2012 Washington Republican presidential caucuses

none June 2025 September 2023 2012 Washington Republican presidential caucuses Washington presidential no 2008 Washington Republican presidential caucuses and primary 2008 2016 Washington Republican presidential primary 2016 2012 03 03 Mitt Romney by Gage Skidmore 8.jpg Mitt Romney ff6600 Republican Party (United States) Massachusetts 37 19,111 37.6% Ron Paul by Gage Skidmore 3 (crop 2).jpg Ron Paul ffcc00 Republican Party (United States) Texas 5 12,594 24.8% Rick Santorum by Gage Skidmore.jpg Rick Santorum 008000 Republican Party (United States) Pennsylvania 1 12,089 23.8% Newt Gingrich by Gage Skidmore 3 (cropped).jpg Newt Gingrich 800080 Republican Party (United States) Georgia 0 5,221 10.3% x160px 2012 Washington Republican Primaries Counties.svg 280px Romney #ffd9c1 20–30% #ffcca9 30–40% #ffc199 40–50% #feb685 50–60% Paul #ffeeaa 30–40% #ffe270 40–50% #ffda47 50–60% Santorum #b1dec6 20–30% #a9e4aa 30–40% #5ed261 50–60% WY AK 43 Republican National Convention delegatesThe number of delegates received is determined by the popular vote The 2012 Washington Republican presidential caucuses were held on March 3, 2012.http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2011/09/27/washington-state-gop-told-presidential-caucus-march-3/ Washington state GOP to hold presidential caucus March 3 Chris Grygiel September 27, 2011 January 10, 2011 Seattle Post-Intelligencer Hearst Corporation 0745-970X 3734418 Since 1992, the Washington Republicans have used a presidential preferential primary in addition to the caucuses. The 2012 primary was, however, canceled for budgetary reasons, as was the one in 2004.https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-candidates-vie-for-delegates-in-washington-feet-planted-in-ohio/ GOP candidates vie for delegates in Washington, feet planted in Ohio Fox News March 3, 2012 March 3, 2012 Caucus system The initial caucuses were held on March 3, 2012, with voters reporting to caucus locations by precinct. However, the caucuses did not allocate delegates to the different candidates, they did only elected delegates to the county conventions and took part in a nonbinding strawpoll. County conventions convened all through March and April, each picking delegates to the state conventions who was not bound to any particular candidate either. The state convention was held on May 31-June 2, 2012. At that time, state delegates to the national convention was legally bound to specific candidates. Results With 3,677,919 registered voters as of February 29,http://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/default.aspx Elections & Voting Washington Secretary of State - Elections Division March 4, 2012 the turnout was 1.4%.Washington Republican - The Green Papers + Washington state Republican caucuses nonbinding strawpoll Candidate Votes Percentage14px Mitt Romney 19,111 37.65%Ron Paul 12,594 24.81% Rick Santorum 12,089 23.81% Newt Gingrich 5,221 10.28% Uncommitted 1,656 3.26% Total Write-Ins 93 0.18% Totals 50,764 100.00% Controversy at 37th Legislative District Caucus The 37th Legislative District covers parts of King County,http://wa-demchairs.org/districts/districtmap.php?ld=37 37th Legislative District wa-demchairs.org Washington State Democratic Chairs Organization April 27, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20111026113321/http://wa-demchairs.org/districts/districtmap.php?ld=37 October 26, 2011 dead and the Republican caucus for the district was held Saturday, April 21 at Dimmitt Middle School. The caucus was broken up by King County Republican Partyhttp://www.kcgop.org/ King County Republican Party Chairman Lori Sotelo after the caucus elected Ron Paul supporter Tamra Smilanich as chair. Sotelo declared that the caucus was no longer a Party event, but had become a Ron Paul Campaign event, and that the attendees would have to vacate the building. As Smilanich attempted to conduct business, Sotelo stated to the caucus, "The Ron Paul campaign does not have authority to rent this space. They have not provided insurance for this building", and (addressing Smilanich) "You do not have authority to run the meeting in this building. You will have ten minutes before this building must be vacated, Tamra." