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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 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Carnahan: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%. Hubbard: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%. Secretary of State before election. Robin Carnahan. Democratic. Elected Secretary of State. Robin Carnahan. Democratic. Incumbent Secretary of State Robin Carnahan was re-elected with 61.81% of the vote, defeating Republican candidate Mitchell Hubbard.
Since 1904, Missouri has voted for the eventual winner of the presidential election with only four exceptions: 1956, 2008, 2012, and 2020. Missouri was historically viewed as a bellwether state, but the consecutive votes against the winning candidate in 2008 and 2012 introduced doubts about its continued status as a bellwether, and an 18.5 ...
The 2008 United States presidential election was the 56th quadrennial presidential election, held on November 4, 2008.The Democratic ticket of Barack Obama, the junior senator from Illinois, and Joe Biden, the senior senator from Delaware, defeated the Republican ticket of John McCain, the senior senator from Arizona, and Sarah Palin, the governor of Alaska.
The election coincided with the 2008 U.S. presidential election. The races not forecasted as safe for the incumbent party were 6 and 9; however, the Republicans held both seats. Missouri was the only state in which the party that won the state's popular vote did not win a majority of seats in 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 totaled 47. Another 25 delegates were awarded to the statewide winner, Barack Obama.
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The only candidate with a national campaign at the end of the primary season was John McCain.Withdrawn candidates who had national campaigns were Ron Paul, Mike Huckabee, Sam Brownback, John H. Cox, Jim Gilmore, Rudy Giuliani, Duncan Hunter, Mitt Romney, Tom Tancredo, Fred Thompson, and Tommy Thompson.