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From January 3 to June 3, 2008, voters of the Republican Party chose their nominee for president in the 2008 United States presidential election. Senator John McCain of Arizona was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 2008 Republican National Convention held from Monday, September 1, through Thursday, September 4, 2008, in Saint Paul ...
He participated in one nationally televised debate before the primaries. His best showing was a 4th-place finish in North Carolina. Keyes withdrew from consideration on April 15, 2008, when he announced he was leaving the Republican party and advocating to be the Constitution Party nominee for president. Fred Thompson, former senator of Tennessee
Majority party Minority party Leader Nancy Pelosi: John Boehner: Party Democratic: Republican: Leader since January 3, 2003 January 3, 2007 Leader's seat California 8th: Ohio 8th: Last election 233 seats, 52.3% 202 seats, 44.3% Seats before 236 199 Seats won 257: 178 Seat change 21 21 Popular vote 65,237,840: 52,249,491 Percentage 53.2%: 42.6% ...
In some cases it is easier for party nominees to gain ballot access than for independent candidates, so Ralph Nader's independent campaign is associated with parties (pre-existing or newly formed) in some states: PF is the Peace and Freedom Party, NLP is the Natural Law Party, IEP is the Independent-Ecology Party, and IP is the
On October 5, 2008, the Republican Lt. Governor of Montana, John Bohlinger, accused the Montana Republican Party of vote caging to purge 6,000 voters from three counties which trend Democratic. [135] Allegations arose in Michigan that the Republican Party planned to challenge the eligibility of voters based on lists of foreclosed homes. [136]
In Missouri, some 145 "suspected" Paul supporters were barred from participating in the state selection process or from being delegates to the national convention by local GOP party leaders. That led to accusations of procedural violations on the part of state GOP leaders by Republican voters. [80] [81]
In accordance with Republican National Committee rules, the Republican Party of Florida was stripped of 57 of its 114 delegates for holding primary contests before February 5, 2008. [72] The Florida primary was a winner-take-all contest with 57 delegates pledged to the winner statewide.
The first political debate before the 2008 Republican primaries was held on May 3, 2007, at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California.Other debates have taken place in New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Florida.