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The 2008 Indiana gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Republican nominee Mitch Daniels was challenged by Democratic nominee Jill Long Thompson and Libertarian nominee Andy Horning. Daniels easily won reelection, defeating Long Thompson by over 17 points. Despite Daniels' landslide victory, Barack Obama narrowly carried Indiana in the concurrent presidential election; the only Democratic candidate to do so since 1964.
May 6, 2008 – Democratic and Republican primary elections.
October 6, 2008 – Deadline for voter registration for the General election.
On the Democratic side, Indianapolis businessman Jim Schellinger and former U.S. Representative Jill Long Thompson announced their candidacies. Indiana Senate Minority Leader Richard Young also ran early, but dropped out of the race well before the primary. Schellinger raised over $1 million in campaign funds, with support of key Democratic officials such as former Indiana House Speaker John R. Gregg, former Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson and U.S. Representative Julia Carson. [1] Long Thompson's support came from Democrats such as popular former U.S. Representative Andrew Jacobs, Jr. and former Indiana First Lady Maggie Kernan. [2]
The contest was very close. The difference between the two was 13,769 votes out of over 1.1 million cast, a difference of 1.1%. Both Long Thompson and Schellinger won various counties from many different political geographies of the state. Schellinger narrowly beat Long Thompson in heavily populated Marion County, home of Indianapolis. Long Thompson trounced Schellinger in Allen County, home of Fort Wayne, the second most populous city in the state. Many attribute her very narrow statewide victory to her strong performance in Allen County. Schellinger also did well in Evansville and the Indianapolis suburbs. Long Thompson and Schellinger basically split the rural vote. It was one of the closest statewide primaries in state history, and also had the highest turnout of any Indiana non-presidential primary. Schellinger called Long Thompson around 5 a.m. the day after the election to concede. He pledged her his full support.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jill Long Thompson | 582,860 | 50.60 | |
Democratic | Jim Schellinger | 569,091 | 49.40 | |
Total votes | 1,151,951 | 100.00 |
On June 16, Long Thompson announced that her running mate and the Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor would be longtime State Representative Dennie Oxley. [4]
On June 16, 2007, incumbent Governor Mitch Daniels announced he was running for reelection with his Lieutenant Governor Becky Skillman. He was unopposed in the Republican primary.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Mitch Daniels (Incumbent) | 350,390 | 100.00 | |
Total votes | 350,390 | 100.00 |
Andy Horning, an engineer, Libertarian Party activist and frequent candidate, ran unopposed for his party's nomination. He appeared on the November ballot with Lisa Kelly as running mate.
Three debates organized by the Indiana Debate Commission were held: [5]
Source | Ranking | As of |
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The Cook Political Report [7] | Lean R | October 16, 2008 |
Rothenberg Political Report [8] | Likely R | November 2, 2008 |
Sabato's Crystal Ball [9] | Lean R | November 3, 2008 |
