Timothy James Pawlenty is an American attorney,businessman,and politician who served as the 39th governor of Minnesota from 2003 to 2011. A member of the Republican Party,Pawlenty served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1993 to 2003,and as House Majority Leader from 1999 to 2003. He unsuccessfully ran for the Republican presidential nomination in the 2012 presidential election.
The Michigan Republican Party is the state affiliate of the national Republican Party in Michigan,United States,sometimes referred to as MIGOP.
The Iowa Straw Poll was a presidential straw poll and fundraising event for the Republican Party of Iowa. It was held six times,traditionally in late summer approximately six months in advance of contested presidential Iowa caucuses,from 1979 until 2011,on the campus of Iowa State University in Ames.
The 2012 United States presidential election was the 57th quadrennial presidential election,held on Tuesday,November 6,2012. Incumbent Democratic president Barack Obama and his running mate,incumbent vice president Joe Biden,were re-elected to a second term. They defeated the Republican ticket of former governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney and U.S. representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin.
The following is a timeline of major events leading up to the United States presidential election of 2012. The election was the 57th quadrennial United States presidential election held on November 6,2012.
Voters of the Republican Party elected state delegations to the 2012 Republican National Convention in presidential primaries. The national convention then selected its nominee to run for President of the United States in the 2012 presidential election. There were 2,286 delegates chosen,and a candidate needed to accumulate 1,144 delegate votes at the convention to win the nomination. The caucuses allocated delegates to the respective state delegations to the national convention,but the actual election of the delegates were,many times,at a later date. Delegates were elected in different ways that vary from state to state. They could be elected at local conventions,selected from slates submitted by the candidates,selected at committee meetings,or elected directly at the caucuses and primaries.
Michelle Louise Helene Fischbach is an American attorney and politician who is the U.S. representative from Minnesota's 7th congressional district. The district,which is very rural,is Minnesota's largest by area and includes most of the western part of the state. A Republican,Fischbach served as the 49th lieutenant governor of Minnesota from 2018 until 2019. As of 2024,she is the last Republican to have held statewide office in Minnesota.
Kimberly Kay Reynolds is an American politician serving since 2017 as the 43rd governor of Iowa. A member of the Republican Party,she served as the 46th lieutenant governor of Iowa from 2011 to 2017.
Opinion polls by U.S. state for the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries are as follows.
The 2012 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 6,2012,as part of the 2012 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Iowa voters chose six electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate,Vice President Joe Biden,against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate,Congressman Paul Ryan.
The 2012 presidential campaign of Newt Gingrich,former U.S. Representative from Georgia and Speaker of the House,began shortly following the 2010 midterm elections. He was politically active during the midterm elections,and helped several Tea Party-backed Republicans with his endorsements and fundraising abilities.
The 2012 presidential campaign of Tim Pawlenty,the 39th Governor of Minnesota began shortly after the 2010 midterm elections. He was seeking the 2012 Republican Party nomination for President of the United States.
This is a list of straw polls that have been conducted relating to the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries.
The Jon Huntsman presidential campaign of 2012 began in mid-2011 when Ambassador and former Governor of Utah Jon Huntsman,Jr. announced his candidacy for the Republican Party (GOP) nomination for President of the United States in the 2012 election. On May 3,2011,Huntsman announced his intentions to file a political action committee with the Federal Election Commission. Subsequently,Huntsman announced on June 14,2011,he was running for president and made an official announcement in Liberty State Park one week later on June 21.
The 2012 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses took place on January 3,2012.
The start of the 2012 Republican race for president was shaped by the 13 presidential 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. On December 28,2011,Johnson withdrew to seek the Libertarian Party nomination and on February 23,2012,Roemer withdrew to seek the Reform Party and the Americans Elect nomination.
This article contains opinion polling by U.S. state for the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries.
Kelli Ward is an American politician who served as the chair of the Arizona Republican Party from 2019 to 2023. She previously served in the Arizona State Senate from 2013 to 2015.
Ronna Romney McDaniel is an American political strategist who served as chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC) from 2017 until her resignation in 2024. A member of the Republican Party and the Romney family,McDaniel was chair of the Michigan Republican Party from 2015 to 2017.
Taylor Robert Collins is an American politician.
