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2008 District of Columbia Republican presidential primary District of Columbia presidential no 2004 District of Columbia Republican presidential caucuses 2004 2008 02 12 2012 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia#Republican primary 2012 LA MD 19 delegates to the Republican National Convention (16 pledged, 3 unpledged)All pledged delegates are awarded to the candidatereceiving the most votes. File:John McCain official portrait 2009 (cropped).jpg 150x150px John McCain ce5c17 Arizona 16 4,198 67.59% File:Mike Huckabee, speaking to a gathering at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco.jpg Mike Huckabee 990000 Arkansas 0 1,020 16.42% File:Ron Paul, official Congressional photo portrait, 2007 (cropped).jpg Ron Paul fed105 Texas 0 494 7.95% File:CPAC 2009 IMG 0260 (3314423417) (cropped).jpg Mitt Romney(withdrawn) 85bb65 Massachusetts 0 398 6.41% x227px Green for McCain Majority, Lime Green for McCain Plurality, Blue for Huckabee Plurality
The 2008 District of Columbia Republican presidential primary took place on February 12, 2008. Virginia and Maryland both held primaries on the same day, so the day's elections were collectively called "the Potomac primary". https://www.reuters.com/article/bondsNews/idUSN0627215020080207 Reuters - FACTBOX: The February 12 "Potomac Primary" presidential contest Andy Sullivan 2008-02-07 John McCain decisively won the primary, securing the votes of all 16 DC delegates to the 2008 Republican National Convention.
Results
+100% of precincts reportingDC Presidential Preference Primary - Certified Election Results http://www.dcboee.org/nws/news_frame.asp?filename=nr_140.pdf&mid=3&yid=2008&type=News%20Releases&hl=t District of Columbia Board of Elections 2008-02-12 2008-05-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20080423181445/http://www.dcboee.org/nws/news_frame.asp?filename=nr_140.pdf&mid=3&yid=2008&type=News+Releases&hl=t 2008-04-23 dead RESULTS: District of Columbia http://edition.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/state/#DC CNN 2008-02-12 2008-02-12 May 8, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080508012111/http://edition.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/state/#DC dead Candidate Votes Percentage Delegates John McCain 4,198 67.59% 16 Mike Huckabee 1,020 16.42% 0 Ron Paul 494 7.95% 0 Mitt Romney* 398 6.41% 0 Rudy Giuliani* 101 1.63% 0 Total 6,211 100% 16
*Candidate suspended campaign prior to this primary
Mike Huckabee received a plurality of votes in Ward 7. John McCain received a plurality of votes in Ward 5 and Ward 8 and a majority of votes in the other five wards.DC Presidential Preference Primary, Certified Election Results https://web.archive.org/web/20080528174937/http://www.dcboee.org/nws/pdf_files/nr_140.pdf May 28, 2008 (pdf). District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics. 2008-03-05.
See also
2008 District of Columbia Democratic presidential primary
2008 Republican Party presidential primaries
References
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