Real Clear Politics [10] | Lean R | November 4, 2008 |
Polling had largely shown Daniels with a slight lead over both Long Thompson and Schellinger. Long Thompson later slipped further behind Daniels in most polls. In the last polls before the election, conducted by Public Policy Polling (November 2, 2008), Daniels led Long Thompson 60% to 37%.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Mitch Daniels/Becky Skillman (incumbent) | 1,563,885 | 57.8% | +4.6 | |
Democratic | Jill Long Thompson/Dennie Oxley | 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 | ||||
Daniels won 79 of Indiana's counties compared to 13 for Long Thompson. [12]
County | Daniels | Votes | Long Thompson | Votes | Others | Votes | Total |
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Adams | 61.3% | 8,291 | 36.5% | 4,938 | 2.2% | 294 | 13,523 |
Allen | 61.0% | 89,938 | 37.3% | 55,027 | 1.7% | 2,449 | 147,414 |
Bartholomew | 70.6% | 21,547 | 27.7% | 8,447 | 1.7% | 533 | 30,527 |
Benton | 62.8% | 2,398 | 34.3% | 1,308 | 2.9% | 109 | 3,815 |
Blackford | 57.2% | 3,098 | 41.0% | 2,221 | 1.8% | 97 | 5,416 |
Boone | 80.5% | 21,352 | 17.5% | 4,633 | 2.0% | 540 | 26,525 |
Brown | 61.3% | 4,967 | 35.6% | 2,880 | 3.1% | 250 | 8,097 |
Carroll | 63.8% | 5,586 | 33.4% | 2,925 | 2.8% | 241 | 8,752 |
Cass | 56.3% | 8,831 | 40.9% | 6,418 | 2.8% | 433 | 15,682 |
Clark | 60.7% | 28,622 | 37.9% | 17,821 | 1.4% | 682 | 47,125 |
Clay | 52.7% | 5,986 | 44.6% | 5,055 | 2.7% | 312 | 11,353 |
Clinton | 67.7% | 8,322 | 29.8% | 3,658 | 2.5% | 306 | 12,286 |
Crawford | 38.9% | 1,869 | 59.7% | 2,869 | 1.4% | 68 | 4,806 |
Daviess | 58.5% | 6,043 | 38.5% | 3,978 | 3.0% | 310 | 10,331 |
Dearborn | 67.3% | 14,536 | 30.3% | 6,540 | 2.4% | 519 | 21,595 |
Decatur | 72.8% | 7,486 | 24.6% | 2,534 | 2.6% | 270 | 10,290 |
DeKalb | 57.1% | 9,562 | 40.4% | 6,752 | 2.5% | 424 | 16,738 |
Delaware | 56.5% | 27,876 | 41.7% | 20,588 | 1.8% | 895 | 49,359 |
Dubois | 54.3% | 9,946 | 43.3% | 7,938 | 2.4% | 445 | 18,329 |
Elkhart | 57.8% | 40,983 | 39.7% | 28,114 | 2.5% | 1,740 | 70,837 |
Fayette | 58.2% | 5,373 | 39.8% | 3,670 | 2.0% | 180 | 9,223 |
Floyd | 62.3% | 22,471 | 36.1% | 13,020 | 1.6% | 576 | 36,067 |
Fountain | 58.5% | 4,350 | 37.9% | 2,816 | 3.6% | 269 | 7,435 |
Franklin | 61.6% | 6,443 | 35.2% | 3,674 | 3.2% | 337 | 10,454 |
Fulton | 58.7% | 5,309 | 38.6% | 3,493 | 2.7% | 247 | 9,049 |
Gibson | 60.1% | 9,087 | 38.1% | 5,757 | 1.8% | 270 | 15,114 |
Grant | 61.8% | 16,006 | 36.4% | 9,431 | 1.8% | 462 | 25,899 |
Greene | 50.1% | 6,756 | 46.5% | 6,261 | 3.4% | 464 | 13,481 |
Hamilton | 83.3% | 106,574 | 15.2% | 19,442 | 1.5% | 1,863 | 127,879 |
Hancock | 77.1% | 26,395 | 20.6% | 7,053 | 2.0% | 800 | 34,248 |
Harrison | 56.9% | 10,277 | 41.2% | 7,447 | 1.9% | 342 | 18,066 |
Hendricks | 77.1% | 49,490 | 20.9% | 13,381 | 2.0% | 1,301 | 64,172 |
Henry | 57.1% | 12,142 | 40.1% | 8,519 | 2.8% | 589 | 21,250 |
Howard | 61.6% | 23,852 | 36.5% | 14,143 | 1.9% | 755 | 38,750 |
Huntington | 65.7% | 10,555 | 32.0% | 5,139 | 2.3% | 377 | 16,071 |
Jackson | 56.0% | 9,729 | 41.5% | 7,218 | 2.5% | 433 | 17,380 |
Jasper | 54.1% | 6,737 | 43.5% | 5,419 | 2.4% | 296 | 12,452 |
Jay | 57.0% | 4,763 | 40.8% | 3,404 | 2.2% | 180 | 8,347 |
Jefferson | 51.1% | 6,671 | 47.0% | 6,127 | 1.9% | 242 | 13,040 |
Jennings | 51.1% | 6,016 | 45.7% | 5,373 | 3.2% | 381 | 11,770 |
