2012 Arizona Republican presidential primary

none June 2025 January 2025 2012 Arizona Republican presidential primary Arizona presidential no 2008 Arizona Republican presidential primary 2008 2012 02 28 2016 Arizona Republican presidential primary 2016 Mitt Romney by Gage Skidmore 6 cropped (cropped).jpg Mitt Romney Massachusetts 29 239,167 46.87% Arizona Republican Presidential Primary Election Results by County, 2012.svg 250px Primary results by county #ff6600 Mitt Romney Rick Santorum by Gage Skidmore 2 (1).jpg Rick Santorum Pennsylvania 0 138,031 27.05% Newt Gingrich by Gage Skidmore 6 (cropped).jpg Newt Gingrich Georgia 0 81,748 16.02% Ron Paul by Gage Skidmore 3 (crop 2).jpg Ron Paul Texas 0 43,952 8.61% x160px ff6600 008000 800080 ffcc00 29 delegates to the2012 Republican National Convention MI ME The 2012 Arizona Republican presidential primary was a closed primary that took place on February 28, 2012.Burns Alexander Arizona flouts rules, keeps February primary https://www.politico.com/story/2011/09/arizona-flouts-rules-keeps-february-primary-063301 January 12, 2012 The Politico September 12, 2011 More than 1,130,000 registered Republican voters participated in the event, the purpose of which was to select delegates from the state to attend the Republican National Convention on behalf of candidates for the Republican presidential nomination. The Republican National Committee removed half of Arizona's delegate allocation because the state committee moved its Republican primary before March 6. Arizona therefore held a ballot to select 29 proportionally-allocated delegates. This election occurred the same day as the Michigan Republican primary. The Arizona primary was set as a winner-take-all contest, another violation of RNC delegate allocation rules, which require proportional allocation for all primaries held before April 1. Endorsements from 2008 primary rival and U.S. Senator John McCainhttps://www.foxnews.com/politics/john-mccain-endorses-romney/ John McCain Endorses Romney Fox News 2012-01-04 Fox News en-US 2016-04-26 and Governor Jan Brewerhttps://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/26/jan-brewer-mitt-romney-endorsement_n_1295170.html Jan Brewer Endorses Romney 2012-02-26 The Huffington Post 2016-04-26 helped add to the prospects of a victory for Romney in Arizona. Campaign Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, Texas Congressman Ron Paul, former Louisiana Governor Buddy Roemer, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum were contesting and campaigning in the Arizona primary. Televised debates in Arizona were held on February 18 and 19, 2012, on Public-access televisionhttp://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/ProjectWhiteHouse2012/Page Project White House 2012 and February 22, 2012, on CNN. Only the major Republican candidates, except for RoemerMarch 2012, were invited to the third, and none of them attended the first two. Twenty-three candidates appeared on the presidential primary ballot,Bennett Ken 2012 Presidential Preference Election - Ballot Order http://www.azsos.gov/election/2012/ppe/PPECandidatesRepublican.htm Arizona Secretary of State January 12, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120314162532/http://www.azsos.gov/election/2012/ppe/PPECandidatesRepublican.htm March 14, 2012 dead mdy-all 11 of whom are residents of the state.https://news.yahoo.com/23-official-candidates-arizona-primary-ballot-other-significant-001800979.html February 2022 Project White House The small alternative newspaper Tucson Weekly, for the second election in a row, has sponsored an event called "Project White House"Project White House 2012 Feature, Tucson Weekly http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/project-white-house-2012/Content?oid=3189980 5 March 2012 Tucson Weekly in which it gets as many ordinary citizens on the ballot as it possibly can. Afterward, a series of "reality show style" competitions occurred, including candidate meet-and-greets, and two televised debates which were sponsored by the Tucson Weekly, a local public-access television show called Illegal Knowledge, and local public television stations.Project White House 2012, Tucson Weekly http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/ProjectWhiteHouse2012/Page 5 March 2012 Tucson Weekly The two debates took place on February 18 and February 19, 2012, both were commercial-free, one hour long each, and both aired on Access Tucson while they were streamed live on the internet.Illegal Knowledge TV Episode 401, Access Tucson http://accesstucson.org/whatsontv/program/66235/ 5 March 2012 Access TucsonApril 2019 InternetArchiveBot yesIKTV401 Let's Get On TV 2012 Illegal Knowledge's Arizona Presidential Preference Election Debate Special https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTajGGq0kBw 5 March 2012Project White House Debate 2012, Access Tucson http://accesstucson.org/whatsontv/program/66136/ 5 March 2012 Access TucsonApril 2019 InternetArchiveBot yesProject White House Debate 2012 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI3sHRmEZRo 