2008 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary

none June 2025 September 2023 2008 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary New Hampshire presidential no 2004 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary 2004 2008 01 08 2012 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary 2012 File:John McCain official portrait 2009 (cropped).jpg 150x150px John McCain ce5c17 Arizona 7 88,713 37.00% File:AnnMarie Romneym (cropped).jpg Mitt Romney 85bb65 Massachusetts 4 75,675 31.56% File:Mike Huckabee, speaking to a gathering at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco.jpg Mike Huckabee 990000 Arkansas 1 26,916 11.22% File:Rudy Giuliani (cropped).jpg Rudy Giuliani 003884 New York 0 20,344 8.48% File:Ron Paul, official Congressional photo portrait, 2007 (cropped).jpg Ron Paul fed105 Texas 0 18,346 7.65% 12 pledged delegates to the Republican National Convention WY MI x250px County results x250px Municipality results style="text-align:left; margin:auto; width:400px;" #ce5c17 John McCain #85bb65 Mitt Romney #990000 Mike Huckabee #003884 Rudy Giuliani #fed105 Ron Paul #666666 Tie #d0d0d0 No votes The 2008 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary took place on January 8, 2008, with 12 national delegates being allocated proportionally to the popular vote.http://politics.nytimes.com/packages/html/election-guide/2008/primaries/states/NH.html The New York Times Election Guide 2008 - Presidential Election - Politics Senator from Arizona John McCain won the contest with 37% of the vote and 7 pledged delegates. McCain's victory was described by The New York Times as a "Lazarus-like win" that "revived his presidential bid" following a disappointing showing in the 2008 Iowa caucuses.Healy Patrick Cooper Michael 2008-01-08 Clinton Stuns Obama; McCain Wins en-US The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/08/us/politics/08cnd-campaign.html 2023-03-09 0362-4331 Background and campaign During the 2000 Republican contest held eight years prior, Senator John McCain defeated frontrunner and eventual nominee George W. Bush in the New Hampshire primary in an upset victory.Balz Dan February 2, 2000 McCain Stuns Bush in N.H. Primary https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPcap/2000-02/02/012r-020200-idx.html March 8, 2023 Washington Post In the 2008 primary, Mitt Romney, the former governor of neighboring Massachusetts, invested significant campaign resources in the state. Romney's defeat in the New Hampshire primary to McCain was considered a significant blow for his campaign.Healy Patrick Cooper Michael 2008-01-08 Clinton Stuns Obama; McCain Wins en-US The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/08/us/politics/08cnd-campaign.html 2023-03-09 0362-4331 Polling Statewide opinion polling for the 2008 Republican Party presidential primaries#New Hampshire In the days leading up to the primary, John McCain appeared to gain a slight lead over Mitt Romney. An average of polling found McCain with 31.8%, Romney, 28.2%, Huckabee with 12.2%, Giuliani with 9.3%, Paul with 8.2%, and Thompson with 2.2%.RealClearPolitics – Election 2008 – New Hampshire Republican Primary Results The official return was certified by the New Hampshire Secretary of State on 9 January.http://www.sos.nh.gov/presprim2008/rpressum.htm Presidential Primary Election January 8 2008-01-11 New Hampshire Secretary of State dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080706124227/http://www.sos.nh.gov/presprim2008/rpressum.htm 2008-07-06 According to New Hampshire law, delegates are allocated proportionally with a minimum 10% threshold required to receive delegates. The balance of delegates that are not assigned are then allocated to the winner. Independent voters made up 44 percent of the state electorate and could choose to vote in either this primary or the Democratic contest held on the same day, but voters could not vote in both.6 January 2008 Tuesday could be independents' day in N.H. