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  VA US President - R Primary
  RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > Virginia > President
Parent RaceUS President - R Primaries
OfficePresident
TypePrimary Election
Filing Deadline January 01, 2008 - 05:00am
Polls Open February 12, 2008 - 06:00am
Polls Close February 12, 2008 - 06:00pm
Term Start January 20, 2009 - 12:00pm
Term End January 20, 2013 - 12:00pm
ContributorThe Sunset Provision
Last ModifiedRBH June 18, 2010 12:41am
Data Sources[Link]
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
PartyRepublican Won11/02/2004
NameGeorge W. Bush Votes1,716,959 (53.68%)
Term01/20/2005 - 01/20/2009 Margin262,217 (+8.20%)
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 9.0000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
John McCain
Safe 2
Strong 5
Lean 6
Slight 7
Mike Huckabee
Slight 1
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

10/04/2007 02/10/2008

CANDIDATES
Photo
Name Sen. John McCain Gov. Mike Huckabee Rep. Ron Paul Gov. Mitt Romney Sen. Fred Thompson Mayor Rudy Giuliani
PartyRepublican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican
Votes244,829 (50.04%) 199,003 (40.68%) 21,999 (4.50%) 18,002 (3.68%) 3,395 (0.69%) 2,024 (0.41%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -45,826 (-9.37%) -222,830 (-45.55%) -226,827 (-46.36%) -241,434 (-49.35%) -242,805 (-49.63%)
Predict Avg.34.67% 26.75% 12.33% 0.67% 0.00% 1.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Survey USA 
02/09-02/10		 48.00% (-9.0) 37.00% (+12.0) 7.00% (-2.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Survey USA 
02/08-02/08		 57.00% (+0.0) 25.00% (+0.0) 9.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Mason-Dixon 
02/07-02/08		 55.00% (+0.0) 27.00% (+0.0) 5.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Washington Post/ABC News 
10/04-10/08		 20.00% (+0.0) 2.00% (+0.0) 2.00% (+0.0) 9.00% (+0.0) 19.00% (+0.0) 34.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
  Fairfax Times
R Oliver L. "Ollie" North
  Free Lance-Star
  Danville Register & Bee
R Jonathan Falwell
R Jerry Falwell Jr
R William J. "Bill" Howell [L]
R George C. Landrith III [L]
R William T. "Bill" Bolling
  Virginia Society for Human Life
R Bob McDonnell
R George F. Allen

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Dec 01, 2007 10:00am Rule Change RPV State Central Committee Withdraws Statement of Intent Requirement for 2008 Primary  Article Servo 
Nov 27, 2007 12:00pm News Voters in GOP primary to sign pledge of intent  Article The Sunset Provision 

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