Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na ntuliaka Iowa, Hunter bịara n'ọnọdụ nke asaa site n'inweta 524 votes, ma ọ bụ otu pasent nke ngụkọta. Na ntuliaka New Hampshire, o nwetara vootu 1,220, ma ọ bụ ihe na-erughị otu pasent nke ngụkọta nke vootu nile e nyere, wee nọrọ n'ọnọdụ nke asaa na nke ikpeazụ. Na caucuses nke Wyoming o gosipụtara nke ọma, na-abịa nke atọ ma na-enweta 1 onye nnọchianya na
Nnọkọ Mgbakọ Mba nke Republican. Agbanyeghị, na Michigan isi, Hunter ọzọ nọ na nke ikpeazụ, na-abịa na nke asatọ n'azụ "Uncommitted" (nke natara votu 15,000 karịa Hunter). N'ụbọchị ikpeazụ nke mkpọsa ya, Hunter nwetara pasentị abụọ nke votu na Nevada caucuses, na na South Carolina isi o nwetara pasentị 0.2 nke votu, na-etinye ya n'ọnọdụ ikpeazụ na steeti abụọ ahụ. Ọ hapụrụ asọmpi ahụ n'abalị ahụ, na Jenụwarị 19, 2008. Hunter mechara kwado Huckabee maka nhọpụta ndị Republican.