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

For the first time since 1964, the Democrats managed to win 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 Senate

There was no Senate election in 2008 in Indiana.

United States House of Representatives

District makeup
District 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th
Incumbent Pete Visclosky Joe Donnelly Mark Souder Steve Buyer Dan Burton Mike Pence André Carson Brad Ellsworth Baron Hill
CPVI D+8 R+4 R+16 R+17 R+20 R+11 D+9 R+9 R+7
CQ Rating[1] Safe D Safe D Leans R Safe R Safe R Safe R Safe D Safe D D Favored

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[2]
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

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

2008 Indiana gubernatorial election[3]
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

References

  1. ↑ "Balance of Power Scorecard: House". CQ Politics. May 11, 2008. Archived from the original on October 28, 2010. Retrieved May 11, 2008.
  2. ↑ Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
  3. ↑ "Indiana General Election November 4, 2008, Statewide". Indiana Secretary of State. November 4, 2008. Retrieved November 7, 2008.
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