Colorado Republican caucuses, 2012

Colorado Republican caucuses, 2012

2008 ← February 7, 2012 (2012-02-07) → 2016

Candidate Rick Santorum Mitt Romney Party Republican Republican Home state Pennsylvania Massachusetts Popular vote 26,614 23,012 Percentage 40.3% 34.9%   Candidate Newt Gingrich Ron Paul Party Republican Republican Home state Georgia Texas Popular vote 8,445 7,759 Percentage 12.8% 11.8%

Results by county. Orange indicates a county won by Romney, purple by Gingrich, green by Santorum, and black indicates a tie between Romney and Santorum.

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The 2012 Colorado Republican caucuses were held on "Republican Party Precinct Caucus Day" (February 7, 2012).^[1] Caucus locations opened on 9 PM, February 7, 2012,^[2] with 36 delegates at stake; 33 of which are tied to the caucuses while 3 are unpledged RNC delegates.^[3] The event occurred alongside the Minnesota Republican caucuses as well the Missouri Republican primary. The race was widely expected to be won by Mitt Romney even on the day of the caucus, but a strong surge by Rick Santorum across all three races that day carried him to a close victory.

Results

Results with 100% (2,917 of 2,917 precincts) reporting:

Colorado Republican caucuses, February 7, 2012[4]
Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Projected delegate count		Convention Results [5][6]
			MSNBC [7]	GP [8]
Rick Santorum	26,614	40.31%	6	6	6
Mitt Romney	23,012	34.85%	13	14	13
Newt Gingrich	8,445	12.79%	0	0	0
Ron Paul	7,759	11.75%	3	0	0
Rick Perry	52	0.08%	0	0	0
Jon Huntsman	46	0.07%	0	0	0
Michele Bachmann	28	0.04%	0	0	0
Others	71	0.11%	0	0	0
Unprojected delegates:			14	0	0
Unpledged delegates:			0	16	17
Totals:	66,027	100.00%	36	36	36

Conventions

There is no formal system of allocating delegates to candidates in any step of the election process. At each meeting the participants decides what the best course of action is.
None of the 36 delegates are legally bound to vote for a candidate.

• 12-13 April: Seven congressional conventions elects 3 National Convention delegates each and also elects delegates for the state convention.
• 14 April: State convention elects 12 National Convention delegates.

Convention Results[5][9]
Candidate	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	State	Party leaders	Total
Uncommitted	2	2	2	2	0	1	1	4	3	17
Mitt Romney	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	8	0	13
Rick Santorum	1	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	6
Total	21							12	3	36

See also

• Republican Party presidential primaries, 2012
• Republican Party presidential debates, 2012
• Results of the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries
• Colorado Republican Party

References

External links

• Official website of the Colorado Republican Party
• The Green Papers: for Colorado
• The Green Papers: Major state elections in chronological order