| Election Name: | 2008 Oklahoma Democratic presidential primary |
| Country: | Oklahoma |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2004 Oklahoma Democratic presidential primary |
| Previous Year: | 2004 |
| Next Election: | 2012 Oklahoma Democratic presidential primary |
| Next Year: | 2012 |
| Candidate1: | Hillary Clinton |
| Colour1: | D4AA00 |
| Home State1: | New York |
| Delegate Count1: | 24 |
| Popular Vote1: | 228,480 |
| Percentage1: | 54.76% |
| Candidate2: | Barack Obama |
| Colour2: | 800080 |
| Home State2: | Illinois |
| Delegate Count2: | 14 |
| Popular Vote2: | 130,130 |
| Percentage2: | 31.19% |
| Map Size: | 350px |
| Outgoing Members: | ND |
| Elected Members: | TN |
| Colour3: | e50100 |
| Candidate3: | John Edwards (withdrawn) |
| Home State3: | North Carolina |
| Popular Vote3: | 42,725 |
| Percentage3: | 10.24% |
| Delegate Count3: | 0 |
| Votes For Election: | 38 pledged delegates to the 2008 Democratic National Convention |
The 2008 Oklahoma Democratic presidential primary, part of the process of selecting that party's nominee for President of the United States, took place on February 5, one of the many nominating contests of 2008's "Super Tuesday". The primary election chose 38 pledged delegates to represent Oklahoma at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. The remainder of Oklahoma's 47 delegates consisted of unpledged superdelegates not bound by the results of the primary. The election was a closed primary, meaning that only registered Democrats could vote in this election. Hillary Clinton won the primary by a significant margin.
Clinton, Barack Obama, and Jim Rogers appeared on the ballot, together with four candidates who had already withdrawn from the contest: Chris Dodd, Bill Richardson, Dennis Kucinich, and John Edwards. All but Rogers had run nationwide campaigns for the presidential nomination; Rogers is a perennial candidate in Oklahoma who had run for lieutenant governor in 2006.
Early polling in Oklahoma consistently showed Clinton and Edwards to be the leaders in the state, and Obama a more distant third. The polling also indicated that other candidates were barely registering. In 2004 Edwards narrowly finished second in Oklahoma behind Wesley Clark by about one thousand votes. Oklahoma had been a key state for John Edwards as he made stops in the state January 15 and 18, over three weeks ahead of the primary date, but Edwards withdrew on January 30, 2008. Former President Bill Clinton stopped at the University of Oklahoma on January 30 to speak at a rally supporting his wife.
Obtained from The Oklahoman [1]
| Candidate | Money raised (US$) | |
|---|---|---|
| $397,316 | ||
| $396,592 | ||
| $83,070 | ||
| $508,050 | ||
| $5,400 | ||
| $850 | ||
| $3,767 |
Oklahoma sent 47 delegates to the Democratic National Convention. In order to secure pledged delegates, a candidate had to receive at least 15% of the vote. The delegates were broken down into the following categories:
See also: Results of the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries.
| Key: | Withdrew prior to contest |
| 2008 Oklahoma Democratic presidential primary[2] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | National delegates[3] | |
| Hillary Clinton | 228,480 | 54.76% | 24 | |
| Barack Obama | 130,130 | 31.19% | 14 | |
| John Edwards | 42,725 | 10.24% | 0 | |
| Bill Richardson | 7,078 | 1.70% | 0 | |
| Jim Rogers | 3,905 | 0.94% | 0 | |
| Christopher Dodd | 2,511 | 0.60% | 0 | |
| Dennis Kucinich | 2,378 | 0.57% | 0 | |
| Totals | 417,207 | 100.00% | 38 | |