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The 2008 Oregon Republican presidential primary was a mail only primary in the U.S. state of Oregon. Ballots were mailed to registered Republican voters between May 2 and May 6, 2008.http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Record?q=recTitle:2008+primary&sortBy=recCreatedOn- Voters' Guide General Information Oregon Secretary of State 2008-05-05 September 4, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200904114246/http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Record?q=recTitle:2008+primary&sortBy=recCreatedOn- dead To be counted, all ballots must have been received by county elections offices by 8:00 p.m. PDT on May 20, 2008. It was a closed primary; in order to vote in Republican races, residents must have registered as Republicans on or before April 29, 2008.
Presidential race
thumb|The Oregon delegation attending the 2008 Republican National Convention
In the race for the Republican nominee for President of the United States, there were two candidates on the Oregon ballot: John McCain and Ron Paul.
Results
Results of the 2008 Republican Party presidential primaries
2008 Oregon Republican presidential primaryOfficial Resultshttp://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordpdf/6873621 Oregon Secretary of State Elections Division Oregon Secretary of State 2008-05-22 October 11, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191011223539/http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordpdf/6873621 deadhttp://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/state/#val=OR CNN Election Center 2008: Primary Results for Oregon CNN.com 2008-05-20 2008-05-20 Candidate Votes Percentage Delegateshttp://www.thegreenpapers.com/P08/OR-R.phtml Oregon Republican Delegation 2008 The Green Papers: 2008 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions 2008-05-20 2008-05-20 John McCain 285,881 80.88% 23 Ron Paul 51,100 14.46% 4 Write-in 16,495 4.67% 0 Total 349,914 100.00% 27
Other races
U.S. Senate
2008 United States Senate election in Oregon
Incumbent Senator Gordon Smith defeated Gordon Leitch for the Republican nomination as he sought re-election to the United States Senate.
U.S. House of Representatives
2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon
Oregon Republicans selected their candidate in four of Oregon's five congressional districts for the United States House of Representatives. Greg Walden, Oregon's only incumbent Republican congressman, was unopposed in his race in Oregon 2.
In the Oregon 3 3rd district, real estate investor Delia Lopez was unopposed, and businessman Mike Erickson won a close race in the Oregon 5 5th district. Republicans did not field a candidate in the Oregon 4 4th district.
In the Oregon 1 1st district, retired teacher Joel Haugen won the nomination, but later withdrew it after clashes with party leaders over Haugen's endorsement of Democrat Barack Obama for President. Haugen is now the Independent Party of Oregon candidate, Another Republican Stephan Andrew Brodhead an Iraq War veteran and Real Estate investor Of Hillsboro, Oregon is running an active campaign as a write-in candidate.http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1220061323124840.xml&coll=7 Joel Haugen withdraws acceptance of Republican nomination 2008-08-30 The Oregonian Cole Michelle 2008-09-08 September 19, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080919222209/http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1220061323124840.xml&coll=7 dead
Statewide offices
2008 Oregon state elections
This election determined the Republican candidate for two statewide offices. For Secretary of State, Rick Dancer was unopposed.; for Treasurer Allen Alley was also unopposed. No Republican filed to run for Attorney General, but there were 13,043 write-in votes. John Kroger, who also won the Democratic primary, got 2,885 votes and will be the Republican nominee as well. Kroger's Democratic rival Greg Macpherson came in second with 1,391 votes.http://blog.oregonlive.com/breakingnews/2008/06/kroger_wins_another_attorney_g.html Kroger wins (another) attorney general nomination 2008-06-19 2008-06-20 The Oregonian
Oregon Senate
2008 Oregon Senate elections
Half (15) the positions in the Oregon State Senate were up for election. Republicans nominated candidates in 11 Senate districts for the general election, including one successful write-in candidate.
Oregon House of Representatives
2008 Oregon House of Representatives elections
As is the case every two years, all the 60 positions in the Oregon House of Representatives were up for election. Republicans nominated candidates in 44 House districts for the general election, including two successful write-in candidates.
See also
2008 Oregon Democratic presidential primary
2008 Republican Party presidential primaries
References
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