Tennessee Republican primary, 2008

Tennessee Republican primary, 2008
Tennessee
February 5, 2008
 
Candidate Mike Huckabee John McCain Mitt Romney
Party Republican Republican Republican
Home state Arkansas Arizona Massachusetts
Delegate count 25 19 8
Popular vote 190,904 176,091 130,632
Percentage 34.37% 31.84% 23.62%
Elections in Tennessee

The 2008 Tennessee Republican primary took place on February 5, 2008 (Super Tuesday), with 52 national delegates.[1] Mike Huckabee narrowly defeated John McCain to win the largest share of Tennessee's delegates to the 2008 Republican National Convention. Both McCain and the third-place candidate Mitt Romney received delegates along with Huckabee.

At of 10:15 PM ET on February 5, the Associated Press reported that with 44% of precincts reporting Huckabee and McCain were tied with about one-third of the vote each.[2] Earlier, with 31% of precincts in, McCain had 34% support, Huckabee 31%, Romney 23% and Paul 6% support.[3]

The City Paper reported that voter turnout could beat the state's record of 830,000 in 1988 when Al Gore was on the presidential ballot for the first time.[3]

AP exit polls showed that Huckabee did well with born-again Christians and conservatives.[2]

Results

100% of precincts reporting[4][5]
Candidate Votes Percentage Delegates
Mike Huckabee 190,904 34.37% 25
John McCain 176,091 31.84% 19
Mitt Romney 130,632 23.62% 8
Ron Paul 31,026 5.61% 0
Fred Thompson* 16,263 2.94% 0
Rudy Giuliani* 5,159 0.93% 0
Alan Keyes 978 0.18% 0
Duncan Hunter* 738 0.13% 0
Tom Tancredo* 194 0.03% 0
Uncommitted 1,830 0.33% 0
Total 553,005 100% 52

* Candidate dropped out of the race before the primary

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Tennessee Republican Delegation 2008". The Green Papers. Retrieved 2008-01-28.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Clinton wins Tennessee, GOP race too close to call". Associated Press. February 8, 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Clinton, McCain lead in Tennessee". UPI. February 8, 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
  4. ↑ "Republican Primary Presidential Preference" (PDF).
  5. ↑ "RESULTS: Tennessee". CNN. 2008-02-05. Retrieved 2008-02-05.