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Results of the 2008 Republican Party presidential primaries
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Map showing distribution of first place finishes in the popular vote and the number of delegates as of June 3, 2008. See text for full allocation of delegates. Most states do not have winner take all primaries or caucuses.
Cartogram depicting current projected National Delegates for contests so far. Yellow for Romney, Blue for Huckabee, Green for McCain, Magenta for Fred Thompson, Orange for Paul, Red for Giuliani, Brown for Hunter, Dark grey for uncommitted, and Black for stripped delegates.
This article contains the results of the 2008 Republican presidential primaries and caucuses.
The 2008 Republican primaries are the selection processes by which the Republican Party selects delegates to attend the 2008 Republican National Convention. The series of primaries, caucuses, and state conventions culminates in the National Convention to be held in Saint Paul, Minnesota, September 1–4, 2008, where the delegates will vote on and select a candidate. A simple majority of delegate votes in September (1,191 out of 2,380) is required to become the party's nominee; estimates based on delegate pledges had John McCain surpassing this total after the March 4 primaries in Ohio, Rhode Island, Texas, and Vermont.
Candidates
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The only candidate with a national campaign is John McCain. Withdrawn candidates who had national campaigns are Ron Paul, Mike Huckabee[1], Sam Brownback, John H. Cox, Jim Gilmore, Rudy Giuliani, Duncan Hunter, Mitt Romney, Tom Tancredo, Fred Thompson, and Tommy Thompson.
Overview of results
The data contained in the row entitled Actual pledged delegates is a subset of the data in the row entitled Estimated pledged delegates. It represents delegates won in contests where the final apportionment of delegates has already been decided, but does not include delegates from contests where the final apportionment depends upon the outcome of further caucuses or conventions.[2] Caveat lector: the below "Estimated total delegates" row totals 2,390 delegates, but there are only 2,380 delegates.
2008 Republican presidential primaries, caucuses, and state conventions
| Candidates |
Uncommitted |
Mike Huckabee |
John McCain |
Ron Paul |
Mitt Romney |
Rudy Giuliani |
Fred Thompson |
Duncan Hunter |
|
Estimated total delegates
(1,477 of 2,380; 62%, 1,191 to win)[3] |
903
38% |
267
15% |
1,367
66% |
21
1% |
(274)
17% |
– |
(9)
1% |
(1)
0% |
Estimated unpledged delegates
(51 of 463; 11% of 19%)[3] |
412
89% |
3
1% |
82
10% |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
Estimated pledged delegates
(1,426 of 1,917, 74% of 81%)[4] |
491
26% |
229
12% |
1,243
47% |
21
1% |
(274)
14% |
– |
(9)
0% |
(1)
0% |
Actual pledged delegates
(1,167 of 1,451, 80% of 61%)[2] |
284
20% |
197
14% |
1,243
56% |
6
0% |
(147)
10% |
– |
– |
– |
|
| January 3 |
Iowa
Delegates: 37[5][A][B] |
3 |
17
34% |
3
13% |
2
10% |
(12)
25% |
3% |
(3)
13% |
0% |
| January 5 |
Wyoming
Delegates: 12 (of 14; was 12 of 28)[6][C] |
– |
0% |
0% |
0% |
(8)
67% |
0% |
(3)
25% |
(1)
8% |
| January 8 |
New Hampshire
Delegates: 12 (was 24)[7] |
– |
1
11% |
7
38% |
8% |
(4)
32% |
9% |
1% |
1% |
| January 15 |
Michigan
Delegates: 30 (was 60)[8] |
2% |
1
16% |
5
30% |
6% |
(24)
39% |
3% |
4% |
0% |
| January 19 |
Nevada
