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Election 2008 Results

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2008 North Dakota governor election

John Hoeven (Republican) beat Tim Mathern (Democrat) in North Dakota in 2008, 74.4% to 23.5%, a margin of 50.9 points and 160,730 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 2004, when John Hoeven also won.

Republicans led in 52 of the 53 counties and Democrats in 1. The largest, Cass, cast 70,719 votes and went to the Republican by 42.6 points. The closest was Sioux, where 36 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
John Hoeven won Republican 235,009 74.4%
Tim Mathern Democratic 74,279 23.5%
All other candidates 6,404 2.0%
Total315,692

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cass 19,598 27.7% 49,741 70.3% 1,380 70,719 R+42.6
Burleigh 8,379 20.1% 32,398 77.7% 914 41,691 R+57.6
Grand Forks 7,268 23.8% 22,619 74.1% 619 30,506 R+50.3
Ward 4,607 18.1% 20,355 79.8% 559 25,521 R+61.7
Morton 3,067 23.0% 9,939 74.6% 314 13,320 R+51.6
Stark 1,949 17.7% 8,857 80.3% 230 11,036 R+62.6
Stutsman 2,162 22.2% 7,390 75.8% 194 9,746 R+53.6
Williams 1,475 15.8% 7,708 82.4% 176 9,359 R+66.6
Richland 1,762 23.3% 5,641 74.7% 146 7,549 R+51.4
Barnes 1,384 24.3% 4,187 73.4% 133 5,704 R+49.1
Walsh 972 19.7% 3,919 79.2% 55 4,946 R+59.6
Ramsey 1,035 21.7% 3,674 76.9% 70 4,779 R+55.2
McLean 1,097 23.1% 3,527 74.4% 119 4,743 R+51.2
Rolette 2,610 57.7% 1,820 40.2% 93 4,523 D+17.5
Mercer 957 21.6% 3,374 76.0% 107 4,438 R+54.5
Traill 1,048 25.9% 2,951 72.9% 49 4,048 R+47.0
Bottineau 663 18.9% 2,802 79.7% 49 3,514 R+60.9
Pembina 614 18.3% 2,695 80.5% 38 3,347 R+62.2
Mountrail 892 30.3% 1,949 66.2% 103 2,944 R+35.9
McKenzie 525 19.4% 2,115 78.3% 61 2,701 R+58.9
Dickey 599 23.0% 1,964 75.3% 46 2,609 R+52.3
McHenry 579 23.4% 1,841 74.5% 50 2,470 R+51.1
Ransom 853 34.9% 1,553 63.5% 38 2,444 R+28.6
Wells 509 21.2% 1,839 76.5% 55 2,403 R+55.3
Benson 847 35.9% 1,470 62.3% 43 2,360 R+26.4
LaMoure 650 28.7% 1,543 68.2% 68 2,261 R+39.5
Pierce 465 21.5% 1,666 77.0% 33 2,164 R+55.5
Cavalier 405 18.9% 1,713 79.8% 28 2,146 R+61.0
Sargent 658 33.6% 1,278 65.3% 22 1,958 R+31.7
Emmons 408 21.9% 1,412 75.8% 43 1,863 R+53.9
Nelson 444 25.0% 1,308 73.7% 22 1,774 R+48.7
Foster 317 18.9% 1,327 79.3% 29 1,673 R+60.4
Dunn 332 19.9% 1,292 77.4% 46 1,670 R+57.5
Bowman 258 15.7% 1,346 81.8% 41 1,645 R+66.1
McIntosh 282 18.3% 1,241 80.3% 22 1,545 R+62.1
Sioux 653 47.6% 689 50.2% 30 1,372 R+2.6
Hettinger 270 19.8% 1,071 78.5% 23 1,364 R+58.7
Grant 276 20.3% 1,052 77.5% 30 1,358 R+57.1
Renville 249 18.4% 1,067 79.0% 35 1,351 R+60.5
Griggs 317 24.0% 989 74.8% 16 1,322 R+50.8
Adams 266 20.6% 989 76.7% 34 1,289 R+56.1
Kidder 317 25.4% 895 71.8% 35 1,247 R+46.4
Towner 302 24.9% 883 72.7% 29 1,214 R+47.9
Eddy 315 26.9% 838 71.5% 19 1,172 R+44.6
Divide 251 22.0% 882 77.2% 9 1,142 R+55.3
Logan 258 23.9% 801 74.1% 22 1,081 R+50.2
Oliver 213 20.3% 805 76.7% 31 1,049 R+56.4
Steele 372 35.5% 663 63.3% 12 1,047 R+27.8
Burke 140 14.6% 802 83.7% 16 958 R+69.1
Golden Valley 127 14.5% 730 83.3% 19 876 R+68.8
Sheridan 148 18.4% 636 79.2% 19 803 R+60.8
Billings 70 13.8% 424 83.3% 15 509 R+69.5
Slope 65 15.5% 339 80.9% 15 419 R+65.4

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

North Dakota governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Kelly Armstrong (R) R+42.3
2020 Doug Burgum (R) R+40.5
2016 Doug Burgum (R) R+57.1
2012 Jack Dalrymple (R) R+28.8
2008 John Hoeven (R) R+50.9
2004 John Hoeven (R) R+43.9
2000 John Hoeven (R) R+10.1
1996 Edward T. Schafer (R) R+32.4
1992 Edward T. Schafer (R) R+17.2
1988 George A. Sinner (D) D+19.8
1984 George A. Sinner (D) D+10.6
1980 Allen I. Olson (R) R+7.2
1976 Arthur A. Link (D) D+5.0
1972 Arthur A. Link (D) D+2.1
1968 William L. Guy (D) D+11.1
1964 William L. Guy (D) D+11.5
1962 William L. Guy (D) D+0.9
1960 William L. Guy (D) D+5.0
1958 John E. Davis (R) R+6.2
1956 John E. Davis (R) R+16.9
1954 Norman Brunsdale (R) R+28.4
1952 Norman Brunsdale (R) R+57.5
1950 Norman Brunsdale (R) R+32.6
1948 Fred G. Aandahl (R) R+23.8
1946 Fred G. Aandahl (R) R+37.8
1944 Fred G. Aandahl (R) R+23.1
1942 John Moses (D) D+15.2
1940 John Moses (D) D+26.2
1938 John Moses (D) D+4.9
1936 William Langer (other)
1934 Thomas H. Moodie (D) D+6.4
1932 William Langer (R) R+9.8
1930 George F. Shafer (R) R+50.4
1928 George F. Shafer (R) R+13.3
1926 Arthur G. Sorlie (R) R+66.6
1924 Arthur G. Sorlie (R) R+7.9
1922 Ragnvald Nestos (R) R+57.6
1921 Ragnvald A. Nestos (R) R+50.9
1920 Lynn J. Frazier (R) R+2.0
1918 Lynn J. Frazier (R) R+19.5
1916 Lynn J. Frazier (R) R+60.8
1914 L. B. Hanna (R) R+10.7
1912 L. B. Hanna (R) R+9.4
1910 John Burke (D) D+2.6
1908 John Burke (D) D+2.6
1906 John Burke (D) D+7.9
1904 Elmore Y. Sarles (R) R+46.1
1902 Frank White (R) R+27.8
1900 Frank White (R) R+20.5
1898 Frederick B. Fancher (R) R+18.4
1896 Frank A. Briggs (R) R+55.6
1894 Roger Allin (R) R+36.5
1892 Eli C. D. Shortridge (other)
1890 Andrew H. Burke (R) R+17.7
1889 John Miller (R) R+33.2