The New York Republican presidential primary was held on February 5, 2008 (Super Tuesday). There were 101 delegates up for grabs for the candidates. The delegates were awarded on a winner-take-all basis, which means the winner, Arizona Senator John McCain, received all 101 delegates for the 2008 Republican National Convention.
On February 2, McCain had held a fairly large lead in the polls above the competition with 35% as opposed to the next candidate Rudy Giuliani with 22.5%, who had announced a withdrawal from the race on January 30, 2008.
Results
+Official Results Candidate Votes Percentage Delegates John McCain 333,001 49.70% 101 Mitt Romney 178,043 26.57% 0 Mike Huckabee 68,477 10.11% 0 Ron Paul 40,113 5.99% 0 Rudy Giuliani* 23,260 3.47% 0 Blank, Void or Scattering 27,184 4.06% 0 Total 670,078 100% 101
* Candidate dropped out of the race before the primary
See also 2008 New York Democratic presidential primary 2008 Republican Party presidential primaries
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