Arizona: House CD 2: state Senator Paula Ann Aboud (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate.

New York: Senate Class 1: Scott Andrew Noren (Independent) - previously listed as Democratic. House CD 6: NYC Council Member Daniel J. "Dan" Halloran (Conservative, Republican) - previously listed as Republican. House CD 25: Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks (Republican, Independence) - previously listed as Republican; Congressman Louise McIntosh Slaughter (Democratic, Working Families) - previously listed as Democratic.

Wisconsin: Governor Special Recall: Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett (Democratic) - added; Governor Scott Walker (Republican) - added. Lieutenant Governor Special Recall.

On 30 March 2012, the Government Accountability Board, having certified a sufficient number of petition signatures, called recall elections for Governor and Lieutenant Governor. The partisan recall primary will be held on Tuesday 8 May and the general election on Tuesday 5 June. If there is no need for a partisan primary, the General Election will be on 8 May.

Commentary:
IF IT AIN'T 'BROKERED', AT
LEAST YOU CAN STILL 'FIX' IT
Could Mitt Romney be kept from the presidential
nomination at the Republican Convention itself?
by Richard E. Berg-Andersson TheGreenPapers.com Staff

Already, with the delegate selection process on the Republican side of things being just about half over now, there is much talk about there being a "brokered" National Convention come the GOP's own such gathering in Tampa come the end of this coming August. But just how likely is such a thing? And, even if former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney should reach- or be at least very close to- the number of bound/pledged National Convention delegates he would need to win the presidential nomination this year going into that Convention, might there still be ways for the (if only right now) so evidently strong 'anti-Romney' faction(s) within the Grand Old Party to stop Mr. Romney from gaining that prize in any event?

First of all, let's deal with the very concept of the so-called "brokered" National Convention... what exactly does "brokered" really mean?-- and just who are all these "broker"s anyway?

Arizona: House CD 9: Paradise Valley Mayor Vernon B. Parker (Republican) - added; Leah Campos Schandlbauer (Republican) - added.

Florida: House CD 4: Alec Pueschel (Republican) - added. House CD 8: Timothy Patrick Thomas (Republican) - added. House CD 14: state Representative Paige Vanier Kreegel (Republican) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 16. House CD 27: Patrick Post (Democratic) - added.

Georgia: House CD 2: Ken DeLoach (Republican) - added.

Massachusetts: House CD 5: Frank J. Addivinola, Jr. (Republican) - added. House CD 9: Daniel S. Botelho (Unaffiliated) - added.

Minnesota: Senate Class 1: Harold Shudlick (Republican) - added.

New Jersey: House CD 6: Anna Little (Republican) - added. House CD 9: former Englewood Mayor Michael Wildes (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 10: Irvington Mayor Wayne Smith (Democratic) - added.

New Mexico (5 June 2012 primary filing update): House CD 2: Frank McKinnon (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 3: Congressman Ben Ray Luján (Democratic) - Renominated; Sean Michael Closson (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; former Santa Fe County Commissioner Harry B. Montoya (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate.

New York: House CD 16: Joseph Diaferia (Green) - added. House CD 17: Congressman Nita M. Lowey (Democratic) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 18. House CD 18: Cortlandt Councilman Richard H. "Rich" Becker (Democratic) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 19; Don DeBar (Green) - added.

Ohio: Senate Class 1: John Fockler (Libertarian) - previously listed as Write-in [Libertarian].

South Carolina: House CD 3: J.A. St. John, Jr. (Republican) - added. House CD 7: Mande Wilkes (Republican) - apparently not a candidate.

2012 Democratic Delegate Allocation Update

The Democratic Convention has now a total of 5,553 delegates votes with 2,777 needed to nominate.

• New Jersey: -1 unpledged PLEO delegate due to the 6 March 2012 passing of Democratic Congressman Donald M. Payne (CD 10) from cancer. Total: 171 delegate votes.
• Washington: -1 unpledged PLEO delegate due to the 20 March 2012 resignation of Democratic Congressman Jay R. Inslee (CD 1) to run for Governor. Total: 120 delegate votes.

Republican National Convention Delegates

Virgin Islands Republican (10 March caucus): Hard count correction: Uncommitted 5 (2 elected as uncommitted plus 3 RNC delegates), Romney 3 (as elected), Paul 1 (as elected). We had incorrectly listed this as Romney 4, Uncommitted 4, Paul 1.

Republican Hard delegate count: Romney 453, Uncommitted 271, Santorum 193, Gingrich 132, Paul 26, Huntsman 2. Needed to nominate 1,144.

11 changes to the candidate list

Arizona: Senate Class 1: Don Bivens (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate.

Illinois: House CD 17: Eric Reyes (Independent) - added.

Michigan: House CD 10: Jerome Quinn (Democratic) - added.

New Jersey: House CD 6: Ernesto Cullari (Republican) - added.

New York: House CD 13: Joyce S. Johnson (Democratic) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 15; Congressman Charles B. "Charlie" Rangel (Democratic) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 15.

North Dakota: Treasurer: Ross Mushik (Democratic) - added. Auditor: Scot Kelsh (Democratic) - added. Commissioner of Insurance: Tom Potter (Democratic) - added.

Pennsylvania: House CD 4: Robert Marcoccio (Independent) - added. House CD 16: John Murphy (Independent) - added.

Commentary:
A HARD ROAD AHEAD
Has the presidential candidacy
of Rick Santorum already peaked?
by Richard E. Berg-Andersson TheGreenPapers.com Staff

Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich (and, for that matter, Texas Congressman Ron Paul) may not accept- nor even especially like- this statement: but the contest for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination is (absent something completely bizarre and "out of left field" we cannot at all well foresee at this typing) now truly a two-man race.

Moreover, it is a race much like the late laps of a long-duration auto race- say, the Indy 500 or even Daytona (and, after all, whom amongst us does not like NASCAR? [;-)])- in which the current leader of the race has just pitted for, seemingly, the last time (thus: he, most likely, has enough fuel to win) and we're all waiting- lap after lap as the number of ....

Massachusetts: Senate Class 1: James Coyne "Jim" King (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate.

Minnesota: House CD 2: Northfield City Council Member Patrick Ganey (Democratic) - added.

Missouri (filing closed): Senate Class 1: Senator Claire C. McCaskill (Democratic) - Renominated; Jonathan Dine (Libertarian) - added; Mark Patrick Lodes (Republican) - added; Hector Maldonado (Republican) - added; Robert "Bob" Poole (Republican) - added. Governor: Fred Sauer (Republican) - added; Leonard Steinman, II (Constitution) - previously listed as Democratic; Clay Thunderhawk (Democratic) - added. Lieutenant Governor: Matthew Copple (Libertarian) - added; William "Bill" Haas (Democratic) - added; Jackie Townes McGee (Democratic) - added; Chris McKee (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; state Senator Luann Ridgeway (Republican) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 1: Robb E. Cunningham (Libertarian) - added. House CD 2: Glenn Koenen (Democratic) - added; Harold Whitfield (Democratic) - added. House CD 3: Eric C. Mayer (Democratic) - added. House CD 4: Greg Cowan (Constitution) - added; Thomas Holbrook (Libertarian) - added; Bernie Mowinski (Republican) - added; Herschel L. Young (Libertarian) - previously listed as Democratic. House CD 5: Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II (Democratic) - Renominated; Randy Langkraehr (Libertarian) - added. House CD 6: Bob Gough (Republican) - added; Ronald William Harris (Democratic) - added; W. A. "Bill" Hedge (Democratic) - added; Clint Hylton (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Russ Lee Monchil (Libertarian) - added; Christopher Ryan (Republican) - added. House CD 7: Nicholas Ivan Ladendorf (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Mike Moon (Republican) - added. House CD 8: Congressman Jo Ann Emerson (Republican) - added as candidate; Todd Mahn (Democratic) - added; Jack Rushin (Democratic) - added; Rick Vandeven (Libertarian) - added. House CD 9: Congressman W. Blaine Luetkemeyer (Republican) - Renominated. Secretary of State: Justin Harter (Constitution) - added. Attorney General: Attorney General Chris Koster (Democratic) - Renominated; Dave Browning (Libertarian) - added. Treasurer: Treasurer Clint Zweifel (Democratic) - Renominated; Sean O'Toole (Libertarian) - added.

New Jersey: House CD 4: Patricia Bennett (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 7: state Assemblyman Upendra J. Chivukula (Democratic) - added.

New York: House CD 11: Congressman Michael "Mike" Grimm (Republican, Independence) - previously listed as Republican; Mark Murphy (Democratic) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 13. House CD 19: Julian D. Schreibman (Democratic) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 22. House CD 20: Congressman Paul David Tonko (Democratic) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 21. House CD 21: Congressman William L. "Bill" Owens (Democratic) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 23. House CD 23: Melissa Dobson (Democratic) - added. House CD 27: Former Erie County Executive Chris Collins (Republican) - added.

Virginia: Senate Class 1: Courtney Lynch (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Julien Modica (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate.

Washington: House CD 1: Congressman Jay R. Inslee (Democratic) - Vacant Office - resigned 20 March 2012.

The Partisan Composition of the U.S. House is now 190 Democrats, 242 Republicans, and 3 vacant seats (AZ CD 8, NJ CD 10, WA CD 1).

California (filing closed): Senate Class 1: Kabiruddin Karim Ali (Peace And Freedom) - added; Oscar Alejandro Braun (Republican) - added; Greg Conlon (Republican) - added; Don J. Grundmann (American Independent) - Pending; Dennis Jackson (Republican) - added; Donald Krampe (Republican) - added; David Alex Levitt (Democratic) - Pending; Gail K. Lightfoot (Libertarian) - Pending; Patrick Ortiz (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Nak Shah (Democratic) - added; Nachum Shifren (Republican) - Pending; Diane Stewart (Democratic) - added; Rick Williams (Republican) - added. House CD 1: Nathan Arrowsmith (Democratic) - added; Gary Allen Oxley (No Party Preference) - added. House CD 2: Brooke Clarke (No Party Preference) - previously listed as Democratic; John Lewallen (No Party Preference) - previously listed as Democratic. House CD 3: Eugene Ray (Republican) - added; Charlie Schaupp (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Calaveras County Supervisor Darren Spellman (Republican) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 4: Ben Emery (Green) - apparently not a candidate; William E. "Will" Moore (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 5: Stewart John Cilley (Republican) - added; Randy Loftin (Republican) - added. House CD 7: Curt Taras (No Party Preference) - added; Douglas Arthur "D.A." "Art" Tuma (Libertarian) - added. House CD 8: Dennis L. Albertsen (Republican) - added; Philip Z. Berg (Libertarian) - apparently not a candidate; George T. Craig (Republican) - added; Phil Liberatore (Republican) - added; Joseph D. Napolitano (Republican) - added; John Pinkerton (Democratic) - added. House CD 9: Robert Leo Silva, II (Republican) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 10: Chad Matthew Condit (No Party Preference) - previously listed as Independent; Troy Wayne McComak (Independent) - added. House CD 11: Virginia Fuller (Republican) - added; Cheryl Sudduth (Democratic) - added. House CD 12: John Dennis (Republican) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 8; Américo Arturo Diaz (Democratic) - added; Congressman Nancy Pelosi (Democratic) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 8; David Peterson (Democratic) - added; Summer Justice Shields (Democratic) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 8. House CD 13: Justin Jelincic (Democratic) - added; Marilyn M. Singleton (No Party Preference) - previously listed as Independent. House CD 14: Deborah "Debbie" Bacigalupi (Republican) - added; Paul Lazaga (Libertarian) - apparently not a candidate; Michael J. Maloney (Democratic) - added. House CD 15: Christopher James "Chris" Pareja (No Party Preference) - previously listed as No Party Affiliation. House CD 17: Evelyn Li (Republican) - added; Charles Richardson (No Party Preference) - added. House CD 18: Michael Clare "Mike" Berryhill, Sr. (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Carol Brouillet (Green) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 14; David "Dave" Chapman (Republican) - added. House CD 19: Jay Blas Jacob Cabrera (No Party Preference) - added; Robert Murray (Republican) - added; Phat Nguyen (Republican) - added. House CD 20: Dan Caudle (No Party Preference) - added; Art Dunn (Democratic) - added; Ronald Paul "Ron" Kabat (No Party Preference) - added; Mike LeBarre (Republican) - added; Eric Petersen (Green) - added; Jeff Taylor (Republican) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 17. House CD 23: Congressman Kevin McCarthy (Republican) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 22; Terry Phillips (No Party Preference) - previously listed as Independent. House CD 24: Matthew Elliott "Matt" Boutté (No Party Preference) - previously listed as Independent; Timothy Charles Kalemkarian (Republican) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 25: Laura Molina (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 28: Jenny Worman (Republican) - added. House CD 29: David Raymond Hernandez (No Party Preference) - previously listed as Republican. House CD 30: Navraj Singh (Republican) - added. House CD 31: Robert Mardis (Independent) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 33: Bill Bloomfield (No Party Preference) - previously listed as Independent. House CD 36: Marcy Winograd (Green) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 37: David Cochrane Crowley, II (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Mervin Leon Evans (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 39: D'Marie Mulattieri (No Party Preference) - previously listed as Independent. House CD 41: Anna Nevenic (Democratic) - added; George Pearne (Republican) - added. House CD 42: Curt Novak (No Party Preference) - added; Clayton Thibodeau (Republican) - added; Michael Williamson (Democratic) - added. House CD 43: Marco Antonio "Tony" Leal (Republican) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 44: William Eugene "Bill" Hedrick (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; John Lauro (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; state Assemblyman Jeffrey "Jeff" Miller (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Louis Vandenberg (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 46: Pat Garcia (Republican) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 47; Jorge Rocha (No Party Preference) - previously listed as Independent. House CD 47: Steve Foley (Republican) - added. House CD 48: Alan Schlar (No Party Preference) - added; Ron Varasteh (Democratic) - added. House CD 49: Richard John "Dick" Eiden (No Party Preference) - previously listed as Independent; Albin Novinec (No Party Preference) - added; Mike Paster (Libertarian) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 50: Michael Benoit (Libertarian) - added; Connie Frankowiak (Democratic) - added. House CD 51: Bernard Portley (Republican) - added; Daniel C. "Danny" Ramirez (Democratic) - added. House CD 52: Gene Hamilton Carswell (Republican) - added; Jack Doyle (No Party Preference) - previously listed as Independent; Ehab Shehata (No Party Preference) - added; John L. Subka (Republican) - added.

