2008 North Dakota gubernatorial election

2008 North Dakota gubernatorial election
	County results; Hoeven: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%; Mathern: 50–60%
Governor before election; John Hoeven; Republican	Elected Governor ; John Hoeven; Republican

The 2008 North Dakota gubernatorial election took place on 4 November 2008 for the post of Governor of North Dakota. Incumbent Republican Governor John Hoeven was easily reelected again, defeating Democratic-NPL challenger Tim Mathern. The primaries took place on June 10, 2008.^[1]John Hoeven outperformed John McCain, the Republican presidential nominee, by about 21%. McCain defeated Democratic nominee Barack Obama 53%-45% in the concurrent presidential election.

Candidates

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[2]	Safe R	October 16, 2008
Rothenberg Political Report^[3]	Safe R	November 2, 2008
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[4]	Safe R	November 3, 2008
Real Clear Politics^[5]	Safe R	November 4, 2008

Source	Date	John Hoeven (R)	Tim Mathern (D)
Rasmussen Reports^[6]	September 8, 2008	68%	28%
Rasmussen Reports^[6]	July 8, 2008	67%	27%

North Dakota gubernatorial election, 2008^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John Hoeven (Incumbent)	235,009	74.44%	+3.19%
	Democratic–NPL	Tim Mathern	74,279	23.53%	-3.86%
	Independent	DuWayne Hendrickson	6,404	2.03%
Majority			160,730	50.91%	+7.05%
Turnout			315,692
	Republican hold		Swing

Elections and Voting from the North Dakota Secretary of State
North Dakota Governor candidates at Project Vote Smart
North Dakota Governor race from OurCampaigns.com
North Dakota Governor race from 2008 Race Tracker
Campaign contributions^{[permanent dead link]} from Follow the Money
Hoeven (R-i) vs. Mathern (D) graph of collected poll results from Pollster.com
Official campaign websites (Archived)
- John Hoeven, Republican incumbent nominee
- Tim Mathern, Democratic-NPL nominee
- Gregg Boyer, Independent candidate