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This article contains the results of the 2012 Republican presidential primaries and caucuses, which resulted in the nomination of Mitt Romney as the Republican nominee for President of the United States. The 2012 Republican primaries were the selection processes by which the Republican Party selected delegates to attend the 2012 Republican National Convention from August 27–30. The series of primaries, caucuses, and state conventions culminated in the national convention, where the delegates cast their votes to formally select a candidate. A simple majority (1,144) of the total delegate votes (2,286) was required to become the party's nominee.
Seven major candidates were in the race to become the nominee. Michele Bachmann was the first to drop out, ending her campaign after a poor performance in Iowa. Jon Huntsman withdrew from the race after placing third in the New Hampshire primary. Rick Perry dropped out after Iowa and New Hampshire but prior to the South Carolina primary after polling poorly. Rick Santorum suspended his campaign in April after polls showed a strong possibility that he would lose his home state of Pennsylvania to Mitt Romney, and his daughter Bella's condition worsened. Newt Gingrich withdrew after insufficient funds prevented him from moving forward with a strong campaign. On May 14, 2012, Ron Paul announced that his campaign would switch to a delegate accumulation strategy. [3] On May 29, according to projected counts, Mitt Romney crossed the threshold of 1,144 delegates. He was formally nominated at the Republican National Convention on August 28.
Candidates | Mitt Romney | Ron Paul | Newt Gingrich | Rick Santorum | Rick Perry | Jon Huntsman | Michele Bachmann | Totals | |
Total delegates (Projection) (Total: 2,286, Unprojected: 239) | 1,489 (65.1%) | 154 (6.7%) | 142 (6.2%) | 258 (11.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (0.1%) | 1 (0.1%) | 2,047 (89.5%) | |
Superdelegates (Pledged) (Total: 120 , Unprojected: 60) [7] | 54 (43.3%) | 1 (0.8%) | 2 (1.7%) | 1 (0.8%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 60 (50.0%) | |
Projected delegates [2] (Total: 2,166, Unprojected: 257) | 1,355 (62.6%) | 153 (7.0%) | 140 (6.4%) | 257 (20.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (0.1%) | 1 (0.1%) | 1,909 (88.1%) | |
Popular vote totalsb | 10,031,336 (52.13%) | 2,095,762 (10.89%) | 2,734,571 (14.21%) | 3,932,069 (20.43%) | 54,769 (0.28%) | 83,918 (0.44%) | 41,199 (0.21%) | 18,973,624 (19,242,663) | |
Jan. 3 | Iowa Nonbinding Precinct Caucuses | 25% (0 delegates) (29,805 votes) | 21% (21 delegates) (26,036 votes) | 13% (0 delegates) (16,163 votes) | 25% (1 delegates) (29,839 votes) | 10% (0 delegates) (12,557 votes) | 1% (0 delegates) (739 votes) | 5% (0 delegates) (6,046 votes) | 22 (121,501 votes) |
Jan. 10 | New Hampshire Binding Primary | 39% (7 delegates) (97,591 votes) | 23% (3 delegates) (56,872 votes) | 9% (0 delegates) (23,421 votes) | 9% (0 delegates) (23,432 votes) | 1% (0 delegates) (1,764 votes) | 17% (2 delegates) (41,964 votes) | 0% (0 delegates) (350 votes) | 12 * (2 unprojected) (248,475 votes) |
Jan. 21 | South Carolina Binding Primary | 28% (2 delegates) (168,123 votes) | 13% (0 delegates) (78,360 votes) | 40% (23 delegates) (244,065 votes) | 17% (0 delegates) (102,475 votes) | 0% (0 delegates) (2,534 votes) | 0% (0 delegates) (1,173 votes) | 0% (0 delegates) (491 votes) | 25 * (603,770 votes) |
Jan. 31 | Florida Binding Primary | 46% (50 delegates) (776,159 votes) | 7% (0 delegates) (117,461 votes) | 32% (0 delegates) (534,121 votes) | 13% (0 delegates) (223,249 votes) | 0% (0 delegates) (6,775 votes) | 0% (0 delegates) (6,204 votes) | 0% (0 delegates) (3,967 votes) | 50 * (1,672,634 votes) |
Feb. 4 | Nevada Binding Precinct Caucuses | 50% (14 delegates) (16,486 votes) | 19% (5 delegates) (6,175 votes) | 21% (6 delegates) (6,956 votes) | 10% (3 delegates) (3,277 votes) | 28 (32,961 votes) | |||
Feb. 7 | Colorado Nonbinding Precinct Caucuses | 35% (12 delegates) (23,012 votes) | 12% (4 delegates) (7,759 votes) | 13% (4 delegates) (8,445 votes) | 40% (13 delegates) (26,614 votes) | 0% (0 delegates) (52 votes) | 0% (0 delegates) (46 votes) | 0% (0 delegates) (28 votes) | 0 (3 unprojected) (66,027 votes) |
Minnesota Nonbinding Precinct Caucuses | 17% (1 delegates) (8,240 votes) | 27% (32 delegates) (13,282 votes) | 11% (0 delegates) (5,263 votes) | 45% (2 delegates) (21,988 votes) | 0 (2 unprojected) (48,916 votes) | ||||
Missouri a Nonbinding Primary | 25% (0 delegates) (63,882 votes) | 12% (0 delegates) (30,647 votes) | 55% (0 delegates) (139,272 votes) | 1% (0 delegates) (2,456 votes) | 0% (0 delegates) (1,044 votes) | 1% (0 delegates) (1,680 votes) | 0 (252,185 votes) | ||
Feb. 4–11 (Jan. 29 – Mar. 3) c | Maine (disputed) Nonbinding Municipal Caucuses | 38% (2 delegates) (2,373 votes) | 36% (21 delegates) (2,258 votes) | 6% (0 delegates) (405 votes) | 18% (0 delegates) (1,136 votes) | 0 (1 unprojected) (6,250 votes) | |||
Feb. 28 | Arizona Binding Primary | 47% (29 delegates) (239,167 votes) | 9% (0 delegates) (43,952 votes) | 16% (0 delegates) (81,748 votes) | 27% (0 delegates) (138,031 votes) | 0% (0 delegates) (2,023 votes) | 29 * (510,258 votes) | ||
Michigan Binding Primary | 41% (16 delegates) (409,522 votes) | 12% (0 delegates) (115,911 votes) | 7% (0 delegates) (65,027 votes) | 38% (14 delegates) (377,372 votes) | 0% (0 delegates) (1,816 votes) | 0% (0 delegates) (1,674 votes) | 0% (0 delegates) (1,735 votes) | 30 * (996,499 votes) | |
Feb. 11–29 | Wyoming Nonbinding Precinct Caucuses | 39% (0 delegates) (822 votes) | 21% (0 delegates) (439 votes) | 8% (0 delegates) (165 votes) | 32% (0 delegates) (673 votes) | 0 (2 unprojected) (2,108 votes) | |||
Mar. 3 | Washington Nonbinding Precinct Caucuses | 38% (16 delegates) (19,111 votes) | 25% (10 delegates) (12,594 votes) | 10% (4 delegates) (5,221 votes) | 24% (10 delegates) (12,089 votes) | – | – | – | 0 (3 unprojected) (50,764 votes) |
Mar. 6 Super Tuesday | |||||||||
Alaska Binding Legislative District Conventions | 32% (8 delegates) (4,285 votes) | 24% (6 delegates) (3,175 votes) | 14% (3 delegates) (1,865 votes) | 29% (7 delegates) (3,860 votes) | 27 (3 unprojected) (13,219 votes) | ||||
Georgia Binding Primary | 26% (20 delegates) (233,611 votes) | 7% (0 delegates) (59,100 votes) | 47% (53 delegates) (425,395 votes) | 20% (3 delegates) (176,259 votes) | 0% (0 delegates) (1,696 votes) | 0% (0 delegates) (1,813 votes) | 0% (0 delegates) (1,714 votes) | 76 (901,470 votes) | |
Idaho Binding County Caucuses | 62% (32 delegates) (27,514 votes) | 18% (0 delegates) (8,086 votes) | 2% (0 delegates) (940 votes) | 18% (0 delegates) (8,115 votes) | 32 (44,672 votes) | ||||
Massachusetts Binding Primary | 72% (38 delegates) (266,313 votes) | 10% (0 delegates) (35,219 votes) | 5% (0 delegates) (16,991 votes) | 12% (0 delegates) (44,564 votes) | 0% (0 delegates) (991 votes) | 1% (0 delegates) (2,268 votes) | 0% (0 delegates) (865 votes) | 41 (3 unprojected) (370,425 votes) | |
North Dakota Binding Legislative Districts Caucuses | 24% (7 delegates) (2,691 votes) | 28% (8 delegates) (3,186 votes) | 8% (2 delegates) (962 votes) | 40% (11 delegates) (4,510 votes) | 28 (11,349 votes) | ||||
Ohio Binding Primary | 38% (35 delegates) (460,831 votes) | 9% (0 delegates) (113,256 votes) | 15% (0 delegates) (177,183 votes) | 37% (21 delegates) (448,580 votes) | 1% (0 delegates) (7,539 votes) | 1% (0 delegates) (6,490 votes) | 66 (3 unprojected) (1,213,879) | ||
Oklahoma Binding Primary | 28% (13 delegates) (80,356 votes) | 10% (0 delegates) (27,596 votes) | 27% (13 delegates) (78,730 votes) | 34% (14 delegates) (96,849 votes) | 0% (0 delegates) (1,291 votes) | 0% (0 delegates) (750 votes) | 0% (0 delegates) (951 votes) | 43 (3 unprojected) (286,523 votes) | |
Tennessee Binding Primary | 28% (16 delegates) (155,630 votes) | 9% (0 delegates) (50,156 votes) | 24% (10 delegates) (132,889 votes) | 37% (29 delegates) (205,809 votes) | 0% (0 delegates) (1,966 votes) | 0% (0 delegates) (1,239 votes) | 0% (0 delegates) (1,895 votes) | 58 (3 unprojected) (554,573 votes) | |
