Oregon Republican primary, 2008

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The 2008 Oregon Republican primary was a mail only primary in the U.S. state of Oregon. Ballots were mailed to registered Republican voters between May 2 and May 6, 2008.^[1] To be counted, all ballots must have been received by county elections offices by 8:00 p.m. PDT on May 20, 2008.^[1] It was a closed primary; in order to vote in Republican races, residents must have registered as Republicans on or before April 29, 2008.

Contents 1 Presidential race 1.1 Results 2 U.S. Senate 3 U.S. House of Representatives 4 Statewide offices 5 Oregon Senate 6 Oregon House of Representatives 7 See also 8 References

[edit] Presidential race

In the race for the Republican nominee for President of the United States, there were two candidates on the Oregon ballot: John McCain and Ron Paul.

[edit] Results

See also: Results of the 2008 Republican Party presidential primaries

Oregon Republican presidential primary, 2008 100% of precincts reporting (starting 8pm PDT)[2][3]
Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Delegates[4]
John McCain	284,393	81.28%	23
Ron Paul	50,792	14.52%	4
Write-in	14,729	4.21%	0
Total	349,914	100.00%	27

[edit] U.S. Senate

Main article: United States Senate election in Oregon, 2008

Incumbent Senator Gordon Smith defeated Gordon Leitch for the Republican nomination as he seeks re-election to the United States Senate.

[edit] U.S. House of Representatives

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon, 2008

Oregon Republicans selected their candidate in four of Oregon's five congressional districts for the United States House of Representatives. Greg Walden, Oregon's only incumbent Republican congressman, was unopposed in his race in Oregon's 2nd congressional district. In the 1st district, retired teacher Joel Haugen is the Republican candidate, real estate investor Delia Lopez was unopposed in the 3rd district, and businessman Mike Erickson won a close race in the 5th district. Republicans did not field a candidate in the 4th district.

[edit] Statewide offices

Main article: Oregon state elections, 2008

This election determined the Republican candidate for two statewide offices. For Secretary of State, Rick Dancer was unopposed.; for Treasurer Allen Alley was also unopposed. No Republican filed to run for Attorney General.

[edit] Oregon Senate

Main article: Oregon Senate elections, 2008

Half (15) the positions in the Oregon State Senate were up for election. Republicans have candidates in 10 Senate districts for the general election.

[edit] Oregon House of Representatives

Main article: Oregon House of Representatives elections, 2008

As is the case every two years, all the 60 positions in the Oregon House of Representatives were up for election. Republicans have candidates in 42 House districts for the general election.

[edit] See also

• Oregon Democratic primary, 2008
• Republican Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2008

[edit] References

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