2008 Missouri elections

Last updated August 01, 2025

Elections were held in Missouri on Tuesday, November 4, 2008.

President

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%

House of Representatives

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	—

Governor

Even as Barack Obama failed to carry the state, Democratic candidate Jay Nixon won the concurrent gubernatorial election by a considerably large margin.

2008 Missouri gubernatorial election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jay Nixon	1,680,611	58.4	+10.6
	Republican	Kenny Hulshof	1,136,364	39.5	−11.3
	Libertarian	Andrew Finkenstadt	31,850	1.1	+0.2
	Constitution	Gregory Thompson	28,941	1.0	+0.6
	Write-in		12	0.0	n/a
Total votes			2,877,778	100.0	n/a
	Democratic gain from Republican

Lieutenant governor

2008 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Peter Kinder (incumbent)	1,403,706	49.9	+1.0
	Democratic	Sam Page	1,331,177	47.3	−1.1
	Libertarian	Teddy Fleck	49,862	1.8	−0.2
	Constitution	James Rensing	29,153	1.0	+0.4
Majority			72,529
Turnout			2,813,898
	Republican hold		Swing

Secretary of State

Incumbent Secretary of State Robin Carnahan was re-elected with 61.81% of the vote, defeating Republican candidate Mitchell Hubbard.

2008 Missouri Secretary of State election^[3]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Democratic	Robin Carnahan (incumbent)	1,749,152	61.81	+10.78
Republican	Mitchell Hubbard	1,006,088	35.55	−10.86
Libertarian	Wes Upchurch	39,296	1.39	−0.55
Constitution	Denise C. Neely	35,274	1.25	+0.67

State Treasurer

2008 Missouri State Treasurer election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clint Zweifel	1,394,627	50.5%
	Republican	Brad Lager	1,302,625	47.1%
	Constitution	Rodney Farthing	66,062	2.4%
Majority			1,381,658
Turnout			2,763,314
	Democratic gain from Republican		Swing

Attorney general

Democratic incumbent Jay Nixon was term-limited. Democratic candidate Chris Koster defeated Republican candidate Mike Gibbons 52.9% to 47.1%.

2008 Missouri State Attorney General election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Chris Koster	1,471,647	52.9%
	Republican	Mike Gibbons	1,312,719	47.1%
Majority			1,392,184
Turnout			2,784,366
	Democratic hold		Swing

References

↑ "Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections 2008- Missouri" . Retrieved January 11, 2013.
↑ "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives".
↑ "Official Election Returns 2008" (PDF). Missouri SOS. December 2, 2008. Retrieved May 3, 2023.

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[1] "Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections 2008- Missouri" . Retrieved January 11, 2013.

[2] "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives".

[All_Results_2008-3] "Official Election Returns 2008" (PDF). Missouri SOS. December 2, 2008. Retrieved May 3, 2023.

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