2012 United States presidential election in Texas

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Main article: 2012 United States presidential election
2012 United States presidential election in Texas
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Nominee Mitt Romney Barack Obama
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Massachusetts Illinois
Running mate Paul Ryan Joe Biden
Electoral vote 38 0
Popular vote 4,569,843 3,308,124
Percentage 57.17% 41.38%
Texas presidential election results 2012.svg
County Results
President before election

Barack Obama
Democratic

 Elected President

Barack Obama
Democratic

The 2012 United States presidential election in Texas took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Texas voters chose 38 electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate, Vice President Joe Biden, against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate, Congressman Paul Ryan.

Mitt Romney won the Lone Star State with 57.17%, over Barack Obama's 41.38%, a margin of 15.78%. As in past elections, President Obama and the Democrats dominated the Rio Grande Valley and won the major urban centers of Austin, El Paso, Dallas, San Antonio, and Houston, but Republicans were able to overwhelm the urban vote by sweeping the vast rural areas and suburbs of Texas by large margins. In the process Romney beat George W. Bush's 2004 record of the most votes for a presidential candidate in Texas, a record later surpassed in 2016 by Donald Trump. By receiving 95.86% of the vote in King County,[1] Romney also recorded the highest proportion of any county's vote cast for one candidate since Barry Goldwater received between 95.92 and 96.59% of the vote in seven Mississippi counties[lower-alpha 1] in 1964 – although this occurred when African-American majorities in these counties had been almost totally disenfranchised for seven-and-a-half decades.

General election

Candidate Ballot Access:

  • Barack Obama /Joseph Biden, Democratic
  • Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan, Republican
  • Gary Johnson/James P. Gray, Libertarian
  • Jill Stein/Cheri Honkala, Green

Write-In Candidate Access:

  • Virgil Goode/Jim Clymer, Constitution
  • Rocky Anderson/Luis J. Rodriguez, Justice
  • Andre Barnett/Ken Cross, Reform

Results

2012 United States presidential election in Texas [2]
Party Candidate Running mate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Mitt Romney Paul Ryan 4,569,843 57.17% 38
Democratic Barack Obama Joe Biden 3,308,124 41.38% 0
Libertarian Gary Johnson Jim Gray 88,580 1.11% 0
Green Jill Stein Cheri Honkala 24,657 0.31% 0
Constitution (Write-in) Virgil Goode Jim Clymer 1,287 0.02% 0
Justice (Write-in) Rocky Anderson Luis J. Rodriguez 426 0.01% 0
America's Party (Write-in) Thomas Hoefling Jonathan D. Ellis 374 0.00% 0
Other Write-ins 311 0.00% 0
Socialist (Write-in) Stewart Alexander Alex Mendoza 162 0.00% 0
Reform (Write-in) Andre Barnett Kenneth Cross 87 0.00% 0
Totals 7,993,851 100.00% 38
Voter turnout (Voting age population) 43.73%

