| Election Name: | 2008 Missouri Republican presidential primary |
| Country: | Missouri |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2004 Missouri Republican presidential primary |
| Previous Year: | 2004 |
| Next Election: | 2012 Missouri Republican presidential primary |
| Next Year: | 2012 |
| Candidate1: | John McCain |
| Home State1: | Arizona |
| Delegate Count1: | 58 |
| Popular Vote1: | 194,053 |
| Percentage1: | 32.96% |
| Color2: | 990000 |
| Candidate2: | Mike Huckabee |
| Home State2: | Arkansas |
| Delegate Count2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 185,642 |
| Percentage2: | 31.53% |
| Color3: | 85bb65 |
| Candidate3: | Mitt Romney |
| Home State3: | Massachusetts |
| Delegate Count3: | 0 |
| Popular Vote3: | 172,329 |
| Percentage3: | 29.27% |
| Color1: | ce5c17 |
| Elected Members: | MT (caucuses) |
| Outgoing Members: | MN |
| Votes For Election: | 58 pledged delegates to the Republican National Convention All delegates are awarded to the candidate receiving the most votes |
The 2008 Missouri Republican presidential primary on February 5, 2008 determined the recipient of 55 of the state's 58 delegates to the Republican National Convention in the process to elect the 44th President of the United States. It was an open primary.[1] John McCain won a slight plurality of the vote, receiving all of Missouri's delegates.
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Counties[4] | Delegates | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John McCain | 194,053 | 32.96% | 32 | 58 | |
| 185,642 | 31.53% | 72 | 0 | ||
| 172,329 | 29.27% | 12 | 0 | ||
| 26,464 | 4.50% | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rudy Giuliani | 3,593 | 0.61% | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Thompson | 3,102 | 0.53% | 0 | 0 | |
| 892 | 0.15% | 0 | 0 | ||
| Duncan Hunter | 307 | 0.05% | 0 | 0 | |
| Virgil Wiles | 124 | 0.02% | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Tancredo | 107 | 0.02% | 0 | 0 | |
| Daniel Ayers Gilbert | 88 | 0.01% | 0 | 0 | |
| 46 | 0.01% | 0 | 0 | ||
| Uncommitted | 2,097 | 0.35% | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 588,720 | 100% | 116 | 58 |
Please see the following article for opinion polling: Statewide opinion polling for the 2008 Republican Party presidential primaries
| County | John McCain | % | Mike Huckabee | % | Mitt Romney | % | Ron Paul | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adair | 558 | 29.00% | 735 | 38.20% | 451 | 23.44% | 158 | 8.21% | |
| Andrew | 501 | 27.96% | 484 | 27.01% | 641 | 35.77% | 120 | 6.70% | |
| Atchison | 281 | 37.92% | 189 | 25.51% | 230 | 31.04% | 25 | 3.37% | |
| Audrain | 744 | 33.2% | |||||||
| Barry | 1,365 | 28.3% | |||||||
| Barton | 525 | 24.6% | |||||||
| Bates | 594 | 37.7% | |||||||
| Benton | 803 | 34.7% | |||||||
| Bollinger | 518 | 31.3% | |||||||
| Boone | 4,948 | 31.3% | |||||||
| Buchanan | 2,194 | 31.6% | |||||||
| Butler | 1,117 | 24.6% | |||||||
| Caldwell | 363 | 36.0% | |||||||
| Callaway | 1,203 | 27.1% | |||||||
| Camden | 2,196 | 33.9% | |||||||
| Cape Girardeau | 3,528 | 31.8% | |||||||
| Carroll | 437 | 47.8% | |||||||
