Electoral history of John McCain
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This is a summary of the electoral history of John McCain
John McCain
John Sidney McCain III is the senior United States Senator from Arizona. He was the Republican nominee for president in the 2008 United States election....

, senior United States Senator from Arizona
Arizona
Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...

 (since 1987) and 2008
United States presidential election, 2008
The United States presidential election of 2008 was the 56th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on November 4, 2008. Democrat Barack Obama, then the junior United States Senator from Illinois, defeated Republican John McCain, the senior U.S. Senator from Arizona. Obama received 365...

 Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

 nominee for President of the United States
President of the United States
The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....

. McCain has been involved in many elections on local, statewide and nationwide stage since his first election to the United States House of Representatives
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...

 in 1982.

House races (1982-1984)

Arizona's 1st congressional district
Arizona's 1st congressional district
Arizona's 1st congressional district is a congressional district located in the U.S. state of Arizona. Geographically, it is the tenth largest congressional district in the country and includes much of the state outside the Phoenix and Tucson metropolitan areas.It is currently represented by...

, 1982 (Republican primary)
:
  • John McCain - 15,363 (31.83%)
  • Ray Russell - 12,500 (25.89%)
  • James A. Mack - 10,675 (22.11%)
  • Donna Carlson-West - 9,736 (20.17%)


Arizona's 1st congressional district
Arizona's 1st congressional district
Arizona's 1st congressional district is a congressional district located in the U.S. state of Arizona. Geographically, it is the tenth largest congressional district in the country and includes much of the state outside the Phoenix and Tucson metropolitan areas.It is currently represented by...

, 1982
:
  • John McCain (R) - 89,116 (65.90%)
  • William E. Hegarty (D) - 41,261 (30.51%)
  • Richard K. Dodge (LBT) - 4,850 (3.59%)


Arizona's 1st congressional district
Arizona's 1st congressional district
Arizona's 1st congressional district is a congressional district located in the U.S. state of Arizona. Geographically, it is the tenth largest congressional district in the country and includes much of the state outside the Phoenix and Tucson metropolitan areas.It is currently represented by...

, 1984
:
  • John McCain (R) (inc.) - 162,418 (78.08%)
  • Harry W. Braun (D) - 45,609 (21.93%)

Senate races (1986-)

United States Senate election in Arizona
United States Senate elections, 1986
The U.S. Senate election, 1986 was an election for the United States Senate in the middle of Ronald Reagan's second presidential term. As in most midterm elections, the opposition Democratic Party held the usual advantage...

, 1986
:
  • John McCain (R) - 521,850 (60.48%)
  • Richard Kimball
    Richard Kimball
    Richard Kimball is an American politician, and president of the nonprofit organization Project Vote Smart.-Biography:In 1986, after serving in the Arizona Legislature and the state's Corporation Commission, Kimball ran as a Democrat against John McCain for the U.S...

     (D) - 340,965 (39.52%)


Republican primary for the United States Senate
United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...

 from Arizona
Arizona
Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...

, 1992
:
  • John McCain (inc.) - 201,500 (100.00%)


United States Senate election in Arizona
United States Senate elections, 1992
The 1992 United States Senate election was an election for the United States Senate in which the victory of Bill Clinton in the presidential election was not accompanied by major Democratic gains in the Senate....

, 1992
:
  • John McCain (R) (inc.) - 771,395 (55.82%)
  • Claire Sargent (D) - 436,321 (31.57%)
  • Evan Mecham
    Evan Mecham
    Evan Mecham was the 17th Governor of Arizona. A decorated veteran of World War II, Mecham earned his living as an automotive dealership owner and occasional newspaper publisher...

     (I) - 145,361 (10.52%)
  • Kiana Delamare (LBT) - 22,613 (1.64%)
  • Ed Finkelstein (I) - 6,335 (0.46%)
  • Robert B. Winn (I) (write-in) - 26 (0.00%)


Republican primary for the United States Senate
United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...

 from Arizona
Arizona
Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...

