| Election Name: | Missouri elections, 2008 |
| Country: | Missouri |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Next Year: | 2010 |
| Election Date: | November 4, 2008 |
| Previous Year: | 2006 |
| Turnout: | 66.1% |
Elections were held in Missouri on Tuesday, November 4, 2008.
See main article: 2008 United States presidential election in Missouri. 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% | ||||||
See main article: 2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri.
| 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 | — | ||
See main article: 2008 Missouri gubernatorial election. Even as Barack Obama failed to carry the state, Democratic candidate Jay Nixon won the concurrent gubernatorial election by a considerably large margin.
See main article: 2008 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election.
| Election Name: | 2008 Missouri Secretary of State election |
| Country: | Missouri |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2004 Missouri Secretary of State election |
| Previous Year: | 2004 |
| Next Election: | 2012 Missouri Secretary of State election |
| Next Year: | 2012 |
| Election Date: | November 4, 2008 |
| Nominee1: | Robin Carnahan |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,749,152 |
| Percentage1: | 61.8% |
| Nominee2: | Mitchell Hubbard |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,006,088 |
| Percentage2: | 35.6% |
| Map Size: | 275px |
| Secretary of State | |
| Before Election: | Robin Carnahan |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Robin Carnahan |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Incumbent Secretary of State Robin Carnahan was re-elected with 61.81% of the vote, defeating Republican candidate Mitchell Hubbard.
| Election Name: | 2008 Missouri State Treasurer election |
| Country: | Missouri |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2004 Missouri State Treasurer election |
| Previous Year: | 2004 |
| Next Election: | 2012 Missouri State Treasurer election |
| Next Year: | 2012 |
| Nominee1: | Clint Zweifel |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,394,627 |
| Percentage1: | 50.5% |
| Nominee2: | Brad Lager |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,302,625 |
| Percentage2: | 47.1% |
| Map Size: | 275px |
| State Treasurer | |
| Before Election: | Sarah Steelman |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Clint Zweifel |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Democratic incumbent Jay Nixon was term-limited. Democratic candidate Chris Koster defeated Republican candidate Mike Gibbons 52.9% to 47.1%.
| Election Name: | 2008 Missouri Attorney General election |
| Country: | Missouri |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2004 Missouri attorney general election |
| Previous Year: | 2004 |
| Next Election: | 2012 Missouri Attorney General election |
| Next Year: | 2012 |
| Election Date: | November 4, 2008 |
| Nominee1: | Chris Koster |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,471,647 |
| Percentage1: | 52.9% |
| Nominee2: | Mike Gibbons |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,312,719 |
| Percentage2: | 47.1% |
| Map Size: | 275px |
| Attorney General | |
| Before Election: | Jay Nixon |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Chris Koster |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |