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The following elections occurred in the year 2008. *
Electoral calendar 2008 This electoral calendar 2008 lists the national/federal direct elections held in 2008 in the de jure and de facto list of sovereign states, sovereign states and their list of dependent territories, dependent territories. Referendums are included ...
* 2008 United Nations Security Council election


Africa

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2008 Angolan legislative election Legislative elections were held in Angola on 5 and 6 September 2008, as announced by President José Eduardo dos Santos on 27 December 2007. They were the first since the 1992 Angolan general election, 1992 general elections, which had led to t ...
* 2008 Anjouan presidential election *
2008 Republic of the Congo Senate election An indirect Senate election was held in the Republic of the Congo on 5 August 2008. 42 of the 72 seats in the Senate were at stake in this election, with six elected from each of seven departments. The Senate was expanded by six members at the ti ...
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2008 Djiboutian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Djibouti on 8 February 2008.
* 2008 Egyptian municipal elections *
2008 Equatorial Guinean legislative election Early legislative elections were held in Equatorial Guinea on 4 May 2008, alongside local elections; 100 seats in parliament and 230 council seats were up for election.2008 Ethiopian local elections *
2008 Gabonese local elections Local elections were held in Gabon on April 27–30, 2008,
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2008 Ghanaian parliamentary election General elections were held in Ghana on 7 December 2008. Since no candidate received more than 50% of the votes, a run-off election was held on 28 December 2008 between the two candidates who received the most votes, Nana Akufo-Addo of the govern ...
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2008 Ghanaian presidential election General elections were held in Ghana on 7 December 2008. Since no candidate received more than 50% of the votes, a run-off election was held on 28 December 2008 between the two candidates who received the most votes, Nana Akufo-Addo of the govern ...
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2008 Guinea-Bissau legislative election Parliamentary elections were held in Guinea-Bissau on 16 November 2008.
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2008 Mahoran legislative election Legislative elections were held in Mayotte on 9 and 16 March 2008 as part of the 2008 French municipal elections. The Union for a Popular Movement emerged as the largest party, winning eight of the nineteen seats.2008 Mauritian presidential election *
2008 Rwandan parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Rwanda from 15 to 18 September 2008. The elections were boycotted by the opposition,
* 2008 Sahrawi legislative election *
2008 Sierra Leonean local elections Local elections were held in Sierra Leone on 5 July 2008 for the first time since the Sierra Leonean Civil War. Following this election, the United Nations political mission UNIOSIL planned to withdraw. According to early results, the ruling All ...
* 2008 South African municipal by-elections *
2008 South African presidential election An indirect presidential election was held in South Africa on 25 September 2008 following the resignation of the President Thabo Mbeki. The ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), with a two-thirds majority in the National Assembly of ...
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2008 Swazi parliamentary election General elections were held in Swaziland on 19 September 2008 to elect the members of the House of Assembly. It was the first election under the new constitution introduced in 2006, and the first time that foreign observers were allowed to monitor ...
* 2008 Zambian presidential election *
2008 Zimbabwean parliamentary election General elections were held in Zimbabwe on 29 March 2008 to elect the President and Parliament. Because of Zimbabwe's dire economic situation, the elections were expected to provide incumbent President Robert Mugabe with his toughest electoral ...


Nigeria

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2008 Kogi State gubernatorial by-election A by-election was held to elect a new governor of Kogi State on March 29, 2008. The incumbent, Ibrahim Idris of the PDP, was re-elected to a second term in the 2007 general elections, but later in the year his election was nullified by Appeal Co ...


Zimbabwean presidential

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2008 Zimbabwean presidential election General elections were held in Zimbabwe on 29 March 2008 to elect the President and Parliament. Because of Zimbabwe's dire economic situation, the elections were expected to provide incumbent President Robert Mugabe with his toughest electoral ...
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Campaigning for the 2008 Zimbabwean presidential election Campaigning for the first round of the presidential election held in Zimbabwe on 29 March 2008 took place from February to March. There were three major candidates: President Robert Mugabe of the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic ...
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International reaction to the 2008 Zimbabwean presidential election The events of the first and second rounds of the Zimbabwean presidential election, which Robert Mugabe of ZANU-PF won on 27 June 2008 after his challenger, Morgan Tsvangirai of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), withdrew from the proce ...
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Joint Monitoring and Implementation Committee The Joint Monitoring and Implementation Committee (JOMIC) is a Zimbabwean multipartisan panel that was first launched on January 30, 2009, pursuant of the 2008 Zimbabwean power-sharing agreement. Goals * "to ensure the implementation, in letter a ...
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Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai The Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai (MDC–T) is a centre-left political party and was the main opposition party in the House of Assembly of Zimbabwe ahead of the 2018 elections. After the split of the original Movement for Democ ...
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Operation Mavhoterapapi Operation Mavhoterapapi ( en, Operation Where You Put Your X), was a large scale Zimbabwean government campaign to punish those who supposedly voted for the Movement for Democratic Change in the 2008 presidential election rather than for ZANU-PF. ...
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2008–2009 Zimbabwean political negotiations The 2008–2009 Zimbabwean political negotiations between the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (led by Morgan Tsvangirai), its small splinter group, the Movement for Democratic Change – Mutambara (led by Arthur Mutambara), and the ru ...
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Second round of voting in the 2008 Zimbabwean presidential election The second round of voting in the Zimbabwean presidential election of 2008 was held between Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai after the first round failed to produce a 50% majority for either candidate. The election process was marred by viole ...
* Simba Makoni presidential campaign, 2008 * 2008 Southern African Development Community emergency meeting * Morgan Tsvangirai * Vote counting for the 2008 Zimbabwean presidential election


Asia

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2008 Armenian presidential election Presidential elections were held in Armenia on 19 February 2008. Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan was elected in the first round according to official results, but this was disputed by former President Levon Ter-Petrosyan, who was officially placed ...
* 2008 Azerbaijani presidential election * 2004 Bangkok gubernatorial election * 2008 Bangkok gubernatorial election *
2008 Bangladeshi general election General elections were held in Bangladesh on 29 December 2008. The two main parties in the election were the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), led by Khaleda Zia, and the Bangladesh Awami League Party, led by Sheikh Hasina. The Bangladesh Awa ...
* 2007–2008 Bhutanese National Council election *
2008 Bhutanese general election National Assembly elections were held in Bhutan for the first time on 24 March 2008. Two parties were registered by the Election Commission of Bhutan to contest the elections; Druk Phuensum Tshogpa, led by Jigme Y. Thinley, which was formed by t ...
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2008 Burmese constitutional referendum A constitutional referendum was held in Myanmar on 10 May 2008 (24 May 2008 in some townships) according to an announcement by the State Peace and Development Council in February 2008. According to the military government, the new Constitution o ...
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2008 Cambodian parliamentary election General elections were held in Cambodia on 27 July 2008.Camb ...
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2008 Hong Kong legislative election The 2008 Hong Kong Legislative Council election was held on 7 September 2008 for the 4th Legislative Council since the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. There were 60 seats in the 4th Legislative Council, with 30 memb ...
* 2008 Kadima leadership election *
2008 Kuwaiti parliamentary election Early general elections were held in Kuwait on 17 May 2008 after the Emir Sabah Al-Sabah dissolved the National Assembly of Kuwait on 19 March 2008 over constant clashes between the government and the elected MPs. The last elections were held les ...
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2008 Lebanese presidential election An indirect presidential election was held in the Parliament of Lebanon on 25 May 2008,2008 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election A leadership election was held in the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan on 22 September 2008 after the incumbent party leader and Prime Minister of Japan Yasuo Fukuda announced that he would resign on 1 September 2008, only 11 months after taki ...
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2008 Maldivian presidential election Presidential elections were held in the Maldives in two rounds on 8 and 28 October. No candidate gained more than 50% of the vote in the first round on 8 October; incumbent president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom fared best with about 40%. A runoff was thu ...
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2008 Mongolian legislative election Legislative elections were held in Mongolia on 29 June 2008. A total of 356 candidates ran for the 76 seats in the State Great Khural. According to official results published on 14 July, at least 39 seats were won by the ruling Mongolian People's ...
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2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election Constituent Assembly elections were held in Nepal on 10 April 2008,
* 2008 Nepalese presidential election *
2008 South Korean legislative election Legislative elections were held in South Korea on April 9, 2008. The conservative Grand National Party won 153 of 299 seats while the main opposition United Democratic Party won 81 seats. This election marked the lowest-ever voter turnout of 46 ...
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2008 Sri Lanka Eastern Provincial Council elections The Sri Lanka Eastern Provincial Council elections, 2008 was held on May 10, 2008 to elect members to Sri Lanka’s Eastern Provincial Council. Following the successful completion of local government elections in the Batticaloa District, Sri Lanka ...
* 2008–2009 Sri Lanka Provincial Council elections *
2008 Thai Senate election Senate elections were held in Thailand on 2 March 2008, the first under a new constitution. Voter turnout was 56%. Results were expected on 9 March 2008. 76 candidates were elected, one for each province, while 74 senators will be appointed by a ...
* 2008–2009 Turkmenistan parliamentary election


India

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2008 elections in India Multiple State Assemblies of India went to elections in India, elections in 2008. Legislative Assembly elections The first batch of elections for the year were announced by the Election Commission of India (ECI) on 14 January 2008. This included ...
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2008 Delhi Legislative Assembly election The Delhi state assembly elections 2008, which were held on 29 November 2008 for Legislative Assembly of Delhi, led to the formation of Sheila Dikshit's government of Indian National Congress. Results Results by districts Results by con ...
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2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election The Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election, 2014 was held in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir in five phases from 25 November – 20 December 2014. Voters elected 87 members to the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, which en ...
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2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election The 2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election took place in three phases on 10, 16 and 22 May 2008 in all the 224 assembly constituencies in Karnataka, India. The elections were conducted to elect a Government in the state of Karnataka for th ...
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2008 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election The 2008 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election was declared by the Election Commission of India on 14 October 2008. Elections for 230 seats took place on 27 November 2008, and counting started on 8 December. The Bharatiya Janata Party won ...
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2008 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election The Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election of 2008 took place in a single phase on 3 March 2008 to elect the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from each of the 60 Assembly Constituencies (ACs) in Meghalaya, India. Counting of votes ha ...
* 2008 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election *
2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election The 2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election took place in a single phase on 23 February to elect the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from each of the 60 Assembly Constituencies (ACs) in Tripura, India. Counting of votes occurred ...
* 2008 Uttarakhand local body elections


Iran

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2008 Iranian legislative election Legislative elections for Majlis of Iran were held on 14 March 2008, with a second round held on 25 April 2008. Conservatives loyal to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad were considered the victors of the election, at least in part because "all the mos ...


Japan

* 2008 Fujimi mayoral election *
2008 Kyoto mayoral election Kyoto held a mayoral election on February 17, 2008. Daisaku Kadokawa narrowly won over a candidate backed by the JCP with a margin of 951 votes. The poll was to choose a successor to Yorikane Masumoto, who announced his resignation after serving ...
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2008 Meguro mayoral election Meguro, Tokyo held a mayoral election on April 20, 2008. Incumbent Eiji Aoki won. Candidates * Eiji Aoki, 53, incumbent mayor, supported by the Liberal Democratic Party, Komeito, Democratic Party and the Social Democratic Party The na ...
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2008 Minato mayoral election Minato, Tokyo held a mayoral election on June 8, 2008. Incumbent mayor Masaaki Takei, supported by all major parties except the Japanese Communist Party The is a left-wing to far-left political party in Japan. With approximately 270,000 memb ...
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2008 Nishihara mayoral election Nishihara, Okinawa held a mayoral election on September 7, 2008. Incumbent mayor Seiyu Tarakaki, supported by Liberal Democratic Party and the New Komeito Party, was narrowly defeated by the progressive candidate Akira Uema Akira may refer to: ...
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2008 Osaka gubernatorial election The 2008 Osaka gubernatorial election were held in Osaka Prefecture on January 27, 2008 to elect the next Governor of Osaka Prefecture, Osaka. Toru Hashimoto was elected as new governor. Results Sources Results from JanJan
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Malaysia

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2008 Malaysian general election A general election was held on Saturday, 8 March 2008 for members of the 12th Parliament of Malaysia. Voting took place in all 222 parliamentary constituencies of Malaysia, each electing one Member of Parliament to the Dewan Rakyat, the dominant ...
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2008 Permatang Pauh by-election A by-election was held for the Dewan Rakyat parliamentary seat of Permatang Pauh on 26 August 2008 with nomination day on 16 August 2008. The seat of Permatang Pauh in the Dewan Rakyat, fell vacant after the resignation of the incumbent, Datuk S ...
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2008 Sabah state election The 2008 Sabah state election was held on Saturday, 8 March 2008, simultaneously with the 12th general election of Malaysia. 60 state assembly seats were contested. The election was won by the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition with a similar numb ...


Pakistan

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2008 Pakistani general election 8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9. In mathematics 8 is: * a composite number, its proper divisors being , , and . It is twice 4 or four times 2. * a power of two, being 2 (two cubed), and is the first number of t ...
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2008 Pakistani presidential election An indirect presidential election was held on 6 September 2008 in Pakistan. The Electoral College of Pakistan – a joint sitting of the Senate, National Assembly and Provincial Assemblies – elected a new president after the resignation of Pr ...


Philippines

* 2008 Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao general election *
2008 Quezon del Sur creation plebiscite The Quezon del Sur creation plebiscite was a plebiscite on the creation of the province of Quezon del Sur from Quezon; the original Quezon province would have been renamed to "Quezon del Norte" had the plebiscite been approved by the residents of Qu ...


