2008 Texas Democratic presidential primary and caucuses

2008 Texas Democratic presidential primary and caucuses

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Candidate Hillary Clinton Barack Obama
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Delegate count 94 99
Primary 1,462,734
(50.88%)
1,362,476
(47.39%)
Precinct conventions 18,603
(43.72%)
23,907
(56.18%)
County conventions 3,252
(44.87%)
3,982
(54.94%)

Primary/caucus results by county
Clinton:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      90–100%      100%
Obama:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      100%
Tie:      Tie
No results:      No results

The 2008 Texas Democratic presidential primary and caucuses were a series of events to determine the delegates that the Texas Democratic Party sent to the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Delegates were selected using results from two sources: the Texas Presidential Primary held on March 4 by the Secretary of State of Texas's office, and a series of caucus events held between March 4 and June 7 by the Texas Democratic Party. The indecisive results of Super Tuesday, and the fact that Texas had the largest number of delegates among the states remaining on the Democratic primary calendar, resulted in the Texas primary receiving significant attention from both the Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama campaigns.[1][2][3][4][5]

Of 12,752,417 registered voters, 22.49% turned out.[6] The contest between the two candidates was very close: Senator Hillary Clinton won the primary, while her opponent, Senator Barack Obama, received more support in the caucuses. In the end, Obama secured 99 pledged delegates to Clinton's 94.

  1. ^ Texans For Obama - Barack Obama in '08.:: There is No Such Thing as the Texas Primary Part II: Delegate Projections Archived 2008-02-19 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Clinton-Obama primary battle a Texas toss-up | Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Columnist Gromer Jeffers Jr. | Dallas–Fort Worth News
  3. ^ Local: South Texas critical to Democratic presidential nomination | texas, delegates, clinton : Brownsville Herald
  4. ^ Texas Presidential Primary Round-Up: February 11, 2008 — Capitol Annex Archived March 21, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Clinton, Obama poised to pour attention into Texas Archived 2008-02-22 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "2008 Democratic Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State. March 4, 2008. Retrieved March 7, 2008. [dead link]