Many state and local elections took place in the U.S. state of Indiana on November 4, 2008.
For the first time since 1964, the Democrats won Indiana in a presidential election. Barack Obama, a U.S. senator from the neighboring state of Illinois, won Indiana by a margin of 1.03%
The Democrats had just won a decisive victory in 2006, after picking up 3 Republican-held seats. Democrats were on to win it again.
Incumbent Mitch Daniels won re-election easily, even though Barack Obama won the state narrowly on the Presidential level.
As Incumbent Steve Carter chose not to run for re-election, Republican Greg Zoeller was the Republican nominee, while Democrats nominated Linda Pence. Greg Zoeller won by 400,000 votes.