Maryland Republican Delegation 2008

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2008 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions

Maryland Republican
Presidential Nominating Process
Primary: Tuesday 12 February 2008

Candidate	Popular Vote	Delegate Votes
Candidate	Popular Vote	Hard Total	Floor Vote
McCain, John Sidney, III	`176,046 54.84%`	`37 100.00%`	`37 100.00%`
Huckabee, Michael Dale "Mike"	`91,608 28.54%`
Romney, Mitt	`22,426 6.99%`
Paul, Ronald Ernest "Ron"	`19,196 5.98%`
Giuliani, Rudolph William	`4,548 1.42%`
Keyes, Alan L.	`3,386 1.05%`
Thompson, Fred Dalton	`2,901 0.90%`
Hunter, Duncan	`522 0.16%`
Tancredo, Thomas Gerald "Tom"	`356 0.11%`
Total	`320,989 100.00%`	`37 100.00%`	`37 100.00%`

Delegate Selection: Winner-Take-All (by district and statewide),
Polling hours 7:00a EST (1200 UTC) to 8:00p EST (0100 UTC).
Voter Eligibility: Closed Primary
Voter Participation: Party members

37 total delegates - 10 base at-large / 24 re: 8 congressional districts / 3 party

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Here is how we compute the delegate count (based on certified returns from an official source):

The candidate receiving the most votes in each CD is awarded 3 delegates.
The candidate receiving the most votes statewide is awarded 10 delegates.

Contest			McCain			Huckabee
	Pop Vote	Del	Vote	%	Del	Vote	%	Del
CD1	78,705	3	43,664	55.478%	3	21,779	27.672%
CD2	27,721	3	13,926	50.236%	3	7,857	28.343%
CD3	36,325	3	20,809	57.286%	3	8,736	24.050%
CD4	16,295	3	9,294	57.036%	3	4,424	27.149%
CD5	38,464	3	21,866	56.848%	3	11,809	30.701%
CD6	72,098	3	35,244	48.883%	3	25,684	35.624%
CD7	21,308	3	11,579	54.341%	3	5,499	25.807%
CD8	30,073	3	19,664	65.388%	3	5,820	19.353%
Statewide	320,989	13	176,046	54.845%	13	91,608	28.539%
Delegates		37			37

INSTRUCTIVE MATERIALS RELATING TO THE DELEGATE SELECTION PROCEDURES FOR THE 2008 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION

Tuesday 12 February 2008: All 37 of Maryland's delegates to the Republican National Convention are allocated to presidential contenders in today's Maryland Presidential Primary.

24 district delegates are to be allocated to presidential contenders based on the primary results in each of the 8 congressional districts: each congressional district is assigned 3 National Convention delegates and the presidential contender receiving the greatest number of votes in that district will receive all 3 of that district's National Convention delegates.
10 at-large delegates (10 base at-large delegates plus 0 bonus delegates) are to be allocated to the presidential contender receiving the greatest number of votes in the primary statewide.
The 3 party leaders, the National Committeeman, the National Committeewoman, and the chairman of the Maryland's Republican Party, will attend the convention, by virtue of their position, pledged to the presidential contender receiving the greatest number of votes in the primary statewide.

The delegates are bound for the first 2 ballots. Delegates are no longer bound if the candidate either releases the delegates or receives less than 35% of the vote at the National Convention.