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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Ron_Paul_%286238703989%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-Ron_Paul_%286238703989%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Ron_Paul_%286238703989%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Ron_Paul_%286238703989%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Ron_Paul_%286238703989%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/240px-Ron_Paul_%286238703989%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1412" data-file-height="1883" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Candidate </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney">Mitt Romney</a></b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Ron_Paul" title="Ron Paul">Ron Paul</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Home state </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Delegate count </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>2061</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">190 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">States carried </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">42+ DC & U.S. Territories </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">3 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>10,031,336</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">2,095,762 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>52.13%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">10.89% </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Republican_Party_presidential_primaries_results,_roll_call_2012.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Republican_Party_presidential_primaries_results%2C_roll_call_2012.png/308px-Republican_Party_presidential_primaries_results%2C_roll_call_2012.png" decoding="async" width="308" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Republican_Party_presidential_primaries_results%2C_roll_call_2012.png/462px-Republican_Party_presidential_primaries_results%2C_roll_call_2012.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Republican_Party_presidential_primaries_results%2C_roll_call_2012.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="379" /></a></span><div><b>First place finishes by convention roll call</b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b>Previous Republican nominee before election</b><br /> <p><a href="/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain">John McCain</a><br /> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>Republican nominee</b> <br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney">Mitt Romney</a><br /> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p><p>This article contains lists of notable candidates for the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_presidential_primaries,_2012" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party presidential primaries, 2012">United States Republican Party</a>'s <a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election" title="2012 United States presidential election">2012 presidential nomination</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Candidates">Candidates</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Republican_Party_presidential_candidates&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following individuals filed with the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Election_Commission" title="Federal Election Commission">Federal Election Commission</a> (FEC) and/or announced their intentions to seek the <a href="/wiki/2012_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="2012 Republican Party presidential primaries">2012 presidential nomination</a> of the Republican Party. In this table, those marked lighter grey were not featured in any <a href="/wiki/2012_Republican_Party_presidential_debates_and_forums" title="2012 Republican Party presidential debates and forums">televised debates</a> that occurred while their respective campaigns were active; those marked darker grey were excluded from the majority of those same televised debates, but are notable for having debated with at least some of the televised candidates <a href="/wiki/2012_Republican_Party_presidential_debates_and_forums#Additional_events" title="2012 Republican Party presidential debates and forums">in other forums</a> (usually online). Candidates with an asterisk after their withdrawal date subsequently sought the nomination of another party. </p><p>See <a href="/wiki/Results_of_the_2012_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="Results of the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries">results of the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries</a> for more details about the outcome of the primaries. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nominee">Nominee</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Republican_Party_presidential_candidates&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Nominee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Candidate </th> <th>Background </th> <th>Declared </th> <th>States/popular vote/delegates won </th> <th>Withdrew </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mitt_Romney_by_Gage_Skidmore_6_cropped_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Mitt_Romney_by_Gage_Skidmore_6_cropped_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Mitt_Romney_by_Gage_Skidmore_6_cropped_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Mitt_Romney_by_Gage_Skidmore_6_cropped_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Mitt_Romney_by_Gage_Skidmore_6_cropped_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Mitt_Romney_by_Gage_Skidmore_6_cropped_%28cropped%29.jpg/199px-Mitt_Romney_by_Gage_Skidmore_6_cropped_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1458" data-file-height="1944" /></a></span><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney">Mitt Romney</a></b><br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney_2012_presidential_campaign" title="Mitt Romney 2012 presidential campaign">campaign</a>)</small> </td> <td>Former governor of <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a> </td> <td>June 2, 2011<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><b>42</b><br />9,947,433<br />(52.13%)<br />2,061 </td> <td>N/A </td> <td><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output 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candidate <a href="/wiki/Rick_Santorum" title="Rick Santorum">Rick Santorum</a> on April 10, 2012, eliminated his main challenger and all but guaranteed him the nomination. <a href="/wiki/Newt_Gingrich" title="Newt Gingrich">Newt Gingrich's</a> exit from the race on May 2 left him against Ron Paul and Fred Karger. His win in Texas on May 29 finally accumulated enough delegates to mathematically secure him the nomination. Romney was officially announced as the 2012 Republican presidential nominee on