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 County results Municipality resultsDouglas: 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Pollina: 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% Symington: 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||||||
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The2008 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on November 4. IncumbentRepublicanGovernorJim Douglas won re-election to a fourth term. The gubernatorial primary took place on September 9, 2008.
Despite DemocratBarack Obama concurrently winning the state in a landslide in the presidential election and carrying every county, Republican GovernorJim Douglas was able to win reelection in a landslide and carried every county in the state himself. Democrats actually came in third, about 200 votes behind Independent candidateAnthony Pollina.
| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| The Cook Political Report[2] | Likely R | October 16, 2008 |
| Rothenberg Political Report[3] | Likely R | November 2, 2008 |
| Sabato's Crystal Ball[4] | Safe R | November 3, 2008 |
| Real Clear Politics[5] | Safe R | November 4, 2008 |
| Source | Date | Jim Douglas (R) | Anthony Pollina (I/P) | Gaye Symington (D) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WCAX[6] | October 28, 2008 | 47% | 23% | 24% |
| Rasmussen[7] | October 10, 2008 | 45% | 25% | 20% |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Jim Douglas (incumbent) | 170,492 | 53.4 | −3.0 | |
| Independent | Anthony Pollina | 69,791 | 21.8 | n/a | |
| Democratic | Gaye Symington | 69,534 | 21.7 | −19.5 | |
| Independent | Tony O'Connor | 3,106 | 0.9 | n/a | |
| Independent | Sam Young | 2,490 | 0.7 | n/a | |
| Liberty Union | Pete Diamondstone | 1,710 | 0.5 | +0.3 | |
| Independent | Cris Ericson | 1,704 | 0.5 | −0.4 | |
| write-ins | 258 | 0.0 | n/a | ||
| Majority | 100,701 | 31.6 | |||
| Turnout | 319,085 | ||||
| Republicanhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Brian Dubie (incumbent) | 171,744 | 55.0 | +3.8 | |
| Democratic | Thomas Costello | 121,953 | 39.1 | −6.4 | |
| Progressive | Richard Kemp | 14,249 | 4.5 | +2.3 | |
| Liberty Union | Ben Mitchell | 3,639 | 1.1 | −0.1 | |
| write-ins | 207 | 0.0 | n/a | ||
| Majority | 49,791 | 15.9 | +10.2 | ||
| Turnout | 311,792 | ||||
| Republicanhold | Swing | ||||
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