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Election results by county.
John McCain
Mike Huckabee |
Elections in Virginia |
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The 2008 Virginia Republican presidential primary took place on February 12, 2008. This was an open primary with 63 delegates (60 pledged delegates) at stake in a winner take all format. The District of Columbia and Maryland both held primaries on the same day, referred to as the " Potomac primary [1]".
John McCain won the primary, receiving all of Virginia's delegates to the 2008 Republican National Convention. [2]
Virginia Republican primary, February 12, 2008 [3] | ||
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Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
John McCain | 244,829 | 50.04% |
Mike Huckabee | 199,003 | 40.67% |
Ron Paul | 21,999 | 4.50% |
Mitt Romney* | 18,002 | 3.68% |
Fred Thompson* | 3,395 | 0.69% |
Rudy Giuliani* | 2,024 | 0.41% |
Total: | 489,252 | 100.0% |
*Candidate suspended campaign prior to this primary