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This article contains lists of notable candidates for the United States Republican Party 's 2012 presidential nomination. Candidates. The following individuals filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and/or announced their intentions to seek the 2012 presidential nomination of the Republican Party.
The primary elections took place from January 3 to July 14 and allocated and elected 2,286 voting delegates and 2,125 alternate delegates in 56 delegations to the 2012 Republican National Convention in the week of August 27.
The New York Times guide to the 2012 election.
The Candidates. Candidates who have officially declared they are running for President.
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 elected to a second term. [3] They defeated the Republican ticket of former Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney and U.S. Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin.
Margin of Victory Map. This map is shaded by how large the popular vote difference was between the two nominees. It is a way to view the relative competitiveness of each state. These maps are also available as a timeline for each election from 1972-2020. Results of the presidential election of 2012, won by Barack H. Obama with 332 electoral votes.
2012 Republican Party presidential primaries. ← 2008. January 3 to July 14, 2012. 2016 →. 2,286 delegates to the Republican National Convention. 1,144 delegates votes needed to win. Candidate. Mitt Romney. Rick Santorum. Home state. Massachusetts.
