Indiana Republican Delegation 2012

The Green Papers
2012 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions

Indiana Republican
Presidential Nominating Process
Primary: Tuesday 8 May 2012
State Convention: Friday 8 June - Saturday 9 June 2012

Candidate	Popular Vote	Delegate Votes
Candidate	Popular Vote	Hard Total	Floor Vote
Romney, Willard "Mitt"	`410,635 64.61%`	`27 58.70%`	`46 100.00%`
Paul, Ronald E. "Ron"	`98,487 15.50%`
Santorum, Richard J. "Rick"	`85,332 13.43%`
Gingrich, Newton Leroy "Newt"	`41,135 6.47%`
(available)		`19 41.30%`
Total	`635,589 100.00%`	`46 100.00%`	`46 100.00%`

Delegate Selection: Combined Selection [Winner-Take-All Primary for District Delegates with Caucus/Convention],
Polling hours 6:00a EDT (1000 UTC) / 6:00a CDT (1100 UTC) to 6:00p EDT (2200 UTC) / 6:00p CDT (2300 UTC). Although much of this state is in CDT, the majority of the polls are closed by the time indicated EDT when the networks feel they can project.
Voter Eligibility: Open Primary

46 total delegates - 10 base at-large / 27 re: 9 congressional districts / 3 party / 6 bonus

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Unpledged delegate preferences as of
13 March 2012: Romney 1.
15 March 2012: Romney 2.
Source: Democratic Convention Watch 2012 GOP Superdelegate Endorsement List

The delegate selection processes herein was updated 28 November 2011.

State Party Rules 2011-2012 - This revision contains all changes approved as of September 21, 2011 RULES OF THE INDIANA REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEE

8 May 2012 returns from an official source.

Tuesday 8 May 2012: 27 of Indiana's 46 delegates to the Republican National Convention are allocated to presidential contenders in today's Indiana Presidential Primary.

27 district delegates are to be allocated to presidential contenders based on the primary results in each of the 9 congressional districts: each congressional district is assigned 3 National Convention delegates and the presidential contender receiving the greatest number of votes in that district will receive all 3 of that district's National Convention delegates. [Rule 9-29]

In addition, each county directly elects delegates to the State Convention. [Rule 9-3, IC 3-10-1-4]

Tuesday 8 May 2012 Primary
Contest			Romney			Paul			Santorum			Gingrich
	Pop Vote	Del	Pop Vote	%	Del	Pop Vote	%	Del	Pop Vote	%	Del	Pop Vote	%	Del
CD1	36,962	3	24,434	66.106%	3	7,078	19.149%		3,549	9.602%		1,901	5.143%
CD2	64,593	3	41,351	64.018%	3	10,242	15.856%		9,274	14.358%		3,726	5.768%
CD3	83,041	3	52,614	63.359%	3	11,821	14.235%		14,123	17.007%		4,483	5.399%
CD4	90,391	3	56,062	62.022%	3	14,708	16.272%		13,115	14.509%		6,506	7.198%
CD5	89,102	3	59,295	66.547%	3	13,117	14.721%		11,068	12.422%		5,622	6.310%
CD6	83,259	3	54,225	65.128%	3	11,900	14.293%		11,114	13.349%		6,020	7.230%
CD7	58,676	3	39,062	66.572%	3	9,848	16.784%		6,183	10.538%		3,583	6.106%
CD8	59,367	3	38,204	64.352%	3	8,604	14.493%		8,183	13.784%		4,376	7.371%
CD9	70,182	3	45,383	64.665%	3	11,165	15.909%		8,719	12.423%		4,915	7.003%
Delegates		27			27

Friday 8 June - Saturday 9 June 2012: 16 delegates (10 base at-large delegates plus 6 bonus delegates) are chosen by the Indiana State Republican Convention. These 16 delegates are not required to reflect, in any way, the results of the primary voting; it has been determined that these delegates will go to the Republican National Convention officially "Unpledged". [Rule 9-30]

In addition, 3 party leaders, the National Committeeman, the National Committeewoman, and the chairman of the Indiana's Republican Party, will attend the National Convention as unbound delegates by virtue of their position. [Rules 10-4, 10-5]

Note: The district delegates are elected on 8 June [Rule 9-29] and the at-large delegates are held on 9 June [Rule 9-30].

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