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The 2008 California Republican presidential primary was held on February 5, 2008, with a total of 173 national delegates at stake.
The delegates represented California at the Republican National Convention. There were three delegates to every congressional district and fourteen bonus delegates. The winner in each of the 53 congressional districts was awarded all of that district's delegates. The statewide winner was awarded 11 of the 14 statewide delegates, with the 3 remaining delegates assigned to party leaders. [1] [2] Voting in the primary was restricted to registered Republican voters. [3]
Early polls showed Rudy Giuliani in the lead. Polls taken closer to the primary either showed Mitt Romney or John McCain as the favored candidate. [4]
| Elections in California |
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| California Republican presidential primary, 2008 [5] [6] | |||
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| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | National delegates |
| John McCain | 1,238,988 | 42.25% | 155 |
| Mitt Romney | 1,013,471 | 34.56% | 15 |
| Mike Huckabee | 340,669 | 11.62% | 0 |
| Rudy Giuliani | 128,681 | 4.39% | 0 |
| Ron Paul | 125,365 | 4.27% | 0 |
| Fred Thompson | 50,275 | 1.71% | 0 |
| Duncan Hunter | 14,021 | 0.48% | 0 |
| Alan Keyes | 11,742 | 0.40% | 0 |
| John Cox | 3,219 | 0.11% | 0 |
| Tom Tancredo | 3,884 | 0.13% | 0 |
| Sam Brownback | 2,486 | 0.08% | 0 |
| Karen Irish (write-in) | 6 | 0.00% | 0 |
| Michael Shaw (write-in) | 2 | 0.00% | 0 |
| Edward Marshall (write-in) | 1 | 0.00% | 0 |
| Joel Neuberg (write-in) | 1 | 0.00% | 0 |
| Robert Brickell (write-in) | 0 | 0.00% | 0 |
| Brian Calef (write-in) | 0 | 0.00% | 0 |
| David Frey (write-in) | 0 | 0.00% | 0 |
| Walter Rothnie (write-in) | 0 | 0.00% | 0 |
| John Sutherland (write-in) | 0 | 0.00% | 0 |
| Uncommitted delegates | 3 | ||
| Totals | 2,932,811 | 100.00% | 173 |
| Voter turnout | 56.08% | — | |
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