2012 California Republican presidential primary
Italicization indicates a withdrawn candidacy)
The 2012 California Republican presidential primary was held on June 5, 2012, as part of the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries for the 2012 U.S. presidential election . 172 delegates to the 2012 Republican National Convention were allocated to the presidential candidates.
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney won with 169 delegates, taking almost all of the delegate votes, the remaining 3 delegates were for uncommitted (voting option) , Romney also won 80% of the popular vote, second was Ron Paul , member of the U.S. House of Representatives , won 11% of the popular vote, and third was Rick Santorum , former Chair of the Senate Republican Conference , with about 6% of the popular vote, although he withdrew from the race.
Background
Mitt Romney , launched his campaign in 2008 , losing to John McCain , a United States senator from Arizona , as well as losing California to McCain, then he launched his re-election campaign in 2012 and then won enough delegates to the 2012 Republican National Convention , to challenge then-President of the United States , Barack Obama .
Candidates
There were nine candidates on the ballot, with three withdrew previously, other three were write-in candidates , and uncommitted :
Results
This table is an excerpt from 2012 United States presidential election in California § Republican primary .
2012 California Republican presidential primary
Candidate
Popular vote
%
Delegates
Mitt Romney 1,530,513
79.51%
169
Ron Paul
199,246
10.35%
0
Rick Santorum (withdrawn)
102,258
5.31%
0
Newt Gingrich (withdrawn)
72,022
3.74%
0
Charles E. "Buddy" Roemer, III (withdrawn)
12,520
0.65%
0
Fred Karger
8,393
0.44%
0
Jeremy Hannon (write-in)
11
0.00%
0
Donald James Gonzales (write-in)
5
0.00%
0
Sheldon Yeu Howard (write-in)
2
0.00%
0
Uncommitted
—
3
Total
1,924,970
100%
172
References
^ "California Republican Delegation 2012" . www.thegreenpapers.com . Retrieved September 8, 2024.
"Primary and Caucus Printable Calendar" . edition.cnn.com . Retrieved September 8, 2024."California Primary Results" . The New York Times "Mitt Romney Announces Presidential Campaign" . HuffPost . June 2, 2011. Retrieved September 8, 2024."June 5, 2012, Presidential Primary Election" (PDF). California Secretary of State Debra Bowen . Retrieved September 8, 2024."California Republican Delegation 2012" . www.thegreenpapers.com . Retrieved May 17, 2021.
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Mitt Romney
(Note: Italicization indicates a withdrawn candidacy)
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