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2008 Missouri Republican presidential primary
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| election_name | 2008 Missouri Republican presidential primary |
| country | Missouri |
| type | presidential |
| ongoing | no |
| previous_election | 2004 Missouri Republican presidential primary |
| previous_year | 2004 |
| next_election | 2012 Missouri Republican presidential primary |
| next_year | 2012 |
| election_date | |
| image1 | File:John McCain official portrait 2009 (cropped).jpg |
| image_size | 150x150px |
| candidate1 | **John McCain** |
| home_state1 | Arizona |
| delegate_count1 | **58** |
| popular_vote1 | **194,053** |
| percentage1 | **32.96%** |
| image2 | File:Mike Huckabee, speaking to a gathering at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco.jpg |
| color2 | 990000 |
| candidate2 | Mike Huckabee |
| home_state2 | Arkansas |
| delegate_count2 | 0 |
| popular_vote2 | 185,642 |
| percentage2 | 31.53% |
| image3 | File:CPAC 2009 IMG 0260 (3314423417) (cropped).jpg |
| color3 | 85bb65 |
| candidate3 | Mitt Romney |
| home_state3 | Massachusetts |
| delegate_count3 | 0 |
| popular_vote3 | 172,329 |
| percentage3 | 29.27% |
| map_image | Missouri Republican Presidential Primary Election Results by County, 2008.svg |
| map_caption | 2008 Missouri Republican primary county map. |
| color1 | ce5c17 |
| elected_members | [MT |
| (caucuses)](2008-montana-republican-presidential-caucuses-and-primary) | |
| outgoing_members | [MN](2008-minnesota-republican-presidential-caucuses) |
| votes_for_election | 58 pledged delegates to the [Republican National Convention](2008-republican-national-convention) |
| All delegates are awarded to the candidate receiving the most votes |
(caucuses)](2008-montana-republican-presidential-caucuses-and-primary) All delegates are awarded to the candidate receiving the most votes The 2008 Missouri Republican presidential primary on February 5, 2008 determined the recipient of 55 of the state's 58 delegates to the Republican National Convention in the process to elect the 44th President of the United States. It was an open primary. John McCain won a slight plurality of the vote, receiving all of Missouri's delegates.
Results
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Counties | Delegates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| **John McCain** | **194,053** | **32.96%** | 32 | **58** |
| Mike Huckabee | 185,642 | 31.53% | **72** | 0 |
| Mitt Romney | 172,329 | 29.27% | 12 | 0 |
| Ron Paul | 26,464 | 4.50% | 0 | 0 |
| Rudy Giuliani* | 3,593 | 0.61% | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Thompson* | 3,102 | 0.53% | 0 | 0 |
| Alan Keyes | 892 | 0.15% | 0 | 0 |
| Duncan Hunter* | 307 | 0.05% | 0 | 0 |