Indiana: House CD 4: Joe Bowman (Libertarian) - added. House CD 5: Chard Reid (Libertarian) - added. House CD 6: Rex Bell (Libertarian) - added. House CD 8: Bart Gadau (Libertarian) - added.

Massachusetts: House CD 5: Gerry Dembrowski (Republican) - apparently not a candidate.

New York: House CD 6: NYC Council Member Daniel J. "Dan" Halloran (Republican) - added.

National Convention Delegates

Based on a statement from Chairman Roger F. Villere Jr. of the Republican Party of Louisiana, we have a correction to make to our 24 March Louisiana Republican Primary results. Apparently, we were incorrectly applying the 25% threshold when calculating the delegate allocations. The corrected allocations are: Santorum 10 (was 13), Romney 5 (was 7), Uncommitted 5 (was 0).

Republican Soft delegate count: Romney 563, Santorum 262, Gingrich 155, Paul 78, Uncommitted 10. Needed to nominate 1,144.
Hard delegate count: Romney 454, Uncommitted 270, Santorum 193, Gingrich 132, Paul 26, Huntsman 2. Needed to nominate 1,144.

5 changes to the candidate list

Virginia: Lieutenant Governor: Shaun D. Broy (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate.

National Convention Delegates

Louisiana Democratic President Obama won 76% of the vote and at least 62 if not all of the 64 pledged delegates in the 24 March primary. Delegates are allocated by Congressional District but at this time, all we have is a breakdown of the vote by parish: Obama 62.
Louisiana Republican (24 March primary): Santorum 13, Romney 7.

An alternate interpretation of the Republican Party of Louisiana's Rules 19(d) and 20(b) can be found at Josh Putnam's Frontloading HQ - 2012 Republican Delegate Allocation: Louisiana. This method of allocation gives Santorum 10, Romney 5, and Uncommitted 5 delegates. See The Boston Globe's Santorum picks up delegates with win in Louisiana. TheGreenPapers interpretation resulting in Santorum 13, Romney 7 is here.

Awaiting results -- The Missouri Republican Party concluded their County Caucuses on 24 March. The participants in these Caucuses elect delegates to the 21 April Congressional District Conventions and 2 June State Convention. Unconfirmed county caucus results are Santorum 59%, Romney 27%, Paul 13%, Huntsman under 1%.

Democratic Soft delegate count: Obama 1,471, Uncommitted 13, Terry 7, Rogers 3. Needed to nominate 2,778.
Republican Soft delegate count: Romney 565, Santorum 265, Gingrich 155, Paul 78, Uncommitted 5. Needed to nominate 1,144.
Hard delegate count: Romney 456 Uncommitted 265, Santorum 196, Gingrich 132, Paul 26, Huntsman 2. Needed to nominate 1,144.

Republican Hard and Soft Count Delegate Summary.
2012 Presidential Primaries at a Glance.
Chronological Cumulative Allocation of Delegates. States representing 51.92%% of the National Convention Republican Delegates have now begun their process.

1 change to the candidate list

Delaware: Commissioner of Insurance: Paul J. Gallagher (Democratic) - added.

LOUISIANA PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES

polls are open from 6 AM to 8 PM local time [1100 to 0100 GMT]

Republicans: 20 of Louisiana's delegates to the Republican National Convention are bound to presidential contenders in the Louisiana Republican Presidential Primary.

Democrats: 64 delegates from Louisiana to the Democratic National Convention are pledged to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in the Louisiana Democratic Presidential Primary.

Returns from an official source.
Results from AP.

California: House CD 1: Michael Dacquisto (Republican) - added. House CD 11: John Fitzgerald (Democratic) - added. House CD 46: John Cullum (Republican) - added.

Massachusetts: Governor: Governor Deval L. Patrick (Democratic) - Open Chair.

Minnesota: House CD 6: Jim Graves (Democratic-Farmer Labor) - added; Brian McGoldrick (Democratic-Farmer Labor) - added; Anne Nolan (Democratic-Farmer Labor) - added.

New Jersey: House CD 4: Brian Froelich (Democratic) - added.

New Mexico: Senate Class 1: William Scott "Bill" English (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Michael Ham (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Andres Valdez (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 2: Congressman Stevan E. "Steve" Pearce (Republican) - Renominated. House CD 3: Gary V. Montoya (Republican) - apparently not a candidate.

New York: Senate Class 1: Jay Townsend (Republican) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 10: state Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries (Democratic, Working Families) - previously listed as Democratic. House CD 24: former Congressman Daniel Benjamin "Dan" Maffei (Democratic) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 25. House CD 25: Brianne-Elise Murphy (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate.

Pennsylvania: House CD 14: Scott Robert Grimes (Independent) - added.

Wisconsin: House CD 6: Joe Kallas (Democratic) - added.

Commentary:
FISHING FOR DELEGATES LIKE
PELICANS SKIMMING THE GULF
Lou'siana will only serve to set up the
final scenes of Act II of the GOP 'drama'
by Richard E. Berg-Andersson TheGreenPapers.com Staff

So far, this has been the week that was as follows:

On Sunday 18 March, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney won all 20 Republican National Convention delegates up for grabs in the Presidential Primary on Puerto Rico. Two days later (Tuesday 20 March), Romney won a decisive victory in Illinois over former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum and collected another 42 such delegates (to Santorum's 12), giving him a net +50 in National Convention delegates relative to the Pennsylvanian and allowing him to put even more distance between himself and the Republican presidential contender who has emerged as his chief rival for this year's presidential nomination of that Party.

Now all eyes turn to Louisiana this coming Saturday (24 March) to see if Rick Santorum can gain at least some of this "distance" back (only 20 of the Pelican State's 46 GOP National Convention delegates are awarded as a result of this weekend's Presidential Primary but ...

National Convention Delegates

Alaska Republican (6 March 2012 District Convention vote finalized): Romney 8, Santorum 8 (gained 1), Paul 6, Gingrich 2 (lost 1).

Republican Convention - Needed to nominate 1,144.
Soft delegate count: Romney 558, Santorum 252, Gingrich 155, Paul 78, Uncommitted 5.
Hard delegate count: Romney 449, Uncommitted 265, Santorum 183, Gingrich 132, Paul 26, Huntsman 2.

12 changes to the candidate list

California: House CD 8: John Dennis (Republican) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 12.

Florida: House CD 6: Robert S. Klotzbach (Republican) - added; Kenneth Alvin Willey (No Party Affiliation) - added. House CD 9: former Congressman Alan Mark Grayson (Democratic) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 27. House CD 11: Leonard M. Church (No Party Affiliation) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 8. House CD 27: Nelson Betancourt (No Party Affiliation) - apparently not a candidate.

Illinois: House CD 1: John Hawkins (Write-in [Socialist Workers Party]) - added. House CD 3: Laura Anderson (Write-in [Socialist Workers Party]) - added. House CD 7: Dennis Richter (Write-in [Socialist Workers Party]) - added.

Iowa: House CD 3: David Rosenfeld (Socialist Workers Party) - added.

Washington: Governor: Mary Martin (Socialist Workers Party) - added.

Illinois Primary Recap

Illinois Tuesday 20 March 2012 Primary: Of the 8 Democratic U.S. House seats, 7 incumbents were renominated. One seat is open (Democratic Congressman Jerry F. Costello in CD 12 is retiring). Of the 11 Republican U.S. House seats, 10 incumbents were renominated and 1 lost his primary (In CD 16, Republican Congressman Donald A. Manzullo lost the Republican primary to Congressman Adam Kinzinger). The Democratic Primary in CD 13 remains too close to call.

National Convention Delegates

Illinois Democratic (President Obama ran unopposed in the 20 March 2012 primary): Obama 189.
Illinois Republican (20 March 2012 primary): Romney 44 (42 tied to the primary), Santorum 12 (all tied to the primary).

Unpledged delegate preferences as of 20 March 2012:
Puerto Rico: was Gingrich 1, Romney 2. Now Romney 3.
Unbound delegate totals: Gingrich 2, Paul 1, Romney 32, Santorum 2.
Source: Democratic Convention Watch 2012 GOP Superdelegate Endorsement List

TheGreenPapers maintains 2 delegate tallies: The soft count and the hard count. The "soft count" reflects the support for each presidential contender by either Pledged or Unpledged delegates- whether formally allocated yet or not- as best can be estimated by "The Green Papers".The "hard count" consists of a count of the National Convention delegates as they are formally allocated to presidential contenders (or to the ranks of the "Uncommitted") under the rules governing the selection of such delegates in each state or other jurisdiction.

Democratic Soft delegate count: Obama 1,409, Uncommitted 13, Terry 7, Rogers 3. Needed to nominate 2,778.
Republican Soft delegate count: Romney 558, Santorum 251, Gingrich 156, Paul 78, Uncommitted 5. Needed to nominate 1,144.
Hard delegate count: Romney 449 Uncommitted 265, Santorum 182, Gingrich 133, Paul 26, Huntsman 2. Needed to nominate 1,144.

Republican Hard and Soft Count Delegate Summary.

2012 Presidential Primaries at a Glance.

Chronological Cumulative Allocation of Delegates. States representing 49.91% of the National Convention Republican Delegates have now begun their process.

57 changes to the candidate list

Arizona: House CD 5: state Representative Kirk David Adams (Republican) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 6. House CD 9: Maricopa County Supervisor Don Stapley (Republican) - apparently not a candidate.

California: Senate Class 1: John Edward Boruff (Republican) - Pending. House CD 3: Timothy James "Tim" Core (Republican) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 15: state Senator Ellen M. Corbett (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Rohit "Ro" Khanna (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 20: Fresno City Councilman Clinton J. "Clint" Olivier (Republican) - apparently not a candidate.

Illinois (20 March 2012 state Primary): House CD 1: Congressman Bobby Lee Rush (Democratic) - Renominated; Harold L. Bailey (Democratic) - lost Primary; Frederick Collins (Republican) - lost Primary; Raymond M. "Ray" Lodato (Democratic) - lost Primary; Clifford M. Russell, Jr. (Democratic) - lost Primary; Jordan R. Sims (Democratic) - lost Primary; Frederick "Fred" Smith (Democratic) - lost Primary; Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Commissioner Jimmy Lee Tillman, II (Republican) - lost Primary. House CD 2: Congressman Jesse Louis Jackson, Jr. (Democratic) - Renominated; former Congressman Deborah L. "Debbie" Halvorson (Democratic) - lost Primary; James Henry Taylor, Sr. (Republican) - lost Primary. House CD 3: Congressman Daniel William "Dan" Lipinski (Democratic) - Renominated; Farah S. Baqai (Democratic) - lost Primary; Jim Falvey (Republican) - lost Primary; Arthur Joseph "Art" Jones (Republican) - lost Primary. House CD 6: Geoffrey J. Petzel (Democratic) - lost Primary; Maureen Elizabeth Ann Yates (Democratic) - lost Primary. House CD 7: Congressman Danny K. Davis (Democratic) - Renominated; Jacques A. Conway (Democratic) - lost Primary. House CD 8: S. Raja Krishnamoorthi (Democratic) - lost Primary. House CD 9: Congressman Janice D. "Jan" Schakowsky (Democratic) - Renominated; Simon Ribeiro (Democratic) - lost Primary. House CD 10: Vivek Bavda (Democratic) - lost Primary; Ilya Sheyman (Democratic) - lost Primary; John N. Tree (Democratic) - lost Primary. House CD 11: Congressman Adam Kinzinger (Republican) - Renominated; James P. "Jim" Hickey (Democratic) - lost Primary; former Aurora Township Clerk Juan Thomas (Democratic) - lost Primary. House CD 12: former Belleville Mayor Rodger Cook (Republican) - lost Primary; Theresa Kormos (Republican) - lost Primary; Christopher Martin "Chris" Miller (Democratic) - lost Primary; Kenneth Charles "Bud" Wiezer (Democratic) - lost Primary. House CD 13: Congressman Judy Biggert (Republican) - Renominated; former Madison County School Board Member Michael "Mike" Firsching (Republican) - lost Primary; Frank L. Metzger (Republican) - lost Primary. House CD 14: Jonathan Farnick (Democratic) - lost Primary. House CD 15: Congressman Timothy V. "Tim" Johnson (Republican) - Renominated. House CD 16: Congressman Donald A. Manzullo (Republican) - Lost Primary. House CD 17: Gregorio Miguel "Greg" Aguilar (Democratic) - lost Primary; Freeport Mayor George Walter Gaulrapp (Democratic) - lost Primary. House CD 18: Matthew Aaron "Matt" Woodmancy (Democratic) - lost Primary.

Massachusetts: House CD 3: Tom Weaver (Republican) - added.

Missouri: House CD 2: William "Bill" Haas (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Anatol Zorikova (Constitution) - Pending.

New Mexico: House CD 1: Albuquerque City Councilor Dan Lewis (Republican) - apparently not a candidate.

New York: Senate Class 1: Senator Kirsten Elizabeth Gillibrand (Democratic, Independence, Working Families) - previously listed as Democratic, Independence; Wendy Long (Republican, Conservative) - previously listed as Republican.

