The 2008 Oregon Republican presidential primary was a mail only primary in the U.S. state of

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. Ballots were mailed to registered Republican voters between May 2 and May 6, 2008. To be counted, all ballots must have been received by county elections offices by 8:00 p.m. PDT on May 20, 2008. It was a

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; in order to vote in Republican races, residents must have registered as Republicans on or before April 29, 2008.

Presidential race

2008 Oregon Republican National Convention delegation

In the race for the Republican nominee for

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, there were two candidates on the Oregon ballot:

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and

Ron Paul Ronald Ernest Paul (born August 20, 1935) is an American author, activist, and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 22nd congressional district from 1976 to 1977, and again from 1979 to 1985, as well as for Texas' ...

Results

Other races

U.S. Senate

Incumbent Senator Gordon Smith defeated Gordon Leitch for the Republican nomination as he sought re-election to the

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U.S. House of Representatives

Oregon Republicans selected their candidate in four of Oregon's five congressional districts for the

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Greg Walden Gregory Paul Walden (born January 10, 1957) is an American politician who served as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for from 1999 to 2021. He is a Republican Party (United States), Republican. Walden is the son of ...

, Oregon's only incumbent Republican congressman, was unopposed in his race in . In the , real estate investor Delia Lopez was unopposed, and businessman

Mike Erickson Michael Kurtis Erickson (born January 27, 1963) is an American businessman and political candidate in the U.S. state of Oregon. Erickson has been the Republican nominee for the United States House of Representatives four times, losing each time ...

won a close race in the . Republicans did not field a candidate in the . In the , retired teacher Joel Haugen won the nomination, but later withdrew it after clashes with party leaders over Haugen's endorsement of Democrat

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for President. Haugen is now the

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candidate, Another Republican Stephan Andrew Brodhead an Iraq War veteran and Real Estate investor Of Hillsboro, Oregon is running an active campaign as a write-in candidate.

Statewide offices

This election determined the Republican candidate for two statewide offices. For Secretary of State,

Rick Dancer Rick Dancer (born June 29, 1959) is an American journalist and politician in the state of Oregon. Born in the city of Hillsboro, Oregon, Hillsboro, he was a longtime anchor for KEZI television in Eugene, Oregon, Eugene. Among his other activities ...

was unopposed.; for

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was also unopposed. No Republican filed to run for

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, but there were 13,043 write-in votes.

John Kroger John Richard Kroger (born 1966) is an American lawyer who served as the president of Reed College. He served as Attorney General for the U.S. state of Oregon from 2009 to 2012. Prior to being elected in 2008, he had earlier served in the Marine ...

, who also won the

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, got 2,885 votes and will be the Republican nominee as well. Kroger's Democratic rival

Greg Macpherson Gregory Hector Macpherson (born May 3, 1950) is a Democratic politician in the US state of Oregon. From 2003 to 2009, he served as the state representative from District 38, which includes most of Lake Oswego and portions of southwestern Por ...

came in second with 1,391 votes.

Oregon Senate

Half (15) the positions in the

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were up for election. Republicans nominated candidates in 11 Senate districts for the general election, including one successful write-in candidate.

Oregon House of Representatives

As is the case every two years, all the 60 positions in the

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were up for election. Republicans nominated candidates in 44 House districts for the general election, including two successful write-in candidates.

References

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