2008 Indiana elections

Indiana elections, 2008

November 4th, 2008

Many state and local elections took place in the U.S. state of Indiana on November 4, 2008.

Presidential

See also: 2008 United States presidential election in Indiana

For the first time since 1964, the Democrats won Indiana in a presidential election. Barack Obama, a U.S. senator from the neighboring state of Illinois, won Indiana by a margin of 1.03%

United States House of Representatives

See also: 2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana

The Democrats had just won a decisive victory in 2006, after picking up 3 Republican-held seats. Democrats were on to win it again.

United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana, 2008
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats	+/–
	Democratic	1,388,963	51.89%	5	-
	Republican	1,240,577	46.34%	4	-
	Libertarian	47,306	1.77%	0	-
	Independents	4	<0.01%	0	-
Totals		2,676,850	100.00%	9	-

Governor

See also: 2008 Indiana gubernatorial election

Incumbent Mitch Daniels won re-election easily, even though Barack Obama won the state narrowly on the Presidential level.

2008 Indiana gubernatorial election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mitch Daniels (incumbent)	1,563,885	57.8%	+4.6
	Democratic	Jill Long Thompson	1,082,463	40.1%	−5.4
	Libertarian	Andy Horning	57,376	2.1%	+0.8
	No party	Write-Ins	27	0.0%	—
Majority			481,422
Turnout			2,703,751	62%
	Republican hold		Swing

Attorney General

As Incumbent Steve Carter chose not to run for re-election, Republican Greg Zoeller was the Republican nominee, while Democrats nominated Linda Pence. Greg Zoeller won by 400,000 votes.

Results by county

Zoeller:

•   50–60%
•   60–70%

Pence:

•   50–60%
•   60–70%