Republican Party Presidential Primaries, 2012 FYI: This Is ONLY The Beginning With ONLY 143 Delegates Counted So Far! It Takes 1,144 Delegate Votes To Win.

Republican Party Presidential Primaries, 2012

[source: wikipedia]

The 2012 Republican presidential primaries are the selection processes in which voters of the Republican Party will choose their nominee for President of the United States in the 2012 presidential election.

There are 2,286 delegates. It takes 1,144 delegate votes to win.

Superdelegates

According to the Republican National Committee's Council's Office, there are 132 superdelegates in 2012, delegates whose votes are not bound by their state's results. As only 6% of the total delegates, the Republican superdelegates are not expected to have the same impact the Democratic superdelegates had on the 2008 primary. Of the 132 superdelegates, as of December 27, 2011, 12 had endorsed Romney, 3 had endorsed Perry, and 1 had endorsed Santorum.

Convention

The 2012 Republican National Convention is scheduled to take place the week of August 27, 2012 in Tampa, Florida, one week before the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Date of caucuses

The 2012 Iowa Republican caucuses were originally scheduled to begin on February 6, 2012, much later than the date in 2008, which almost immediately followed the beginning of the year in January 2008. On September 29, 2011, the entire schedule of caucuses and primaries was disrupted, however, when it was announced that the Republican Party of Florida had decided to move up its primary to January 31, in an attempt to bring attention to its own primary contest, and attract the presidential candidates to visit the state. Because of the move, the Republican National Committee decided to strip Florida of half of its delegates. Also as a result, the Iowa Republican Party, along with New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada then sought to move their caucuses back into early January. All but Nevada, who agreed to follow Florida, confirmed their caucus and primary dates to take place throughout January, with Iowa deciding to hold their contest on January 3, 2012.

NH will be penalized from 23 delegates to 12, SC from 50 to 25, FL from 99 to 50, AZ from 58 to 29 and MI from 59 to 30.

Tue., January 3, 2012 Iowa: nonbinding caucus; 28 delegates

Tue., January 10, 2012
New Hampshire: semi-closed primary; 12 delegates

Sat., January 21, 2012 South Carolina: open primary; 25 delegates

Tue., January 31, 2012 Florida: closed primary; 50 delegates

Sat., February 4, 2012 Nevada: binding caucus; 28 delegates

February 4–11, 2012 Maine: nonbinding caucus; 24 delegates

Tue., February 7, 2012
Colorado: nonbinding caucus; 36 delegates

Minnesota: caucus; 40 delegates

Tue., February 28, 2012
Arizona: semi-closed primary; 29 delegates

Michigan: open primary; 30 delegates

Sat., March 3, 2012 Washington: binding caucus; 43 delegates

Tue., March 6, 2012
Alaska: binding caucus; 27 delegates

Georgia: open primary; 76 delegates

Idaho: binding caucus; 32 delegates

Massachusetts: semi-closed primary; 41 delegates

North Dakota: nonbinding caucus; 28 delegates

Ohio: open primary; 66 delegates

Oklahoma: closed primary; 43 delegates

Tennessee: open primary; 58 delegates

Vermont: open primary; 17 delegates

Virginia: open primary; 50 delegates

March 6–10, 2012 Wyoming: nonbinding caucus; 29 delegates

Tue., March 10, 2012
Kansas: binding caucus; 40 delegates

U.S. Virgin Islands: caucus; 9 delegates

Tue., March 13, 2012
Alabama: semi-closed primary; 50 delegates

American Samoa: caucus; 9 delegates

Hawaii: binding caucus; 20 delegates

Mississippi: open primary; 40 delegates

Sat., March 17, 2012 Missouri: binding caucus; 52 delegates

Sun., March 18, 2012 Puerto Rico: binding caucus; 23 delegates

Tue., March 20, 2012 Illinois: open primary; 69 delegates

Sat., March 24, 2012 Louisiana: open primary; 46 delegates

Tue., April 3, 2012
Maryland: closed primary; 37 delegates

Texas: open primary; 155 delegates

Washington, D.C.: closed primary; 19 delegates

Wisconsin: open primary; 42 delegates

Tue., April 24, 2012
Connecticut: closed primary; 28 delegates

Delaware: closed primary; 17 delegates

New York: closed primary; 95 delegates

Pennsylvania: closed primary; 72 delegates

Rhode Island: semi-closed primary; 19 delegates

Tue., May 8, 2012
Indiana: open primary; 46 delegates

North Carolina: semi-closed primary; 55 delegates

West Virginia: semi-closed primary; 31 delegates

Tue., May 15, 2012
Nebraska: semi-closed primary; 35 delegates

Oregon: closed primary; 29 delegates

Tue., May 22, 2012
Arkansas: open primary; 36 delegates

Kentucky: closed primary; 45 delegates

Tue., June 5, 2012
California: top two primary; 172 delegates

Montana: semi-closed primary; 26 delegates

New Jersey: closed primary: 50 delegates

New Mexico: closed primary: 23 delegates

South Dakota: closed primary: 28 delegates

Tue., June 26, 2012 Utah: closed primary; 40 delegates

To be announced
Guam: nonbinding caucus; 9 delegates

Northern Mariana Islands: nonbinding caucus; 9 delegates