Michael Dale Huckabee is an American politician,Baptist minister,political commentator,and bassist who served as the 44th governor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007. He was a candidate for the Republican Party presidential nomination in both 2008 and 2016.
James Merrill Jeffords was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. senator from Vermont. Sworn into the Senate in 1989,he served as a Republican until 2001,when he left the party to become an independent and began caucusing with the Democrats. Jeffords retired from the Senate in 2007. Prior to serving in the Senate,he served as the U.S. representative for Vermont's at-large congressional district from 1975 to 1989.
David George Reichert is an American politician,veteran,and former sheriff who served as the U.S. representative for Washington's 8th congressional district from 2005 to 2019. He is a Republican and is the former elected sheriff of King County,Washington. In September 2017,Reichert announced that he would retire from Congress after his seventh term.
Dino John Rossi is an American businessman and politician who served as a Washington State Senator thrice,from 1997 to 2003,in 2012,and again from 2016 to 2017. A Republican,he is a former Chair of the Washington State Special Olympics.
Rodney Tom is an American businessman and politician who represented Washington's 48th Legislative District in the state Senate.
The following is a timeline of major events leading up to and immediately following the United States presidential election of 2008. The election was the 56th quadrennial United States presidential election. It was held on November 4,2008,but its significant events and background date back to about 2002. The Democratic Party nominee,Senator Barack Obama of Illinois,defeated the Republican Party's nominee,Senator John McCain of Arizona.
The 2008 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses took place on January 3,2008. The Iowa Republican caucuses are an unofficial primary,with the delegates to the state convention selected proportionally via a straw poll. The Iowa caucuses mark the traditional formal start of the delegate selection process for the 2008 United States presidential election.
From January 3 to June 3,2008,voters of the Republican Party chose their nominee for president in the 2008 United States presidential election. Senator John McCain of Arizona was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 2008 Republican National Convention held from Monday,September 1,through Thursday,September 4,2008,in Saint Paul,Minnesota. President George W. Bush was ineligible to be elected to a third term due to the term limits established by the 22nd Amendment.
The Mitt Romney presidential campaign of 2008 began on January 3,2007,two days before Mitt Romney left office as governor of Massachusetts,when he filed to form an exploratory committee with the Federal Election Commission to run for President of the United States as a Republican in the 2008 election. Subsequently,on February 13,2007,he formally announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for president in 2008. He did so at the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village in Dearborn,Michigan,as an emblem of American ingenuity.
The 2008 presidential campaign of John McCain,the longtime senior U.S. Senator from Arizona,was launched with an informal announcement on February 28,2007,during a live taping of the Late Show with David Letterman,and formally launched at an event on April 25,2007. His second candidacy for the Presidency of the United States,he had previously run for his party's nomination in the 2000 primaries and was considered as a potential running mate for his party's nominee,then-Governor George W. Bush of Texas. After winning a majority of delegates in the Republican primaries of 2008,on August 29,leading up to the convention,McCain selected Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska as his running mate for Vice President. Five days later,at the 2008 Republican National Convention,McCain was formally selected as the Republican Party presidential nominee in the 2008 presidential election.
The 2008 presidential campaign of Ron Paul,Congressman of Texas,began in early 2007 when he announced his candidacy for the 2008 Republican nomination for President of the United States. Initial opinion polls during the first three quarters of 2007 showed Paul consistently receiving support from 3% or less of those polled. In 2008,Paul's support among Republican voters remained in the single digits,and well behind front-runner John McCain.
The Mike Huckabee 2008 presidential campaign began on January 28,2007,when former Governor of Arkansas Mike Huckabee announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for President of the United States for the 2008 election. Huckabee ultimately ended his bid for the nomination after losing the Texas Republican primary on March 4,2008.
The 2008 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 4,2008,as part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose seven representatives,or electors to the Electoral College,who voted for president and vice president.
The 2008 Oklahoma Republican presidential primary was held on February 5,with 41 delegates at stake. It was a closed primary,meaning only registered Republicans could vote in the election. The primary was on Super Tuesday on the same day as twenty-three other states. John McCain won Oklahoma's primary with 37% of the vote,although Mike Huckabee picked up some delegate votes as well by receiving 33% of the vote.
The 2008 West Virginia Republican presidential caucuses took place on February 5,2008 to select 18 delegates to the 2008 Republican National Convention. An additional nine delegates were selected in a primary election on May 13,2008,for a total of 27 delegates to the national convention. Mike Huckabee won the caucuses,and John McCain later won the primary.
The 2008 Washington Republican presidential caucuses were held on Saturday February 9 and the primary on February 19,2008 to compete 40 total delegates,of which 18 tied to the caucuses,19 tied to the primary,and 3 unpledged RNC member delegates.
The 2008 presidential campaign of Alan Keyes,former Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs from Maryland began on September 14,2007,after being encouraged to enter the 2008 race by the committee We Need Alan Keyes. He initially ran in the 2008 presidential primaries,against Arizona Senator John McCain,Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee,former governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney and Texas Representative Ron Paul for his party's nomination,but after failing to gain any traction left to the Constitution Party and then to the American Independent Party.
The 2008 United States presidential election in Washington took place on November 4,2008,and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose 11 representatives,or electors to the Electoral College,who voted for president and vice president.
Timothy Alan Huelskamp is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for Kansas's 1st congressional district from 2011 to 2017. Huelskamp,a member of the Republican Party,was rated the least bipartisan member of the House during the 114th Congress by The Lugar Center - McCourt School of Public Policy Bipartisan Index. Prior to entering Congress,he represented the 38th district of the Kansas Senate from 1997 until 2011. Known for his strong social conservatism,Huelskamp was the chairman of the House Tea Party Caucus from February 2015 until the end of his term on January 3,2017. He was succeeded by Roger Marshall,who defeated him in the 2016 Republican primary.
In 2008,Virginia,for the first time since 1964,cast its electoral college presidential votes for a Democrat,Barack Obama. It also elected a United States senator,members of the United States House of Representatives,and local officers such as county board and school board members.