| Virgil Wiles | 124 | 0.02% | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Tancredo* | 107 | 0.02% | 0 | 0 |
| Daniel Ayers Gilbert | 88 | 0.01% | 0 | 0 |
| Hugh Cort | 46 | 0.01% | 0 | 0 |
| Uncommitted | 2,097 | 0.35% | 0 | 0 |
| **Total** | **588,720** | **100%** | **116** | **58** |
*Candidate dropped out prior to primary
Opinion polling
Please see the following article for opinion polling: Statewide opinion polling for the 2008 Republican Party presidential primaries
County by county results
| County | John McCain | % | Mike Huckabee | % | Mitt Romney | % | Ron Paul | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adair | 558 | 29.00% | **735** | **38.20%** | 451 | 23.44% | 158 | 8.21% |
| Andrew | 501 | 27.96% | 484 | 27.01% | **641** | **35.77%** | 120 | 6.70% |
| Atchison | **281** | **37.92%** | 189 | 25.51% | 230 | 31.04% | 25 | 3.37% |
| Audrain | 744 | 33.2% | ||||||
| Barry | 1,365 | 28.3% | ||||||
| Barton | 525 | 24.6% | ||||||
| Bates | 594 | 37.7% | ||||||
| Benton | 803 | 34.7% | ||||||
| Bollinger | 518 | 31.3% | ||||||
| Boone | 4,948 | 31.3% | ||||||
| Buchanan | 2,194 | 31.6% | ||||||
| Butler | 1,117 | 24.6% | ||||||
| Caldwell | 363 | 36.0% | ||||||
| Callaway | 1,203 | 27.1% | ||||||
| Camden | 2,196 | 33.9% | ||||||
| Cape Girardeau | 3,528 | 31.8% | ||||||
| Carroll | 437 | 47.8% | ||||||
| Carter | 202 | 28.4% | ||||||
| Cass | 3,195 | 31.3% | ||||||
| Cedar | 709 | 31.04% | **1,051** | **46.02%** | 403 | 17.64% | 63 | 2.76% |
| Chariton | 244 | 34.41% | **260** | **36.67%** | 167 | 23.55% | 28 | 3.95% |
| Christian | 2,943 | 24.37% | **5,852** | **48.46%** | 2,748 | 22.75% | 416 | 3.44% |
| Clark | 283 | 44.1% | ||||||
| Clay | 6,006 | 32.8% | ||||||
| Clinton | 603 | 31.6% | ||||||
| Cole | 2,982 | 28.74% | 3,247 | 31.30% | **3,729** | **35.95%** | 227 | 2.19% |
| Cooper | 503 | 28.2% | ||||||
| Crawford | 713 | 32.7% | ||||||
| Dade | 418 | 27.52% | **769** | **50.63%** | 275 | 18.10% | 43 | 2.83% |
| Dallas | 751 | 30.39% | **1,153** | **46.66%** | 428 | 17.32% | 105 | 4.25% |
| Daviess | 236 | 30.0% | ||||||
| DeKalb | 310 | 30.2% | ||||||
| Dent | 959 | 48.8% | ||||||
| Douglas | 516 | 21.15% | **1,343** | **55.04%** | 270 | 11.07% | 290 | 12.09% |
| Dunklin | 480 | 21.46% | **1,309** | **58.52%** | 381 | 17.03% | 36 | 1.61% |
| Franklin | 4,032 | 35.7% | ||||||
| Gasconade | **793** | **40.25%** | 514 | 26.09% | 536 | 27.21% | 75 | 3.81% |
| Gentry | 182 | 31.0% | ||||||
| Greene | 9,979 | 27.09% | **15,645** | **42.48%** | 9,271 | 25.17% | 1,552 | 4.21% |
| Grundy | 377 | 34.5% | ||||||
| Harrison | 288 | 32.7% | ||||||
| Henry | 763 | 37.0% | ||||||
| Hickory | 453 | 33.19% | **548** | **40.15%** | 238 | 20.73% | 64 | 4.69% |
| Holt | 190 | 29.83% | 194 | 30.46% | **201** | **31.55%** | 34 | 5.34% |
| Howard | 283 | 28.44% | **328** | **32.96%** | 319 | 32.06% | 52 | 5.23% |
