2008 Tennessee Republican presidential primary
February 5, 2008 (2008-02-05)
 
Candidate Mike Huckabee John McCain Mitt Romney
Home state Arkansas Arizona Massachusetts
Delegate count 25 19 8
Popular vote 190,904 176,091 130,632
Percentage 34.37% 31.84% 23.62%
 
Candidate Ron Paul
Home state Texas
Delegate count 0
Popular vote 31,026
Percentage 5.61%
Election results by county.
  Mike Huckabee
  John McCain
  Mitt Romney

The 2008 Tennessee Republican presidential primary took place on February 5, 2008 (Super Tuesday), with 52 national delegates.[1] Mike Huckabee narrowly defeated John McCain to win the largest share of Tennessee's delegates to the 2008 Republican National Convention. Both McCain and the third-place candidate Mitt Romney received delegates along with Huckabee.

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.[2] Earlier, with 31% of precincts in, McCain had 34% support, Huckabee 31%, Romney 23% and Paul 6% support.[3]

The City Paper reported that voter turnout could beat the state's record of 830,000 in 1988 when Al Gore was on the presidential ballot for the first time.[3]

AP exit polls showed that Huckabee did well with born-again Christians and conservatives.[2]

Results

100% of precincts reporting[4][5]
Candidate Votes Percentage Delegates
Mike Huckabee190,90434.37%25
John McCain176,09131.84%19
Mitt Romney130,63223.62%8
Ron Paul31,0265.61%0
Fred Thompson*16,2632.94%0
Rudy Giuliani*5,1590.93%0
Alan Keyes9780.18%0
Duncan Hunter*7380.13%0
Tom Tancredo*1940.03%0
Uncommitted1,8300.33%0
Total553,005100%52

* Candidate dropped out of the race before the primary

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Tennessee Republican Delegation 2008". The Green Papers. Retrieved January 28, 2008.
  2. 1 2 "Clinton wins Tennessee, GOP race too close to call". Associated Press. February 8, 2008. Retrieved February 5, 2008.
  3. 1 2 "Clinton, McCain lead in Tennessee". UPI. February 8, 2008. Archived from the original on May 24, 2011. Retrieved February 5, 2008.
  4. ↑ "Republican Primary Presidential Preference" (PDF).
  5. ↑ "RESULTS: Tennessee". CNN. February 5, 2008. Retrieved February 5, 2008.
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