Elections were held inPennsylvania on November 4, 2008. Necessaryprimary elections were held on April 22.
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| Registered | 8,755,588 |
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| Turnout | 68.7%[1] |
All 203 seats of thePennsylvania House of Representatives, 25 seats of thePennsylvania Senate, as well as the offices ofPennsylvania Treasurer,Pennsylvania Auditor General, andPennsylvania Attorney General were up for election.
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Pennsylvania's Democratic Primary to award the state's 158 pledged delegates took place on April 22, 2008. SenatorBarack Obama and SenatorHillary Clinton were the only 2 Democratic candidates on the ballot.[2]
According to official results from the primary, Clinton won 54.6% of the vote, and Obama took the remaining 45.4%.[3]
John McCain had already secured the majority of delegates for the Republican Party nomination, and captured 73% of Republican votes in the Pennsylvania primary. Republican turn-out was low during the election, possibly due to party registration switching from Republican to Democrat.
Pennsylvania's election forState Treasurer was held in November 4, after incumbent TreasurerRobin Weissmann announced she would not run in 2008. Two major candidates ran for State Treasurer;Rob McCord, theDemocratic nominee fromLower Merion, andTom Ellis, aMontgomery County Commissioner, and unopposed nominee for theRepublican Party. Rob McCord won the election, with 54.98% of the vote.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | Rob McCord | 3,104,242 | 54.98% | −6.28% | |
| Republican | Tom Ellis | 2,422,628 | 42.90% | +6.40% | |
| Libertarian | Berlie Etzel | 119,748 | 2.12% | +1.0% | |
| Majority | 681,614 | 12.08% | |||
| Turnout | 5,646,618 | 100% | |||
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The primaries for Attorney General were held on April 22. This election marked the last time aRepublican was electedAttorney General of Pennsylvania until2024. IncumbentTom Corbett ran as the unopposed Republican candidate.Democratic candidateJohn Morganelli also ran unopposed. Former2006 gubernatorial candidate Marakay Rogers as theLibertarian candidate. Tom Corbett was announced as the winner of the election on November 4.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Tom Corbett (incumbent) | 3,002,927 | 52.36 | ||
| Democratic | John Morganelli | 2,619,791 | 45.84 | ||
| Libertarian | Marakay Rogers | 109,856 | 1.89 | ||
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Pennsylvania's election forAuditor General was held on November 8. Incumbent Auditor GeneralJack Wagner ran unopposed as theDemocratic nominee. Manufacturing and construction executiveChet Beiler also ran unopposed as theRepublican nominee after opponent Chris Walsh withdrew due to problems with nomination petitions.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jack Wagner (incumbent) | 3,336,219 | 59.00 |  6.94 | |
| Republican | Chet Beiler | 2,134,543 | 37.75 |  7.66 | |
| Libertarian | Betsy Summers | 184,029 | 3.25 | 2.26 | |
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| Turnout | 5,654,791 | ||||
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The ballot question asked the voters to authorize the issuance of $400,000,000 in bonds for the "acquisition, repair, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, extension, expansion and improvement" of sewage treatment facilities and water supply systems. The money raised would be dispensed by thePennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority.[4][5] The measure passed with a healthy statewide margin and had a gained a majority in 64 of 67 counties.[6]
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | 2,804,998 | 61.6 | |
| No | 1,748,362 | 38.4 | |
