Vermont gubernatorial election, 2008

November 4, 2008



Nominee	Jim Douglas	Anthony Pollina	Gaye Symington
Party	Republican	Independent	Democratic
Popular vote	170,492	69,791	69,534
Percentage	53.4%	21.8%	21.7%

County Results

Governor before election

Jim Douglas
Republican

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Jim Douglas
Republican

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The 2008 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 2008. Incumbent governor Jim Douglas won reelection. The gubernatorial primary took place on September 9, 2008.

Polling

Source	Date	Jim Douglas (R)	Anthony Pollina (I/P)	Gaye Symington (D)
WCAX	October 28, 2008	47%	23%	24%
Rasmussen	October 10, 2008	45%	25%	20%

Dates and deadlines^[1]

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

Election results

Governor

2008 Vermont Governor general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Jim Douglas	170,492	53.4	-3.0
	Independent	Anthony Pollina	69,791	21.8	n/a
	Democratic	Gaye Symington	69,534	21.7	-19.5
	Independent	Tony O'Connor	3,106	0.9	n/a
	Independent	Sam Young	2,490	0.7	n/a
	Liberty Union	Pete Diamondstone	1,710	0.5	+0.3
	Independent	Cris Ericson	1,704	0.5	-0.4
		write-ins	258	0.0	n/a
Majority			100,701
Turnout			319,085
	Republican hold		Swing

Lieutenant governor

2008 Vermont Lieutenant Governor general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Brian Dubie	171,744	55.0	+3.8
	Democratic	Thomas Costello	121,953	39.1	-6.4
	VT Progressive	Richard Kemp	14,249	4.5	+2.3
	Liberty Union	Ben Mitchell	3,639	1.1	-0.1
		write-ins	207	0.0	n/a
Majority			49,791
Turnout			311,792
	Republican hold		Swing

References

↑ 2008 Critical Election Dates Vermont Secretary of State

External links

Elections & Campaign Finance Division from the Vermont Secretary of State
Vermont Governor candidates at Project Vote Smart
Vermont Governor race from OurCampaigns.com
Vermont Governor race from 2008 Race Tracker
Campaign contributions from Follow the Money
Official campaign websites
- Jim Douglas, Republican incumbent candidate
- Anthony Pollina, Independent candidate
- Gaye Symington, Democratic candidate
- Sam Young, Independent candidate

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