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Republican presidential primaries, 2012

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Candidate Mitt Romney Rick Santorum

Home state Massachusetts Pennsylvania

States carried 37+DC+PR+GU+AS+MP[1] 11[1]

Popular vote 10,031,336[2] 3,932,069[2]

Percentage 52.13% 20.43%

Candidate Newt Gingrich Ron Paul

Home state Georgia Texas

States carried 2[1] 0+VI[1]

Popular vote 2,734,570[2] 2,095,795[2]

Percentage 14.21% 10.89%

Republican Party presidential primaries, 2012From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The 2012 Republican presidential primarieswere the selection processes in which voters ofthe Republican Party elected state delegations tothe Republican National Convention. Thenational convention then selected their nomineeto run for President of the United States in the2012 presidential election. There were 2,286delegates chosen,[3] and a candidate needed toaccumulate 1,144 delegate votes at theconvention to win the nomination.[4] Thecaucuses allocated delegates to the respectivestate delegations to the national convention, butthe actual election of the delegates were manytimes at a later date. Delegates were elected indifferent ways that vary from state to state. Theycould be elected at local conventions, selectedfrom slates submitted by the candidates,selected at committee meetings, or electeddirectly at the caucuses and primaries.

The primary contest began in 2011 with a fairlywide field. Mitt Romney, former Governor ofMassachusetts, had been preparing to run forpresident ever since the 2008 election,[5] andwas from early on the favorite to win thenomination. However, he lacked support fromthe party's conservative wing and the medianarrative became: "Who will be the anti-Romney candidate?"[6] Several candidates rosein the polls throughout the year. However, thefield was down to four candidates by February2012: Former House speaker Newt Gingrich,U.S. Congressman Ron Paul, former GovernorRomney and former U.S. Senator RickSantorum. It was the first presidential primaryto be affected by a Supreme Court ruling thatallowed unlimited independent expenditures tosupport or oppose candidates through superPACs.

Three different candidates won the first threecontests. Santorum, who had been running aone-state campaign in Iowa, narrowly won inthat state's caucuses by a handful of votes overRomney (who was thought to have won the

First place finishes by popular vote Mitt Romney (42) Rick Santorum (11)

Newt Gingrich (2) Ron Paul (1)

First place finishes by plurality of delegates Mitt Romney (45) Rick Santorum (6)

Ron Paul (4) Newt Gingrich (2)

First place finishes by convention roll call Mitt Romney (53) Ron Paul (3)

Previous Republican nomineebefore election

John McCain

Republican nominee

Mitt Romney

caucuses before a recount). Romney went on towin New Hampshire, but lost South Carolina toGingrich. From there, Santorum took hiscampaign national and carried three more statesbefore Super Tuesday, while Romney carriedseven.

Super Tuesday primaries took place on March 6.With ten states voting and 391 delegates beingallocated, it had less than half the potentialimpact of its 2008 predecessor. Romney carriedsix states and Santorum three, while Gingrichwon his home state of Georgia. Twelve moreevents were held in March, including all of theterritorial contests and the first localconventions that allocated delegates(Wyoming's county conventions). Santorumwon Kansas and three Southern primaries, butwas unable to make any significant gains onRomney, who maintained a solid lead over allother contenders after securing more than halfof the delegates allocated in the month ofMarch.

Santorum suspended his campaign on April 10,a week after losing Wisconsin and two otherprimaries to Romney. Gingrich followed suit onMay 2, after the RNC had declared Romney thepresumptive nominee on April 25 and put itsresources behind him. On May 14, Paulannounced that he would skip funding theremaining primary contests and devote hisresources to winning delegates at stateconventions, and subsequently won majorities indelegations of three states whose non-bindingprimaries were initially in favor of othercandidates.[7] On May 29, Romney reached thenominating threshold of 1,144 delegates by most projected counts following his primary win in Texas[8] andwas congratulated by RNC Chairman Reince Priebus for "securing the delegates needed to be our party'sofficial nominee at our convention in Tampa."[9] With his subsequent victories in California and severalsmaller states, Romney surpassed a majority of bound delegates on June 5.

Contents1 Primaries and state conventions2 Timeline of the race

2.1 The beginning (2011)

2.2 Early states (January to March)2.3 Super Tuesday (March 6)2.4 Mid-March2.5 April2.6 May2.7 June2.8 July2.9 August

3 Schedule and process3.1 Primary schedule3.2 Delegate changes announced at the national convention

4 Results by popular vote4.1 Counties carried4.2 Margin of victory

5 See also6 References7 External links

Primaries and state conventionsFive states had delegate nomination rules reverse the popular vote

Iowa, Maine, and Minnesota went to Ron Paul at conventionsMissouri and Colorado went to Romney at state conventionsMontana voters voted most for Romney—delegation not finalized by July 14Louisiana voters voted most for Santorum—delegation not finalized by July 14

States with a majority of their delegates still uncommitted in July

Louisiana had 28 outstanding delegates to assignMontana had 23 uncommitted delegatesAlso, Pennsylvania had 32 uncommitted delegatesNine other states have small numbers of uncommitted delegates.

By July 14, Romney held 1,439 delegates, 295 more than needed for nomination.

CandidateDelegate

HardCount

DelegateSoft Count Delegations with plurality[1]

MittRomney

1,462 1,524

43Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado,

Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Guam, Hawaii,Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan,Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico,

New York, North Carolina, Northern Mariana Islands, Ohio, Oregon,Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Texas, U.S.Virgin Islands, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia,

Wisconsin, Wyoming

RickSantorum

234 248 6Alabama, Kansas, North Dakota, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee

RonPaul

122 164 4Iowa, Maine, Minnesota, Louisiana

NewtGingrich

137 142 2Georgia, South Carolina

Delegate Hard Count: This only includes bound delegates that have to vote for a candidate even if theysupport another candidate.[2]

Delegate Soft Count: This only includes delegates allocated at the primaries and unallocated delegatesthat are (s)elected at their local conventions or committees. It does not included any projections onfuture local conventions or the 117 unbound RNC delegates that are not a part of the primary electionprocess. A breakdown of this count and its sources can be found in the Primary Schedule below.Plurality: A candidate secures a delegation when he has the highest number of delegates that can votefor him on the first ballot in the nomination at the National Convention. According to the current RNCrules it takes plurality in five delegations to be on the first ballot at the National Convention, and ittakes 1,144 delegates at the roll call of the ballots to become the Republican nominee.[10]

Timeline of the raceMain articles: United States presidential election, 2012 timeline and Republican Party presidentialcandidates, 2012

The primary contests took place from January 3 to July 14 and elected and allocated 2,286 voting delegatesto the 2012 Republican National Convention in the week of August 27. To become the Republican Party'snominee for the 2012 presidential election a candidate needed a majority of 1,144 delegates to vote for himand plurality in five state delegations. The 2012 race was significantly different from earlier races. Manystates switched from their old winner-take-all allocation to proportional allocation. Many remaining winner-take-all states allocated delegates to both the winner of each congressional district and the winner of thestate. The change was made to prolong the race, giving lesser known candidates a chance and making itharder for a frontrunner to secure the majority early. It was also hoped that this change in the election systemwould energize the base of the party.[11][12]

Tim Pawlenty (left) and Thaddeus McCotter(right) both dropped out early in the race.