Washington: Secretary of State: state Representative Zack Hudgins (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate.

Wyoming: House At-Large: Chris Henrichsen (Democratic) - added.

ILLINOIS PRIMARIES

polls are open from 6 AM to 7 PM local time [1100 to 0000 GMT]

NOTE: This is an 'Open' Primary: Illinois does not require prior declarations of party affiliation as a pre-requisite to participating in its Primary Elections.

Results from CNN President, AP Congress, AP President, Politico House, Politico President.

Republicans: 54 delegates from Illinois to the Republican National Convention will be directly elected in the Illinois Republican Presidential Primary. NOTE: The REPUBLICAN Presidential Primary in ILLINOIS is a so-called "Loophole" primary (a Delegate Selection Primary combined with an Advisory [aka "beauty contest"] presidential preference vote). The popular vote in the preference portion of the Illinois Republican Presidential Primary ballot will have nothing whatsoever to do with the support for presidential contenders among the Republican National Convention delegates separately elected in this Primary.

Democrats: 189 of Illinois' delegates to the Democratic National Convention are pledged to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in the Illinois Democratic Presidential Primary.

State Primary: Concomitant with its Presidential Primaries, ILLINOIS is also holding Primaries for nominations to its seats in the U.S. House of Representatives for the terms beginning at Noon on 3 January 2013. (There are other Primaries "down-ballot" throughout the State but nominations for the above Federal elective offices are the only ones covered by 'The Green Papers')

Convention Delegate Update

Georgia Republican (6 March 2012 primary certified) soft count: Gingrich 52, Romney 21, Santorum 3.
Wyoming Republican On 19 March 2012, the Park County Republican Party Executive Committee unanimously determined that Romney, NOT Santorum, won the 10 March Park county caucus-- Romney + 1, Santorum -1. The state's hard count is now Romney 8, Santorum 2, Paul 1.

Republican Soft delegate count: Romney 515, Santorum 239, Gingrich 157, Paul 78, Uncommitted 5. Needed to nominate 1,144.
Hard delegate count: Romney 407, Uncommitted 265, Santorum 170, Gingrich 133, Paul 26, Huntsman 2. Needed to nominate 1,144.

49 changes to the candidate list

Arizona: House CD 4: Johnnie Robinson (Democratic) - added.

California: Senate Class 1: John Edward Boruff (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Don J. Grundmann (American Independent) - apparently not a candidate; Keith Mallory Holbrook (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Timothy Charles "Tim" Kalemkarian (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; David Alex Levitt (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Gail Lightfoot (Libertarian) - apparently not a candidate; Vincent E. May (American Independent) - apparently not a candidate; Jonathan Durand Owens (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Nachum Shifren (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Michael Alan Stollaire (Republican) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 46: Jorge Rocha (Independent) - added.

Indiana: Governor: Governor Mitchell E. "Mitch" Daniels, Jr. (Republican) - Open Chair.

Iowa (updated for 5 June 2012 Primary): House CD 1: Congressman Bruce L. Braley (Democratic) - Renominated; Jason Welch (Republican) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 2: Scott Batcher (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Richard Kent Gates (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Robert Charles "Bob" Huppenbauer, III (Republican) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 3: Congressman Leonard L. Boswell (Democratic) - Renominated. House CD 4: Congressman Thomas P. "Tom" Latham (Republican) - Renominated. House CD 5: Congressman Steven A. "Steve" King (Republican) - Renominated.

Michigan: House CD 2: David Takitaki (Democratic) - added.

New Jersey: House CD 10: state Senator Nia H. Gill (Democratic) - added. House CD 10 Special: state Senator Nia H. Gill (Democratic) - added; Newark Councilman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (Democratic) - added. House CD 10: Newark Councilman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (Democratic) - added.

New York: House CD 6: New York City Council Member Elizabeth S. Crowley (Democratic) - added; state Assemblymember Grace Meng (Democratic) - added. House CD 19: Congressman Christopher Patrick "Chris" Gibson (Republican, Independence) - previously listed as Republican. House CD 25: Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks (Republican) - added.

Texas: House CD 6: Brandon Parmer (Green) - added. House CD 13: Keith Houston (Green) - added. House CD 14: Rhett Rosenquest Smith (Green) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 21. House CD 20: Antonio Diaz (Green) - added. House CD 21: Fidel Castillo (Green) - added; Bill Stout (Green) - added. House CD 23: Ed Scharf (Green) - added. House CD 25: Roger Quannah Settler (Green) - added. House CD 28: Michael D. Cary (Green) - added. House CD 33: Ed Lindsay (Green) - added. House CD 35: Meghan Owen (Green) - added.

Washington: House CD 6: Doug Cloud (Republican) - added; Robert Dale "Bob" Sauerwein (Republican) - apparently not a candidate.

California: Senate Class 1: Colleen Fernald (Democratic) - added.

Nevada: Senate Class 1: Steve Brown (Democratic) - added; Richard Charles (Republican) - added; Michael Leslie (Democratic) - added; Louis Macias (Democratic) - added; David Lory VanderBeek (Independent American) - added. House CD 1: Charmaine Guss (Republican) - added; Herb Peters (Republican) - added; Bill Pojunis (Libertarian) - added; Stan Vaughan (Independent American) - added. House CD 2: Congressman Mark Eugene Amodei (Republican) - added as candidate; state Senator Greg Brower (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Sam Dehne (Democratic) - added; Michael Haines (Independent) - added; Erik Holland (Democratic) - added; Sam Koepnick (Democratic) - added; Treasurer Kate Marshall (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Rex Ricks (Democratic) - added; Xiomara Rodriguez (Democratic) - added. House CD 3: Chris Dyer (Republican) - added; Jake Holder (Democratic) - added; Tom Jones (Independent American) - added; Jim Murphy (Independent) - added; Jerry Sakura (Democratic) - added. House CD 4: Mike Delarosa (Republican) - added; Floyd Fitzgibbons (Independent American) - added; Kiran Hill (Republican) - added; Robert Leeds (Republican) - added; Joe Silvestri (Libertarian) - added; Sid Zeller (Republican) - added.

Pennsylvania: House CD 13: Nathan I. "Nate" Kleinman (Write-in [Democratic]), previously listed as Democratic.

National Convention Delegate Update

Puerto Rico Republican (18 March primary): Romney 22 (includes 2 unbound delegates not tied to the primary), Gingrich 1 (1 unbound delegate not tied to the primary).

TheGreenPapers maintains 2 delegate tallies: The soft count and the hard count. The "soft count" reflects the support for each presidential contender by either Pledged or Unpledged delegates- whether formally allocated yet or not- as best can be estimated by "The Green Papers".The "hard count" consists of a count of the National Convention delegates as they are formally allocated to presidential contenders (or to the ranks of the "Uncommitted") under the rules governing the selection of such delegates in each state or other jurisdiction.

Republican Soft delegate count: Romney 513, Santorum 239, Gingrich 159, Paul 78, Uncommitted 5. Needed to nominate 1,144.
Hard delegate count: Romney 404, Uncommitted 265, Santorum 171, Gingrich 135, Paul 26, Huntsman 2. Needed to nominate 1,144.

Republican Hard and Soft Count Delegate Summary.

2012 Presidential Primaries at a Glance.

Chronological Cumulative Allocation of Delegates. States representing 46.89% of the National Convention Republican Delegates have now begun their process.

PUERTO RICO Republican Presidential Primary

the polling takes place from 8 AM to 4 PM local time [Atlantic Standard Time: PUERTO RICO does not utilize Daylight Saving Time]= 1200 to 2000 GMT

20 of Puerto Rico's delegates to the Republican National Convention are bound/pledged to presidential contenders in the Puerto Rico Republican Presidential Primary.

18 March 2012 results from CNN.

Commentary:
TREADING WATER
Santorum wins big, yet Romney stays ahead of him
(for now) while pressure grows on Gingrich to get out
by Richard E. Berg-Andersson TheGreenPapers.com Staff

All in all, there were two big winners this past Tuesday and one big loser:

The biggest winner, of course, was former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum: for he won two more States which held Primaries, not Caucuses-- and, more importantly, these were States that actually bound Republican National Convention delegates. Combined with Oklahoma and Tennessee the week before, Alabama and Mississippi have finally put to bed the notion that Santorum can't outright win anything but Caucuses or non-binding Primaries (a legacy of his performance- whether good [Colorado, Minnesota, Missouri], bad [Arizona] or ugly [Michigan ;-)]- throughout this past February).

Senator Santorum truly now has momentum going into Puerto Rico's Primary this coming Sunday (18 March) and on into what promises to be an interesting showdown (given the results already known from nearby Ohio and Michigan) in Illinois come ...

Convention Delegate Update

Alabama Republican soft count: Santorum 23 (includes 1 unbound delegate), Gingrich 14, Romney 11.
Hawaii Republican (92% of 13 March caucus ballots counted): Romney 9, Santorum 5, Paul 3.

Republican Soft delegate count: Romney 493, Santorum 239, Gingrich 159, Paul 78, Uncommitted 5. Needed to nominate 1,144.
Hard delegate count: Romney 384, Uncommitted 262, Santorum 171, Gingrich 135, Paul 26, Huntsman 2. Needed to nominate 1,144.

27 changes to the candidate list

California: Senate Class 1: Marsha Feinland (Peace And Freedom) - added. House CD 52: Jack Doyle (Independent) - added; Mark Edward Powell (Not readily classifiable) - apparently not a candidate.

Florida: House CD 6: former Winter Springs City Councilman Don Browning (Republican) - apparently not a candidate.

Illinois: House CD 11: Kane County Clerk John Andrew "Jack" Cunningham (Republican) - apparently not a candidate.

New Jersey: House CD 10 Special: (Democratic) - Newark Councilman Ronald C. "Ron" Rice (Democratic) - added.

New York: House CD 6: Assemblyman Rory I. Lancman (Democratic) - Pending. House CD 21: Donald Hassig (Green) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 23. House CD 22: Dan Lamb (Democratic) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 23.

Pennsylvania (updated for 24 April primary): House CD 1: Congressman Robert A. "Bob" Brady (Democratic) - Renominated. House CD 2: Congressman Chaka Fattah (Democratic) - Renominated. House CD 3: Congressman George J. "Mike" Kelly, Jr. (Republican) - Renominated. House CD 5: Congressman Glenn W. "G.T." Thompson (Republican) - Renominated. House CD 6: Congressman Jim Gerlach (Republican) - Renominated. House CD 7: Congressman Patrick L. "Pat" Meehan, Jr. (Republican) - Renominated. House CD 8: Congressman Michael G. "Mike" Fitzpatrick (Republican) - Renominated. House CD 9: Congressman William Franklin "Bill" Shuster (Republican) - Renominated. House CD 10: Congressman Thomas Anthony "Tom" Marino (Republican) - Renominated. House CD 11: Congressman Louis J. "Lou" Barletta (Republican) - Renominated. House CD 13: Congressman Allyson Y. Schwartz (Democratic) - Renominated; Nathan I. "Nate" Kleinman (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 14: Congressman Mike Doyle (Democratic) - Renominated. House CD 15: Congressman Charles W. "Charlie" Dent (Republican) - Renominated. House CD 16: Congressman Joseph R. "Joe" Pitts (Republican) - Renominated. Attorney General: Attorney General Linda L. Kelly (Republican) - Open Office. Treasurer: Treasurer Robert "Rob" McCord (Democratic) - Renominated. Auditor General: Auditor General Jack Wagner (Democratic) - Open Office.

National Convention Delegate Update

Unpledged delegate preference change as of 15 March 2012:
Indiana: Romney 2.

Unbound delegate totals:
Gingrich 3, Paul 1, Romney 31, Santorum 2.
Source: Democratic Convention Watch 2012 GOP Superdelegate Endorsement List

Republican Soft delegate count: Romney 494, Santorum 235, Gingrich 157, Paul 77, Uncommitted 5. Needed to nominate 1,144.

73 changes to the candidate list

Maine (filing closed): Senate Class 1: Margaret Byrnes (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Karen Carringer (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Glen Craig (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Robert Seeley (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Michael Stoddard (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; James Michael Tierney (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Steve Woods (Independent) - removed; Yarmouth Town Council Man Steve Woods (Independent) - added. House CD 1: state Senator Phil Bartlett (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; David Costa (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; state Senator Barry Hobbins (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; David Lamoine (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Wellington Lyons (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Westbrook City Councilor Brendan P. Rielly (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; state Representative Diane Russell (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; John Vedral (Republican) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 2: Bruce Bryant (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; state Representative Emily Ann Cain (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Jason John Levesque (Republican) - apparently not a candidate.

Michigan: Senate Class 1: Chad Michael Dewey (Republican) - apparently not a candidate.

New York: House CD 5: Congressman Gary L. Ackerman (Democratic) - Open Seat - retiring.

Open Governor's Chairs, Senate and House Seats

Texas: Senate Class 1: David Bruce Collins (Green) - added; Victoria Ann Zabaras (Green) - added. House CD 2: Mark A. Roberts (Green) - added. House CD 7: Lance Findley (Green) - added. House CD 9: Vanessa Edwards Foster (Green) - added. House CD 22: Don Cook (Green) - added. House CD 29: Maria Selva (Green) - added.