Vermont Binding Primary | 39% (9 delegates) (24,008 votes) | 25% (4 delegates) (15,391 votes) | 8% (0 delegates) (4,949 votes) | 24% (4 delegates) (14,368 votes) | 1% (0 delegates) (544 votes) | 2% (0 delegates) (1,198 votes) | 17 (60,850 votes) | ||
Virginia Binding Primary | 60% (43 delegates) (158,119 votes) | 40% (3 delegates) (107,451 votes) | 49 (3 unprojected) (265,570 votes) | ||||||
Mar. 10 | Kansas Binding Precinct Caucuses | 21% (7 delegates) (6,250 votes) | 13% (0 delegates) (3,767 votes) | 14% (0 delegates) (4,298 votes) | 51% (33 delegates) (15,290 votes) | 0% (0 delegates) (37 votes) | 0% (0 delegates) (38 votes) | 0% (0 delegates) (16 votes) | 40 (29,857 votes) |
Guam Territorial Caucus | 96% (6 delegates) (207 votes) | 0% (0 delegates) (0 votes) | 0% (0 delegates) (0 votes) | 0% (0 delegates) (0 votes) | – | – | – | 9 (3 unprojected) (215 votes) | |
N. Mariana Islands Convention Caucus | 87% (6 delegates) (740 votes) | 3% (0 delegates) (28 votes) | 3% (0 delegates) (27 votes) | 6% (0 delegates) (53 votes) | – | – | – | 9 (3 unprojected) (848 votes) | |
U.S. Virgin Islands f Territorial Caucuses | 27% (8 delegates) (104 votes) | 29% (1 delegate) (112 votes) | 5% (0 delegates) (19 votes) | 6% (0 delegates) (23 votes) | 9 (390 votes) | ||||
Mar. 13 | Alabama Binding Primary | 29% (11 delegates) (180,321 votes) | 5% (0 delegates) (30,937 votes) | 29% (14 delegates) (182,276 votes) | 35% (22 delegates) (215,105 votes) | 0% (0 delegates) (1,867 votes) | 0% (0 delegates) (1,049 votes) | 0% (0 delegates) (1,700 votes) | 50 (3 unprojected) (622,514 votes) |
Hawaii Binding Precinct Caucuses | 44% (9 delegates) (4,548 votes) | 19% (3 delegates) (1,975 votes) | 11% (0 delegates) (1,116 votes) | 25% (5 delegates) (2,589 votes) | 20 (3 unprojected) (10,228 votes) | ||||
Mississippi Binding Primary | 31% (12 delegates) (90,161 votes) | 4% (0 delegates) (12,955 votes) | 31% (12 delegates) (91,612 votes) | 33% (13 delegates) (96,258 votes) | 0% (0 delegates) (1,350 votes) | 0% (0 delegates) (413 votes) | 0% (0 delegates) (971 votes) | 40 (3 unprojected) (294,112 votes) | |
American Samoa Territorial Caucus | N/A (6 delegates) (N/A votes) | N/A (0 delegates) (N/A votes) | N/A (0 delegates) (N/A votes) | N/A (0 delegates) (N/A votes) | – | – | – | 9 (3 unprojected) (~70 votes) | |
Mar. 18 | Puerto Rico Binding Primary | 83% (20 delegates) (106,431 votes) | 1% (0 delegates) (1,595 votes) | 2% (0 delegates) (2,702 votes) | 8% (0 delegates) (10,574 votes) | 23 (3 unprojected) (128,834 votes) | |||
Mar. 20 | Illinois e Binding Primary | 47% (42 delegates) (435,859 votes) | 9% (0 delegates) (87,044 votes) | 8% (0 delegates) (74,482 votes) | 35% (12 delegates) (326,778 votes) | 1% (0 delegates) (5,568 votes) | 54 (933,454 votes) | ||
Mar. 24 | Louisiana e Binding Primary | 27% (5 delegates) (49,758 votes) | 6% (0 delegates) (11,467 votes) | 16% (0 delegates) (29,656 votes) | 49% (10 delegates) (91,321 votes) | 1% (0 delegates) (955 votes) | 0% (0 delegates) (242 votes) | 0% (0 delegates) (622 votes) | 20 (5 unprojected) [8] (186,410 votes) |
Apr. 3 | Maryland Binding Primary | 49% (37 delegates) (122,400 votes) | 10% (0 delegates) (23,609 votes) | 11% (0 delegates) (27,240 votes) | 29% (0 delegates) (71,349 votes) | 0% (0 delegates) (1,108 votes) | 1% (0 delegates) (1,484 votes) | 37 (248,468 votes) | |
Washington, D.C. Binding Primary | 68% (18 delegates) (3,577 votes) | 12% (0 delegates) (621 votes) | 11% (0 delegates) (558 votes) | 7% (0 delegates) (348 votes) | 19 (1 unprojected) (5,257 votes) | ||||
Wisconsin Binding Primary | 44% (30 delegates) (346,876 votes) | 11% (0 delegates) (87,858 votes) | 6% (0 delegates) (45,978 votes) | 37% (6 delegates) (290,139 votes) | 1% (0 delegates) (5,083 votes) | 1% (0 delegates) (6,045 votes) | 42 (6 unprojected) (787,847 votes) | ||
Apr. 24 | Connecticut Binding Primary | 67% (25 delegates) (40,171 votes) | 13% (0 delegates) (8,032 votes) | 10% (0 delegates (6,132 votes) | 7% (0 delegates) (4,072 votes) | 28 (3 unprojected) (59,578 votes) | |||
Delaware Binding Primary | 56% (17 delegates) (16,143 votes) | 11% (0 delegates) (3,017 votes) | 27% (0 delegates) (7,742 votes) | 6% (0 delegates) (1,690 votes) | 17 (28,592 votes) | ||||
New York Binding Primary | 62% (92 delegates) (118,912 votes) | 15% (0 delegates) (27,699 votes) | 13% (0 delegates) (23,990 votes) | 10% (0 delegates) (18,997 votes) | 95 (3 unprojected) (190,515 votes) | ||||
Pennsylvania e Binding Primary | 58% (0 delegates) (468,374 votes) | 13% (0 delegates) (106,148 votes) | 10% (0 delegates) (84,537 votes) | 18% (0 delegates) (149,056 votes) | 59 (59 unprojected) (808,115 votes) | ||||
Rhode Island Binding Primary | 63% (12 delegates) (9,178 votes) | 24% (4 delegates) (3,473 votes) | 6% (0 delegates) (880 votes) | 6% (0 delegates) (825 votes) | 19 (3 unprojected) (14,564 votes) | ||||
May 8 | Indiana e Binding Primary | 65% (27 delegates) (410,635 votes) | 16% (0 delegate) (98,487 votes) | 6% (0 delegate) (41,135 votes) | 13% (0 delegate) (85,332 votes) | 27 (635,589 votes) | |||
North Carolina Binding Primary | 66% (36 delegates) (638,601 votes) | 11% (6 delegates) (108,217 votes) | 8% (4 delegates) (74,367 votes) | 10% (6 delegates) (101,093 votes) | 55 (3 unprojected) (973,206 votes) | ||||
West Virginia Binding Primary | 70% (21 delegates) (78,197 votes) | 11% (0 delegate) (12,412 votes) | 6% (0 delegate) (7,076 votes) | 12% (2 delegates) (13,590 votes) | 31 (5 unprojected) (112,416 votes) | ||||
May 15 | Nebraska Nonbinding Primary | 71% (0 delegates) (131,436 votes) | 10% (0 delegates) (18,508 votes) | 5% (0 delegates) (9,628 votes) | 14% (0 delegates) (25,830 votes) | 0 (185,402 votes) | |||
Oregon Binding Primary | 71% (18 delegates) (204,176 votes) | 13% (3 delegates) (36,810 votes) | 5% (1 delegate) (15,451 votes) | 9% (3 delegates) (27,042 votes) | 28 (3 unprojected) (287,955 votes) | ||||
May 22 | Arkansas Binding Primary | 68% (33 delegates) (104,200 votes) | 13% (0 delegates) (20,399 votes) | 5% (0 delegates) (7,453 votes) | 13% (0 delegates) (20,308 votes) | 36 (3 unprojected) (152,360 votes) | |||
Kentucky Binding Primary | 67% (42 delegates) (117,621 votes) | 13% (0 delegates) (22,074 votes) | 6% (0 delegates) (10,479 votes) | 9% (0 delegates) (15,629 votes) | 45 (3 unprojected) (176,160 votes) | ||||
May 29 [9] | Texas Binding Primary | 69% (105 delegates) (1,001,387 vot.) | 12% (18 delegates) (174,207 votes) | 5% (7 delegates) (68,247 votes) | 8% (12 delegates) (115,584 votes) | 1% (1 delegate) (8,695 votes) | 1% (1 delegate) (12,097 votes) | 155 (9 unprojected) (1,449,477 votes) | |
June 5 | California Binding Primary | 80% (169 delegates) (1,530,513 vot.) | 10% (0 delegates) (199,246 votes) | 4% (0 delegates) (72,022 votes) | 5% (0 delegates) (102,258 votes) | 172 (3 unprojected) (1,924,970 votes) | |||
Montana Nonbinding Primary | 68% (1 delegate) (96,121 votes) | 14% (0 delegates) (20,227 votes) | 4% (0 delegates) (6,107 votes) | 9% (0 delegates) (12,546 votes) | 0 (140,457 votes) | ||||
New Jersey Binding Primary | 81% (50 delegates) (188,121 votes) | 10% (0 delegates) (24,017 votes) | 3% (0 delegates) (7,212 votes) | 5% (0 delegates) (12,115 votes) | 50 (231,465 votes) | ||||
New Mexico Binding Primary | 73% (20 delegates) (65,935 votes) | 10% (0 delegates) (9,363 votes) | 6% (0 delegates) (5,298 votes) | 10% (0 delegates) (9,517 votes) | 23 (3 unprojected) (90,113 votes) | ||||
South Dakota Binding Primary | 66% (25 delegates) (34,035 votes) | 13% (0 delegates) (6,708 votes) | 4% (0 delegates) (2,071 votes) | 11% (0 delegates) (5,917 votes) | 28 (3 unprojected) (51,527 votes) | ||||
June 26 | Utah Binding Primary | 93% (25 delegates) (220,865 votes) | 5% (0 delegates) (11,209 votes) | 0% (0 delegates) (1,124 votes) | 2% (0 delegates) (3,541 votes) | 40 (237,317 votes) | |||
Withdrawal date | Presidential nominee | ---- | May 2, 2012 | April 10, 2012 | January 19, 2012 | January 16, 2012 | January 4, 2012 |
Legend: | 1st place (popular vote) | 2nd place (popular vote) | 3rd place (popular vote) | Candidate has withdrawn | Candidate unable to appear on ballot |