| Howell | 1,347 | 24.76% | **2,882** | **52.97%** | 793 | 14.57% | 356 | 6.54% |
| Iron | 269 | 32.80% | **354** | **43.17%** | 138 | 16.83% | 43 | 5.24% |
| Jackson | 12,356 | 33.0% | ||||||
| Jasper | 3,220 | 25.8% | ||||||
| Jefferson | 6,358 | 33.5% | ||||||
| Johnson | 1,558 | 36.2% | ||||||
| Knox | 101 | 29.4% | ||||||
| Laclede | 1,656 | 30.21% | **2,791** | **50.91%** | 807 | 14.72% | 142 | 2.59% |
| Lafayette | 1,148 | 35.3% | ||||||
| Lawrence | 1,412 | 26.19% | **2,628** | **48.75%** | 1,022 | 18.96% | 232 | 4.30% |
| Lewis | 279 | 34.23% | **286** | **35.09%** | 197 | 24.17% | 32 | 3.93% |
| Lincoln | 1,412 | 30.8% | ||||||
| Linn | 361 | 33.0% | ||||||
| Livingston | **488** | **38.9%** | 426 | 33.9% | 248 | 19.8% | 75 | 6.0% |
| McDonald | 674 | 25.55% | **1,285** | **48.71%** | 389 | 14.75% | 233 | 8.83% |
| Macon | 441 | 28.5% | **646** | **41.7%** | 390 | 25.2% | 43 | 2.8% |
| Madison | 452 | 35.48% | **560** | **43.96%** | 185 | 14.52% | 51 | 4.00% |
| Maries | 343 | 29.70% | **415** | **35.93%** | 321 | 27.79% | 59 | 5.11% |
| Marion | 714 | 26.71% | **904** | **33.82%** | 891 | 33.33% | 114 | 4.26% |
| Mercer | 114 | 27.7% | **132** | **32.1%** | 62 | 15.1% | 91 | 22.1% |
| Miller | 1,094 | 31.50% | **1,406** | **40.48%** | 790 | 22.75% | 109 | 3.14% |
| Mississippi | 373 | 33.73% | **471** | **42.59%** | 226 | 20.43% | 15 | 1.36% |
| Moniteau | 510 | 28.5% | **693** | **38.8%** | 466 | 26.1% | 98 | 5.5% |
| Monroe | 221 | 27.59% | **300** | **37.45%** | 231 | 28.84% | 32 | 4.00% |
| Montgomery | **554** | **39.74%** | 439 | 31.49% | 313 | 22.45% | 65 | 4.66% |
| Morgan | 857 | 34.3% | **896** | **35.9%** | 615 | 24.6% | 76 | 3.0% |
| New Madrid | 386 | 28.68% | **656** | **48.74%** | 250 | 18.57% | 43 | 3.19% |
| Newton | 1,983 | 26.0% | **3,476** | **45.5%** | 1,744 | 22.8% | 350 | 4.6% |
| Nodaway | **586** | **35.7%** | 468 | 28.5% | 469 | 28.6% | 83 | 5.1% |
| Oregon | 242 | 20.47% | **696** | **58.88%** | 134 | 11.34% | 101 | 8.54% |
| Osage | **665** | **33.47%** | 628 | 31.61% | 610 | 30.70% | 42 | 2.11% |
| Ozark | 428 | 26.87% | **766** | **48.09%** | 235 | 14.75% | 149 | 9.35% |
| Pemiscot | 233 | 23.75% | **565** | **57.59%** | 149 | 15.19% | 20 | 2.04% |
| Perry | **973** | **43.59%** | 575 | 25.76% | 542 | 24.28% | 96 | 4.30% |
| Pettis | **1,372** | **36.4%** | 994 | 26.4% | 1,226 | 32.5% | 110 | 2.9% |
| Phelps | 1,459 | 29.7% | **1,728** | **35.2%** | 1,340 | 27.3% | 321 | 6.5% |
| Pike | **463** | **32.58%** | 461 | 32.44% | 388 | 27.30% | 84 | 5.91% |
| Platte | 2,793 | 33.49% | 1,825 | 21.88% | **3,109** | **37.27%** | 472 | 5.66% |
| Polk | 1,141 | 25.28% | **2,317** | **51.33%** | 842 | 18.65% | 154 | 3.41% |
| Pulaski | 1,129 | 36.19% | **1,216** | **38.97%** | 641 | 20.54% | 66 | 2.12% |
| Putnam | 164 | 28.1% | **254** | **43.5%** | 128 | 21.9% | 28 | 4.8% |