Russia

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2008 Russian presidential election Presidential elections were held in Russia on 2 March 2008, and resulted in the election of Dmitry Medvedev as the third President of Russia. Medvedev was elected for a four-year term, whose candidacy was supported by incumbent president Vladimir ...
** Fairness of the 2008 Russian presidential election


Taiwan (Republic of China)

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2008 Taiwan legislative election The 2008 Taiwanese legislative election was held on 12 January 2008 for members of the Legislative Yuan. It was the first Legislative Yuan election after the constitutional amendments of 2005, which extended term length from three to four years, ...
* List of candidates in the 2008 Taiwan legislative election *
2008 Taiwan presidential election Presidential elections were held in Taiwan on 22 March 2008. Kuomintang (KMT) nominee Ma Ying-jeou won with 58% of the vote, ending eight years of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) rule. Along with the 2008 legislative election, Ma's landslide ...
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2008 Taiwanese transitional justice referendum Two referendums were held in Taiwan on 12 January 2008, alongside legislative elections. One (officially numbered as Question 3) concerned transitional justice and the treatment of contentious properties acquired by the Kuomintang, whilst a coun ...
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2008 Taiwanese United Nations membership referendums Two referendums on United Nations membership applications were held in Taiwan on 22 March 2008, the same day as the presidential elections.Government Information Office of the Republic of China (2008)Referendum Proposals, ''March 22, 2008 Presid ...


Europe

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2008 Alderney election General elections to the States were held in Alderney on 6 December 2008 in accordance with the rules governing elections in Alderney. All five elected members were independents. The results were complicated by the first ever tie in Alderney's e ...
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2008 Armenian presidential election Presidential elections were held in Armenia on 19 February 2008. Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan was elected in the first round according to official results, but this was disputed by former President Levon Ter-Petrosyan, who was officially placed ...
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2008 Austrian legislative election Legislative elections were held in Austria on 28 September 2008 to elect the 24th National Council, the lower house of Austria's bicameral parliament. The snap election was called after Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) withdrew from the ruling gra ...
* 2008 Azerbaijani presidential election *
2008 Belarusian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Belarus on 28 September 2008. The 110 seats in the House of Representatives were at stake. Lidia Yermoshina, the Chairperson of the Central Election Commission, announced on 29 August that 276 candidates were ...
* 2008 Bosnia and Herzegovina municipal elections *
2008 Cypriot presidential election Presidential elections were held in Cyprus on 17 February 2008, with a second round runoff on 24 February.
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2008 Czech Senate election Senate elections were held in the Czech Republic on 17 and 18 October 2008, with a second round on 24 and 25 October 2008, electing one-third of the members of the Senate. A total of 200 candidates contested the 27 seats, and more than two-thirds ...
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2008 Czech presidential election Indirect presidential elections were held in the Czech Republic on 8–9 February 2008, in which Parliament elected the President. The candidates standing for election were the incumbent president Václav Klaus and University of Michigan Professo ...
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2008 Faroese parliamentary election General elections were held in the Faroe Islands on 19 January 2008, the latest possible date. The Self-Government Party and the Centre Party gained a seat each while the Social Democratic Party lost a seat. It had been considered to amend the ...
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2008 Fianna Fáil leadership election The 2008 Fianna Fáil leadership election began on 2 April 2008, when party leader and Taoiseach Bertie Ahern announced his resignation. Brian Cowen, the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance was the clear favourite to succeed him. Candidates Standi ...
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2008 Georgian NATO membership referendum A double referendum was held in Georgia on 5 January 2008 alongside presidential elections. One question was a binding referendum on whether to bring forward the 2008 parliamentary elections from October to April/May. The second was a non-bindin ...
* 2008 Georgian legislative election date referendum *
2008 Georgian legislative election Parliamentary elections were held in Georgia on May 21, 2008. President Mikheil Saakashvili proposed a referendum on bringing them forward from October to April after the 2007 Georgian demonstrations. The referendum was held at the same time as t ...
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2008 Georgian presidential election Presidential elections were held in Georgia on 5 January 2008, moved forward from autumn 2008 by President Mikheil Saakashvili after the 2007 demonstrations. A referendum on when to hold the legislative elections was held at the same date. On ...
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2008 Guernsey general election The 2008 Guernsey general election was held on 23 April 2008 to elect 45 members of the States of Guernsey. 18,576 voters or 40.58% of the eligible population of 45,772 turned out and cast a total of 89,239 votes; there were 10 blank papers, 35 ...
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2008 Hungarian fees abolition referendum A referendum on revoking some medical and tuition fees was held in Hungary on 9 March 2008.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p899 The proposals would cancel government reforms which introduced docto ...
* 2008 Icelandic presidential election *
2008 Jersey general election The Jersey general election, 2008 was a series of elections that were taking place in two stages in October and November 2008 in Jersey. Constable elections For the first time since 1948 the elections of constables for the twelve parishes of ...
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2008 Kyiv local election Early mayoral and city council elections ( uk, Дотермінові вибори до київської міської ради (2008) were contested in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on May 25, 2008. The snap election was called by the Ukrainian p ...
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2008 Kosovan presidential election An indirect election for the President of Kosovo were held on January 9, 2008. Though not scheduled for 2008, the election of the president by the Assembly of Kosovo was brought up as an issue after the technical resignation of Fatmir Sejdiu ...
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2008 Latvian constitutional referendum A constitutional referendum to amend the constitution of Latvia in order to allow one-tenth of the total registered electorate to initiate a popular referendum to dissolve the Latvian parliament was held in Latvia on 2 August 2008. The referend ...
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2008 Latvian pensions law referendum A referendum on amendments in the pensions law was held in Latvia on 23 August 2008. It failed due to low turnout, as 453,730 votes (half of the votes cast in the previous parliamentary election) would have been necessary to make it valid. If it h ...
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2008 Lithuanian nuclear power referendum A referendum on extending the operation of the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant was held in Lithuania on 12 October 2008 alongside parliamentary elections. The country's government was obliged to close down Ignalina as part of its treaty of accession ...
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2008 Lithuanian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Lithuania on 12 October 2008, with a second round on 26 October in the constituencies where no candidate won a majority in the first round of voting. All 141 seats in the Seimas were up for election; 71 in si ...
* 2008 Macedonian parliamentary election *
2008 Maltese general election General elections were held in Malta on 8 March 2008 to elect all Member of parliament, members of the Parliament of Malta, House of Representatives They were held alongside 2008 Maltese local elections, local elections. The elections were conte ...
* 2008 Maltese local council elections *
2008 Monegasque parliamentary election General elections were held in Monaco on 3 February 2008.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1357 The Union for Monaco was re-elected, though with a reduced margin of victory. Results By party Ref ...
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2008 Montenegrin presidential election Presidential elections were held in Montenegro on 6 April 2008, the first after independence in 2006. The result was a victory for incumbent President Filip Vujanović, who received 52% of the vote. Electoral system The law on presidential elect ...
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2008 Romanian legislative election Legislative elections were held in Romania on 30 November 2008. The Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) won three more seats than PSD in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, although the alliance headed by the Social Democratic Party (PSD) won m ...
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2008 Romanian local election Local elections were held in Romania on 1 June 2008, with a runoff for mayors on 15 June 2008. On 1 June elections were held for: * all the villages, communes, cities, and municipal councils (Local Councils, ro, Consilii Locale), and the Sectors ...
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2008 Sammarinese general election Snap general elections were held in San Marino on 9 November 2008. They were called after the collapse of the centre-left government which had won the previous 2006 elections. In June 2008, due to disagreements within the coalition partners, the ...
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2008 Sark general election General elections were held in Sark on 10 December 2008, the first elections on the island. Fifty-seven candidates (12% of the eligible electors) stood for 28 seats in the Chief Pleas. The elected members in the new Chief Pleas were titled Conse ...
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2008 Serbian presidential election Presidential elections were held in Serbia on January 20 and February 3, 2008. Incumbent President Boris Tadić was re-elected as president in the second round with 51% of the vote, defeating challenger Tomislav Nikolić. The elections for presid ...
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2008 Serbian local elections Local elections were held in Serbia on 11 May 2008, concurrently with the 2008 Serbian parliamentary election and the 2008 Vojvodina provincial election. A re-vote was held at three poling stations in Belgrade on 18 May 2008 due to irregularities ...
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2008 Serbian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Serbia on 11 May 2008 to elect members of the National Assembly. The election was held barely a year after the previous parliamentary election. There were 6,749,886 eligible electors who were able to vote in 8 ...
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2008 Slovenian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Slovenia on 21 September 2008 to elect the 90 deputies of the National Assembly. 17 parties filed to run in the election, including all nine parliamentary parties. The election was won by the Social Democrats ...
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Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 2008 (Ireland) The Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008 (bill no. 14 of 2008) was a proposed amendment to the Constitution of Ireland that was put to a referendum in 2008 (the first Lisbon referendum). The purpose of the proposed amendment w ...
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2008 Vojvodina parliamentary election Provincial elections were held for the unicameral Assembly of Serbia's northern Autonomous Province of Vojvodina on 11 May 2008, with a second-round to be held on 25 May 2008. They were scheduled by the Speaker of the National Assembly of the Repu ...


Austria

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2008 Graz local election Local elections were held in Graz on 20 January 2008. Apart from the five parties present in the municipal council – the Austrian People's Party, the Social Democratic Party of Austria, the Communist Party of Austria, the Freedom Party of Aust ...
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2008 Lower Austrian state election The 2008 Lower Austrian state election was held on 9 March 2008 to elect the members of the Landtag of Lower Austria. The Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) retained its majority. The major opposition party, the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SP ...
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2008 Tyrolean state election The 2008 Tyrolean state election was held on 8 June 2008 to elect the members of the Landtag of Tyrol. The election saw major losses of almost ten percentage points for the governing Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) and Social Democratic Party of Au ...


France

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2008 French Polynesian legislative election Early legislative elections were held in French Polynesia in early 2008. The first round was held on 27 January, with the second round on 10 February. The early elections was the first one to be conducted under a reformed electoral system. Backg ...
* 2008 French Polynesian presidential election *
2008 French Senate election Indirect Senate elections were held for 114 of the 343 seats in the French Senate on 21 September 2008. With this election, the number of senators was increased from 331 to 343; Saint Barthélemy and Saint Martin elected two senators each for th ...
* 2008 French cantonal elections *
2008 French municipal elections The French municipal elections of 2008 were held on 9 and 16 March to elect the municipal councils of France's 36,782 communes. The first task of each newly constituted municipal council was to elect a mayor. Municipal councilors, and the mayors ...
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2008 Lyon municipal election Municipal and mayoral elections will be held in Lyon in March 2008, at the same time as other municipal elections. The current Mayor of Lyon Gérard Collomb (PS) should have faced UMP candidate Dominique Perben and MoDem candidate Christophe Geourj ...
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2008 Marseille municipal election Municipal and mayoral elections were held in Marseille in March 2008, at the same time as other French municipal elections. The incumbent Mayor of the city, Jean-Claude Gaudin (UMP) faced Socialist candidate and Senator Jean-Noël Guérini. While ...
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2008 Paris municipal election Municipal elections were held in Paris on 9 and 16 March 2008, at the same time as other French municipal elections. The outgoing Mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanoë ( PS), faced UMP candidate Françoise de Panafieu who was chosen to head his part ...


Germany

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2008 Bavaria state election The 2008 Bavarian state election was held on 28 September 2008 to elect the members of the Landtag of Bavaria. The result was a historic defeat for the Christian Social Union (CSU), which had governed with a majority uninterrupted since 1962, and ...
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2008 Hamburg state election The 2008 Hamburg state election was held on 24 February 2008 to elect the members of the 19th Hamburg Parliament. The incumbent Christian Democratic Union led by First Mayor Ole von Beust government lost its majority. The CDU subsequently formed ...
* 2008 Hesse state election *
2008 Lower Saxony state election The 2008 Lower Saxony state election was held on 27 January 2008 to elect the members of the 16th Landtag of Lower Saxony. The incumbent coalition government of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) led by Ministe ...


Hungary

* Hungarian fees abolition referendum


Russia

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2008 Russian presidential election Presidential elections were held in Russia on 2 March 2008, and resulted in the election of Dmitry Medvedev as the third President of Russia. Medvedev was elected for a four-year term, whose candidacy was supported by incumbent president Vladimir ...
** Fairness of the 2008 Russian presidential election


Spain

* 2008 Andalusian parliamentary election *
2008 Spanish general election The 2008 Spanish general election was held on Sunday, 9 March 2008, to elect the 9th Cortes Generales of the Kingdom of Spain. All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies were up for election, as well as 208 of 264 seats in the Senate. After four y ...


Switzerland

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2008 Swiss Federal Council election On 10 December 2008, the Swiss Federal Assembly elected Ueli Maurer as successor to Federal Councillor Samuel Schmid. Schmid resigned on 12 November 2008 after a number of controversies, officially citing health and personal reasons. Maurer too ...
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February 2008 Swiss referendum Ten referendums were held in Switzerland during 2008. The first two were held on 24 February on business tax reform and aircraft noise. A further three were held on 1 June on public information campaigns, naturalisation and health reform. The fina ...
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June 2008 Swiss referendum Ten referendums were held in Switzerland during 2008. The first two were held on 24 February on business tax reform and aircraft noise. A further three were held on 1 June on public information campaigns, naturalisation and health reform. The fina ...
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November 2008 Swiss referendum Ten referendums were held in Switzerland during 2008. The first two were held on 24 February on business tax reform and aircraft noise. A further three were held on 1 June on public information campaigns, naturalisation and health reform. The fina ...


