Elections were held in

Missouri Missouri (''see #Etymology and pronunciation, pronunciation'') is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it border ...

on Tuesday, November 4, 2008.

President

With a margin of just .13%, Missouri was the closest race in the 2008 Presidential Election.

House of Representatives

Governor

Even as Barack Obama failed to carry the state, Democratic candidate Jay Nixon won the concurrent gubernatorial election by a considerably large margin.

Lieutenant governor

Secretary of State

Incumbent Secretary of State

Robin Carnahan Robin Colleen Carnahan (born August 4, 1961) is an American businesswoman, lawyer, and politician, who previously served as the Missouri Secretary of State and served as the General Services Administration, Administrator of General Services in ...

was re-elected with 61.81% of the vote, defeating Republican candidate Mitchell Hubbard.

State Treasurer

Attorney general

Democratic incumbent

Jay Nixon Jeremiah Wilson "Jay" Nixon (born February 13, 1956) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the List of governors of Missouri, 55th governor of Missouri from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic P ...

was term-limited. Democratic candidate

Chris Koster Christopher Andrew Koster (born August 31, 1964) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 41st Missouri Attorney General, Attorney General of Missouri from 2009 to 2017. Before that, Koster was elected three times as prosecuting att ...

defeated Republican candidate Mike Gibbons 52.9% to 47.1%.

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