, 1998
:
  • John McCain (inc.) - 206,490 (99.73%)
  • Mark Healy (write-in) - 568 (0.27%)


United States Senate election in Arizona
United States Senate elections, 1998
The U.S. Senate election, 1998 was a roughly even contest between the Republican and Democratic parties. While the Democrats had more seats, Republican attacks on the morality of President Bill Clinton failed to connect with voters and anticipated Republican gains failed to materialize...

, 1998
:
  • John McCain (R) (inc.) - 696,577 (68.75%)
  • Ed Ranger (D) - 275,224 (27.16%)
  • John C. Zajac (LBT) - 23,004 (2.27%)
  • Bob Park (Reform) - 18,288 (1.81%)
  • Bill Reilley (I) (write-in) - 187 (0.02%)


Republican primary for the United States Senate
United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...

 from Arizona
Arizona
Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...

, 2004
:
  • John McCain (inc.) - 331,720 (100.00%)


United States Senate election in Arizona
United States Senate elections, 2004
The United States Senate election, 2004 was an election for one-third of the seats in the United States Senate which coincided with the re-election of George W. Bush as president and the United States House election, as well as many state and local elections. Senators who were elected in 1998,...

, 2004
:
  • John McCain (R) (inc.) - 1,505,372 (76.74%)
  • Stuart Starky
    Stuart Starky
    Stuart Marc "Stu" Starky is a perennial United States politician from Arizona, who ran unsuccessfully as a Democratic nominee for the State Senate, United States House of Representatives and United States Senate....

     (D) - 404,507 (20.62%)
  • Ernest Hancock (LBT) - 51,798 (2.64%)


Republican primary for the United States Senate from Arizona, 2010:
  • John McCain (inc.) - 284,374 56.2%
  • J.D. Hayworth – 162,502 32.1%
  • Jim Deakin – 59,447 11.7%


United States Senate election in Arizona, 2010
United States Senate election in Arizona, 2010
The 2010 United States Senate election in Arizona took place on November 2, 2010 along with other elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. The primaries were held on August 24,...

:
  • John McCain (R) (inc.) - 926,372 (59.29)%
  • Rodney Glassman (D) - 540,904 (34.62)%
  • David Nolan (LBT) - 72,993 4.67%
  • Jerry Joslyn (GRN) – 22,201 1.42%

2000 Presidential election

Washington primary for independent voters, 2000:
  • John McCain (R) - 208,879 (40.08%)
  • George W. Bush
    George W. Bush
    George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....

     (R) - 118,234 (22.68%)
  • Al Gore
    Al Gore
    Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. served as the 45th Vice President of the United States , under President Bill Clinton. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for President in the 2000 U.S. presidential election....

     (D) - 107,950 (20.71%)
  • Bill Bradley
    Bill Bradley
    William Warren "Bill" Bradley is an American hall of fame basketball player, Rhodes scholar, and former three-term Democratic U.S. Senator from New Jersey. He ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic Party's nomination for President in the 2000 election.Bradley was born and raised in a suburb of St....

     (D) - 69,352 (13.31%)
  • Alan Keyes
    Alan Keyes
    Alan Lee Keyes is an American conservative political activist, author, former diplomat, and perennial candidate for public office. A doctoral graduate of Harvard University, Keyes began his diplomatic career in the U.S...

     (R) - 9,369 (1.80%)
  • Steve Forbes
    Steve Forbes
    Malcolm Stevenson "Steve" Forbes, Jr. is an American editor, publisher, and businessman. He is the editor-in-chief of business magazine Forbes as well as president and chief executive officer of its publisher, Forbes Inc. He was a Republican candidate in the U.S. Presidential primaries in 1996...

     (R) - 3,387 (0.65%)
  • Lyndon LaRouche
    Lyndon LaRouche
    Lyndon Hermyle LaRouche, Jr. is an American political activist and founder of a network of political committees, parties, and publications known collectively as the LaRouche movement...

     (D) - 1,406 (0.27%)
  • Gary Bauer
    Gary Bauer
    Gary Lee Bauer is an American politician notable for his ties to several evangelical Christian groups and campaigns.-Biography:...

