2012 Republican presidential primaries were the selection processes in which voters of the Republican Party elected state delegations to the Republican National Convention . The national convention then selected its nominee to run for President of the United States in the 2012 presidential election . There were 2,286 delegates chosen , and a candidate needed to accumulate 1,144 delegate votes at the convention to win the nomination . The caucuses allocated delegates to the respective state delegations to the national convention , but the actual election of the delegates were , many times , at a later date . Delegates were elected in different ways that vary from state to state . They could be elected at local conventions , selected from slates submitted by the candidates , selected at committee meetings , or elected directly at the caucuses and primaries
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2012 Republican National Convention
2012 Republican Party presidential primaries