United Kingdom

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2008 Crewe and Nantwich by-election The 2008 Crewe and Nantwich by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 22 May 2008, for the House of Commons constituency of Crewe and Nantwich, in Cheshire, England. The election was won by the Conservative party candidate Edward Timp ...
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2008 Glasgow East by-election The 2008 Glasgow East by-election was a by-election for the UK Parliament of the United Kingdom, Parliamentary constituency of Glasgow East (UK Parliament constituency), Glasgow East which was held on 24 July 2008. The election was triggered whe ...
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2008 Glenrothes by-election The 2008 Glenrothes by-election was a by-election held in Scotland on 6 November 2008 to elect a new Member of Parliament (MP) for the House of Commons constituency of Glenrothes in Fife, Scotland. The seat fell vacant when the previous MP, J ...
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2008 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election The 2008 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election took place in September 2008 to select the first leader of the Green Party of England and Wales. It was won by Caroline Lucas who received 92.4% of the vote. At the same time, Adrian ...
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2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election The 2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election was a by-election held in the United Kingdom on 10 July 2008 to elect a new Member of Parliament (MP) for constituency of Haltemprice and Howden. The by-election was triggered by the surprise and contr ...
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2008 Henley by-election The 2008 Henley by-election to elect a member of the House of Commons for the constituency of Henley in Oxfordshire was held on 26 June 2008.2008 London Assembly election An election to the Assembly of London took place on 1 May 2008, along with the 2008 London mayoral election. The Conservatives gained 2 seats, Labour gained one seat, the Liberal Democrats lost two seats, and UKIP were wiped out. Notably, a ca ...
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2008 London mayoral election The 2008 London mayoral election for the office of Mayor of London, England, was held on 1 May 2008. Conservative Party (UK), Conservative candidate Boris Johnson defeated incumbent Labour Party (UK), Labour Mayor Ken Livingstone. It was the th ...
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2008 Scottish Labour Party deputy leadership election The 2008 Scottish Labour Party deputy leadership election was an internal party election to choose a new deputy leader of the Labour Party in the Scottish Parliament, and was triggered following the resignation of Cathy Jamieson, who stood dow ...
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2008 Scottish Labour Party leadership election The 2008 Scottish Labour Party leadership election was an internal party election to choose a new leader of the Labour Party in the Scottish Parliament, and was triggered following the resignation of Wendy Alexander following a row over donatio ...
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2008 Scottish Liberal Democrats leadership election The 2008 Scottish Liberal Democrats leadership election was an election to choose a new leader of the Liberal Democrats in Scotland, triggered following the resignation of Nicol Stephen for personal reasons. Deputy leader Michael Moore ( MP for ...
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2008 United Kingdom local elections The 2008 United Kingdom local elections were held on 1 May 2008. These elections took place in 137 English Local Authorities and all Welsh Councils. There were also extraordinary elections held for four of the new unitary authorities being cre ...


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2008 United Kingdom local elections The 2008 United Kingdom local elections were held on 1 May 2008. These elections took place in 137 English Local Authorities and all Welsh Councils. There were also extraordinary elections held for four of the new unitary authorities being cre ...
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2008 Ceredigion County Council election The elections to Ceredigion County Council were held on 1 May 2008 along with elections to other Welsh councils, plus the London Mayor and Assembly Elections, Metropolitan English councils and Non Metropolitan English councils elections. All 42 co ...
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2008 Monmouthshire County Council election 2008 Elections to Monmouthshire County Council were held on 1 May 2008. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party held overall control of the council. The election was preceded by the 2004 elections and followed by the 2012 ...


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2008 Barnsley Council election The 2008 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council in South Yorkshire, England. One third of the council, alongside an additional vacancy in Old Town was up ...
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2008 Barrow-in-Furness Council election Elections to Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council was held on 1 May 2008. The whole of the council was up for election, with the number of councillors falling from 38 to 36, as a result of ward boundary changes enacted in February 2008.2008 Bassetlaw Council election *
2008 Birmingham City Council election Elections to Birmingham City Council in England were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control as it had been since 2003. 230 candidates stood in the election for the 40 se ...
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2008 Blackburn with Darwen Council election Elections to Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council were held in 2008 on 1 May along with all other local elections in the UK. Election result The party tallies before the 2008 poll were different from the results from the 2007 election. Arif W ...
* 2008 Bolton Council election * 2008 Brentwood Council election * 2008 Broxbourne Council election * 2008 Burnley Council election *
2008 Bury Council election Elections to Bury Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election. The Conservative Party gained overall control of the council, from previous No Overall Control of any party. After the election, the composition of t ...
* 2008 Calderdale Council election * 2008 Cheltenham Council election * 2008 Cherwell Council election *
2008 Cheshire East Council election Elections to the newly created Cheshire East Council took place on 1 May 2008. Elections occurred in all 27 wards, with each ward returning three councillors to the council. The wards were identical to the former Cheshire County Council wards. F ...
* 2008 Cheshire West and Chester Council election * 2008 Chorley Council election * 2008 Coventry Council election * 2008 Craven Council election * 2008 Daventry Council election * 2008 Derby Council election * 2008 Dudley Council election *
2008 Fareham Council election The 2008 Fareham Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Fareham Borough Council in Hampshire, England. Half of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. After the ...
* 2008 Gosport Council election * 2008 Halton Council election * 2008 Harlow Council election *
2008 Hart Council election The 2008 Hart Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Hart District Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control, with the Conservatives as the l ...
* 2008 Hastings Council election * 2008 Hull Council election * 2008 Hyndburn Council election *
2008 Ipswich Borough Council election Elections for Ipswich Borough Council were held on Thursday 1 May 2008. One third of the seats were up for election. The Labour Party won enough seats to become the largest party gaining 3 seats (2 from Con 1 from Lib Dem). The Conservatives had ...
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2008 Liverpool Council election Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election. (30 seats plus 1 in a by-election) After the election, the composition of the council was Election result Ward results ...
* 2008 Manchester Council election * 2008 Mole Valley Council election *
2008 North Tyneside Council election Elections to North Tyneside Metropolitan Council took place on 1 May 2008 on the same day as other local council elections in England. North Tyneside Council is elected "in thirds" which means one councillor from each three-member ward is electe ...
* 2007 Norwich Council election * 2008 Norwich Council election * 2008 Nuneaton and Bedworth Council election * 2008 Oldham Council election *
2008 Oxford City Council election Elections for Oxford City Council were held on Thursday 1 May 2008. As Oxford City Council is elected by halves, one seat in each of the 24 wards is up for election. Overall turnout was 32.6%, down from 35.8% in 2006. The lowest turnout (20.8%) ...
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2008 Portsmouth Council election The 2008 Portsmouth City Council election took place on Thursday 1 May 2008 to elect members of Portsmouth City Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council (14 seats) was up for election using the first-past-the-post voting system. Th ...
* 2008 Preston Council election * 2008 Purbeck Council election * 2008 Redditch Council election *
2008 Rochdale Council election Elections to Rochdale Council in Greater Manchester, England were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election. The Liberal Democrats stayed in control of the council after gaining seats in Balderstone and Kirkholt, and North ...
* 2008 Rochford Council election * 2008 Rossendale Council election * 2008 Runnymede Council election * 2008 Rushmoor Council election * 2008 Salford Council election * 2008 Sefton Council election *
2008 Sheffield Council election Sheffield City Council elections took place on Thursday 1 May 2008. There were 30 seats up for election - one of the three councillors from each ward, plus two seats from Labour councillors who had stepped down. Liberal Democrats made several g ...
* 2008 Slough Council election *
2010 Solihull Council election The 2010 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under n ...
* 2008 Solihull Council election * 2008 South Tyneside Council election * 2008 Southend-on-Sea Council election * 2008 St Albans Council election * 2008 St Helens Council election * 2008 Stevenage Council election *
2008 Stockport Council election Elections to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election. The Liberal Democrats held overall control of the council. The council is currently made up of; Summary The followin ...
* 2008 Stoke-on-Trent Council election * 2008 Stratford-on-Avon Council election * 2008 Swindon Council election * 2008 Tameside Council election * 2008 Tamworth Council election * 2008 Tandridge Council election * 2008 Three Rivers Council election * 2008 Thurrock Council election * 2008 Trafford Council election * 2008 Tunbridge Wells Council election *
2008 Wakefield Council election The 2008 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council in West Yorkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party staye ...
* 2008 Watford Council election * 2008 Welwyn Hatfield Council election * 2008 West Lancashire Council election * 2008 Weymouth and Portland Council election * 2008 Wigan Council election *
2008 Winchester Council election The 2008 Winchester Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Winchester District Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the counci ...
* 2008 Wirral Council election * 2008 Woking Council election * 2008 Wokingham Council election * 2008 Wolverhampton Council election * 2008 Worcester Council election * 2008 Worthing Council election * 2008 Wyre Forest Council election


North America

* 2008 Belizean constitutional referendum *
2008 Belizean legislative election General elections were held in Belize on 7 February 2008. Beginning with this election, Belizeans elected 31 members to the House of Representatives of Belize instead of 29. In what was considered an upset, the opposition United Democratic Party ...
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2008 Greenlandic self-government referendum A non-binding referendum on Greenland's autonomy was held on 25 November 2008 to support or oppose the Greenland Self-Government Act. It was passed with 75% approval (63% in Nuuk) and a 72% turnout. The non-binding referendum was on expanded hom ...


Canada

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2008 Alberta general election The 2008 Alberta general election was held on March 3, 2008, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. It was expected to be called early because the governing Progressive Conservatives held a leadership election on December 2, 20 ...
* 2008 Alberta Liberal Party leadership election *
2008 British Columbia municipal elections Municipal elections were held in the Canadian province of British Columbia on November 15, 2008. The following is a list of mayoral races in selected municipalities. Abbotsford Burnaby Campbell River Castlegar Central Saanich Chil ...
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2008 Canadian federal election The 2008 Canadian federal election was held on October 14, 2008, to elect members to the House of Commons of Canada of the 40th Canadian Parliament after the 39th Canadian Parliament, previous parliament had been dissolved by Governor General of ...
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2008 New Brunswick municipal elections Municipal elections were held in the Canadian province of New Brunswick on May 12, 2008. Here is a summary of results in the major communities in the province. Bathurst Campbellton Dieppe Edmundston Fredericton Elected to city counci ...
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2008 Halifax Regional Municipality municipal election The Halifax Regional Municipality is governed by a mayor (elected at large) and a twenty-three person council, who are elected by geographic district; municipal elections occur every four years. HRM has established community councils where three ...
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2008 Nova Scotia municipal elections Municipal elections were held across the Canadian province of Nova Scotia on October 18, 2008. The following lists races in selected municipalities. Amherst Bridgewater Cape Breton Regional Municipality Halifax Regional Municipality K ...
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2008 Nunavut general election The 2008 Nunavut General Election was held on October 27, 2008, to return members to the 3rd Legislative Assembly of Nunavut. The election was contested across 15 of Nunavut's 19 electoral districts under the first past the post system of voting. ...
* 2008 Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick leadership election *
2008 Quebec general election The 2008 Quebec general election was held in the Canada, Canadian Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec on December 8, 2008. The Quebec Liberal Party, under incumbent Premier Jean Charest, was re-elected with a majority governm ...
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2008 Quebec provincial by-elections Provincial by-elections were held in Quebec on 12 May 2008 to fill three vacancies in the National Assembly. The by-elections were called on 9 April 2008. All three seats were held by their incumbent parties. Bourget The district of Bourget w ...
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2008 Vancouver municipal election The 2008 Vancouver municipal election was held on November 15, 2008, filling seats on the Vancouver School Board, the Park Board, the Vancouver City Council, and the position of Mayor of Vancouver. It was held at the same time as municipal electi ...


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2008 Canadian federal election The 2008 Canadian federal election was held on October 14, 2008, to elect members to the House of Commons of Canada of the 40th Canadian Parliament after the 39th Canadian Parliament, previous parliament had been dissolved by Governor General of ...
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Anything But Conservative Anything But Conservative (french: À bas les conservateurs or ''N'importe quoi d'autre que conservateur''), also known as the ABC campaign and Vote ABC, is a political campaign which aims to defeat the Conservative Party of Canada, Conservativ ...
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2008 Barbadian general election General elections were held in Barbados on 15 January 2008.2008 Cuban legislative election *
2008 Cuban presidential election An indirect presidential election was held in Cuba on 24 February 2008, in which the National Assembly of People's Power elected a new President of the Council of State and the members of the Council of State. The election followed the January 20 ...
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2008 Dominican Republic presidential election Presidential elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 16 May 2008. The result was a victory for incumbent President Leonel Fernández of the Dominican Liberation Party.2008 Grenadian general election General elections were held in Grenada on 8 July 2008. Out of a total of fifteen seats, the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) won eleven seats and the governing New National Party (NNP) won four, bringing the NDC to power for the f ...
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2008 Trinidad and Tobago presidential election Indirect presidential elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago on 11 February 2008. The incumbent George Maxwell Richards was expected to be reelected after being approved as the only nominee by 15 MPs on 4 February 2008. The election was h ...


