Iowa Republican caucuses, 2008

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Republican presidential caucus United States presidential primary election event

The Iowa Republican caucuses, 2008 were the first major contest in the 2008 Republican presidential nomination race, where party members in Iowa gathered to select their preferred candidate.

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Label	Occurrences
Iowa Republican caucuses, 2008 canonical	2
Iowa Republican caucuses, 2004	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Republican presidential caucus ⓘ United States presidential primary election event ⓘ
campaignSeason	Republican Party presidential primaries, 2008 ⓘ surface form: 2007–2008 Republican presidential campaign
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
date	2008-01-03 ⓘ
eighthPlace	Alan Keyes ⓘ
electoralCollegeCycle	2008 United States presidential election ⓘ surface form: 2008 United States Electoral College cycle
electoralType	closed caucus ⓘ
electorate	Iowa Republican Party ⓘ surface form: Republican Party members in Iowa
fifthPlace	Ron Paul ⓘ
firstInNationContest	true ⓘ
followedBy	New Hampshire Republican primary, 2008 ⓘ
fourthPlace	John McCain ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
leadingCandidate	Alan Keyes ⓘ Duncan Hunter ⓘ Fred Dalton Thompson ⓘ surface form: Fred Thompson John McCain ⓘ Mike Huckabee ⓘ Mitt Romney ⓘ Ron Paul ⓘ Rudy Giuliani ⓘ
levelOfGovernment	state-level election event ⓘ
locatedIn	Iowa ⓘ
mediaDescription	first major contest in the 2008 Republican presidential nomination race ⓘ
nextEvent	2012 Iowa Republican caucuses ⓘ surface form: Iowa Republican caucuses, 2012
notableOutcome	boosted Mike Huckabee’s national visibility ⓘ demonstrated strength of evangelical voters in Iowa GOP electorate ⓘ
officeContested	President of the United States ⓘ
organizedBy	Iowa Republican Party ⓘ surface form: Republican Party of Iowa
partOf	2008 Republican Party presidential primaries ⓘ 2008 United States presidential election ⓘ
politicalParty	Republican Party ⓘ surface form: Republican Party (United States)
precededBy	pre-caucus campaigning in Iowa ⓘ
previousEvent	Iowa Republican caucuses, 2008 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Iowa Republican caucuses, 2004
purpose	influence selection of the 2008 Republican presidential nominee ⓘ select delegates to the 2008 Republican National Convention ⓘ
region	Midwestern United States ⓘ
secondPlace	Mitt Romney ⓘ
seventhPlace	Duncan Hunter ⓘ
sixthPlace	Rudy Giuliani ⓘ
state	Iowa ⓘ
thirdPlace	Fred Dalton Thompson ⓘ surface form: Fred Thompson
voterParticipationRequirement	Republican registration in Iowa ⓘ
votingMethod	caucus ⓘ
winner	Mike Huckabee ⓘ
year	2008 ⓘ

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Republican Party presidential primaries, 2008 → majorEvent → Iowa Republican caucuses, 2008 ⓘ

Iowa Republican caucuses, 2008 → previousEvent → Iowa Republican caucuses, 2008 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iowa Republican caucuses, 2004

New Hampshire Republican primary, 2008 → precededBy → Iowa Republican caucuses, 2008 ⓘ