The table below includes the contested state Supreme Court races in 2008.
| Election
| Incumbent
| Challenger(s)
| Result
| Elections board
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| Alabama Supreme Court elections | Harold Frend See, Jr is retiring. | Deborah Bell Paseur
Greg Shaw | Republican Shaw (1,015,330) narrowly edges out Democratic Paseur (1,001,186) with 99% of precincts reporting. | Alabama BOE
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| Kentucky Supreme Court elections | Lisabeth Hughes Abramson | Jim Shake | Abramson has held off the challenge from Shake with 55% of the vote and will serve on the KY Supreme Court until 2014 | Kentucky BOE
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| Louisiana Supreme Court elections | Vacancy created by retirement of Pascal Calogero | Greg Guidry and
James E. Kuhn | Guidry defeated Kuhn 60% to 40% to win a seat on the Supreme Court | Louisiana BOE
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| Michigan Supreme Court elections | Clifford W. Taylor | Diane Hathaway | Hathaway (Democrat) defeats Taylor (Republican) 46% to 43% (Libertarian Roddis had 12%) | Michigan BOE
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| Minnesota Supreme Court elections | Paul H. Anderson | Tim Tingelstad | Paul Anderson defeated challenger Tim Tingelstad | Minnesota BOE
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| Minnesota Supreme Court elections | Lorie Skjerven Gildea | Deborah Hedlund | Gildea defeats Hedlund 55% to 45% | Minnesota BOE
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Mississippi Supreme Court elections
District 1, Place 3 | Chief Justice James Smith | Ceola James
Jim Kitchens
| Kitchens defeats Smith 55% to 36% | Mississippi BOE
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Mississippi Supreme Court elections
District 2, Place 2 | Oliver E. Diaz, Jr. | Randy "Bubba" Pierce | Pierce defeats Diaz 58 to 42 percent | Mississippi BOE
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Mississippi Supreme Court elections
District 3, Place 1 | Ann Lamar | Gene Barton | Lamar defeats Barton 62% to 38% | Mississippi BOE
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Mississippi Supreme Court elections
District 3, Place 2 | Charles Easley | David Chandler | Chandler defeats Easley 67% to 33% | Mississippi BOE
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| Montana Supreme Court elections | Chief Justice Karla M. Gray is retiring | Mike McGrath
Ron Waterman | McGrath defeats Waterman 75% to 25% | Montana BOE
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| Nevada Supreme Court elections | Chief Justice Mark Gibbons | Thomas Christensen | Gibbons defeats Christensen 55% to 25% | Nevada BOE
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| Nevada Supreme Court elections | William Maupin is retiring | Deborah Schumacher and
Mary "Kris" Pickering | Pickering defeated Schumacher 42% to 39% | Nevada BOE
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| Supreme Court of North Carolina | Robert Edmunds | Suzanne Reynolds | Incumbent Edmunds wins with 51.04% | North Carolina BOE, p. 41
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| Ohio Supreme Court elections | Maureen O'Connor | Joseph D. Russo | O'Connor defeated Russo 67% to 33% | Ohio BOE
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| Ohio Supreme Court elections | Evelyn L. Stratton | Peter M. Sikora | Stratton declared the winner, beating Sikora 63% to 37% | Ohio BOE
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| Texas Supreme Court elections | Wallace B. Jefferson | Jim Jordan | Jefferson defeats Jordan 53% to 44% | Texas BOE
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Texas Supreme Court elections
Place 7 | J. Dale Wainwright | Sam Houston | with 92% reporting, Wainwright leads Houston 51% to 46% | Texas BOE
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Texas Supreme Court elections
Place 8 | Phil Johnson | Linda Yanez | Johnson defeats Yanez 52% to 45% | Texas BOE
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| West Virginia Supreme Court elections | "Spike" Maynard, Chief Justice (lost in the primary) | Margaret Workman,
Elizabeth "Beth" Walker
Menis Ketchum | Ketchum and Workman narrowly defeated Walker; Ketchum garnered 35% of the vote, with Workman and Walker trailing at 33% and 32%, respectively | Ketchum, Workman win WV Supreme Court seats
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| West Virginia Supreme Court elections | Incumbent Larry Starcher is not running | Margaret Workman,
Elizabeth "Beth" Walker
Menis Ketchum
| Ketchum and Workman narrowly defeated Walker; Ketchum garnered 35% of the vote, with Workman and Walker trailing at 33% and 32%, respectively | Ketchum, Workman win WV Supreme Court seats
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