The 2008 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on November 4. Incumbent

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Jim Douglas James Holley Douglas (born June 21, 1951) is an American politician from the state of Vermont. A Republican, he served the 80th governor of Vermont from 2003 to 2011. On August 27, 2009, Douglas announced that he would not seek re-election fo ...

won re-election to a fourth term. The gubernatorial primary took place on September 9, 2008. Despite Democrat

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concurrently winning the state in a landslide in the presidential election and carrying every county, Republican Governor

was able to win reelection in a landslide and carried every county in the state himself. Democrats actually came in third, about 200 votes behind Independent candidate

Anthony Pollina Anthony Pollina (born February 17, 1952) is an American Progressive politician who has served as a member of the Vermont Senate since 2011. Biography Anthony Pollina was born in Ridgewood, New Jersey on February 17, 1952, the son of Salvatore P ...

General Election

Dates and deadlines

* July 21, 2008—filing (for major parties) * September 9, 2008—primary election * September 12, 2008—filing (for third parties) * October 29, 2008—voter registration deadline for general election * November 4, 2008—general election 2008 Critical Election Dates
''Vermont Secretary of State''

Predictions

Polling

Results for Governor

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

* Windham (largest municipality:

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)

Results for Lieutenant governor

References

External links

Elections & Campaign Finance Division
from the ''Vermont Secretary of State''
Vermont Governor candidates
at

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Vermont Governor race
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Vermont Governor race
from ''2008 Race Tracker''
Campaign contributions
from ''Follow the Money'' *Official campaign websites (archived):
Jim Douglas
Republican incumbent candidate
Anthony Pollina
Independent candidate
Gaye Symington
Democratic candidate
Sam Young
Independent candidate {{DEFAULTSORT:Vermont Gubernatorial Election, 2008

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2008 United States gubernatorial elections

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