2008 California Republican presidential primary

none June 2025 September 2023 2008 California Republican presidential primary California presidential no 2004 California Republican primary 2004 United States presidential election in California, 2012#Republican primary 2012 February 5, 2008 File:John McCain official portrait 2009 (cropped).jpg 150x150px ce5c17 John McCain Arizona 1,238,988 42.25% File:AnnMarie Romneym (cropped).jpg 85bb65 Mitt Romney Massachusetts 1,013,471 34.56% File:Mike Huckabee, speaking to a gathering at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco.jpg 990000 Mike Huckabee Arkansas 340,669 11.62% 300px County results 300px Congressional district results style="text-align:left; margin:auto; width:300px;" #ce5c17 John McCain #85bb65 Mitt Romney AR CO 173 delegates to the Republican National Convention(170 pledged, 3 unpledged) 155 0 15 The 2008 California Republican presidential primary was held on February 5, 2008, with a total of 173 national delegates at stake. Process The delegates represented California at the Republican National Convention. There were three delegates to every congressional district and fourteen bonus delegates. The winner in each of the 53 congressional districts was awarded all of that district's delegates. The statewide winner was awarded 11 of the 14 statewide delegates, with the 3 remaining delegates assigned to party leaders.https://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/04/30/schneider.california/index.html Votes, contributors make California a key player in 2008 CNN Bill Schneider 2007-05-01 2008-01-22http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/politics/20080203-9999-1n3delegate.html Delegate Formulas Vary by Party The San Diego Union-Tribune John Marelius 2008-02-03 2008-02-04 Voting in the primary was restricted to registered Republican voters.http://primary2008.sos.ca.gov/voterguide/voter_info/decline.html Voter Information Guide 2008-07-10 California Secretary of State https://web.archive.org/web/20080709202732/http://primary2008.sos.ca.gov/voterguide/voter_info/decline.html# 2008-07-09 dead Polls Statewide opinion polling for the Republican Party presidential primaries, 2008#California Early polls showed Rudy Giuliani in the lead. Polls taken closer to the primary either showed Mitt Romney or John McCain as the favored candidate.Statewide opinion polling for the Republican Party presidential primaries, 2008#California Results Results of the 2008 Republican Party presidential primaries Key: Withdrew prior to contest California Republican presidential primary, 2008http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2008_primary/presidential.pdf The Statement of Vote: President by County 2008-04-13 2008-03-15 PDF Secretary of State of California https://web.archive.org/web/20080409224922/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2008_primary/presidential.pdf# 2008-04-09 dead http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2008_primary/03_county_reg_totals_012208.pdf Report of Registration as of January 22, 2008 2008-03-15 2008-06-16 PDF California Secretary of State https://web.archive.org/web/20080618234640/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2008_primary/03_county_reg_totals_012208.pdf# 2008-06-18 dead CandidateVotesPercentageNational delegates John McCain 1,238,988 42.25% 155 Mitt Romney 1,013,471 34.56% 15 Mike Huckabee 340,669 11.62% 0 Rudy Giuliani 128,681 4.39% 0 Ron Paul 125,365 4.27% 0 Fred Thompson 50,275 1.71% 0 Duncan Hunter 14,021 0.48% 0 Alan Keyes 11,742 0.40% 0 John Cox 3,219 0.11% 0 Tom Tancredo 3,884 0.13% 0 Sam Brownback 2,486 0.08% 0 Karen Irish (write-in) 6 0.00% 0 Michael Shaw (write-in) 2 0.00% 0 Edward Marshall (write-in) 1 0.00% 0 Joel Neuberg (write-in) 1 0.00% 0 Robert Brickell (write-in) 0 0.00% 0 Brian Calef (write-in) 0 0.00% 0 David Frey (write-in) 0 0.00% 0 Walter Rothnie (write-in) 0 0.00% 0 John Sutherland (write-in) 0 0.00% 0 Uncommitted delegates 3 Totals 2,932,811 100.00% 173 Voter turnout 56.08% — See also California Democratic primary, 2008 California state elections, February 2008 Republican Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2008 United States presidential election in California, 2008 References Republican primary California 2008 Category:2008 Super Tuesday