North Dakota gubernatorial election, 2008

North Dakota gubernatorial election, 2008
November 4, 2008

 
Nominee John Hoeven Tim Mathern
Party Republican Democratic
Running mate Jack Dalrymple Merle Boucher
Popular vote 235,009 74,279
Percentage 74.4% 23.5%
County Results
Hoeven:
     50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Mathern:
     50–60%
Governor before election

John Hoeven
Republican

 Elected Governor

John Hoeven
Republican

The 2008 North Dakota gubernatorial election took place on 4 November 2008 for the post of Governor of North Dakota. Incumbent Republican Governor John Hoeven was easily reelected again, defeating Democrat Tim Mathern. The primaries took place on June 10, 2008.[1]

Candidates

Republican

Democratic

Independent

  • DuWayne Hendrickson
  • Running mate: Dana Brandenberg

Polling

Source Date John Hoeven (R) Tim Mathern (D)
Rasmussen Reports[2] September 8, 2008 68% 28%
Rasmussen Reports[2] July 8, 2008 67% 27%

Election results

North Dakota gubernatorial election, 2008[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Republican John Hoeven (inc.) 235,009 74.44% +3.19%
Democratic Tim Mathern 74,279 23.53% -3.86%
Independent DuWayne Hendrickson 6,404 2.03%
Majority 160,730 50.91% +7.05%
Turnout 315,692
Republican hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Secretary of State" (PDF). Nd.gov. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-07-11. Retrieved 2008-07-10.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.