Herman Cain suspended hiscampaign on December 3 aftermedia reports of alleged sexualmisconduct.

Most of the candidates started their campaigns in the summer of 2011, but after the first two primaries onlyfour major campaigns remained. At the beginning of May, Romney was widely considered the presumptivenominee, and Paul was the only other major candidate running an active campaign.

The beginning (2011)

Main articles: Prelude to the Republican presidential primaries, 2012 and Republican Party presidentialdebates, 2012

The 2008 Republican National Convention decided that the2012 primary schedule generally would be subject to the samerules as the 2008 delegate selection contests.[13] But onAugust 6, 2010, the Republican National Committee (RNC)adopted new rules for the timing of elections, with 103 votesin favor out of 144.[14] Under this plan, allocation of delegatesto the national convention were to be divided into threeperiods:[15]

February 1 – March 5, 2012: Contests of traditional earlystates Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina,March 6–31, 2012: Contests that proportionally allocate delegates,April 1, 2012, and onward: All other contests including winner-take-all elections.

Several states, most notably Florida, scheduled their allocating contestsearlier than prescribed. This pressured every traditional early state exceptNevada to push back their contest into January. As a result of theirviolation of RNC rules, these states were penalized with a loss of halftheir delegates, including voting right for RNC delegates. Despite havingearly caucuses, Iowa, Maine, Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri were notpenalized, because their contests did not allocate national delegates.[16]

The start of the 2012 Republican race for president was shaped by the 13presidential debates of 2011 beginning on May 5. Gary Johnson and Buddy Roemer, both former Governors,were left out of most of the debates, leading to complaints of bias.[17] On December 28, 2011, Johnsonwithdrew to seek the Libertarian Party nomination and on February 23, 2012, Roemer withdrew to seek the

Gary Johnson (left) withdrew onDecember 28 and Buddy Roemer(right) on February 23, both torun for nomination by otherparties.

Reform Party and the Americans Elect nomination.

Two candidates from the 2008 presidential primaries, Mitt Romney and Ron Paul, ran again in the 2012primary campaign. Mitt Romney was an early frontrunner, and he maintained a careful, strategic campaignthat centered on being an establishment candidate. In the summer of 2011 he had a lead in polls with thesupport of much of the Republican electorate.[18] However, his lead over the Republican field wasprecarious, owing to the entry of new candidates who drew considerable media attention. Firstcongresswoman Michele Bachmann of Minnesota started her campaign in June and surged in the polls afterwinning the Ames Straw Poll in August, but she lost some of the momentum when Texas Governor RickPerry shortly after was drafted by strong national Republican support. He performed strongly in polls,immediately becoming a serious contender.[19] But he lost the momentum following poor performances inthe September debates. As the third opponent to Romney's lead Herman Cain surged after the sixth debate onSeptember 22. In November, Cain's viability as a candidate was seriously jeopardized after severalallegations of sexual harassment surfaced in the media. He suspended his campaign on December 3, 2011,stating there was no misconduct.

In November, as Herman Cain's campaign was stumbling, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrichasserted himself as the fourth leading opponent to Romney.[20] It was a comeback for Gingrich after hiscampaign had suffered under serious staff problems just weeks after he had entered the race in May.[21] Butin the few weeks before the Iowa caucus, Gingrich's lead quickly began to evaporate as super PACssympathetic to Mitt Romney and others spent over $4.4 million in negative advertising on Gingrich.[22][23]So on the eve of the Iowa Caucus, the first contest, there was no clear and strong frontrunner.

Early states (January to March)

Main article: Results of the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries#Early states

Six delegations had primary elections allocating 174 delegatesSeven delegations had caucuses starting the process of electing 182 unallocated delegates

In 2012 there were 13 state contests before Super Tuesday, sevencaucuses and 5 primaries. Missouri had a nonbinding straw poll in theform of a primary. Santorum spent months in Iowa, traveling to all 99counties and holding some 381 town hall meetings.[24] This one statecampaign succeeded when he tied with Romney in the Iowa Caucuses onJanuary 3. This first in the nation caucus propelled him into a nationalcampaign while it ended Michele Bachmann's campaign. On the night ofthe caucuses, Romney was reported the winner of Iowa by only eightvotes over Santorum,[25] but after the results were certified, Santorumwas declared the winner, beating Romney by 34 votes, despite the resultsfrom 8 districts being lost.[26] Newt Gingrich said after Iowa that hispositive campaign had been a weakness, and had allowed his rivals togain the upper hand through negative attacks paid by super PACssupporting them.[27]

Mitt Romney easily won the next contest, New Hampshire, his win seen as a given. Romney had persistentlyshown popularity in that state, but rivals were intensely fighting for a second-place finish there.[28] JonHuntsman, Jr., a moderate, had staked his candidacy on New Hampshire and invested heavily in at least a

Michele Bachmann suspendedher campaign on January 4after ending up sixth in theIowa caucus.

Jon Huntsman Jr. investedheavily in New Hampshire. Afterfinishing third, he suspended hiscampaign on January 16.

Rick Perry suspended hiscampaign on January 19 aftergetting fifth place in Iowaand last in New Hampshire.

strong second place showing, but after 150 campaign events in the state he ended third after Paul. Both heand Rick Perry dropped out of the race shortly before voting day in South Carolina and the two delegatesallocated to Huntsman became unbound.[29]

Romney was expected to virtually clinch the nomination with a win in South Carolina, but Gingrich, fromneighboring Georgia, waged an aggressive and successful campaign winning all but one of the state'scongressional districts.[30] The Gingrich victory in South Carolina, together with two strong debateperformances, gave him a second surge, opening the race to a longer and more unpredictable campaign.

