United States general elections, 2008
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On November 4, 2008, the United States has a general election.
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[edit] President
Incumbent President George W. Bush is ineligible for re-election per the 22nd Amendment that limited a president to two terms. Vice President Dick Cheney's refusal to run for the office makes the 2008 presidential election the first since 1928 to not feature an incumbent president or vice president as a candidate, and the first since 1952 to not have them be candidates in the general election.
[edit] United States House of Representatives
All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives are up for election.
[edit] United States Senate
The 33 seats in the United States Senate Class 2 are up for election, plus special Senate elections in Mississippi and Wyoming (those states have 2 races).
[edit] Governors
11 of the fifty United States governors are up for re-election. Eight incumbent governors are running for re-election, while the retirements of Ruth Ann Minner of Delaware, Matt Blunt of Missouri, and Mike Easley of North Carolina leave those gubernatorial positions open.
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