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2008 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions
 
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Presidential Nominating Process
Precinct Caucuses: Saturday 9 February 2008
Primary: Tuesday 19 February 2008
County Conventions: Saturday 22 March - Saturday 3 May 2008 (tentative date)
State Convention: Thursday 29 May - Saturday 31 May 2008
Republicans
CandidatePercentage
Vote
Delegate Votes
Hard TotalFloor Vote
McCain, John Sidney, III3,468  25.74%16  40.00%36  90.00%
Huckabee, Michael Dale "Mike"3,226  23.94%3   7.50% 
Paul, Ronald Ernest "Ron"2,799  20.77% 4  10.00%
Romney, Mitt2,253  16.72%  
Uncommitted1,729  12.83%21  52.50% 
Giuliani, Rudolph William   
Hunter, Duncan   
Keyes, Alan L.   
Tancredo, Thomas Gerald "Tom"   
Thompson, Fred Dalton   
Others   
Total13,475 100.00%40 100.00%40 100.00%

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The Washington Republicans expect to have a final report on the 9 February Caucuses available on Monday 11 February 2008 (as of evening 11 February, 93.3% of the precincts were reporting). The above numbers represent about 87.2% of the precincts reporting. Link to a party source.

About 13,500 people participated in the caucuses.

19 February 2008 returns from an official source. Reference from Secretary of State

2008 WSRP Convention Information


   

Washington has 40 delegates.

  • 3 party leaders, the National Committeeman, the National Committeewoman, and the chairman of the Washington's Republican Party, will attend the convention as unpledged delegates by virtue of their position.
  • 37 (27 district and 10 at-large) delegates are elected by the Primary and the Caucuses.
    • 51% (37 × 0.51 = 18.87, round to 19) of these delegates are elected by Primary.
    • 49% (37 × 0.49 = 18.13, round to 18) of these delegates are elected by Caucus.

Saturday 9 February 2008: Precinct Caucuses.

Republican Party Caucuses meet in each precinct. Participants are required to sign a form stating they are Republicans (as voters do not have to declare political party membership to vote in the state's regular primaries or general elections). Each Precinct Caucus chooses the precinct's delegates to the County Convention. The County Conventions will, in turn, choose delegates to the State 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. 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.

The Caucuses initiate the process of electing 18 (49% of 37) of the National Convention delegates. These delegates will attend the Republican National Convention officially "Unpledged".

The following are the near-final results of Washington's Republican Precinct Caucuses. With 99.99% of precincts reporting, Sen. McCain has 25.3% of the delegates, Gov. Huckabee 23.2%, Congressman Paul 21.5%, Gov. Romney 15.5%, Uncommitted 13.5%, Other 1.1%.

Source: Saturday, February 16, 2008 - Near-Final Results of Washington's Republican Precinct Caucuses

 

Tuesday 19 February 2008: Primary.

19 (1 from each of the 9 Congressional Districts and 10 at-large) of Washington's delegates to the Republican National Convention are allocated to presidential contenders based on the results of voting in today's Washington Presidential Primary. Voters are required to sign a form stating they are Republicans (as voters do not have to declare political party membership to vote in the state's regular primaries or general elections).

  • 9 district delegates are to be allocated to presidential contenders based on the primary results in each of the 9 congressional districts: each congressional district is assigned 1 National Convention delegate and the presidential contender receiving the greatest number of votes in that district will receive that district's National Convention delegate.
  • 10 delegates are to be allocated proportionally to presidential contenders based on the primary vote statewide. A 20 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be allocated National Convention delegates at the statewide level.
Statewide Primary Results
John McCain262,30449.50%
Mike Huckabee127,65724.09%
Mitt Romney86,14016.25%
Ron Paul40,5397.65%
Rudy Giuliani5,1450.97%
Fred Thompson4,8650.92%
Alan Keyes2,2260.42%
Duncan Hunter1,0560.20%
Total529,932100.00%
 
Tuesday 19 February 2008 Primary
The vote by CD is estimated by apportioning/interpolating the vote by county into the vote by CD, hence, the vote in each CD is a rough estimate.
Source: Washington Secretary of State
ContestMcCainHuckabee
 Pop
Vote
Qual
Vote
DelPop
Vote
%DelPop
Vote
%Del
CD153,76141,287128,00367.825%113,28432.175% 
CD282,23762,517141,77366.819%120,74433.181% 
CD373,44153,638134,10663.586%119,53236.414% 
CD473,70866,448133,56450.512%117,69826.634% 
CD589,32161,245141,17167.223%120,07432.777% 
CD642,18131,366121,73069.279%19,63630.721% 
CD717,91213,75719,88371.840%13,87428.160% 
CD853,02340,801128,32769.427%112,47430.573% 
CD944,31934,083123,74569.668%110,33830.332% 
At-Large529,903389,95610262,30267.265%7127,65432.735%3
Delegates  19  16  3
 

Saturday 22 March - Saturday 3 May 2008 (tentative date): 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 Washington 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 Washington State Republican Convention; each County Convention alone determine if presidential preference is to be a factor and, if so, how it is to be applied.
  • Once more, there is no formal system governing how the District Convention is to go about indicating its presidential preference to the State Convention. It is the delegates in attendance at the Congressional District Convention alone who decide how best to go about this.
 

Thursday 29 May - Saturday 31 May 2008: The State Convention convenes.

There is no formal system applied in the State Convention to relate the presidential preference of the Caucus participants to the choice of the National Convention delegates. The participants at the State Convention alone determine if presidential preference is to be a factor in such choice and, if so, how it is to be applied.

  • The State convention elects 18 delegates. These delegates will attend the Republican National Convention officially "Unpledged".
  • 3 party leaders, the National Committeeman, the National Committeewoman, and the chairman of the Washington's Republican Party, will attend the convention as unpledged delegates by virtue of their position.

 


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