2012 United States presidential election in Arizona
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The 2012 Arizona Republican primary took place on February 28, 2012.[1] All Arizona delegates to GOP national convention will be bound to vote for the most voted candidate in this primary.[2] It occurred the same day as the Michigan Republican primary.
Polling
Project White House
The small alternative newspaper Tucson Weekly, for the second election in a row, has sponsored a bit of mischief called "Project White House"[3] in which it gets as many ordinary citizens on the ballot as it possibly can. There would then be a series of "reality show style" competitions, including candidate meet-and-greets, and two televised debates which were sponsored by the Tucson Weekly, a local public-access television show called Illegal Knowledge, and local public television stations.[4]
The project had a major impact on the campaign, as the Democratic primary was cancelled in order to prevent any faux candidates from embarrassing President Obama by getting a substantial percentage of the vote.[citation needed]
Project White House Debates
The two debates took place on February 18 and February 19, 2012, both were commercial-free, one hour long each, and both aired on Access Tucson while they were streamed live on the internet.[5][6][7][8] Both debates were produced in conjunction with Project White House and Jim Nintzel of the Tucson Weekly.
The first debate, held on the 18th at 8 pm MST, produced by Illegal Knowledge[9] and hosted by Dave Maass of San Diego CityBeat,[10] had nine participants, composed of eight lesser known Republican candidates (Donald Benjamin, Simon Bollander, Cesar Cisneros, Kip Dean, Sarah Gonzales, Al "Dick" Perry, Charles Skelley and Jim Terr) and one Green Party candidate (Michael Oatman).[11] A press release regarding this first debate was distributed which invited all candidates listed on either Republican or Green Party ballots in Arizona to the first debate,[12] although none of the major Republican or Green Party candidates appeared.
The second debate, held on the 19th at 7pm MST, produced by Access Tucson[13] and hosted by both Dave Maass of San Diego CityBeat and Amanda Hurley of The University of Arizona School of Journalism,[14] was restricted only to Republican candidates and featured seven of the eight lesser known Republican candidates from the previous night (less Cesar Cisneros).[15]
There was a third Arizona debate which took place in Mesa, AZ on February 22, 2012, but was not associated with Project White House and had only invited the four major Republican candidates to participate.[16][17]
Two lesser known candidates appearing in the first debates, Sarah Gonzales (who placed sixth) and Michael Oatman (who placed tied for third), placed ahead of their better known Republican and Green Party counterparts (Buddy Roemer and Gerard Davis respectively) in the Arizona Presidential Preference Election Results from February 28, 2012.[18]
Campaign
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, Texas Congressman Ron Paul, Former Louisiana Governor Buddy Roemer, Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, and Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum were contesting and campaigning in the Arizona primary.
Televised debates in Arizona were held on February 18 and 19, 2012, on Public-access television[19] and February 22, 2012, on CNN. Only the major Republican candidates, except for Roemer[citation needed], were invited to the third, and none of them attended the first two.
