2012 Alabama Republican presidential primary

none June 2025 September 2023 2012 Alabama Republican presidential primary Alabama presidential no 2008 Alabama Republican presidential primary 2008 2016 Alabama Republican presidential primary 2016 2012 03 13 x160px Rick Santorum Pennsylvania 17 215,105 34.55% x160px Newt Gingrich Georgia 12 182,276 29.28% x160px Mitt Romney Massachusetts 10 180,321 28.97% x160px Ron Paul Texas 0 30,937 4.97% 260px County results 260px Congressional district results Santorum: #aae5aa 30–40% #87de87 40–50% #5fd35f 50–60% Gingrich: #f0dbeb 30–40% #e7c6e0 40–50% Romney: #ffcca9 30–40% Tie: #EDEDED 20–30% 800080 ff6600 fed105 008000 AS VI 50 delegates to Republican National Convention(47 pledged, 3 unpledged) The 2012 Alabama Republican presidential primary took place on March 13, 2012, on the same day as the Mississippi Republican primary and the Hawaii Republican caucuses.Alabama Republican – The Green Papershttp://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20111114/NEWS/111119682 Republican primary qualifying opens today Dana Beyerle November 14, 2011 January 11, 2011 The Tuscaloosa News Halifax Media Group Rick Santorum was declared the winner. Significance The Alabama and Mississippi primaries were seen as a last possible point for the Newt Gingrich campaign to stay afloat in a primary season where he had only won two states up to that point; South Carolina in January and Georgia during Super Tuesday.http://savannahnow.com/news/2012-03-08/alabama-mississippi-are-newts-next-must-win-states Alabama, Mississippi are Newt's next must-win states savannahnow.com 2016-04-26 Alabama and Mississippi were the keystones of his "Southern Strategy".http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/article24725215.html Gingrich pursues Southern strategy to break back into 2-man race mcclatchydc 2016-04-26https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/108100-gingrichs-future-hangs-on-successful-southern-state-strategy/ Gingrich's future hangs on successful Southern state strategy Helfrich Jesse The Hill 2016-04-26 Gingrich ignored other upcoming primaries to focus on campaigning in the two neighboring Gulf states.https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2012/03/07/148171792/gingrich-cancels-kansas-events-focusing-on-southern-strategy Gingrich Cancels Kansas Events, Focusing On Southern Strategy NPR 2016-04-26 Results + 2012 Alabama Republican presidential primaryhttp://www.sos.state.al.us/downloads/election/2012/primary/Primary_Results_Certified-Republican-2012-03-23.pdf Archived copy 2012-05-24 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120911125016/http://www.sos.state.al.us/downloads/election/2012/primary/Primary_Results_Certified-Republican-2012-03-23.pdf 2012-09-11 Candidate Votes Percentage Projected delegate count AP2012-03-13 It's All Politics: AP Results: Alabama, Mississippi, Hawaii https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2012/03/12/148467571/ap-results-alabama-mississippi-hawaii NPR live 2024-09-09 https://archive.today/20240909024911/https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2012/03/12/148467571/ap-results-alabama-mississippi-hawaii 2024-09-09 CNN2012-04-23 People Choice 2012: Election Center - Results: Alabama http://edition.cnn.com/election/2012/primaries/state/al dead CNN https://archive.today/20120724023151/http://edition.cnn.com/election/2012/primaries/state/al 2012-07-24 FOX Rick Santorum 215,105 34.55% 22 18 - Newt Gingrich 182,276 29.28% 14 9 - Mitt Romney 180,321 28.97% 11 9 - Ron Paul 30,937 4.97% 0 0 - Rick Perry (withdrawn) 1,867 0.30% 0 0 - Michele Bachmann (withdrawn) 1,700 0.27% 0 0 - Jon Huntsman (withdrawn) 1,049 0.17% 0 0 - Uncommitted 9,259 1.49% 0 0 - Unprojected delegates 3 14 50 Total: 622,514 100.00% 50 50 50 Santorum won most of the counties and thus five out of seven congressional districts, especially in the northern parts including Huntsville. Gingrich did the best in the southeast, winning its 2nd congressional district. Romney won in big cities such as Birmingham, Montgomery and Mobile. He was able to only win the Mobile metropolitan based 1st congressional district. The results in Alabama, alongside those of Mississippi, effectively ended any remaining momentum for Gingrich's struggling campaign. Despite the second-place finishes in "must-win" states, Gingrich chose to stay in the race in hopes of facilitating a brokered convention.http://www.nydailynews.com/news/election-2012/newt-gingrich-losing-rick-santorum-alabama-mississippi-not-article-1.1038658 Newt to critics: I'm not going anywhere! New York Daily News 2016-04-26 See also 2012 Republican Party presidential debates and forums 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries Results of the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries Alabama Republican Party References External links The Green Papers: for Alabama The Green Papers: Major state elections in chronological order 2012  Republican presidential primary Georgia New York Washington y 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries Republican presidential primary Alabama Alabama Republican presidential primary 2012