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Candidates | Mitt Romney | Ron Paul | Newt Gingrich | Rick Santorum | Uncommitted/ Unpledged/ Unknown | Other | Total | |
Total delegates | 139 (48.4%) | 85 (29.6%) | 1 (0.3%) | 24 (8.4%) | 38 (13.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | 287 | |
Mar. 6-10 | Wyoming [11] County conventions | 44% (8 delegates) (577 votes) | 12% (1 delegate) (160 votes) | 0% (0 delegates) (7 votes) | 28% (2 delegates) (360 votes) | 15% (1 delegate) (203 votes) | 0% (0 delegates) (3 votes) | 12 (1,310 votes) |
Apr. 12–13 | Colorado [12] District conventions | 24% (5 delegates) | 0% (0 delegates) | 0% (0 delegates) | 29% (6 delegates) | 48% (10 delegates) | 0% (0 delegates) | 21 |
Apr. 12–14 | Wyoming [13] State convention | 82% (14 delegates) | 0% (0 delegates) | 0% (0 delegates) | 0% (0 delegates) | 18% (3 delegates) | 0% (0 delegates) | 17 |
Apr. 14 | Colorado [12] State convention | 53% (8 delegates) | 0% (0 delegates) | 0% (0 delegates) | 0% (0 delegates) | 47% (7 delegates) | 0% (0 delegates) | 15 |
Apr. 21 | Missouri [14] District conventions | 50% (12 delegates) | 17% (4 delegates) | 4% (1 delegate) | 29% (7 delegates) | 0% (0 delegates) | 0% (0 delegates) | 24 |
Mar. 31 – Apr. 22 | Minnesota [15] District conventions | 0% (0 delegates) | 83% (20 delegates) | 0% (0 delegates) | 8% (2 delegates) | 8% (2 delegates) | 0% (0 delegates) | 24 |
May 5–6 | Maine [16] District caucuses & State convention | 8% (2 delegates) | 83% (20 delegates) | 0% (0 delegates) | 0% (0 delegates) | 8% (2 delegates) | 0% (0 delegates) | 24 |
May 18–19 | Minnesota [17] State convention | 6% (1 delegate) | 75% (12 delegates) | 0% (0 delegates) | 0% (0 delegates) | 19% (3 delegates) | 0% (0 delegates) | 16 |
May 30 – June 2 | Washington District caucuses & State convention [18] [19] | 86% (37 delegates) | 12% (5 delegates) | 0% (0 delegates) | 4% (1 delegate) | 0% (0 delegates) | 0% (0 delegates) | 43 |
June 2 | Missouri [20] [21] State convention | 68% (19 delegates) | 0% (0 delegates) | 0% (0 delegates) | 21% (6 delegates) | 11% (3 delegates) | 0% (0 delegates) | 28 |
Louisiana [8] [22] [23] State convention | results unavailable | 26 | ||||||
June 8–9 | Illinois State convention | results unavailable | 15 | |||||
Indiana State convention | results unavailable | 19 | ||||||
June 14–16 | Montana State Convention | results unavailable | 26 | |||||
June 16 | Iowa [24] District caucuses & State convention | 4% (1 delegate) | 75% (21 delegates) | 0% (0 delegates) | 0% (0 delegates) | 21% (6 delegates) | 0% (0 delegates) | 28 |
June 22–23 | Pennsylvania Summer meeting | results unavailable | 13 | |||||
July 14 | Nebraska [25] District caucuses & State convention | 91% (32 delegates) | 6% (2 delegates) | 0% (0 delegates) | 0% (0 delegates) | 3% (1 delegate) | 0% (0 delegates) | 35 |
Legend: | 1st place (delegates) | 2nd place (delegates) | 3rd place (delegates) | Candidate has withdrawn |
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The traditional roll call of the states, which shows final distribution of delegates for every candidate, took place on Tuesday August 28, the first full day of the Republican National Convention.
State | Mitt Romney | Ron Paul | Rick Santorum | Jon Huntsman | Michele Bachmann | Buddy Roemer | Uncommitted | Abstain | Undecided | Unknown | Total |
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Total | 2061 | 190 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 2286 |
Alabama | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
Alaska | 18 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
American Samoa | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Arizona | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
Arkansas | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
California | 172 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172 |
Colorado | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
Connecticut | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
Delaware | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
Washington, D.C. | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
Florida | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
Georgia | 72 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 76 |
Guam | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Hawaii | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
Idaho | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
Illinois | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 |
Indiana | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 |
Iowa | 6 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
Kansas | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
Kentucky | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
Louisiana | 32 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 |
Maine | 14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
Maryland | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 |
Massachusetts | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 |
Michigan | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30 |
Minnesota | 6 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
Mississippi | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
Missouri | 45 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 |
Montana | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
Nebraska | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 35 |
Nevada | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 28 |
New Hampshire | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
New Jersey | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
New Mexico | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
New York | 95 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95 |
North Carolina | 48 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 |
North Dakota | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
N. Mariana Islands | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Ohio | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 |
Oklahoma | 34 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 43 |
Oregon | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
Pennsylvania | 67 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 |
Puerto Rico | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
Rhode Island | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
South Carolina | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
South Dakota | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
Tennessee | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 |
Texas | 130 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155 |
Utah | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
Vermont | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
Virginia | 46 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
Virgin Islands, U.S. | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Washington | 38 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 |
West Virginia | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
Wisconsin | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 |
Wyoming | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
Two major candidates, who had been invited to the debates, Herman Cain and Gary Johnson, had withdrawn from the race after states began to certify candidates for ballot spots. Two serious candidates who were not invited, Buddy Roemer and Fred Karger, had a very hard time getting on primary ballots and achieved only limited success. Six candidates, L. John Davis, Randy Crow, Chris Hill, Keith Drummond, Mike Meehan, and Mark Callahan, qualified for the ballot in two primaries, while the rest, over 25 in all, were on the ballot in only one, either New Hampshire or Arizona, which both had relatively easy requirements. Some votes for minor candidates are unavailable, because in many states (territories) they can be listed as Others or Write-ins. At the conclusion of the primary season, none of these other candidates was able to be awarded any delegates.
