Democratic party presidential primaries, 2012
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The 2012 Democratic presidential primaries were the selection process by which voters of the Democratic Party chose their candidate for the 2012 United States presidential election. The Democratic Party candidate for president was selected through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 2012 Democratic National Convention held in Hampton Roads, Virginia. In order to secure the nomination at the convention, a candidate needed to receive at least 2,024 votes from delegates.
Senator Esther Cullen became the Democratic nominee in waiting after the withdrawal of Congresswoman Amanda Renzetti following the Western primaries. Though Cullen only had 1,491 delegates at that stage, polls suggested that she would win a further 1,029 delegates in the next round of primaries [1], which would have put her firmly past the required 2,024 figure. After the Western primaries, Renzetti dropped out
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Candidates
- Senate Minority Leader Esther Cullen of Kentucky (nominee)
- House Minority Leader Amanda Renzetti of California
Withdrew from seeking nomination
- Senator Olude Carter of California
- Governor Ellis Forrestal of South Carolina
- Congressman Iaan Whitehead of California
Declined to seek nomination
- Senator James Kennedy of Illinois
- Governor Haley Cavalier of California
- Senator Jackson Rockefeller of Ohio
- Governor Marshall Wagner of North Carolina
Campaign
(Under construction)
Fundraising
(Under construction)
Results
| 1st place delegates earned | Withdrew prior to contest |
| Event date | Location | Other | Esther Cullen | Amanda Renzetti |
| Iowa | Iowa Pledged delegates: 56 | - | 29 | 28 |
| New Hampshire | New Hampshire Pledged delegates: 30 | - 0% | 14 48% | 16 52% |
| South Carolina | South Carolina Pledged delegates: 54 | - 0% | 40 74% | 14 26% |
| Super Tuesday | Alabama Pledged delegates: 60 | - 4% | 48 77% | 12 19% |
| Arizona Pledged delegates: 67 | - 4% | 20 29% | 47 67% | |
| Arkansas Pledged delegates: 47 | - 4% | 38 78% | 9 18% | |
| California Pledged delegates: 441 | - 1% | 163 37% | 278 62% | |
| Colorado Pledged delegates: 71 | - 0% | 49 67% | 22 35% | |
| Delaware Pledged delegates: 23 | - 3% | 14 58% | 9 39% | |
| Florida Pledged delegates: 210 | - 1% | 126 59% | 84 40% | |
| Georgia Pledged delegates: 103 | - 2% | 82 79% | 21 19% | |
| Idaho Pledged delegates: 23 | - 2% | 14 58% | 9 40% | |
| Michigan Pledged delegates: 146 | - 3% | 130 81% | 26 16% | |
| Missouri Pledged delegates: 103 | - 3% | 88 81% | 15 16% | |
| Nevada Pledged delegates: 33 | - 4% | 10 29% | 23 67% | |
| New Jersey Pledged delegates: 127 | - 3% | 44 34% | 83 63% | |
| New Mexico Pledged delegates: 38 | - 2% | 20 52% | 18 46% | |
| New York Pledged delegates: 271 | - 3% | 69 24% | 212 73% | |
| North Dakota Pledged delegates: 21 | - 4% | 17 77% | 4 19% | |
| Oklahoma Pledged delegates: 47 | - 5% | 35 71% | 12 24% | |
| Tennessee Pledged delegates: 85 | - 4% | 62 70% | 23 26% | |
| Utah Pledged delegates: 29 | - 3% | 15 49% | 14 48% | |
| West Virginia Pledged delegates: 39 | - 5% | 29 72% | 10 23% | |
| Wyoming Pledged delegates: 18 | - 3% | 10 55% | 8 42% |
Still to be added: Western primaries
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