2012 Texas Republican presidential primary

2012 Texas Republican presidential primary
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152 pledged delegates to the
2012 Republican National Convention
 
Candidate Mitt Romney Ron Paul Rick Santorum
(withdrawn)
Home state Massachusetts Texas Pennsylvania
Delegate count 105 18 12
Popular vote 1,001,387 174,207 115,584
Percentage 69.09% 12.02% 7.97%
Primary results by county
  Mitt Romney
  No votes

The 2012 Texas Republican presidential primary was held on May 29, 2012, as part of the 2012 Republican Party primaries for the 2012 U.S. presidential election. 152 delegates to the 2012 Republican National Convention were allocated to the presidential candidates.[1]

Former Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney ranked first and winner of the primary, Ron Paul, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, was second and Rick Santorum, former Chair of the Senate Republican Conference, was third (withdraw).[2]

The primary election took place when the election was originally scheduled to take place on Super Tuesday, but was rescheduled to April 3 and the controversies and efforts to reschedule that followed, finally, the primary set the date of the primary on May 29, 2012.[1]

  1. ^ a b Fernandez, Manny (2012-03-02). "Texas: Primary Election Set for May 29". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-04-21.
  2. ^ "Texas Republican Primary - Election Results". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-04-21.