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Republican presidential primaries, 2012

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Candidate Mitt Romney Ron Paul
Party Republican Republican
Home state Massachusetts Texas
Delegate count 591 † 27 †
States carried 18+ DC 0
Popular vote 4,595,303 [1] 1,190,977 [1]
Percentage 40% 10%

 
Candidate Newt Gingrich
Party Republican
Home state Georgia
Delegate count 133 †
States carried 2
Popular vote 2,284,467 [1]
Percentage 21%

First place finishes in statewide contests:
†Convention delegate projections vary among sources. The counts here include only Pledged delegates and Superdelegates who have committed to a candidate. [2] For various media delegate projections, see Results of the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries.

Previous Republican nominee before election

John McCain

Republican presidential candidate-elect

TBD

  1. ^ a b c "RealClearPolitics popular vote count". RealClearPolitics. Retrieved March 25, 2012.
  2. ^ "DCWs unprojected delegate count". Democratic Convention Watch. Retrieved March 28, 2012.