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-zOrBIXwBs KCGOP's Lori Sotelo Tries to End Caucus When Ron Paul Supporter is Elected as Chair: Voter Fraud? orange11emilie (Emilie Rensink) youtube.com The caucus was moved outside at about 12:30 pm, business was resumed, and delegates to the April 28 county convention were elected, all eleven of those being Paul supporters.http://www.fox19.com/story/17768724/reality-check-infighting-at-more-gop-caucuses-and-what-the-msm-wont-tell-you-about-iowa-and-minnesota fox19.com Ben Swann's Reality Check April 27, 2012 April 25, 2012http://www.examiner-wikipedia-blacklist.com/article/king-county-gop-s-lori-sotelo-disrupts-caucus-citing-ron-paul-operative King County GOP's Lori Sotelo disrupts caucus, citing Ron Paul 'operative' Rensink Emilie April 22, 2012 April 27, 2012 May 2020 InternetArchiveBot yes Each caucus-goer had been required to pay a $10 fee to attend the caucus, Sotelo saying that the fee was to help pay for the party's expenses for using the school. Sotelo refused to refund the $10 fees after the caucus was moved outside.http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politicsnorthwest/2018061271_king_co_gop_leader_boots_caucu.html King County GOP leader boots caucus outside after Ron Paul backers take over April 24, 2012 April 27, 2012 Brunner Jim seattletimes.nwsource.com Conventions There was no formal system of allocating delegates to candidates before the state convention. At each meeting before the convention, the participants decided the best course of action for electing delegates. The 40 elected delegates at the state convention are legally bound to vote for their stated presidential preference as of the convention on the first ballot at the Republican National Convention. There was not, however, any obligation to align with the results of the presidential preference poll results. The 3 automatic (RNC) delegates are not legally bound to vote for a candidate. 17 March - 21 April: County convention and legislative district caucuses elected delegates to the state convention. 31 May - 2 June: State convention as a whole elected 10 National Convention delegates. Delegates from each of the ten congressional district caucused separately to elect 3 National Convention delegates each. The multiple layers (and time between them) complicated estimates of eventual national delegate numbers. Delegates who did not show up for the county conventions was replaced by alternates who may have favored completely different candidates. At the time of the state convention the only two candidates still running an active campaign was Romney and Paul. The day before the convention Santorum urged his supporters to back Romney http://www.nwdailymarker.com/2012/05/santorum-calls-for-supporters-in-washington-state-to-back-romney-at-state-gop-convention/ Santorum Calls for Supporters in Washington State to Back Romney NW daily marker June 5, 2012 resulting in an unified convention electing a large majority of the delegates to be bound for Romney, at this time the presumptive nominee. He should only have been allocated 15 delegates if this had been a primary allocating delegates, but 34 delegates bound to him were elected at the convention. Paul, the other active campaigning candidate, on the other hand would have expected 10 delegates in a projected count but only 5 delegates bound to him were elected. Convention Resultshttp://www.tacoma2012.com/ Archived copy 2016-03-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20120610063704/http://www.tacoma2012.com/ 2012-06-10 dead http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P12/WA-R Washington Republican Delegation 2012FHQ Josh Putnam 209025914649067520 2 June 2012 Includes the 3 automatic delegates for Romney. RT @Jordan_Schrader: Romney ends up with support from all but six of WA's 43 delegates #wagopCandidate1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10thStatePartyleadersTotal14pxMitt Romney330333033310337Ron Paul0020003000005Rick Santorum0010000000001Total3010343 See also 2012 Republican Party presidential debates and forums 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries Results of the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries References 30em  Republican primary, 2012 Georgia New York y Republican Party presidential primaries, 2012 Washington Category:2012 Washington (state) elections 2012