Electoral_history_of_Sarah_Palin
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]
- Barack Obama/Joe Biden (D) - 69,498,516 (53%) and 365 electoral votes (28 states, NE-02, and D.C. carried)
- John McCain/Sarah Palin (R) - 59,948,323 (46%) and 173 electoral votes (22 states carried)
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| 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 | |||||||||||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| 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 | ||||||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| 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 | |||
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More information Candidate, Votes ...
| 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 | |
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More information Candidate, Votes ...
| 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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- "RCV Detailed Report | General Election | State of Alaska" (PDF). Alaska Division of Elections. November 30, 2022. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
- "State of Alaska 2022 GENERAL ELECTION Election Summary Report" (PDF). Alaska Division of Elections. November 30, 2022. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
- "State of Alaska | 2022 SPECIAL GENERAL ELECTION | RCV Tabulation | August 16, 2022 | OFFICIAL RESULTS" (PDF). Alaska Division of Elections. September 2, 2022. Retrieved September 2, 2022.
- "State of Alaska Primary Election - August 27, 2002: Official Results" (PDF). Division of Elections. The Office of Lieutenant Governor Sean Parnell. 2002-09-18. Retrieved August 7, 2012.
- "City of Wasilla Municipal Election – October 5, 1999: Official Results". City Clerk. City of Wasilla. 1999-10-05. Archived from the original on September 2, 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-29.
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- "City of Wasilla Municipal Election – October 3, 1995: Official Results". City Clerk. City of Wasilla. 1995-10-03. Archived from the original on January 6, 2009.
- "City of Wasilla Municipal Election – October 6, 1992: Official Results". City Clerk. City of Wasilla. 1992-10-06. Archived from the original on January 6, 2009.