Indiana

Indiana’s primary on May 6th is a pivotal primary providing Hillary Clinton a final chance to derail Barack Obama’s path to the nomination and offering Barack Obama an opportunity to clinch the nomination. If Obama beats Clinton in both Indiana and North Carolina on May 6th, then Clinton will be left without a reason […]

North Carolina

North Carolina, like Indiana which also votes May 6th, offers Barack Obama an opportunity to clinch the nomination while also providing Hillary Clinton a final opportunity to cast doubt on Obama’s electability. If Obama beats Clinton in both Indiana and North Carolina on May 6th, then Clinton will be left without a reason to […]

California

Hillary Clinton and John McCain win the February 5th, 2008 California Presidential Primary
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California Republican Primary:
John McCain 42%, Mitt Romney 34%, Mike Huckabee 12%, Rudy Giuliani 5%, Ron Paul 4%, and Fred Thompson 2%
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California Democratic Primary:
Hillary Clinton 52%, Barack Obama 42%, John Edwards 4%, and Dennis Kucinich 0%

Connecticut

Barack Obama and John McCain win the Connecticut Presidential Primary.
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Democratic Presidential Primary Results: Barack Obama 51%, Hillary Clinton 47%
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Republican Presidential Primary Results: John McCain 52%, Mitt Romney 33%, Mike Huckabee 7%, and Ron Paul 4%

Georgia

Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee win in Georgia.
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Democratic Presidential Campaign: Barack Obama 64% and Hillary Clinton 33%
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Republican Presidential Campaign: Mike Huckabee 34%, John McCain 32%, Mitt Romney 30%, and Ron Paul 3%

Illinois

Barack Obama and John McCain win Illinois Primary.
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Democratic Presidential Campaign: Barack Obama 65% and Hillary Clinton 33%
Republican Presidential Campaign: John McCain 48%, Mitt Romney 28%, Mike Huckabee 17%, and Ron Paul 5%

Massachusetts

Mitt Romney and Hillary Clinton win Massachusetts Presidential Primary.
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Former Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney defeated his Republican challengers statewide, but lost several counties and towns to John McCain, including Boston.
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Senator Hillary Clinton defeated Barack Obama by a wide margin statewide, however Obama received pockets of support around the state and managed to win a few counties and towns, including Boston.
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Republican Presidential Campaign: Mitt Romney 51%, John McCain 41%, Mike Huckabee 4%, and Ron Paul 3%.
Democratic Presidential Campaign: Hillary Clinton 57% and Barack Obama 40%

New Jersey

John McCain and Hillary Clinton win New Jersey Presidential Primary.
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Democratic Presidential Campaign: Hillary Clinton 54% and Barack Obama 44%
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Republican Presidential Campaign: John McCain 56%, Mitt Romney 28%, Mike Huckabee 8%, and Ron Paul 5%

New York

Hillary Clinton and John McCain win in New York
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Democratic Presidential Campaign: Hillary Clinton 57% and Barack Obama 404%
Republican Presidential Campaign: John McCain 51%, Mitt Romney 28%, Mike Huckabee 11%, and Ron Paul 3%

Florida

John McClain and Hillary Clinton Win the January 29th, 2008 Florida Presidential Primary.
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John McCain defeated the other Republican presidential candidates to win the Florida primary and in the process knocked Rudy Giuliani out of the race. Giuliani staked his candidacy on winning Florida and his defeat there means that he will drop out of the race soon. The Republican race is now looking like a two way race between John McCain and Mitt Romney with Super Tuesday less than a week away.

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The Democratic National Committee stripped Florida of it’s delegates and as a result the candidates did not campaign in the sate. Hillary Clinton, the winner of Florida, is lobbying to have Florida’s delegates reinstated.

South Carolina

News Coverage of the 2008 South Carolina Presidential Primary

John McCain wins January 19th Republican Presidential Primary in South Carolina: Eight years after his Presidential campaign imploded in South Carolina, John McCain wins the Republican presidential primary with 33% of the vote. McCain was followed by Huckabee (30%), Thompson (16%), Romney (15%), Paul (4%) and Giuliani (2%).
Barack Obama wins the January 26th Democratic Presidential Primary: In the bitter campaign charged with racial tension, won a commandinding victory with 55% of the vote. Clinton received 27% and Edwards 18%.

Nevada

News Coverage of the January 19th, 2008 Nevada Presidential Primary

Michigan

News Coverage of the January 15th, 2008 Michigan Presidential Primary
Republican Primary: Mitt Romney 39%. John McCain 30%. Mike Huckabee 16%. Ron Paul 6%. Fred Thompson 4%. Rudy Giuliani 3%.
Democratic Primary: Hillary Clinton 55% of vote. Uncommitted 40%. The Democratic National Committee stripped Michigan of it’s delegates for violating party rules and neither Barack Obama nor John Edwards contested the Michigan primary and did not appear on the ballot.

New Hampshire

News Coverage of the January 8th, 2008 New Hampshire Presidential Primary

Slate.com Election Scorecard for New Hampshire as of 1/5/20207

* Hillary Clinton has led the Democrats in New Hampshire polls for the entire campaign, but Barack Obama gaining quickly after his win in Iowa. One recent poll has Obama leading Clinton 37% to 27%
* A late minute surge by John McCain to catch up with Mitt Romney has made the Republican race close again. Mike Huckabee is still trails Romeny and McCain but is gaining quickly, as Rudy Guliani loses support to Huckabee and McCain.

Iowa

The first votes of the 2008 presidential election were cast in Iowa on January 3rd where each party began the process of selecting their presidential candidate.

The Results are in…
Democrats: Barack Obama 37.6%, John Edwards 29.7%, Hillary Clinton 29.5%
Repulicans: Mike Huckabee 34.3%, Mitt Romney 25.3%, Fred Thompson 13.4%