Tuesday 1 January - Monday 14 January 2008. Delegates to the State Presidential Convention are selected. The delegates consist of the West Virginia Republican State Executive Committee, members of each of the County Executive Committee, Republican members of the West Virginia Legislature, Republican members of the Board of Public Works, and 1 delegate for every 1,000 registered Republicans (or fraction thereof) in each of the 55 counties. In addition, counties that cast a majority of their vote for Republican nominee in the last Presidential election receive 1 bonus delegate for every 4 delegates allocated on the basis of registered Republicans.

Tuesday 5 February 2008. 18 of West Virginia's 30 delegates to the Republican National Convention are selected by a roll call vote at the State Presidential Convention.

• If a Presidential Candidate receives more than 50 percent of the vote on the first roll call, that candidate receives all 18 At-Large National Delegates.
• If no candidate receives more than 50 percent on the first roll call vote, a second roll call vote is taken among the three highest vote getters.
• If a candidate receives more than 50 percent on the second roll call vote, that candidate receives all 18 At-Large National Delegates.
• If no candidate receives more than 50 percent on the second roll call vote, a third roll call vote is taken between the two highest vote getters.
• The candidate receiving more than 50 percent in the third roll call vote receives all 18 At-Large National Delegates.

Tuesday 13 May 2008: 9 of West Virginia's 30 delegates to the Republican National Convention will be elected in the West Virginia Presidential Primary.

• 9 district delegates (3 delegates from each of the state's 3 Congressional Districts) are individually listed on the ballot with their presidential preferences indicated. The candidate receiving the most votes in each Congressional District receives that District's 3 delegates.

In addition, 3 party leaders, the National Committeeman, the National Committeewoman, and the chairman of the West Virginia's Republican Party, will attend the convention as unpledged delegates by virtue of their position.

West Virginia has 55 counties and 3 congressional districts: all 55 counties are wholly within a given congressional district and no county is divided among more than one congressional district.

• CD 1: Barbour, Brooke, Doddridge, Gilmer, Grant, Hancock, Harrison, Marion, Marshall, Mineral, Monongalia, Ohio, Pleasants, Preston, Ritchie, Taylor, Tucker, Tyler, Wetzel and Wood.
• CD 2: Berkeley, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Hampshire, Hardy, Jackson, Jefferson, Kanawha, Lewis, Mason, Morgan, Pendleton, Putnam, Randolph, Roane, Upshur and Wirt.
• CD 3: Boone, Cabell, Fayette, Greenbrier, Lincoln, Logan, McDowell, Mercer, Mingo, Monroe, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Raleigh, Summers, Wayne, Webster and Wyoming.