Romney did regain some of his momentum in the next two weeks and won the Florida primary and theNevada caucuses. However, the race shifted again on February 7, when Santorum swept all three Midwesternstates voting that day. By doing so he made a case for himself as the 'Not-Romney' candidate and disruptedRomney's narrative as the unstoppable frontrunner.[31]

Following his victories on February 7, Santorum received a huge boost in momentum as conservativesseeking an alternative to Romney began leaving Gingrich for Santorum. Numerous polls taken afterSantorum's victories showed him either leading Romney nationally or close behind.[32][33][34][35][36] Toregain momentum Romney shelved his "no straw polls" policy and actively campaigned to win the CPACstraw poll, which he won with 38% to Santorum's 31%.[37] He also campaigned in Maine, beating Ron Paulby only three percentage points.

Regaining momentum Romney won the remaining four states. The candidates campaigned heavily inMichigan, and even though Romney won the state vote, he won only 7 out of 14 congressional districts, therest going to Santorum. The allocation of two at-large delegates in the state was before the election wasreported to be given proportionally. After the election Michigan GOP officials announced there had been anerror in the memo published and that the two delegates would be given to the winner, sparking accusations ofRomney rigging the results from Santorum's team.[38] After thirteen contests the GOP field for thepresidential nomination was still wide open.

% Can show a plurality of delegates % Straw poll won, but can not show a plurality of delegates

The numbers for delegates, states, and districts won in these tables include results from localconventions held in states which did not allocate their delegates at the precinct caucuses or primary

election. These conventions were generally held on dates later than the table indicates.

Early states results

Candidates: NewtGingrich

RonPaul

MittRomney

RickSantorum

RickPerry

JonHuntsman

MicheleBachmann

Delegates won 29 72 155 27 0 2 0

Popular vote 990,989(21.8%)

511,547(11.2%)

1,854,670(40.7%)

1,099,596(24.1%)

30,067(0.7%)

52,896(1.2%)

14,324(0.3%)

States won 1 3 7 0 0 0 0Districts won (Delegateawarding only)

6 9 10 9 0 0 0

Jan. 3 Iowa† 13% 21% 25% 25% 10% 1% 5%

Jan. 10 NewHampshire 9% 23% 39% 9% 1% 17%

Jan. 21 SouthCarolina 40% 13% 28% 17%

Jan. 31 Florida 32% 7% 46% 13%Feb. 4 Nevada 21% 19% 50% 10%

Feb. 7Colorado† 13% 12% 35% 40%Missouri† 12% 25% 55%Minnesota† 11% 27% 17% 45%

Feb. 4–11 Maine† 6% 36% 38% 18%

Feb. 28Arizona 16% 8% 47% 27%Michigan 7% 12% 41% 38%

Feb. 11–29 Wyoming† 8% 21% 39% 32%

Mar. 3 Washington† 10% 25% 38% 24%

† The state did not allocate any delegates at its primary election, they were elected later.

Super Tuesday (March 6)

Main article: Super Tuesday, 2012

Nine delegations had primary elections allocating 391 delegatesNorth Dakota's delegation had caucuses starting the process of electing 25 unallocated delegates

Super Tuesday 2012 was the name for March 6, the day on which the largest simultaneous number of statepresidential primary elections was held in the United States. This election cycle's edition of Super Tuesday,where 17.1% of all delegates was allocated, was considerably smaller than the 2008 edition, where 41.5% ofall delegates was allocated (twenty-one states with 901 delegates).[39] In 2012 delegates were allocated inprimaries in seven states and their sixty five congressional districts together with binding caucuses in two

The ten Supertuesday states

states.[40]

North Dakota did not allocate any delegates at their caucuses, but had aconsultative straw poll that the NDGOP leadership was required to use asa basic for making a party recommended slate of delegates. The personson this slate was elected delegates at the April 1 state convention.According to Santorum and Paul supporters the slate was not as requiredbased on the straw poll, but gave Romney a large majority of thedelegates. The elected delegates have stated that they will divide up insuch a way they reflect the caucus result, even if that means to vote for a candidate other than the one theysupport.[41]

Romney secured more than half of the delegates available on Super Tuesday but did not secure his status asthe inevitable nominee. Gingrich pursued a "southern strategy", winning his home state of Georgia, and eventhough Santorum carried 3 states, he did not win them with a large enough margin to secure his status as theNot-Romney candidate. In the weeks leading up to March 6, both Gingrich and Santorum experienced ballotproblems, failing to appear on the Virginia primary ballot, leaving that race to Romney and Paul. With onlytwo candidates on the ballot, Paul got 40% of the votes and carried one of Virginia's eleven congressionaldistricts.

Santorum had also failed to submit full or any delegate slates in nine of Ohio's congressional districts[42]

making him unable to win all delegates in those districts. The state became the big battleground of SuperTuesday and its delegates were split between Romney and Santorum, who won three congressional districtswhere he didn't have a full slate. This created four unallocated delegates, whose status was to be determinedlater. But Santorum suspended his campaign before the meeting in the Ohio GOP central committee decidingon the delegates took place and Romney dropped the dispute on May 4 in the interest of party unity.[43]

Super Tuesday results


RonPaul

MittRomney

RickSantorum

Delegates won 79 21 238 85

Popular vote836,903(23%)

419,800(11%)

1,406,599(38%)

998,762(27%)

States won 1 0 6 3Districts won (Delegateawarding only)

12 1 34 18

Alaska 14% 24% 33% 29%Georgia 47% 6% 26% 20%Idaho 2% 18% 62% 18%Massachusetts 5% 10% 72% 12%North Dakota 8% 28% 24% 40%Ohio 15% 9% 38% 37%Oklahoma 27% 10% 28% 34%Tennessee 24% 9% 28% 37%

Mitt Romney on the campaigntrail.

Vermont 8% 25% 40% 24%Virginia 40% 60%

Mid-March

Main article: Results of the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries#Mid-March states

Seven delegations had primary election allocating 230 delegatesFour smaller territories elected 24 delegates directly at their caucusesTwo delegation had caucuses starting the process of electing 61 unallocated delegates

After Super Tuesday all five territories had their contests. Puerto Ricoheld a primary and the four smaller insular areas (Guam, NorthernMariana Islands, American Samoa and U.S. Virgin Islands) hadconvention style caucuses where no straw polls were taken, therefore ourtable does not show popular vote percentages in these rows but thenumber of delegates committed to each candidate. Romney secured allbut two delegates from the territories. Of the six selected delegates fromthe Virgin Islands, one was elected as uncommitted, and another bound toPaul. On the Virgin Islands every caucus goer had six votes that he or hercould cast for six different delegates. Every person wanting to be adelegate needed to pledge to an candidate or declare to be 'uncommitted'before the voting started. The six persons with the most votes became National Convention delegates. Onlyfour persons ran as delegates pledge to Romney and they all got elected. The persons that ran as delegatespledge to Paul got a plurality of the votes, but only one of them was elected.

