See main article: 2008 Republican Party presidential primaries.
| Election Name: | 2008 Tennessee Republican presidential primary |
| Country: | Tennessee |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2004 Tennessee Republican presidential primary |
| Previous Year: | 2004 |
| Next Election: | 2012 Tennessee Republican presidential primary |
| Next Year: | 2012 |
| Candidate1: | Mike Huckabee |
| Color1: | 990000ff |
| Home State1: | Arkansas |
| Delegate Count1: | 25 |
| Popular Vote1: | 190,904 |
| Percentage1: | 34.37% |
| Candidate2: | John McCain |
| Color2: | ce5c17ff |
| Home State2: | Arizona |
| Delegate Count2: | 19 |
| Popular Vote2: | 176,091 |
| Percentage2: | 31.84% |
| Candidate4: | Mitt Romney |
| Color4: | 85bb65ff |
| Home State4: | Massachusetts |
| Delegate Count4: | 8 |
| Popular Vote4: | 130,632 |
| Percentage4: | 23.62% |
| Elected Members: | UT |
| Outgoing Members: | OK |
| Candidate5: | Ron Paul |
| Colour5: | fed105 |
| Percentage5: | 5.61% |
| Popular Vote5: | 31,026 |
| Home State5: | Texas |
| Delegate Count5: | 0 |
| Votes For Election: | 52 Republican National Convention delegates |
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.
At of 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]
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Delegates | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Huckabee | 190,904 | 34.37% | 25 | |
| 176,091 | 31.84% | 19 | ||
| 130,632 | 23.62% | 8 | ||
| 31,026 | 5.61% | 0 | ||
| Fred Thompson | 16,263 | 2.94% | 0 | |
| Rudy Giuliani | 5,159 | 0.93% | 0 | |
| 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