Super Tuesday, March 6, 2012 

updated July 26, 2012
"Romney Extends His Lead" - The Wall Street Journal
"Romney Appears the Ohio Winner; Santorum Strong" - The New York Times
"Drawn-out battle goes on" - The Washington Post
"Ohio battle reinforces GOP divide" - Los Angeles Times
"Romney Leads in Ohio, Wins 4 States" - Chicago Tribune
"Romney Gains; rivals survive" - The Dallas Morning News
"Romney coaxes a victory out of Ohio" - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Speeches and Statements: Romney  |  Santorum  |  Romney campaign memo  |  Paul campaign email  |  RNC  |  DNC 
Richard Viguerie (ConservativeHQ.com)  |  Family Research Council  |   CIRCLE (youth turnout)  |  Americans Elect


Heading into Super Tuesday, 13 states with 426 total delegates had held contests.  However some of those events were non-binding.  All told, according to an RNC summary1, of these 426 delegates, 172 had been awarded to candidates—Romney (118), Gingrich (29), Santorum (17) and Paul (8)—while 229 were unbound and 21 RNC. 

On Super Tuesday ten states with 437 delegates (19.1% of the 2,288 total delegates) held contests.  Romney won in Alaska, Idaho, Massachusetts, Ohio, Vermont and Virginia.  Santorum won in North Dakota, Oklahoma and Tennessee.  Gingrich won in his home state of Georgia. 

After Super Tuesday, according to an RNC summary2, states with 863 total delegates had held contests, and 559 had been awarded to candidates—Romney (336), Gingrich (107), Santorum (95) and Paul (21)—while 262 were unbound and 42 RNC. 

Romney's Super Tuesday pick-up of 218 delegates more than doubled the 169 delegates won by Gingrich (78) and Santorum (78) and Paul (13).*  However, as the Paul campaign noted, "[V]ery few delegates to the Republican National Convention were decided on Tuesday.  Most will be decided several weeks, or even months, from now at District and State conventions - conventions where our local delegates will have a big say in who goes to Tampa." 




ROMNEY
 SANTORUM
 GINGRICH
 PAUL
 unbound
 RNC

Alaska
 District Conventions
 27
 8
 8
 2
 6
 -
 3

Georgia
 Primary
 76
 21
 3
 52
 -
 -
 -

Idaho
 Caucus
 32
 32
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -

Massachusetts
 Primary
 41
 38
 -
 -
 -
 -
 3

North Dakota
 Caucus
 28
 -
 -
 -
 -
 25
 3

Ohio
 Primary
 66
 38
 21
 -
4
 3

Oklahoma
 Primary
 43
 13
 14
 13
 -
 -
 3

Tennessee
 Primary
 58
 16
 29
 10
 -
 -
 3

Vermont
 Primary
 17
 9
 4
 -
 4
 -
 -

Virginia
 Primary
 49
 43
 -
 -
 3
 -
 3
  Note: Wyoming held county conventions from March 6-10.  The RNC summary of March 9 includes partial Wyoming
  results; this table does not.  Initial results from Alaska had Romney 8, Santorum 7, Gingrich 3 and Paul 6.


Alaska
Republican Caucuses
official results

GINGRICH
PAUL
 ROMNEY
 		SANTORUM
 Unpledged
 TOTAL

1,878
13.3%

 		3,410
24.1%

 		4,554
32.2%
4,254
30.1%
39
0.3%
 14,135
100%
550

3.08
2
 5.98
6
 7.84
8
 7.02
8
 0.09
0
24
The 24 national delegates allocated proportionally; fractional delegates rounded.
2012 Convention Process
April 18, 2012 - Paul Campaign


Georgia
Republican Primary
official, 2,814 of 2,814 precincts reporting

BACHMANN
 GINGRICH
 		HUNTSMAN JOHNSON
 PAUL
PERRY
 ROEMER
 ROMNEY
 		SANTORUM
 		TOTAL

1,714
0.19%
 425,395
47.19%
 1,813
0.20%
 740
0.01%
 59,100
6.56%
 		1,696
0.19%
 1,142
0.13%
 233,611
25.91%
 176,259
19.55%
 901,470
GAGOP



Idaho
Republican Caucus
official results

GINGRICH
 		PAUL
 ROEMER ROMNEY
 		SANTORUM
 		TOTAL

940
2.1%
 8,086
18.1%
 17
0.1%
 27,514
61.6%
 8,115
18.2%
 44,672

0
 3.16
 0
 24.72
 4.1
 county delegates
details



Massachusetts
Republican Primary
official results

PAUL
 		ROMNEY
 PERRY
SANTORUM
 HUNTSMAN
 		BACHMANN
 		GINGRICH
 NO PREF.
 OTHERS
 BLANKS
 TOTAL

35,219
9.51%
 266,313
71.89%
 991
0.27%
 		44,564
12.03%
 2,268
0.61%
 865
0.23%
 16,991
4.59%
 1,793
0.48%
 613
0.17%
 818
0.22%
 370,425
Mitt Romney carried all nine congressional districts.



