Tennessee_Republican_primary,_2008

2008 Tennessee Republican presidential primary

2008 Tennessee Republican presidential primary

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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.

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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

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* Candidate dropped out of the race before the primary

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References

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