2008 Governor's Chairs by State

The Green Papers: 2008 General Election

2008 Governor's Chairs
by State

11 Governor's Chairs up for election in 2008

11 Elected

39 Governor's Chairs not up for election in 2008

22 Open Governor's Chairs (voluntary retirement, seeking other political office, term limits)

7 Incumbents renominated by same party

86 Candidates seeking a Governor's Chair (Candidates may run under the banner of multiple parties. Hence, the number of parties may be greater than the number of candidates.)

This is a list of the current Governors' chairs, the incumbents occupying them, and the candidacy status of said incumbents. Chairs up for election in the year 2008 are marked as such.

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Indiana 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 3-term period
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

	Libertarian; (Boston Tea)	57,376	2.12%	Andrew "Andy" Horning • Running mate for Lieutenant Governor: Lisa Kelly
Total		2,703,752	100.00%

Missouri 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
		Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Libertarian	31,850	1.11%	Andrew W. "Andy" Finkenstadt
Total		2,877,778	100.00%

Montana 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 4-term period
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
	Libertarian	9,796	2.01%	Stan Jones • For Lieutenant Governor: Michael Baker
Total		486,734	100.00%

New Hampshire 2 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2008. Term Limit: None. GOVERNOR is the only Statewide elected officer
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic

	Independent; (Libertarian)	14,987	2.19%	Susan M. Newell
Total		682,910	100.00%

North Carolina 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
		Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Libertarian	121,584	2.85%	Michael Munger
Total		4,268,941	100.00%

Utah 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

	Libertarian	24,820	2.62%	Dell "SuperDell" Schanze • Runningmate: Joey Hobbs
Total		946,525	100.00%

Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties
	• Democratic
	• Democratic-Farmer Labor
	• Democratic-Nonpartisan League
	• Republican
Major Third Parties
	• Green
	• Libertarian
Other Third Parties
	• Blue Enigma Party
	• Boston Tea
	• Constitution
	• Liberty Union
	• Marijuana
	• Mountain
	• Personal Choice
	• Progressive
Independents
	• Independent
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
	• Scattering
	• Write-in

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from an election authority that the person so listed will actually appear on the ballot.