Missouri elections, 2008 Turnout 66.1%
Elections were held inMissouri
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 [ edit ] 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 —
Even as Barack Obama failed to carry the state, Democratic candidate Jay Nixon won the concurrent gubernatorial election by a considerably large margin.
Lieutenant governor [ edit ] IncumbentSecretary of State Robin Carnahan was re-elected with 61.81% of the vote, defeating Republican candidate Mitchell Hubbard.
Democratic incumbentJay Nixon was term-limited. Democratic candidateChris Koster defeated Republican candidate Mike Gibbons 52.9% to 47.1%.