Utah (filing closed): Senate Class 1: William Currie "Bill" Barron (Unaffiliated) - previously listed as Independent; David Y. Chiu (Republican) - added; Jeremy Lewis Friedbaum (Republican) - added; Daniel Geery (Justice Party) - added; Scott Howell (Democratic) - added; William J. "Dub" Lawrence (Republican) - added; Shaun Lynn McCausland (Constitution) - added; William Donald "Bill" Peterson, II (Democratic) - added; Christopher Paul "Chris" Stout (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate. Governor: Governor Gary R. Herbert (Republican) - added as candidate; Brandon W. Nay (Constitution) - added; Kirk D. Pearson (Constitution) - added; Lane Ronnow (Republican) - added; William E. Skokos (Republican) - added. House CD 1: Leonard Joe Fabiano (Republican) - added; Donna M. McAleer (Democratic) - added; Sherry Phipps (Constitution) - added. House CD 2: Joseph "Joe" Andrade (Unaffiliated) - added; Dean Collinwood (Democratic) - added; Bob Fuehr (Republican) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 4; Jonathan D. Garrard (Constitution) - added; Milton Ray "Milt" Hanks (Republican) - added; Charles E. Kimball (Unaffiliated) - added; Edward "Ed" Mayerhofer (Republican) - added; Jay Seegmiller (Democratic) - added; Michael W. "Mike" Small (Democratic) - added. House CD 3: Kurt Bradburn (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Brian Jenkins (Republican) - added; Salt Lake City Council Member Søren Simonsen (Democratic) - added; Lynn W. Wardle (Republican) - added. House CD 4: Kenneth Gray (Republican) - added; Torin Nelson (Justice Party) - added; Jim L. Vein (Libertarian) - added. Attorney General: Attorney General Mark L. Shurtleff (Republican) - Open Office; W. Andrew McCullough (Libertarian) - added; Sean D. Reyes (Republican) - added; Dee W. Smith (Democratic) - added; John Swallow (Republican) - added. Treasurer: Treasurer Richard K. Ellis (Republican) - added as candidate; Vincent C. Marcus, III (Libertarian) - added; Christopher Stout (Democratic) - added. Auditor: state Representative John Dougall (Republican) - added; Auditor Auston G. Johnson, III (Republican) - added as candidate; Richard Proctor (Constitution) - added; Mark Sage (Democratic) - added.

National Convention Delegate Update

Hawaii Republican (13 March caucus projected): Romney 10, Santorum 5, Paul 2.

Republican Soft delegate count: Romney 493, Santorum 235, Gingrich 157, Paul 77, Uncommitted 5. Needed to nominate 1,144.

33 changes to the candidate list

California: Senate Class 1: Mike Strimling (Democratic) - added. House CD 6: Joseph McCray, Sr. (Republican) - added. House CD 16: Mark Garcia (Republican) - added.

Florida: House CD 10: Congressman Daniel "Dan" Webster (Republican) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 8.

Georgia: House CD 7: Nelson "Bear" Perras (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 9: Clifton McDuffie (Republican) - added.

Maine: Senate Class 1: former Governor John Baldacci (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Margaret Byrnes (Republican) - added; Karen Carringer (Republican) - added; Glen Craig (Republican) - added; Andrew Ian Dodge (Libertarian) - previously listed as Independent; state Representative Jon Hinck (Democratic) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 1; Seamus Maguire (Independent) - added; Robert Seeley (Republican) - added; Michael Stoddard (Republican) - added.

Massachusetts: Senate Class 1: Eno Mondésir (Democratic) - added.

New York: House CD 18: Sean Patrick Maloney (Democratic) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 22. House CD 21: Matthew A. "Matt" Doheny (Republican, Independence) - previously listed as Republican. House CD 23: Leslie Danks Burke (Democratic) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 22; Dan Lamb (Democratic) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 22; Congressman Thomas W. "Tom" Reed, II (Republican) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 29; Tompkins County Legislature Nathan I. "Nate" Shinagawa (Democratic) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 22. House CD 24: Congressman Ann Marie Buerkle (Republican) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 25. House CD 25: Andrew Michael Decker (Republican) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 28; Congressman Louise McIntosh Slaughter (Democratic) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 28. House CD 26: Congressman Brian M. Higgins (Democratic) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 27. House CD 27: David Gregory Bellavia (Republican) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 26; Congressman Kathleen Courtney "Kathy" Hochul (Democratic) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 26.

Oregon: House CD 1: Steven Cody Reynolds (Progressive, Pacific Green) - previously listed as Progressive; H. Joe Tabor (Libertarian) - added. House CD 3: Woody Broadnax (Pacific Green) - added.

South Carolina: House CD 7: Harry Pavilack (Democratic) - added.

Virginia: House CD 7: Floyd Bane (Republican) - added.

American Samoa Republican (13 March caucus): Reports state that Romney has won the support of the 6 unpledged delegates and the 3 RNC delegates.
Hawaii Republican (13 March project caucus results as of 14 March 6:38a PDT): Romney 9, Santorum 5, Paul 3. Results from a party source.

Republican Soft delegate count: Romney 491, Santorum 233, Gingrich 157, Paul 78, Uncommitted 5. Needed to nominate 1,144.
Hard delegate count: Romney 383, Uncommitted 262, Santorum 165, Gingrich 133, Paul 26, Huntsman 2. Needed to nominate 1,144.

Republican Hard and Soft Count Delegate Summary.

Alabama Democratic: Soft count: Obama 50, Uncommitted 13. Rough estimate.
Alabama Republican: Santorum 16, Gingrich 12, Romney 10, to be determined 9.
American Samoa Republican: Awaiting results.
Hawaii Republican: Awaiting results.
Mississippi Democratic: Soft count: Obama 40. President Obama is the only candidate on the ballot.
Mississippi Republican: Santorum 13, Gingrich 12, Romney 12.
Utah Democratic: Awaiting results.

Other updates:
Georgia Republican. Adrian Beaumont has provided us with updated computations for the Tuesday 6 March 2012 Primary: Gingrich 54, Romney 19, Santorum 3.

We are now "hard" counting the unbound Republican delegates in Colorado (36), Iowa (28), Maine (24), Minnesota (40), and Washington (43) as "Uncommitted".

TheGreenPapers maintains 2 delegate tallies: The soft count and the hard count. The "soft count" reflects the support for each presidential contender by either Pledged or Unpledged delegates- whether formally allocated yet or not- as best can be estimated by "The Green Papers".The "hard count" consists of a count of the National Convention delegates as they are formally allocated to presidential contenders (or to the ranks of the "Uncommitted") under the rules governing the selection of such delegates in each state or other jurisdiction.

Republican Soft delegate count: Romney 473, Santorum 228, Gingrich 157, Paul 75, Uncommitted 5. Needed to nominate 1,144.
Hard delegate count: Romney 374, Uncommitted 250, Santorum 160, Gingrich 133, Paul 23, Huntsman 2. Needed to nominate 1,144.

Democratic Soft delegate count: Obama 1,220, Uncommitted 13, Terry 7, Rogers 3. Needed to nominate 2,778.

Republican Hard and Soft Count Delegate Summary.

2012 Presidential Primaries at a Glance.

Chronological Cumulative Allocation of Delegates. States representing 43.61% of the National Convention Republican Delegates have now begun their process.

Alabama 13 March 2012 Primary: All 7 Congressman, 6 Republicans and 1 Democrat, were renominated. House CD 1: Congressman Josiah Robins "Jo" Bonner, Jr. (Republican) - Renominated; Peter Hunter Gounares (Republican) - lost Primary; Peter "Pete" J. A. Riehm (Republican) - lost Primary; Larry Dean "Dean" Young, Jr. (Republican) - lost Primary. House CD 4: Rick Neighbors (Democratic) - lost Primary. House CD 5: Congressman Morris J. "Mo" Brooks, Jr. (Republican) - Renominated; former Congressman Rolf Parker "Parker" Griffith, Jr. (Republican) - lost Primary. House CD 6: Congressman Spencer T. Bachus (Republican) - Renominated; William G. Barnes (Democratic) - lost Primary; state Senator Scott Beason (Republican) - lost Primary; Al Mickle (Republican) - lost Primary; Stan Pate (Republican) - lost Primary; Blount County Probate Judge Jack David "David" Standridge (Republican) - lost Primary. House CD 7: Phillip Dwight "Phil" Norris (Republican) - lost Primary.

Arizona: House CD 8 Special: Richard Grayson (Write-in [Green]) - added.

California: House CD 23: Eric Parker (Republican) - added. House CD 25: Darlene Acosta (Republican) - added. House CD 28: Sal Genovese (Democratic) - added; Phil Jennerjahn (Republican) - added; Garen Mailyan (Republican) - added; Massie Munroe (Democratic) - added. House CD 29: Richard Valdez (Democratic) - added. House CD 30: David Benning (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Nicholas Joseph "Nick" Garzilli (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Mike Powelson (Green) - added. House CD 32: G. Bill Gonzalez (Democratic) - added. House CD 33: Bill Bloomfield (Independent) - added; Steve Collett (Libertarian) - added; Bruce Margolin (Democratic) - added; Tim Pape (Democratic) - added; Chuck Wilkerson (Republican) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 34: Howard Johnson (Peace And Freedom) - added; Stephen Smith (Republican) - added. House CD 43: Bob Flores (Democratic) - added; Marco Antonio "Tony" Leal (Republican) - added. House CD 44: John Lauro (Republican) - added. House CD 47: Sanford Kahn (Republican) - added; Usah Shah (Democratic) - added. House CD 52: Shirley DeCourt-Park (Democratic) - added.

Florida: House CD 25: Heathe Beaven (Democratic) - added.

Mississippi 13 March 2012 Primary: The Republican Senator and all 4 Congressman, 3 Republicans and 1 Democrat, were renominated. Senate Class 1: Senator Roger F. Wicker (Republican) - Renominated; E. Allen Hathcock (Republican) - lost Primary; Robert Maloney (Republican) - lost Primary; Will Oatis (Democratic) - lost Primary; Roger Weiner (Democratic) - lost Primary. House CD 1: Congressman Patrick Alan "Alan" Nunnelee (Republican) - Renominated; Robert Benjamine Estes, III (Republican) - lost Primary; former Eupora mayor Herman Henry "Henry" Ross, II (Republican) - lost Primary. House CD 2: Congressman Bennie G. Thompson (Democratic) - Renominated; Greenville Mayor Heather Dale McTeer Hudson (Democratic) - lost Primary. House CD 3: Congressman Gregg Harper (Republican) - Renominated; Robert J. Allen (Republican) - lost Primary. House CD 4: Congressman Steven McCarty Palazzo (Republican) - Renominated; Cindy Burleson (Republican) - lost Primary; Ronald J. "Ron" Vincent (Republican) - lost Primary; Jason Vitosky (Democratic) - lost Primary.

Montana: Senate Class 1: Dan Cox (Libertarian) - added. Secretary of State: Roger Roots (Libertarian) - added.

New York: Senate Class 1: Senator Kirsten Elizabeth Gillibrand (Democratic, Independence) - previously listed as Democratic; Congressman Robert L. "Bob" Turner (Republican) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 9. House CD 5: Congressman Gregory Weldon Meeks (Democratic) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 6. House CD 9: Congressman Robert L. "Bob" Turner (Republican) - Open Seat; Assemblyman Rory I. Lancman (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 13: state Senator Adriano Espaillat (Democratic) - added.

Pennsylvania: House CD 9: Travis Schooley (Republican) - apparently not a candidate.

South Carolina: House CD 1: Bobbie Rose (Democratic) - added.

Tennessee: House CD 7: Credo Amouzouvik (Democratic) - added.

Texas: House CD 19: Chris Winn (Republican) - added.

Vermont: Senate Class 1: former Massachusetts state Representative John MacGovern (Republican) - added.

ALABAMA PRIMARIES

ALABAMA Presidential and State PRIMARY returns from an official source

polls are open from 7 AM to 7 PM local time [1200 to 0000 GMT]

NOTE: This is an Open primary. Voters may request a Democratic or Republican ballot, but not both.

Republicans: 47 of Alabama's delegates to the Republican National Convention are bound/pledged to presidential contenders in the Alabama Republican Presidential Primary.

Democrats: 63 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are pledged to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in the Alabama Democratic Presidential Primary.

State Primaries: Concomitant with its Presidential Primaries, ALABAMA is also holding Primaries for nominations to its seats in the U.S. House of Representatives for the terms beginning at Noon on 3 January 2013.

NOTE: If no candidate receives at least 50% of the vote in the primary, a runoff will be held between the top two vote-getters on Tuesday 24 April 2012.

AMERICAN SAMOA REPUBLICAN CAUCUS/CONVENTION

A Territorial Caucus meets as a Convention to choose 6 delegates to the Republican National Convention. These delegates are unbound unless instructed otherwise by the Territorial Caucus/Convention itself.

HAWAII REPUBLICAN CAUCUSES

17 of Hawaii's delegates to the Republican National Convention are pledged proportionally to presidential contenders in Precinct Caucuses. Voting occurs between 6 PM and 8 PM local time [0400 to 0600 GMT].

Hawaii results from a party source
Hawaii results from Google

MISSISSIPPI PRIMARIES

polls are open from 7 AM to 7 PM local time [1200 to 0000 GMT]

NOTE: This is an Open primary.

Republicans: 37 of Mississippi's delegates to the Republican National Convention are bound/pledged to presidential contenders in the Mississippi Republican Presidential Primary.

Democrats: 40 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are pledged to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in the Mississippi Democratic Presidential Primary.

State Primaries: Concomitant with its Presidential Primaries, MISSISSIPPI is also holding Primaries for nominations to its Class 1 United States Senate seat, as well as its seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, for the terms beginning at Noon on 3 January 2013.

NOTE: If no candidate receives a majority of the vote in a partisan State primary, the two top vote-getters proceed to a runoff (scheduled for Tuesday 3 April 2012). The candidate who receives the most votes in such a runoff (aka "second primary") shall be nominated as a Party's candidate for the office.

Mississippi results from Google.

