Republican Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich scored a solid win in the South Carolina primary. UPI/Kevin Dietsch |
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The following are the dates for the 2012 Republican presidential primaries and their results. All are Tuesdays unless otherwise noted:
Jan. 3: Jan. 3: Iowa caucus: (Official -- eight precincts missing) Rick Santorum 29,839, Mitt Romney 29,805, Ron Paul 26,036, Newt Gingrich 16,163, Rick Perry 12,557, Michele Bachmann 6,046, Jon Huntsman 739, No Preference 147, Other 40, Herman Cain 45.
Jan. 10: New Hampshire: (Unofficial) Romney 39 percent (97,339), Paul 23 percent (56,601), Huntsman 17 percent (41,796), Gingrich 10 percent (23,329), Santorum 9 percent (23,204), Perry 1 percent (1,762).
Jan. 21: (Saturday): South Carolina: (Unofficial) Gingrich 40 percent (242,498), Romney 28 percent (167,555), Santorum 17 percent (101,967), Paul 13 percent (77,972).
Remaining primaries and caucuses:
Jan. 31: Florida
Feb. 4 (Saturday): Nevada (caucus)
Feb. 4-10: Maine (caucus)
Feb. 7: Colorado (caucus), Minnesota (caucus), Missouri (non-delegate primary)
Feb. 28: Arizona, Michigan
March 3: (Saturday): Washington (caucus)
March 6: Super Tuesday -- Alaska (caucus), Georgia, Idaho (caucus), Massachusetts, North Dakota (caucus), Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia.
March 6-10: Wyoming (caucus)
March 10 (Saturday): Kansas (caucus), Virgin Islands (caucus)
March 13: Alabama, Hawaii (caucus), Mississippi
March 17 (Saturday): Missouri (GOP caucus to determine convention delegates)
March 20: Illinois
March 24: Louisiana
April 3: District of Columbia, Maryland, Texas, Wisconsin
April 24: Connecticut, Delaware, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island
May 8: Indiana, North Carolina, West Virginia
May 15: Nebraska, Oregon
May 22: Arkansas, Kentucky
June 5: California, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Dakota
June 26: Utah