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2008 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions
 
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Presidential Nominating Process
Caucus: Thursday 3 January 2008
County Conventions: Saturday 8 March 2008
District Statutory Caucus: Saturday 19 April 2008
State Convention postponed: Saturday 14 June 2008
State Convention: Friday 11 July - Saturday 12 July 2008
Republicans
CandidatePopular
Vote
Delegate Votes
Hard TotalFloor Vote
Huckabee, Michael Dale "Mike"40,954  34.36%  
Romney, Mitt30,021  25.19%  
Thompson, Fred Dalton15,960  13.39%  
McCain, John Sidney, III15,536  13.03% 40 100.00%
Paul, Ronald Ernest "Ron"11,841   9.93%  
Giuliani, Rudolph William4,099   3.44%  
Hunter, Duncan506   0.42%  
Keyes, Alan L.247   0.21%  
Cox, John H.10   0.01%  
Cort, Hugh, III5   0.00%  
Tancredo, Thomas Gerald "Tom"5   0.00%  
Wuensche, Vernon Edgar "Vern"2   0.00%  
Brownback, Samuel Dale1   0.00%  
Fendig, H. Neal "Cap", Jr.1   0.00%  
Uncommitted 40 100.00% 
(available)   
Total119,188 100.00%40 100.00%40 100.00%

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Results from www.iowagop.net with 100% of the precincts reporting.
Results from www.iowavotes2008.com with 95% of the precincts reporting.

iowafirstcaucus.org reports that more than 115,000 Republicans caucused statewide.


Here's how we estimate the delegate count on 3 January 2008: (Based on the January 2008 Iowa Caucus results from iowavotes2008.com. Note that zero national convention delegates are allocated during the Precinct Caucuses - national convention delegates are first elected in June.)

We have allocated the state's 37 non-party leader delegates proportionally according to the popular vote for those candidates receiving 5% or more of the vote. This is a very rough estimate and is will change by the time the state convention meets.

ContestHuckabeeRomneyThompsonMcCainPaul
 Pop
Vote
Qual
Vote
DelVote%DelVote%DelVote%DelVote%DelVote%Del
Statewide116,119111,5863739,81435.680%1329,40526.352%1015,52113.909%515,24813.665%511,59810.394%4
Delegates  37  13  10  5  5  4

   

Thursday 3 January 2008: Republican Party Caucuses meet in each precinct. Each Precinct Caucus chooses the precinct's delegates to the County Convention.

  • There is no formal system applied in the Precinct Caucuses to relate the presidential preference of the Caucus participants to the choice of the precinct's delegates to the Republican Convention of the County in which the precinct is located. The participants at each Precinct Caucus alone determine if presidential preference is to be a factor in such choice and, if so, how it is to be applied.
 

Saturday 8 March 2008: Republican Party County Conventions convene in each county. Each County Convention chooses delegates to both the Congressional District Conventions and the State Convention.

  • County Conventions choose both the county's delegates to the Republican Party Convention of the Congressional District the county is a part of as well as the county's delegates to the Iowa State Republican Convention. Again, there is no formal system applied in the County Convention to relate the presidential preference of the County Convention delegates to the choice of the county's delegates to either the Republican Convention of the Congressional District in which the county is located or the Iowa State Republican Convention. The delegates in attendance at each County Convention alone determine if presidential preference is to be a factor and, if so, how it is to be applied.
 

Saturday 19 April 2008: Republican Party District Conventions convene in each congressional district. As the delegates to the Iowa State Republican Convention have already been chosen, the sole business- insofar as the presidential campaign is concerned- of the District Convention is that of instructing the delegates to the Iowa State Republican Convention from the counties making up said congressional district as to the presidential contender most preferred by the delegates in attendance at the District Convention.

  • There is no formal system governing how the District Convention is to go about indicating its presidential preference to the Iowa State Republican Convention delegates from the counties making up a given congressional district. It is the delegates in attendance at the District Convention alone who decide how best to go about this.
 