Missouri began its process of selecting national delegates with its caucuses from March 17 to April 10. TheFebruary primary was non-binding and as such nothing more than a non-bindng strawpoll. Santorum wonThe Louisiana delegation securing 10 delegates for himself, but the election process for the major part of thedelegates started at the caucuses on April 28.

As the first state with non-binding caucuses Wyoming elected delegates in the week of March 5. At thecounty conventions one delegate was elected as uncommitted,[44] while eight delegates was committed toRomnney, two to Santorum and one to Paul.

By winning three primaries in the South, Santorum disrupted Gingrich's "Southern Strategy" and took thelead as the 'Not-Romney' candidate. Gingrich won one congressional district and secured only 25 delegates inMarch. Three days after the Louisiana primary he announced a new "National Convention strategy", whichincludes laying off one-third of the campaign staff and spending less time on the road campaigning.[45] Hewas at this point running out of money, having more campaign debt than cash on hand.

Romney maintained a solid lead over all other contenders by securing more than half of the delegatesallocated or elected in the month of March. He carried all five territories and two states. And even though hedid not secure the nomination in March he continued to be the clear and strong front-runner.

Santorum cruised to victory in Louisiana on March 24, reinforcing the narrative of the race thus far that theunderdog Santorum could take the fight to the much more deep-pocketed and organized Romney.[46]

Mid-March results

Rick Santorum suspended hiscampaign on April 10 after losing


RonPaul

MittRomney

RickSantorum


Popular vote 311,230(27%)

37,181(3%)

399,550(35%)

393,447(35%)


1 0 20 14

Mar.10

Kansas 14% 13% 21% 51%Guam - - 6 -N. MarianaIslands - - 6 -

U.S. VirginIslands - 1 4 -

Mar.13

Alabama 29% 5% 29% 35%Hawaii 11% 19% 45% 25%Mississippi 31% 4% 31% 33%AmericanSamoa - - 6 -

Mar.18 Puerto Rico 2% 2% 83% 8%

Mar.20 Illinois† 8% 9% 47% 35%

Mar.24 Louisiana† 16% 6% 27% 49%

† The state did not allocated all its delegates at its primary election, some will be elected later.

April

Main article: Results of the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries#April states

Eight state delegations had primary elections allocating 314 delegatesLouisina's delegation had caucuses starting the process of electing 28 unallocated delegates

In the last days of March, Romney received many endorsements as partyleaders and establishment Republicans started to unite behind him.[47]

Most notable were the endorsement of former president George H. W.Bush[48] and the endorsement of Paul Ryan, U.S. representative fromWisconsin and Chairman of the House Committee on the Budget.[49]

Ryan, and U.S. Senator from Wisconsin Ron Johnson, campaigned withRomney before the April 3 primaries.[50] The Super PACs supportingRomney also helped him to win the state using more than 3 million USD,

the Wisconsin primary

Newt Gingrich scaled down hiscampaign on March 27 afterlosing the Louisiana primary andsuspended it on May 2 afterlosing the Delaware primary

almost four times more than spend by the Super PAC supportingSantorum in Wisconsin.[51] Santorum only won three districts inWisconsin with Romney winning the other five and all eight districts inMaryland along with the federal District of Columbia where Santorumwas not even on the ballot.[52]

With momentum building for Romney, Santorum interruptedcampaigning (as did Romney) for the Easter holiday to give his campaignstaff a chance to be with their families. He used the opportunity to meetwith "movement conservatives" to strategize.[53] Former FamilyResearch Council chief Gary Bauer, who was present at the sit-down withSantorum, called it a strategy meeting.[54] Four days later, on April 10,2012, Rick Santorum suspended his campaign without endorsing anyother candidate.[55] He was at this point running out of money, havingmore campaign debt than cash on hand. Santorum won eleven contests(six states that allocated delegates and five non-binding caucus states)and forty-two delegate allocating congressional districts. More than 3.2 million people voted for him and hesecured a total of 202 delegates before suspending his campaign. He can show a plurality in six states andthat secures him the opportunity of a place on the first ballot nominating the Republican candidate forpresident at the National Convention.

With Santorum suspending his campaign, Gingrich saw a new hope of reasserting himself as the conservativealternative to Romney. His campaign had been scaling down since his March 24 defeat in the Louisianaprimary and was $4.3 million in debt by the end of March.[56] But now it began concentrating on theDelaware primary hoping a win there would be a game changer.[57] The Adelson family that had alreadysupported Gingrich heavily through the "Winning Our Future" super PAC gave another $5 million in latemarch bringing the PAC's cash on hand up to $5.8 million.[58] But even with all the resources of the Gingrichcampaign concentrated in Delaware he still lost the state with 29.4% to Romney. On May 2 he officiallysuspended his campaign.[59] Gingrich won two contest (South Carolina and Georgia) nineteen delegateallocating congressional districts. More than 2.4 million people voted for him and he secured a total of 131delegates before suspending his campaign. He could only show plurality in two states and was therefore notgoing to appear on the first ballot nominating the Republican candidate for president at the NationalConvention.

Four states that didn't allocate delegates at their earlier caucses had conventions in April. At the Wyomingstate convention (Apr. 12-14), just after Santorum had suspended his campaign, the state delegates unitedbehind Romney and all 14 at-large delegates pledged to him. The same did not happen the same weekend atColorado's state and district conventions. Santorum and Paul supporters came together to form the"Conservative Unity Slate" in an attempt to stop all the National Convention delegates from Colorado fromsupporting Romney. However, Romney won a narrow plurality in the state delegation despite this opposingslate.[60] Missouri had its district conventions a week after (Apr. 21). Santorum had carried every county atthe nonbinding primary in February and many of his supporters threw their support to Romney who got halfof the delegates. Paul won one out of the eight district conventions.[61] Minnesota's district conventions werespread out over most of April and they were all but one won by Paul who secured a plurality in the statedelegation even before the state convention in May.

