Ohio Republican primary, 2008
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The 2008 Ohio Republican primary took place on March 4, 2008. That night, candidate John McCain
secured enough delegate votes to win the Republican nomination for the 2008 U.S. Presidential election
.
* Candidate had dropped out of the race before March 4.
3 other unpledged delegates will also be sent to the Republican convention to bring Ohio's total delegate count to 88.
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....
secured enough delegate votes to win the Republican nomination for the 2008 U.S. Presidential election
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...
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Results
McCain won every county in the state.| Candidate | Votes (District Level/At Large) | Percentage | 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... |
570,453/656,687 | 54.56/59.92% | 85 |
| 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... |
338,838/335,356 | 32.41/30.60% | 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... |
55,690/50,964 | 5.33/4.65% | 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... * |
54,540/36,031 | 5.22/3.39% | 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... * |
26,103/16,879 | 2.50/1.54% | 0 |
| Total | 1,045,624/1,095,917 | 100/100% | 85 |
3 other unpledged delegates will also be sent to the Republican convention to bring Ohio's total delegate count to 88.
See also
- Ohio Democratic primary, 2008Ohio Democratic primary, 2008The 2008 Ohio Democratic primary took place on March 4, 2008 and was open to registered Democrats and Independents. Ohio sent 141 pledged delegates to the 2008 Democratic National Convention, which were awarded to the candidates proportionally based on the outcome of the election. In addition,...
- Republican Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2008Republican Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2008The 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...