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The 2008 primary elections were divided into two election days. Presidential primaries and the 2008 Jefferson County Commission special election were held on February 5, while all other primaries are scheduled for June 3.
Statewide presidential primaries
With 96% of boxes returned, 1,039,564 votes had been counted, representing more than 38% of registered voters in Alabama.
Democratic presidential primary
- Barack Obama: 300,097 (56.0% of 536,240 votes cast)
- Hillary Clinton: 222,887 (41.6%)
- John Edwards: 7,865 (1.5%)
- Joe Biden: 1,175 (0.2%)
- Bill Richardson: 1,021 (0.2%)
- Christopher Dodd: 523 (0.1%)
- Uncommitted: 2,672 (0.5%)
Republican presidential primary
- Mike Huckabee: 225,659 (40.7% of 553,954 votes cast)
- John McCain: 206,595 (37.3%)
- Mitt Romney: 99,836 (18.0%)
- Ron Paul: 15,052 (2.7%)
- Rudy Giuliani: 2,174 (0.4%)
- Fred Thompson: 1,872 (0.3%)
- Duncan Hunter: 394 (0.1%)
- Tom Tancredo: 93 (0.0%)
- Uncommitted: 1,257 (0.2%)
Jefferson County results
Democratic presidential primary
- Barack Obama: 73,319 (72.2%)
- Hillary Clinton: 27,318 (26.9%)
- John Edwards: 485 (0.5%)
- Joe Biden: 113 (0.1%)
- Bill Richardson: 93 (0.1%)
- Christopher Dodd: 65 (0.1%)
- Uncommitted: 194 (0.2%)
Republican presidential primary
- Mike Huckabee: 29,169 (39.9%)
- John McCain: 28,198 (38.6%)
- Mitt Romney: 12,846 (17.6%)
- Ron Paul: 2,005 (2.8%)
- Rudy Giuliani: 265 (0.4%)
- Fred Thompson: 211 (0.3%)
- Alan Keyes: 103 (0.1%)
- Duncan Hunter: 42 (0.1%)
- Hugh Cort: 35 (0.1%)
- Tom Tancredo: 9 (0.0%)
- Uncommitted: 152 (0.2%)
Jefferson County Commission District 1
- See main article at 2008 Jefferson County Commission special election.
- William Bell: 17,641 (55.4%)
- George Bowman (incumbent): 4,975 (15.6%)
- Eric Major: 3,308 (10.4%)
- Fred Plump: 3,292 (10.4%)
- Orville Ifill: 1,379 (4.3%)
- Kamau Afrika: 1,223 (3.8%)
Shelby County results
Democratic presidential primary
- Barack Obama: 7,199 (55%)
- Hillary Clinton: 5,597 (43%)
- John Edwards: 139 (1%)
- Joe Biden: 16 (0%)
- Bill Richardson: 13 (0%)
- Christopher Dodd: 5 (0%)
- Uncommitted: 60 (0%)
Republican presidential primary
- Mike Huckabee: 14,010 (43%)
- John McCain: 11,438 (35%)
- Mitt Romney: 6,094 (19%)
- Ron Paul: 863 (3%)
- Rudy Giuliani: 101 (0%)
- Fred Thompson: 90 (0%)
- Alan Keyes: 42 (0%)
- Duncan Hunter: 19 (0%)
- Hugh Cort: 11 (0%)
- Tom Tancredo: 5 (0%)
- Uncommitted: 59 (0%)