| Ralls | 256 | 27.00% | **376** | **39.66%** | 279 | 29.43% | 24 | 2.53% |
| Randolph | 623 | 28.2% | **824** | **37.2%** | 632 | 28.6% | 95 | 4.3% |
| Ray | 554 | 28.9% | **709** | **37.0%** | 495 | 25.8% | 126 | 6.6% |
| Reynolds | 202 | 32.90% | **283** | **46.09%** | 93 | 15.15% | 25 | 4.07% |
| Ripley | 329 | 23.62% | **750** | **53.84%** | 238 | 17.09% | 52 | 3.73% |
| Saline | **617** | **38.3%** | 518 | 32.2% | 392 | 24.3% | 51 | 3.2% |
| Schuyler | 103 | 25.5% | **179** | **44.3%** | 84 | 20.8% | 29 | 7.2% |
| Scotland | 129 | 29.8% | **185** | **42.7%** | 94 | 21.7% | 16 | 3.7% |
| Scott | 1,389 | 33.0% | **1,549** | **36.8%** | 1,076 | 25.6% | 113 | 2.7% |
| Shannon | 223 | 23.57% | **515** | **54.44%** | 83 | 8.77% | 109 | 11.52% |
| Shelby | 206 | 29.43% | **321** | **45.86%** | 140 | 20.00% | 18 | 2.57% |
| St. Charles | 14,705 | 34.95% | 9,185 | 21.83% | **15,869** | **37.72%** | 1,613 | 3.83% |
| St. Clair | 437 | 33.1% | **572** | **43.3%** | 246 | 18.6% | 44 | 3.3% |
| St. Francois | **1,727** | **38.0%** | 1,631 | 35.9% | 949 | 20.9% | 134 | 2.9% |
| St. Louis County | **39,011** | **41.1%** | 16,131 | 17.0% | 34,668 | 36.5% | 3,339 | 3.5% |
| St. Louis City | **4,371** | **44.5%** | 1,613 | 16.4% | 2,858 | 29.1% | 684 | 7.0% |
| Ste. Genevieve | **518** | **40.76%** | 419 | 32.97% | 270 | 21.24% | 47 | 3.70% |
| Stoddard | 772 | 24.85% | **1,571** | **50.56%** | 643 | 20.70% | 91 | 2.93% |
| Stone | 1,787 | 31.8% | **2,528** | **45.0%** | 1,056 | 18.8% | 154 | 2.7% |
| Sullivan | 197 | 32.45% | **209** | **34.43%** | 130 | 21.42% | 60 | 9.88% |
| Taney | 1,784 | 25.90% | **3,850** | **55.89%** | 976 | 14.17% | 195 | 2.83% |
| Texas | 954 | 27.69% | **1,727** | **50.13%** | 480 | 13.93% | 234 | 6.79% |
| Vernon | 705 | 32.64% | **920** | **42.59%** | 408 | 18.89% | 74 | 3.43% |
| Warren | **1,192** | **33.87%** | 988 | 28.08% | 1,139 | 32.37% | 130 | 3.69% |
| Washington | 616 | 38.36% | **622** | **38.73%** | 297 | 18.49% | 50 | 3.11% |
| Wayne | 499 | 30.48% | **740** | **45.20%** | 323 | 19.73% | 46 | 2.81% |
| Webster | 1,343 | 26.59% | **2,576** | **51.00%** | 897 | 17.76% | 168 | 3.33% |
| Worth | 73 | 28.63% | **84** | **32.94%** | 77 | 30.20% | 10 | 3.92% |
| Wright | 746 | 23.69% | **1,878** | **59.64%** | 298 | 9.46% | 178 | 5.65% |
| TOTALS |
References
References
- [http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P08/MO-R.phtml Missouri Republican Delegation 2008]
- (2008-03-07). "Official Election Returns - State of Missouri Presidential Preference Primary". Missouri Secretary of State.
- "RESULTS: Missouri". CNN.
- (2008-02-05). "Feb 5, 2008 Presidential Preference Primary : Election Night Map". Missouri Secretary of State.
- (February 5, 2008). "Missouri County Reporting Select".
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