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This article contains lists of candidates associated with the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries for the 2012 United States presidential election.

Candidates

The following notable individuals filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and/or announced their intentions to seek the 2012 presidential nomination of the Republican Party.

Current candidates

Current candidates for the Republican nomination
Michele Bachmann	Main article: Michele Bachmann presidential campaign, 2012 Michele Bachmann, U.S. Representative from Minnesota, declared her candidacy on June 27, 2011.
Newt Gingrich	Main article: Newt Gingrich presidential campaign, 2012 Newt Gingrich, Former U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives from Georgia, declared his candidacy on May 11, 2011.
Stewart Greenleaf	Stewart Greenleaf, Pennsylvania State Senator, signed up for the New Hampshire primary ballot on October 28, 2011.
Jon Huntsman, Jr.	Main article: Jon Huntsman presidential campaign, 2012 Jon Huntsman, Jr., Former Governor of Utah and US Ambassador to China, declared his candidacy on June 21, 2011.
Fred Karger	Fred Karger, Political consultant and gay rights activist of California, declared his candidacy on March 23, 2011.
Andy Martin	Andy Martin, Perennial candidate and birther activist of Illinois, declared his candidacy on December 29, 2010.
Jimmy McMillan	Jimmy McMillan, Perennial candidate of New York declared his candidacy on December 23, 2010.
Ron Paul	Main article: Ron Paul presidential campaign, 2012 Ron Paul, U.S. Representative from Texas declared his candidacy on May 13, 2011.
Rick Perry	Main article: Rick Perry presidential campaign, 2012 Rick Perry, Governor of Texas, declared his candidacy on August 13, 2011. Following his fifth-place finish in the Iowa caucuses, Perry returned to Texas to "reassess" his campaign.
Buddy Roemer	Main article: Buddy Roemer presidential campaign, 2012 Buddy Roemer, Former governor of Louisiana, declared his candidacy on June 21, 2011.
Mitt Romney	Main article: Mitt Romney presidential campaign, 2012 Mitt Romney, Former governor of Massachusetts, declared his candidacy on June 2, 2011.
Rick Santorum	Main article: Rick Santorum presidential campaign, 2012 Rick Santorum, Former U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania declared his candidacy on June 6, 2011.

Former candidates

Candidates that have withdrawn from the race
Herman Cain	Main article: Herman Cain presidential campaign, 2012 Herman Cain, Businessman of Georgia, declared his candidacy on May 21, 2011. He suspended his presidential campaign on December 3, 2011.
Jack Fellure	Jack Fellure, Perennial candidate of West Virginia, filed a presidential committee with the FEC on November 5, 2008. He ended his campaign for the Republican nomination on June 22, 2011 after receiving the presidential nomination of the Prohibition Party.
Gary Johnson	Main article: Gary Johnson presidential campaign, 2012 Gary Johnson, Former Governor of New Mexico, declared his candidacy on April 21, 2011. He withdrew his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination on December 28, 2011, endorsing Ron Paul in that contest, and offically declared his candidacy for the 2012 Libertarian Party presidential nomination.
Thaddeus McCotter	Main article: Thaddeus McCotter presidential campaign, 2012 Thaddeus McCotter, U.S. Representative from Michigan, declared his candidacy on July 2, 2011. He dropped out of the race on September 22, 2011 and endorsed Mitt Romney.
	Roy Moore, former Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, announced the formation of an exploratory committee on 18 May 2011. When that campaign failed to gain traction, he began to draw speculation in the media as being a potential Constitution Party presidential contender. Moore eventually withdrew his exploratory committee and ended all speculation of a presidential candidacy in November 2011, when he announced he would seek his former post of Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court in 2012.
Tim Pawlenty	Main article: Tim Pawlenty presidential campaign, 2012 Tim Pawlenty, Former Governor of Minnesota, declared his candidacy on May 23, 2011. He dropped out of the race on August 14, 2011 after a third-place finish at the Ames Straw Poll. He endorsed Mitt Romney for President on September 12, 2011.
Jonathon Sharkey	Jonathon Sharkey, Perennial candidate of Florida, filed a presidential committee with the FEC on May 5, 2010. He withdrew from the race on August 17, 2011 to pursue a movie career.

Prospective candidates

The following people have been the object of presidential speculation in past media reports, but have not recently signaled an interest in actually running. This gallery does not include people who have declined to run (see below).

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Declined to run

The following people, who were speculated to be potential candidates for the Republican Party's presidential nomination have clearly and unequivocally denied interest publicly, released Shermanesque statements, or declared candidacy for a different political office in 2012. This also includes anyone who has endorsed a declared presidential candidate.

See also

• Republican Party presidential debates, 2012
• Statewide opinion polling for the Republican Party presidential primaries, 2012
• Democratic Party presidential candidates, 2012
• United States third party and independent presidential candidates, 2012
• United States presidential election, 2012 timeline

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External links

• 2012 Presidential Form 2 Filers at the Federal Election Commission (FEC)

• United States presidential candidates, 2012