2008 South Carolina Republican presidential primary

none June 2025 September 2023 2008 South Carolina Republican presidential primary South Carolina presidential no South Carolina Republican primary, 2000 2000 South Carolina Republican primary, 2012 2012 2008 01 19 109px John McCain ce5c17 Arizona 18 147,733 33.15% 103px 990000 Mike Huckabee Arkansas 6 132,990 29.84% 110px 2fc2c4 Fred Thompson Tennessee 0 69,681 15.63% 110px 85bb65 Mitt Romney Massachusetts 0 68,177 15.3% NV FL South Carolina Republican Presidential Primary Election Results by County, 2008.svg 204px Election results by county. #ce5c17 John McCain #990000 Mike Huckabee The 2008 South Carolina Republican presidential primary was held on January 19, with 24 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 The Republican National Committee took half of South Carolina's 47 delegates away from them because the state committee moved its Republican primary before February 5.http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_8003420 S.C. primary down and dirty 2008-01-20 Denver Post Karen E. Crummy 2008-01-18 It was held on the same day as the Nevada Republican caucuses, 2008. The primary has become one of several key early state nominating contests in the process of choosing the nominee of the Republican party for the November 2008 election for President of the United States. It has historically been more important for the Republican Party than for the Democratic Party; from its inception in 1980 through the election of 2000, the winner of the Republican presidential primary has gone on to win the nomination.https://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0802/p01s02-uspo.html?page=1 GOP bellwether South Carolina shows a tangled race: Pg 1 2008-01-20 As of 2008, the primary has cemented its place as the "First in the South" primary for both parties.http://cameron.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/01/19/first-in-the-south/ First in the South 2008-01-20 Fox News This state's 24 delegates would be awarded on a "Winner-Takes-All" basis. 12 Delegates for the Statewide winner and 12 delegates awarded on a District-winner basis awarding 2 delegates for each of the states then 6 Congressional districts.http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P08/SC-R.phtml/ The Green Papers 2008 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions - South Carolina Republican Presidential Nominating Process Primary: Saturday 19 January 2008 2011-08-15 Polling Opinion polling for the Republican Party presidential primaries, 2008 As of January 19, RealClearPolitics reported that the average support from polls placed McCain in the lead with 26.9%, followed by Huckabee with 25.9%, Romney with 14.7%, Thompson with 14.6%, Paul with 4.4%, and Giuliani with 3.4%.http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/sc/south_carolina_republican_primary-233.html South Carolina Republican Primary Polling 2008-01-19 Results Huckabee was for weeks leading in the state but lost by a 14,743 vote margin. He did manage to win Congressional districts 3, 4 and 5 in the North of the state earning him a total of 6 delegates. right|thumb|Mike Huckabee giving his concession speech after the 2008 South Carolina Presidential Primary in Columbia, SC. John McCain won the statewide primary earning him 12 Delegateshttp://edition.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/state/#SC Election Center 2008: Primary Results for South Carolina 2008-01-22 CNN May 8, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080508012111/http://edition.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/state/#SC deadhttp://youdecide08.foxnews.com/2008/01/20/south-carolina-republican-primary-results/ South Carolina Republican Primary Results 2008-01-20 Fox News https://web.archive.org/web/20080123101555/http://youdecide08.foxnews.com/2008/01/20/south-carolina-republican-primary-results/ 2008-01-23 deadhttps://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna21229231 MSNBC: South Carolina Primary Results 2008-01-20 as well as Congressional Districts 1, 2 and 6. earning him an additional 6 delegates for a total of 18. +100% of precincts reportinghttp://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2008&fips=45&f=1&off=0&elect=2 2008 Presidential Republican Primary Election Results - South Carolina Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections uselectionatlas.org 2008-01-20 2009-03-22 Candidate Votes Percentage Delegates John McCain 147,733 33.15% 18 Mike Huckabee 132,990 29.84% 6 Fred Thompson 69,681 15.63% 0 Mitt Romney 68,177 15.3% 0 Ron Paul 16,155 3.62% 0 Rudy Giuliani 9,575 2.15% 0 Duncan Hunter* 1,051 0.24% 0 Tom Tancredo* 121 0.03% 0 Hugh Cort 88 0.02% 0 John H. Cox 83 0.02% 0 Cap Fendig 23 0.01% 0 Total 445,677 100% 24 * Candidate withdrew his bid for the nomination prior to the reporting of the primary. On January 22, 2008, after a poor showing Fred Thompson dropped out of the race. Duncan Hunter did so too. Results of prior primaries 1980: Ronald Reagan won with 54%, defeating runner-up John Connally.https://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0802/p01s02-uspo.html?page=2 GOP bellwether South Carolina shows a tangled race: Pg 2 2008-01-20 1984: Uncontested (Reagan was the incumbent president and was re-nominated). 1988: George H. W. Bush won with 49%, defeating runner-up Bob Dole. 1992: George H. W. Bush won with 68%, defeating runner-up Pat Buchanan. 1996: Bob Dole won with 45%, defeating runner-up Pat Buchanan. 2000: George W. Bush won with 53%, defeating runner-up John McCain. 2004: Uncontested (Bush was the incumbent president and was re-nominated). See also Republican Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2008 South Carolina primary South Carolina Democratic primary, 2008 References External links Election Center 2008:Primary Results for South Carolina South Carolina GOP Presidential Primary Task Force 2008 South Carolina Primary South Carolina Category:2008 South Carolina elections 2008