Wisconsin Republican primary, 2008

February 19, 2008



Nominee	John McCain	Mike Huckabee
Party	Republican	Republican
Home state	Arizona	Arkansas
Delegate count	34	6
Popular vote	224,755	151,707
Percentage	54.74%		36.95%

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The 2008 Wisconsin Primary for the Republicans was held on February 19, 2008.^[1] Polls in Wisconsin opened at 7:00 AM and closed 8:00 PM (local time) ^[2] John McCain won the primary.

Polls leading up to Primary

Last 3 Poll Averages

Candidate	ARG Poll Feb. 18	PPP Poll Feb. 17	ARG Poll Feb. 16
John McCain	51	50	46
Mike Huckabee	43	39	42
Ron Paul	3	6	4

^[3]

Results

Official Results^[4]

Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Delegates
John McCain	224,755	54.74%	34
Mike Huckabee	151,707	36.95%	6
Ron Paul	19,090	4.65%	0
Mitt Romney*	8,080	1.97%	0
Fred Thompson*	2,709	0.66%	0
Rudy Giuliani*	1,935	0.47%	0
Duncan Hunter*	799	0.19%	0
Tom Tancredo*	185	0.05%	0
Others	497	0.12%	0
Uninstructed Delegation	850	0.21%	0
Totals	402,699	100%	40

*Candidate stopped campaign before primary

References

↑ "CNN Election Center 2008". CNN. 2008-02-19. Retrieved 2008-02-19.
↑ "Wisconsin Vote".
↑ "RealClearPolitics - Election 2008".
↑ Wisconsin Elections Division (2008-03-03). "Canvass Summary - President Republican Primary Election". Retrieved 2008-05-24.

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America's Independent Party	Nominee: Alan Keyes (campaign) VP nominee: Brian Rohrbough

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