By county

County Romney % Romney # Obama % Obama # Others % Others # Total
Anderson 75.64% 12,262 23.52% 3,813 0.85% 137 16,212
Andrews 81.19% 3,639 17.74% 795 1.07% 48 4,482
Angelina 71.47% 20,303 27.58% 7,834 0.95% 269 28,406
Aransas 70.79% 6,830 28.03% 2,704 1.18% 114 9,648
Archer 86.46% 3,600 12.61% 525 0.94% 39 4,164
Armstrong 88.56% 828 10.48% 98 0.96% 9 935
Atascosa 58.65% 7,461 40.35% 5,133 1.00% 127 12,721
Austin 79.53% 9,265 19.33% 2,252 1.13% 132 11,649
Bailey 73.73% 1,339 25.66% 466 0.61% 11 1,816
Bandera 78.60% 7,426 19.73% 1,864 1.67% 158 9,448
Bastrop 57.32% 14,033 40.29% 9,864 2.39% 584 24,481
Baylor 81.47% 1,297 16.77% 267 1.76% 28 1,592
Bee 55.29% 4,356 43.81% 3,452 0.90% 71 7,879
Bell 57.51% 49,574 41.19% 35,512 1.30% 1,120 86,206
Bexar 47.04% 241,617 51.56% 264,856 1.40% 7,208 513,681
Blanco 73.16% 3,638 24.53% 1,220 2.31% 115 4,973
Borden 89.26% 324 8.82% 32 1.93% 7 363
Bosque 80.00% 5,885 18.58% 1,367 1.41% 104 7,356
Bowie 70.24% 24,869 28.80% 10,196 0.96% 339 35,404
Brazoria 66.39% 70,862 32.25% 34,421 1.36% 1,456 106,739
Brazos 66.49% 37,209 31.23% 17,477 2.28% 1,276 55,962
Brewster 51.10% 1,976 45.64% 1,765 3.26% 126 3,867
Briscoe 82.34% 578 16.67% 117 1.00% 7 702
Brooks 21.10% 507 78.49% 1,886 0.42% 10 2,403
Brown 85.29% 11,895 13.65% 1,904 1.06% 148 13,947
Burleson 72.35% 4,671 26.41% 1,705 1.24% 80 6,456
Burnet 76.46% 12,843 21.87% 3,674 1.66% 279 16,796
Caldwell 54.40% 6,021 43.29% 4,791 2.31% 256 11,068
Calhoun 62.33% 4,144 36.25% 2,410 1.41% 94 6,648
Callahan 84.24% 4,378 14.45% 751 1.31% 68 5,197
Cameron 33.94% 26,099 64.99% 49,975 1.07% 821 76,895
Camp 66.46% 2,881 32.94% 1,428 0.60% 26 4,335
Carson 88.23% 2,451 10.51% 292 1.26% 35 2,778
Cass 74.34% 8,763 24.80% 2,924 0.86% 101 11,788
Castro 69.37% 1,470 29.73% 630 0.90% 19 2,119
Chambers 79.99% 11,787 18.93% 2,790 1.07% 158 14,735
Cherokee 75.00% 12,094 24.03% 3,875 0.97% 157 16,126
Childress 83.42% 1,665 16.03% 320 0.55% 11 1,996
Clay 84.36% 4,266 14.63% 740 1.01% 51 5,057
Cochran 70.77% 649 27.92% 256 1.31% 12 917
Coke 86.51% 1,218 12.71% 179 0.78% 11 1,408
Coleman 86.25% 3,012 12.66% 442 1.09% 38 3,492
Collin 65.02% 196,888 33.49% 101,415 1.49% 4,518 302,821
Collingsworth 83.65% 962 15.39% 177 0.96% 11 1,150
Colorado 74.24% 6,026 25.00% 2,029 0.76% 62 8,117
Comal 76.30% 39,318 22.22% 11,450 1.48% 761 51,529
Comanche 80.39% 3,944 18.14% 890 1.47% 72 4,906
Concho 79.22% 793 19.38% 194 1.40% 14 1,001
Cooke 83.28% 11,951 15.65% 2,246 1.07% 154 14,351
Coryell 67.57% 11,220 31.06% 5,158 1.36% 226 16,604
Cottle 74.90% 555 24.29% 180 0.81% 6 741
Crane 76.77% 985 21.43% 275 1.79% 23 1,283
Crockett 65.68% 957 32.94% 480 1.37% 20 1,457
Crosby 63.35% 1,132 35.76% 639 0.90% 16 1,787
Culberson 33.56% 295 64.62% 568 1.82% 16 879
Dallam 81.36% 1,248 16.49% 253 2.15% 33 1,534
Dallas 41.66% 295,813 57.11% 405,571 1.23% 8,733 710,117
Dawson 71.14% 2,591 27.98% 1,019 0.88% 32 3,642
Deaf Smith 70.60% 3,042 28.75% 1,239 0.65% 28 4,309
Delta 75.52% 1,524 22.50% 454 1.98% 40 2,018
Denton 64.91% 157,579 33.35% 80,978 1.74% 4,224 242,781
DeWitt 77.16% 5,122 22.10% 1,467 0.74% 49 6,638