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2008 Puerto Rican general election The 2008 Puerto Rican general elections were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2008 to elect the officials of the Government of Puerto Rico that would serve for the next four years, most notably the Governor of Puerto Rico. The election was won ...
* 2008 Puerto Rico Democratic primary *
2008 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election The 2008 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 2008, as part of the Puerto Rican general elections. It coincided with the 2008 United States general elections. Then-incumbent governor Aníbal Acevedo Vilá, Democratic, ...
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2008 New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico primaries The 2008 New Progressive Party primaries were the primary elections by which voters of the New Progressive Party (PNP) chose its nominees for various political offices of Puerto Rico, namely the position of governor, for the 2008 general elect ...
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United States House of Representatives election in Puerto Rico, 2008 The 2008 Puerto Rican general elections were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2008 to elect the officials of the Government of Puerto Rico that would serve for the next four years, most notably the Governor of Puerto Rico. The election was won ...


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2008 United States Virgin Islands general election Legislative elections were held in United States Virgin Islands on 4 November 2008. United States House of Representatives Incumbent U.S. Virgin Islands Delegate Donna Christian-Christensen announced that she intended to seek a fourth term in ...
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United States Virgin Islands Democratic territorial convention, 2008 The 2008 U.S. Virgin Islands Democratic presidential convention took place on February 9, 2008. The convention chose 6 delegates, all pledged to Senator Barack Obama. Each delegate, however, only counted for half a vote at the 2008 Democratic Na ...
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United States Virgin Islands Republican caucuses, 2008 The 2008 U.S. Virgin Islands Republican territorial meeting, also known as the Republican caucuses, took place on the U.S. Virgin Islands of St. Croix and St. Thomas on April 5, 2008. Virgin Islands Republicans could select six pledged delegate ...
* 2008 United States House of Representatives election in the United States Virgin Islands


Mexico

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2008 Mexican elections A number of elections on the local level are scheduled to take place in Mexico during 2008. Local elections * {{Mexico-election-stub ...
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2008 Puerto Rican general election The 2008 Puerto Rican general elections were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2008 to elect the officials of the Government of Puerto Rico that would serve for the next four years, most notably the Governor of Puerto Rico. The election was won ...
* Puerto Rico Democratic primary, 2008 *
2008 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election The 2008 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 2008, as part of the Puerto Rican general elections. It coincided with the 2008 United States general elections. Then-incumbent governor Aníbal Acevedo Vilá, Democratic, ...
* New Progressive Party (Puerto Rico) primaries, 2008 * Popular Democratic Party (Puerto Rico) primaries, 2008 * Puerto Rico Republican caucuses, 2008 *
United States House of Representatives election in Puerto Rico, 2008 The 2008 Puerto Rican general elections were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2008 to elect the officials of the Government of Puerto Rico that would serve for the next four years, most notably the Governor of Puerto Rico. The election was won ...


United States

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2008 United States elections The 2008 United States elections were held on November 4. Democratic Senator Barack Obama of Illinois won the presidential election, by defeating his challenger, Senator John McCain and the Democrats bolstered their majority in both Houses of C ...
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2008 United States presidential election The 2008 United States presidential election was the 56th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 4, 2008. The Democratic ticket of Barack Obama, the junior senator from Illinois, and Joe Biden, the senior senator from ...


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2008 United States Senate elections The 2008 United States Senate elections were held on November 4, 2008, with 35 of the 100 seats in the Senate being contested. Thirty-three seats were up for regular elections; the winners were eligible to serve six-year terms from January 3, 200 ...
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United States Senate election in Alabama, 2008 The 2008 United States Senate election in Alabama was held on November 4, 2008, to elect one of Alabama's members to the United States Senate. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions won re-election to a third term. Background Since 1 ...
* United States Senate election in Alaska, 2008 *
United States Senate election in Arkansas, 2008 The 2008 United States Senate election in Arkansas was held on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Mark Pryor ran for a second term. No Republican filed to challenge him, and his only opponent was Green Party candidate Rebekah Ken ...
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United States Senate election in Colorado, 2008 The 2008 United States Senate election in Colorado was held November 4, 2008. The primary elections were held August 12, 2008. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Wayne Allard decided to retire instead of seeking a third term. Democratic nominee ...
* United States Senate election in Delaware, 2008 * United States Senate election in Georgia, 2008 * United States Senate election in Idaho, 2008 *
United States Senate election in Illinois, 2008 The 2008 United States Senate election in Illinois was held on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Dick Durbin sought a third term in office and faced minimal opposition from Republican Steve Sauerberg. As expected, Durbin ove ...
* United States Senate election in Iowa, 2008 *
United States Senate election in Kansas, 2008 The 2008 United States Senate election in Kansas was held on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Pat Roberts won re-election to a third term. Background The state of Kansas has not elected a Democrat to the U.S. Senate since ...
* United States Senate election in Kentucky, 2008 *
United States Senate election in Louisiana, 2008 The 2008 United States Senate election in Louisiana was held on November 4, 2008. This was the first time since the 1970s that Louisiana used primaries for federal races. Incumbent Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu won reelection to a third term ...
* United States Senate election in Maine, 2008 * United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 2008 * United States Senate election in Michigan, 2008 * United States Senate election in Minnesota, 2008 * United States Senate election in Mississippi, 2008 * United States Senate special election in Mississippi, 2008 * United States Senate election in Montana, 2008 * United States Senate election in Nebraska, 2008 *
United States Senate election in New Hampshire, 2008 The United States Senate election in New Hampshire was held on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator John E. Sununu ran for re-election to a second term, but was defeated by Democrat Jeanne Shaheen in a rematch of the 2002 electi ...
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United States Senate election in New Jersey, 2008 The 2008 United States Senate election in New Jersey was held on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg won re-election to a fifth, non-consecutive term, defeating former Republican congressman Dick Zimmer. Zimmer h ...
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United States Senate election in New Mexico, 2008 The 2008 United States Senate election in New Mexico was held on November 4, 2008 coinciding with the 2008 U.S. presidential election. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Pete Domenici decided to retire instead of seeking a seventh term. All thre ...
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United States Senate election in North Carolina, 2008 The 2008 United States Senate election in North Carolina was held on Tuesday, November 4, 2008. The Senate election coincided with the presidential, U.S. House elections, gubernatorial, Council of State, and statewide judicial elections. Inc ...
* United States Senate election in Oklahoma, 2008 * 2008 Opinion polling for the United States Senate elections * United States Senate election in Oregon, 2008 *
United States Senate election in Rhode Island, 2008 The 2008 United States Senate election in Rhode Island took place on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Jack Reed won re-election to a third term. Democratic primary Candidates * Jack Reed, incumbent U.S. Senator * Chris ...
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United States Senate election in South Carolina, 2008 The 2008 United States Senate election in South Carolina was held on November 4, 2008 to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of South Carolina. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham won election to a ...
* United States Senate election in South Dakota, 2008 * United States Senate election in Tennessee, 2008 *
United States Senate election in Texas, 2008 The 2008 United States Senate election in Texas was held on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Republican John Cornyn defeated Democratic nominee Rick Noriega, a member of the Texas House of Representatives, to win re-election to a second term in offic ...
* United States Senate election in Virginia, 2008 * United States Senate election in West Virginia, 2008 * United States Senate election in Wyoming, 2008 * United States Senate special election in Wyoming, 2008


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2008 United States House of Representatives elections The 2008 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 4, 2008, to elect members to the United States House of Representatives to serve in the 111th United States Congress from January 3, 2009, until January 3, 2011. It ...
* United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama, 2008 * United States House of Representatives election in Alaska, 2008 * United States House of Representatives election in American Samoa, 2008 *
United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, 2008 The 2008 congressional elections in Arizona were held on November 4, 2008, to determine who would represent the U.S. state, state of Arizona in the United States House of Representatives, coinciding with the 2008 United States presidential elect ...
* United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas, 2008 * United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2008 *
2008 California's 12th congressional district special election California's 12th congressional district special election, 2008 occurred on April 8, 2008. California's 12th congressional district was vacated following the death of Democrat Tom Lantos on February 11, 2008. The special election was called b ...
* United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado, 2008 * United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut, 2008 * United States House of Representatives election in Delaware, 2008 * United States House of Representatives election in the District of Columbia, 2008 * United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 2008 * United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia, 2008 * United States House of Representatives election in Guam, 2008 * United States House of Representatives elections in Hawaii, 2008 *
United States House of Representatives elections in Idaho, 2008 The 2008 congressional elections in Idaho were held on November 4, 2008 to determine who would represent the state of Idaho in the United States House of Representatives, coinciding with the presidential and senatorial elections. Representatives ...
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2008 Illinois's 14th congressional district special election After the resignation of Republican Party United States Congressman Dennis Hastert from his Illinois's 14th congressional district seat in the United States House of Representatives on November 26, 2007, a special election was held to fill the va ...
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United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana, 2008 The 2008 congressional elections in Indiana were held on November 4, 2008 to determine who will represent the State of Indiana in the United States House of Representatives. Indiana has nine seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 ...
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2008 Indiana's 7th congressional district special election Indiana's 7th congressional district special election of 2008 took place March 11, 2008 to fill the seat in the United States House of Representatives left vacant by the death of 7th district representative Julia Carson (D) on December 15, 2007. ...
* United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa, 2008 * United States House of Representatives elections in Kansas, 2008 *
United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky, 2008 The 2008 congressional elections in Kentucky were held on November 4, 2008, to determine who would represent the state of Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives. Kentucky has six seats in the House, apportioned according to the ...
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United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana, 2008 The 2008 congressional elections in Louisiana to determine representation for the state of Louisiana in the United States House of Representatives occurred November 4, 2008. Louisiana has seven seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 ...
* 2008 Louisiana's 1st congressional district special election * 2008 Louisiana's 6th congressional district special election * 2008 Louisiana's 2nd congressional district election *
United States House of Representatives elections in Maine, 2008 The 2008 congressional elections in Maine were held on November 4, 2008 to determine representation for the state of Maine in the United States House of Representatives, coinciding with the presidential and senatorial elections. Representatives ...
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United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, 2008 The 2008 congressional elections in Maryland were held on November 4, 2008, to determine who would represent the state of Maryland in the United States House of Representatives, coinciding with the presidential election. Representatives are el ...
* 2008 Maryland's 4th congressional district special election * United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts, 2008 * United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, 2008 * United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, 2008 *
2008 Mississippi's 1st congressional district special election The 2008 Mississippi 1st congressional district special election was a special election in the state of Mississippi to determine who would serve the remainder of former Representative Roger Wicker's term. After an April 22, 2008 ballot result ...
* United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi, 2008 * United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2008 * United States House of Representatives election in Montana, 2008 *
United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska, 2008 The 2008 congressional elections in Nebraska were held on November 4, 2008 to determine who would represent the state of Nebraska in the United States House of Representatives, coinciding with the presidential and senatorial elections. Represen ...
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United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire, 2008 The 2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire were held on November 4, 2008 to determine who would represent the state of New Hampshire in the United States House of Representatives during the 111th Congress from J ...
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United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, 2008 The 2008 congressional elections in New Jersey were held on November 4, 2008 to determine who would represent the state of New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives. New Jersey has thirteen seats in the House, apportioned accordi ...
* 2008 New Jersey's 7th congressional district election *
United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, 2008 The 2008 congressional elections in New Mexico were held on November 4, 2008 to determine New Mexico's representation in the United States House of Representatives. The party primary elections were held June 3, 2008. Martin Heinrich, Harry Teague ...
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United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 2008 The 2008 congressional elections in New York were held on November 4, 2008 to determine representation in the state of New York in the United States House of Representatives. New York has 29 seats in the House, apportioned according to the 200 ...
* 2008 New York's 26th congressional district election * 2008 New York's 19th congressional district election *
2008 New York's 20th congressional district election The 2008 congressional elections in New York were held on November 4, 2008 to determine representation in the state of New York in the United States House of Representatives. New York has 29 seats in the House, apportioned according to the 200 ...
* 2008 New York's 29th congressional district election * 2008 New York's 25th congressional district election * United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina, 2008 * United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota, 2008 * United States House of Representatives election in the Northern Mariana Islands, 2008 * United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, 2008 *
2008 Ohio's 11th congressional district special election Ohio's 11th congressional district special election, 2008 took place on November 18, 2008. The seat of the U.S. representative for Ohio's 11th congressional district was vacated following the death of Democrat Stephanie Tubbs Jones on August 20 ...
* United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma, 2008 * 2008 Opinion polling for the United States House of Representatives elections * United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon, 2008 * United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, 2008 *
United States House of Representatives election in Puerto Rico, 2008 The 2008 Puerto Rican general elections were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2008 to elect the officials of the Government of Puerto Rico that would serve for the next four years, most notably the Governor of Puerto Rico. The election was won ...
* United States House of Representatives elections in Rhode Island, 2008 * United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 2008 * United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota, 2008 * United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee, 2008 *
United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, 2008 The 2008 elections for the Texas delegation of the United States House of Representatives was held on November 4, 2008. 31 of 32 congressional seats that make up the state's delegation were contested. In Texas's 14th congressional district no on ...
* United States House of Representatives elections results, 2008 *
United States House of Representatives elections in Utah, 2008 The 2008 congressional elections in Utah were held on November 4, 2008 to determine the representatives of the state of Utah in the United States House of Representatives for the 111th Congress from January 3, 2009, until their terms of offic ...
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United States House of Representatives election in Vermont, 2008 The 2008 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont was held on November 4, 2008 and determined who represents the state of Vermont in the United States House of Representatives. Democratic Congressman Peter Welch decided to r ...
* United States House of Representatives election in the United States Virgin Islands, 2008 * United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, 2008 * 2008 Virginia's 1st congressional district election * 2008 Virginia's 7th congressional district election * United States House of Representatives elections in Washington, 2008 * United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia, 2008 * United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin, 2008 * United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming, 2008