North Dakota
Republican Caucuses
official, 47 out of 47 legislative districts reporting

GINGRICH
PAUL
 ROMNEY
 		SANTORUM
 TOTAL

962
8.5%
 3,186
28.1%
 		2,691
23.7%
4,510
39.7%
 11,349
(presidential caucus rules/delegate selection process)



Ohio
Republican Primary
official results

GINGRICH
 		HUNTSMAN
 PAUL
PERRY
 ROMNEY
 		SANTORUM
 		TOTAL

177,183
14.60%
 6,490
0.53%
 113,256
9.33%
 		7,539
0.62%
 460,831
37.96%
 448,580
36.95%
 1,213,879
Romney won CDs 1, 2, 10, 11, 12, 14 and 16 and in CDs 6, 9 and 13 where the Santorum campaign failed to file delegate slates; Santorum won CDs 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 and 15.  Looking at the results by county, Romney won in 19 counties and Santorum in 69 counties.  Romney won larger counties and was almost completely winless in small counties; he won only one county were less than 10,000 votes were cast, Erie County.  The Romney counties were concentrated in the Southwest corner (Cincinnati), central Ohio (Columbus) and in Northeast Ohio.
(robocalls 1, 2).  ODP memo, ODP press release



Oklahoma
Republican Primary
official, 1,961 of 1,961 precincts reporting

BACHMANN
 GINGRICH
 		HUNTSMAN PAUL
PERRY
 ROMNEY
 		SANTORUM
 		TOTAL

951
0.33%
 78,730
27.48%
 750
0.26%
 27,596
9.63%
 		1,291
0.45%
 80,356
28.05%
 96,849
33.80%
 286,523
Santorum carried 64 counties, Gingrich 10 counties, Romney 2 and one was a Santorum-Gingrich tie.
Note: In the Democratic primary, President Obama obtained only 57.07% of the 112,597 votes cast.  Randall Terry finished second with 18.02%.  OKGOP release



Tennessee
Republican Primary
official results

BACHMANN
 GINGRICH
 		HUNTSMAN JOHNSON
 PAUL
PERRY
 ROEMER
 ROMNEY
 		SANTORUM
 		UNCOMM.
 TOTAL

1,895
0.34%
 132,889
23.96%
 1,239
0.22%
 572
0.10%
 50,156
9.04%
 		1,966
0.35%
 881
0.16%
 155,630
28.06%
 205,809
37.11%
 3,536
0.64%
 554,573
TNGOP statement



Vermont
Republican Primary
official, 246 of 246 precincts

GINGRICH
 		HUNTSMAN
 PAUL
PERRY
 ROMNEY
 		SANTORUM
 		write-in
 TOTAL

4,949
8.13%
 1,198
1.97%
 15,391
25.29%
 		544
0.89%
 24,008
39.45%
 14,368
23.61%
 392
0.64%
 60,850



Virginia
Republican Primary
official, 2,587 of 2,587 precincts

PAUL
 ROMNEY
 		TOTAL

107,451
40.46%
 		158,119
59.53%
 		265,570
The Virginia campaign was short-circuited when many of the candidates failed to qualify for the ballot in late December.  Turnout was anemic: 265,570 of 4,654,585 active voters or 5.73%.  Romney won 10 of 11 CDs, losing only in the 3rd CD.  Paul won in about 15 counties and cities.  RPV statement


Pre-Election:
DNC memo "With Super Tuesday Looming, Mitt Romney’s Vast Spending Advantage..." (March 6)
RNC memo: "about the primaries and where we are" (March 2)

Winning Our Future PAC email: "Wake up America! Super Tuesday = Life or Death?" (March 6)

Hispanic Leadership Network: "Top Facts About Hispanics In Tomorrow's Super Tuesday States" (March 5)

"The New York Times to Offer Comprehensive Coverage of Primary Results..." (March 5)
"AP and Google to offer Super Tuesday results via mapping application" (March 5)
"ABC News 'Your Voice, Your Vote' Election Coverage for Super Tuesday" (March 5)
"CNN Anchors, Correspondents out in Full Force on Super Tuesday" (March 2)