     (R) - 1,401 (0.27%)
  • Orrin Hatch
    Orrin Hatch
    Orrin Grant Hatch is the senior United States Senator for Utah and is a member of the Republican Party. Hatch served as the chairman or ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee from 1993 to 2005...

     (R) - 1,240 (0.24%)


California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

 primary for independent voters, 2000
:
  • John McCain (R) - 791,864 (38.03%)
  • Al Gore
    Al Gore
    Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. served as the 45th Vice President of the United States , under President Bill Clinton. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for President in the 2000 U.S. presidential election....

     (D) - 454,629 (21.84%)
  • George W. Bush
    George W. Bush
    George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....

     (R) - 443,304 (21.29%)
  • Bill Bradley
    Bill Bradley
    William Warren "Bill" Bradley is an American hall of fame basketball player, Rhodes scholar, and former three-term Democratic U.S. Senator from New Jersey. He ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic Party's nomination for President in the 2000 election.Bradley was born and raised in a suburb of St....

     (D) - 159,772 (7.67%)
  • Ralph Nader
    Ralph Nader
    Ralph Nader is an American political activist, as well as an author, lecturer, and attorney. Areas of particular concern to Nader include consumer protection, humanitarianism, environmentalism, and democratic government....

     (Green) - 89,210 (4.29%)
  • Alan Keyes
    Alan Keyes
    Alan Lee Keyes is an American conservative political activist, author, former diplomat, and perennial candidate for public office. A doctoral graduate of Harvard University, Keyes began his diplomatic career in the U.S...

     (R) - 57,695 (2.77%)
  • Donald Trump
    Donald Trump
    Donald John Trump, Sr. is an American business magnate, television personality and author. He is the chairman and president of The Trump Organization and the founder of Trump Entertainment Resorts. Trump's extravagant lifestyle, outspoken manner and role on the NBC reality show The Apprentice have...

     (Reform) - 14,597 (0.70%)
  • Harry Browne
    Harry Browne
    Harry Browne was an American libertarian writer, politician, and free-market investment analyst. He ran for President of the United States as the nominee of the Libertarian Party in 1996 and 2000....

     (LBT) - 11,973 (0.58%)
  • George D. Weber
    George D. Weber
    George "Boots" Weber is an American politician from Missouri. He was the unsuccessful Democratic nominee to represent the 2nd congressional district in 2004 and 2006, losing to incumbent Todd Akin both times. In 1998, he was the Reform Party nominee for State Auditor, losing the race to Democrat...

     (Reform) - 9,173 (0.44%)
  • Steve Forbes
    Steve Forbes
    Malcolm Stevenson "Steve" Forbes, Jr. is an American editor, publisher, and businessman. He is the editor-in-chief of business magazine Forbes as well as president and chief executive officer of its publisher, Forbes Inc. He was a Republican candidate in the U.S. Presidential primaries in 1996...

     (R) - 6,035 (0.29%)
  • Howard Phillips (American Independent) - 5,957 (0.29%)
  • John Hagelin
    John Hagelin
    John Samuel Hagelin is an American particle physicist, three-time candidate of the Natural Law Party for President of the United States , and the director of the Transcendental Meditation movement for the US....

     (Natural Law) - 4,843 (0.23%)
  • Joel Kovel
    Joel Kovel
    Joel Kovel is an American politician, academic, writer, and eco-socialist. A practicing psychiatrist and psychoanalyst until the mid-1980s, he has lectured in psychiatry, anthropology, political science and communication studies. He has published many books on his work in psychiatry,...

     (Green) - 4,646 (0.22%)
  • Robert Bowman
    Robert Bowman
    Robert Bowman was a broadcast journalist who covered the London Blitz during World War II for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation .In the radio programme London After Dark, broadcast 20 August 1940, he is heard interviewing chef Francois Latry at the Savoy Hotel in London.He also reported on the...

     (Reform) - 4,587 (0.22%)
  • Others - 23,839 (1.15%)

Republican presidential primaries, 2000
Republican Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2000
The 2000 Republican presidential primaries were the selection process by which voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for President of the United States in the 2000 U.S. presidential election. Governor of Texas George W...

