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United States Presidential Election, 2008
November 13, 2008
Nominee
Bryce Irwin
John Espinoza
Party
Libertarian
Democratic
Home state
Kansas
New Mexico
Running mate
Archie Areleous
Ace Linwood
Electoral vote
211
203
States carried
21+ME-01
18
Popular vote
37,673,901
34,730,885
Percentage
39.4%
36.3%
Nominee
Bruce Rothschild
Philip Goffe
Party
Republican
Green
Home state
Mississippi
Arkansas
Running mate
Howard Clarke
Malvina Denman
Electoral vote
114
9
States carried
9
2
Popular vote
18,291,359
4,851,280
Percentage
19.1%
5.1%
Yellow = Libertarian, Blue = Democratic, Red = Republican, Green = Green and Grey = Constitutional.
The United States Presidential Election of 2008 was the 56th quaddrennial presidential election of the United States of America. It was held on November 13, 2008 and ended with LibertarianBryce Irwin, then the Secretary of the Treasury and occasionally acting Secretary of State, defeating DemocratJohn Espinoza, the junior United States Senator from New Mexico.