New Hampshire Democratic primary, 2008

New Hampshire Democratic Caucus, 2008

2004 ← January 8, 2008 (2008-01-08) → 2016

Candidate Hillary Clinton Barack Obama John Edwards Home state New York Illinois North Carolina Delegate count 9 9 4 Popular vote 112,404 104,815 48,699 Percentage 39.1% 36.5% 16.9%   Candidate Bill Richardson Home state New Mexico Delegate count 0 Popular vote 3,891 Percentage 4.6%

Precinct Results, which correspond to municipal boundaries. Gold denotes precincts won by Clinton, purple denotes those won by Obama, blue denotes those won by Edwards, and light green denotes those won by Bill Richardson.

The 2008 New Hampshire Democratic primary on January 8, 2008 was the first primary in the United States in 2008. Its purpose was to determine the number of delegates from New Hampshire that would represent a certain candidate at the National Convention. In a primary, members of a political party—in this case, the Democratic Party—will select the candidates to a subsequent election. Since 1920, New Hampshire has always hosted the first primaries in the entire nation. The Democratic Party's primary occurred on the same day as the Republican primary.

Hillary Clinton was the winner of the popular vote in the primary, with Barack Obama trailing in second. Clinton and Obama received an equal number of delegates to the National Convention since the percentages of their votes were close. With this win, Clinton became the first female candidate to ever win a delegate-binding primary of a major political party's presidential nominating contest.

After Obama became the Democratic Party's presumptive nominee on June 3, the New Hampshire Delegation to the 2008 Democratic National Convention unanimously cast its 30 formal votes for him, one of only three states to do so.

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