Results
Twenty-three candidates will appear on the Presidential primary ballot,[20] 11 of whom are residents of the state.[21] Arizona will have only 29 delegates up for grabs because it moved its primary to February 28.[22]
Arizona has a closed primary, with 1,129,651 registered Republican voters as of February 22; it is unclear whether the 29 delegates will be allocated proportionally or winner-take-all. The Republican National Committee rules set the delegate allocation to be proportional because the contest was held before April 1.[23]
Voter turnout = 44.76% [24]
(Latest)
Results with 100.0% (722 of 722 precincts) reporting (505,635 votes total) (Latest) :
| Arizona Republican primary, 2012[25] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes
(Latest) |
Percentage
(Latest) |
Proportional Delegates RNC | WTA estimated delegates (Disputed) |
 Mitt Romney
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237,639 | 47.00% | 14 | 29 |
| Rick Santorum | 136,281 | 26.95% | 8 | 0 |
| Newt Gingrich | 80,916 | 16.00% | 5 | 0 |
| Ron Paul | 43,484 | 8.60% | 2 | 0 |
| Rick Perry (withdrawn) | 2,007 | 0.40% | 0 | 0 |
| Sarah Gonzales | 1,538 | 0.30% | 0 | 0 |
| Buddy Roemer (withdrawn) | 688 | 0.14% | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Sims | 529 | 0.10% | 0 | 0 |
| Cesar Cisneros | 416 | 0.08% | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Callahan | 354 | 0.07% | 0 | 0 |
| Al "Dick" Perry | 310 | 0.06% | 0 | 0 |
| Donald Benjamin | 221 | 0.04% | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Levinson | 215 | 0.04% | 0 | 0 |
| Kip Dean | 197 | 0.04% | 0 | 0 |
| Ronald Zack | 153 | 0.03% | 0 | 0 |
| Christopher Hill | 138 | 0.03% | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Lynch | 110 | 0.02% | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Charles Arnett | 95 | 0.02% | 0 | 0 |
| Raymond Scott Perkins | 90 | 0.02% | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Welch | 85 | 0.02% | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Terr | 58 | 0.01% | 0 | 0 |
| Charles Skelley | 57 | 0.01% | 0 | 0 |
| Simon Bollander | 54 | 0.01% | 0 | 0 |
| Unprojected delegates: | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total: | 505,635 | 100.00% | 29 | 29 |
See also
- Republican Party presidential debates, 2012
- Republican Party presidential primaries, 2012
- Results of the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries
- Arizona Republican Party
References
- ^ Burns, Alexander (September 12, 2011). "Arizona flouts rules, keeps February primary". The Politico. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
- ^ "Arizona Republican". The Green Papers 2012 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions. The Green Papers. Retrieved January 25, 2012.
- ^ "Project White House 2012 Feature, Tucson Weekly". Tucson Weekly. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
- ^ "Project White House 2012, Tucson Weekly". Tucson Weekly. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
- ^ "Illegal Knowledge TV Episode 401, Access Tucson". Access Tucson. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
- ^ "IKTV401 Let's Get On TV 2012 Illegal Knowledge's Arizona Presidential Preference Election Debate Special". Retrieved March 5, 2012.
- ^ "Project White House Debate 2012, Access Tucson". Access Tucson. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
- ^ "Project White House Debate 2012". Retrieved March 5, 2012.
- ^ "Illegal Knowledge TV Episode 401, Access Tucson". Access Tucson. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
- ^ "Dave Maass, Project White House Debates!". Dave Maass. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
- ^ "IKTV401 Let's Get On TV 2012 Illegal Knowledge's Arizona Presidential Preference Election Debate Special". Retrieved March 5, 2012.
- ^ "Announcing First Arizona Presidential Preference Election Debate in 2012 (press release)". Michael Oatman, Host / Producer Illegal Knowledge TV. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
- ^ "Project White House Debate 2012, Access Tucson". Access Tucson. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
- ^ "Dave Maass, Project White House Debates!". Dave Maass. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
- ^ "Project White House Debate 2012". Retrieved March 5, 2012.
- ^ http://www.cnnobservations.blogspot.com/2012/02/cnn-arizona-gop-presidential-debate.html
- ^ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/02/20/gop-candidates-to-appear-for-final-debate-before-super-tuesday/120811/comment-page-3/
- ^ "February 28, 2012 Election Results". Ken Bennett, Arizona Secretary of State. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
- ^ http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/ProjectWhiteHouse2012/Page
- ^ Bennett, Ken. "2012 Presidential Preference Election - Ballot Order". Arizona Secretary of State. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
- ^ http://news.yahoo.com/23-official-candidates-arizona-primary-ballot-other-significant-001800979.html
- ^ "IOWA CAUCUSES & NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY GUIDE" (PDF). NBC News. Retrieved December 29, 2011.
- ^ "Gingrich memo on Florida delegate allocation". Retrieved February 8, 2012.
- ^ "State of Arizona Registration Report" (PDF). Arizona Secretary of State. February 29, 2012. Retrieved February 29, 2012.
- ^ http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/AZ/36496/71939/en/summary.html
- "Arizona Elections: Dates & Deadlines". MyTimeToVote.com. Retrieved January 25, 2012.