:
  • George W. Bush
    George W. Bush
    George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....

     - 12,034,676 (62.00%)
  • John McCain - 6,061,332 (31.23%)
  • Alan Keyes
    Alan Keyes
    Alan Lee Keyes is an American conservative political activist, author, former diplomat, and perennial candidate for public office. A doctoral graduate of Harvard University, Keyes began his diplomatic career in the U.S...

     - 985,819 (5.08%)
  • Steve Forbes
    Steve Forbes
    Malcolm Stevenson "Steve" Forbes, Jr. is an American editor, publisher, and businessman. He is the editor-in-chief of business magazine Forbes as well as president and chief executive officer of its publisher, Forbes Inc. He was a Republican candidate in the U.S. Presidential primaries in 1996...

     - 171,860 (0.89%)
  • Unpledged delegates - 61,246 (0.32%)
  • Gary Bauer
    Gary Bauer
    Gary Lee Bauer is an American politician notable for his ties to several evangelical Christian groups and campaigns.-Biography:...

     - 60,709 (0.31%)
  • Orrin Hatch
    Orrin Hatch
    Orrin Grant Hatch is the senior United States Senator for Utah and is a member of the Republican Party. Hatch served as the chairman or ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee from 1993 to 2005...

     - 15,958 (0.08%)


2000 Republican National Convention
2000 Republican National Convention
The 2000 National Convention of the Republican Party of the United States convened at the First Union Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from July 31 to August 3, 2000. The 2066 delegates assembled at the convention nominated Texas Governor George W. Bush as the Republican candidate for U.S....

 (Presidential tally)
:
  • George W. Bush
    George W. Bush
    George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....

     - 2,058 (99.66%)
  • Alan Keyes
    Alan Keyes
    Alan Lee Keyes is an American conservative political activist, author, former diplomat, and perennial candidate for public office. A doctoral graduate of Harvard University, Keyes began his diplomatic career in the U.S...

     - 6 (0.29%)
  • John McCain - 1 (0.05%)

2004 presidential election

Minnesota Independence Party presidential caucus, 2004:
  • John Edwards
    John Edwards
    Johnny Reid "John" Edwards is an American politician, who served as a U.S. Senator from North Carolina. He was the Democratic nominee for Vice President in 2004, and was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004 and 2008.He defeated incumbent Republican Lauch Faircloth in...

     - 335 (41.10%)
  • John Kerry
    John Kerry
    John Forbes Kerry is the senior United States Senator from Massachusetts, the 10th most senior U.S. Senator and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He was the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party in the 2004 presidential election, but lost to former President George W...

     - 149 (18.28%)
  • George W. Bush
    George W. Bush
    George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....

     (inc.) - 94 (11.53%)
  • Ralph Nader
    Ralph Nader
    Ralph Nader is an American political activist, as well as an author, lecturer, and attorney. Areas of particular concern to Nader include consumer protection, humanitarianism, environmentalism, and democratic government....

    * - 78 (9.57%)
  • None of the above - 66 (8.10%)
  • Dennis Kucinich
    Dennis Kucinich
    Dennis John Kucinich is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1997. He was furthermore a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in the 2004 and 2008 presidential elections....

     - 40 (4.91%)
  • Lorna Salzman
    Lorna Salzman
    Lorna Salzman has been an American environmental activist, writer, lecturer and organizer since the mid-1960s and was a candidate for the 2004 presidential nomination of the Green Party ....

     - 9 (1.10%)
  • John McCain* - 9 (1.10%)
  • Al Sharpton
    Al Sharpton
    Alfred Charles "Al" Sharpton, Jr. is an American Baptist minister, civil rights activist, and television/radio talk show host. In 2004, he was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. presidential election...

     - 5 (0.61%)
  • David Cobb
    David Cobb
    David Keith Cobb is an American activist and was the 2004 presidential candidate of the Green Party of the United States .-Career and political activities:...