Romney won all eight primaries of the month and on April 25 the RNC declared Romney the presumptivenominee, putting resources behind him.[62]

Ron Paul won a plurality ofdelegates at several stateconventions even though he didnot win the popular vote in thosestates

April results


RonPaul

MittRomney

RickSantorum


Popular vote 191,778(9%)

255,925(12%)

1,099,696(53%)

526,185(25%)


0 0 51 1

Apr. 3

WashingtonD.C. 11% 12% 70%

Maryland 11% 10% 49% 29%Wisconsin 6% 12% 43% 38%

Apr.24

Connecticut 10% 13% 67% 7%Delaware 27% 11% 56% 6%New York 13% 15% 63% 9%Pennsylvania 10% 13% 58% 19%Rhode Island 6% 24% 63% 6%

May

Main article: Results of the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries#May states

Twelve delegations had primary elections allocating 679 delegatesTwo delegations had caucuses starting the process of electing 55 unallocated delegates

On May 2, 2012, Newt Gingrich "mothballed" his campaign saying that asecond term of president Obama would be disastrous. Gingrich mentionedRepublican front-runner Mitt Romney during his press speech, but did notendorse him. He intended to officially endorse Mr. Romney at a "to-be-scheduled event" featuring both Republican leaders. "Today I amsuspending the campaign, but suspending the campaign does not meansuspending citizenship," Gingrich said, with his wife Callista at hisside.[63][64]

On May 7, 2012, after Romney visited him, Santorum urged hissupporters to back Romney's campaign and said, "You can be sure that Iwill work with the governor to help him in this task to ensure he has astrong team that will support him in his conservative policyinitiatives."[65] "We both agree that President Obama must be defeated,"Santorum, 53, said in a e-mailed statement last night, "[Romney] clearly understands that having pro-familyinitiatives are not only the morally and economically right thing to do, but that the family is the basicbuilding block of our society."[66]

On May 14, Paul announced that he would halt campaigning in states that had not yet at that point held their

primaries, citing a lack of money needed to do so. Instead, the Paul campaign sought more delegates in stateconventions in states that already held primaries.[67]

Continuing on May 15, Romney won the primaries in Oregon and Nebraska with Paul second in Oregon andSantorum second in Nebraska.[68] On May 22, Romney swept Kentucky and Arkansas primaries.[69][70] Heclaimed to have exceeded the nominating threshold in Texas, May 29.[71] In fourth, Ron Paul worked behindthe scenes to secure delegates in local caucuses following state primary elections. He later surpassedGingrich, but not Santorum, behind front-runner Romney.

June

Main article: Results of the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries#June states

Seven state delegations held primary elections or caucuses and allocated 586 delegates

On June 5, California, New Jersey, South Dakota, and New Mexico added 264 delegates to the Romneycount, bringing his total to 1,480 pledged delegates, exceeding the requisite 1,144 delegates for nominationat the Republican National Convention.[72] Despite this, the following week 123 mostly Paul-aligneddelegates, currently legally bound to support Romney at the convention, brought an ongoing federal lawsuitagainst the RNC and its chairman to instead be able to vote "in accordance with the free exercise of theirconscience."[73][74] Paul adviser Jesse Benton commented, "We have nothing to do with it and do notsupport it."[75]

Also in June, the three remaining states voting in primaries, Utah, Nebraska, and Montana, added the final101 delegates to attend the Republican National Convention.

July

On Saturday, July 14, the Nebraska State Republican Convention selected 32 at-large delegates to theRepublican National Convention. In addition, three party leaders attend: Nebraska’s NationalCommitteeman, Nebraska’s National Committeewoman, and chairman of the Nebraska Republican Party,who are unpledged delegates by virtue of their position. The prospective delegates indicated theirpresidential preference (and were bound to vote for that candidate for the first two ballots at the RepublicanNational Convention). This was the last state Republican convention[76] and Romney garnered support of 30Nebraska delegates; and Ron Paul, the support of two Nebraska delegates.[77][78][79]

All 2,286 delegates were to be finalized before the vote at the Republican National Convention in Tampa,Florida, August 27–31.[80]

August

Main article: 2012 Republican National Convention

50 states, the District of Columbia, two commonwealths and three territories sent 2,286 delegates toconvention.The US commonwealths attending were Puerto Rico and Northern Mariana Islands.The US territories attending were American Samoa, Guam, and US Virgin Islands.

On August 11, 2012, Romney announced the selection of Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin as his vice-

The Tampa Bay Times Forumhosted the 2012 RepublicanNational Convention.

presidential running mate. In front of the battleship USS Wisconsin inVirginia, Governor of Virginia Bob McDonnell introduced Romney tomake his announcement to a cheering and supportive crowd. Theannouncement came two weeks before the Republican NationalConvention and led immediately into a bus tour to battlegroundstates.[81][82]

Ron Paul led a rally in Tampa Bay, Florida, on Sunday, the day before theRepublican National Convention was to begin. "No matter the outcome ofthe national convention, Constitutional Conservatism will benefit thenation", a Paul spokesperson said.[83]

Leading into the national convention, preliminary delegate counts {soft, firm} were: Romney{1,545, 1,399};Paul{173,100}; Santorum{248,251}; Gingrich{142,143}; Others{1,3}; Available{147,63}; andUncommitted{30,327}. These totals changed as delegates switched their support to Romney or Paul at theconvention.[84]

Within the first hours of convention, each state declared their delegation vote to the nation—Romney wonthe nomination with 2,061 delegate votes.[85] Other candidates, including Bachmann, Santorum, and mainlyRon Paul, garnered 202 votes, with 23 delegates abstaining. The Romney-Ryan ticket was formalized.

The final official votes for the Republican nominees for president and vice president took place at theRepublican National Convention in Tampa Bay, Florida—the three-day convention from Tuesday, August28, to Thursday, August 30. The 2012 Democratic National Convention followed in the first week ofSeptember in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Schedule and processThe primary elections take place from January 3 to July 14 and will allocate and elect 2,286 voting delegatesand 2,125 alternate delegates in 56 delegations to the 2012 Republican National Convention in the week ofAugust 27.[86]

The total base number of delegates allocated to each of the 50 U.S. states is 10 at-large delegates, plus 3delegates per congressional district. In addition, fixed numbers of at-large delegates are allocated toWashington, D.C., Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Northern MarianaIslands under the party's delegate selection rules.[87] States are awarded bonus delegates based on thefollowing factors:

Bonus delegates to each state that cast a majority of their Electoral College votes for the Grand OldParty (GOP) candidate in the 2008 presidential electionOne bonus delegate for each GOP senatorOne bonus delegate to each state that has a GOP majority in their delegation to the House ofRepresentativesOne bonus delegate for each state that has a GOP governorBonus delegates for majorities in one or all of the chambers in their state legislature.

The two Republican National Committee members from each state and territory and the chairperson of thestate's Republican Party are delegates unless the state is penalized for violating the RNC's scheduling rules.The individual states decide whether these delegates are bound or unbound.

A candidate must have a plurality in five state delegations in order to be on the first ballot at nationalconvention. For the purposes of these primaries, the five territories and D.C. are counted as states (Rule 27).This five-state rule is Rule No. 40 of the rules of the Republican Party as adopted by the 2008 RepublicanNational Convention and amended by the Republican National Committee on August 6, 2010.[10] It is therule outlining the way the convention will nominate the Republican candidate for president.

