Rudy Giuliani 2008 presidential campaign 3 Iowa Republican caucus, in which Giuliani essentially did not compete, he finished a distant sixth out of seven candidates with 4 percent of the vote. He had been second in polls in the state as late as early October. Giuliani did compete, off and on, in the January 8 New Hampshire primary, making the second most appearances there of any Republican after Mitt Romney and spending the third most money there after Romney and John McCain. He had been second in the polls in the state as late as the start of December, but finished fourth in the primary
Political positions of Rudy Giuliani rights and illegal immigration. He remains hawkish on the War on Drugs, and opposes the medicinal use of marijuana. Giuliani expressed pro-choice positions during his campaigns for mayor of New York City, (1989 and 1993), a seat in the United States Senate (2000) and in his 2008 presidential run. He had also stated that he disagreed with President [George H.W.] Bush's veto of public funding for abortions. That year his campaign issued the following statement: As mayor, Rudy Giuliani will uphold a woman's right of choice to have an abortion. Giuliani will fund all city programs which provide abortions to