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2008 United States gubernatorial elections United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 4, 2008, in 11 states and two territories. Prior to the election, eight of the total seats were held by Democrats and five by Republicans. Two governors were prohibited by term limits f ...
* Opinion polling for the 2008 United States gubernatorial elections *
2008 American Samoa gubernatorial election The 2008 American Samoa gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 2008, coinciding with the 2008 United States general elections and the American Samoa general election. Because no candidate received more than 50% of the vote, a runoff ...
* 2008 Delaware gubernatorial election * 2008 Indiana gubernatorial election *
2008 Missouri Lieutenant gubernatorial election The 2008 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 2008, to elect the Lieutenant Governor of Missouri. Republican incumbent Peter Kinder won the election narrowly, despite the fact that Democrat Attorney General Jay Nixon ...
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2008 Missouri gubernatorial election The 2008 Missouri gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Republican Governor Matt Blunt decided to retire instead of seeking reelection to a second term in office. Democratic nominee Jay Nixon won the open seat, defeatin ...
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2008 Montana gubernatorial election The 2008 Montana gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 2008 to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of the U.S. state of Montana. Incumbent Governor Brian Schweitzer, a Democrat who was elected to his first four-year term in 200 ...
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2008 New Hampshire gubernatorial election The 2008 New Hampshire gubernatorial election, took place on November 4, 2008. Incumbent governor John Lynch won his third term with a landslide victory over Republican opponent Joseph Kenney. Democratic primary Candidates * John Lynch, incum ...
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2008 North Carolina gubernatorial election The 2008 North Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 2008, coinciding with the presidential, U.S. Senate, U.S. House elections, Council of State and statewide judicial elections. Democrat Bev Perdue won the election. With a ...
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2008 North Dakota gubernatorial election The 2008 North Dakota gubernatorial election took place on 4 November 2008 for the post of Governor of North Dakota. Incumbent Republican Governor John Hoeven was easily reelected again, defeating Democratic-NPL challenger Tim Mathern. The ...
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2008 Utah gubernatorial election The 2008 Utah gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 2008. The deadline to file for the primary was June 24, 2008.
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2008 Washington gubernatorial election The 2008 gubernatorial election in Washington was held on November 4, 2008. Republican Dino Rossi and incumbent Democratic Governor Christine Gregoire emerged from the August 19 primary. This made the 2008 election a rematch between the candidat ...
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2008 West Virginia gubernatorial election The 2008 West Virginia gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Governor Joe Manchin III was the Democratic nominee, challenged by Republican nominee Russ Weeks and Mountain Party candidate Jesse Johnson. Manchin won eve ...


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Alabama Republican primary, 2008 The 2008 Alabama Republican presidential primary was held on February 5 ( Super Tuesday) and had a total of 45 delegates at stake. The winner in each of the 7 congressional districts was awarded all of that district's delegates. Results ''*C ...
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Alabama Democratic primary, 2008 The 2008 Alabama Democratic presidential primary was held on Super Tuesday, February 5, 2008, and had a total of 52 delegates at stake. The winner in each of Alabama's seven congressional districts was awarded all of that district's delegates, t ...
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United States Senate election in Alabama, 2008 The 2008 United States Senate election in Alabama was held on November 4, 2008, to elect one of Alabama's members to the United States Senate. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions won re-election to a third term. Background Since 1 ...
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Alaska Republican caucuses, 2008 The 2008 Alaska Republican presidential caucuses were held on February 5, 2008, and has a total of 26 delegates at stake. Mitt Romney won the state, and, as the winner in Alaska's congressional district, was awarded all of that district's delegat ...
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Alaska Democratic caucuses, 2008 The 2008 Alaska Democratic presidential caucuses took place Super Tuesday, February 5, 2008. This was the first time that Democrats in Alaska participated in Super Tuesday, and the large turnout forced at least one caucusing site to delay closi ...
* United States House of Representatives election in Alaska, 2008 * Juneau, Alaska, regular election, 2008 * United States Senate election in Alaska, 2008 * United States presidential election in Alaska, 2008


American Samoa

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2008 American Samoan general election General elections were held in American Samoa on 4 November 2008 to elect a governor, members of the House of Representative, and a delegate to the United States House of Representatives, as well as a referendum on a legislative override of the g ...
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2008 American Samoa gubernatorial election The 2008 American Samoa gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 2008, coinciding with the 2008 United States general elections and the American Samoa general election. Because no candidate received more than 50% of the vote, a runoff ...
* American Samoa Republican caucuses, 2008 * United States House of Representatives election in American Samoa, 2008


Arizona

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Arizona Democratic primary, 2008 The 2008 Arizona Democratic presidential primary took place on Super Tuesday, February 5, 2008, and had a total of 56 delegates at stake. The winner in each of Arizona's eight congressional districts was awarded all of that district's delegate ...
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Arizona Republican primary, 2008 The 2008 Arizona Republican presidential primary took place on February 5, 2008, with 50 national delegates. Results Note: * Includes 3 unpledged Republican National Committee delegates See also * 2008 Arizona Democrat ...
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Arizona Proposition 102 (2008) Arizona Proposition 102 was an amendment to the constitution of the state of Arizona adopted by a ballot measure held in 2008. It added Article 30 of the Arizona Constitution, which says: "Only a union of one man and one woman shall be valid o ...
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United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, 2008 The 2008 congressional elections in Arizona were held on November 4, 2008, to determine who would represent the U.S. state, state of Arizona in the United States House of Representatives, coinciding with the 2008 United States presidential elect ...
* United States presidential election in Arizona, 2008


Arkansas

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Arkansas Democratic primary, 2008 The 2008 Arkansas Democratic presidential primary took place on Super Tuesday, February 5, 2008, with 35 delegates at stake. The winner in each of Arkansas's four congressional districts was awarded all of that district's delegates, totaling 2 ...
* Arkansas Proposed Initiative Act No. 1 *
Arkansas Republican primary, 2008 The 2008 Arkansas Republican presidential primary took place on February 5, 2008, with 31 national delegates. Former Governor of Arkansas Mike Huckabee was the winner of this Primary. Results * Includes 31 delegates from February 5 primary re ...
* United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas, 2008 *
United States Senate election in Arkansas, 2008 The 2008 United States Senate election in Arkansas was held on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Mark Pryor ran for a second term. No Republican filed to challenge him, and his only opponent was Green Party candidate Rebekah Ken ...
* United States presidential election in Arkansas, 2008


California

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2008 California's 12th congressional district special election California's 12th congressional district special election, 2008 occurred on April 8, 2008. California's 12th congressional district was vacated following the death of Democrat Tom Lantos on February 11, 2008. The special election was called b ...
* California Democratic primary, 2008 * California Republican primary, 2008 * 2008 San Francisco Board of Supervisors elections * February 2008 San Francisco general elections * June 2008 San Francisco general elections * November 2008 San Francisco general elections * 2008 California State Assembly elections * 2008 California State Senate elections * United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2008 * United States presidential election in California, 2008


Colorado

* Colorado Democratic caucuses, 2008 *
Colorado Republican caucuses, 2008 The 2008 Colorado Republican presidential caucuses took place on February 5, 2008, with two national delegates. Colorado chose 21 other delegates during district conventions from May 24 to June 7, 2008. Results See also * 2008 Colorado Democra ...
* United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado, 2008 *
United States Senate election in Colorado, 2008 The 2008 United States Senate election in Colorado was held November 4, 2008. The primary elections were held August 12, 2008. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Wayne Allard decided to retire instead of seeking a third term. Democratic nominee ...
* United States presidential election in Colorado, 2008


Connecticut

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Connecticut Democratic primary, 2008 The 2008 Connecticut Democratic presidential primary took place on Super Tuesday, February 5, 2008, with 48 delegates at stake. The winner in each of Connecticut's five congressional districts was awarded all of that district's delegates, tota ...
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Connecticut Republican primary, 2008 The 2008 Connecticut Republican presidential primary was held on February 5, 2008 ( Super Tuesday) as the process by which the U.S. state of Connecticut selected the recipient of 27 of the state’s 30 delegates to the Republican National Conven ...
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2008 Connecticut's 4th congressional district election The 2008 congressional elections in Connecticut were held on November 4, 2008, to determine who would represent the state of Connecticut in the United States House of Representatives, coinciding with the presidential election. Representatives a ...
* United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut, 2008


Delaware

* 2008 Delaware gubernatorial election *
Delaware Republican primary, 2008 The 2008 Delaware Republican presidential primary was held on February 5 ( Super Tuesday). A total of 18 delegates were selected. The Delaware Republican Party rallied behind John McCain, and was the declared winner of the primary election after ...
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Delaware Democratic primary, 2008 The 2008 Delaware Democratic presidential primary was held on Super Tuesday, February 5, 2008, and had a total of 15 delegates at stake. The winner in each of Delaware's subdivisions was awarded those subdivisions' delegates, totaling 10. Anot ...
* United States House of Representatives election in Delaware, 2008 * United States Senate election in Delaware, 2008 * United States presidential election in Delaware, 2008


Florida

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Florida Democratic primary, 2008 The 2008 Florida Democratic presidential primary took place on January 29, 2008. Originally, the state had 185 delegates up for grabs that were to be awarded in the following way: 121 delegates were to be awarded based on the winner in each of Fl ...
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Florida Republican primary, 2008 The 2008 Florida Republican presidential primary was held on January 29, 2008, with 57 delegates at stake on a winner-take-all basis. The Republican National Committee removed half of Florida's delegates because the state committee moved its Repu ...
* United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 2008


Georgia (U.S. state)

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Georgia Democratic primary, 2008 The 2008 Georgia Democratic presidential primary took place on Super Tuesday, February 5, 2008, and had a total of 87 delegates at stake. The winner in each of Georgia's 13 congressional districts was awarded all of that district's delegates, t ...
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Georgia Republican primary, 2008 The 2008 Georgia Republican presidential primary took place on February 5, 2008 ( Super Tuesday), with 72 national delegates at stake. Mike Huckabee was the winner of the primary. Results * Candidate dropped out of the race before the primar ...
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2008 Georgia state elections Georgia's state elections were held on November 4, 2008. The primary elections were held on February 5, also known as Super Tuesday. Federal elections United States Presidential election Presidential Primaries =Democratic primary= ...
* 2008 Georgia statewide elections * United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia, 2008 * United States Senate election in Georgia, 2008 * United States presidential election in Georgia, 2008


Guam

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2008 Guamanian general election General elections were held in Guam on 4 November 2008. Voters in Guam chose their non-voting delegate to the United States House of Representatives, as well as members of the territorial legislature. The election coincided with the 2008 United St ...
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Guam Democratic territorial convention, 2008 The 2008 Guam Democratic presidential caucus took place on May 3, 2008. Senator Barack Obama won by 7 votes, a margin of less than 0.2%. This resulted in each candidate getting 2 pledged delegates to the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Guam ...
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2008 Guamanian legislative election An election for the Legislature of Guam took place on Tuesday, November 4, 2008, coinciding with the 2008 United States general elections and the Guam general election. Democrats defeated three Republican incumbents: Mark Forbes, Frank Ishizaki ...
* Guam Republican caucuses, 2008 * United States House of Representatives election in Guam, 2008


Hawaii

* Hawaii Democratic caucuses, 2008 * Hawaii Republican caucuses, 2008 * United States House of Representatives elections in Hawaii, 2008 *
United States presidential election in Hawaii, 2008 The 2008 United States presidential election in Hawaii took place on November 4, 2008, and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose 4 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president ...


Idaho

* Idaho Democratic caucuses, 2008 *
Idaho Republican primary, 2008 The 2008 Idaho Republican presidential primary took place on May 27, 2008. John McCain won the primary, although before the election he had already won enough pledged delegates in earlier primaries to secure his nomination at the 2008 Republican ...
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United States House of Representatives elections in Idaho, 2008 The 2008 congressional elections in Idaho were held on November 4, 2008 to determine who would represent the state of Idaho in the United States House of Representatives, coinciding with the presidential and senatorial elections. Representatives ...
* United States Senate election in Idaho, 2008 * United States presidential election in Idaho, 2008


Illinois

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Illinois Democratic primary, 2008 The 2008 Illinois Democratic presidential primary took place on Super Tuesday, February 5, 2008, with 153 delegates at stake. Each of Illinois's 19 congressional districts was proportionally allocated to candidates who had received 15% or more ...
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Illinois Republican primary, 2008 The 2008 Illinois Republican presidential primary was held on February 5, 2008. Illinois was one of 24 States holding a primary or caucus on Super Tuesday, 2008. Delegates from each of Illinois' 19 congressional districts are selected by direct ...
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2008 Illinois's 14th congressional district special election After the resignation of Republican Party United States Congressman Dennis Hastert from his Illinois's 14th congressional district seat in the United States House of Representatives on November 26, 2007, a special election was held to fill the va ...
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2008 Illinois Senate election The Illinois State Senate Election of 2008 determined, along with 19 senators not up for re-election, the membership of the 96th Illinois State Senate. The Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party retained its majority. Overview ...
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United States Senate election in Illinois, 2008 The 2008 United States Senate election in Illinois was held on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Dick Durbin sought a third term in office and faced minimal opposition from Republican Steve Sauerberg. As expected, Durbin ove ...
* United States presidential election in Illinois, 2008


Indiana

* Indiana Democratic primary, 2008 * 2008 Indiana gubernatorial election *
United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana, 2008 The 2008 congressional elections in Indiana were held on November 4, 2008 to determine who will represent the State of Indiana in the United States House of Representatives. Indiana has nine seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 ...
* United States presidential election in Indiana, 2008 *
Indiana Republican primary, 2008 The 2008 Indiana Republican presidential primary took place on May 6, 2008. 27 delegates to the 2008 Republican National Convention were selected in the election. In addition, 27 other delegates were selected during the state convention from Jun ...
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2008 Indiana's 7th congressional district special election Indiana's 7th congressional district special election of 2008 took place March 11, 2008 to fill the seat in the United States House of Representatives left vacant by the death of 7th district representative Julia Carson (D) on December 15, 2007. ...


