2008 Republican Party presidential primaries
The 2008 Republican primaries will be the selection process by which the Republicans choose their candidates in the 2008 election for President and Vice President of the United States through a series of primaries and caucuses culminating in the 2008 Republican National Convention, to be held in Saint Paul, Minnesota, from September 1 until September 4.
Republican candidates in the 2008 U.S. presidential election will campaign for the nomination from their party. The early timeline is:
- January 21, 2008 - Iowa caucus
- January 28, 2008 - New Hampshire
- February 5, 2008 - Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Utah, West Virginia (which will nominate a candidate at a state nominating convention)
- February 5 2008 (unofficial date) - Florida, Michigan
Possible candidates
- U.S. Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas
- Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich
- Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani
- U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska
- Mike Huckabee, outgoing Governor of Arkansas
- U.S. Representative Duncan Hunter of California
- U.S. Senator John McCain of Arizona
- George Pataki, outgoing Governor of New York
- Mitt Romney, outgoing Governor of Massachusetts
- U.S. Representative Tom Tancredo of Colorado
- Tommy Thompson, Former Governor of Wisconsin
Announced candidates
- John Cox of Illinois
- Michael Charles Smith of Oregon
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