5 March 2012 Both debates were produced in conjunction with Project White House and Jim Nintzel of the Tucson Weekly. The first debate, held on the 18th at 8 pm MST, produced by Illegal Knowledge and hosted by Dave Maass of San Diego CityBeat,Dave Maass, Project White House Debates! http://maassive.com/?p=1518 dead https://archive.today/20130128005937/http://maassive.com/?p=1518 28 January 2013 5 March 2012 Dave Maass had nine participants, composed of eight lesser known Republican candidates (Donald Benjamin, Simon Bollander, Cesar Cisneros, Kip Dean, Sarah Gonzales, Al "Dick" Perry, Charles Skelley and Jim Terr) and one Green Party candidate (Michael Oatman). A press release regarding this first debate was distributed which invited all candidates listed on either Republican or Green Party ballots in Arizona to the first debate,15 February 2012 Announcing First Arizona Presidential Preference Election Debate in 2012 (press release) http://michaeloatman.wordpress.com/2012/02/15/announcing-first-arizona-presidential-preference-election-debate-in-2012/ 5 March 2012 Michael Oatman, Host / Producer Illegal Knowledge TV although none of the major Republican or Green Party candidates appeared. The second debate, held on the 19th at 7pm MST, produced by Access Tucson and hosted by both Dave Maass of San Diego CityBeat and Amanda Hurley of the University of Arizona School of Journalism, was restricted only to Republican candidates and featured seven of the eight lesser known Republican candidates from the previous night (less Cesar Cisneros). There was a third Arizona debate which took place in Mesa, AZ on February 22, 2012, but was not associated with Project White House and had only invited the four major Republican candidates to participate.CNN Observations: CNN Arizona GOP Presidential Debate Airs Tonight http://www.cnnobservations.blogspot.com/2012/02/cnn-arizona-gop-presidential-debate.htmlGOP Candidates to Appear for Final Debate before Super Tuesday - Ratings http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/02/20/gop-candidates-to-appear-for-final-debate-before-super-tuesday/120811/comment-page-3/ dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120225011028/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/02/20/gop-candidates-to-appear-for-final-debate-before-super-tuesday/120811/comment-page-3/ 2012-02-25 2012-03-05 Two lesser known candidates appearing in the first debates, Sarah Gonzales (who placed sixth) and Michael Oatman (who placed tied for third), placed ahead of their better known Republican and Green Party counterparts (Buddy Roemer and Gerard Davis respectively) in the Arizona Presidential Preference Election Results from February 28, 2012.February 28, 2012 Election Results http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/AZ/36496/73346/en/summary.html 5 March 2012 Ken Bennett, Arizona Secretary of State Polling Statewide opinion polling for the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries#Arizona (February 28) Results Results of the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries right|thumb|The 2012 Arizona Republican state convention, which determined delegates who would be sent to the RNC. Arizona was allocated 29 delegates because it moved its primary to February 28.http://msnbc.zendesk.com/attachments/token/w02nlnlnazkr2dv/?name=2012_IA-NH_book_FINAL_1_.pdf Iowa Caucuses & New Hampshire Primary Guide NBC News December 29, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120426081508/https://msnbc.zendesk.com/attachments/token/w02nlnlnazkr2dv/?name=2012_IA-NH_book_FINAL_1_.pdf April 26, 2012 dead mdy-all Voter turnout = 45.3%http://www.azsos.gov/election/voterreg/2012-02-01.pdf State of Arizona Registration Report Arizona Secretary of State February 29, 2012 February 29, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120413093543/http://www.azsos.gov/election/voterreg/2012-02-01.pdf April 13, 2012 dead mdy-all + Arizona Republican primary, 2012http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/AZ/36496/71939/en/summary.html AZ - Election Results 2015-04-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20150405070252/http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/AZ/36496/71939/en/summary.html 2015-04-05 dead CandidateVotesPercentageDelegatesArizona Daily Star: 3 of 29 AZ delegates break ranks, vote for Ron Paul. August 29, 2012. Mitt Romney 239,167 46.87% 26 Rick Santorum 138,031 27.05% 0Newt Gingrich 81,748 16.02% 0 Ron Paul 43,952 8.61% 3 Rick Perry (withdrawn) 2,023 0.40% 0 Sarah Gonzales 1,544 0.30% 0 Buddy Roemer (withdrawn) 692 0.14% 0 Paul Sims 530 0.10% 0 Cesar Cisneros 418 0.08% 0 Mark Callahan 358 0.07% 0 Al "Dick" Perry 310 0.06% 0 Donald Benjamin 223 0.04% 0 Michael Levinson 217 0.04% 0 Kip Dean 198 0.04% 0 Ronald Zack 156 0.03% 0 Christopher Hill 139 0.03% 0 Frank Lynch 110 0.02% 0 Wayne Charles Arnett 96 0.02% 0 Raymond Scott Perkins 90 0.02% 0 Matt Welch 86 0.02% 0 Jim Terr 59 0.01% 0 Charles Skelley 57 0.01% 0 Simon Bollander 54 0.01% 0 Total: 510,258 100.00% 29 References Category:2012 Arizona elections Arizona 2012