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In 2008, Virginia for the first time since 1964, cast its electoral college votes for a Democrat. It also elected a United States Senator, members of the United States House of Representatives, and local officers such as county board and school board members. ==Republican candidate selections and activities== On February 12, 2008, a Presidential primary decided which candidate would receive Virginia's delegates to the 2008 National convention. The results were:〔https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/DATA/2008/F88C865B-87AB-494E-8C2E-599FED2DF7C6/Unofficial/1_s.shtml Retrieved 2008-02-14.〕 In a second step, city and county caucuses elected delegates to Congressional District and the State Conventions. The third step was a series of Congressional District conventions held in late April and early May 2008; they elected some of Virginia's delegates to the Republican National Convention. The Republican State Convention (Richmond, Virginia May 30-31, 2008) chose the Republican Senate nominee, twenty-seven (27) delegates, and twenty-seven (27) alternate delegates at large to the 2008 Republican National Convention.〔Convention Call, http://www.rpv.org/?q=node/77 Retrieved 2008-03-06. 〕 Since the Republican primary is winner-take-all, all National Convention delegates must vote for John McCain on the first ballot.〔(Retrieved 2008-03-06. ) 〕 The main issues for State Convention delegates was their preference for party chairman and U.S. Senate nominee. James S. Gilmore secured the Senate nomination over Robert G. Marshall by 70 votes out of 10,378. Although Gilmore outspent Marshall by more than 8 to 1, a coalition of Pro-life activists, libertarians and some moderates from Northern Virginia almost succeeded in nominating Marshall. Later in the day, that coalition elected Delegate Jeffrey M. Frederick as state party chair over incumbent John H. Hager (Jenna Bush's father-in-law). The Eighth and Tenth Congressional districts chose their congressional candidates in primary elections June 10, 2008.〔http://www.sbe.virginia.gov/cms/documents/List_of_Cidates_By_Office_District().pdf〕 In October 2008, Virginia's Republican Party chairman Jeffrey M. Frederick compared Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama to Osama bin Laden because of his association with Bill Ayers. Both had friends who bombed buildings in the United States. A McCain spokeswoman complained Frederick's remarks were "not appropriate." 〔(GOP Head Compares Obama to Bin Laden )〕 On November 3, 2008, the Virginia Republican Party charged that local election officials had mailed absentee ballots ten days late to military members overseas. Its lawsuit sought to modify the rule which requires all absentee votes to be received by the time that the polls close in order to give overseas absentee voters and additional 10 days to return their ballots. For 2008, the Republican Party of Virginia raised $489,024 compared with $2,200,851 for the Democratic party.〔(Retrieved 2009-02-05. )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Virginia elections, 2008」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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