Dickens 77.82% 793 21.20% 216 0.98% 10 1,019
Dimmit 26.12% 762 73.40% 2,141 0.48% 14 2,917
Donley 83.84% 1,287 14.72% 226 1.43% 22 1,535
Duval 22.56% 980 76.68% 3,331 0.76% 33 4,344
Eastland 83.82% 5,444 14.93% 970 1.25% 81 6,495
Ector 73.85% 24,010 24.97% 8,118 1.18% 385 32,513
Edwards 72.62% 642 26.24% 232 1.13% 10 884
El Paso 33.15% 57,150 65.51% 112,952 1.34% 2,310 172,412
Ellis 73.08% 39,574 25.63% 13,881 1.29% 696 54,151
Erath 82.81% 10,329 15.75% 1,965 1.44% 179 12,473
Falls 61.76% 3,356 37.41% 2,033 0.83% 45 5,434
Fannin 75.54% 8,161 23.01% 2,486 1.45% 157 10,804
Fayette 76.83% 8,106 21.94% 2,315 1.23% 130 10,551
Fisher 67.16% 1,094 31.43% 512 1.41% 23 1,629
Floyd 73.05% 1,523 26.43% 551 0.53% 11 2,085
Foard 70.30% 348 28.28% 140 1.41% 7 495
Fort Bend 52.91% 116,126 46.08% 101,144 1.01% 2,219 219,489
Franklin 80.95% 3,446 17.64% 751 1.41% 60 4,257
Freestone 74.58% 5,646 24.44% 1,850 0.98% 74 7,570
Frio 39.29% 1,559 59.88% 2,376 0.83% 33 3,968
Gaines 85.69% 3,484 13.16% 535 1.16% 47 4,066
Galveston 62.74% 69,059 35.89% 39,511 1.37% 1,508 110,078
Garza 80.96% 1,263 17.88% 279 1.15% 18 1,560
Gillespie 82.12% 10,306 16.37% 2,055 1.51% 189 12,550
Glasscock 91.00% 526 7.61% 44 1.38% 8 578
Goliad 66.34% 2,294 32.59% 1,127 1.07% 37 3,458
Gonzales 69.61% 4,216 29.34% 1,777 1.06% 64 6,057
Gray 87.20% 6,443 11.99% 886 0.81% 60 7,389
Grayson 73.20% 30,936 25.25% 10,670 1.56% 658 42,264
Gregg 69.25% 28,742 29.87% 12,398 0.88% 367 41,507
Grimes 71.40% 6,141 27.19% 2,339 1.41% 121 8,601
Guadalupe 66.88% 33,117 31.80% 15,744 1.32% 653 49,514
Hale 73.30% 6,490 25.33% 2,243 1.37% 121 8,854
Hall 75.02% 832 23.90% 265 1.08% 12 1,109
Hamilton 82.15% 2,918 16.64% 591 1.21% 43 3,552
Hansford 91.13% 1,788 8.10% 159 0.76% 15 1,962
Hardeman 78.66% 1,176 20.20% 302 1.14% 17 1,495
Hardin 83.33% 17,746 15.77% 3,359 0.90% 192 21,297
Harris 49.31% 586,073 49.39% 587,044 1.30% 15,468 1,188,585
Harrison 66.92% 17,512 32.31% 8,456 0.77% 202 26,170
Hartley 89.28% 1,708 9.62% 184 1.10% 21 1,913
Haskell 70.74% 1,424 27.47% 553 1.79% 36 2,013
Hays 53.65% 31,661 43.27% 25,537 3.07% 1,813 59,011
Hemphill 86.02% 1,298 12.72% 192 1.26% 19 1,509
Henderson 76.85% 21,231 22.10% 6,106 1.05% 290 27,627
Hidalgo 28.65% 39,865 70.40% 97,969 0.95% 1,325 139,159
Hill 75.82% 9,132 22.85% 2,752 1.34% 161 12,045
Hockley 77.74% 5,546 20.83% 1,486 1.43% 102 7,134
Hood 81.69% 18,409 17.05% 3,843 1.26% 283 22,535
Hopkins 77.13% 9,836 21.78% 2,777 1.10% 140 12,753
Houston 71.59% 5,880 27.57% 2,265 0.84% 69 8,214
Howard 74.22% 6,453 24.27% 2,110 1.52% 132 8,695
Hudspeth 54.58% 471 43.92% 379 1.51% 13 863
Hunt 74.91% 21,011 23.78% 6,671 1.31% 367 28,049
Hutchinson 85.82% 6,804 13.18% 1,045 1.00% 79 7,928
Irion 84.77% 668 14.21% 112 1.02% 8 788
Jack 88.72% 2,580 10.42% 303 0.86% 25 2,908
Jackson 77.73% 3,906 21.29% 1,070 0.98% 49 5,025
Jasper 73.66% 9,957 25.32% 3,423 1.01% 137 13,517
Jeff Davis 60.32% 719 36.91% 440 2.77% 33 1,192
Jefferson 48.79% 43,242 50.40% 44,668 0.81% 717 88,627
Jim Hogg 21.36% 356 78.04% 1,301 0.60% 10 1,667
Jim Wells 41.18% 4,598 58.14% 6,492 0.68% 76 11,166