Delegates: 31[9][A][B] |
3 |
3
8% |
4
13% |
4
14% |
(17)
51% |
4% |
(3)
8% |
2% |
South Carolina
Delegates: 24 (was 47)[10] |
– |
5
30% |
19
33% |
4% |
15% |
2% |
16% |
0% |
| January 22 |
Louisiana
Delegates: 0 (of 44)[11][B][C] |
3 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
| January 29 |
Florida
Delegates: 57 (was 114)[12] |
– |
13% |
57
36% |
3% |
31% |
15% |
1% |
0% |
| February 1 – February 3 |
Maine
Delegates: 18[13][A][B] |
3
2% |
6% |
21% |
18% |
(18)
52% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
| January 25 – February 5 |
Hawaii
Delegates: 20[14] |
20 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
February 5
Super Tuesday |
Alabama
Delegates: 45[15][B] |
12
0% |
20
41% |
16
37% |
3% |
18% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
Alaska
Delegates: 26[16][B] |
3
2% |
6
22% |
3
16% |
5
17% |
(12)
44% |
– |
– |
– |
Arizona
Delegates: 50[17][B] |
3 |
9% |
50
47% |
4% |
35% |
3% |
2% |
0% |
Arkansas
Delegates: 31[18][B] |
3
0% |
29
60% |
1
20% |
5% |
(1)
14% |
0% |
0% |
– |
California
Delegates: 170[19][B] |
3 |
12% |
158
42% |
4% |
(12)
35% |
4% |
2% |
0% |
Colorado
Delegates: 22 (of 43)[20][B][C] |
3 |
13% |
19% |
8% |
(22)
60% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
Connecticut
Delegates: 27[21][B] |
3
2% |
7% |
27
52% |
4% |
33% |
2% |
0% |
0% |
Delaware
Delegates: 18[22] |
– |
15% |
18
45% |
4% |
33% |
3% |
– |
– |
Georgia
Delegates: 72[23] |
9 |
51
34% |
9
32% |
3% |
9
30% |
1% |
0% |
0% |
Illinois
Delegates: 57 (of 67)[24][B][C] |
3 |
17% |
54
47% |
5% |
(3)
29% |
1% |
1% |
– |
Massachusetts
Delegates: 40[25][B] |
3
0% |
4% |
18
41% |
3% |
(22)
51% |
1% |
0% |
0% |
Minnesota
Delegates: 38[26][A][B][C] |
3 |
20% |
22% |
16% |
(38)
41% |
– |
– |
– |
Missouri
Delegates: 58[27] |
0% |
32% |
58
33% |
5% |
29% |
1% |
1% |
0% |
Montana
Delegates: 25[28] |
– |
15% |
22% |
25% |
(25)
38% |
– |
– |
– |
New Jersey
Delegates: 52[29] |
– |
8% |
52
55% |
5% |
28% |
3% |
1% |
– |
New York
Delegates: 87 (of 98)[30][B][C] |
3 |
10% |
87
50% |
6% |
27% |
3% |
– |
– |
North Dakota
Delegates: 26[31] |
0% |
5
20% |
6
23% |
6
21% |
(9)
36% |
– |
– |
– |
Oklahoma
Delegates: 38[32][B] |
3 |
6
33% |
32
37% |
3% |
25% |
1% |
1% |
0%</small) |
Tennessee
Delegates: 40 (of 52)[33][B][C] |
3
0% |
25
34% |
19
32% |
6% |
(8)
24% |
1% |
3% |
0%</small) |
Utah
Delegates: 36[34][B] |
3 |
1% |
5% |
3% |
(36)
89% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
West Virginia
Delegates: 18 (of 27)[35][B][C] |
3 |
18
52% |
1% |
0% |
47% |
0% |
– |
– |
| February 9 |
Kansas
Delegates: 36 (of 36)[36][C] |
0% |
36
60% |
24% |
11% |
3% |
0% |
0% |
– |
Louisiana
Delegates: 20 (of 44)[11][B][C] |
20 |
43% |
42% |
5% |
6% |
1% |
1% |
0% |
Washington
Delegates: 18 (of 37)[37][B][C] |
21
14% |
23% |
25% |
22% |
16% |
– |
– |
– |
February 12
Potomac Primaries |
District of Columbia
Delegates: 16[38][B] |
3 |
16% |
16
68% |
8% |
6% |
1% |
– |
– |
Maryland
Delegates: 37[39] |
– |
29% |
37
55% |
6% |
7% |
1% |
1% |
0% |
Virginia
Delegates: 60[40][B] |
3 |
41% |
60
50% |
5% |
4% |
0% |
1% |
– |
| February 16 |
Louisiana
Delegates: 21 (of 44)[11][41][42][B][C] |
6 |
– |
15 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
| February 19 |
Washington
Delegates: 19 (of 37)[37][B][C] |
13 |
24% |
6
50% |
8% |
16% |
1% |
1% |
0% |
Wisconsin
Delegates: 40[43][B] |
0% |
6
37% |
34
55% |
5% |
2% |
0% |
1% |
0% |
| February 23 |
American Samoa
Delegates: 6[44][B] |
