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Electoral history of Sarah Palin, Governor of Alaska (2006–2009) and Republican vice presidential nominee in the 2008 United States presidential election.
2008 United States presidential election[1]
Party | Candidate | First Choice | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | Transfer | Votes | % | Transfer | Votes | % | Transfer | Votes | % | |||
Democratic | Mary Peltola (incumbent) | 128,553 | 48.77% | +202 | 128,755 | 48.66% | +1,031 | 129,786 | 49.22% | +7,477 | 137,263 | 54.96% | |
Republican | Sarah Palin | 67,866 | 25.74% | +464 | 68,330 | 25.82% | +1,069 | 69,399 | 26.32% | +43,072 | 112,471 | 45.04% | |
Republican | Nick Begich III | 61,513 | 23.33% | +992 | 62,505 | 23.62% | +1,994 | 64,499 | 24.46% | −64,499 | Eliminated | ||
Libertarian | Chris Bye | 4,570 | 1.73% | +429 | 4,999 | 1.89% | −4,999 | Eliminated | |||||
Write-in | 1,108 | 0.42% | 1,108 | Eliminated | |||||||||
Total votes | 263,610 | 264,589 | 263,684 | 249,734 | |||||||||
Blank or inactive ballots | 2,208 | +905 | 3,113 | +13,950 | 17,063 | ||||||||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Round 1 | Round 2 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | Transfer | Votes | % | ||||
Democratic | Mary Peltola | 75,799 | 39.57% | +15,467 | 91,266 | 51.48% | ||
Republican | Sarah Palin | 58,973 | 30.79% | +27,053 | 86,026 | 48.52% | ||
Republican | Nick Begich | 53,810 | 28.09% | −52,536 | Eliminated | |||
Write-in | 2,974 | 1.55% | −2,974 | Eliminated | ||||
Total votes | 191,556 | 100.00% | 177,423 | 92.62% | ||||
Inactive ballots | 0 | 0.00% | +14,133 | 14,133 | 7.38% | |||
Democratic gain from Republican |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Sarah Palin / Sean Parnell | 114,697 | 48.33 | −7.6 | |
Democratic | Tony Knowles / Ethan Berkowitz | 97,238 | 40.97 | +0.3 | |
Independent | Andrew Halcro / Fay Von Gemmingen | 22,443 | 9.46 | n/a | |
Independence | Don Wright / Douglas L. Welton | 1,285 | 0.54 | −0.4 | |
Libertarian | Billy Toien / Robert D. Mirabal | 682 | 0.29 | −0.2 | |
Green | David Massie | 593 | 0.25 | −1.0 | |
Write-in candidates | 384 | 0.16 | +0.1 | ||
Plurality | 17,459 | 7.36 | |||
Turnout | 238,307 | 51.1 | |||
Republican hold | Swing | 4.0 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Sarah Palin | 51,443 | 50.59 | |
John Binkley | 30,349 | 29.84 | |
Frank Murkowski (incumbent) | 19,412 | 19.09 | |
Gerald Heikes | 280 | 0.28 | |
Merica Hlatcu | 211 | 0.21 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Loren Leman | 21,076 | 29.34 | |
Sarah Palin | 19,114 | 26.61 | |
Robin L. Taylor | 16,053 | 22.35 | |
Gail Phillips | 13,804 | 19.22 | |
Paul Wieler | 1,777 | 2.47 |
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