     - 4 (0.49%)
  • Wesley Clark
    Wesley Clark
    Wesley Kanne Clark, Sr., is a retired general of the United States Army. Graduating as valedictorian of the class of 1966 at West Point, he was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to the University of Oxford where he obtained a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, and later graduated from the...

    * - 4 (0.49%)
  • Joe Lieberman
    Joe Lieberman
    Joseph Isadore "Joe" Lieberman is the senior United States Senator from Connecticut. A former member of the Democratic Party, he was the party's nominee for Vice President in the 2000 election. Currently an independent, he remains closely affiliated with the party.Born in Stamford, Connecticut,...

    * - 4 (0.49%)
  • Howard Dean
    Howard Dean
    Howard Brush Dean III is an American politician and physician from Vermont. He served six terms as the 79th Governor of Vermont and ran unsuccessfully for the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination. He was chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 2005 to 2009. Although his U.S...

    * - 3 (0.37%)
  • Jesse Ventura
    Jesse Ventura
    James George Janos , better known as Jesse Ventura, is an American politician, the 38th Governor of Minnesota from 1999 to 2003, Navy UDT veteran, former SEAL reservist, actor, and former radio and television talk show host...

    * - 3 (0.37%)
  • Gary P. Nolan* - 2 (0.25%)
  • Timothy J. Penny* - 2 (0.25%)
  • Kent P. Mesplay - 1 (0.12%)
  • John B. Anderson
    John B. Anderson
    John Bayard Anderson is a former United States Congressman and Presidential candidate from Illinois. He was a U.S. Representative from the 16th Congressional District of Illinois for ten terms from 1961 through 1981 and an Independent candidate in the 1980 presidential election. He was previously...

    * - 1 (0.12%)
  • Charles W. Barkley* - 1 (0.12%)
  • Dean M. Barkley* - 1 (0.12%)
  • Bill Bradley
    Bill Bradley
    William Warren "Bill" Bradley is an American hall of fame basketball player, Rhodes scholar, and former three-term Democratic U.S. Senator from New Jersey. He ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic Party's nomination for President in the 2000 election.Bradley was born and raised in a suburb of St....

    * - 1 (0.12%)
  • Rudy Giuliani
    Rudy Giuliani
    Rudolph William Louis "Rudy" Giuliani KBE is an American lawyer, businessman, and politician from New York. He served as Mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2001....

    * - 1 (0.12%)
  • Mickey Mouse
    Mickey Mouse
    Mickey Mouse is a cartoon character created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks at The Walt Disney Studio. Mickey is an anthropomorphic black mouse and typically wears red shorts, large yellow shoes, and white gloves...

    * - 1 (0.12%)
  • Theodore Roosevelt
    Theodore Roosevelt
    Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States . He is noted for his exuberant personality, range of interests and achievements, and his leadership of the Progressive Movement, as well as his "cowboy" persona and robust masculinity...

    * - 1 (0.12%)


(* - write-in)

2008 presidential election

Iowa
Iowa
Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...

 Republican straw poll
Straw poll
A straw poll or straw vote is a vote with nonbinding results. Straw polls provide dialogue among movements within large groups, reflecting trends like organization and motivation...

, 2008
:
  • Mitt Romney
    Mitt Romney
    Willard Mitt Romney is an American businessman and politician. He was the 70th Governor of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007 and is a candidate for the 2012 Republican Party presidential nomination.The son of George W...

     - 4,516 (31.58%)
  • Mike Huckabee
    Mike Huckabee
    Michael "Mike" Dale Huckabee is an American politician who served as the 44th Governor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007. He was a candidate in the 2008 United States Republican presidential primaries, finishing second in delegate count and third in both popular vote and number of states won . He won...

     - 2,587 (18.09%)
  • Sam Brownback
    Sam Brownback
    Samuel Dale "Sam" Brownback is the 46th and current Governor of Kansas. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a U.S. Senator from Kansas from 1996 to 2011, and as a U.S. Representative for Kansas's 2nd congressional district from 1995 to 1996...

     - 2,192 (15.33%)
  • Tom Tancredo
    Tom Tancredo
    Thomas Gerard "Tom" Tancredo is an American politician from Colorado, who represented the state's sixth congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1999 to 2009, as a Republican...

