2008 Tennessee Republican presidential primary

2008 Tennessee Republican presidential primary

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52 Republican National Convention delegates
 
Candidate Mike Huckabee John McCain
Home state Arkansas Arizona
Delegate count 25 19
Popular vote 190,904 176,091
Percentage 34.37% 31.84%

 
Candidate Mitt Romney Ron Paul
Home state Massachusetts Texas
Delegate count 8 0
Popular vote 130,632 31,026
Percentage 23.62% 5.61%

     Huckabee
     McCain
     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]

  1. ^ "Tennessee Republican Delegation 2008". The Green Papers. Retrieved January 28, 2008.
  2. ^ a b "Clinton wins Tennessee, GOP race too close to call". Associated Press. February 8, 2008. Retrieved February 5, 2008.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ a b "Clinton, McCain lead in Tennessee". UPI. February 8, 2008. Archived from the original on May 24, 2011. Retrieved February 5, 2008.