3 |
– |
6 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
Northern Mariana Islands
Delegates: 9[45][B] |
– |
4% |
9
91% |
4% |
– |
– |
– |
– |
| February 24 |
Puerto Rico
Delegates: 20[46][B] |
3 |
5% |
20
91% |
4% |
– |
– |
– |
– |
|
| March 4 |
Ohio
Delegates: 85[47][B] |
3 |
32%/31% |
55%/60% |
5%/5% |
5%/3% |
- |
3%/2% |
– |
Rhode Island
Delegates: 17[48][B] |
3
2% |
4
22% |
13
65% |
7% |
4% |
– |
– |
– |
Texas
Delegates: 137[49][B] |
3
1% |
16
38% |
80
51% |
5% |
2% |
0% |
1% |
1% |
Vermont
Delegates: 17[50] |
– |
14% |
17
72% |
7% |
5% |
2% |
– |
– |
|
| March 8 |
Guam
Delegates: 6[51][B] |
3 |
0% |
6
100% |
– 0% |
– |
– |
– |
– |
| March 11 |
Mississippi
Delegates: 36[52][B] |
3 |
13% |
36
79% |
4% |
2% |
1% |
2% |
0% |
| April 5 |
Tennessee
Delegates: 12 (of 52)[33][B][C] |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
U. S. Virgin Islands
Delegates: 6[53][B] |
9
47% |
– |
31% |
2% |
19% |
– |
– |
– |
| April 22 |
Pennsylvania
Delegates: 62 (of 71)[54][B][C] |
3 |
11% |
73% |
16% |
– |
– |
– |
– |
| May 6 |
Indiana
Delegates: 27 (of 54)[55][B][C] |
3 |
10% |
27
78% |
8% |
5% |
– |
– |
– |
North Carolina
Delegates: 69[56] |
4% |
9
12% |
53
74% |
5
7% |
– |
– |
– |
– |
| May 13 |
Nebraska
Delegates: 33[57] |
– |
– |
87% |
13% |
– |
– |
– |
– |
West Virginia
Delegates: 9 (of 27)[35][B][C] |
– |
10% |
76% |
5% |
4% |
2% |
– |
– |
| May 20 |
Kentucky
Delegates: 45[58] |
5% |
8% |
42
72% |
7% |
5% |
2% |
– |
– |
Oregon
Delegates: 30[59] |
– |
– |
23
81% |
4
15% |
– |
– |
– |
– |
| May 20 – May 21 |
New York
Delegates: 11 (of 98)[30][B][C] |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
| May 22 |
Kansas
Delegates: 10 (of 36)[36][C] |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
| May 3 – May 24 |
Minnesota
Delegates: 24 (of 38)[26][B][C] |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
| May 27 |
Idaho
Delegates: 32[60][B] |
9 |
– |
17
70% |
6
24% |
– |
– |
– |
– |
| May 31 |
Wyoming
Delegates: 2 (of 14; was 16 of 28)[6][C] |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
| June 3 |
South Dakota
Delegates: 24[61][B] |
3 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
New Mexico
Delegates: 29[62][B] |
3 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
| May 24 – June 7 |
Colorado
Delegates: 21 (of 43)[20][B][C] |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
| June 6 – June 7 |
Pennsylvania
Delegates: 9 (of 71)[54][B][C] |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
| June 7 |
Illinois
Delegates: 10 (of 67)[24][B][C] |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
Minnesota
Delegates: 14 (of 38)[26][B][C] |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
| June 9 – June 10 |
Indiana
Delegates: 27 (of 54)[63][B][C] |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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| Color key: |
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1st place |
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2nd place |
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3rd place |
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Candidate has
withdrawn |
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State with delegates halved
due to penalty from RNC |
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Notes
- Dashes indicate that a candidate was not on the ballot. For contests that are in progress or upcoming all candidates have dashes.
