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Parents > United States > Indiana > Governor
OfficeGovernor
TypeGeneral Election
Filing Deadline February 01, 2008 - 12:00am
Polls Open November 04, 2008 - 06:00am
Polls Close November 04, 2008 - 08:00pm
Term Start January 12, 2009 - 12:00pm
Term End January 14, 2013 - 12:00pm
Last ModifiedSteve Boudreaux May 24, 2010 10:57am
Data Sources[Link]
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
PartyRepublican Won11/02/2004
NameMitch Daniels Votes1,302,912 (53.21%)
Term01/10/2005 - 01/12/2009 Margin189,012 (+7.72%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
May 06, 2008 IN Governor - D Primary Jill Long Thompson
May 06, 2008 IN Governor - R Primary Mitch Daniels
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 7.5000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Mitch Daniels
Safe 4
Strong 15
Lean 9
Slight 18
Jill Long Thompson
Safe 1
Strong 1
Lean 1
Slight 7
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

09/10/2007 10/24/2008
Graph MoE
Ignore Pollsters:
Bellwether Research & Consulting (R)
Benenson Strategy Group (D)
Gauge Market Research
Howey-Gauge
Indiana Legislative Insight
Public Opinion Strategies (R)
Public Policy Polling
Rasmussen Reports
Research 2000
Selzer & Co.
Survey USA
TargetPoint Consulting (R)

CANDIDATES
Photo
Name (I) Gov. Mitch Daniels Rep. Jill Long Thompson Andrew Horning (W) Christopher Stried (W) Timothy Lee Frye
PartyRepublican Democratic Libertarian Independent Independent
Votes1,563,885 (57.84%) 1,082,463 (40.04%) 57,376 (2.12%) 19 (0.00%) 9 (0.00%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -481,422 (-17.81%) -1,506,509 (-55.72%) -1,563,866 (-57.84%) -1,563,876 (-57.84%)
Predict Avg.51.64% 47.45% 1.56% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Howey-Gauge 
10/23-10/24
61.00% (+0.0) 30.00% (+0.0) 3.00% (+0.0) -0.00% (+0.0) -0.00% (+0.0)
Public Policy Polling 
10/18-10/19
57.00% (+0.0) 36.00% (+0.0) -0.00% (+0.0) -0.00% (+0.0) -0.00% (+0.0)
Research 2000 
09/29-09/30
47.00% (+2.0) 46.00% (+1.0) -0.00% (+0.0) -0.00% (+0.0) -0.00% (+0.0)
Public Opinion Strategies (R) 
09/29-09/30
54.00% (+0.0) 32.00% (+0.0) -0.00% (+0.0) -0.00% (+0.0) -0.00% (+0.0)
Survey USA 
09/28-09/29
53.00% (+1.0) 37.00% (-1.0) 6.00% (+0.0) -0.00% (+0.0) -0.00% (+0.0)
Rasmussen Reports 
09/17-09/18
56.00% (+0.0) 40.00% (+0.0) -0.00% (+0.0) -0.00% (+0.0) -0.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
AENM Angry Russian
  Esquire
D Some say...
D Jason
D DFWDem
G BR_Green
Laf-W Craverguy
BTP Darryl W. Perry

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Jul 12, 2008 01:00am News Republican State Senator Fails in Attempt to Qualify Taxpayers Party  Article TX DEM 
May 26, 2008 09:00pm Announcement TROUBLE ON THE RIGHT FOR INDIANA'S GOP GOVERNOR  Article M@ 

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