RULE NO. 40: Nominations(a) In making the nominations for President of the United States and Vice President of theUnited States and voting thereon, the roll of the states shall be called separately in each case;provided, however, that if there is only one candidate for nomination for Vice President of theUnited States who has demonstrated the support required by paragraph (b) of this rule, a motionto nominate for such office by acclamation shall be in order and no calling of the roll withrespect to such office shall be required.(b) Each candidate for nomination for President of the United States and Vice President of theUnited States shall demonstrate the support of a plurality of the delegates from each of five (5)or more states, severally, prior to the presentation of the name of that candidate for nomination.(c) The total time of the nominating speech and seconding speeches for any candidate fornomination for President of the United States or Vice President of the United States shall notexceed fifteen (15) minutes.(d) When at the close of a roll call any candidate for nomination for President of the UnitedStates or Vice President of the United States has received a majority of the votes entitled to becast in the convention, the chairman of the convention shall declare that the candidate has beennominated.(e) If no candidate shall have received such majority, the chairman of the convention shalldirect the roll of the states be called again and shall repeat the calling of the roll until acandidate shall have received a majority of the votes entitled to be cast in the convention.

The primary election table below shows how and when the National Convention delegates are allocated andelected. This means it do not include straw polls, primary or other kinds. And it do not include the dates fordifferent local conventions where delegates are already allocated are elected.[88][89]

Dates: The first date column is the date of primary or caucuses where the election process for thedelegation starts. This event can allocated delegate or let them stay unallocated. But two more dates areimportant in the process, the date when congressional district delegates are (s)elected and the date whenstate delegates are (s)elected. Some event stretches for more than one day, if so the date stated in thetable is the end day of the event. This is done for technical reasons.State Delegation Each delegation are made up of up to three kinds of delegates. Party members,delegates from the congressional districts and delegates from the state at-large. They can either bebound, meaning that they are legally or morally bound to vote for a candidate for at least the first ballotat the National Convention, or they can be unbound, meaning that they are free to vote for any candidateat the National Convention. Some delegates are only morally bound, meaning that they are allocated to acandidate or elected on his ticket but are not legally bound to vote for him. Some delegates are unboundbut are elected at their local conventions because they are strong supporters of a candidate. This meansthat the binding status of a delegate only become of importance if no candidate have reached anmajority of delegates before the National Convention. If a candidate suspends his campaign thedelegates allocated and/or elected to him may become unbound depending on state rules. Fivedelegations (#) have been penalized for breaking RNC election guidelines, meaning that their number of

Delegates not allocatedUnalloc. delegates not elected

RNC Party LeadersAL State At-LargeCD Congressional DistrictU Unbound delegatesB Bound delegatesG Newt GingrichP Ron PaulR Mitt RomneyS Rick SantorumUn Uncommitted

delegates have been cut in half and their party leaders have been banned from voting. Ten delegations(†) have chosen to bind their party leaders to the result of the allocating event instead of leaving themunbound.

Allocation: Delegates can either be allocated or unallocated atthe starting primary or caucuses. The contests that allocateddelegates on state and district levels uses following allocatingsystems:

Winner-take-all. The candidate receiving the most votes areallocated all the delegates.Proportional. Most states that allocated proportionally havethresholds ranging from 10% to 25% of the vote.

Election All delegates allocated as unallocated are (s)elected. Inthe race to get a majority of the delegates the events electingunallocated delegates naturally receive most attention. Themethods are:

Convention. Except from Wyoming county conventions allthese conventions are at the state and district level.Direct election. Instead of voting for a candidate at theprimary or caucuses the voters elect the delegates directly.The delegates can state their presidential preference and inthat way be elected on a candidates "ticket"Slate. Before the primary or caucuses each candidate submits a slate with prospective delegates.The allocated delegates are then selected from these slates.Committee. The state GOP executive committee or its chairman selects the delegates.

Secured delegates: These columns do not list the 117 unbound RNC delegates that are not a part of theprimary election process. Five candidates secured delegates, they are listed in a candidates' columnwhen they are allocated to him or when they after or at their election have pledge to him. Huntsman's(the fifth candidate) two New Hampshire delegates are listed as uncommitted. These are numbers thatthe candidates have actually secured for themselves, not projected counts or counts after a candidate hassuspended his campaign and released his candidates. The uncommitted column (last) lists both electeddelegates that are still uncommitted and unallocated delegates.

This is a sortable table — links provide quick paths to more information on the different stateprimaries:

By clicking on the link in the 'State' column you will go to the state or territory article.By clicking on the link in the 'Contest' column you will go to the state or territory primary or caucusesarticle.Click the triangles to sort any column. Click twice to bring the largest numbers to the top.

Primary schedule

Delegate counts during the primaries. This is not the convention roll call and does not included the 117unbound RNC delegates.

State Delegation (only voting delegates) Allocation Election (CD) Election (AL) Secured delegatesDate State RNC AL CD Total U B Contest AL CD Date Type Date Type G P R S

Jan. 3 Iowa 3 13 12 28 28 0 Caucus(closed)

(Noallocation)

(Noallocation)

Jun. 16 Convention Jun. 16 Committee 0 21 1

Jan. 10NewHampshire# 0 12 0 12 2 10 Primary

(open)Proportional N/A N/A N/A Jan. 10 Slate 0 3 7

South Primary Winner- Winner-

Jan. 21 Carolina# 0 11 14 25 0 25 (open) take-all take-all April Convention May 19 Convention 23 0 2

Jan. 31 Florida# 0 50 0 50 0 50 Primary(closed)

Winner-take-all N/A N/A N/A TBD Committee 0 0 50

Feb. 4 Nevada† 3 25 0 28 0 28 Caucus(closed)

Proportional N/A N/A N/A May 6 Convention 0 8 20

Feb. 7Colorado† 3 12 21 36 16 20 Caucus

(closed)(No

allocation)(No

allocation)Apr. 13 Convention Apr. 14 Convention 0 2 14

Minnesota 3 13 24 40 5 35 Caucus(open)

(Noallocation)

(Noallocation)

Apr. 21 Convention May 19 Convention 0 32 1

Feb. 28Arizona# 0 29 0 29 0 29 Primary

(closed)Winner-take-all N/A N/A N/A May 12 Convention 0 0 29

Michigan# 0 2 28 30 14 16 Primary(open)

Winner-take-all

Winner-take-all May 19 Convention May 19 Convention 0 6 24

Feb. 29 Wyoming 3 14 12 29 4 25 Caucus(closed)

(Noallocation)

(Noallocation)

Mar. 10 Conventionb Apr. 14 Convention 0 1 22

Mar. 3Maine 3 15 6 24 24 0 Caucus

(closed)(No

allocation)(No

allocation)May 6 Convention May 6 Convention 0 21 0

Washington 3 10 30 43 3 40 Caucus(closed)

