2008 Libertarian Party presidential primaries

2008 Libertarian Party presidential primaries
	February 5, 2008
Non-binding preferential vote
Christine Smith (1) Uncommitted (1)	No contest
Previous Libertarian nominee; Michael Badnarik;	Libertarian nominee ; Bob Barr;

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.[2] A total of 18,915 votes were cast in these primaries.

Candidates

Candidate	Profession	Campaign	On primary ballot		Popular vote
Candidate	Profession	Campaign	CA	MO	Popular vote
Christine Smith	Writer[1]				4,241
Steve Kubby	Libertarian activist, 1998 California gubernatorial nominee				3,072
Wayne Allyn Root	Businessman, media personality, author, TV producer				2,730
Bob Jackson	Engineer[3]				1,486
George Phillies	College professor[4]				1,015
Barry Hess	2002 and 2006 Libertarian nominee for Arizona governor[5]				891
Mike Jingozian					853
Daniel Imperato					848
Dave Hollist					819
Robert Milnes					721
John Finan					706
Alden Link					565
Alternate ballot options:
Uncommitted	N/A				967

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.[6]

In the Missouri primary on February 5, the Libertarian Party had a state-run primary held alongside the Republican and Democratic primaries.[7]

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