     - 1,961 (13.71%)
  • Ron Paul
    Ron Paul
    Ronald Ernest "Ron" Paul is an American physician, author and United States Congressman who is seeking to be the Republican Party candidate in the 2012 presidential election. Paul represents Texas's 14th congressional district, which covers an area south and southwest of Houston that includes...

     - 1,305 (9.13%)
  • Tommy Thompson
    Tommy Thompson
    Thomas George "Tommy" Thompson , a United States Republican politician, was the 42nd Governor of Wisconsin, after which he served as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services. Thompson was a candidate for the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election, but dropped out early after a poor performance in polls...

     - 1,039 (7.27%)
  • Fred Thompson - 203 (1.42%)
  • Rudy Giuliani
    Rudy Giuliani
    Rudolph William Louis "Rudy" Giuliani KBE is an American lawyer, businessman, and politician from New York. He served as Mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2001....

     - 183 (1.28%)
  • Duncan Hunter
    Duncan Hunter
    Duncan Lee Hunter is an American politician. He was a Republican member of the House of Representatives from California's 52nd, 45th and 42nd districts from 1981 to 2009....

     - 174 (1.22%)
  • John McCain - 101 (0.71%)
  • John Cox
    John H. Cox
    John Herman Cox is an American lawyer, accountant, businessman, broadcaster, and aspiring politician. He was the first Republican to seek formally the party's 2008 nomination for president, but effectively withdrew from the race in late 2007 and suspended his campaign shortly after.-Biography:Born...

     - 41 (0.29%)


Republican New Hampshire Vice Presidential primary, 2008:
  • John Barnes, Jr.
    John Barnes, Jr.
    John S. Barnes, Jr. is a Republican member of the New Hampshire Senate, representing the 17th District since 2000. Previously he was in the Senate from 1992 through 1998, and was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 1988 until 1992....

     - 40,207 (62.43%)
  • John McCain* - 4,305 (6.68%)
  • Mike Huckabee
    Mike Huckabee
    Michael "Mike" Dale Huckabee is an American politician who served as the 44th Governor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007. He was a candidate in the 2008 United States Republican presidential primaries, finishing second in delegate count and third in both popular vote and number of states won . He won...

    * - 3,227 (5.01%)
  • Rudy Giuliani
    Rudy Giuliani
    Rudolph William Louis "Rudy" Giuliani KBE is an American lawyer, businessman, and politician from New York. He served as Mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2001....

    * - 3,164 (4.91%)
  • Mitt Romney
    Mitt Romney
    Willard Mitt Romney is an American businessman and politician. He was the 70th Governor of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007 and is a candidate for the 2012 Republican Party presidential nomination.The son of George W...

    * - 2,396 (3.72%)
  • Ron Paul
    Ron Paul
    Ronald Ernest "Ron" Paul is an American physician, author and United States Congressman who is seeking to be the Republican Party candidate in the 2012 presidential election. Paul represents Texas's 14th congressional district, which covers an area south and southwest of Houston that includes...

    * - 1,938 (3.01%)
  • Fred Thompson* - 1,496 (2.32%)
  • Duncan Hunter
    Duncan Hunter
    Duncan Lee Hunter is an American politician. He was a Republican member of the House of Representatives from California's 52nd, 45th and 42nd districts from 1981 to 2009....

    * - 901 (1.40%)
  • Others - 3,982 (6.18%)


(* - write in)

Liberty Union Party
Liberty Union Party
The Liberty Union Party of Vermont, founded in 1970 by former Congressman William H. Meyer, Peter Diamondstone and others, originated in the anti-war and People's Party movements of the late 1960s and defines itself as a nonviolent socialist party.-History:...

 presidential primary, 2008
:
  • Brian Moore
    Brian Moore (politician)
    Brian Patrick Moore is an United States politician and founder of antiwar organization Nature Coast Coalition for Peace & Justice. He was the presidential nominee of the Socialist Party USA for the 2008 United States presidential election. He waged several campaigns for mayor and city council in...