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5431385.html Candidate Votes Percentage Delegates John McCain 88,571 37.71% 7 Mitt Romney 75,546 32.17% 4 Mike Huckabee 26,859 11.44% 1 Rudy Giuliani 20,439 8.7% 0 Ron Paul 18,308 7.8% 0 Fred Thompson 2,890 1.23% 0 Duncan Hunter 1,217 0.52% 0 Alan Keyes 203 0.09% 0 Stephen Marchuk 123 0.05% 0 Tom Tancredo* 80 0.03% 0 Dr Hugh Cort 53 0.02% 0 Cornelius Edward O'Connor 45 0.02% 0 Albert Howard 44 0.02% 0 Vern Wuensche 44 0.02% 0 Vermin Supreme 41 0.02% 0 John H. Cox 39 0.02% 0 Daniel Gilbert 33 0.01% 0 James Creighton Mitchell Jr. 30 0.01% 0 Jack Shepard 27 0.01% 0 Mark Klein 19 0.01% 0 H. Neal Fendig Jr. 13 0% 0 Scattered 227 0.1% 0 Total 234,851 100% 12 * Candidate had already dropped out of the race prior to primary. Recount Most New Hampshire voters cast their votes on vulnerable Diebold optical-scan systems, leading election-reform activists to immediately begin examining the results from New Hampshire, claiming later to find evidence suggesting fraud.http://machinist.salon.com/feature/2008/01/11/new_hampshire_vote/ Was the New Hampshire vote stolen? dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080113131716/http://machinist.salon.com/feature/2008/01/11/new_hampshire_vote/ 2008-01-13 Republican presidential nominee candidate Albert Howard joined forces with Ron Paul supporters bankrolling a full recount of the Republican primary.http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080112/FRONTPAGE/801120402/1043/NEWS01 Concord Monitor - Primary votes to be recounted dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080115085628/http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20080112%2FFRONTPAGE%2F801120402%2F1043%2FNEWS01 2008-01-15 The Republican recount began on Wednesday January 16.http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/01/new-hampshire-t.html New Hampshire to Recount Ballots in Light of Controversy Wired Zetter Kim The story initially was reported only online, but was later acknowledged by mainstream news outlets. Most observers have concluded that demographic trends influence both a community's means of counting ballots, and which candidates the community is likely to support.http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2008/01/11/experts_skeptical_of_nh_ballot_count_conspiracy_theory/ Experts skeptical of N.H. ballot-count conspiracy theory The Boston Globe Beverley Wang AP 2008-03-14 2008-01-11May 2026 medicmedic On January 10, 2008, presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich requested and paid for a recount to make sure that all of the votes in the Democratic primary were counted - Republican candidate Albert Howard also requested a recount in the Republican primary.http://news.bostonherald.com/news/2008/view.bg?articleid=1066072 Kucinich claim spurs N.H. recount Boston Herald AP 2008-03-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20080311134002/http://news.bostonherald.com/news/2008/view.bg?articleid=1066072 2008-03-11 dead The recount began on January 16, 2008, after New Hampshire Secretary of State Bill Gardner received $27,000 from Kucinich. The first ballots to be counted came from Manchester. The campaigns and fair elections groups had the right to see and approve every ballot. In the GOP recount the votes for all candidates were exactly the same except for Mitt Romney who received 1 extra vote. With $55,600, Albert Howard is the first person in U.S. history to receive a statewide New Hampshire Primary Recount.http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080127/NEWS08/332865883/-1/news Recounting and recalling the N.H. presidential primary Kevin Landrigan 2008-01-27 2008-03-14 April 23, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080423175248/http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080127/NEWS08/332865883/-1/news dead The Deputy Secretary of State, David Scanlan, estimated that the Republican recount cost $57,600 and the Democratic recount, with more votes cast, cost $67,600. http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?articleId=ac275a70-9424-467c-8e4d-5517a7000163 New Hampshire Union Leader Recounts aren't cheap Tom Fahey 2008-01-15 2008-03-14 2011-05-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20110522193005/http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?articleId=ac275a70-9424-467c-8e4d-5517a7000163 dead According to Howard's campaign Web site, some of his primary objectives include banning electronic voting. Quin Monson, an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at BYU, commented: "There are people that do not trust the technology. [The] request for the recount is likely a response to that crowd."http://newsnet.byu.edu/story.cfm/66978 New Hampshire Recount Garners Little Attention BYU Newsnet Erica Teichert 2008-01-16 2008-03-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20080220091738/http://newsnet.byu.edu/story.cfm/66978 2008-02-20 dead See also 2008 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary New Hampshire primary 2008 Republican Party presidential primaries References External links New Hampshire Republican State Committee Official Website https://web.archive.org/web/20181230053433/http://www.nhgop.org/ December 30, 2018 Category:2008 United States Republican presidential primaries by state or territory Republican Category:New Hampshire Republican primaries