Candidate | Votes | Date withdrawn |
---|---|---|
Buddy Roemer | 33,588 | February 23, 2012 [26] |
Herman Cain | 13,603 | December 3, 2011 |
Fred Karger | 12,743 | June 29, 2012 |
Gary Johnson | 4,293 | December 28, 2011 |
Candidate | Votes | States on ballot |
---|---|---|
L. John Davis | 3,901 | 2 |
Sarah Gonzalez | 1,460 | 1 |
Mike Meehan | 410 | 2 |
Mark Callahan | 346 | 2 |
Kevin Rubash | 250 | 1 |
Dick Perry | 282 | 1 |
Chris Hill | 232 | 2 |
Donald Benjamin | 201 | 1 |
Michael Levinson | 200 | 1 |
Randy Crow | 198 | 2 |
Keith Drummond | 195 | 2 |
Kip Dean | 188 | 1 |
Ronald Zack | 139 | 1 |
Jeff Lawman | 119 | 1 |
Frank Lynch | 98 | 1 |
Wayne Arnett | 88 | 1 |
Ben Linn | 83 | 1 |
Raymond Perkins | 84 | 1 |
Matt Welch | 78 | 1 |
Jim Terr | 55 | 1 |
Charles Skelley | 52 | 1 |
Simon Bollander | 50 | 1 |
Joe Story | 42 | 1 |
Bear Betzler | 29 | 1 |
Joe Robinson | 25 | 1 |
Stewart Greenleaf | 24 | 1 |
Andy Martin | 19 | 1 |
Linden Swift | 18 | 1 |
Tim Brewer | 15 | 1 |
Vern Wuensche | 15 | 1 |
Hugh Cort | 3 | 1 |
James Vestermark | 3 | 1 |
Primary and caucuses can be binding or nonbinding in allocating delegates to the respective state delegations to the National convention. But the actual election of the delegates can be at a later date. Delegates are (1) elected at conventions, (2) from slates submitted by the candidates, (3) selected by the state chairman or (4) at committee meetings or (5) elected directly at the caucuses and primaries.
Until the delegates are actually elected the delegate numbers are by nature projections, but it is only in the nonbinding caucus states where they are not allocated at the primary or caucus date.
Twelve states (374 delegates) voted from January 3 to March 3. Out of 374 delegates only 172 were allocated to the candidates, 18 were unbound RNC delegates, 2 were allocated for Huntsman but were unbound, [27] and 182 delegates were unallocated.
Nonbinding Caucus: January 3, 2012
State Convention: June 16, 2012
National delegates: 28
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bound | Unbound | Total | |||
Rick Santorum | 29,839 | 24.56% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mitt Romney | 29,805 | 24.53% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Ron Paul | 26,036 | 21.43% | 0 | 21 | 21 |
Newt Gingrich | 16,163 | 13.30% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rick Perry | 12,557 | 10.33% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Michele Bachmann | 6,046 | 4.98% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jon Huntsman | 739 | 0.61% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Herman Cain (write-in) | 45 | 0.04% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sarah Palin (write-in) | 23 | 0.02% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Buddy Roemer (write-in) | 17 | 0.01% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fred Karger (write-in) | 10 | 0.01% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gary Johnson (write-in) | 8 | 0.01% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Donald Trump (write-in) | 5 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paul Ryan (write-in) | 3 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rudy Giuliani (write-in) | 2 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Huckabee (write-in) | 2 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ben Lange (write-in) | 2 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Roy Moore (write-in) | 2 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tim Pawlenty (write-in) | 2 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Condoleezza Rice (write-in) | 2 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jared Blankenship (write-in) | 1 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pat Buchanan (write-in) | 1 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
John McCain (write-in) | 1 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ralph Nader (write-in) | 1 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Robert Ray (write-in) | 1 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Scott Walker (write-in) | 1 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No Preference | 147 | 0.12% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 40 | 0.03% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unprojected delegates: | 0 | 6 | 6 | ||
Total: | 121,501 | 100.00% | 0 | 28 | 28 |
Primary date: January 10, 2012
National delegates: 12 #
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bound | Unbound | Total | |||
Mitt Romney | 97,591 | 39.28% | - | - | 7 |
Ron Paul | 56,872 | 22.89% | - | - | 3 |
Jon Huntsman | 41,964 | 16.89% | - | - | 2 |
Rick Santorum | 23,432 | 9.43% | - | - | 0 |
Newt Gingrich | 23,421 | 9.43% | - | - | 0 |
Rick Perry | 1,764 | 0.71% | - | - | 0 |
Buddy Roemer | 950 | 0.38% | - | - | 0 |
Michele Bachmann (withdrawn) | 350 | 0.14% | - | - | 0 |
Fred Karger | 345 | 0.14% | - | - | 0 |
Barack Obama (write-in) | 285 | 0.11% | - | - | 0 |
Kevin Rubash | 250 | 0.10% | - | - | 0 |
Gary Johnson (withdrawn) | 181 | 0.07% | - | - | 0 |
Herman Cain (withdrawn) | 161 | 0.06% | - | - | 0 |
Jeff Lawman | 119 | 0.05% | - | - | 0 |
Chris Hill | 108 | 0.04% | - | - | 0 |
Benjamin Linn | 83 | 0.03% | - | - | 0 |
Michael Meehan | 54 | 0.02% | - | - | 0 |
Keith Drummond | 42 | 0.02% | - | - | 0 |
Rickey Story | 42 | 0.02% | - | - | 0 |
Bear Betzler | 29 | 0.01% | - | - | 0 |
Joe Robinson | 25 | 0.01% | - | - | 0 |
Stewart Greenleaf | 24 | 0.01% | - | - | 0 |
Donald Trump (write-in) | 24 | 0.01% | - | - | 0 |
Sarah Palin (write-in) | 23 | 0.01% | - | - | 0 |
Mark Callahan | 20 | 0.01% | - | - | 0 |
Andy Martin | 19 | 0.01% | - | - | 0 |
Linden Swift | 18 | 0.01% | - | - | 0 |
Tim Brewer | 15 | 0.01% | - | - | 0 |
Vern Wuensche | 15 | 0.01% | - | - | 0 |
L. John Davis | 14 | 0.01% | - | - | 0 |
Randy Crow | 12 | 0.00% | - | - | 0 |
Vermin Supreme (write-in) | 4 | 0.00% | - | - | 0 |
James Vestermark | 3 | 0.00% | - | - | 0 |
Hugh Cort | 3 | 0.00% | - | - | 0 |
Other Write-ins [31] | 213 | 0.09% | - | - | 0 |
Unpledged delegates: | - | - | 0 | ||
Total: | 248,475 | 100.00% | - | - | 20 |
Primary date: January 21, 2012
District conventions: April 12, 2012
State convention: May 19, 2012
National delegates: 25
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Projected delegate count | |
---|---|---|---|---|
CNN [5] | FOX [33] | |||
Newt Gingrich | 244,065 | 40.42% | 23 | 23 |
Mitt Romney | 168,123 | 27.85% | 2 | 0 |
Rick Santorum | 102,475 | 16.97% | 0 | 0 |
Ron Paul | 78,360 | 12.98% | 0 | 0 |
Herman Cain (withdrawn) | 6,338 | 1.05% | 0 | 0 |
Rick Perry (withdrawn) | 2,534 | 0.42% | 0 | 0 |
Jon Huntsman (withdrawn) | 1,173 | 0.19% | 0 | 0 |
Michele Bachmann (withdrawn) | 491 | 0.08% | 0 | 0 |
Gary Johnson (withdrawn) | 211 | 0.03% | 0 | 0 |
Unprojected delegates: | 0 | 2 | ||
Total: | 603,770 | 100.00% | 25 | 25 |
Closed primary: January 31, 2012
National delegates: 50
Note: 4,063,853 registered Republicans
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bound | Unbound | Total | |||
Mitt Romney | 776,159 | 46.40% | 50 | 0 | 50 |
Newt Gingrich | 534,121 | 31.93% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rick Santorum | 223,249 | 13.35% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ron Paul | 117,461 | 7.02% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rick Perry (withdrawn) | 6,775 | 0.41% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jon Huntsman (withdrawn) | 6,204 | 0.37% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Michele Bachmann (withdrawn) | 3,967 | 0.24% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Herman Cain (withdrawn) | 3,503 | 0.21% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gary Johnson (withdrawn) | 1,195 | 0.07% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unpledged delegates: | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total: | 1,672,634 | 100.00% | 50 | 0 | 50 |
Closed caucus: February 4, 2012
National delegates: 28
Note: 400,310 registered Republicans [35]
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count [37] | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bound | Unbound | Total | |||
Mitt Romney | 16,486 | 50.02% | 20 | 0 | 20 |
Newt Gingrich | 6,956 | 21.10% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ron Paul | 6,175 | 18.73% | 8 | 0 | 8 |
Rick Santorum | 3,277 | 9.94% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No Preference | 67 | 0.20% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unpledged delegates: | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total: | 32,961 | 100.00% | 28 | 0 | 28 |
Closed caucus: February 7, 2012
National delegates: 36
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count* | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bound | Unbound | Total | |||
Rick Santorum | 26,614 | 40.31% | 6 | 1 | 7 |
Mitt Romney | 23,012 | 34.85% | 13 | 0 | 13 |
Newt Gingrich | 8,445 | 12.79% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ron Paul | 7,759 | 11.75% | 0 | 13 | 13 |
Rick Perry (withdrawn) | 52 | 0.08% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jon Huntsman (withdrawn) | 46 | 0.07% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Michele Bachmann (withdrawn) | 28 | 0.04% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 71 | 0.11% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unpledged delegates: | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
Total: | 66,027 | 100.00% | 19 | 17 | 36 |
Open caucus: February 7, 2012
National delegates: 40
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bound | Unbound | Total | |||
Rick Santorum | 21,988 | 44.95% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Ron Paul | 13,282 | 27.15% | 32 | 0 | 32 |
Mitt Romney | 8,240 | 16.85% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Newt Gingrich | 5,263 | 10.76% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Write-Ins | 143 | 0.29% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unpledged delegates: | 0 | 18 | 18 | ||
Total: | 48,916 | 100.00% | 22 | 18 | 40 |
Modified Primary: February 7, 2012
National delegates: 52 (not tied to primary vote)
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bound | Unbound | Total | |||
Rick Santorum | 139,272 | 55.23% | 7 | 0 | 7 |
Mitt Romney | 63,882 | 25.33% | 12 | 0 | 12 |
Ron Paul | 30,647 | 12.15% | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Rick Perry (withdrawn) | 2,456 | 0.97% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Herman Cain (withdrawn) | 2,306 | 0.91% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Michele Bachmann (withdrawn) | 1,680 | 0.67% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jon Huntsman (withdrawn) | 1,044 | 0.41% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gary Johnson (withdrawn) | 536 | 0.21% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Michael J. Meehan | 356 | 0.14% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Keith Drummond | 153 | 0.06% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Newt Gingrich (not on ballot) | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Other | 9,853 | 3.91% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unpledged delegates: | 25 | 3 | 28 | ||
Total: | 252,185 | 100.00% | 49 | 3 | 52 |
Closed caucus: February 4–11, 2012
National delegates: 24
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bound | Unbound | Total | |||
Mitt Romney | 2,373 | 37.97% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Ron Paul | 2,258 | 36.13% | 20 | 0 | 20 |
Rick Santorum | 1,136 | 18.18% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Newt Gingrich | 405 | 6.48% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No preference | 60 | 0.96% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 18 | 0.29% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unpledged delegates: | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
Total: | 6,250 | 100.00% | 0 | 24 | 24 |
Closed primary: February 28, 2012
National delegates: 29
Note: Delegate total was halved due to violation of Rule 15 of the RNC rules.