UTAH DEMOCRATIC CAUCUSES

29 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are pledged to presidential contenders based on presidential preferences expressed at First Level Precinct Caucuses

NOTE: Participation in Utah's delegate selection process is open to all citizens who will be at least 18 years old by 6 November 2012 and publicly declare themselves to be participating as Democrats.

Hawai'i Democratic (7 March Precinct Caucus Results): Obama 29.

TheGreenPapers is now using the excellent Democratic Convention Watch 2012 GOP Superdelegate Endorsement List as our source for the Republican superdelegate count. The numbers below have been added to our "soft unpledged" count.

Unpledged delegate preferences as of 13 March 2012:
Alabama: Santorum 1.
District of Columbia: Romney 1.
Guam: Romney 3.
Iowa: Paul 1, Santorum 1.
Illinois: Romney 2.
Indiana: Romney 1.
Massachusetts: Romney 2.
Maine: Romney 2.
Minnesota: Gingrich 1.
Northern Marianas: Romney 3.
Mississippi: Romney 1.
Montana: Romney 1.
New York: Gingrich 1.
Pennsylvania: Romney 1.
Puerto Rico: Gingrich 1, Romney 2.
Rhode Island: Romney 2.
Virgin Islands: Romney 3.
West Virginia: Romney 2.
Wyoming: Romney 1.

Unbound delegate totals:
Gingrich 3, Paul 1, Romney 27, Santorum 2.

TheGreenPapers maintains 2 delegate tallies: The soft count and the hard count. The "soft count" reflects the support for each presidential contender by either Pledged or Unpledged delegates- whether formally allocated yet or not- as best can be estimated by "The Green Papers".The "hard count" consists of a count of the National Convention delegates as they are formally allocated to presidential contenders (or to the ranks of the "Uncommitted") under the rules governing the selection of such delegates in each state or other jurisdiction.

Republican Soft delegate count: Romney 453, Santorum 199, Gingrich 131, Paul 75, Uncommitted 5. Needed to nominate 1,144.
Hard delegate count: Romney 354, Santorum 131, Gingrich 107, Uncommitted 73, Paul 23, Huntsman 2. Needed to nominate 1,144.

Democratic Soft delegate count: Obama 1,130, Terry 7, Rogers 3. Needed to nominate 2,778.

Republican Hard and Soft Count Delegate Summary

California: House CD 51: Xanthi Gionis (Republican) - added.

District of Columbia (updated for the 3 April primary): Delegate to the House of Representatives: Territorial Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic) - Renominated; Michael Augustus "Matthew" Lee (Democratic) - removed; Missy Reilly Smith (Republican) - removed; Rick Tingling-Clemmons (Green) - removed.

Maryland (updated for the 3 April primary): Senate Class 1: Brandy Baker (Write-in [Unaffiliated]) - added; Dennis David (Unaffiliated) - added; Jim Israel (Republican) - removed. House CD 1: Congressman Andrew P. "Andy" Harris (Republican) - Renominated; Marc Cohen (Unaffiliated) - added. House CD 2: Congressman Charles Albert Dutch "C.A. Dutch" Ruppersberger, III (Democratic) - Renominated. House CD 5: Jeremy Stinson (Unaffiliated) - added.

Montana: Governor: Bill Coate (Independent) - added; Ronald J. Lassle (Independent) - apparently not a candidate; Heather Margolis (Democratic) - added; Roy Morton (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Keith Winkler (Republican) - apparently not a candidate. House At-Large: John Allen Abarr (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate.

Commentary:
CHOOSY BEGGARS
Is it just about high time for the Republican
rank-and-file (or even at least one
candidate) to "fish or cut bait"?
by Richard E. Berg-Andersson TheGreenPapers.com Staff

This past Saturday (10 March), former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum decisively- with an outright majority of the vote, no less!- won the vote cast by participants in the local Caucuses in the State of Kansas. With this victory, Santorum finally leap-frogged over former House Speaker Newt Gingrich into 2nd place behind front-running former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney in terms of Republican National Convention delegates already bound/pledged to GOP presidential contenders-- that which we at 'The Green Papers' are tracking as our so-called "hard count" (Santorum has long been in 2nd place, ahead of Gingrich, in this website's "soft count" but this same "soft count" has, always, simply our site's attempt to translate- into "delegate equivalence" form- the cumulative results of all the voting: whether in Presidential Primaries or Caucuses; whether these contests be binding or non-binding [or some combination of the two])..

Idaho: House CD 1: Cynthia Clinkingbeard (Democratic) - added; Reed McCandless (Republican) - added; former Caldwell City Councilman Rob Oates (Libertarian) - added; Marvin Thomas "Pro-Life" Richardson (Independent) - added. House CD 2: John Baird (Republican) - added; Jack Wayne Chappell (Democratic) - added; M.C. "Chick" Heileson (Republican) - added; state Senator Nicole LeFavour (Democratic) - added; Eldon Wallace (Democratic) - added.

Michigan: House CD 7: Kurt Haskell (Democratic) - added.

Pennsylvania: House CD 3: Stacey Gray (Independent) - added; Mel Marin (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; George Schroeck (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate. Attorney General: former Democratic Congressman Donald Allen "Don" Bailey (Independent) - previously listed as Democratic.

California: House CD 2: Banafsheh Akhlaghi (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Brooke Clarke (Democratic) - added; Mike Halliwell (Republican) - added; John Lewallen (Democratic) - added. House CD 24: Thomas C. "Tom" Watson (Republican) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 25: Harrison Leonard (Republican) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 26: Al Goldberg (Democratic) - added; Akiva Werbalowsky (Libertarian [Republican]) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 27: Bob Duran (Republican) - added; Jack Orswell (Republican) - added. House CD 31: Robert Mardis (Independent) - added. House CD 32: El Monte City Council Member Norma Macias (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 35: state Assemblymember Norma J. Torres (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 39: D'Marie Mulattieri (Independent) - added; Orange County Supervisor Shawn Nelson (Republican) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 40: David John Sanchez (Democratic) - added. House CD 48: Michael Andrew "Mike" Munzing (Republican) - apparently not a candidate.

Maine: House CD 1: former Secretary of State Markham "Mark" Gartley (Republican) - apparently not a candidate.

Montana: Senate Class 1: Jerry McConnell (Libertarian) - added. House At-Large: David Kaiser (Libertarian) - added; Vincent Melkus (Republican) - added; Sam Rankin (Democratic) - added. Secretary of State: former Secretary of State Brad Johnson (Republican) - added; Patty Lovaas (Republican) - added; Secretary of State Linda H. McCulloch (Democratic) - added as candidate. Attorney General: Tim Fox (Republican) - added. Auditor: Auditor Monica J. Lindeen (Democratic) - added as candidate.

Nevada: House CD 3: Barry Michaels (Democratic) - added.

New Jersey: Senate Class 1: Ken Wolski (Green) - added.

North Dakota: Superintendent of Public Instruction: Public Instruction Superintendent Wayne G. Sanstead (Nonpartisan) - Open Office - retiring; Max Laird (Democratic) - added.

Texas: House CD 4: VaLinda Hathcox (Democratic) - added. House CD 5: Linda Mrosko (Democratic) - added. House CD 10: Tawana Cadien (Democratic) - added; William Miller, Jr. (Democratic) - added. House CD 20: Ezra Allen Johnson (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 21: Candace Duval (Democratic) - Pending. House CD 25: Elaine Henderson (Democratic) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 21. House CD 27: Murphy Alade Junaid (Democratic) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 34; Ronnie McDonald (Democratic) - added; Jerry Trevino (Democratic) - added. House CD 33: Chrysta Castaneda (Democratic) - added; Jason Roberts (Democratic) - added; Kyev Tatum (Democratic) - added. House CD 34: Denise R. Saenz Blanchard (Democratic) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 27; former Brownsville City Commissioner Anthony P. Troiani (Democratic) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 27; Filemon Vela (Democratic) - Pending. House CD 35: Patrick Shearer (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate.

Washington: House CD 1: Congressman Jay R. Inslee (Democratic) - Announced his resignation from the U.S. House: "Effective March 20, I'm stepping down from my seat in Congress to devote myself full-time to my race for governor..."

Virgin Islands Republican (10 March): Soft count: Romney 7, Paul 1, Uncommitted 1. Hard count: Romney 4, Paul 1, Uncommitted 4 (the 3 RNC delegates support Romney but are officially unbound).
Wyoming Republican (10 March): Romney 7, Santorum 3, Paul 1, Uncommitted 1. Note: The Park County results, which awarded 1 delegate to Santorum, are contested. On Saturday 14 April, the State Convention will elected an additional 14 delegates. The 3 party leader delegates will attend the National Convention as unpledged delegates.

TheGreenPapers maintains 2 delegate tallies: The soft count and the hard count. The "soft count" reflects the support for each presidential contender by either Pledged or Unpledged delegates- whether formally allocated yet or not- as best can be estimated by "The Green Papers".The "hard count" consists of a count of the National Convention delegates as they are formally allocated to presidential contenders (or to the ranks of the "Uncommitted") under the rules governing the selection of such delegates in each state or other jurisdiction.

Republican Soft delegate count: Romney 435, Santorum 197, Gingrich 128, Paul 74, Uncommitted 5. Needed to nominate 1,144.
Hard delegate count: Romney 354, Santorum 131, Gingrich 107, Uncommitted 73, Paul 23, Huntsman 2. Needed to nominate 1,144.

Democratic Soft delegate count: Obama 1,104, Terry 7, Rogers 3. Needed to nominate 2,778.

Republican Hard and Soft Count Delegate Summary

American Samoa Democratic (6 March): Obama 6.
Kansas Republican (10 March): Santorum 33, Romney 7.

3 National Committee Members (to statewide winner). 3 to Santorum.
3 First District Delegates (district winner take all). 3 to Santorum.
3 Second District Delegates (district winner take all). 3 to Santorum.
3 Third District Delegates (district winner take all). 3 to Santorum.
3 Fourth District Delegates (district winner take all). 3 to Santorum.
25 Statewide Delegates (proportional with 20% threshold). 18 to Santorum, 7 to Romney.

Results-- Northern Marianas Republican: Romney has won receiving 87.26% of the vote. Delegate Soft count: Romney 9. Hard count: Uncommitted 9 (the delegates are technically unpledged).

KANSAS REPUBLICAN CAUCUSES

All 40 of Kansas' delegates to the Republican National Convention are allocated to presidential contenders based on the results of Precinct Caucuses which begin at 10 AM Central Standard Time [1500 GMT].

KANSAS Republican Caucus LOCATIONS from an official source.

Results from CNN.

GUAM REPUBLICAN CAUCUS/CONVENTION

Due to the time difference [GUAM is 15 hours ahead of Eastern Time US (10 hours ahead of GMT)], this event will already be in process by the time this note is posted.

A Territorial Caucus is meeting as a Convention to choose 9 delegates (6 unbound delegates plus 3 RNC unbound delegates) to the Republican National Convention.

Results-- Guam Republican: Soft count: Romney 9. Hard count: Uncommitted 9 (the delegates are technically unpledged).

NORTHERN MARIANAS REPUBLICAN CAUCUS/PARTY-RUN PRIMARY

Due to the time difference [the COMMONWEALTH of the NORTHERN MARIANAS is 15 hours ahead of Eastern Time US (10 hours ahead of GMT)], this event will already be in process by the time this note is posted.

6 of the Northern Marianas' 9 delegates to the Republican National Convention are chosen in today's Commonwealth Republican Caucus. Voting in this Party-run primary is open to all registered Republicans: the polling will end at 7 PM local time [4 AM Eastern Time US (0900 GMT)]. The voters will have chosen the 6 National Convention delegates.

VIRGIN ISLANDS REPUBLICAN CAUCUS

Territorial Caucuses meet from Noon to 6 PM Atlantic Standard Time [1600 to 2200 GMT] on St. Croix, St. Thomas, and St. John as a Convention to choose 6 delegates to the Republican National Convention.

California: House CD 26: Moorpark City Councilman David Pollock (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Esequiel Frank "Zeke" Ruelas (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 51: Michael Crimmins (Republican) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 53.

Florida: Senate Class 1: Joshua "Josue" Larose (Republican) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 3: Jacques Rene "J. R." Gaillot (Democratic) - added. House CD 9: Miguel A. Nieves (No Party Affiliation) - added. House CD 11: Thomas Clark "Tommy" Castellano (No Party Affiliation) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 27: Roberto Sanchez (No Party Affiliation) - added.

Minnesota: Senate Class 1: state Representative Kurt Bills (Republican) - added.

Missouri: Governor: Jim Higgins (Libertarian) - added; Jeremiah W. "Jay" Nixon (Democratic) - added. House CD 2: Anatol Zorikova (Constitution) - added. House CD 4: Herschel L. Young (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 5: Ron Paul Shawd (Republican) - added. House CD 7: Jim Evans (Democratic) - added. Secretary of State: Rabbi Alam (Democratic) - added. Attorney General: Attorney General Chris Koster (Democratic) - added as candidate. Treasurer: Treasurer Clint Zweifel (Democratic) - added as candidate.

Montana: Governor: state Senator Larry Jent (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Roy Morton (Republican) - added.

New York: House CD 9: Sylvia G. Kinard (Democratic) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 11.

South Carolina: Lieutenant Governor: Lieutenant Governor James Ken "Ken" Ard (Republican) resigned on 9 March 2012 after pleading guilty to 4 counts of unlawful reimbursement of campaign contributions, 2 counts of filing false campaign reports, and 1 count of personal use of campaign funds. He was first elected in 2010. Per the state constitution, state Senate President Pro Tempore Glenn F. McConnell (Republican) ascends to the office Lieutenant Governor.