     - 178 (44.61%)
  • Barack Obama
    Barack Obama
    Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...

     - 25 (6.27%)
  • Hillary Rodham Clinton
    Hillary Rodham Clinton
    Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton is the 67th United States Secretary of State, serving in the administration of President Barack Obama. She was a United States Senator for New York from 2001 to 2009. As the wife of the 42nd President of the United States, Bill Clinton, she was the First Lady of the...

     - 15 (3.76%)
  • Ralph Nader
    Ralph Nader
    Ralph Nader is an American political activist, as well as an author, lecturer, and attorney. Areas of particular concern to Nader include consumer protection, humanitarianism, environmentalism, and democratic government....

     - 5 (1.25%)
  • Patrick Leahy
    Patrick Leahy
    Patrick Joseph Leahy is the senior United States Senator from Vermont and member of the Democratic Party. He is the first and only elected Democratic United States Senator in Vermont's history. He is the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Leahy is the second most senior U.S. Senator,...

     - 1 (0.25%)
  • John McCain - 1 (0.25%)
  • Richard Norford - 1 (0.25%)
  • Ron Paul
    Ron Paul
    Ronald Ernest "Ron" Paul is an American physician, author and United States Congressman who is seeking to be the Republican Party candidate in the 2012 presidential election. Paul represents Texas's 14th congressional district, which covers an area south and southwest of Houston that includes...

     - 1 (0.25%)
  • Morgan Phillips
    Morgan Phillips
    Morgan Walter Phillips was a colliery worker and trade union activist who became the General Secretary of the British Labour Party, involved in two of the party's election victories....

     - 1 (0.25%)
  • Others - 170 (42.61%)

Republican presidential primaries, 2008
Results of the 2008 Republican Party presidential primaries
This article contains the results of the 2008 Republican presidential primaries and caucuses.The 2008 Republican primaries are the selection processes by which the Republican Party selects delegates to attend the 2008 Republican National Convention...

:
  • John McCain - 9,926,234 (46.80%)
  • Mitt Romney
    Mitt Romney
    Willard Mitt Romney is an American businessman and politician. He was the 70th Governor of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007 and is a candidate for the 2012 Republican Party presidential nomination.The son of George W...

     - 4,663,847 (21.99%)
  • Mike Huckabee
    Mike Huckabee
    Michael "Mike" Dale Huckabee is an American politician who served as the 44th Governor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007. He was a candidate in the 2008 United States Republican presidential primaries, finishing second in delegate count and third in both popular vote and number of states won . He won...

     - 4,280,723 (20.18%)
  • Ron Paul
    Ron Paul
    Ronald Ernest "Ron" Paul is an American physician, author and United States Congressman who is seeking to be the Republican Party candidate in the 2012 presidential election. Paul represents Texas's 14th congressional district, which covers an area south and southwest of Houston that includes...

     - 1,210,022 (5.71%)
  • Rudy Giuliani
    Rudy Giuliani
    Rudolph William Louis "Rudy" Giuliani KBE is an American lawyer, businessman, and politician from New York. He served as Mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2001....

     - 597,494 (2.82%)
  • Fred Thompson - 294,607 (1.39%)
  • Uncommitted - 70,866 (0.33%)
  • Alan Keyes
    Alan Keyes
    Alan Lee Keyes is an American conservative political activist, author, former diplomat, and perennial candidate for public office. A doctoral graduate of Harvard University, Keyes began his diplomatic career in the U.S...

     - 59,637 (0.28%)
  • Scattering - 42,822 (0.20%)
  • Duncan Hunter
    Duncan Hunter
    Duncan Lee Hunter is an American politician. He was a Republican member of the House of Representatives from California's 52nd, 45th and 42nd districts from 1981 to 2009....

     - 39,895 (0.19%)
  • Tom Tancredo
    Tom Tancredo
    Thomas Gerard "Tom" Tancredo is an American politician from Colorado, who represented the state's sixth congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1999 to 2009, as a Republican...