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bound | Unbound | Total | |||
Mitt Romney | 239,167 | 46.87% | 29 | 0 | 29 |
Rick Santorum | 138,031 | 27.05% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Newt Gingrich | 81,748 | 16.02% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ron Paul | 43,952 | 8.61% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rick Perry (withdrawn) | 2,023 | 0.40% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sarah Gonzales | 1,544 | 0.30% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Buddy Roemer (withdrawn) | 692 | 0.14% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paul Sims | 530 | 0.10% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cesar Cisneros | 418 | 0.08% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mark Callahan | 358 | 0.07% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Al "Dick" Perry | 310 | 0.06% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Donald Benjamin | 223 | 0.04% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Michael Levinson | 217 | 0.04% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kip Dean | 198 | 0.04% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ronald Zack | 156 | 0.03% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chris Hill | 139 | 0.03% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Frank Lynch | 110 | 0.02% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wayne Arnett | 96 | 0.02% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Raymond Perkins | 90 | 0.02% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Matt Welch | 86 | 0.02% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Terr | 59 | 0.01% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Charles Skelley | 57 | 0.01% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Simon Bollander | 54 | 0.01% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unprojected delegates: | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total: | 510,258 | 100.00% | 29 | 0 | 29 |
Open primary: February 28, 2012
National delegates: 30
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Projected delegate count | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AP | CNN [49] | FOX [50] | |||
Mitt Romney | 409,522 | 41.10% | 15 | 16 | 15 |
Rick Santorum | 377,372 | 37.87% | 13 | 14 | 15 |
Ron Paul | 115,911 | 11.63% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Newt Gingrich | 65,027 | 6.53% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rick Perry (withdrawn) | 1,816 | 0.18% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Buddy Roemer (withdrawn) | 1,784 | 0.18% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Michele Bachmann (withdrawn) | 1,735 | 0.17% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jon Huntsman (withdrawn) | 1,674 | 0.17% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Herman Cain (withdrawn) | 1,211 | 0.12% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fred Karger | 1,180 | 0.12% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gary Johnson (withdrawn) | 458 | 0.05% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Uncommitted | 18,809 | 1.89% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unprojected delegates: | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total: | 996,499 | 100.00% | 30 | 30 | 30 |
Closed caucus: February 11–29, 2012
National delegates: 29
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bound | Unbound | Total | |||
Mitt Romney | 822 | 38.99% | - | - | 14 |
Rick Santorum | 673 | 31.93% | - | - | 0 |
Ron Paul | 439 | 20.83% | - | - | 0 |
Newt Gingrich | 165 | 7.83% | - | - | 0 |
Other | 9 | 0.43% | - | - | 0 |
Unpledged delegates: | - | - | 15 | ||
Total: | 2,108 | 100.00% | 25 | 4 | 29 |
Closed caucus: March 3, 2012
National delegates: 43
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Projected delegate count | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AP [53] | CNN [54] | FOX [55] | |||
Mitt Romney | 19,111 | 37.65% | 30 | 25 | 30 |
Ron Paul | 12,594 | 24.81% | 5 | 8 | 5 |
Rick Santorum | 12,089 | 23.81% | 5 | 7 | 5 |
Newt Gingrich | 5,221 | 10.28% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Uncommitted | 1,656 | 3.26% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Write-ins | 93 | 0.18% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unprojected delegates: | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
Total: | 50,764 | 100.00% | 43 | 43 | 43 |
Super Tuesday 2012 is the name for March 6, 2012, the day on which the largest simultaneous number of state presidential primary elections was held in the United States. It included Republican primaries in seven states and caucuses in three states, totaling 419 delegates (18.2% of the total). [56] 18 additional RNC superdelegates from the states are not bound by the voting result. [56]
Candidate | States won | Votes | Projected delegate count | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AP [57] | CNN [58] | FOX | |||
Mitt Romney | 6 | 1,274,361 | 220 | 220 | 212 |
Rick Santorum | 3 | 918,640 | 87 | 85 | 86 |
Newt Gingrich | 1 | 631,558 | 83 | 79 | 74 |
Ron Paul | 0 | 387,078 | 21 | 22 | 21 |
Unprojected delegates: | 8 | 13 | 26 | ||
Total: | 10 | - | 419 | 419 | 419 |
Caucuses: March 6, 2012
National delegates: 27
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bound | Unbound | Total | |||
Mitt Romney | 4,285 | 32.4% | 8 | 0 | 8 |
Rick Santorum | 3,860 | 29.2% | 8 | 0 | 8 |
Ron Paul | 3,175 | 24.0% | 6 | 0 | 6 |
Newt Gingrich | 1,865 | 14.1% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Uncommitted | 34 | 0.3% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unpledged delegates: | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
Total: | 13,219 | 100.00% | 24 | 3 | 27 |
Open primary: March 6, 2012
National delegates: 76
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Projected delegate count | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AP | CNN [62] | FOX [63] | |||
Newt Gingrich | 425,395 | 47.19% | - | 53 | 47 |
Mitt Romney | 233,611 | 25.91% | - | 20 | 15 |
Rick Santorum | 176,259 | 19.55% | - | 3 | 3 |
Ron Paul | 59,100 | 6.56% | - | 0 | 0 |
Jon Huntsman (withdrawn) | 1,813 | 0.20% | - | 0 | 0 |
Michele Bachmann (withdrawn) | 1,714 | 0.19% | - | 0 | 0 |
Rick Perry (withdrawn) | 1,696 | 0.19% | - | 0 | 0 |
Buddy Roemer (withdrawn) | 1,142 | 0.13% | - | 0 | 0 |
Gary Johnson (withdrawn) | 740 | 0.08% | - | 0 | 0 |
Unprojected delegates: | 76 | 0 | 11 | ||
Total: | 901,470 | 100.00% | 76 | 76 | 76 |
Caucuses: March 6, 2012
National delegates: 32
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bound | Unbound | Total | |||
Mitt Romney | 27,514 | 61.59% | 32 | 0 | 32 |
Rick Santorum | 8,115 | 18.17% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ron Paul | 8,086 | 18.10% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Newt Gingrich | 940 | 2.10% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 17 | 0.04% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unpledged delegates: | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total: | 44,672 | 100.00% | 32 | 0 | 32 |
Semi-closed primary: March 6, 2012
National delegates: 41
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Projected delegate count | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AP | CNN [67] | FOX [68] | |||
Mitt Romney | 266,313 | 71.89% | - | 38 | 38 |
Rick Santorum | 44,564 | 12.03% | - | 0 | 0 |
Ron Paul | 35,219 | 9.51% | - | 0 | 0 |
Newt Gingrich | 16,991 | 4.59% | - | 0 | 0 |
Jon Huntsman (withdrawn) | 2,268 | 0.61% | - | 0 | 0 |
Rick Perry (withdrawn) | 991 | 0.27% | - | 0 | 0 |
Michele Bachmann (withdrawn) | 865 | 0.23% | - | 0 | 0 |
No preference | 1,793 | 0.48% | - | 0 | 0 |
Blanks | 818 | 0.22% | - | 0 | 0 |
Others | 613 | 0.17% | - | 0 | 0 |
Unprojected delegates: | 41 | 3 | 3 | ||
Total: | 370,425 | 100.00% | 41 | 41 | 41 |
Caucuses: March 6, 2012
National delegates: 28
Results prior to certification:
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Projected delegate count | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AP | CNN [70] | FOX [71] | |||
Rick Santorum | 4,510 | 39.74% | 11 | 11 | 11 |
Ron Paul | 3,186 | 28.07% | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Mitt Romney | 2,691 | 23.71% | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Newt Gingrich | 962 | 8.48% | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Unprojected delegates: | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total: | 11,349 | 100.00% | 28 | 28 | 28 |
Semi-closed primary: March 6, 2012
National delegates: 66
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Projected delegate count | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AP | CNN [73] | FOX [74] | |||
Mitt Romney | 460,831 | 37.96% | - | 35 | 35 |
Rick Santorum | 448,580 | 36.95% | - | 19 | 21 |
Newt Gingrich | 177,183 | 14.60% | - | 0 | 0 |
Ron Paul | 113,256 | 9.33% | - | 0 | 0 |