| Carter | 202 | 28.4% | |||||||
| Cass | 3,195 | 31.3% | |||||||
| Cedar | 709 | 31.04% | 1,051 | 46.02% | 403 | 17.64% | 63 | 2.76% | |
| Chariton | 244 | 34.41% | 260 | 36.67% | 167 | 23.55% | 28 | 3.95% | |
| Christian | 2,943 | 24.37% | 5,852 | 48.46% | 2,748 | 22.75% | 416 | 3.44% | |
| Clark | 283 | 44.1% | |||||||
| Clay | 6,006 | 32.8% | |||||||
| Clinton | 603 | 31.6% | |||||||
| Cole | 2,982 | 28.74% | 3,247 | 31.30% | 3,729 | 35.95% | 227 | 2.19% | |
| Cooper | 503 | 28.2% | |||||||
| Crawford | 713 | 32.7% | |||||||
| Dade | 418 | 27.52% | 769 | 50.63% | 275 | 18.10% | 43 | 2.83% | |
| Dallas | 751 | 30.39% | 1,153 | 46.66% | 428 | 17.32% | 105 | 4.25% | |
| Daviess | 236 | 30.0% | |||||||
| DeKalb | 310 | 30.2% | |||||||
| Dent | 959 | 48.8% | |||||||
| Douglas | 516 | 21.15% | 1,343 | 55.04% | 270 | 11.07% | 290 | 12.09% | |
| Dunklin | 480 | 21.46% | 1,309 | 58.52% | 381 | 17.03% | 36 | 1.61% | |
| Franklin | 4,032 | 35.7% | |||||||
| Gasconade | 793 | 40.25% | 514 | 26.09% | 536 | 27.21% | 75 | 3.81% | |
| Gentry | 182 | 31.0% | |||||||
| Greene | 9,979 | 27.09% | 15,645 | 42.48% | 9,271 | 25.17% | 1,552 | 4.21% | |
| Grundy | 377 | 34.5% | |||||||
| Harrison | 288 | 32.7% | |||||||
| Henry | 763 | 37.0% | |||||||
| Hickory | 453 | 33.19% | 548 | 40.15% | 238 | 20.73% | 64 | 4.69% | |
| Holt | 190 | 29.83% | 194 | 30.46% | 201 | 31.55% | 34 | 5.34% | |
| Howard | 283 | 28.44% | 328 | 32.96% | 319 | 32.06% | 52 | 5.23% | |
| Howell | 1,347 | 24.76% | 2,882 | 52.97% | 793 | 14.57% | 356 | 6.54% | |
| Iron | 269 | 32.80% | 354 | 43.17% | 138 | 16.83% | 43 | 5.24% | |
| Jackson | 12,356 | 33.0% | |||||||
| Jasper | 3,220 | 25.8% | |||||||
| Jefferson | 6,358 | 33.5% | |||||||
| Johnson | 1,558 | 36.2% | |||||||
| Knox | 101 | 29.4% | |||||||
| Laclede | 1,656 | 30.21% | 2,791 | 50.91% | 807 | 14.72% | 142 | 2.59% | |
| Lafayette | 1,148 | 35.3% | |||||||
| Lawrence | 1,412 | 26.19% | 2,628 | 48.75% | 1,022 | 18.96% | 232 | 4.30% | |
| Lewis | 279 | 34.23% | 286 | 35.09% | 197 | 24.17% | 32 | 3.93% | |
| Lincoln | 1,412 | 30.8% | |||||||
| Linn | 361 | 33.0% | |||||||
| Livingston | 488 | 38.9% | 426 | 33.9% | 248 | 19.8% | 75 | 6.0% | |
| McDonald | 674 | 25.55% | 1,285 | 48.71% | 389 | 14.75% | 233 | 8.83% | 2,638 total--> |
| Macon | 441 | 28.5% | 646 | 41.7% | 390 | 25.2% | 43 | 2.8% | |
| Madison | 452 | 35.48% | 560 | 43.96% | 185 | 14.52% | 51 | 4.00% | |
| Maries | 343 | 29.70% | 415 | 35.93% | 321 | 27.79% | 59 | 5.11% | |
| Marion | 714 | 26.71% | 904 | 33.82% | 891 | 33.33% | 114 | 4.26% | |
| Mercer | 114 | 27.7% | 132 | 32.1% | 62 | 15.1% | 91 | 22.1% | |
| Miller | 1,094 | 31.50% | 1,406 | 40.48% | 790 | 22.75% | 109 | 3.14% | |
| Mississippi | 373 | 33.73% | 471 | 42.59% | 226 | 20.43% | 15 | 1.36% | |
| Moniteau | 510 | 28.5% | 693 | 38.8% | 466 | 26.1% | 98 | 5.5% | |
| Monroe | 221 | 27.59% | 300 | 37.45% | 231 | 28.84% | 32 | 4.00% | |
| Montgomery | 554 | 39.74% | 439 | 31.49% | 313 | 22.45% | 65 | 4.66% | |
| Morgan | 857 | 34.3% | 896 | 35.9% | 615 | 24.6% | 76 | 3.0% | |
| New Madrid | 386 | 28.68% | 656 | 48.74% | 250 | 18.57% | 43 | 3.19% | |