     - 8,595 (0.04%)
  • John Cox
    John H. Cox
    John Herman Cox is an American lawyer, accountant, businessman, broadcaster, and aspiring politician. He was the first Republican to seek formally the party's 2008 nomination for president, but effectively withdrew from the race in late 2007 and suspended his campaign shortly after.-Biography:Born...

     - 3,351 (0.02%)
  • Sam Brownback
    Sam Brownback
    Samuel Dale "Sam" Brownback is the 46th and current Governor of Kansas. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a U.S. Senator from Kansas from 1996 to 2011, and as a U.S. Representative for Kansas's 2nd congressional district from 1995 to 1996...

     - 2,838 (0.01%)


2008 Republican National Convention
2008 Republican National Convention
The United States 2008 Republican National Convention took place at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota, from September 1, through September 4, 2008...

 (Presidential tally)
:
  • John McCain - 2,343 (99.28%)
  • Ron Paul
    Ron Paul
    Ronald Ernest "Ron" Paul is an American physician, author and United States Congressman who is seeking to be the Republican Party candidate in the 2012 presidential election. Paul represents Texas's 14th congressional district, which covers an area south and southwest of Houston that includes...

     - 15 (0.64%)
  • Mitt Romney
    Mitt Romney
    Willard Mitt Romney is an American businessman and politician. He was the 70th Governor of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007 and is a candidate for the 2012 Republican Party presidential nomination.The son of George W...

     - 2 (0.09%)


United States presidential election, 2008
United States presidential election, 2008
The United States presidential election of 2008 was the 56th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on November 4, 2008. Democrat Barack Obama, then the junior United States Senator from Illinois, defeated Republican John McCain, the senior U.S. Senator from Arizona. Obama received 365...

(incomplete and unofficial):
  • Barack Obama
    Barack Obama
    Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...

    /Joe Biden
    Joe Biden
    Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr. is the 47th and current Vice President of the United States, serving under President Barack Obama...

     (D) - 66,882,230 (53%) and 365 electoral votes (28 states, NE-02, and D.C. carried)
  • John McCain/Sarah Palin
    Sarah Palin
    Sarah Louise Palin is an American politician, commentator and author. As the Republican Party nominee for Vice President in the 2008 presidential election, she was the first Alaskan on the national ticket of a major party and first Republican woman nominated for the vice-presidency.She was...

     (R) - 58,343,671 (46%) and 173 electoral votes (22 states carried)

See also

  • Electoral history of Barack Obama
    Electoral history of Barack Obama
    Barack Obama was an Illinois State Senator, United States Senator and is currently the 44th President of the United States. He has been involved in many elections, beginning in 1996.-Illinois Senate and U.S...

     (Democratic nominee)
  • Electoral history of Bob Barr
    Electoral history of Bob Barr
    Electoral history of Bob Barr, Republican Representative from Georgia and Libertarian Party presidential nominee in 2008 election-Senate and House races :Republican primary for the United States Senate from Georgia, 1992:...

     (Libertarian nominee)
  • Electoral history of Cynthia McKinney
    Electoral history of Cynthia McKinney
    Electoral history of Cynthia McKinney, Democratic Representative from Georgia 11th and 4th congressional district , and 2008 Green Party Presidential nominee.-Congressional races:...

     (Green nominee)
  • Electoral history of Ralph Nader
    Electoral history of Ralph Nader
    Electoral history of Ralph Nader, an American attorney, author, lecturer, political activist, and candidate for President of the United States in four elections.1972 Democratic National Convention :...

     (Independent candidate)
  • Electoral history of Sarah Palin
    Electoral history of Sarah Palin
    Electoral history of Sarah Palin, Governor of Alaska and Republican vice presidential nominee in the 2008 United States presidential election.-National elections:United States presidential election, 2008...

     (Republican V.P. nominee)
  • Electoral history of Joe Biden
    Electoral history of Joe Biden
    Electoral history of Joe Biden, 47th Vice President of the United States , United States Senator from Delaware and a candidate for 1988 and 2008 Democratic Party Presidential nominations.-Early races:...

    (Democratic V.P. nominee)
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