Rick Perry (withdrawn) | 7,539 | 0.62% | - | 0 | 0 |
Jon Huntsman (withdrawn) | 6,490 | 0.53% | - | 0 | 0 |
Unprojected delegates: | 66 | 12 | 10 | ||
Total: | 1,213,879 | 100.00% | 66 | 66 | 66 |
Primary: March 6, 2012
National delegates: 43
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Projected delegate count | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AP | CNN [76] | FOX [77] | |||
Rick Santorum | 96,849 | 33.80% | - | 14 | 14 |
Mitt Romney | 80,356 | 28.05% | - | 13 | 13 |
Newt Gingrich | 78,730 | 27.48% | - | 13 | 13 |
Ron Paul | 27,596 | 9.63% | - | 0 | 0 |
Rick Perry (withdrawn) | 1,291 | 0.45% | - | 0 | 0 |
Michele Bachmann (withdrawn) | 951 | 0.33% | - | 0 | 0 |
Jon Huntsman (withdrawn) | 750 | 0.26% | - | 0 | 0 |
Unprojected delegates: | 43 | 3 | 3 | ||
Total: | 286,523 | 100.00% | 43 | 43 | 43 |
Primary: March 6, 2012
National delegates: 58
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Projected delegate count | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
NYT [79] | CNN [80] | FOX [81] | |||
Rick Santorum | 205,809 | 37.11% | 29 | 27 | 26 |
Mitt Romney | 155,630 | 28.06% | 14 | 15 | 12 |
Newt Gingrich | 132,889 | 23.96% | 9 | 8 | 9 |
Ron Paul | 50,156 | 9.04% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rick Perry (withdrawn) | 1,966 | 0.35% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Michele Bachmann (withdrawn) | 1,895 | 0.34% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jon Huntsman (withdrawn) | 1,239 | 0.22% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Buddy Roemer (withdrawn) | 881 | 0.16% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gary Johnson (withdrawn) | 572 | 0.10% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Uncommitted | 3,536 | 0.64% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unprojected delegates: | 6 | 8 | 9 | ||
Total: | 554,573 | 100.00% | 58 | 58 | 58 |
Primary: March 6, 2012
National delegates: 17
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Projected delegate count | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
NYT [83] | CNN [84] | FOX [85] | |||
Mitt Romney | 24,008 | 39.45% | 9 | 9 | 9 |
Ron Paul | 15,391 | 25.29% | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Rick Santorum | 14,368 | 23.61% | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Newt Gingrich | 4,949 | 8.13% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jon Huntsman (withdrawn) | 1,198 | 1.97% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rick Perry (withdrawn) | 544 | 0.89% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Write-ins | 392 | 0.64% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unprojected delegates | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total: | 60,850 | 100.00% | 17 | 17 | 17 |
Primary: March 6, 2012
National delegates: 49
Note: Ballot restrictions resulted in most of the candidates failing to get on the ballot.
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Projected delegate count | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AP | CNN [87] | FOX [88] | |||
Mitt Romney | 158,119 | 59.53% | 43 | 43 | 43 |
Ron Paul | 107,451 | 40.46% | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Unprojected delegates | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
Total: | 265,570 | 100.00% | 49 | 49 | 49 |
Binding caucus: March 10, 2012
National delegates: 40
Results prior to certification with 100% of precincts reporting:
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Projected delegate count | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AP [90] | CNN | FOX [91] | |||
Rick Santorum | 15,290 | 51.21% | 33 | 33 | - |
Mitt Romney | 6,250 | 20.93% | 7 | 7 | - |
Newt Gingrich | 4,298 | 14.40% | 0 | 0 | - |
Ron Paul | 3,767 | 12.62% | 0 | 0 | - |
Herman Cain (withdrawn) | 39 | 0.13% | 0 | 0 | - |
Jon Huntsman (withdrawn) | 38 | 0.12% | 0 | 0 | - |
Rick Perry (withdrawn) | 37 | 0.12% | 0 | 0 | - |
Michele Bachmann (withdrawn) | 16 | 0.05% | 0 | 0 | - |
Uncommitted | 122 | 0.41% | 0 | 0 | - |
Unprojected delegates | 0 | 0 | 40 | ||
Total: | 29,857 | 100.00% | 40 | 40 | 40 |
Caucus: March 10, 2012
National delegates: 9
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Projected delegate count | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AP [93] | CNN [94] | FOX | |||
Mitt Romney | 207 | 96.28% | 6 | 6 | - |
Uncommitted | 8 | 3.72% | 0 | 0 | - |
Unprojected delegates | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
To-tal:- | 215 | 100.00% | 9 | 9 | 9 |
Caucus: March 10, 2012
National delegates: 9
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Projected delegate count | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AP | CNN | FOX | |||
Mitt Romney | 740 | 87.25% | - | - | - |
Rick Santorum | 53 | 6.25% | - | - | - |
Ron Paul | 28 | 3.30% | - | - | - |
Newt Gingrich | 27 | 3.18% | - | - | - |
Unprojected delegates | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||
Total: | 848 | 100.00% | 9 | 9 | 9 |
Caucus: March 10, 2012
National delegates: 9
No straw poll was taken at the caucus, but the delegates were bound to the candidate they pledged themselves to before the voting started. The six delegates receiving the most votes go to the National Convention. Three of the top vote-getters had previously pledged to Romney, and one had pledged to Paul. In addition, two of the elected uncommitted delegates committed themselves to Romney after the election.
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bound | Unbound | Total | |||
Ron Paul | 112 | 28.72% | - | - | 1 |
Mitt Romney | 104 | 26.67% | - | - | 8 |
Rick Santorum | 23 | 5.90% | - | - | 0 |
Newt Gingrich | 19 | 4.87% | - | - | 0 |
Uncommitted | 132 | 33.85% | - | - | 0 |
Unprojected delegates: | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total: | 390 | 100.00% | 4 | 5 | 9 |
Primary: March 13, 2012
National delegates: 50
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Projected delegate count | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AP [98] | CNN [99] | FOX | |||
Rick Santorum | 215,105 | 34.55% | 22 | 18 | - |
Newt Gingrich | 182,276 | 29.28% | 14 | 9 | - |
Mitt Romney | 180,321 | 28.97% | 11 | 9 | - |
Ron Paul | 30,937 | 4.97% | 0 | 0 | - |
Rick Perry (withdrawn) | 1,867 | 0.30% | 0 | 0 | - |
Michele Bachmann (withdrawn) | 1,700 | 0.27% | 0 | 0 | - |
Jon Huntsman (withdrawn) | 1,049 | 0.17% | 0 | 0 | - |
Uncommitted | 9,259 | 1.49% | 0 | 0 | - |
Unprojected delegates | 3 | 14 | 50 | ||
Total: | 622,514 | 100.00% | 50 | 50 | 50 |
Binding caucuses: March 13, 2012
National delegates: 20
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Projected delegate count | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AP [101] | CNN [102] | FOX | |||
Mitt Romney | 4,548 | 44.47% | 9 | 9 | - |
Rick Santorum | 2,589 | 25.31% | 5 | 5 | - |
Ron Paul | 1,975 | 19.31% | 3 | 3 | - |
Newt Gingrich | 1,116 | 10.91% | 0 | 0 | - |
Unprojected delegates | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
Total: | 10,228 | 100.00% | 20 | 20 | 20 |
Certified results doesn't include 858 outstanding votes (write-ins and provisional ballots). [100]
Primary: March 13, 2012
National delegates: 40 (winner-take-all if over 50%)
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Projected delegate count | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AP | CNN | FOX | |||
Rick Santorum | 96,258 | 32.73% | 13 | 13 | - |
Newt Gingrich | 91,612 | 31.15% | 12 | 12 | - |
Mitt Romney | 90,161 | 30.66% | 12 | 12 | - |
Ron Paul | 12,955 | 4.40% | - | - | - |
Rick Perry (withdrawn) | 1,350 | 0.46% | - | - | - |
Michele Bachmann (withdrawn) | 971 | 0.33% | - | - | - |
Jon Huntsman (withdrawn) | 413 | 0.14% | - | - | - |
Gary Johnson (withdrawn) | 392 | 0.13% | - | - | - |
Unprojected delegates | 3 | 3 | 40 | ||
Total: | 294,112 | 100.00% | 40 | 40 | 40 |
Caucus: March 13, 2012
National delegates: 9
Mitt Romney had the most support but there were a few votes for each of the candidates Ron Paul, Rick Santorum, and Newt Gingrich. About 70 people participated but no formal vote was taken. [104]
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Projected delegate count | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AP | CNN | FOX | |||
Mitt Romney | N/A | N/A | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Ron Paul | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rick Santorum | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Newt Gingrich | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unprojected delegates | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
Total: | ~70 | 100.00% | 9 | 9 | 9 |
Primary: March 18, 2012
National delegates: 23
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Projected delegate count | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AP | CNN | FOX | |||
Mitt Romney | 106,431 | 82.61% | 20 | 20 | 20 |
