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2008 primaries · California general election 2008

California presidential primary results 2008

Democratic primary 2/5/08

CandidatePartyVotesShareBar
Hillary Rodham Clinton WonDEM2,608,18451.47%
Barack ObamaDEM2,186,66243.16%
John EdwardsDEM193,6173.82%
Dennis J. KucinichDEM24,1260.48%
Bill RichardsonDEM19,9390.39%
Joe BidenDEM18,2610.36%
Mike GravelDEM8,1840.16%
Christopher J. DoddDEM8,0050.16%
Willie Felix CarterW40.00%
Eric HinzmanW40.00%
Philip EpsteinW30.00%
Brian F. CalefW20.00%
David Robert FreyW10.00%
Joseph McAndrewW10.00%
Total5,066,993

Source: 2008pres.pdf

Republican primary 2/5/08

CandidatePartyVotesShareBar
John McCain WonREP1,238,98842.25%
Mitt RomneyREP1,013,47134.56%
Mike HuckabeeREP340,66911.62%
Rudolph W. GiulianiREP128,6814.39%
Ron PaulREP125,3654.28%
Fred ThompsonREP50,2751.71%
Duncan HunterREP14,0210.48%
Alan KeyesREP11,7420.40%
Tom TancredoREP3,8840.13%
John CoxREP3,2190.11%
Sam BrownbackREP2,4860.09%
Karen IrishW60.00%
Michael P. ShawW20.00%
Joel Gary NeubergW10.00%
Edward MarshallW10.00%
Total2,932,811

Source: 2008pres.pdf

Some caucus results are reported as state delegate equivalents or delegates rather than votes; where the source has no vote count the cell is blank.