| Newton | 1,983 | 26.0% | 3,476 | 45.5% | 1,744 | 22.8% | 350 | 4.6% | |
| Nodaway | 586 | 35.7% | 468 | 28.5% | 469 | 28.6% | 83 | 5.1% | |
| Oregon | 242 | 20.47% | 696 | 58.88% | 134 | 11.34% | 101 | 8.54% | |
| Osage | 665 | 33.47% | 628 | 31.61% | 610 | 30.70% | 42 | 2.11% | |
| Ozark | 428 | 26.87% | 766 | 48.09% | 235 | 14.75% | 149 | 9.35% | |
| Pemiscot | 233 | 23.75% | 565 | 57.59% | 149 | 15.19% | 20 | 2.04% | |
| Perry | 973 | 43.59% | 575 | 25.76% | 542 | 24.28% | 96 | 4.30% | |
| Pettis | 1,372 | 36.4% | 994 | 26.4% | 1,226 | 32.5% | 110 | 2.9% | |
| Phelps | 1,459 | 29.7% | 1,728 | 35.2% | 1,340 | 27.3% | 321 | 6.5% | |
| Pike | 463 | 32.58% | 461 | 32.44% | 388 | 27.30% | 84 | 5.91% | |
| Platte | 2,793 | 33.49% | 1,825 | 21.88% | 3,109 | 37.27% | 472 | 5.66% | |
| Polk | 1,141 | 25.28% | 2,317 | 51.33% | 842 | 18.65% | 154 | 3.41% | |
| Pulaski | 1,129 | 36.19% | 1,216 | 38.97% | 641 | 20.54% | 66 | 2.12% | |
| Putnam | 164 | 28.1% | 254 | 43.5% | 128 | 21.9% | 28 | 4.8% | |
| Ralls | 256 | 27.00% | 376 | 39.66% | 279 | 29.43% | 24 | 2.53% | |
| Randolph | 623 | 28.2% | 824 | 37.2% | 632 | 28.6% | 95 | 4.3% | |
| Ray | 554 | 28.9% | 709 | 37.0% | 495 | 25.8% | 126 | 6.6% | |
| Reynolds | 202 | 32.90% | 283 | 46.09% | 93 | 15.15% | 25 | 4.07% | |
| Ripley | 329 | 23.62% | 750 | 53.84% | 238 | 17.09% | 52 | 3.73% | |
| Saline | 617 | 38.3% | 518 | 32.2% | 392 | 24.3% | 51 | 3.2% | |
| Schuyler | 103 | 25.5% | 179 | 44.3% | 84 | 20.8% | 29 | 7.2% | |
| Scotland | 129 | 29.8% | 185 | 42.7% | 94 | 21.7% | 16 | 3.7% | |
| Scott | 1,389 | 33.0% | 1,549 | 36.8% | 1,076 | 25.6% | 113 | 2.7% | |
| Shannon | 223 | 23.57% | 515 | 54.44% | 83 | 8.77% | 109 | 11.52% | |
| Shelby | 206 | 29.43% | 321 | 45.86% | 140 | 20.00% | 18 | 2.57% | |
| St. Charles | 14,705 | 34.95% | 9,185 | 21.83% | 15,869 | 37.72% | 1,613 | 3.83% | |
| St. Clair | 437 | 33.1% | 572 | 43.3% | 246 | 18.6% | 44 | 3.3% | |
| St. Francois | 1,727 | 38.0% | 1,631 | 35.9% | 949 | 20.9% | 134 | 2.9% | |
| St. Louis County | 39,011 | 41.1% | 16,131 | 17.0% | 34,668 | 36.5% | 3,339 | 3.5% | |
| St. Louis City | 4,371 | 44.5% | 1,613 | 16.4% | 2,858 | 29.1% | 684 | 7.0% | |
| Ste. Genevieve | 518 | 40.76% | 419 | 32.97% | 270 | 21.24% | 47 | 3.70% | |
| Stoddard | 772 | 24.85% | 1,571 | 50.56% | 643 | 20.70% | 91 | 2.93% | |
| Stone | 1,787 | 31.8% | 2,528 | 45.0% | 1,056 | 18.8% | 154 | 2.7% | |
| Sullivan | 197 | 32.45% | 209 | 34.43% | 130 | 21.42% | 60 | 9.88% | |
| Taney | 1,784 | 25.90% | 3,850 | 55.89% | 976 | 14.17% | 195 | 2.83% | |
| Texas | 954 | 27.69% | 1,727 | 50.13% | 480 | 13.93% | 234 | 6.79% | |
| Vernon | 705 | 32.64% | 920 | 42.59% | 408 | 18.89% | 74 | 3.43% | |
| Warren | 1,192 | 33.87% | 988 | 28.08% | 1,139 | 32.37% | 130 | 3.69% | |
| Washington | 616 | 38.36% | 622 | 38.73% | 297 | 18.49% | 50 | 3.11% | |
| Wayne | 499 | 30.48% | 740 | 45.20% | 323 | 19.73% | 46 | 2.81% | |
| Webster | 1,343 | 26.59% | 2,576 | 51.00% | 897 | 17.76% | 168 | 3.33% | |
| Worth | 73 | 28.63% | 84 | 32.94% | 77 | 30.20% | 10 | 3.92% | |
| Wright | 746 | 23.69% | 1,878 | 59.64% | 298 | 9.46% | 178 | 5.65% | |
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