Rick Santorum | 10,574 | 8.21% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Buddy Roemer (withdrawn) | 2,880 | 2.24% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Newt Gingrich | 2,702 | 2.10% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fred Karger | 1,893 | 1.47% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ron Paul | 1,595 | 1.24% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Others | 2,690 | 2.09% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Write-ins | 69 | 0.05% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unprojected delegates | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
Total: | 128,834 | 100.00% | 23 | 23 | 23 |
Primary: March 20, 2012
National delegates: 54
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Projected delegate count | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
NYT [107] | CNN [108] | FOX | |||
Mitt Romney | 435,859 | 46.69% | 42 | 41 | 42 |
Rick Santorum | 326,778 | 35.01% | 12 | 10 | 12 |
Ron Paul | 87,044 | 9.32% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Newt Gingrich | 74,482 | 7.98% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rick Perry (withdrawn) | 5,568 | 0.60% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Buddy Roemer (withdrawn) | 3,723 | 0.40% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unprojected delegates: | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Total: | 933,454 | 100.00% | 54 | 54 | 54 |
Primary: March 24, 2012
National delegates: 20
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Projected delegate count | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AP | CNN | FOX | |||
Rick Santorum | 91,321 | 48.99% | 10 | 10 | |
Mitt Romney | 49,758 | 26.69% | 5 | 5 | |
Newt Gingrich | 29,656 | 15.91% | 0 | 0 | |
Ron Paul | 11,467 | 6.15% | 0 | 0 | |
Buddy Roemer (withdrawn) | 2,203 | 1.18% | 0 | 0 | |
Rick Perry (withdrawn) | 955 | 0.51% | 0 | 0 | |
Michele Bachmann (withdrawn) | 622 | 0.33% | 0 | 0 | |
Jon Huntsman (withdrawn) | 242 | 0.13% | 0 | 0 | |
Randy Crow | 186 | 0.10% | 0 | 0 | |
Unprojected delegates: | 5 | 5 | 20 | ||
Total: | 186,410 | 100.00% | 20 | 20 | 20 |
Primary: April 3, 2012
National delegates: 37
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Projected delegate count | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AP | CNN | FOX | |||
Mitt Romney | 122,400 | 49.26% | 37 | 37 | |
Rick Santorum | 71,349 | 28.72% | 0 | 0 | |
Newt Gingrich | 27,240 | 10.96% | 0 | 0 | |
Ron Paul | 23,609 | 9.50% | 0 | 0 | |
Jon Huntsman (withdrawn) | 1,484 | 0.60% | 0 | 0 | |
Rick Perry (withdrawn) | 1,108 | 0.45% | 0 | 0 | |
Buddy Roemer (withdrawn) | 901 | 0.36% | 0 | 0 | |
Fred Karger | 377 | 0.15% | 0 | 0 | |
Unprojected delegates: | 0 | 0 | 37 | ||
Total: | 248,468 | 100.00% | 37 | 37 |
Rick Santorum was unable to receive full delegate support. [111]
Primary: April 3, 2012
National delegates: 19
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Projected delegate count | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AP | CNN | FOX | |||
Mitt Romney | 3,577 | 68.04% | 18 | 18 | |
Ron Paul | 621 | 11.81% | 0 | 0 | |
Newt Gingrich | 558 | 10.61% | 0 | 0 | |
Jon Huntsman (withdrawn) | 348 | 6.62% | 0 | 0 | |
Under votes | 153 | 2.89% | 0 | 0 | |
Unprojected delegates: | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Total: | 5,257 | 100.00% | 19 | 19 |
Rick Santorum was not on the ballot. [113]
Primary: April 3, 2012
National delegates: 42
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Projected delegate count | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AP | CNN | FOX | |||
Mitt Romney | 346,876 | 44.03% | 30 | 30 | |
Rick Santorum | 290,139 | 36.83% | 6 | 6 | |
Ron Paul | 87,858 | 11.15% | 0 | 0 | |
Newt Gingrich | 45,978 | 5.84% | 0 | 0 | |
Michele Bachmann (withdrawn) | 6,045 | 0.77% | 0 | 0 | |
Jon Huntsman (withdrawn) | 5,083 | 0.65% | 0 | 0 | |
Uninstructed | 4,200 | 0.53% | 0 | 0 | |
Scattering | 1,668 | 0.21% | 0 | 0 | |
Unprojected delegates: | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
Total: | 787,847 | 100.00% | 42 | 42 |
Primary: April 24, 2012
National delegates: 28
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Projected delegate count | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AP | CNN | FOX | |||
Mitt Romney | 40,171 | 67.43% | 28 | 25 | |
Ron Paul | 8,032 | 13.48% | 0 | 0 | |
Newt Gingrich | 6,135 | 10.30% | 0 | 0 | |
Rick Santorum (withdrawn) | 4,072 | 6.83% | 0 | 0 | |
Uncommitted | 1,168 | 1.96% | 0 | 0 | |
Unprojected delegates: | 0 | 3 | 28 | ||
Total: | 59,578 | 100.00% | 28 | 28 | 28 |
Official source reports a turnout of 59,639, with the difference from 59,578 likely due to blank ballots.
Primary: April 24, 2012
National delegates: 17
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Projected delegate count | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AP | CNN | FOX | |||
Mitt Romney | 16,143 | 56.46% | 17 | 17 | |
Newt Gingrich | 7,742 | 27.08% | 0 | 0 | |
Ron Paul | 3,017 | 10.55% | 0 | 0 | |
Rick Santorum (withdrawn) | 1,690 | 5.91% | 0 | 0 | |
Unprojected delegates: | 0 | 0 | 17 | ||
Total: | 28,592 | 100.00% | 17 | 17 | 17 |
Primary: April 24, 2012
National delegates: 95
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Projected delegate count | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AP | CNN | FOX | |||
Mitt Romney | 118,912 | 62.42% | 92 | 92 | |
Ron Paul | 27,699 | 14.54% | 0 | 0 | |
Newt Gingrich | 23,990 | 12.59% | 1 | 0 | |
Rick Santorum (withdrawn) | 18,997 | 9.97% | 0 | 0 | |
Blank | 810 | 0.43% | 0 | 0 | |
Void | 106 | 0.06% | 0 | 0 | |
Scattering | 1 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | |
Unprojected delegates: | 2 | 3 | 95 | ||
Total: | 190,515 | 100.00% | 95 | 95 | 95 |
Primary: April 24, 2012
National delegates: 72
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Projected delegate count | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AP | CNN | FOX | |||
Mitt Romney | 468,374 | 57.96% | |||
Rick Santorum (withdrawn) | 149,056 | 18.44% | |||
Ron Paul | 106,148 | 13.14% | |||
Newt Gingrich | 84,537 | 10.46% | |||
Unprojected delegates: | 72 | 72 | 72 | ||
Total: | 808,115 | 100.00% | 72 | 72 | 72 |
Primary: April 24, 2012
National delegates: 19
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Projected delegate count | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AP | CNN | FOX | |||
Mitt Romney | 9,178 | 63.02% | 15 | 12 | |
Ron Paul | 3,473 | 23.85% | 4 | 4 | |
Newt Gingrich | 880 | 6.04% | 0 | 0 | |
Rick Santorum (withdrawn) | 825 | 5.66% | 0 | 0 | |
Buddy Roemer (withdrawn) | 40 | 0.27% | 0 | 0 | |
Uncommitted | 131 | 0.90% | 0 | 0 | |
Write-in | 37 | 0.25% | 0 | 0 | |
Unprojected delegates: | 0 | 3 | 19 | ||
Total: | 14,564 | 100.00% | 19 | 19 | 19 |
Caucuses: April 28, 2012
National delegates: 26
Candidate | Delegates by congressional district | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | State | Total | |
Ron Paul | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 |
Rick Santorum (withdrawn) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Mitt Romney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Uncommitted | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Total: | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 23 |
Primary: May 8, 2012
National delegates: 46
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Projected delegate count | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AP | CNN | FOX | |||
Mitt Romney | 410,635 | 64.61% | 28 | 27 | |
Ron Paul | 98,487 | 15.50% | |||
Rick Santorum (withdrawn) | 85,332 | 13.43% | |||
Newt Gingrich (withdrawn) | 41,135 | 6.47% | |||
Unprojected delegates: | 18 | 19 | 46 | ||
Total: | 635,589 | 100.00% | 46 | 46 | 46 |
Primary: May 8, 2012
National delegates: 55
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Projected delegate count | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AP | CNN | FOX | |||
Mitt Romney | 638,601 | 65.62% | 36 | 36 | |
Ron Paul | 108,217 | 11.12% | 6 | 6 | |
Rick Santorum (withdrawn) | 101,093 | 10.39% | 6 | 6 | |
Newt Gingrich (withdrawn) | 74,367 | 7.64% | 4 | 4 | |
No preference | 50,928 | 5.23% | |||
Unprojected delegates: | 3 | 3 | 55 | ||
Total: | 973,206 | 100.00% | 55 | 55 | 55 |
Primary: May 8, 2012
National delegates: 31
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Projected delegate count | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AP | CNN | FOX | |||
Mitt Romney | 78,197 | 69.56% | 23 | 21 | |
Rick Santorum (withdrawn) | 13,590 | 12.09% | 2 | 2 | |
Ron Paul | 12,412 | 11.04% | |||
Newt Gingrich (withdrawn) | 7,076 | 6.29% | |||
Buddy Roemer (withdrawn) | 1,141 | 1.01% | |||
Unprojected delegates: | 6 | 8 | 31 | ||
Total: | 112,416 | 100.00% | 31 | 31 | 31 |
Primary: May 15, 2012
National delegates: 35
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Projected delegate count | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AP | CNN | FOX | |||
