North Dakota gubernatorial election, 2008

North Dakota gubernatorial election, 2008

2004 ← November 4, 2008 → 2012

Nominee John Hoeven Tim Mathern Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 235,009 74,279 Percentage 74.44% 23.53%

County Results

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 re-elected again, defeating Democrat Tim Mathern.

Dates^[1]

June 10, 2008 - Primary elections.

November 4, 2008 - General election.

Candidates

Republican

• John Hoeven, Governor of North Dakota
  • Running mate: Jack Dalrymple, Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota

Democratic

• Tim Mathern, member of North Dakota Senate
  • Running mate: Merle Boucher, member of North Dakota House of Representatives

Independent

• DuWayne Hendrickson
  • Dana Brandenberg

Polling

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

Election results

North Dakota gubernatorial election, 2008[2]
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. ^ North Dakota Election Calendar North Dakota Secretary of State
2. ^ http://web.apps.state.nd.us/sec/emspublic/gp/electionresultssearch.htm?electionDate=11042008&searchType=STATE&officeElectionNo=1390&cmd=Search&showMap=N&resultType=Governor%20and%20Lt.%20Governor&legislativeDistrictNo=&judicialDistrictNo=&countyNo=&showJudDistricts=Y

External links

• Elections and Voting from the North Dakota Secretary of State
• North Dakota Governor candidates at Project Vote Smart
• North Dakota Governor race from OurCampaigns.com
• North Dakota Governor race from 2008 Race Tracker
• Campaign contributions from Follow the Money
• Hoeven (R-i) vs. Mathern (D) graph of collected poll results from Pollster.com
• Official campaign websites
  • John Hoeven, Republican incumbent nominee
  • Tim Mathern, Democratic nominee
  • Gregg Boyer, Independent candidate