2008 California Republican presidential primary
Nominee
John McCain
Mitt Romney
Mike Huckabee
Home state
Arizona
Massachusetts
Arkansas
Delegate count
155
15
0
Popular vote
1,238,988
1,013,471
340,669
Percentage
42.25%
34.56%
11.62%
The 2008 California Republican presidential primary was held on February 5, 2008, with a total of 173 national delegates at stake.
Process [ ]
The delegates represented California at the Republican National Convention . There were three delegates to every congressional district and fourteen bonus delegates. The winner in each of the 53 congressional districts was awarded all of that district's delegates. The statewide winner was awarded 11 of the 14 statewide delegates, with the 3 remaining delegates assigned to party leaders.[1] [2] Voting in the primary was restricted to registered Republican voters.[3]
Polls [ ]
Main article: Statewide opinion polling for the Republican Party presidential primaries, 2008 § California
Early polls showed Rudy Giuliani in the lead. Polls taken closer to the primary either showed Mitt Romney or John McCain as the favored candidate.[4]
Results [ ]
See also: Results of the 2008 Republican Party presidential primaries
Key:
Withdrew prior to contest
California Republican presidential primary, 2008[5] [6]
Candidate
Votes
Percentage
National delegates
John McCain
1,238,988
42.25%
155
Mitt Romney
1,013,471
34.56%
15
Mike Huckabee
340,669
11.62%
0
Rudy Giuliani
128,681
4.39%
0
Ron Paul
125,365
4.27%
0
Fred Thompson
50,275
1.71%
0
Duncan Hunter
14,021
0.48%
0
Alan Keyes
11,742
0.40%
0
John Cox
3,219
0.11%
0
Tom Tancredo
3,884
0.13%
0
Sam Brownback
2,486
0.08%
0
Karen Irish (write-in )
6
0.00%
0
Michael Shaw (write-in)
2
0.00%
0
Edward Marshall (write-in)
1
0.00%
0
Joel Neuberg (write-in)
1
0.00%
0
Robert Brickell (write-in)
0
0.00%
0
Brian Calef (write-in)
0
0.00%
0
David Frey (write-in)
0
0.00%
0
Walter Rothnie (write-in)
0
0.00%
0
John Sutherland (write-in)
0
0.00%
0
Uncommitted delegates
3
Totals
2,932,811
100.00%
173
Voter turnout
56.08%
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See also [ ]
California Democratic primary, 2008
California state elections, February 2008
Republican Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2008
United States presidential election in California, 2008
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