- A These delegate numbers are estimates. Delegate will be officially allocated during later caucuses, primaries, or state conventions.
- B These delegations all have three additional delegates (made up of the party leadership) that will attend the national convention as unpledged. In the case of Idaho, three delegates are party leadership and three others are elected at the state convention; all six are unpledged.
- C These delegations use multiple caucus, primary, or state convention processes to choose national delegates on different days. These processes are explained below.
Results by delegation (chronological order)
Iowa caucuses
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Caucus date: January 3, 2008
National delegates determined: 37 (see note below)
Official allocation of delegates will be decided during the state convention on June 14, 2008; until then, delegate allocations are estimates.[5]
According to his campaign Website, Alan Keyes's votes were not counted nor recorded by the Republican Party of Iowa.[64]
Wyoming county conventions
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Conventions date: January 5, 2008
National delegates determined: 12 (see note below)
Two additional national delegates will be elected at the state convention on May 10, 2008. Also, in accordance with Republican National Committee rules, Wyoming was stripped of half of its 28 delegates for holding primary contests before February 5, 2008.[6]
Votes were not released by the Wyoming Republican Party.
New Hampshire primary
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Primary date: January 8, 2008
National delegates determined: 12 (see note below)
In accordance with Republican National Committee rules, New Hampshire was stripped of half of its 24 delegates for holding primary contests before February 5, 2008.[67]
| New Hampshire Republican presidential primary, 2008[68][69] |
| Candidate |
Votes |
Percentage |
National delegates |
| John McCain |
88,571 |
37.01% |
7 |
| Mitt Romney |
75,546 |
31.57% |
4 |
| Mike Huckabee |
26,859 |
11.22% |
1 |
| Rudy Giuliani |
20,439 |
8.54% |
0 |
| Ron Paul |
18,308 |
7.65% |
0 |
| Fred Thompson |
2,894 |
1.21% |
0 |
| Duncan Hunter |
1,225 |
0.51% |
0 |
| Alan Keyes |
203 |
0.08% |
0 |
| Stephen Marchuk |
124 |
0.05% |
0 |
| Tom Tancredo |
80 |
0.03% |
0 |
| Hugh Cort |
53 |
0.02% |
0 |
| Cornelius O'Connor |
45 |
0.02% |
0 |
| Albert Howard |
44 |
0.02% |
0 |
| Vernon Wuensche |
44 |
0.02% |
0 |
| Vermin Supreme |
41 |
0.02% |
0 |
| John H. Cox |
40 |
0.02% |
0 |
| Daniel Gilbert |
33 |
0.01% |
0 |
| James Mitchell |
30 |
0.01% |
0 |
| Jack Shepard |
27 |
0.01% |
0 |
| Mark Klein |
19 |
0.01% |
0 |
| Cap Fendig |
13 |
0.01% |
0 |
| Write-in candidates |
4,691 |
1.96% |
0 |
| Total |
239,315 |
100.00% |
12 |
Michigan primary
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Primary date: January 15, 2008
National delegates determined: 30
In accordance with Republican National Committee rules, Michigan was stripped of 27 of its 57 delegates for holding primary contests before February 5, 2008.[67]
| Michigan Republican presidential primary, 2008[70] |
| Candidate |
Votes |
Percentage |
National delegates |
| Mitt Romney |
338,316 |
' |
24 |
| John McCain |
257,985 |
|
5 |
| Mike Huckabee |
139,764 |
|
1 |
| Ron Paul |
54,475 |
|
0 |
| Fred Thompson |
32,159 |
|
0 |
| Rudy Giuliani |
24,725 |
|
0 |
| Duncan Hunter |
2,819 |
|
0 |
| Tom Tancredo |
457 |
|
0 |
| Sam Brownback |
351 |
|
0 |
| Uncommited |
18,118 |
|
0 |
| Total |
869,169 |
100.00% |
30 |
Nevada caucuses
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Caucus date: January 19, 2008
National delegates determined: 31