Mitt Romney | 131,436 | 70.89% | |||
Rick Santorum (withdrawn) | 25,830 | 13.93% | |||
Ron Paul | 18,508 | 9.98% | |||
Newt Gingrich (withdrawn) | 9,628 | 5.19% | |||
Unprojected delegates: | 35 | 35 | 35 | ||
Total: | 185,402 | 100.0% | 35 | 35 | 35 |
Primary: May 15, 2012
National delegates: 28
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Projected delegate count | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AP | CNN | FOX | |||
Mitt Romney | 204,176 | 70.91% | 16 | ||
Ron Paul | 36,810 | 12.78% | 2 | ||
Rick Santorum (withdrawn) | 27,042 | 9.39% | 1 | ||
Newt Gingrich (withdrawn) | 15,451 | 5.37% | |||
Miscellaneous | 4,476 | 1.55% | |||
Unprojected delegates: | 9 | 28 | 28 | ||
Total: | 287,955 | 100.0% | 28 | 28 | 28 |
Primary: May 22, 2012
National delegates: 36
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Projected delegate count | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AP | CNN | FOX | |||
Mitt Romney | 104,200 | 68.39% | 35 | 33 | |
Ron Paul | 20,399 | 13.39% | |||
Rick Santorum (withdrawn) | 20,308 | 13.33% | |||
Newt Gingrich (withdrawn) | 7,453 | 4.89% | |||
Unprojected delegates: | 1 | 3 | 36 | ||
Total: | 152,360 | 100.0% | 36 | 36 | 36 |
Primary: May 22, 2012
National delegates: 45
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Projected delegate count | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AP | CNN | FOX | |||
Mitt Romney | 117,621 | 66.77% | 42 | 42 | |
Ron Paul | 22,074 | 12.53% | |||
Rick Santorum (withdrawn) | 15,629 | 8.87% | |||
Newt Gingrich (withdrawn) | 10,479 | 5.95% | |||
Uncommitted | 10,357 | 5.88% | |||
Unprojected delegates: | 3 | 3 | 45 | ||
Total: | 176,160 | 100.0% | 45 | 45 | 45 |
Primary: May 29, 2012
National delegates: 155
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Projected delegate count | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AP | CNN | FOX | |||
Mitt Romney | 1,001,387 | 69.09% | 105 | 97 | |
Ron Paul | 174,207 | 12.02% | 18 | 10 | |
Rick Santorum (withdrawn) | 115,584 | 7.97% | 12 | 8 | |
Newt Gingrich (withdrawn) | 68,247 | 4.71% | 7 | 4 | |
Michele Bachmann (withdrawn) | 12,097 | 0.83% | 1 | ||
Jon Huntsman (withdrawn) | 8,695 | 0.60% | 1 | ||
Buddy Roemer (withdrawn) | 4,714 | 0.33% | |||
L. John Davis | 3,887 | 0.27% | |||
Uncommitted | 60,659 | 4.18% | |||
Unprojected delegates: | 11 | 36 | 155 | ||
Total: | 1,449,477 | 100.0% | 155 | 155 | 155 |
Primary: June 5, 2012
National delegates: 172
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Projected delegate count | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AP | CNN | FOX | |||
Mitt Romney | 1,530,513 | 79.51% | 171 | ||
Ron Paul | 199,246 | 10.35% | |||
Rick Santorum (withdrawn) | 102,258 | 5.31% | |||
Newt Gingrich (withdrawn) | 72,022 | 3.74% | |||
Buddy Roemer (withdrawn) | 12,520 | 0.65% | |||
Fred Karger | 8,393 | 0.44% | |||
Jeremy Hannon (write-in) | 11 | 0.00% | |||
Donald James Gonzales (write-in) | 5 | 0.00% | |||
Sheldon Yeu Howard (write-in) | 2 | 0.00% | |||
Unprojected delegates: | 1 | 172 | 172 | ||
Total: | 1,924,970 | 100.0% | 172 | 172 | 172 |
Caucus: June 5, 2012
National delegates: 26
Results prior to certification:
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Projected delegate count | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AP | CNN | FOX | |||
Mitt Romney | 96,121 | 68.4% | |||
Ron Paul | 20,227 | 14.4% | |||
Rick Santorum (withdrawn) | 12,546 | 8.9% | |||
Newt Gingrich (withdrawn) | 6,107 | 4.3% | |||
No preference | 5,456 | 3.9% | |||
Unprojected delegates: | 26 | 26 | 26 | ||
Total: | 140,457 | 100.0% | 26 | 26 | 26 |
Primary: June 5, 2012
National delegates: 50
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Projected delegate count | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AP | CNN | FOX | |||
Mitt Romney | 188,121 | 81.27% | 50 | ||
Ron Paul | 24,017 | 10.38% | |||
Rick Santorum (withdrawn) | 12,115 | 5.23% | |||
Newt Gingrich (withdrawn) | 7,212 | 3.12% | |||
Unprojected delegates: | 0 | 50 | 50 | ||
Total: | 231,465 | 100.0% | 50 | 50 | 50 |
Primary: June 5, 2012
National delegates: 23
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Projected delegate count | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AP | CNN | FOX | |||
Mitt Romney | 65,935 | 73.17% | 16 | ||
Rick Santorum (withdrawn) | 9,517 | 10.56% | |||
Ron Paul | 9,363 | 10.39% | |||
Newt Gingrich (withdrawn) | 5,298 | 5.88% | |||
Unprojected delegates: | 7 | 23 | 23 | ||
Total: | 90,113 | 100.0% | 23 | 23 | 23 |
Primary: June 5, 2012
National delegates: 28
Results prior to certification:
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Projected delegate count | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AP | CNN | FOX | |||
Mitt Romney | 34,033 | 66.1% | 27 | ||
Ron Paul | 6,704 | 13.0% | |||
Rick Santorum (withdrawn) | 5,916 | 11.5% | |||
Uncommitted | 2,797 | 5.4% | |||
Newt Gingrich (withdrawn) | 2,074 | 4.0% | |||
Unprojected delegates: | 1 | 28 | 28 | ||
Total: | 51,524 | 100.0% | 28 | 28 | 28 |
Primary: June 27, 2012
National delegates: 40
Results prior to certification:
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Projected delegate count | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AP | CNN | FOX | |||
Mitt Romney | 220,865 | 93.07% | 40 | 40 | 40 |
Ron Paul | 11,209 | 4.72% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rick Santorum (withdrawn) | 3,541 | 1.49% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Newt Gingrich (withdrawn) | 1,124 | 0.47% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fred Karger | 578 | 0.24% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unprojected delegates: | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total: | 237,317 | 100.0% | 40 | 40 | 40 |
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The 2012 United States presidential election in Nevada 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. State 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 United States presidential election in Maine 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. Maine voters chose four 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. Obama and Biden carried Maine with 56.27% of the popular vote to Romney's and Ryan's 40.98%, thus winning the state's four electoral votes.
The 2012 United States presidential election in Minnesota 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. State voters chose ten electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent DFL 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 United States presidential election in Michigan 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. Voters chose 16 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 United States presidential election in Washington 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. Washington voters chose 12 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 United States presidential election in California 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. California voters chose 55 electors, the most out of any state, 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 United States presidential election in Louisiana 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. Louisiana voters chose eight 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 United States presidential election in Massachusetts 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. Massachusetts voters chose 11 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 United States presidential election in Missouri 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. Missouri voters chose 10 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 North Dakota Republican presidential caucuses were held on March 6, 2012. North Dakota has 28 delegates to the Republican National Convention; despite Rick Santorum's nominal win in the preference poll conducted during the caucuses, the majority of the delegates elected by the state party convention later in March said they supported Romney.
The 2012 United States presidential election in Wyoming 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. Wyoming voters chose three 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 United States presidential election in Alaska 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. Alaska voters chose three 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 United States presidential election in North Dakota 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. North Dakota voters chose three 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 Washington Republican presidential caucuses were held on March 3, 2012. Since 1992, the Washington Republicans have used a presidential preferential primary in addition to the caucuses. The 2012 primary was, however, canceled for budgetary reasons, as was the one in 2004.