Iowa

* 2008 Iowa House of Representatives election *
2008 Iowa Democratic caucuses The 2008 Iowa Democratic presidential caucus occurred on January 3, and was the state caucuses of the Iowa Democratic Party. It was the first election for the Democrats of the 2008 presidential election. Also referred to as "the First in the N ...
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2008 Iowa Republican caucuses The 2008 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses took place on January 3, 2008. The Iowa Republican caucuses are an unofficial primary, with the delegates to the state convention selected proportionally via a straw poll. The Iowa caucuses mark th ...
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2008 Iowa Senate election The 2008 Iowa Senate election were held on November 4, 2008. The Senate seats for the twenty-five even-numbered districts were up for election. Senate terms are staggered such that half the membership is elected every two years, with each Sena ...
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2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa The Iowa United States House of Representatives election in 2008 was held on November 4, 2008 and determined who would hold Iowa's seats in the United States House of Representatives during 2009-10. Each of the five incumbents was up for electi ...
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2008 United States Senate election in Iowa The 2008 United States Senate election in Iowa was held on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Tom Harkin sought re-election to a fifth term in office. Unlike Harkin's three previous reelection bids, he was not challenged by a ...
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2008 United States presidential election in Iowa The 2008 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 4, 2008, as part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose seven representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and ...


Kansas

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Kansas Democratic caucuses, 2008 The 2008 Kansas Democratic presidential caucuses took held on Super Tuesday, February 5, 2008, with 21 delegates at stake. The remaining 11 delegates were selected at the Kansas Democratic Party District Conventions on April 12. The state, and a ...
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Kansas Republican caucuses, 2008 The 2008 Kansas Republican presidential caucuses took place on February 9, 2008. By the evening of February 9, Fox News and CNN projected Mike Huckabee as the winner of the Kansas Caucuses. The Associated Press also called the race for Mike Hucka ...
* United States House of Representatives elections in Kansas, 2008 *
United States Senate election in Kansas, 2008 The 2008 United States Senate election in Kansas was held on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Pat Roberts won re-election to a third term. Background The state of Kansas has not elected a Democrat to the U.S. Senate since ...
* United States presidential election in Kansas, 2008


Kentucky

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Kentucky Democratic primary, 2008 The 2008 Kentucky Democratic presidential primary took place May 20, 2008, and had 51 delegates at stake. The winner in each of Kentucky's six congressional districts was awarded all of that district's delegates, totaling 34. Another 17 delegate ...
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Kentucky Republican primary, 2008 The 2008 Kentucky Republican presidential primary took place on May 20, 2008. The only Republican candidates that were still in the race were Senator John McCain and Congressman Ron Paul. McCain was the presumptive Republican nominee, having alrea ...
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United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky, 2008 The 2008 congressional elections in Kentucky were held on November 4, 2008, to determine who would represent the state of Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives. Kentucky has six seats in the House, apportioned according to the ...
* United States Senate election in Kentucky, 2008


Louisiana

* Louisiana Democratic primary, 2008 * Louisiana Republican caucuses, 2008 * Louisiana Republican primary, 2008 * 2008 Louisiana's 1st congressional district special election * 2008 Louisiana's 6th congressional district special election *
United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana, 2008 The 2008 congressional elections in Louisiana to determine representation for the state of Louisiana in the United States House of Representatives occurred November 4, 2008. Louisiana has seven seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 ...
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United States Senate election in Louisiana, 2008 The 2008 United States Senate election in Louisiana was held on November 4, 2008. This was the first time since the 1970s that Louisiana used primaries for federal races. Incumbent Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu won reelection to a third term ...
* United States presidential election in Louisiana, 2008


Maine

* Maine Democratic caucuses, 2008 * Maine Republican caucuses, 2008 * United States presidential election in Maine, 2008 *
United States House of Representatives elections in Maine, 2008 The 2008 congressional elections in Maine were held on November 4, 2008 to determine representation for the state of Maine in the United States House of Representatives, coinciding with the presidential and senatorial elections. Representatives ...
* United States Senate election in Maine, 2008


Maryland

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Maryland Democratic primary, 2008 The 2008 Maryland Democratic presidential primary took place on February 12, 2008. Nicknamed the " Potomac Primary" or the "Chesapeake Primary" because the District of Columbia and Virginia also held their primaries that day (and all three bord ...
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Maryland Republican primary, 2008 The 2008 Maryland Republican presidential primary took place on February 12, 2008. The state sent 37 delegates to the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota. Three delegates were awarded to the winner of each of the state's ei ...
* 2008 Maryland's 4th congressional district special election *
United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, 2008 The 2008 congressional elections in Maryland were held on November 4, 2008, to determine who would represent the state of Maryland in the United States House of Representatives, coinciding with the presidential election. Representatives are el ...
* United States presidential election in Maryland, 2008


Massachusetts

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2008 Massachusetts general election The Massachusetts general election, 2008 were held on November 4, 2008 throughout Massachusetts. Among the elections which took place were those for the office of President of the United States, John Kerry's seat in the Senate, all ten seats i ...
* 2008 Massachusetts House of Representatives elections * United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts, 2008 *
Massachusetts Republican primary, 2008 Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...
* United States presidential election in Massachusetts, 2008 * Massachusetts Democratic primary, 2008 * United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 2008 * 2008 Massachusetts Senate elections


Michigan

* Michigan Democratic primary, 2008 * Michigan Republican primary, 2008 *
State House elections in Michigan, 2008 The 2008 Michigan House of Representatives elections were held on November 4, 2008, with partisan primaries to select the parties' nominees in the various districts on August 5, 2008. , this remains the last time the Democrats won a majority in ...
* United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, 2008 * United States Senate election in Michigan, 2008 * United States presidential election in Michigan, 2008


Minnesota

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Minnesota Democratic caucuses, 2008 The 2008 Minnesota Democratic presidential caucuses took place on Super Tuesday, February 5, 2008 with 78 delegates at stake. The winner in each of Minnesota's eight congressional districts was awarded all of that district's delegates, total ...
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Minnesota Republican caucuses, 2008 The 2008 Minnesota Republican presidential caucuses took place on February 5, 2008, with 38 national delegates at stake. The caucuses were considered a non-binding straw poll, since Minnesota officially chose 24 delegates to the 2008 Republican N ...
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2008 Minnesota elections Elections were held in Minnesota on November 4, 2008. Primary elections took place on September 9, 2008. Federal President and Vice President of the United States The 2008 presidential election pitted Illinois Democratic Senator Barack Ob ...
* United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, 2008 * United States Senate election in Minnesota, 2008 *
United States presidential election in Minnesota, 2008 The 2008 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 4, 2008, and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose ten representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for presid ...


Mississippi

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Mississippi Democratic primary, 2008 The 2008 Mississippi Democratic presidential primary took place on March 11, 2008, with 33 delegates at stake. The winner in each of Mississippi's four congressional districts was awarded all of that district's delegates, totaling 22. Another 11 ...
* Mississippi Republican primary, 2008 *
2008 Mississippi's 1st congressional district special election The 2008 Mississippi 1st congressional district special election was a special election in the state of Mississippi to determine who would serve the remainder of former Representative Roger Wicker's term. After an April 22, 2008 ballot result ...
* United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi, 2008 * United States Senate special election in Mississippi, 2008 * United States Senate election in Mississippi, 2008 * United States presidential election in Mississippi, 2008


Missouri

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Missouri Democratic primary, 2008 The 2008 Missouri Democratic presidential primary took place on Super Tuesday, February 5, 2008, with 72 delegates at stake. The winner in each of Missouri's nine congressional districts was awarded all of that district's delegates, which total ...
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2008 Missouri Lieutenant gubernatorial election The 2008 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 2008, to elect the Lieutenant Governor of Missouri. Republican incumbent Peter Kinder won the election narrowly, despite the fact that Democrat Attorney General Jay Nixon ...
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2008 Missouri gubernatorial election The 2008 Missouri gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Republican Governor Matt Blunt decided to retire instead of seeking reelection to a second term in office. Democratic nominee Jay Nixon won the open seat, defeatin ...
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Missouri Republican primary, 2008 The 2008 Missouri Republican presidential primary on February 5, 2008 determined the recipient of 55 of the state's 58 delegates to the Republican National Convention in the process to elect the 44th President of the United States. It was an ope ...
* United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2008 *
United States presidential election in Missouri, 2008 The 2008 United States presidential election in Missouri was held on November 4, 2008, and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election, which took place throughout all 50 states and D.C. Voters chose 11 representatives, or elector ...


Montana

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Tom L. Burnett Tom L. Burnett (born January 1, 1954) is an American politician and a Republican Party former member of the Montana House of Representatives. He represented District 63 from 2013 to 2015, and District 67 from 2015 to 2021. Born in Sheridan, ...
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Montana Republican caucuses, 2008 The 2008 Montana Republican presidential caucuses took place on February 5, 2008, with 25 national delegates. The first caucuses were scheduled for midday in Sheridan County and Judith Basin County. In the fall of 2007, Montana's Republican Pa ...
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2008 Montana gubernatorial election The 2008 Montana gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 2008 to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of the U.S. state of Montana. Incumbent Governor Brian Schweitzer, a Democrat who was elected to his first four-year term in 200 ...
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Montana Democratic primary, 2008 The 2008 Montana Democratic presidential primary took place on June 3, 2008, with 16 delegates at stake. Along with South Dakota, it was one of the last two elections in the 2008 Democratic Party Presidential Primary. The winner in Montana's at- ...
* United States Senate election in Montana, 2008 * United States presidential election in Montana, 2008


Nebraska

* Nebraska Democratic caucuses, 2008 *
Nebraska Republican primary, 2008 The 2008 Nebraska Republican presidential primary took place on May 13, 2008. John McCain won the primary, although he had secured his party's nomination weeks before the election through his performance in earlier primary contests. Nebraska's pr ...
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United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska, 2008 The 2008 congressional elections in Nebraska were held on November 4, 2008 to determine who would represent the state of Nebraska in the United States House of Representatives, coinciding with the presidential and senatorial elections. Represen ...
* United States Senate election in Nebraska, 2008


Nevada

* Nevada Democratic caucuses, 2008 * Nevada Republican caucuses, 2008 * United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada, 2008


New Hampshire

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New Hampshire Democratic primary, 2008 The 2008 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary on January 8, 2008 was the first primary in the United States in 2008. Its purpose was to determine the number of delegates from New Hampshire that would represent a certain candidate at the ...
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2008 New Hampshire gubernatorial election The 2008 New Hampshire gubernatorial election, took place on November 4, 2008. Incumbent governor John Lynch won his third term with a landslide victory over Republican opponent Joseph Kenney. Democratic primary Candidates * John Lynch, incum ...
* New Hampshire Republican primary, 2008 *
United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire, 2008 The 2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire were held on November 4, 2008 to determine who would represent the state of New Hampshire in the United States House of Representatives during the 111th Congress from J ...
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United States Senate election in New Hampshire, 2008 The United States Senate election in New Hampshire was held on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator John E. Sununu ran for re-election to a second term, but was defeated by Democrat Jeanne Shaheen in a rematch of the 2002 electi ...
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United States presidential election in New Hampshire, 2008 The 2008 United States presidential election in New Hampshire took place on November 4, 2008, as part of the 2008 United States presidential election throughout all 50 states and Washington, D.C., D.C. Voters chose four representatives, or elect ...


