2008 Oklahoma Republican presidential primary

none June 2025 September 2023 2008 Oklahoma Republican presidential primary Oklahoma presidential no 2004 Oklahoma Republican presidential primary 2004 2012 United States presidential election in Oklahoma#Republican primary 2012 2008 02 05 File:John McCain official portrait 2009 (cropped).jpg 150x150px John McCain ce5c17 Arizona 32 122,772 36.64% File:Mike Huckabee, speaking to a gathering at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco.jpg 990000 Mike Huckabee Arkansas 6 111,899 33.40% File:AnnMarie Romneym (cropped).jpg 85bb65 Mitt Romney Massachusetts 0 83,030 24.78% TN NY Oklahoma Republican Presidential Primary Election Results by County, 2008.svg 300px County results #ce5c17ff John McCain #990000ff Mike Huckabee #878787ff Tie The 2008 Oklahoma Republican presidential primary was held on February 5, with 41 delegates at stake.http://politics.nytimes.com/election-guide/2008/primaries/republicanprimaries/index.html The Primary Season: 2008 Republican Calendar 2008-01-19 The New York Times It was a closed primary, meaning only registered Republicans could vote in the election. The primary was on Super Tuesday on the same day as twenty-three other states. John McCain won Oklahoma's primary with 37% of the vote, although Mike Huckabee picked up some delegate votes as well by receiving 33% of the vote. Eleven candidates appeared on the Oklahoma Republican Party primary: John McCain, Tom Tancredo (withdrawn), Duncan Hunter (withdrawn), Ron Paul, Rudy Giuliani (withdrawn), Jerry Curry, Mitt Romney, Alan Keyes, Fred Thompson (withdrawn), Daniel Ayers Gilbert, and Mike Huckabee.Presidential Preferential Primary Election February 5, 2008 https://oklahoma.gov/elections/elections-results/election-results/2008-election-results/2008-presidential-preferential-primary-election.html Oklahoma State Election Board The filing period ended December 5, 2007, after which candidate was allowed to be added to the ballot. No candidate could withdraw his name after the withdrawal deadline of December 7, 2007. Consequently, four candidates' names appeared on the ballot despite their withdrawal from the election.2008 ELECTION CALENDAR Polling Early polling in Oklahoma showed Oklahoma Republicans preferred Rudy Giuliani over John McCain. A February 9–13, 2007 by the American Research Group showed Oklahoma Republicans preferred Rudy Giuliani, 37%, over John McCain, 21%.Oklahoma Republican Presidential Preference Three months later, a May 16, 2007 Tulsa World/KOTV poll showed Rudy Giuliani, 32%, retained his lead over John McCain, 23%.Tulsa World: Race for President: Poll reveals early leaders By December 2007, Mike Huckabee had started to make headway in both national polling and in Oklahoma. A December 16–19, 2007 Tulsa World/KOTV poll showed Mike Huckabee 29%, John McCain 17%, and Rudy Giuliani 11%.http://www.tulsaworld.com/common/printerfriendlystory.aspx?articleID=071226_1_A1_hButC86400 Tulsa World February 5, 2008 March 3, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080303151407/http://www.tulsaworld.com/common/printerfriendlystory.aspx?articleID=071226_1_A1_hButC86400 dead Huckabee retained his lead leading into mid-January. A January 11–13, 2008 Survey USA poll showed Mike Huckabee 31% and John McCain 29%. Rudy Giuliani had slipped to fourth with 11%.SurveyUSA Election Poll #13165 With the primaries less than two weeks away, John McCain started polling better than Mike Huckabee. A January 27, 2008 poll by Survey USA showed Mike Huckabee with 28% and John McCain 37%.SurveyUSA Election Poll #13248 With just two days before the Oklahoma Republican primary, another Survey USA poll showed John McCain retained his lead at 37% and Mike Huckabee at 32%.SurveyUSA Election Poll #13301 Allocation of delegates Oklahoma sent 41 delegates to the 2008 Republican National Convention: 15 district delegates, three for each of Oklahoma's five US congressional districts. Each district delegate is pledged to the presidential candidate who receives the most primary votes in his or her district. 10 at-large delegates. At-large delegates are awarded to each state regardless of its size. At-large delegates are pledged to the presidential candidate who receives the most primary votes statewide. 13 bonus delegates. Bonus delegates are awarded to states for having US Senator and governors from the Republican party as well as sending a Republican majority to the House. Like at-large delegates, bonus delegates are pledged to the presidential candidate who receives the most primary votes statewide. 3 party delegates. The party delegates are the National Committeeman, the National Committeewoman, and the chairman of the Oklahoma Republican Party. The three party delegates are not pledged to any presidential candidate.Oklahoma Republican Delegation 2008RESULTS: Oklahoma http://edition.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/state/#OK CNN 2008-02-05 2008-02-05 May 8, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080508012111/http://edition.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/state/#OK dead In the event of a brokered convention, all of Oklahoma's 41 delegates may vote for any Republican presidential candidate regardless of the state primary results. Results Key: Withdrewprior to contest 2008 Oklahoma Republican presidential primaryPresidential Preferential Primary Election http://www.ok.gov/~elections/08ppp.html OKLAHOMA STATE ELECTION BOARD 2008-02-05 2008-02-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20080208121156/http://www.ok.gov/~elections/08ppp.html 2008-02-08CandidateVotesPercentageNational delegates John McCain 122,772 36.64% 32 Mike Huckabee 111,899 33.40% 6 Mitt Romney 83,030 24.78% 0 Ron Paul 11,183 3.34% 0 Rudy Giuliani 2,412 0.72% 0 Fred Thompson 1,924 0.57% 0 Alan Keyes 817 0.24% 0 Thomas L. Kane 387 0.12% 0 Duncan Hunter 317 0.09% 0 Tom Tancredo 189 0.06% 0 Daniel Gilbert 124 0.04% 0 Totals 335,054 100.00% 38 See also 2008 Oklahoma Democratic presidential primary 2008 Republican Party presidential primaries References Oklahoma Republican presidential primary Category:2008 Super Tuesday Category:Oklahoma Republican primaries