2012 Puerto Rico Republican presidential primary

none June 2025 September 2023 2012 Puerto Rico Republican presidential primary Puerto Rico presidential no Puerto Rico Republican caucuses, 2008 2008 Puerto Rico Republican primary, 2016 2016 2012 03 18 x145px Mitt Romney Republican Party (United States) Massachusetts 20 106,431 82.61% AL IL x145px Rick Santorum Republican Party (United States) Pennsylvania 0 10,574 8.21% The 2012 Puerto Rico Republican presidential primary took place on March 18, 2012.http://www.cnn.com/election/2012/calendar.html Primary and Caucus Printable Calendar CNN January 22, 2012http://caribbeanbusinesspr.com/news03.php?nt_id=66991&ct_id=1 https://web.archive.org/web/20150906120850/http://caribbeanbusinesspr.com/news03.php?nt_id=66991&ct_id=1 usurped September 6, 2015 GOP's primary in PR taking shape Caribbean Business February 8, 2012http://www.FEC.gov/pubrec/fe2012/2012pdates.pdf Presidential Primary Dates Federal Election Commission February 8, 2012http://www.nhpr.org/post/gop-races-puerto-rico-could-be-battleground As GOP Races On, Puerto Rico Could Be Battleground New Hampshire Public Radio (nhpr) March 5, 2012 On January 18, 2012, Secretary of State Kenneth McClintock announced that seven candidates, including Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul and Rick Perry (who has since withdrawn and endorsed Gingrich) would be eligible to appear on the March 18 ballot unless they notified McClintock by February 17 of their desire not to compete in Puerto Rico. If a candidate received a majority of the votes, then the primary was to be winner-take-all, but if no candidate met the 50% threshold, its 20 delegates were to be divided proportionally. On February 20, 2012, the Republican Party of Puerto Rico announced the six candidate names and their order on the ballot for the island's March 18 presidential primary.http://www.caribbeanbusiness.pr/news03.php?nt_id=68317&ct_id=1 Ballot set for Puerto Rico's Republican primary Caribbean Business March 1, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120323054457/http://www.caribbeanbusiness.pr/news03.php?nt_id=68317&ct_id=1 March 23, 2012 dead mdy-all Results Prior to certification:http://64.185.222.182/cee_events/PRIMARIAS_PARTIDO_REPUBLICANO_2012_36/NOCHE_DEL_EVENTO_55/default.html Spanish Primarias Presidenciales 18 de Marzo de 2012: Partido Republicano – Resultados CEEPUR State Elections Commission of Puerto Rico March 18, 2012 March 21, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120319124520/http://64.185.222.182/cee_events/PRIMARIAS_PARTIDO_REPUBLICANO_2012_36/NOCHE_DEL_EVENTO_55/default.html March 19, 2012 dead mdy-all Puerto Rico Republican primary, 2012 Candidate Votes Percentage Delegates14px Mitt Romney 106,431 82.61% 20 Rick Santorum 10,574 8.21% 0 Buddy Roemer 2,880 2.24% 0 Others 2,759 2.14% 0 Newt Gingrich 2,702 2.10% 0 Fred Karger 1,893 1.47% 0 Ron Paul 1,595 1.24% 0 Unprojected delegates: 3 Total: 128,834 100.0% 23 Controversies Santorum remarks about use of English in Puerto Rico English in Puerto Rico In 2012 U.S. presidential candidate Rick Santorum was criticized during the runup to the Puerto Rican Republican primary for stating that if Puerto Rico opted to become a state, it would have to make English its primary language. As The New York Times reported:"For Santorum, Trying to Tamp Down a Firestorm Over Puerto Rico Remarks", By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE and ASHLEY PARKER, March 15, 2012, The New York Times His remarks drew immediate criticism, and prompted one delegate who had been pledged to him to quit, saying he was offended. There is no rule in the Constitution requiring the adoption of English for the admittance of new states, and the United States does not have an official language. On Thursday Mr. Santorum and his aides scrambled to contain the damage, with the candidate saying several times that the local media had misquoted him as saying he wanted English to be the "only" language, whereas he believed that English should be the "primary language. See also Republican Party presidential primaries, 2012 Results of the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries Puerto Rico Republican Party References External links The Green Papers: for Puerto Rico The Green Papers: Major state elections in chronological order Puerto Rico Republican 2012