New Jersey

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Democratic primary in New Jersey, 2008 Results as of 11:25 PM, June 6 as reported by NJ.comref (i) = incumbent US Senate Official results, New Jersey Division of ElectionsPDF July 11, 2008) U.S. House (District 1) U.S. House (District 5) U.S. House (District 11) ...
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New Jersey Democratic primary, 2008 The 2008 New Jersey Democratic presidential primary took place February 5, 2008, also known as Super Tuesday. Hillary Clinton won this primary. Polls Results See also * 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries * 2008 New Jersey Re ...
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New Jersey Republican primary, 2008 The 2008 New Jersey Republican presidential primary took place on February 5, 2008, with 52 national delegates. Results * Candidate dropped out of the race before the primary See also * 2008 New Jersey Democratic presidential primary * 20 ...
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United States Senate election in New Jersey, 2008 The 2008 United States Senate election in New Jersey was held on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg won re-election to a fifth, non-consecutive term, defeating former Republican congressman Dick Zimmer. Zimmer h ...
* United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2008


New Mexico

* New Mexico Democratic primary, 2008 * New Mexico Republican primary, 2008 *
United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, 2008 The 2008 congressional elections in New Mexico were held on November 4, 2008 to determine New Mexico's representation in the United States House of Representatives. The party primary elections were held June 3, 2008. Martin Heinrich, Harry Teague ...
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United States Senate election in New Mexico, 2008 The 2008 United States Senate election in New Mexico was held on November 4, 2008 coinciding with the 2008 U.S. presidential election. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Pete Domenici decided to retire instead of seeking a seventh term. All thre ...
* United States presidential election in New Mexico, 2008


New York

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2008 New York state elections New York most commonly refers to: * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York New York may also refer to: Film and television * '' ...
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New York Republican primary, 2008 New is an adjective referring to something recently made, discovered, or created. New or NEW may refer to: Music * New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz Albums and EPs * ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013 * ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator ...
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2008 New York's 20th congressional district election The 2008 congressional elections in New York were held on November 4, 2008 to determine representation in the state of New York in the United States House of Representatives. New York has 29 seats in the House, apportioned according to the 200 ...
* 2008 New York's 26th congressional district election * 2008 New York's 29th congressional district election * United States Democratic presidential primary in New York, 2008 *
United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 2008 The 2008 congressional elections in New York were held on November 4, 2008 to determine representation in the state of New York in the United States House of Representatives. New York has 29 seats in the House, apportioned according to the 200 ...
* United States presidential election in New York, 2008


North Carolina

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2008 North Carolina judicial election One justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court and six judges of the North Carolina Court of Appeals were elected to eight-year terms by North Carolina voters on November 4, 2008. This coincided with the presidential, U.S. Senate, U.S. House, gu ...
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2008 North Carolina Council of State election North Carolina elections to choose members of the Council of State (who head various executive branch departments) were held November 4, 2008. This coincided with the presidential, U.S. Senate, U.S. House, gubernatorial, and statewide judicia ...
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2008 North Carolina Democratic primary The 2008 North Carolina Democratic presidential primary took place on May 6, 2008, one of the last primary elections in the long race for nomination between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Obama won the primary. North Carolina sent 134 delegat ...
* 2008 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election *
2008 North Carolina Republican primary The 2008 North Carolina Republican presidential primary took place on May 6, 2008. Results * Candidate dropped out of the race before the primary See also * North Carolina Democratic primary, 2008 * Republican Party (United States) presidentia ...
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2008 North Carolina gubernatorial election The 2008 North Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 2008, coinciding with the presidential, U.S. Senate, U.S. House elections, Council of State and statewide judicial elections. Democrat Bev Perdue won the election. With a ...
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2008 North Carolina Senate election The 2008 North Carolina Senate election was held on November 5, 2008, to elect members to all fifty seats in the North Carolina Senate. The primary election was held on May 6, 2008, with a primary run-off occurring on June 24, 2008. Results ...
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2008 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina The United States House of Representative elections of 2008 in North Carolina were held on 4 November 2008 as part of the biennial election to the United States House of Representatives. All thirteen seats in North Carolina, and 435 nationwide, ...
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2008 United States Senate election in North Carolina The 2008 United States Senate election in North Carolina was held on Tuesday, November 4, 2008. The Senate election coincided with the presidential, U.S. House elections, gubernatorial, Council of State, and statewide judicial elections. Inc ...
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2008 United States presidential election in North Carolina The 2008 United States presidential election in North Carolina was part of the national event on November 4, 2008, throughout all 50 states and D.C. In North Carolina, voters chose 15 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who ...


North Dakota

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North Dakota Democratic caucuses, 2008 The 2008 North Dakota Democratic presidential caucuses took place on February 5, 2008, one of the many Super Tuesday nominating contests held that day. Barack Obama won the caucuses, securing 8 out of 13 national delegates. Process The cauc ...
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2008 North Dakota gubernatorial election The 2008 North Dakota gubernatorial election took place on 4 November 2008 for the post of Governor of North Dakota. Incumbent Republican Governor John Hoeven was easily reelected again, defeating Democratic-NPL challenger Tim Mathern. The ...
* North Dakota Republican caucuses, 2008 * United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota, 2008


Northern Mariana Islands

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Northern Mariana Islands Republican caucuses, 2008 The 2008 Northern Mariana Islands Republican presidential caucuses took place on February 23, 2008. John McCain won all 6 pledged (and the support of 3 unpledged delegates) at the commonwealth's convention. Results See also * Republican Party ...
* United States House of Representatives election in the Northern Mariana Islands, 2008


Ohio

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2008 Ohio's 11th congressional district special election Ohio's 11th congressional district special election, 2008 took place on November 18, 2008. The seat of the U.S. representative for Ohio's 11th congressional district was vacated following the death of Democrat Stephanie Tubbs Jones on August 20 ...
* Ohio Democratic primary, 2008 * Ohio Republican primary, 2008 * United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, 2008


Oklahoma

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Oklahoma Democratic primary, 2008 The 2008 Oklahoma Democratic presidential primary, part of the process of selecting that party's nominee for President of the United States, took place on February 5, one of the many nominating contests of 2008's " Super Tuesday". The primary ...
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Oklahoma Republican primary, 2008 The 2008 Oklahoma Republican presidential primary was held on February 5, with 41 delegates at stake. It was a closed primary, meaning only registered Republicans could vote in the election. The primary was on Super Tuesday on the same day as tw ...
* 2008 Oklahoma state elections * United States presidential election in Oklahoma, 2008 * United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma, 2008 * United States Senate election in Oklahoma, 2008


Oregon

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Oregon Democratic primary, 2008 The 2008 Oregon Democratic presidential primary was a mail-only primary in the U.S. state of Oregon. Ballots were mailed to registered Democratic voters between May 2 and May 6, 2008. To be counted, all ballots had to have been received by coun ...
* Oregon Republican primary, 2008 *
2008 Oregon legislative elections Elections for the 75th Oregon Legislative Assembly took place in 2008. The Republican and Democratic primary elections were on May 20, 2008, and the general election was held on November 4, 2008. Fifteen of the Oregon State Senate's thirty seats ...
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2008 Oregon state elections On November 4, 2008, the U.S. state of Oregon held statewide general elections for three statewide offices ( secretary of state, treasurer, and attorney general), both houses of the Oregon Legislative Assembly, and twelve state ballot measures ...
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United States presidential election in Oregon, 2008 The 2008 United States presidential election in Oregon took place on November 4, 2008, and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose seven representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for preside ...
* United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon, 2008 * United States Senate election in Oregon, 2008


Pennsylvania

* 2008 Pennsylvania Attorney General election * 2008 Pennsylvania Auditor General election * Pennsylvania Democratic primary, 2008 *
2008 Pennsylvania House of Representatives elections The 2008 Elections for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives were held on November 4, 2008, with all districts being contested. Necessary primary elections were held on April 22, 2008. The term of office for those elected in 2008 will run fr ...
* Pennsylvania Republican presidential primary, 2008 * 2008 Pennsylvania Senate elections * 2008 Pennsylvania State Treasurer election *
2008 Pennsylvania elections Pennsylvania's state elections were held on November 4, 2008. Necessary primary elections were held on April 22. All 203 seats of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 25 seats of the Pennsylvania Senate, as well as the offices of Pennsylv ...
* United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, 2008


Puerto Rican

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2008 Puerto Rican general election The 2008 Puerto Rican general elections were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2008 to elect the officials of the Government of Puerto Rico that would serve for the next four years, most notably the Governor of Puerto Rico. The election was won ...
* Puerto Rico Democratic primary, 2008 *
2008 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election The 2008 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 2008, as part of the Puerto Rican general elections. It coincided with the 2008 United States general elections. Then-incumbent governor Aníbal Acevedo Vilá, Democratic, ...
* New Progressive Party (Puerto Rico) primaries, 2008 * Popular Democratic Party (Puerto Rico) primaries, 2008 * Puerto Rico Republican caucuses, 2008 *
United States House of Representatives election in Puerto Rico, 2008 The 2008 Puerto Rican general elections were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2008 to elect the officials of the Government of Puerto Rico that would serve for the next four years, most notably the Governor of Puerto Rico. The election was won ...


Rhode Island

* Rhode Island Democratic primary, 2008 * Rhode Island Republican primary, 2008 *
United States Senate election in Rhode Island, 2008 The 2008 United States Senate election in Rhode Island took place on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Jack Reed won re-election to a third term. Democratic primary Candidates * Jack Reed, incumbent U.S. Senator * Chris ...


South Carolina

* South Carolina Democratic primary, 2008 * South Carolina Republican primary, 2008 * 2008 South Carolina Senate elections * Stephen Colbert presidential campaign, 2008 * United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 2008 * United States presidential election in South Carolina, 2008 *
United States Senate election in South Carolina, 2008 The 2008 United States Senate election in South Carolina was held on November 4, 2008 to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of South Carolina. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham won election to a ...


South Dakota

* United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota, 2008 * United States presidential election in South Dakota, 2008 * South Dakota Democratic primary, 2008 *
South Dakota Republican primary, 2008 The 2008 South Dakota Republican presidential primary took place on June 3, 2008. Results See also * 2008 South Dakota Democratic presidential primary * 2008 Republican Party presidential primaries References

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* United States Senate election in South Dakota, 2008


Tennessee

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Tennessee Democratic primary, 2008 The 2008 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary took place on February 5, 2008, also known as Super Tuesday. Polls Results See also * Democratic Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2008 *Tennessee Republican primary, 200 ...
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Tennessee Republican primary, 2008 The 2008 Tennessee Republican presidential primary took place on February 5, 2008 ( Super Tuesday), with 52 national delegates. Mike Huckabee narrowly defeated John McCain to win the largest share of Tennessee's delegates to the 2008 Republic ...
* United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee, 2008 * United States presidential election in Tennessee, 2008 * United States Senate election in Tennessee, 2008


Texas

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Texas Democratic primary and caucuses, 2008 The 2008 Texas Democratic presidential primary and caucuses were a series of events to determine the delegates that the Texas Democratic Party sent to the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Delegates were selected using results from two sources: ...
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Texas Republican primary, 2008 The 2008 Texas Republican presidential primary took place on March 4, 2008. John McCain won the primary election, giving him enough delegate votes to guarantee his nomination at the 2008 Republican National Convention. Process The Texas Republic ...
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United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, 2008 The 2008 elections for the Texas delegation of the United States House of Representatives was held on November 4, 2008. 31 of 32 congressional seats that make up the state's delegation were contested. In Texas's 14th congressional district no on ...
* United States presidential election in Texas, 2008 *
United States Senate election in Texas, 2008 The 2008 United States Senate election in Texas was held on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Republican John Cornyn defeated Democratic nominee Rick Noriega, a member of the Texas House of Representatives, to win re-election to a second term in offic ...


United States Virgin Islands

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2008 United States Virgin Islands general election Legislative elections were held in United States Virgin Islands on 4 November 2008. United States House of Representatives Incumbent U.S. Virgin Islands Delegate Donna Christian-Christensen announced that she intended to seek a fourth term in ...
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United States Virgin Islands Democratic territorial convention, 2008 The 2008 U.S. Virgin Islands Democratic presidential convention took place on February 9, 2008. The convention chose 6 delegates, all pledged to Senator Barack Obama. Each delegate, however, only counted for half a vote at the 2008 Democratic Na ...
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United States Virgin Islands Republican caucuses, 2008 The 2008 U.S. Virgin Islands Republican territorial meeting, also known as the Republican caucuses, took place on the U.S. Virgin Islands of St. Croix and St. Thomas on April 5, 2008. Virgin Islands Republicans could select six pledged delegate ...
* United States House of Representatives election in the United States Virgin Islands, 2008


Utah

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United States House of Representatives elections in Utah, 2008 The 2008 congressional elections in Utah were held on November 4, 2008 to determine the representatives of the state of Utah in the United States House of Representatives for the 111th Congress from January 3, 2009, until their terms of offic ...
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United States presidential election in Utah, 2008 The 2008 United States presidential election in Utah took place on November 4, 2008. It was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose five representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president ...
* Utah Democratic primary, 2008 * Utah Republican primary, 2008 *
2008 Utah gubernatorial election The 2008 Utah gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 2008. The deadline to file for the primary was June 24, 2008.
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Vermont

* United States presidential election in Vermont, 2008 * 2008 Vermont gubernatorial election *
Vermont Democratic primary, 2008 The 2008 Vermont Democratic presidential primary was an open primary that took place on March 4, 2008. Barack Obama won the primary, his only decisive win among the four March 4 contests. The primary determined the 15 pledged delegates that re ...
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Vermont Republican primary, 2008 The 2008 Vermont Republican presidential primary took place on March 4, 2008. Arizona Senator John McCain was the winner of the primary. Results * Candidate dropped out of the race before the primary See also * 2008 Republican Party presiden ...
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2008 Vermont elections The Vermont election in 2008 consisted of elections for federal, state, and local elections. All state offices are for two years; all terms expired in 2008. Elections included the gubernatorial, all state offices, including all state senators and ...


Virginia

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2008 Virginia elections In 2008, Virginia, for the first time since 1964, cast its electoral college presidential votes for a Democrat, Barack Obama. It also elected a United States senator, members of the United States House of Representatives, and local officers such ...
* United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, 2008 * United States Senate election in Virginia, 2008 * United States presidential election in Virginia, 2008 *
Virginia Democratic primary, 2008 The 2008 Virginia Democratic presidential primary took place on February 12, 2008, an election day nicknamed the " Potomac Primary" because the District of Columbia and Maryland also held Democratic primaries. The Virginia Democratic primary was ...
* Virginia Republican primary, 2008 * 2008 Virginia's 1st congressional district election * 2008 Virginia's 7th congressional district election


Washington (U.S. state)

* Charter Amendment One (Pierce County, 2008) * 2008 Washington State Executive elections * United States House of Representatives elections in Washington, 2008 * United States presidential election in Washington, 2008 * 2008 Washington attorney general election * Washington Death with Dignity Act * Washington Democratic caucuses, 2008 * Washington Republican caucuses, 2008 *
Washington Republican primary, 2008 The 2008 United States presidential election in Washington took place on November 4, 2008, and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose 11 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for pres ...
* 2008 Washington secretary of state election * 2008 Washington State House elections * 2008 Washington State Judicial elections * 2008 Washington State Senate elections * 2008 Washington State Supreme Court elections * 2008 Washington State local elections *
2008 Washington gubernatorial election The 2008 gubernatorial election in Washington was held on November 4, 2008. Republican Dino Rossi and incumbent Democratic Governor Christine Gregoire emerged from the August 19 primary. This made the 2008 election a rematch between the candidat ...


