Republican Party presidential primaries, 2008

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Republican Party presidential primary United States presidential primary

The Republican Party presidential primaries of 2008 were the series of state-level contests in which Republican voters selected their party’s nominee for the 2008 U.S. presidential election, ultimately leading to the nomination of Senator John McCain.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Republican Party presidential primary ⓘ
United States presidential primary ⓘ
candidate Alan Keyes ⓘ
Duncan Hunter ⓘ
Fred Thompson (American politician and actor) ⓘ
surface form: Fred Thompson

Herman Cain ⓘ
John McCain ⓘ
Mike Huckabee ⓘ
Mitt Romney ⓘ
Ron Paul ⓘ
Rudy Giuliani ⓘ
Sam Brownback ⓘ
Tom Tancredo ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culminatedIn Republican National Convention ⓘ
surface form: 2008 Republican National Convention
debatesOrganisedBy Republican National Committee ⓘ
electoralCollegeVotesNeededToWin 1191 ⓘ
endTime 2008-06 ⓘ
eventualFrontRunner John McCain ⓘ
followedBy Republican Party presidential primaries, 2012 ⓘ
follows Republican Party presidential primaries, 2004 ⓘ
frontRunnerAtStart Rudy Giuliani ⓘ
ideology Anglo-American conservatism ⓘ
surface form: Conservatism in the United States
locationOfConvention Saint Paul, Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorEvent Florida Republican primary, 2008 ⓘ
Iowa Republican caucuses, 2008 ⓘ
New Hampshire Republican primary, 2008 ⓘ
South Carolina Republican primary, 2008 ⓘ
Super Tuesday, 2008 ⓘ
mediaCoverageBy CNN ⓘ
Fox News Channel ⓘ
surface form: Fox News

MSNBC ⓘ
nominee John McCain ⓘ
nomineeRunningMate Sarah Palin ⓘ
notableIssue Iraq War ⓘ
economy ⓘ
immigration policy ⓘ
officeContested President of the United States ⓘ
organisedBy Republican Party ⓘ
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
partOf 2008 United States presidential election ⓘ
resultedIn John McCain ⓘ
surface form: John McCain 2008 presidential campaign
startTime 2008-01 ⓘ
superTuesdayDate 2008-02-05 ⓘ
totalDelegates 2380 ⓘ
usedSystem state-level caucuses ⓘ
state-level primaries ⓘ
voterGroup Republican voters ⓘ
Republican-leaning independents ⓘ
winner John McCain ⓘ

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George W. Bush 2004 presidential campaign → followedBy → Republican Party presidential primaries, 2008 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Republican Party 2008 presidential primaries
2008 United States presidential election → primaryProcess → Republican Party presidential primaries, 2008 ⓘ