney
Rosa Clemente
80 0.00%
0
Totals
2,929,111
100.00%
11
Voter turnout (Voting age population)
66.1%
House of Representatives [ edit ]
United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2008[2]
Party
Votes
Percentage
Seats
+/–
Democratic
1,413,016
50.08%
4 —
Republican
1,313,018
46.54%
5 —
Libertarian
82,647
2.93%
0
-
Constitution
12,747
0.45%
0
-
Independents
56 <0.01%
0
—
Totals
2,821,484
100.00%
9 —
Governor [ edit ]
Even as Barack Obama failed to carry the state, Democratic candidate Jay Nixon won the concurrent gubernatorial election by a considerably large margin.
Lieutenant governor [ edit ]
Secretary of State [ edit ]
2008 Missouri Secretary of State election
County resultsCarnahan : 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%Hubbard : 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%
Incumbent Secretary of State Robin Carnahan was re-elected with 61.81% of the vote, defeating Republican candidate Mitchell Hubbard.
State Treasurer [ edit ]
2008 Missouri State Treasurer election
County resultsZweifel : 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 80–90%Lager : 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
Attorney general [ edit ]
Democratic incumbent Jay Nixon was term-limited. Democratic candidate Chris Koster defeated Republican candidate Mike Gibbons 52.9% to 47.1%.
2008 Missouri Attorney General election
County resultsKoster : 50–60% 60–70% 80–90%Gibbons : 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
References [ edit ]
^ "Official Election Returns 2008" (PDF) . Missouri SOS . December 2, 2008. Retrieved May 3, 2023 .
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