New Hampshire gubernatorial election, 2008

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New Hampshire gubernatorial election, 2008
← 2006 November 4, 2008 2010 →
  Governor John Lynch.jpg
Nominee John Lynch Joseph Kenney
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 479,042 188,555
Percentage 70.15% 27.61%
Governor before election

John Lynch
Democratic

 Elected Governor

John Lynch
Democratic

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The New Hampshire gubernatorial election of 2008, 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

Results

Democratic Primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Lynch (inc.) 44,549 90.69
Democratic Kathryn Forry 4,444 9.05
Democratic Write-ins 131 0.27
Total votes 49,124 100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Joseph Kenney 49,235 92.69
Republican Write-ins 3,885 7.31
Total votes 53,120 100.00

General election

Polling

Poll Source Dates administered John Lynch (D) Joseph Kenney (R)
Survey USA October 29–30, 2008 65% 28%
Survey USA October 4–5, 2008 67% 24%
American Research Group June 13–17, 2008 65% 21%
University of New Hampshire April 25–30, 2008 68% 17%
American Research Group March 21, 2008 62% 20%
American Research Group December 21, 2007 48% 32%

Results

New Hampshire gubernatorial election, 2008[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic John Lynch (inc.) 479,042 70.15% -3.86%
Republican Joseph Kenney 188,555 27.61% +1.78%
Libertarian Susan Newell 14,987 2.19% +2.01%
Write-ins 326 0.05%
Majority 290,487 42.54% -5.64%
Turnout 682,910
Democratic hold Swing

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  1. ↑ http://www.sos.nh.gov/stateprimary2008/dgovsum08.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.sos.nh.gov/stateprimary2008/rgovsum.htm
  3. ↑ http://www.sos.nh.gov/general2008/sumgov08.htm
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