The 2008 California Republican presidential primary was held on February 5, 2008, with a total of 173 national delegates at stake.
Process The delegates represented California at the Republican National Convention. There were three delegates to every congressional district and fourteen bonus delegates. The winner in each of the 53 congressional districts was awarded all of that district's delegates. The statewide winner was awarded 11 of the 14 statewide delegates, with the 3 remaining delegates assigned to party leaders. Voting in the primary was restricted to registered Republican voters.
Polls
Early polls showed Rudy Giuliani in the lead. Polls taken closer to the primary either showed Mitt Romney or John McCain as the favored candidate.Statewide opinion polling for the Republican Party presidential primaries, 2008#California
Results
Key: Withdrew prior to contest California Republican presidential primary, 2008CandidateVotesPercentageNational delegates John McCain 1,238,988 42.25% 155 Mitt Romney 1,013,471 34.56% 15 Mike Huckabee 340,669 11.62% 0 Rudy Giuliani 128,681 4.39% 0 Ron Paul 125,365 4.27% 0 Fred Thompson 50,275 1.71% 0 Duncan Hunter 14,021 0.48% 0 Alan Keyes 11,742 0.40% 0 John Cox 3,219 0.11% 0 Tom Tancredo 3,884 0.13% 0 Sam Brownback 2,486 0.08% 0 Karen Irish (write-in) 6 0.00% 0 Michael Shaw (write-in) 2 0.00% 0 Edward Marshall (write-in) 1 0.00% 0 Joel Neuberg (write-in) 1 0.00% 0 Robert Brickell (write-in) 0 0.00% 0 Brian Calef (write-in) 0 0.00% 0 David Frey (write-in) 0 0.00% 0 Walter Rothnie (write-in) 0 0.00% 0 John Sutherland (write-in) 0 0.00% 0 Uncommitted delegates 3 Totals 2,932,811 100.00% 173 Voter turnout 56.08% —
See also California Democratic primary, 2008 California state elections, February 2008 Republican Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2008 United States presidential election in California, 2008
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