Texas: Senate Class 1: Daniel Curtis "Dan" Boone (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Robert Butler (Libertarian) - added; retired State Appeals Court Judge Charles Holcomb (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; John A. Lee (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; John Jay Myers (Libertarian) - added; S. Gopal Raju (Libertarian) - added. House CD 2: Kenneth Duncan (Libertarian) - added. House CD 4: Steve Clark (Republican) - added; John Ray "Johnny" Cooper (Republican) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 6: Itamar Gelbman (Republican) - Pending; Brianna Hinojosa-Flores (Democratic) - added. House CD 7: William F. "Bill" Tofte (Republican) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 34. House CD 8: Harold Thomas (Republican) - added. House CD 11: Marven Wade "Wade" Brown (Republican) - Pending. House CD 14: Linda Dailey (Democratic) - added; Paul Hawes (Republican) - added. House CD 15: Rebecca Cervera (Republican) - added. House CD 16: Barbara Carrasco (Republican) - Pending. House CD 17: George Hindman (Republican) - added. House CD 21: Daniel Curtis "Dan" Boone (Democratic) - added; Candace Duval (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Richard Morgan (Republican) - added. House CD 22: Douglas James "Doug" Blatt (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 23: Jeffrey Blunt (Libertarian) - added; J.B. Oswalt (Libertarian) - apparently not a candidate; former Congressman Ciro D. Rodriguez (Democratic) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 35. House CD 24: Patrick Fabian McGehearty (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Tim Rusk (Democratic) - added; David Sparks (Libertarian) - apparently not a candidate; John Stathas (Libertarian) - added. House CD 25: Jim Dillon (Republican) - added. House CD 27: John Grunwald (Republican) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 34; Filemon Vela (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 33: David Alameel (Democratic) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 6; Charles King (Republican) - added; Al Lee (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Monte Mark Mitchell (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; J.R. Molina (Democratic) - added. House CD 34: former Edinburg City Manager Ramiro Garza, Jr. (Democratic) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 27; Juan Angel Guerra (Democratic) - added; Cameron County District Attorney Armando R. Villalobos (Democratic) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 27; Marc Steven Young (Republican) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 36: Keith Casey (Republican) - added; Chuck Meyer (Republican) - added; Steve Stockman (Republican) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 14; Tim Wintill (Republican) - added. Railroad Commissioner 2: Thomas Nance, III (Libertarian) - added. Railroad Commissioner 3: Al Lee (Republican) - added; Guadalupe County Attorney Elizabeth Murray-Kolb (Republican) - added.

Commentary:
ROUGH ROAD AHEAD?
Mitt Romney potentially faces some tough
challenges in Act II of this GOP nomination 'drama'
by Richard E. Berg-Andersson TheGreenPapers.com Staff

In my Commentary of this past 9 February, I likened the 2012 Republican presidential nomination race up to that point to but the first Act of a drama on which the curtain had closed (after the delegate selection events of the previous Tuesday [7 February]- all of which former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum had won); there was now to be an intermission before Act II.

In this regard, the Arizona and Michigan GOP Presidential Primaries on 28 February were like the orchestra playing selected themes from the overture as incidental music after the house lights have come back on and while the theatregoers have all returned to their seats-- then the curtain rose and Act II was thereafter being staged, beginning with the exciting adventure of 'Super Tuesday' 6 March...

Georgia Republican: Gingrich 52, Romney: 21, Santorum 3.
Ohio Republican: Romney 38, Santorum 21.
Oklahoma Democatic: Obama 35, Randall A. Terry 7, Jim Rogers 3. In January 2012, the Democratic National Committee stated that Mr. Terry was not a "bona fide" Democrat. Hence, he may not qualify for delegates.
Tennessee Republican: Santorum 29, Romney 16, Gingrich 10.
Wyoming Republican: Romney 4, Paul 1, Uncommitted 1.

TheGreenPapers maintains 2 delegate tallies: The soft count and the hard count. The "soft count" reflects the support for each presidential contender by either Pledged or Unpledged delegates- whether formally allocated yet or not- as best can be estimated by "The Green Papers".The "hard count" consists of a count of the National Convention delegates as they are formally allocated to presidential contenders (or to the ranks of the "Uncommitted") under the rules governing the selection of such delegates in each state or other jurisdiction.

Republican Soft delegate count: Romney 403, Santorum 164, Gingrich 128, Paul 73, Uncommitted 4. Needed to nominate 1,144.
Hard delegate count: Romney 340, Gingrich 107, Santorum 95, Uncommitted 51, Paul 22, Huntsman 2. Needed to nominate 1,144.

Presidential Primaries at a Glance.

Republican Hard and Soft Count Delegate Summary

Florida: House CD 7: Nicholas Ruiz, III (Democratic) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 24. House CD 9: Terry Howard (Republican) - added. House CD 22: Broward County Commissioner Chip LaMarca (Republican) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 26: Erik Borgstrom (Republican) - added.

Nebraska: Senate Class 1: University of Nebraska Regent Chuck Hassebrook (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate.

North Dakota: Superintendent of Public Instruction: Mandan School Board President Kirsten Baesler (Republican) - added; state Representative David Monson (Republican) - added.

Texas: House CD 25: former Secretary of State Roger Williams (Republican) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 33. House CD 33: former state Representative Domingo Garcia (Democratic) - added; Carlos Quintanilla (Democratic) - added; former Dallas Councilman Steve Salazar (Democratic) - added.

Wisconsin: Senate Class 1: John Hovde (Republican) - added.

Vox Populi A Letter to the Editor :
Ron Paul, the Federal Reserve and the United Nations
by Aaron Ruhl

Arizona: Senate Class 1: Juan Manuel Arreguin (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate.

Maine: Senate Class 1: state Senator Cynthia A. Dill (Democratic) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 1; Congressman Chellie M. Pingree (Democratic) - not a candidate for Senate; Steve Woods (Independent) - added. House CD 1: Congressman Chellie M. Pingree (Democratic) - Incumbent to run for re-election.

Nevada: Senate Class 1: Sherry Brooks (Republican) - added; Carlo Poliak (Republican) - added; Nancy Price (Democratic) - added. House CD 2: Russell Best (Independent American) - added. House CD 3: Rob Sheridan (Independent) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 4: Diana Anderson (Republican) - added.

New Jersey: House CD 7: Patrick McKnight (Libertarian) - added.

New York: House CD 7: New York City Councilman Erik Martin Dilan (Democratic) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 12.

Ohio: Senate Class 1: Russell P. "Rusty" Bliss, Jr. (Write-in [Republican]) - apparently not a candidate; Joseph Rosario "Joe" DeMare (Write-in [Green]) - apparently not a candidate; Anita Ríos (Write-in [Green]) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 1: Malcolm Kantzler (Democratic) - lost Primary; Sandra Queen Noble (Libertarian) - lost Primary. House CD 2: David H. Krikorian (Democratic) - lost Primary. House CD 4: Chris Kalla (Libertarian) - previously listed as Write-in [Libertarian]. House CD 14: Erick Donald Robinson (Write-in) - added.

Oregon (filing closed): House CD 1: Congressman Suzanne Bonamici (Democratic) - Renominated; Labor and Industries Commissioner Brad Avakian (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Kaliko Castille (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Robert "Rob" Cornilles (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Delinda "D. R." Delgado-Morgan (Republican) - added; Pavel Goberman (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Jim Greenfield (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Robert E. Lettin (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Lisa Michaels (Republican) - added; Dan Strite (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; state Representative Bradley K. "Brad" Witt (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 2: Congressman Gregory Paul "Greg" Walden (Republican) - Renominated; Keith Edmond Mathis (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; John Sweeney (Democratic) - added. House CD 3: Congressman Earl Blumenauer (Democratic) - Renominated; Ronald Green (Republican) - added; Delia Lopez (Republican) - added. House CD 4: Matthew L. Robinson (Democratic) - added. House CD 5: Congressman Kurt Schrader (Democratic) - Renominated; Fred Thompson (Republican) - added. Secretary of State: Secretary of State Kate Brown (Democratic) - added as candidate; Randy Pollock (Republican) - apparently not a candidate. Treasurer: Treasurer Ted Wheeler (Democratic) - Renominated; Treasurer Ted Wheeler (Democratic) - added as candidate. Commissioner of Labor and Industries: Labor and Industries Commissioner Brad Avakian (Nonpartisan) - Incumbent to run for re-election; Labor and Industries Commissioner Brad Avakian (Nonpartisan) - added as candidate.

Texas: Senate Class 1: Grady Yarbrough (Democratic) - added. House CD 1: Clark Patterson (Libertarian) - added. House CD 4: Thomas Griffing (Libertarian) - added. House CD 6: Kenneth D. Sanders (Democratic) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 33. House CD 9: Freddie John Wieder, Jr. (Libertarian) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 2. House CD 10: Daniel Scott "Dan" Grant (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 11: Scott J. Ballard (Libertarian) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 25. House CD 13: John Robert Deek (Libertarian) - added. House CD 14: Steve Stockman (Republican) - added. House CD 15: Ronald Finch (Libertarian) - added. House CD 18: Christopher Barber (Libertarian) - added; Mike Taylor (Libertarian) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 25: Betsy Dewey (Libertarian) - added. House CD 27: Marvin Kirby "Trey" Roberts (Republican) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 34. House CD 28: Patrick W. Hisel (Libertarian) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 12. House CD 32: Katherine Savers McGovern (Democratic) - added. House CD 34: Salomon Torres (Democratic) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 27. Railroad Commissioner 2: Joe Cotton (Republican) - added.

Virginia: House CD 8: Janet Murphy (Independent Greens) - added.

HAWAI'I DEMOCRATIC PRECINCT CAUCUSES

26 delegates from Hawai'i to the Democratic National Convention are pledged to presidential contenders based on the results of a 'Presidential Preference Poll' held during today's Hawaii Presidential Precinct Caucuses.

Preliminary Delegate Estimates for 6 March 2012:

Alaska Republican: Romney 8, Santorum 7, Paul 6, Gingrich 3.
Georgia Republican: Gingrich 46, Romney: 13, Santorum 2, to be determined 15.
Idaho Republican: Romney: 32.
Massachusetts Republican: Romney: 38.
North Dakota Republican: Santorum 11, Paul 8, Romney: 7, Gingrich 2.
Ohio Republican: Romney 35, Santorum 21, to be determined 7.
Oklahoma Democatic: Rough estimate-- Obama 39, Randall A. Terry 6. Mr. Terry received 18% of the statewide vote and in doing so has qualified for delegates. We do not have a breakdown by CD.
Oklahoma Republican: Santorum 14, Romney 13, Gingrich 13.
Tennessee Republican: Santorum 25, Romney 10, Gingrich 8, to be determined 12.
Virginia Republican: Romney 43, Paul 3, Uncommitted 3.
Vermont Republican: Romney 9, Paul 4, Santorum 4.
Wyoming Republican: Romney 3, Paul 1, Uncommitted 1.

Totals as of 6 March 2012:

Republican Soft delegate count: Romney 386, Santorum 159, Gingrich 120, Paul 73. Needed to nominate 1,144.
Democratic Soft delegate count: Obama 1,096, Terry 6. Needed to nominate 2,778.

Arizona: House CD 9: Maricopa County Supervisor Don Stapley (Republican) - added.

California: House CD 21: Cruz M. Bustamente (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 33: Zein Obagi (Democratic) - added. House CD 42: Cliff Smith (Democratic) - added.

Florida: House CD 6: Jacksonville City Councilman Richard Clark (Republican) - added. House CD 14: Lee County Commissioner Tammara A. "Tammy" Hall (Republican) - apparently not a candidate.

Iowa: House CD 2: state Senator Joe Seng (Democratic) - added.

Maine: Senate Class 1: former Governor Angus King (Independent) - added; Deb Plowman (Republican) - removed. House CD 1: state Representative Diane Russell (Democratic) - added.

Michigan: House CD 3: former state Representative Steve Pestka (Democratic) - added.

Nevada: House CD 2: former state Assemblywoman Sharron E. Angle (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Kirk S. Lippold (Republican) - apparently not a candidate.

New Jersey: House CD 4: Patricia Bennett (Democratic) - added. House CD 5: James "Jim" McQueeny (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 10: Congressman Donald M. Payne (Democratic) - Vacant Office; Congressman Donald M. Payne (Democratic) - removed.

New York: House CD 6: Congressman Gary L. Ackerman (Democratic) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 5. House CD 18: Wappingers Falls Mayor Matthew Clifford "Matt" Alexander (Democratic) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 19. House CD 19: former prosecutor Julian Schriebman (Democratic) - added. House CD 21: Bob Dieterich (Republican) - added.

Ohio Primary: Senate Class 1: David W. Dodt, Sr. (Republican) - lost Primary; Donna Karen Glisman (Republican) - lost Primary; Eric LaMont Gregory (Republican) - lost Primary; Michael Lindsey Pryce (Republican) - lost Primary. House CD 2: Congressman Jeannette H. "Jean" Schmidt (Republican) - Lost Primary; Tony Brush (Republican) - lost Primary; Frederick L. "Fred" Kundrata, III (Republican) - lost Primary. House CD 3: Congressman Michael R. "Mike" Turner (Republican) - Renominated; John Adams (Republican) - lost Primary; state Representative Ted Celeste (Democratic) - lost Primary; former Congressman Mary Jo Kilroy (Democratic) - lost Primary; Columbus Councilmember Priscilla R. Tyson (Democratic) - lost Primary. House CD 5: Congressman Robert Edward "Bob" Latta (Republican) - Renominated; Robert "Bob" Wallis (Republican) - lost Primary. House CD 6: Congressman Bill Johnson (Republican) - Renominated; Cas Adulewicz (Democratic) - lost Primary; Victor Smith (Republican) - lost Primary. House CD 7: Hombre Michael Liggett (Republican) - lost Primary. House CD 8: Congressman John A. Boehner (Republican) - Renominated; David Lewis (Republican) - lost Primary. House CD 9: Congressman Marcy C. Kaptur (Democratic) - Renominated; Steven Wayne "Steve" Kraus (Republican) - lost Primary; Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich (Democratic) - lost Primary; Graham Ford Veysey (Democratic) - lost Primary. House CD 10: Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich (Democratic) - Lost Primary; John David Anderson (Republican) - lost Primary; Edward Focke Breen (Republican) - lost Primary; David Esrati (Democratic) - lost Primary; Olivia Freeman (Democratic) - lost Primary; Thomas F. "Tom" McMasters (Democratic) - lost Primary; Ryan Steele (Democratic) - lost Primary; L. Mack VanAllen (Democratic) - lost Primary. House CD 11: Congressman Marcia L. Fudge (Democratic) - Renominated; Gerald Carver Henley, Sr. (Democratic) - lost Primary; Isaac Powell (Democratic) - lost Primary. House CD 12: Congressman Patrick J. "Pat" Tiberi (Republican) - Renominated; Doug Litt (Democratic) - lost Primary; William Mayo "Bill" Yarbrough (Republican) - lost Primary. House CD 15: Charles Chope (Republican) - lost Primary; Richard Scott "Scott" Wharton (Democratic) - lost Primary. House CD 18: Congressman Robert Brian "Bob" Gibbs (Republican) - Renominated.

