National Governors Association

2008 Gubernatorial Election Results

In 2008 gubernatorial elections were held in eleven states and two territories. Below is a listing of the states and territories conducting gubernatorial elections and the results.

To access each state's election Web site, please click on the state. To access a candidate's Web site, please click on his/her name.

State/Territory (Inauguration Date)	Democrat	Republican	Winner
American Samoa (January 6)	Togiola T.A. Tulafono (Incumbent)	Malae Utu	Tulafono
Delaware* (January 20)	Jack Markell	Bill Lee	Markell
Indiana (January 12)	Jill Long Thompson	Mitch Daniels (Incumbent)	Daniels
Missouri (January 12)	Jay Nixon	Kenny Hulshof	Nixon
Montana (January 5)	Brian Schweitzer (Incumbent)	Roy Brown	Schweitzer
New Hampshire (January 7)	John Lynch (Incumbent)	Joe Kenney	Lynch
North Carolina* (January 10)	Beverly Perdue	Pat McCrory	Perdue
North Dakota (TBD)	Tim Mathern	John Hoeven (Incumbent)	Hoeven
Puerto Rico (January 2)	Anibal Acevedo Vila (Incumbent)	Luis Fortuno	Fortuno
Utah (January 5)	Bob Springmeyer	John Huntsman (Incumbent)	Huntsman
Vermont (January 8)	Gaye Symington	Jim Douglas (Incumbent)	Douglas
Washington (January 12)	Chris Gregoire (Incumbent)	Dino Rossi	Gregoire
West Virginia (January 19)	Joe Manchin III (Incumbent)	Russ Weeks	Manchin

*Incumbent not eligible to seek re-election

Party Breakdown for Governors Effective January 21, 2009*

Governors of States
Democrats - 28
Republicans - 22

Governors of Territories and Commonwealths
Democrats - 2
Republicans - 2
Independents - 1

*Effective January 21, 2009, Secretary of State Jan Brewer (R) became governor of Arizona, completing the unexpired term of Governor Janet Napolitano (D) following her appointment as the United States Secretary of Homeland Security.