United States presidential election, 2012

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The United States presidential election of 2012 is the next presidential election to be held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012 and will be the 57th quadrennial United States presidential election to select the President and the Vice President of the United States. For the second straight Presidential election, neither the Republicans or the Democrats will have an incumbent President or Vice-President running.

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Background

Primary election

Democratic Nomination

Main article: Democratic party presidential primaries, 2012

Candidates

Senate Minority Leader Esther Cullen of Kentucky
Senator Olude Carter of California
House Minority Leader Amanda Renzetti of California

Withdrawn

Governor Ellis Forrestal of South Carolina, deceased
Congressman Iaan Whitehead of California

Potential candidates who did not run

Former GRAC Chair James Kennedy of Illinois
Governor Haley Cavalier of California
Senator Jackson Rockefeller of Ohio
Governor Marshall Wagner of North Carolina

Republican Nomination

Main article: Republican party presidential primaries, 2012

Candidates

Senator Thomas Caffee of Nevada
Governor Matt Mitchell of Florida
Speaker of the House William Reynard of Washington

Withdrawn

Congressman Klaus Guderian of Alaska
Governor Sammy Winchester of Texas, deceased
Congressman Edgard Portela of Michigan

Potential candidates who did not run

Governor Jack Pizzuto of Pennsylvania
Senator Jackson Watkiss of California
Governor Thomas Allum of Michigan
President Pro Tempore Jefferson Pooty of Louisiana

General Election

Issues

Debates

Election Results

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United States elections, 2012 · Debates · Fundraising · General polls
Democratic Party Primaries · Convention · Primary Debates · Primary Polls
Nominee: Esther Cullen
VP nominee: Valerie Francis
Candidates: Olude Carter · Esther Cullen · Ellis Forrestal · Amanda Renzetti · Iaan Whitehead
Republican Party Primaries · Convention · Primary Debates · Primary Polls
Nominee: Matt Mitchell
VP nominee: Andrew Morrison
Candidates: Thomas Caffee · Klaus Guderian · Matt Mitchell · Edgard Portela · William Reynard · Samantha Winchester
House elections · Senate elections · Gubernatorial elections · Presidential elections
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