Iowa Republican caucuses, 2012

Republican Party presidential primaries, 2012

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January 3 to July 14, 2012

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Candidate	Mitt Romney	Rick Santorum
Home state	Massachusetts	Pennsylvania
Delegate count	1,575	245
Contests won	42	11
Popular vote	10,031,336	3,932,069
Percentage	52.1%	20.4%


Candidate	Ron Paul	Newt Gingrich
Home state	Texas	Georgia
Delegate count	177	138
Contests won	1	2
Popular vote	2,095,795	2,734,570
Percentage	10.9%	14.2%

First place finishes by popular vote

Mitt Romney (42)

Rick Santorum (11)

Newt Gingrich (2)

Ron Paul (1)

First place finishes by delegate allocation

Mitt Romney (45)

Rick Santorum (6)

Ron Paul (4)

Newt Gingrich (2)

First place finishes by convention roll call

Mitt Romney (53)

Ron Paul (3)

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