Johnson 77.11% 37,661 21.49% 10,496 1.39% 681 48,838
Jones 76.56% 4,262 22.02% 1,226 1.42% 79 5,567
Karnes 67.50% 2,825 31.66% 1,325 0.84% 35 4,185
Kaufman 71.66% 24,846 27.32% 9,472 1.02% 352 34,670
Kendall 81.58% 14,508 17.11% 3,043 1.30% 232 17,783
Kenedy 50.30% 84 49.10% 82 0.60% 1 167
Kent 82.72% 335 16.30% 66 0.99% 4 405
Kerr 78.95% 17,274 19.83% 4,338 1.22% 267 21,879
Kimble 88.11% 1,667 11.47% 217 0.42% 8 1,892
King 95.86% 139 3.45% 5 0.69% 1 145
Kinney 61.75% 880 36.63% 522 1.61% 23 1,425
Kleberg 45.56% 4,058 53.37% 4,754 1.07% 95 8,907
Knox 76.82% 1,160 21.99% 332 1.19% 18 1,510
Lamar 74.58% 12,826 24.31% 4,181 1.10% 190 17,197
Lamb 74.75% 3,058 24.40% 998 0.86% 35 4,091
Lampasas 78.03% 5,621 20.53% 1,479 1.44% 104 7,204
LaSalle 40.64% 669 58.63% 965 0.73% 12 1,646
Lavaca 81.94% 6,796 17.22% 1,428 0.84% 70 8,294
Lee 72.45% 4,507 26.23% 1,632 1.32% 82 6,221
Leon 83.71% 5,814 15.29% 1,062 0.99% 69 6,945
Liberty 76.16% 17,323 22.87% 5,202 0.97% 221 22,746
Limestone 69.92% 5,288 29.19% 2,208 0.89% 67 7,563
Lipscomb 89.38% 1,044 10.19% 119 0.43% 5 1,168
Live Oak 76.68% 3,154 22.34% 919 0.97% 40 4,113
Llano 79.62% 7,610 19.06% 1,822 1.32% 126 9,558
Loving 84.38% 54 14.06% 9 1.56% 1 64
Lubbock 69.61% 63,469 28.81% 26,271 1.58% 1,444 91,184
Lynn 73.46% 1,439 25.83% 506 0.71% 14 1,959
Madison 75.17% 3,028 24.01% 967 0.82% 33 4,028
Marion 63.83% 2,733 34.91% 1,495 1.26% 54 4,282
Martin 84.24% 1,368 15.27% 248 0.49% 8 1,624
Mason 79.52% 1,565 19.31% 380 1.17% 23 1,968
Matagorda 66.27% 8,040 32.80% 3,980 0.93% 113 12,133
Maverick 20.55% 2,171 78.60% 8,303 0.84% 89 10,563
McCulloch 80.82% 2,419 17.94% 537 1.24% 37 2,993
Mclennan 64.26% 47,903 34.47% 25,694 1.27% 944 74,541
McMullen 85.69% 431 13.32% 67 0.99% 5 503
Medina 69.03% 11,079 29.81% 4,784 1.16% 186 16,049
Menard 78.33% 665 20.14% 171 1.53% 13 849
Midland 80.03% 35,689 18.58% 8,286 1.39% 622 44,597
Milam 66.60% 5,481 32.03% 2,636 1.37% 113 8,230
Mills 85.51% 1,882 12.68% 279 1.82% 40 2,201
Mitchell 75.82% 1,756 23.23% 538 0.95% 22 2,316
Montague 84.49% 6,549 14.40% 1,116 1.11% 86 7,751
Montgomery 79.70% 137,969 19.02% 32,920 1.28% 2,224 173,113
Moore 79.60% 3,968 19.34% 964 1.06% 53 4,985
Morris 62.89% 3,232 36.15% 1,858 0.95% 49 5,139
Motley 89.67% 538 9.17% 55 1.17% 7 600
Nacogdoches 67.42% 13,925 31.30% 6,465 1.27% 263 20,653
Navarro 70.60% 10,847 28.31% 4,350 1.09% 167 15,364
Newton 70.06% 4,112 28.57% 1,677 1.36% 80 5,869
Nolan 71.74% 3,282 26.58% 1,216 1.68% 77 4,575
Nueces 50.95% 48,966 47.63% 45,772 1.42% 1,366 96,104
Ochiltree 90.85% 2,719 8.45% 253 0.70% 21 2,993
Oldham 90.91% 790 8.17% 71 0.92% 8 869
Orange 76.56% 23,366 22.28% 6,800 1.15% 352 30,518
Palo Pinto 79.18% 7,393 19.40% 1,811 1.42% 133 9,337
Panola 77.71% 7,950 21.61% 2,211 0.67% 69 10,230
Parker 82.28% 39,243 16.47% 7,853 1.25% 598 47,694
Parmer 78.74% 2,011 20.71% 529 0.55% 14 2,554
Pecos 60.53% 2,512 38.34% 1,591 1.13% 47 4,150
Polk 73.54% 14,071 25.39% 4,859 1.07% 204 19,134
Potter 71.52% 18,918 26.94% 7,126 1.53% 406 26,450
Presidio 27.74% 504 70.56% 1,282 1.71% 31 1,817
Rains 80.23% 3,279 18.62% 761 1.15% 47 4,087
Randall 83.40% 41,447 15.24% 7,574 1.36% 675 49,696
