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The '''2012 Republican Primary''' is the [[Republican]] Party's primary to decide who will run against Obama in the 2012 presidential election.  Currently, there are four candidates in the running: [[RINO]] [[Mitt Romney]], family values conservative [[Rick Santorum]], conservative [[Newt Gingrich]] and libertarian [[Ron Paul]].  For sometime Romney was ahead in the polls, but many Republicans hoped a more conservative candidate would gain the nomination causing Newt to gain the lead briefly, but then Santorum surged. Ultimately, the goal of the Republicans in 2012 is to defeat President [[Barack Obama]] which will take a strong conservative candidate. The most likely person to win the Republican nomination is [[Jeb Bush]], see: [[Presidential Election 2012]].  

The '''2012 Republican Primary''' were won by Mitt Romney. They are the [[Republican]] Party's primary to decide who will run against Obama in the 2012 presidential election.  Currently, there are four candidates in the running: [[RINO]] [[Mitt Romney]], family values conservative [[Rick Santorum]], conservative [[Newt Gingrich]] and libertarian [[Ron Paul]].  For sometime Romney was ahead in the polls, but many Republicans hoped a more conservative candidate would gain the nomination causing Newt to gain the lead briefly, but then Santorum surged. Ultimately, the goal of the Republicans in 2012 is to defeat President [[Barack Obama]] which will take a strong conservative candidate. See: [[Presidential Election 2012]].  

==Quotes==

==Quotes==

[[Sarah Palin]]:''It is quite volatile. Lots of fluidity, and that is the nature of competition which makes all of these candidates so much better.'' [http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/hannity/2012/02/22/palin-optimistic-about-volatile-gop-race-competition-makes-everybody-better]

[[Sarah Palin]]:''It is quite volatile. Lots of fluidity, and that is the nature of competition which makes all of these candidates so much better.'' [https://www.foxnews.com/on-air/hannity/2012/02/22/palin-optimistic-about-volatile-gop-race-competition-makes-everybody-better]

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/hannity/2012/02/22/palin-optimistic-about-volatile-gop-race-competition-makes-everybody-better#ixzz1nGfXzkOw

Read more: https://www.foxnews.com/on-air/hannity/2012/02/22/palin-optimistic-about-volatile-gop-race-competition-makes-everybody-better#ixzz1nGfXzkOw

    

    

==Results==

==Results==

The following is a list of the Republican [[Primaries]] for the [[Presidential Election 2012]] with results.<ref>Real Clear Politics [http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/republican_delegate_count.html]</ref>.

The following is a list of the Republican [[Primaries]] for the [[Presidential Election 2012]] with results.<ref>[http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/republican_delegate_count.html Real Clear Politics]</ref>

Important days include:

Important days include:

|[[Maine]]||Feb 11||align=center|24||align=center|-||align=center|-||align=center|-||align=center|-

|[[Maine]]||Feb 11||align=center|24||align=center|-||align=center|-||align=center|-||align=center|-

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|[[Michigan]]||Feb 28||align=center|30*||align=center|-||align=center|-||align=center|-||align=center|-

|[[Michigan]]||Feb 28||align=center|30*||align=center|13||align=center|-||align=center|13||align=center|-

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|[[Arizona]]||Feb 28||align=center|29||align=center|-||align=center|-||align=center|-||align=center|-

|[[Arizona]]||Feb 28||align=center|29||align=center|29||align=center|-||align=center|-||align=center|-

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|[[Washington]]||Mar 3||align=center|43||align=center|-||align=center|-||align=center|-||align=center|-

|[[Washington]]||Mar 3||align=center|43||align=center|-||align=center|-||align=center|-||align=center|-

''<nowiki>*</nowiki> States have been penalized half their delegates.''

''<nowiki>*</nowiki> States have been penalized half their delegates.''

==See Also==

==See also==

*[[Presidential Election 2012]]

*[[Presidential Election 2012]]

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[[Category:United States Presidential Election, 2012]]

[[Category:United States Presidential Election, 2012]]

[[Category:United States Politics]]

[[Category:United States Politics]]