Johnson | 77.4% | 44,743 | 20.4% | 11,813 | 2.2% | 1,279 | 57,835 |
Knox | 46.0% | 7,119 | 52.8% | 8,165 | 1.2% | 376 | 15,464 |
Kosciusko | 67.5% | 19,901 | 30.0% | 8,825 | 2.5% | 751 | 29,477 |
LaGrange | 57.3% | 5,441 | 39.3% | 3,727 | 3.4% | 322 | 9,490 |
Lake | 34.6% | 66,145 | 64.0% | 122,111 | 1.4% | 2,748 | 191,004 |
LaPorte | 33.9% | 15,495 | 63.4% | 28,922 | 2.7% | 1,241 | 45,658 |
Lawrence | 57.5% | 10,504 | 39.8% | 7,281 | 2.7% | 495 | 18,280 |
Madison | 59.7% | 34,028 | 38.3% | 21,776 | 2.0% | 1,120 | 56,924 |
Marion | 55.5% | 209,955 | 42.5% | 160,318 | 2.0% | 7,377 | 377,650 |
Marshall | 56.8% | 10,314 | 41.0% | 7,447 | 2.2% | 394 | 18,155 |
Martin | 55.4% | 2,714 | 41.5% | 2,030 | 3.1% | 153 | 4,897 |
Miami | 58.1% | 7,816 | 38.4% | 5,174 | 3.5% | 469 | 13,459 |
Monroe | 47.3% | 28,482 | 49.8% | 30,026 | 2.9% | 1,764 | 60,272 |
Montgomery | 74.2% | 11,304 | 23.7% | 3,605 | 2.1% | 317 | 15,226 |
Morgan | 70.0% | 19,818 | 26.8% | 7,570 | 3.2% | 908 | 28,296 |
Newton | 49.9% | 2,999 | 47.0% | 2,822 | 3.1% | 186 | 6,007 |
Noble | 56.0% | 9,408 | 41.3% | 6,951 | 2.7% | 453 | 16,812 |
Ohio | 55.4% | 1,590 | 41.8% | 1,197 | 2.8% | 80 | 2,867 |
Orange | 50.6% | 4,046 | 47.0% | 3,760 | 2.4% | 192 | 7,998 |
Owen | 57.9% | 4,717 | 37.8% | 3,074 | 4.3% | 347 | 8,138 |
Parke | 50.6% | 3,553 | 46.1% | 3,240 | 3.3% | 235 | 7,028 |
Perry | 37.7% | 3,169 | 61.1% | 5,133 | 1.2% | 98 | 8,400 |
Pike | 48.1% | 2,850 | 49.3% | 2,924 | 2.6% | 157 | 5,931 |
Porter | 43.1% | 31,388 | 54.4% | 39,519 | 2.5% | 1,802 | 72,709 |
Posey | 62.7% | 7,983 | 36.0% | 4,592 | 1.3% | 164 | 12,739 |
Pulaski | 53.6% | 3,096 | 43.7% | 2,524 | 2.7% | 153 | 5,773 |
Putnam | 65.6% | 9,443 | 32.0% | 4,597 | 2.4% | 346 | 14,386 |
Randolph | 59.5% | 6,268 | 37.8% | 3,987 | 2.7% | 280 | 10,535 |
Ripley | 60.8% | 7,347 | 35.9% | 4,342 | 3.3% | 402 | 12,091 |
Rush | 66.6% | 5,071 | 30.3% | 2,311 | 3.1% | 237 | 7,619 |
Saint Joseph | 47.8% | 56,176 | 50.5% | 59,259 | 1.7% | 1,978 | 117,413 |
Scott | 49.5% | 4,414 | 48.5% | 4,330 | 2.0% | 180 | 8,924 |
Shelby | 67.2% | 11,774 | 30.0% | 5,259 | 2.8% | 489 | 17,522 |
Spencer | 54.8% | 5,527 | 43.9% | 4,418 | 1.3% | 134 | 10,079 |
Starke | 47.0% | 4,339 | 51.3% | 4,726 | 1.7% | 161 | 9,226 |
Steuben | 55.9% | 7,896 | 41.3% | 5,822 | 2.8% | 402 | 14,120 |
Sullivan | 40.5% | 3,463 | 55.9% | 4,779 | 3.6% | 311 | 8,553 |
Switzerland | 47.6% | 1,730 | 48.9% | 1,776 | 3.5% | 126 | 3,632 |
Tippecanoe | 61.9% | 41,740 | 35.6% | 23,980 | 2.5% | 1,710 | 67,430 |
Tipton | 67.0% | 5,244 | 30.4% | 2,376 | 2.6% | 204 | 7,824 |
Union | 53.1% | 1,756 | 42.7% | 1,412 | 4.2% | 138 | 3,306 |
Vanderburgh | 62.3% | 48,033 | 36.4% | 28,090 | 1.3% | 994 | 77,117 |
Vermillion | 38.7% | 2,769 | 58.2% | 4,164 | 3.1% | 223 | 7,156 |
Vigo | 50.6% | 21,941 | 47.1% | 20,448 | 2.3% | 1,011 | 43,400 |
Wabash | 64.4% | 8,578 | 33.3% | 4,434 | 2.3% | 308 | 13,320 |
Warren | 51.7% | 2,057 | 45.3% | 1,804 | 3.0% | 119 | 3,980 |
Warrick | 65.1% | 18,498 | 33.5% | 9,531 | 1.4% | 386 | 28,415 |
Washington | 54.4% | 6,141 | 43.4% | 4,894 | 2.2% | 249 | 11,284 |
Wayne | 52.4% | 14,832 | 43.2% | 12,203 | 4.2% | 1,198 | 28,233 |
Wells | 65.4% | 8,418 | 32.3% | 4,153 | 2.3% | 292 | 12,863 |
White | 61.2% | 6,620 | 35.6% | 3,845 | 3.2% | 343 | 10,808 |
Whitley | 60.4% | 8,997 | 37.4% | 5,566 | 2.2% | 320 | 14,883 |
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