Reagan 80.19% 676 18.74% 158 1.07% 9 843
Real 80.52% 1,236 18.05% 277 1.43% 22 1,535
Red River 69.94% 3,549 29.21% 1,482 0.85% 43 5,074
Reeves 41.29% 1,188 57.53% 1,655 1.18% 34 2,877
Refugio 62.12% 1,663 37.28% 998 0.60% 16 2,677
Roberts 92.13% 468 6.50% 33 1.38% 7 508
Robertson 60.64% 4,419 38.40% 2,798 0.96% 70 7,287
Rockwall 75.99% 27,113 22.76% 8,120 1.25% 445 35,678
Runnels 84.62% 3,104 14.15% 519 1.23% 45 3,668
Rusk 75.08% 13,924 24.00% 4,451 0.92% 171 18,546
Sabine 81.41% 3,727 17.63% 807 0.96% 44 4,578
San Augustine 66.91% 2,469 32.33% 1,193 0.76% 28 3,690
San Jacinto 73.91% 7,107 25.06% 2,410 1.03% 99 9,616
San Patricio 59.79% 12,005 39.13% 7,856 1.08% 217 20,078
San Saba 84.33% 1,905 14.30% 323 1.37% 31 2,259
Schleicher 77.38% 787 21.73% 221 0.88% 9 1,017
Scurry 82.04% 4,124 16.67% 838 1.29% 65 5,027
Shackelford 89.36% 1,218 9.61% 131 1.03% 14 1,363
Shelby 74.10% 6,879 25.01% 2,322 0.89% 83 9,284
Sherman 87.48% 908 11.66% 121 0.87% 9 1,038
Smith 72.02% 57,331 26.95% 21,456 1.02% 814 79,601
Somervell 81.15% 2,871 17.33% 613 1.53% 54 3,538
Starr 13.02% 1,547 86.34% 10,260 0.64% 76 11,883
Stephens 84.76% 2,892 13.92% 475 1.32% 45 3,412
Sterling 92.91% 459 6.28% 31 0.81% 4 494
Stonewall 75.11% 507 23.70% 160 1.19% 8 675
Sutton 74.55% 1,110 24.78% 369 0.67% 10 1,489
Swisher 72.91% 1,655 25.51% 579 1.59% 36 2,270
Tarrant 57.12% 348,920 41.43% 253,071 1.46% 8,899 610,890
Taylor 76.06% 32,904 22.54% 9,750 1.41% 609 43,263
Terrell 64.50% 358 33.15% 184 2.34% 13 555
Terry 70.15% 2,602 28.55% 1,059 1.29% 48 3,709
Throckmorton 86.10% 700 13.41% 109 0.49% 4 813
Titus 68.71% 6,084 29.91% 2,648 1.38% 122 8,854
Tom Green 73.20% 26,878 25.31% 9,294 1.49% 548 36,720
Travis 36.21% 140,152 60.14% 232,788 3.65% 14,117 387,057
Trinity 72.77% 4,537 25.89% 1,614 1.35% 84 6,235
Tyler 77.21% 5,910 21.79% 1,668 0.99% 76 7,654
Upshur 79.37% 12,015 19.63% 2,971 1.00% 152 15,138
Upton 73.31% 953 25.62% 333 1.08% 14 1,300
Uvalde 53.69% 4,529 45.35% 3,825 0.96% 81 8,435
Val Verde 46.64% 5,635 52.02% 6,285 1.33% 161 12,081
Van Zandt 82.69% 15,794 16.15% 3,084 1.16% 222 19,100
Victoria 68.25% 19,692 30.51% 8,802 1.24% 359 28,853
Walker 64.97% 12,140 33.46% 6,252 1.57% 293 18,685
Waller 58.13% 9,244 40.96% 6,514 0.91% 144 15,902
Ward 72.91% 2,366 25.92% 841 1.17% 38 3,245
Washington 75.41% 10,857 23.48% 3,381 1.10% 159 14,397
Webb 22.56% 11,078 76.56% 37,597 0.89% 435 49,110
Wharton 69.21% 9,750 30.06% 4,235 0.72% 102 14,087
Wheeler 88.25% 1,878 10.90% 232 0.85% 18 2,128
Wichita 72.68% 29,812 25.66% 10,525 1.66% 681 41,018
Wilbarger 74.27% 2,956 24.40% 971 1.33% 53 3,980
Willacy 27.96% 1,416 71.09% 3,600 0.95% 48 5,064
Williamson 59.41% 97,006 37.90% 61,875 2.69% 4,390 163,271
Wilson 71.01% 12,218 28.02% 4,821 0.96% 166 17,205
Winkler 76.00% 1,311 23.07% 398 0.93% 16 1,725
Wise 82.95% 17,207 15.53% 3,221 1.53% 317 20,745
Wood 81.63% 14,351 17.38% 3,056 0.99% 174 17,581
Yoakum 79.79% 1,698 19.22% 409 0.99% 21 2,128
Young 85.09% 6,225 13.56% 992 1.35% 99 7,316
Zapata 28.14% 997 71.32% 2,527 0.54% 19 3,543
Zavala 15.71% 574 83.27% 3,042 1.01% 37 3,653