Official allocation of delegates will be decided during the state convention on April 26, 2008; until then, delegate allocations are estimates.[9]
Tom Tancredo did appear on the official ballot, but Nevada Republican Party did not count or record votes cast for him.[9]
South Carolina primary
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Primary date: January 19, 2008
National delegates determined: 24 (see note below)
In accordance with Republican National Committee rules, South Carolina was stripped of 23 of its 47 delegates for holding primary contests before February 5, 2008.[67]
Louisiana caucuses
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Caucus date: January 22, 2008
National delegates determined: 0 (see note below)
The Louisiana caucus is not considered an official race and all the state delegates chosen during the caucuses are nationally uncommitted, but they could run on one or multiple slates. Louisiana chooses 20 national delegates plus 3 PLEO delegates during the state convention on February 16, 2008. All the delegates elected at the state convention are officially considered uncommitted due to state party rules, but the delegation of John McCain is having the majority at the state convention since he won the majority of delegates in the districts 1, 2, 3, 6, and 7. So it is very likely that all 20 + 3 delegates will support John McCain.
The official results have not been released, and some media have reported that John McCain won, that Ron Paul took second, and that Mitt Romney took a distant third.[73] A slate of uncommitted delegates running on a pro-life platform was the overall winner.[74]
Hawaii caucuses
-
Caucus dates: January 25 – February 5
National delegates determined: 20
Florida primary
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Primary date: January 29, 2008
National delegates determined: 57 (see note below)
In accordance with Republican National Committee rules, Florida was stripped of 57 of its 114 delegates for holding primary contests before February 5, 2008.[67]
| Florida Republican presidential primary, 2008[75] |
| Candidate |
Votes |
Percentage |
National delegates |
| John McCain |
701,761 |
36.0% |
57 |
| Mitt Romney |
604,932 |
31.0% |
0 |
| Rudy Giuliani |
286,089 |
14.7% |
0 |
| Mike Huckabee |
262,681 |
13.5% |
0 |
| Ron Paul |
62,887 |
3.2% |
0 |
| Fred Thompson |
22,668 |
1.2% |
0 |
| Alan Keyes |
4,060 |
0.2% |
0 |
| Duncan Hunter |
2,847 |
0.1% |
0 |
| Tom Tancredo |
1,573 |
0.1% |
0 |
| Totals |
1,949,498 |
100.00% |
57 |
Maine caucuses
-
Caucus dates: February 9, 2008 – February 29, 2008[76]
National delegates determined: 18
Official allocation of delegates will be decided during district caucuses and the state convention on May 3, 2008; until then, delegate allocations are estimates.[13]
Alabama primary
-
Primary date: February 5, 2008
National delegates determined: 45
Alaska caucuses
-
Caucus date: February 5, 2008
National delegates determined: 26
Alaska Republican presidential primary, 2008
98% of precincts reporting[79] |
| Candidate |
Votes |
Percentage |
National delegates |
| Mitt Romney |
5,126 |
44.00% |
12 |
| Mike Huckabee |
2,548 |
22.00% |
6 |
| Ron Paul |
1,955 |
17.00% |
5 |
| John McCain |
1,804 |
15.00% |
3 |
| Uncommited |
187 |
2% |
0 |
| Totals |
11,260 |
100.00% |
26 |
Arizona primary
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Primary date: February 5, 2008
National delegates determined: 50
Arkansas primary
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Primary date: February 5, 2008
National delegates determined: 31
California primary
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