- Tennessee Republican primary, 2008
The 2008 Tennessee Republican primary took place on
February 5 ,2008 (Super Tuesday ), with 52 national delegates.cite web|title=Tennessee Republican Delegation 2008 |url=http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P08/TN-R.phtml |publisher=The Green Papers |accessdate=2008-01-28]At of 10:15 PM ET on February 5, the
Associated Press reported that with 44% of precincts reporting Huckabee and McCain were tied with about one-third of the vote each.cite web |title=Clinton wins Tennessee, GOP race too close to call |url=http://www.wmctv.com/global/story.asp?s=7828203 |publisher=Associated Press |date=February 8, 2008 |accessdate=2008-02-05] Earlier, with 31% of precincts in, McCain had 34% support, Huckabee 31%, Romney 23% and Paul 6% support.cite web |title=Clinton, McCain lead in Tennessee |url=http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2008/02/05/clinton_mccain_lead_in_tennessee/2113/ |publisher=UPI |date=February 8, 2008 |accessdate=2008-02-05]The City Paper reported that voter turnout could beat the state's record of 830,000 in
1988 whenAl Gore was on the presidential ballot for the first time.cite web |title=Clinton, McCain lead in Tennessee |url=http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2008/02/05/clinton_mccain_lead_in_tennessee/2113/ |publisher=UPI |date=February 8, 2008 |accessdate=2008-02-05]AP exit polls showed that Huckabee did well with
born-again Christian s andconservative s.cite web |title=Clinton wins Tennessee, GOP race too close to call |url=http://www.wmctv.com/global/story.asp?s=7828203 |publisher=Associated Press |date=February 8, 2008 |accessdate=2008-02-05]Results
* Candidate dropped out of the race before the primarySee also
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Republican Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2008
*Tennessee Democratic primary, 2008 References
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