The 2008 Libertarian Party presidential primaries allowed voters to indicate non-binding preferences for the Libertarian Party's presidential candidate. These differed from the Republican or Democratic presidential primaries and caucuses in that they did not appoint delegates to represent a candidate at the party's convention to select the party's nominee for the United States presidential election. The party's nominee for the 2008 presidential election was chosen directly by registered delegates at the 2008 Libertarian National Convention, which ran from May 22 to 26, 2008. The delegates nominated former congressman Bob Barr (who did not run in the primaries) for president and media personality Wayne Allyn Root for vice president.
Two primaries were held, one in Missouri and one in California. A total of 18,915 votes were cast in these primaries.
Candidates
Candidate Profession Campaign On primary ballot Popular vote CA MOChristine Smith Writer 4,241Steve Kubby Libertarian activist, 1998 California gubernatorial nominee 3,072Wayne Allyn Root Businessman, media personality, author, TV producer 2,730Bob Jackson Engineer 1,486George Phillies College professor 1,015Barry Hess 2002 and 2006 Libertarian nominee for Arizona governor 891Mike Jingozian Businessman 853Daniel Imperato Businessman 848Dave Hollist Activist 819Robert Milnes Journalist 721John Finan Activist 706Alden Link Company manager 565Alternate ballot options:Uncommitted N/A 967
Primaries and caucuses + National totals Candidate Votes % First-placeprimary/caucusfinishes Christine Smith 4,241 22.42% 1 Steve Kubby 3,072 16.24% Wayne Allen Root 2,730 14.43% Bob Jackson 1,486 7.86% George Phillies 1,015 5.37% Barry Hess 891 4.71% Uncommitted/uninstructed 885 4.68% 1 Mike Jingozian 853 4.51% Daniel Imperato 848 4.48% Dave Hollist 819 4.33% Robert Milnes 721 3.81% John Finan 706 3.73% Alden Link 565 2.99% Leon L. Ray 1 0.00%
California primary Type: Semi-Closed
In the California primary on February 5, the Libertarian Party had a state-run primary held alongside those for the Republicans, Democrats, the Green Party, the American Independent Party and the Peace and Freedom Party.
+California Libertarian presidential primary, February 5, 2008CandidateVotesPercentage Christine Smith 4,241 25.2 Steve Kubby 2,876 17.1 Wayne Allyn Root 2,360 14.0 Bob Jackson 1,486 8.9 Barry Hess 891 5.3 George Phillies 852 5.1 Mike Jingozian 774 4.6 Robert Milnes 721 4.3 Daniel Imperato 707 4.1 John Finan 706 4.1 Dave Hollist 678 4.0 Alden Link 565 3.3 Leon L. Ray (write-in) 1 nil Total 16,858 100
Missouri primary
In the Missouri primary on February 5, the Libertarian Party had a state-run primary held alongside the Republican and Democratic primaries.
+Missouri Libertarian presidential primary, February 5, 2008CandidateVotesPercentage Uncommitted 967 47.0 Wayne Allyn Root 370 18.0 Steve Kubby 196 9.5 George Phillies 163 7.9 Dave Hollist 141 6.9 Daniel Imperato 141 6.9 Mike Jingozian 79 3.8 Total 2,057 100
2008 National Convention
See also Presidential primaries 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries 2008 Green Party presidential primaries 2008 Republican Party presidential primaries
National Conventions 2008 Constitution Party National Convention 2008 Libertarian National Convention 2008 Green National Convention 2008 Democratic National Convention 2008 Republican National Convention
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