(Noallocation)

(Noallocation)

Jun. 2 Convention Jun. 2 Convention 0 5 34

Mar. 6

Alaska 3 24 0 27 3 24 Caucus(closed)

Proportional N/A N/A N/A Apr. 28 Convention 2 6 8

Georgia† 3 31 42 76 0 76 Primary(open)

Proportional Proportional Apr. 14 Convention May 19 Convention 52 0 21

Idaho† 3 29 0 32 0 32 Caucus(closed)

Winner-take-all N/A N/A N/A Jun. 23 Convention 0 0 32

Massachusetts 3 11 27 41 3 38 Primary(semi-closed)

Proportional Proportional Apr. 28 Convention Jun. 19 Committee 0 0 38

NorthDakota†g 3 25 0 28 0 28 Caucus

(closed)(No

allocation)N/A N/A N/A Apr. 1 Convention 2 8 7

Ohio 3 15 48 66 3 63a Primary(semi-closed)

Proportional Winner-take-all Mar. 6 Slatec Mar. 6 Slate 0 0 38

Oklahoma 3 25 15 43 3 40 Primary(closed)


Tennessee 3 28 27 58 3 55 Primary(open)

Proportional Proportional Mar. 6 Slate Mar. 6 Slated 9 0 17

Vermont† 3 11 3 17 0 17 Primary(open)

Proportional Winner-take-all May 19 Convention May 19 Convention 0 4 9

Virginia 3 13 33 49 3 46 Primary(open)

Winner-take-all

Winner-take-all TBD Convention Jun. 16 Convention 0 3 43

Mar. 10

Kansas† 3 25 12 40 0 40 Caucus(closed)

Proportional Winner-take-all Apr. 23 Convention Apr. 28 Committee 0 0 7

Guam 3 6 0 9 9 0 Caucus(closed)

(Noallocation)

N/A N/A N/A Mar. 10 Convention 0 0 6

North.Mariana Is. 3 6 0 9 9 0 Caucus

(closed)(No

allocation)N/A N/A N/A Mar. 10 Convention 0 0 6

U.S VirginIslands 3 6 0 9 5 4 Caucus

(closed)(No

allocation)N/A N/A N/A Mar. 10 Direct Elec. 0 1 5

Mar. 13

Alabama 3 26 21 50 3 47 Primary(open)

Proportional Proportional Mar. 13 Slate Mar. 13 Slate 13 0 12

AmericanSamoa 3 6 0 9 3 6 Caucus

(open)(No

allocation)N/A N/A N/A Mar. 13 Convention 0 0 6

Hawaii 3 11 6 20 3 17 Caucus(closed)

Proportional Proportional TBD Committee TBD Committee 0 3 9

Mississippi 3 25 12 40 3 37 Primary(open)


Mar. 18 Puerto Rico 3 20 0 23 3 20 Primary(open)

Winner-take-all N/A N/A N/A Mar. 18 Slate 0 0 20

Mar. 20 Illinois 3 12 54 69 15 54a Primary(semi-closed)

(Noallocation)

(Noallocation)

Mar. 20 Direct Elec. Jun. 9 Convention 0 0 42

Mar. 24 Missouri 3 25 24 52 3 49 Caucus(semi-closed)

(Noallocation)

(Noallocation)

Apr. 21 Convention Jun. 2 Convention 1 4 31

Apr. 3

Maryland† 3 10 24 37 0 37 Primary(closed)

Winner-take-all

Winner-take-all Apr. 3 Slate Apr. 28 Convention 0 0 37

WashingtonD.C. 3 16 0 19 3 16 Primary

(closed)Winner-take-all N/A N/A N/A Apr. 3 Slate 0 0 16

Wisconsin† 3 15 24 42 0 42 Primary(open)

Winner-take-all

Winner-take-all Apr. 3 Slate Apr. 3 Slate 0 0 33

Connecticut 3 10 15 28 3 25 Primary(closed)

Winner-take-all

Winner-take-all Apr. 24 Slate Apr. 24 Slate 0 0 25

Delaware† 3 11 3 17 0 17 Primary(closed)

Winner-take-all

Winner-take-all Apr. 28 Convention Apr. 28 Convention 0 0 17

Apr. 24 New York 3 34 58 95 3 92 Primary(closed)

Winner-take-all

Winner-take-all Apr. 24 Slate May 23 Committee 0 0 92

Pennsylvania 3 10 59a 72 72 0 Primary(closed)

(Noallocation)

(Noallocation) Apr. 24 Direct Elec. Jun. 10 Committee 3 5 26

Rhode Island 3 0 16 19 3 16 Primary(semi-closed)

N/A Proportional Apr. 24 Direct Elec. N/A N/A 0 4 12

Apr. 28 Louisiana 3 25 18 46 31 15 Caucus(closed)e

(Noallocation)

(Noallocation)

Jun. 2 Convention Jun. 2 Convention 0 17 16

May 8

NorthCarolina 3 52 0 55 3 52 Primary

(semi-closed)Proportional N/A N/A N/A Jun. 3 Convention 4 6 36

Indiana 3 16 27 46 19 27 Primary(open)

(Noallocation)

Winner-take-all Jun. 9 Convention Jun. 9 Convention 0 0 27

West Virginia 3 19 9 31 3 28 Primary(semi-closed)

(Noallocation)

(Noallocation)

May 8 Direct Elec. May 8 Direct Elec. 0 0 22

May 15 Oregon 3 25 0 28 3 25 Primary(closed)

Proportional N/A N/A N/A Jun. 23 Convention 1 3 18

May 22Arkansas 3 21 12 36 3 33 Primary

(open)Proportional Winner-

take-all Jun. 9 Convention Jun. 23 Committee 0 0 33

Kentucky 3 24 18 45 3 42 Primary(closed)

Proportional Proportional May 19 Convention Jun. 9 Convention 0 0 42

May 29 Texas 3 44 108 155 10 145 Primary(open)

Proportional Proportional Jun. 9 Convention Jun. 9 Convention 7 18 108

Jun. 5

California 3 10 159 172 3 169 Primary(closed)

Winner-take-all

Winner-take-all Jun. 5 Slate Jun. 5 Slate 0 0 169

New Jersey† 3 47 0 50 0 50 Primary(semi-closed)

Winner-take-all N/A N/A N/A Jun. 5 Direct Elec. 0 0 50

New Mexico 3 20 0 23 3 20 Primary(closed)

Proportional N/A N/A N/A Jun. 16 Convention 0 0 20

South Dakota 3 25 0 28 3 25 Primary(closed)

