2008 Tennessee Republican presidential primary

2008 Tennessee Republican presidential primary
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52 Republican National Convention delegates

The 2008 Tennessee Republican presidential primary took place on February 5, 2008 (Super Tuesday), with 52 national delegates.^[1] Mike Huckabee narrowly defeated John McCain to win the largest share of Tennessee's delegates to the 2008 Republican National Convention. Both McCain and the third-place candidate Mitt Romney received delegates along with Huckabee.

At of 10:15 PM ET on February 5, the Associated Press reported that with 44% of precincts reporting Huckabee and McCain were tied with about one-third of the vote each.^[2] Earlier, with 31% of precincts in, McCain had 34% support, Huckabee 31%, Romney 23% and Paul 6% support.^[3]

The City Paper reported that voter turnout could beat the state's record of 830,000 in 1988 when Al Gore was on the presidential ballot for the first time.^[3]

AP exit polls showed that Huckabee did well with born-again Christians and conservatives.^[2]

^ "Tennessee Republican Delegation 2008". The Green Papers. Retrieved January 28, 2008.
^ ^a ^b "Clinton wins Tennessee, GOP race too close to call". Associated Press. February 8, 2008. Retrieved February 5, 2008.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ ^a ^b "Clinton, McCain lead in Tennessee". UPI. February 8, 2008. Archived from the original on May 24, 2011. Retrieved February 5, 2008.

[tennesseetgp-1] "Tennessee Republican Delegation 2008". The Green Papers. Retrieved January 28, 2008.

[AP-1-2] "Clinton wins Tennessee, GOP race too close to call". Associated Press. February 8, 2008. Retrieved February 5, 2008.^{[permanent dead link]}

[UPI-1-3] "Clinton, McCain lead in Tennessee". UPI. February 8, 2008. Archived from the original on May 24, 2011. Retrieved February 5, 2008.

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