In House CD 2 Congressman Jeannette H. "Jean" Schmidt (Republican) lost her primary as did Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich (Democratic) in House CD 9. The Democartic contests in House CDs 1 and 2 are too close to call.

Oregon: Attorney General: Dwight Holton (Democratic) - added; former state Appellate Judge Ellen Rosenblum (Democratic) - added.

Pennsylvania: House CD 9: Karen Ramsburg (Independent) - added.

Texas: House CD 35: Congressman Lloyd A. Doggett (Democratic) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 25.

Virginia: House CD 8: Jason Howell (Independent) - added.

Washington: House CD 6: state Senator Derek Kilmer (Democratic) - added.

We extend our condolences to the family and friends of Congressman Donald M. Payne, New Jersey CD 10 (Democrat) who has passed away this morning from colon cancer. He served 12 terms in the U.S. House.

On 6 March the Wyoming Republican County Conventions begin proceedings to elect 12 national convention delegates. On 6 March five National Convention delegates and two alternates are elected: Big Horn (1 delegate), Laramie (1 delegate, 1 alternate), Natrona (1 delegate), Teton, (1 alternate), Washakie (1 delegate), and Weston (1 delegate). Each delegate or alternate candidate must inform the convention of which presidential candidate, if any, they would cast their vote for at the national convention.

The results of the Sunday 29 January to Saturday 3 March 2012 Maine Republican Non-binding Straw Poll are in. No national convention delegates are allocated but our rough estimate is now Romney 8, Paul 8, Santorum 4, and Gingrich 1. A change of Paul +1 and Gingrich -1.

On so-called 'SUPER TUESDAY', 391 Republican National Convention delegates are bound to contenders for that Party's 2012 Presidential Nomination- while 539 Democratic National Convention delegate are also pledged to a presidential candidate in that Party- in most of the delegate selection events taking place on 6 March 2012. The following listing of these events is in alphabetical order by jurisdiction:

ALASKA REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE POLL & DISTRICT CONVENTIONS

A presidential preference poll will be held beginning at 4 PM local time [0100 GMT in the Alaska Time Zone; 0200 GMT in the Aleutian Time Zone] (participation is for registered Republicans only: a voter may register or re-register as a Republican on the day of the District Convention); after voting in the preference poll, Republicans are encouraged to participate in their District Conventions which will commence at 7:30 PM local time [0430 GMT in the Alaska Time Zone; 0530 GMT in the Aleutian Time Zone].

24 of Alaska's delegates to the Republican National Convention are bound to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in today's District Conventions.

COLORADO DEMOCRATIC PRECINCT CAUCUSES

Caucuses meet in each precinct to choose delegates to the County Conventions in proportion to the percentage of the support each candidate receives at said caucuses (participation in Colorado's delegate selection process is open to registered Democrats).

NOTE: It is the Congressional District and the State Conventions [with delegates to both chosen by the aforementioned County Conventions] that will, respectively, actually pledge Democratic National Convention delegates to presidential contenders.

GEORGIA PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES

GEORGIA PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY Returns from an official source.

polls are open from 7 AM to 7 PM local time [1200 to 0000 GMT]

Republicans: All 76 of Georgia's delegates to the Republican National Convention are bound to presidential contenders in today's Presidential Primary.

Democrats: 110 delegates from Georgia to the Democratic National Convention are pledged to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in today's Presidential Primary.

IDAHO REPUBLICAN COUNTY CAUCUSES

All 32 of Idaho's Republican National Convention delegates are bound to Presidential contenders based on the vote in today's County Caucuses (only voters registered as Republicans are eligible to participate in the County Caucuses: voters may register at the caucus).

MASSACHUSETTS PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES

polls are open from 7 AM to 8 PM local time [1200 to 0100 GMT]

Republicans: 38 of Massachusetts' delegates to the Republican National Convention are bound to presidential contenders in today's Presidential Primary.

Democrats: 110 delegates from Massachusetts to the Democratic National Convention are pledged to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in today's Presidential Primary.

NORTH DAKOTA REPUBLICAN CAUCUSES

The North Dakota Republican Party conducts caucuses in Legislative Districts: each voter casts a secret ballot for the presidential contender of their choice (Presidential Caucus voters must be physically present to cast their presidential caucus vote, eligible to vote in the 6 November 2012 General Election, eligible to vote in that Legislative District, affiliated with the Republican Party in the last general election or intending to affiliate with the Republican Party in the next general election); the results must be sent to the North Dakota State Republican Party headquarters by 9 PM Central Standard Time [0300 GMT].

The 28 Republican National Convention delegates from North Dakota are to be elected at the later State Convention in such a way so as to best reflect the presidential preference of the caucus participants; however, today's caucuses do not elect delegates to the State Convention. The National Convention delegates chosen by the State Convention are "to discuss voluntarily apportioning delegate representation on the first ballot to reflect the results of the Presidential Caucus. However, any such apportionment on the first ballot shall be strictly voluntary. The delegates remain free to vote their conscience on all balloting." As a result, 'The Green Papers' considers these National Convention delegates to be unbound.

OHIO PRIMARIES: PRESIDENTIAL and STATE (for FEDERAL offices)

Returns from OHIO [Presidential and State/local] PRIMARIES from an official source.

polls are open from 6:30 AM to 7:30 PM local time [1130 to 0030 GMT]

Republican Presidential Primary: 63 of Ohio's delegates to the Republican National Convention are theoretically pledged to presidential contenders in today's Presidential Primary; however, "[t]hese delegates are morally but not legally bound to any candidate".

Democratic Presidential Primary: 174 delegates from Ohio to the Democratic National Convention are pledged to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in today's Presidential Primary.

State Primary: There are Primary Elections for Party nominations to the United States Senate (Class 1 seat) as well as to the State's 16 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives for the terms beginning Noon, 3 January 2013.

OKLAHOMA PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES

OKLAHOMA PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY Returns from an official source.

polls are open from 7 AM to 7 PM local time [1300 to 0100 GMT]

Republicans: 40 of Oklahoma's delegates to the Republican National Convention are bound to presidential contenders in today's Presidential Primary.

Democrats: 45 delegates from Oklahoma to the Democratic National Convention are pledged to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in today's Presidential Primary.

TENNESSEE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES

TENNESSEE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY Returns from an official source.

polls open at 8 AM local time [1300 GMT re: the Eastern Time Zone; 1400 GMT re: the Central Time Zone]; they close at 8 PM Eastern Time = 7 PM Central Time [0100 GMT]

Republicans: 55 of Tennessee's delegates to the Republican National Convention are bound to presidential contenders in today's Presidential Primary.

Democrats: 82 delegates from Tennessee to the Democratic National Convention are pledged to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in today's Presidential Primary.

VERMONT PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES

VERMONT PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY Returns from an official source.

polls may open as early as 5 AM [1000 GMT] (but no later than 10 AM [1500 GMT] as set by the Board of Civil Authority; they close at 7 PM local time [0000 GMT].

Republicans: All 17 of Vermont's delegates to the Republican National Convention are bound to presidential contenders in today's Presidential Primary.

Democrats: 18 delegates from Vermont to the Democratic National Convention are pledged to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in today's Presidential Primary.

VIRGINIA REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY

VIRGINIA REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY Returns from an official source.

polls are open from 6 AM to 7 PM local time [1100 to 0000 GMT]

46 of Virginia's delegates to the Republican National Convention are bound to presidential contenders in today's Presidential Primary.

NOTE: The Democratic Presidential Primary in Virginia was cancelled due to only one candidate [President Obama] qualifying for the ballot.

Saturday 3 March 2012 Washington Republican Straw Poll Recap: No National Convention delegates are bound to presidential contenders by this event. However, since this is the start of the state's process, we will soft count the state's 40 non-party leader delegates proportionally according to the popular vote.

With 95% of the precincts reporting, we have "soft" counted Romney- 38% (16 delegates), Paul- 25% (10 delegates), Santorum- 24% (10 delegates), and Gingrich- 10% (4 delegates). This is a very rough estimate which will change. Our "hard" count remains unchanged since Washington's National Convention delegates are first elected at the end of May.

TheGreenPapers maintains 2 delegate tallies: The soft count and the hard count. The "soft count" reflects the support for each presidential contender by either Pledged or Unpledged delegates- whether formally allocated yet or not- as best can be estimated by "The Green Papers".The "hard count" consists of a count of the National Convention delegates as they are formally allocated to presidential contenders (or to the ranks of the "Uncommitted") under the rules governing the selection of such delegates in each state or other jurisdiction.

GOP Soft delegate count: Romney 178, Santorum 75, Paul 51, Gingrich 49.
Hard delegate count: Romney 118, Gingrich 29, Santorum 18, Paul 8, Huntsman 2.

Primaries at a Glance.

Republican Hard and Soft Count Delegate Summary

Saturday 3 March 2012: Washington Republican Presidential Precinct Caucuses and Non-binding Straw Poll.

Republican Party Caucuses meet in each precinct at 10 a.m. PST. Participants are required to sign a form stating they are Republicans (voters do not have to declare political party membership to vote in the state's regular primaries or general elections).

Each Precinct Caucus chooses the precinct's delegates to the County Convention or Legislative District Caucuses. The County Conventions will, in turn, choose delegates to the State Convention. National Convention delegates are first elected at the Wednesday 30 May to Saturday 2 June State Convention.

There is no formal system applied in the Precinct Caucuses to relate the presidential preference of the Caucus participants to the choice of the precinct's delegates. The participants at each Precinct Caucus alone determine if presidential preference is to be a factor in such choice and, if so, how it is to be applied.

The Precinct Caucuses will conduct a non-binding Presidential straw poll. Since no National Convention delegates are bound to Presidential contenders, these caucuses do not violate the RNC's Tuesday 6 March 2012 timing rule.

Results from a party source.

California: House CD 10: Chad Matthew Condit (Independent) - added.

Maine: Senate Class 1: former state Senator Richard A. Bennett (Republican) - added; Julia Carlson (Independent) - added; former Auburn City Councilor Verne E. Paradie, Jr. (Independent) - added; state Senator Debra D. Plowman (Republican) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 2; state Treasurer Bruce L. Poliquin (Republican) - added; Attorney General William J. "Bill" Schneider (Republican) - added; Secretary of State Charles E. Summers, Jr. (Republican) - added. House CD 1: Westbrook City Councilor Brendan P. Rielly (Democratic) - added. House CD 2: former Maine Secretary of State Matthew Gordon "Matt" Dunlap (Democratic) - running for the U.S. Senate Class 1.

New Jersey: House CD 5: Jason-Paul Nezmer "J. Paul" Castle (Democratic) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 9; James "Jim" McQueeny (Democratic) - added.

Washington: House CD 6: Congressman Norman D. "Norm" Dicks (Democratic) - Open Seat - retiring.

Open Governor's Chairs, Senate and House Seats (the incumbent is not running for re-election)

Commentary:
TIT FOR TAT
Things are now set up for a
very interesting 'Super Tuesday'
by Richard E. Berg-Andersson TheGreenPapers.com Staff

So, Mitt Romney won both the Arizona and Michigan Republican Presidential Primaries, after all (well-- Michigan... uh... sort of)!

Allow me to herewith present my take on what that which can be gleaned from the results of the voting this past Tuesday (28 February) really means:

1. Yes, Mitt Romney is still the "front runner"-- although, yes, battered and bruised: if not at least a bit bloodied (as the result of Michigan's voting)-- yet he remains well ahead of the rest of the Republican presidential hopefuls. Romney gained (so it seems, as of this typing) 45 of the possible 59 delegates "up for grabs" this past Tuesday, thereby putting more distance between himself and his GOP rivals. This website's "soft count" (which includes estimates from the just completed Wyoming caucuses as well) now has ...

An update to the Tuesday 28 February 2012 Michigan Republican Presidential Primary delegate allocations. The soft and hard delegate tallies are Romney- 41% (16 delegates), Santorum- 38% (14 delegates).

Explanation: The 2 At-Large (statewide) delegates are allocated proportionally to those candidates receiving 15% or more of the statewide vote. However, the delegate slots are first awarded to the candidate receiving the most votes.

Of those candidates meeting the 15% threshold, Romney received 51.868% and Santorum 48.132% of the statewide vote. Before the 50% sanction for violating RNC rules, there were 14 statewide delegates. And these delegates would have been allocated as Romney-7 (slots 1 to 7) and Santorum-7 (slots 8 to 14). The 50% sanction, as applied, reduced the at-large delegates to 2. Since the first 2 delegate slots go to Romney, Romney receives both statewide delegates.