Democratic primary

2012 Texas Democratic primary
← 2008 May 29, 2012 (2012-05-29) 2016 →
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Candidate Barack Obama John Wolfe Jr.
Home state Illinois Tennessee
Delegate count 287 0
Popular vote 520,410 29,879
Percentage 88.18% 5.06%
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Texas results by county
  Barack Obama
  John Wolfe Jr.
  Bob Ely
  Tie
  No votes

The 2012 Texas Democratic Primary was held on May 29, 2012. Incumbent Barack Obama, who was running for the nomination without any major opposition, won the primary with 88.18% of the vote, and was awarded all of Texas' 287 delegates to the 2012 Democratic National Convention.

Texas Democratic primary, 2012[3]
Candidate Votes Percentage Delegates
America Symbol.svg Barack Obama 520,410 88.18% 287
John Wolfe Jr. 29,879 5.06% 0
Darcy Richardson 25,430 4.31% 0
Bob Ely 14,445 2.45% 0
Total: 590,164 100.0% 287
Key: Withdrew prior to contest

Republican primary

2012 Texas Republican primary
← 2008 May 29, 2012 (2012-05-29) 2016 →
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Candidate Mitt Romney Ron Paul Rick Santorum
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%
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Texas results by county
  Mitt Romney
  No votes
(Note: Italicization indicates a withdrawn candidacy)

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File:Texas Delegation at 2012 RNC.jpg
Members of Texas' delegation at the 2012 Republican National Convention

The Republican primary was held May 29, 2012.[4][5]

152 delegates were chosen, for a total of 155 delegates to go to the national convention.

The election was originally scheduled to take place on Super Tuesday, March 6.[6] Due to litigation over the state's redistricting following the 2010 United States Census, it was rescheduled for April 3.[7][8] That date also became uncertain and the primary was expected to be held, at the earliest, in late May 2012, with both May 22[6] and May 29[9] being proposed. U.S. District Court judge Xavier Rodriguez, one of the three judges overseeing the litigation, had suggested a June 26 date for the election.[6] Finally, on March 1, 2012, the court issued an order setting the date of the primary to May 29, 2012.[4]

Texas Republican primary, 2012[10]
Candidate Votes Percentage Delegates
America Symbol.svg Mitt Romney 1,001,387 69% 105
Ron Paul 174,207 12.02% 18
Rick Santorum 115,584 7.97% 12
Newt Gingrich 68,247 4.71% 7
Uncommited 60,659 4.18% 6
Michele Bachmann 12,097 0.83% 1
Jon Huntsman 8,695 0.60% 1
Buddy Roemer 4,714 0.33% 0
L. John Davis, Jr. 3,887 0.27% 0
Unpledged delegates: 4
Superdelegates: 3
Total: 1,449,477 100.0% 155
Key: Withdrew prior to contest

See also

References

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External links

  1. ↑ See Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections; 2012 Presidential Election Statistics (and earlier years)
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  5. ↑ Perez, et al. v. Texas, no. 11-CV-360 (March 1, 2012 W.D. Texas), order, page 8
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