California Republican primary, 2008

Infobox Election
election_name = California Republican primary, 2008
country = California
type = presidential
ongoing = no
previous_election = California Republican primary, 2004
previous_year = 2004
next_election =
next_year =
election_date = Start date|2008|02|05


nominee1 = John McCain
party1 = Republican Party (United States)
home_state1 = Arizona
popular_vote1 = 1,238,988
percentage1 = 42.25%


nominee2 = Mitt Romney
party2 = Republican Party (United States)
home_state2 = Massachusetts
popular_vote2 = 1,013,471
percentage2 = 34.56%


nominee3 = Mike Huckabee
party3 = Republican Party (United States)
home_state3 = Arkansas
popular_vote3 = 340,669
percentage3 = 11.62%
map_

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map_size = 300px
map_caption = Election results by county

The California Republican primary, 2008 was held on February 5, 2008, with a total of 119 national delegates at stake.

Voting in the primary was restricted to registered Republican voters. [cite web |url=http://primary2008.sos.ca.gov/voterguide/voter_info/decline.html |title=Voter Information Guide |accessdate=2008-07-10 |publisher=California Secretary of State]

Process

The delegates will represent California at the Republican National Convention. There are 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 all the bonus delegates. [cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/04/30/schneider.california/index.html |title=Votes, contributors make California a key player in 2008 |publisher=CNN |first=Bill |last=Schneider |date=2007-05-01 |accessdate=2008-01-22] [cite news |url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/politics/20080203-9999-1n3delegate.html |title=Delegate Formulas Vary by Party |publisher="The San Diego Union-Tribune" | first=John |last=Marelius |date=2008-02-03 |accessdate=2008-02-04]

Polls

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

{| border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"! colspan="4" | California Republican presidential primary, 2008 [cite web |url=http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2008_primary/presidential.pdf |title=The Statement of Vote: President by County |accessdate=2008-04-13 |date=2008-03-15 |format=PDF |publisher=Secretary of State of California] [cite web |url=http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2008_primary/03_county_reg_totals_012208.pdf |title=Report of Registration as of January 22, 2008 |date=2008-03-15 |accessdate=2008-06-16 |format=PDF |publisher=California Secretary of State]
-bgcolor="#EEEEEE" align="center"! style="width: 17em" |Candidate! style="width: 5em" |Votes! style="width: 7em" |Percentage! style="width: 7em" |National delegates
-
John McCain
align="right" | 1,238,988
align="right" | 42.25%
align="right" | 116
-
Mitt Romney
align="right" | 1,013,471
align="right" | 34.56%
align="right" | 3
-
Mike Huckabee
align="right" | 340,669
align="right" | 11.62%
align="right" | 0
-bgcolor=#FFE8E8
Rudy Giuliani
align="right" | 128,681
align="right" | 4.39%
align="right" | 0
-
Ron Paul
align="right" | 125,365
align="right" | 4.27%
align="right" | 0
-bgcolor=#FFE8E8
Fred Thompson
align="right" | 50,275
align="right" | 1.71%
align="right" | 0
-bgcolor=#FFE8E8
Duncan Hunter
align="right" | 14,021
align="right" | 0.48%
align="right" | 0
-
Alan Keyes
align="right" | 11,742
align="right" | 0.40%
align="right" | 0
-
John Cox
align="right" | 3,219
align="right" | 0.11%
align="right" | 0
-bgcolor=#FFE8E8
Tom Tancredo
align="right" | 3,884
align="right" | 0.13%
align="right" | 0
-bgcolor=#FFE8E8
Sam Brownback
align="right" | 2,486
align="right" | 0.08%
align="right" | 0
-
Karen Irish (write-in)
align="right" | 6
align="right" | 0.00%
align="right" | 0
-
Michael Shaw (write-in)
align="right" | 2
align="right" | 0.00%
align="right" | 0
-
Edward Marshall (write-in)
align="right" | 1
align="right" | 0.00%
align="right" | 0
-
Joel Neuberg (write-in)
align="right" | 1
align="right" | 0.00%
align="right" | 0
-
Robert Brickell (write-in)
align="right" | 0
align="right" | 0.00%
align="right" | 0
-
Brian Calef (write-in)
align="right" | 0
align="right" | 0.00%
align="right" | 0
-
David Frey (write-in)
align="right" | 0
align="right" | 0.00%
align="right" | 0
-
Walter Rothnie (write-in)
align="right" | 0
align="right" | 0.00%
align="right" | 0
-
John Sutherland (write-in)
align="right" | 0
align="right" | 0.00%
align="right" | 0
-
-bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
align="right" | Totals
align="right" | 2,932,811
align="right" | 100.00%
align="right" | 119
-bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
align="right" | Voter turnout
colspan="2" align="right" | 56.08%
align="right" | —

ee 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