New York Republican Delegation 2008

The Green Papers
2008 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions

New York Republican
Presidential Nominating Process
Primary: Tuesday 5 February 2008
State Committee: Tuesday 20 May - Wednesday 21 May 2008 (tentative date)

Candidate	Popular Vote	Delegate Votes
Candidate	Popular Vote	Soft Pledged	Soft Unpledged	Soft Total	Hard Total
McCain, John Sidney, III	`362,001 51.78%`	`87 100.00%`		`87 86.14%`
Romney, Mitt	`178,043 25.47%`
Huckabee, Michael Dale "Mike"	`68,477 9.80%`
Paul, Ronald Ernest "Ron"	`40,113 5.74%`
Blank, Void, Scattering	`27,184 3.89%`
Giuliani, Rudolph William	`23,260 3.33%`
(available)			`14 100.00%`	`14 13.86%`	`101 100.00%`
Total	`699,078 100.00%`	`87 100.00%`	`14 100.00%`	`101 100.00%`	`101 100.00%`

Delegate Selection: Winner-Take-All,
Polling hours 6:00a EST (1100 UTC) to 9:00p EST (0200 UTC).
Voter Eligibility: Closed Primary

101 total delegates - 10 base at-large / 87 re: 29 congressional districts / 3 party / 1 bonus

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Here's how we compute the delegate count of the 5 February 2008 primary (based on certified returns from an official source):

McCain, the candidate receiving the most votes statewide, is awarded 87 delegates.

Reference: THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION IN NEW YORK STATE: SUMMARY OF THE BALLOT ACCESS REQUIREMENTS

Tuesday 5 February 2008: 87 of 101 of New York's delegates to the Republican National Convention (3 from each of the state's 29 Congressional District) are allocated to presidential contenders in today's New York Presidential Primary. [NYS Republican Party Rule Art. XI Rule 1]

87 delegates are to be allocated to the presidential contender receiving the greatest number of votes in the primary statewide.

Tuesday 20 May - Wednesday 21 May 2008 (tentative date): The New York Republican State Committee will meet and choose 11 at-large delegates.

"New York's 11 at-large delegates chosen by the State's Republican State Committee will go to the Republican National Convention officially 'Unpledged'."

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

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