Missouri Republican primary, 2008

The 2008 Missouri Republican Presidential Primary on February 5, 2008 determined the recipient of 55 of the state's 58 delegates to the Republican National Convention in the process to elect the 44th President of the United States. It was an open primary.^[1] John McCain won a slight plurality of the vote, receiving all of Missouri's delegates.

Results

2008 Missouri Republican primary county map.

  John McCain

  Mike Huckabee

  Mitt Romney

100% of precincts reporting ^[2][3]

Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Counties[4]	Delegates
John McCain	194,053	32.96%	32	58
Mike Huckabee	185,642	31.53%	72	0
Mitt Romney	172,329	29.27%	12	0
Ron Paul	26,464	4.50%	0	0
Rudy Giuliani*	3,593	0.61%	0	0
Fred Thompson*	3,102	0.53%	0	0
Alan Keyes	892	0.15%	0	0
Duncan Hunter*	307	0.05%	0	0
Virgil Wiles	124	0.02%	0	0
Tom Tancredo*	107	0.02%	0	0
Daniel Ayers Gilbert	88	0.01%	0	0
Hugh Cort	46	0.01%	0	0
Uncommitted	2,097	0.35%	0	0
Total	588,720	100%	116	58

*Candidate dropped out prior to primary

Opinion polling

Please see the following article for opinion polling: 2008 Republican Presidential Nomination Opinion Polling - Missouri

See also

• Missouri Democratic primary, 2008
• Republican Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2008

References

1. ^ Missouri Republican Delegation 2008
2. ^ "Official Election Returns - State of Missouri Presidential Preference Primary". Missouri Secretary of State. 2008-03-07. http://sos.mo.gov/enrweb/statewideresults.asp?eid=203. Retrieved 2008-05-24. 
3. ^ "RESULTS: Missouri". CNN. http://edition.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/state/#MO. Retrieved 2008-02-05. 
4. ^ "Feb 5, 2008 Presidential Preference Primary : Election Night Map". Missouri Secretary of State. 2008-02-05. Archived from the original on 2008-02-07. http://web.archive.org/web/20080207090626/http://www.sos.mo.gov/enrmaps/county_map.asp?party=rep. Retrieved 2008-02-08.