Saturday 14 June 2008: The Republican Party of Iowa has postponing its state convention originally scheduled for Saturday 14 June. "Due to the extreme flooding and severe conditions across Iowa, we are postponing our Republican state convention scheduled to be held Friday and Saturday, June 13th and 14th. As of today [12 June 2008 -Ed], 54 Iowa counties have been declared a disaster area and the Des Moines River is expected to crest this weekend. Our thoughts and prayers are with our fellow Iowans who are suffering and we encourage all of our delegates to check on their neighbors and help in any way possible. The Republican state convention will be rescheduled for July 11-12." - Chairman Stewart Iverson

 

Friday 11 July - Saturday 12 July 2008: The Iowa State Republican Convention officially convenes. 37 of 40 National Convention delegates are selected.

The delegates to the Iowa State Republican Convention gather: at this time, the delegates to the State Convention from each county making up a given congressional district meet in separate Congressional District Caucuses to choose the state's district delegates to the Republican National Convention.

  • Each of Iowa's 5 congressional districts are assigned 3 National Convention delegates. Thus, a total of 15 district delegates will be chosen by these Congressional District Caucuses. These 15 delegates to the Republican National Convention will be allocated to the presidential contenders in such a way as determined by each Congressional District Caucus.

The State Convention chooses the remaining 22 at-large of Iowa's delegates (10 base at-large delegates plus 12 bonus delegates) to the Republican National Convention.

  • There is no formal system of allocating these 22 at-large National Convention delegates to presidential contenders. These delegates will be allocated according to the vote of the Iowa State Convention as a whole.

In addition, 3 party leaders, the National Committeeman, the National Committeewoman, and the chairman of the Iowa's Republican Party, will attend the convention as unpledged delegates by virtue of their position.


Congressional District  

CD per County
 
Adair: CD 5
Adams: CD 5
Allamakee: CD 4
Appanoose: CD 2
Audubon: CD 5
Benton: CD 3
Black Hawk: CD 1
Boone: CD 4
Bremer: CD 1
Buchanan: CD 1
Buena Vista: CD 5
Butler: CD 1
Calhoun: CD 4
Carroll: CD 5
Cass: CD 5
Cedar: CD 2
Cerro Gordo: CD 4
Cherokee: CD 5
Chickasaw: CD 4
Clarke: CD 5
Clay: CD 5
Clayton: CD 1
Clinton: CD 1
Crawford: CD 5
Dallas: CD 4
Davis: CD 2
Decatur: CD 5
Delaware: CD 1
Des Moines: CD 2
Dickinson: CD 5
Dubuque: CD 1
Emmet: CD 4
Fayette: CD 1
Floyd: CD 4
Franklin: CD 4
Fremont: CD 5
Greene: CD 4
Grundy: CD 3
Guthrie: CD 5
Hamilton: CD 4
Hancock: CD 4
Hardin: CD 4
Harrison: CD 5
Henry: CD 2
Howard: CD 4
Humboldt: CD 4
Ida: CD 5
Iowa: CD 3
Jackson: CD 1
Jasper: CD 3
Jefferson: CD 2
Johnson: CD 2
Jones: CD 1
Keokuk: CD 3
Kossuth: CD 4
Lee: CD 2
Linn: CD 2
Louisa: CD 2
Lucas: CD 3
Lyon: CD 5
Madison: CD 4
Mahaska: CD 3
Marion: CD 3
Marshall: CD 4
Mills: CD 5
Mitchell: CD 4
Monona: CD 5
Monroe: CD 3
Montgomery: CD 5
Muscatine: CD 2
O'Brien: CD 5
Osceola: CD 5
Page: CD 5
Palo Alto: CD 4
Plymouth: CD 5
Pocahontas: CD 4
Polk: CD 3
Pottawattamie: CD 5
Poweshiek: CD 3
Ringgold: CD 5
Sac: CD 5
Scott: CD 1
Shelby: CD 5
Sioux: CD 5
Story: CD 4
Tama: CD 3
Taylor: CD 5
Union: CD 5
Van Buren: CD 2
Wapello: CD 2
Warren: CD 4
Washington: CD 2
Wayne: CD 2
Webster: CD 4
Winnebago: CD 4
Winneshiek: CD 4
Woodbury: CD 5
Worth: CD 4
Wright: CD 4

 


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