The 2008 Missouri Republican Presidential Primary on February 5, 2008 determined the recipient of 55 of the state

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's 58 delegates to the Republican National Convention

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 in the process to elect the 44th President of the United States

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. It was an open primary

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. John McCain

John McCain

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 won a slight plurality of the vote, receiving all of Missouri's delegates.

Results

100% of precincts reporting

Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Counties	Delegates
John McCain John McCain presidential campaign, 2008 John McCain, the senior United States Senator from Arizona, launched his second candidacy for the presidency of the United States in an unsuccessful bid to win the 2008 presidential election. His candidacy, in the works for a number of years, was informally announced on February 28, 2007 during a...	194,053	32.96%	32	58
Mike Huckabee Mike Huckabee presidential campaign, 2008 Mike Huckabee, former Governor of Arkansas, announced his candidacy for the Republican Party nomination for the 2008 presidential election in the United States on January 28, 2007...	185,642	31.53%	72	0
Mitt Romney Mitt Romney presidential campaign, 2008 Mitt Romney was a Republican Party primary candidate in the 2008 United States presidential election. On January 3, 2007, two days before he stepped down as governor of Massachusetts, Romney filed to form a presidential exploratory committee with the Federal Election Commission...	172,329	29.27%	12	0
Ron Paul Ron Paul presidential campaign, 2008 Ron Paul was a Republican Party primary candidate in the 2008 United States presidential election.Initial opinion polls during the first three quarters of 2007 showed Ron Paul consistently receiving support from 3% or less of those polled...	26,464	4.50%	0	0
Rudy Giuliani Rudy Giuliani presidential campaign, 2008 Rudy Giuliani’s 2008 presidential campaign began following the formation of the Draft Giuliani movement in October 2005. The next year, Giuliani opened an exploratory committee and formally announced in February 2007 that he was actively seeking the presidential nomination of the Republican... *	3,593	0.61%	0	0
Fred Thompson Fred Thompson presidential campaign, 2008 Fred Thompson was a Republican Party primary candidate to represent his party in the 2008 United States presidential election. Thompson has worked as a lawyer, lobbyist, and character actor, and he represented Tennessee as a Republican in the U.S... *	3,102	0.53%	0	0
Alan Keyes Alan Keyes presidential campaign, 2008 Alan Keyes announced his United States Presidential candidacy, running as a Republican Party candidate, on September 14, 2007 in an interview with radio show personality Janet Parshall...	892	0.15%	0	0
Duncan Hunter Duncan Hunter presidential campaign, 2008 Fourteen-term Congressman and Vietnam War veteran Duncan Hunter of California announced his intentions to run for the 2008 Republican nomination for President of the United States in January 2007. He focused his campaign on the issues of border security, trade, and the war on terrorism... *	307	0.05%	0	0
Virgil Wiles	124	0.02%	0	0
Tom Tancredo Tom Tancredo presidential campaign, 2008 The Tom Tancredo presidential campaign, 2008 for President of the United States began with the announcement of candidacy by the Congressman from Colorado on April 2, 2007. Since then, the campaign had garnered grassroots support and endorsements from conservative Republicans concerned about... *	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: 2008 Republican Presidential Nomination Opinion Polling - Missouri

See also

• Missouri Democratic primary, 2008
  Missouri Democratic primary, 2008
  The Missouri Democratic Presidential Primary took place on Super Tuesday, February 5, 2008, with 72 delegates at stake. The winner in each of Missouri's nine congressional districts was awarded all of that district's delegates, which totaled 47. Another 25 delegates were awarded to the statewide...
  
  
• Republican Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2008
  Republican Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2008
  The 2008 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 2008 U.S. presidential election...