GOP Soft delegate count: Romney 162, Santorum 65, Gingrich 45, Paul 41.
Hard delegate count: Romney 118, Gingrich 29, Santorum 17, Paul 8, Huntsman 2.

On 1 March 2012, a court (re: redistricting) ordered the Texas primary for state offices and Congress, the Democratic, and the Republican Presidential Primaries to be held on Tuesday 29 May 2012. The runoff, held between the two top vote-getters when no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote, is set for Tuesday 31 July.

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Arizona: House CD 6: Matt Jette (Democratic) - added.

Arkansas: House CD 1: Scott Ellington (Democratic) - added. House CD 2: former state Representative Jay Martin (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; former state Representative Herb Rule (Democratic) - added. House CD 4: Marcus Edward Richmond (Republican) - apparently not a candidate.

Florida: Senate Class 1: William E. "Bill" Fisher, Jr. (Republican) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 13: former Pinellas School Board member Nina Hayden (Democratic) - added; John Vitali (Democratic) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 10.

Iowa: House CD 2: Scott Batcher (Republican) - added.

Maine: Senate Class 1: Aaron Marston (Independent) - added; Congressman Michael H. Michaud (Democratic) - will run for re-election in the U.S. House; Congressman Chellie M. Pingree (Democratic) - added. House CD 1: Congressman Chellie M. Pingree (Democratic) - Open Seat; Phil Bartlett (Democratic) - added; state Senator Barry Hobbins (Democratic) - added; Congressman Chellie M. Pingree (Democratic) - running the U.S. Senate; John Vedral (Republican) - added. House CD 2: Congressman Michael H. Michaud (Democratic) - Incumbent to run for re-election; Matthew Dunlap (Democratic) - added.

Nebraska: Senate Class 1: Sharyn Elander (Republican) - added. House CD 1: Korey Reiman (Democratic) - added; Robert Way (Democratic) - added. House CD 3: Bob Lingenfelter (Republican) - added; Mark Sullivan (Democratic) - added.

Utah: House CD 1: Ryan Combe (Democratic) - added.

West Virginia: Commissioner of Agriculture: Kent Leonhardt (Republican) - added.

Tuesday 28 February 2012 Michigan Republican Presidential Primary updates: The soft and hard delegate tallies are now Romney- 41% (15 delegates), Santorum- 38% (15 delegates).

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Thursday 9 February - Wednesday 29 February 2012 Wyoming Republican Straw Poll Recap:

No National Convention delegates are bound to presidential contenders by these events. However, since this is the start of the state's process, we will soft count the state's 26 non-party leader delegates proportionally according to the popular vote.

We have "soft" counted Romney- 39% (10 delegates), Santorum- 32% (8 delegates), Paul- 21% (6 delegates), and Gingrich- 8% (2 delegates). This is a very rough estimate which will change. Our "hard" count remains unchanged since Wyoming's National Convention delegates are first elected in March.

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TheGreenPapers maintains 2 delegate tallies: The soft count and the hard count. The "soft count" reflects the support for each presidential contender by either Pledged or Unpledged delegates- whether formally allocated yet or not- as best can be estimated by "The Green Papers".The "hard count" consists of a count of the National Convention delegates as they are formally allocated to presidential contenders (or to the ranks of the "Uncommitted") under the rules governing the selection of such delegates in each state or other jurisdiction.

GOP Soft delegate count: Romney 161, Santorum 66, Gingrich 45, Paul 41.
Hard delegate count: Romney 117, Gingrich 29, Santorum 18, Paul 8, Huntsman 2.

Primaries at a Glance.

Republican Hard and Soft Count Delegate Summary

California: House CD 25: Catherine Wright (Republican) - added. House CD 26: Congressman David Dreier (Republican) - Open Seat - retiring; Ventura County Supervisor Linda Parks (No Party Preference) - previously listed as Republican.

Georgia: House CD 9: Roger Fitzpatrick (Independent) - added.

Maine: Senate Class 1: former Governor John Baldacci (Democratic) - added; Congressman Michael H. Michaud (Democratic) - added. House CD 1: David Costa (Democratic) - added; state Senator Jonathan T. E. "Jon" Courtney (Republican) - Pending; state Senator Cynthia A. Dill (Democratic) - previously listed as a candidate for Senate Class 1; former Secretary of State Markham "Mark" Gartley (Republican) - added; state Representative Jon Hinck (Democratic) - previously listed as a candidate for Senate Class 1; David Lamoine (Democratic) - added; Wellington Lyons (Democratic) - added. House CD 2: Congressman Michael H. Michaud (Democratic) - Open Seat - candidate for the U.S. Senate; Bruce Bryant (Democratic) - added; state Representative Emily Ann Cain (Democratic) - added; state Senator Debra D. Plowman (Republican) - added.

New York: Senate Class 1: Rye Town Supervisor Joe Carvin (Republican) - added.

North Carolina (filing closed): Governor: Bruce Blackmon (Democratic) - added; Scott A. Jones (Republican) - added; Doug Schell (Republican) - apparently not a candidate. Lieutenant Governor: state Representative Paul Gray "Grey" Mills, Jr. (Republican) - added; Arthur Jason Rich (Republican) - added. House CD 1: Pete DiLauro (Republican) - added; Darryl Holloman (Libertarian) - added; Daniel-Lynn "Dan" Whittacre (Democratic) - added. House CD 2: James "Jim" Bibbs (Democratic) - added; Brian Irving (Libertarian) - added; Stephen Patrick "Steve" Wilkins (Democratic) - previously listed as Republican. House CD 4: Timothy "Tim" D'Annunzio (Republican) - added; Everett Douglas "Doug" Yopp, Jr. (Republican) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 5: Treva Rena Johnson (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Bruce Peller (Democratic) - added. House CD 6: William "Bill" Flynn (Republican) - added; former state Senator Anthony "Tony" Foriest (Democratic) - added. House CD 7: Timothy Alan "Tim" Wilkes (Republican) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 9: Richard Lynch (Republican) - added. House CD 10: Heath Douglas Wynn (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 11: former Madison County School Board Member Ed Krause (Republican) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 12: Michael R. "Mike" Owens (Republican) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 13: Robert Taylor Johnson (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Charles Malone (Democratic) - added. Treasurer: Roger Ronal "Ron" Elmer (Democratic) - added; Frank Roche (Republican) - added. Auditor: former state Senator Fern Shubert (Republican) - added; Hickory Mayor Rudy Wright (Republican) - added. Commissioner of Agriculture: William Joseph "Bill" McManus (Republican) - added. Commissioner of Insurance: James McCall (Republican) - added; Richard Morgan (Republican) - added.

Pennsylvania: House CD 1: retired Philadelphia Municipal Court Judge Jimmie See Moore (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate.

Utah: Governor: Peter S. Cooke (Democratic) - added.

Open Governor's Chairs, Senate and House Seats (the incumbent is not running for re-election)

From our recent commentary FROM THE LAKES TO THE DESERT - What to look for as Michigan and Arizona hold Presidential Primaries , "Scenario 1" has come about.

TheGreenPapers maintains 2 delegate tallies: The soft count and the hard count. The "soft count" reflects the support for each presidential contender by either Pledged or Unpledged delegates- whether formally allocated yet or not- as best can be estimated by "The Green Papers".The "hard count" consists of a count of the National Convention delegates as they are formally allocated to presidential contenders (or to the ranks of the "Uncommitted") under the rules governing the selection of such delegates in each state or other jurisdiction.

Arizona Republican Presidential Primary: Romney- 29 soft and hard counted.

Michigan Republican Presidential Primary: Romney- 15, Santorum- 13 soft and hard counted. To be determined- 2.

GOP Soft delegate count: Romney 151, Santorum 56, Gingrich 43, Paul 35.
Hard delegate count: Romney 117, Gingrich 29, Santorum 16, Paul 8, Huntsman 2.

Republican Hard and Soft Count Delegate Summary

Arkansas: House CD 4: Byrum Hurst (Democratic) - added.

California: House CD 23: Terry Phillips (Independent) - correction - previously listed as Democratic.

Florida: House CD 6: Vipin Verma (Democratic) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 7.

Maine: Senate Class 1: Senator Olympia J. Snowe (Republican) - Open Seat - announced retirement.

Missouri: Governor: Leonard Steinman, II (Democratic) - added; John Weiler (Republican) - added. Lieutenant Governor: former state Representative Fred Kratky (Democratic) - added; Charles Kullmann (Republican) - added; Dennis Weisenburger (Democratic) - added. House CD 1: Congressman Russ Carnahan (Democratic) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 3; Robyn Hamlin (Republican) - added. House CD 2: James Baker (Republican) - added; Bill Haas (Democratic) - added; John Morris (Republican) - added; Bill Slantz (Libertarian) - added; George D. "Boots" Weber (Democratic) - added; Marshall Works (Democratic) - added. House CD 4: Herschel Young (Democratic) - added. House CD 7: Tom Stilson (Republican) - added. Secretary of State: Cisse Spragins (Libertarian) - added. Attorney General: Adam Warren (Republican) - added. Treasurer: state Representative Cole McNary (Republican) - added.

Pennsylvania: Attorney General: former Congressman Donald Allen "Don" Bailey (Democratic) - added.

Tennessee: House CD 2: Greg Samples (Libertarian) - added; Brandon Stewart (Independent) - added.

The Michigan State Board of Elections has a page readied for this evening's Presidential primary returns. Find it here.

As far as we know, the Republicans will bind delegates using the fourteen 2012 Congressional Districts (that is, the districts according to the 2010 census). However, the Board of Elections will report the results using the fifteen Congressional Districts from the 2000 census. We telephoned the Michigan State Board of Elections and were told that the state's system has not yet been updated with the new districts.

ARIZONA REPUBLICAN Presidential Primary

Polls are open from 6 AM to 7 PM local time [1300 to 0200 GMT]

All of 29 of Arizona's delegates to the REPUBLICAN National Convention are pledged to the presidential contender receiving the greatest number of votes in this Presidential Primary.

Arizona returns from an official source.

NOTE:There is no DEMOCRATIC Presidential Primary in Arizona as the Democratic Party of Arizona did not request such a Primary.

MICHIGAN Presidential Primaries

Polls are open from 7 AM to 8 PM local time [1200 to 0100 GMT re: the Eastern Time Zone; 1300 to 0200 re: the Central Time Zone]

All 30 of Michigan's delegates to the REPUBLICAN National Convention are bound to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in the MICHIGAN REPUBLICAN Presidential Primary: 28 district delegates are to be bound to presidential contenders based on the primary results in each of the state's 14 Congressional Districts (the Party will use the boundaries as derived from the 2010 Census); each Congressional District is assigned 2 National Convention delegates. In addition, 2 at-large delegates are to be proportionally bound to presidential contenders based on the statewide vote (a presidential contender must receive at least 15% of the statewide vote to be eligible to receive at least a share of these at-large delegates).

The DEMOCRATS are also holding a non-binding Presidential Primary in MICHIGAN: this Primary has no direct effect on the pledging of Democratic National Convention delegates to presidential contenders.

Michigan returns from an official source.

Based on the Maine Municipal Caucuses report below, we have soft counted Maine's 31 pledged delegates for President Obama.

27 February 2012 Maine Democratic Party Press Release: "The Maine Democratic Party had great turnout as they caucused in more than 400 municipalities ... kicking off the 2012 election season, despite the fact that the Democratic Presidential nominee has already been chosen ... Today's attendees selected delegates to the Democratic State Convention, elected Municipal Officers and County Committee members.... Democratic candidates, elected officials and representatives from Democratic campaigns all attended today's caucuses where more than 4,500 Mainers turned out for the municipal caucuses ...

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Changes to the Candidate List

Arizona: House CD 2: state Representative Steve Farley (Democratic) - added. House CD 8 Special: state Senator Paula Ann Aboud (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Mark Stephen Koskiniemi (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; John David Lervold (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Charlie Manolakis (Green) - added.

California: House CD 12: Barry Hermanson (Green) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 14. House CD 23: Terry Phillips (Democratic) - added.

Florida: House CD 3: Theodore Scott "Ted" Yoho (Republican) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 6. House CD 13: Jessica Ehrlich (Democratic) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 10. House CD 16: James "Jim" Horn (Democratic) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 18.

Nebraska: Senate Class 1: former Senator Joseph Robert "Bob" Kerrey (Democratic) - added.

New York: House CD 11: Sylvia Kinard (Democratic) - added.

North Carolina: Governor: Jim Mahan (Republican) - added. House CD 4: James Robert "Jim" Allen (Republican) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 6. House CD 6: Lawrence "Larry" Sharp (Libertarian) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 9: Ken Leonczyk (Republican) - added. House CD 10: Don Peterson (Republican) - added. House CD 12: Matt Newton (Democratic) - added.

North Dakota: Senate Class 1: Thomas Allen "Tom" Potter (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate.

Tennessee: House CD 9: George Flinn (Republican) - added.

Virginia: House CD 5: John Wade Douglass (Democratic) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 10.

Commentary:
FROM THE LAKES
TO THE DESERT
What to look for as Michigan and
Arizona hold Presidential Primaries
by Richard E. Berg-Andersson TheGreenPapers.com Staff

This piece will be (mercifully- or so, I am sure, to at least most of this site's readers!) short and- well, mostly- to the point.

I am- to start with- concentrating on how various potential outcomes come Tuesday night might affect former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney as he- or so I myself opined back on 9 February last- is still the "front runner" (for even [Rick] Santorum is still "coming from behind") and there has been nothing [in the results from the three GOP delegate selection events held on Tuesday 7 February] to really derail the (rightly or wrongly) perceived eventuality of Romney's being ....