Washington, D.C.

* United States House of Representatives election in the District of Columbia, 2008 * United States presidential election in the District of Columbia, 2008


West Virginia

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2008 West Virginia gubernatorial election The 2008 West Virginia gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Governor Joe Manchin III was the Democratic nominee, challenged by Republican nominee Russ Weeks and Mountain Party candidate Jesse Johnson. Manchin won eve ...
* United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia, 2008 * United States Senate election in West Virginia, 2008 * United States presidential election in West Virginia, 2008 *
West Virginia Democratic primary, 2008 The 2008 West Virginia Democratic presidential primary took place on May 13, 2008 with polls closing at 7:30 p.m. EST. It was open to Democrats and Independents. The primary determined 28 delegates to the 2008 Democratic National Convention, who ...
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West Virginia Republican caucuses and primary, 2008 The 2008 West Virginia Republican presidential caucuses took place on February 5, 2008 to select 18 delegates to the 2008 Republican National Convention. An additional nine delegates were selected in a primary election on May 13, 2008, for a tot ...


Wisconsin

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United States presidential election in Wisconsin, 2008 The 2008 United States presidential election in Wisconsin took place on November 4, 2008, as part of the 2008 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. State voters chose 10 electors ...
* United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin, 2008 *
Wisconsin Democratic primary, 2008 The 2008 Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary took place on February 19, 2008. 74 pledged delegates were at stake. The 2008 Hawaii Democratic presidential caucuses took place the same day. The Wisconsin primary came after Senator Barack Ob ...
* Wisconsin Republican primary, 2008 * 2008 Wisconsin state elections


Wyoming

* United States presidential election in Wyoming, 2008 * United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming, 2008 * United States Senate election in Wyoming, 2008 * United States Senate special election in Wyoming, 2008 *
Wyoming Democratic caucuses, 2008 The 2008 Wyoming Democratic presidential caucuses were a series of events designed to determine the Delegate (American politics), delegates that the Wyoming Democratic Party sent to the 2008 Democratic National Convention. The party was allocated ...
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Wyoming Republican caucuses, 2008 The 2008 Wyoming Republican presidential caucuses took place on January 5, 2008, with 12 national delegates chosen by county convention delegates. A majority of the national delegates were won by former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. In addit ...


United States Virgin Islands

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2008 United States Virgin Islands general election Legislative elections were held in United States Virgin Islands on 4 November 2008. United States House of Representatives Incumbent U.S. Virgin Islands Delegate Donna Christian-Christensen announced that she intended to seek a fourth term in ...
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United States Virgin Islands Democratic territorial convention, 2008 The 2008 U.S. Virgin Islands Democratic presidential convention took place on February 9, 2008. The convention chose 6 delegates, all pledged to Senator Barack Obama. Each delegate, however, only counted for half a vote at the 2008 Democratic Na ...
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United States Virgin Islands Republican caucuses, 2008 The 2008 U.S. Virgin Islands Republican territorial meeting, also known as the Republican caucuses, took place on the U.S. Virgin Islands of St. Croix and St. Thomas on April 5, 2008. Virgin Islands Republicans could select six pledged delegate ...
* United States House of Representatives election in the United States Virgin Islands, 2008


Oceania

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2008 Bougainvillean presidential election Presidential elections were held in Bougainville (an autonomous region of Papua New Guinea) from November 30 to December 18, 2008. Voters elected the new President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, following the death of President Joseph ...
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2008 French Polynesian legislative election Early legislative elections were held in French Polynesia in early 2008. The first round was held on 27 January, with the second round on 10 February. The early elections was the first one to be conducted under a reformed electoral system. Backg ...
* 2008 French Polynesian presidential election *
2008 Marshall Islands presidential election An indirect presidential election was held in the Marshall Islands on 7 January 2008. The parliament elected in November 2007 elected a new president after it formally convened. The opposition coalition elected a new president, Litokwa Tomeing, w ...
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2008 Nauruan parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Nauru on April 26, 2008, following the dissolving of Parliament by President Marcus Stephen on April 18. The decision came after what Stephen referred to as "months of political deadlock". Of the parliament's e ...
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2008 Niuean general election General elections were held in Niue on 7 June, 2008. They were initially expected to be held in April, but were delayed until June 2008. Niue has a 20-member legislative assembly, called the Niue Assembly, whose members are elected by approxim ...
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2008 Palauan general election General elections were held in Palau on 4 November 2008 to elect the President and members of the National Congress. The presidential election was won by Johnson Toribiong. Incumbent President of Palau, President Tommy Remengesau was ineligible ...
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2008 Palauan presidential election General elections were held in Palau on 4 November 2008 to elect the President and members of the National Congress. The presidential election was won by Johnson Toribiong. Incumbent President of Palau, President Tommy Remengesau was ineligible ...
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2008 Tongan general election General elections were held in Tonga on 23 and 24 April 2008 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly. The nobles were elected on 23 April, and the nine people's representatives on 24 April. A total of 32,000 people turned out to vote, giv ...
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2008 Tuvaluan constitutional referendum A constitutional referendum was held in Tuvalu on 30 April 2008."Tuvaluans vote ...
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2008 Vanuatuan general election General elections were held in Vanuatu on 2 September 2008. In July the Melanesian Progressive Party requested that they be postponed, contesting the constitutionality of the Peoples Representation Act No. 33 of 2007, which allegedly enabled vote ...


American Samoa

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2008 American Samoan general election General elections were held in American Samoa on 4 November 2008 to elect a governor, members of the House of Representative, and a delegate to the United States House of Representatives, as well as a referendum on a legislative override of the g ...
* American Samoa Democratic caucuses, 2008 *
2008 American Samoa gubernatorial election The 2008 American Samoa gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 2008, coinciding with the 2008 United States general elections and the American Samoa general election. Because no candidate received more than 50% of the vote, a runoff ...
* American Samoa Republican caucuses, 2008 * United States House of Representatives election in American Samoa, 2008


Australia

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2008 Australian Capital Territory general election Elections to the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly were held on Saturday, 18 October 2008. The incumbent Labor Party, led by Jon Stanhope, was challenged by the Liberal Party, led by Zed Seselja. Candidates were elected to fill t ...
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2008 Cabramatta state by-election A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Cabramatta on 18 October 2008 to coincide with the Lakemba, Port Macquarie and Ryde by-elections. The Cabramatta by-election was triggered by the resignation of sitting ...
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2008 City of Melbourne election Elections to the City of Melbourne were held via postal ballot in October 2008 to elect 7 councillors to the council, as well as the direct election of the Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor of Melbourne. Incumbent Lord May ...
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2008 Gippsland by-election The 2008 Gippsland by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Gippsland on 28 June 2008. It was triggered by the resignation of National Party MP Peter McGauran. The writ for the by-election was issued on 19 May ...
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2008 Kororoit state by-election The 2008 Kororoit state by-election was held on 28 June 2008 for the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Kororoit. The by-election was triggered when Labor MLA and former state Police Minister Andre Haermeyer resigned from parliament on 3 Jun ...
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2008 Lakemba state by-election A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Lakemba on 18 October 2008 after former Premier Morris Iemma resigned as member for Lakemba. By-elections for the seats of Cabramatta, Port Macquarie and Ryde were held ...
* 2008 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election *
2008 Lyne by-election The 2008 Lyne by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Lyne on 6 September 2008. This was triggered by the resignation of National Party MP Mark Vaile. The by-election was held on the same day as the Mayo by-el ...
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2008 Mayo by-election The 2008 Mayo by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Mayo, located in Adelaide, South Australia, on 6 September 2008, following the retirement of Liberal Party MP and former Liberal leader Alexander Downe ...
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2008 Murdoch state by-election The 2008 Murdoch state by-election was a by-election held on 23 February 2008 for the Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of Murdoch in the southern suburbs of Perth. The by-election was triggered by the death of Liberal member Trevor S ...
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2008 Northern Territory general election General elections were held in the Northern Territory of Australia on 9 August 2008. Of the 25 seats in the Legislative Assembly, 23 were contested; two safe Labor seats were uncontested. The incumbent centre-left Labor Party (ALP), led by Chie ...
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2008 Port Macquarie state by-election A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Port Macquarie on 18 October 2008. This was triggered by the resignation of independent MP Rob Oakeshott who was elected to the federal seat of Lyne at a by-election the ...
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2008 Ryde state by-election __NOTOC__ A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Ryde on 18 October 2008 to coincide with the Port Macquarie, Lakemba and Cabramatta by-elections. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of sitting m ...
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2008 Western Australian state election The 2008 Western Australian state election was held on Saturday 6 September 2008 to elect 59 members to the Legislative Assembly and 36 members to the Legislative Council. The incumbent centre-left Labor Party government, in power since the ...


Guam

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2008 Guamanian general election General elections were held in Guam on 4 November 2008. Voters in Guam chose their non-voting delegate to the United States House of Representatives, as well as members of the territorial legislature. The election coincided with the 2008 United St ...
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Guam Democratic territorial convention, 2008 The 2008 Guam Democratic presidential caucus took place on May 3, 2008. Senator Barack Obama won by 7 votes, a margin of less than 0.2%. This resulted in each candidate getting 2 pledged delegates to the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Guam ...
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2008 Guamanian legislative election An election for the Legislature of Guam took place on Tuesday, November 4, 2008, coinciding with the 2008 United States general elections and the Guam general election. Democrats defeated three Republican incumbents: Mark Forbes, Frank Ishizaki ...
* Guam Republican caucuses, 2008 * United States House of Representatives election in Guam, 2008


Hawaii

* Hawaii Democratic caucuses, 2008 * Hawaii Republican caucuses, 2008 * United States House of Representatives elections in Hawaii, 2008 *
United States presidential election in Hawaii, 2008 The 2008 United States presidential election in Hawaii took place on November 4, 2008, and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose 4 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president ...


New Zealand general

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2008 New Zealand general election 8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9. In mathematics 8 is: * a composite number, its proper divisors being , , and . It is twice 4 or four times 2. * a power of two, being 2 (two cubed), and is the first number of t ...
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49th New Zealand Parliament The 49th New Zealand Parliament was elected at the 2008 New Zealand general election, 2008 election. It comprised 122 members, including an overhang seat, overhang of two seats (an increase of one from the 48th New Zealand Parliament, 48th Parli ...
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Opinion polling for the 2008 New Zealand general election Opinion polling has been commissioned throughout the duration of the 48th New Zealand Parliament and in the leadup to the 2008 election by various organisations, the main four being Television New Zealand, TV3, ''The New Zealand Herald'' and R ...
* Party lists in the 2008 New Zealand general election


Northern Mariana Islands

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Northern Mariana Islands Republican caucuses, 2008 The 2008 Northern Mariana Islands Republican presidential caucuses took place on February 23, 2008. John McCain won all 6 pledged (and the support of 3 unpledged delegates) at the commonwealth's convention. Results See also * Republican Party ...
* United States House of Representatives election in the Northern Mariana Islands, 2008


South America

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2008 Bolivian autonomy referendums Referendums on departmental autonomy statutes were held in four departments of Bolivia—Beni, Pando, Santa Cruz, and Tarija—in May and June 2008. These four departments, known as the ''Media Luna'', voted in favor of autonomy in the June 200 ...
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2008 Bolivian vote of confidence referendum A vote of confidence in President Evo Morales in the form of a referendum was held in Bolivia on 10 August 2008.2008 Brazilian municipal elections Municipal elections were held in Brazil on October 5 and October 26, 2008. Over 130 million voters chose mayors and city councillors for the 5,565 municipalities of Brazil. Brazilian law allowed candidates to run under ballot names different from ...
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2008 Chilean municipal election A municipal election took place in Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow s ...
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2008 Ecuadorian constitutional referendum A constitutional referendum was held in Ecuador on 28 September 2008 to ratify or reject the constitution drafted by the Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly elected in 2007. The new constitution was approved by 69% of voters. Following its approval ...
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2008 Paraguayan general election General elections were held in Paraguay on 20 April 2008. Elections were held for the presidency, 45 senators, 80 representatives, 17 governors and Paraguay's members in the Mercosur Parliament. The presidential election was won by opposition c ...
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2008 Santa Cruz autonomy referendum A referendum to approve the autonomy statute of Santa Cruz Department of Bolivia was held on 4 May 2008. The vote resulted from strains between the Prefecture of Santa Cruz and President Evo Morales. The referendum was declared illegal and unc ...
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2008 Tarija autonomy referendum An autonomy referendum was held in Tarija Department in Bolivia on 22 June 2008, following the autonomy referendum held in Santa Cruz Department on 4 May 2008 and the autonomy referendums held in Beni Department and Pando Department Pando i ...
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2008 Venezuelan regional elections The 2008 regional elections of Venezuela were held on 23 November 2008 to choose 22 governors and 2  metropolitan mayors. The candidates were selected for a term beginning in 2008 and ending in 2012, when the next regional electio ...


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