2008 Tennessee Republican presidential primary

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The 2008 Tennessee Republican presidential primary took place on February 5, 2008 (Super Tuesday), with 52 national delegates.^[1] Mike Huckabee narrowly defeated John McCain to win the largest share of Tennessee's delegates to the 2008 Republican National Convention. Both McCain and the third-place candidate Mitt Romney received delegates along with Huckabee.

2008 Tennessee Republican presidential primary

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52 Republican National Convention delegates
Candidate Mike Huckabee John McCain Home state Arkansas Arizona Delegate count 25 19 Popular vote 190,904 176,091 Percentage 34.37% 31.84%   Candidate Mitt Romney Ron Paul Home state Massachusetts Texas Delegate count 8 0 Popular vote 130,632 31,026 Percentage 23.62% 5.61%
County winner Vote share      Huckabee      McCain      Romney Huckabee   30 – 40%   40 – 50%   50 – 60% McCain   30 – 40%   40 – 50% Romney   30 – 40%

At 10:15 PM ET on February 5, the Associated Press reported that with 44% of precincts reporting Huckabee and McCain were tied with about one-third of the vote each.^[2] Earlier, with 31% of precincts in, McCain had 34% support, Huckabee 31%, Romney 23% and Paul 6% support.^[3]

The City Paper reported that voter turnout could beat the state's record of 830,000 in 1988 when Al Gore was on the presidential ballot for the first time.^[3]

AP exit polls showed that Huckabee did well with born-again Christians and conservatives.^[2]

Results

100% of precincts reporting^[4][5]

Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Delegates
Mike Huckabee	190,904	34.37%	25
John McCain	176,091	31.84%	19
Mitt Romney	130,632	23.62%	8
Ron Paul	31,026	5.61%	0
Fred Thompson*	16,263	2.94%	0
Rudy Giuliani*	5,159	0.93%	0
Alan Keyes	978	0.18%	0
Duncan Hunter*	738	0.13%	0
Tom Tancredo*	194	0.03%	0
Uncommitted	1,830	0.33%	0
Total	553,005	100%	52

* Candidate dropped out of the race before the primary

See also

• 2008 Republican Party presidential primaries
• 2008 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary
• 2008 United States presidential election in Tennessee
• 2008 Tennessee elections