Proportional N/A N/A N/A Jun. 5 Slate 0 0 25

Jun. 10 Nebraska 3 23 9 35 3 32 Caucus(closed)

(Noallocation)

(Noallocation)

Jul. 14 Convention Jul. 14 Convention 0 2 30

Jun. 16 Montana 3 23 0 26 26 0 Caucus(closed)f

(Noallocation)

N/A N/A N/A Jun 16 Convention 0 0 0

Jun. 26 Utah† 3 37 0 40 0 40 Primary(semi-closed)

Winner-take-all N/A N/A N/A Apr. 21 Convention 0 0 40

Total 153 1,103 1,030 2,286 358 1,928 142 166 1,439 248

Source: USA Today (http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/primaries/index) and The Green Papers(http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P12/events.phtml?s=c&f=m)A simple majority of 1,144 delegate votes were needed to win nomination—the national convention rollcall gave Romney-Ryan 2,061 votes.[90]

Notes

# These states are penalized for breaking RNC schedule guidelines. The penalty cuts the delegationnumber in half and removes voting privileges from the party leader delegates.† These states are binding their party leader (RNC) delegates to the primary result.a Delegates are morally, but not legally, bound to a candidate.b Wyoming has only one congressional district, so the 12 CD delegates are elected in the 23 countiesthat are paired together.c Ohio Republican central committee will decided how to allocate the four unallocated delegates inApril.d Tennessee Republican central committee selects the 14 AL delegates.e Louisiana allocated 15 bound delegates proportional in a March 24 primary election.f Montana's caucus is its convention. The delegates to this caucus are selected by the counties' centralcommittees at least 10 days before the date of state convention.g North Dakota's delegation meets before the National Convention to voluntarily divide the wholedelegation according to the its caucus result.

Delegate changes announced at the national convention

Main article: Results of the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries

Some of the state delegations made and announced their final decisions on Tuesday, the first full day of theRepublican National Convention.

Santorum and Gingrich released their delegates and encouraged them to vote for Romney,[91][92] but Pauldid not; his campaign instead tried to secure more delegate votes during the convention, and carried a disputeover Louisiana's delegates into the convention. Ron Paul later compromised to get 17 of Louisiana'sdelegates.[93] Montana withheld announcing their support—Paul had hoped Montana would swing to him onthe convention floor. However, just before the convention, the 26 Montana delegates united behindRomney.[94]

Results by popular voteMain article: Results of the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries

Candidate Office Home state Popularvote[95] States – first place

States –secondplace

States –third place

MittRomney

FormerGovernor Massachusetts 9,947,433

37Alaska, Arizona,

Arkansas, California,Connecticut, Delaware,Florida, Hawaii, Idaho,

Illinois, Indiana,Kentucky, Maine,

Maryland,Massachusetts, Michigan,

Montana, Nebraska,Nevada, New Hampshire,New Jersey, New Mexico,

New York, NorthCarolina, Ohio, Oregon,

Pennsylvania, RhodeIsland, South Dakota,Texas, Utah, Vermont,Virginia, Washington,

West Virginia,Wisconsin, Wyoming

Territories: AmericanSamoa, Guam, NorthernMariana Islands, PuertoRico, and the District of

Columbia

9Colorado,

Georgia, Iowa,Kansas,

Louisiana,Missouri,

Oklahoma,South Carolina,

TennesseeTerritories:U.S. Virgin

Islands

4Alabama,

Minnesota,Mississippi,

North Dakota

15Alaska,

17Arkansas,

RickSantorum

Former U.S.Senator Pennsylvania 3,816,110

11Alabama, Colorado,

Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana,Minnesota, Mississippi,Missouri, North Dakota,Oklahoma, Tennessee

Arizona,Hawaii, Idaho,

Illinois,Nebraska,Maryland,

Massachusetts,Michigan, NewMexico, Ohio,Pennsylvania,West Virginia,

Wisconsin,WyomingTerritories:

NorthernMariana

Islands, PuertoRico

California,Florida,Georgia,Indiana,

Kentucky,Maine,

Montana, NewJersey, North

Carolina,Oregon, South

Carolina,South Dakota,Texas, Utah,

Vermont,WashingtonTerritories:U.S. Virgin

Islands

NewtGingrich

Former U.S.House Speaker Georgia 2,689,771 2

Georgia, South Carolina

5Alabama,Delaware,Florida,

Mississippi,Nevada

11Arizona,

Colorado,Connecticut,

Kansas,Louisiana,Maryland,New York,

Ohio,Oklahoma,

Rhode Island,TennesseeTerritories:District ofColumbia

RonPaul

U.S.Representative Texas 2,017,957

0Territories: U.S. Virgin

Islands

21Arkansas,California,

Connecticut,Indiana,

Kentucky,Maine,

Minnesota,Montana, New

Hampshire,New JerseyNew York,

North Carolina,North Dakota,Oregon, RhodeIsland, South

Dakota, Texas,

16Alaska,

Delaware,Idaho, Illinois,Iowa, Hawaii,

Nebraska,Massachusetts,

Michigan,Missouri,

Nevada, NewMexico,

Pennsylvania,West Virginia,

Wisconsin,Wyoming

Utah, Vermont,Virginia,

WashingtonTerritories:District ofColumbia

Territories:NorthernMarianaIslands

JonHuntsman

FormerGovernor Utah 83,173 0 0

1New

Hampshire

RickPerry

Governor Texas 42,251 0 0 0

MicheleBachmann

U.S.Representative Minnesota 35,089 0 0 0

BuddyRoemer

FormerGovernor Louisiana 33,212 0 0 0

HermanCain

None Georgia 13,538 0 0 0

FormerGovernor New Mexico 4,286 0 0 0

2012 Republican primary results by county (exceptions: North Dakota – legislative districts,

Louisiana – parishes, Alaska, Washington, D.C. – at-large)

Mitt Romney Ron Paul

Rick Santorum Newt Gingrich

Rick Perry No recorded votes

GaryJohnson

Counties carried

Margin of victory

2012 Republican primary results by county (exceptions: North Dakota – legislative districts,

Louisiana – parishes, Alaska, Washington, D.C. – at-large)

See alsoDemocratic Party presidential primaries, 2012Endorsements for the Republican Party presidential primaries, 2012Fundraising for the 2012 United States presidential electionList of United States Republican Party presidential ticketsNationwide opinion polling for the Republican Party 2012 presidential primariesPrimary election, covering other nations, as well as the United StatesRepublican Party vice presidential candidates, 2012Statewide opinion polling for the Republican Party presidential primaries, 2012Straw polls for the Republican Party presidential primaries, 2012

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