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318,670
  
158,268

Start date
  
November 4, 2008

65.47%
  
32.52%

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Winner
  
Brian Schweitzer

The 2008 Montana gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 2008 to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of the U.S. state of Montana. Incumbent governor Brian Schweitzer, a Democrat who was elected to his first four-year term in 2004, was elected to a second term with 65.5 per cent of the vote. John Bohlinger, a Republican and the incumbent lieutenant governor, was once again Schweitzer's running mate, and was re-elected to a second term. The Republican nominee was Roy Brown, a member of the Montana Senate. Brown's running mate was businessman, and future U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator, Steve Daines.

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Candidates

  • Brian Schweitzer, incumbent Governor, 2000 U.S. Senate nominee and rancher
  • John Bohlinger, incumbent Lieutenant Governor and former Republican member of the Montana House of Representatives
  • William (Bill) Fischer, small businessman involved in the logging industry in Lakeside, Montana
  • Steve White, small business owner in the telecommunications industry in Kalispell, Montana
  • Don Pogreba, teacher at Helena High School
  • Jason Neiffer, Great Falls native, teacher at Capital High School

    • Candidates

  • Roy Brown, businessman, State Senator, and former Majority Leader of the Montana House of Representatives
  • Steve Daines, businessman
  • Larry H. Steele, 2007 candidate for Mayor of Great Falls and 2006 candidate for the Montana House of Representatives
  • Harold Luce

    • Candidates

  • Stan Jones, business consultant and United States Air Force veteran
  • Michael Baker

    • References

    Montana gubernatorial election, 2008 Wikipedia
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