August 28, 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was defeated by incumbent <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election" title="2012 United States presidential election">general election</a> on November 6, 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Did_not_withdraw">Did not withdraw</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Republican_Party_presidential_candidates&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Did not withdraw"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Candidate </th> <th>Background </th> <th>Declared </th> <th>States/popular vote/delegates won </th> <th>Withdrew </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ron_Paul_(6238703989)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Ron_Paul_%286238703989%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Ron_Paul_%286238703989%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Ron_Paul_%286238703989%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Ron_Paul_%286238703989%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Ron_Paul_%286238703989%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-Ron_Paul_%286238703989%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1412" data-file-height="1883" /></a></span><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Ron_Paul" title="Ron Paul">Ron Paul</a></b><br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/Ron_Paul_2012_presidential_campaign" title="Ron Paul 2012 presidential campaign">campaign</a>)</small> </td> <td>U.S. Representative from <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a> </td> <td>May 13, 2011<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><b>1</b><br />2,017,957<br />(10.89%)<br />190 </td> <td>N/A </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1235681985"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237033735"><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wikinews-logo.svg/40px-Wikinews-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wikinews-logo.svg/60px-Wikinews-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wikinews-logo.svg/80px-Wikinews-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="759" data-file-height="415" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikinews has related news: <div><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Ron_Paul_announces_he_will_not_seek_U.S._House_re-election_in_2012;_will_focus_on_presidential_campaign" class="extiw" title="wikinews:Ron Paul announces he will not seek U.S. House re-election in 2012; will focus on presidential campaign"> Ron Paul announces he will not seek U.S. House re-election in 2012; will focus on presidential campaign</a></li></ul></div></div></div> </div> <p>Leading up to the <a href="/wiki/2012_Republican_National_Convention" title="2012 Republican National Convention">convention</a>, Ron Paul won bound pluralities of the official delegations from the states of Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Nevada, and Oregon (but not the Virgin Islands, despite winning the popular vote there). Due to disputes these were reduced to Iowa, Minnesota, and Nevada; however, he additionally had nomination-from-the-floor-pluralities in the states of Oregon and Alaska, plus the Virgin Islands.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although he wasn't named the 2012 Republican nominee, he did not officially end his campaign or endorse nominee Mitt Romney for president.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the <a href="/wiki/2012_Republican_National_Convention#Nominations" title="2012 Republican National Convention">convention</a>, Ron Paul received second place with 8% of the delegates. </p> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Withdrew_after_the_primaries">Withdrew after the primaries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Republican_Party_presidential_candidates&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Withdrew after the primaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Candidate </th> <th>Background </th> <th>Declared </th> <th>States/popular vote/delegates won </th> <th>Withdrew </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr style="background: #DDDDDD"> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fred_Karger_2010.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Fred_Karger_2010.jpg/100px-Fred_Karger_2010.jpg" 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He came in 4th place with 1,893 votes in Puerto Rico, 1,180 votes in Michigan, 10 votes in Iowa, 345 votes in New Hampshire, 377 votes in Maryland, 6,481 votes in his home state of California, and 545 votes in Utah, amounting up to a total of 10,831 votes. He withdrew following a 5th-place finish in the Utah primary, which was the final primary of the 2012 cycle. Karger received no delegate votes at the <a href="/wiki/2012_Republican_National_Convention#Nominations" title="2012 Republican National Convention">convention</a>. </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Appeared_on_more_than_two_primary_ballots">Appeared on more than two primary ballots</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Republican_Party_presidential_candidates&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Appeared on more than two primary ballots"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Candidate </th> <th>Background </th> <th>Declared </th> <th>States/popular vote/delegates won </th> <th>Withdrew </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Newt_Gingrich_(6238567189)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Newt_Gingrich_%286238567189%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Newt_Gingrich_%286238567189%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Newt_Gingrich_%286238567189%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Newt_Gingrich_%286238567189%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Newt_Gingrich_%286238567189%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-Newt_Gingrich_%286238567189%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1938" data-file-height="2869" /></a></span><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Newt_Gingrich" title="Newt Gingrich">Newt Gingrich</a></b><br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/Newt_Gingrich_2012_presidential_campaign" title="Newt Gingrich 2012 presidential campaign">campaign</a>)</small> </td> <td>Former U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives from <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a> </td> <td>May 11, 2011<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><b>2</b><br />2,689,771<br />(14.20%)<br />0 </td> <td>May 2, 2012 </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1235681985"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237033735"><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wikinews-logo.svg/40px-Wikinews-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wikinews-logo.svg/60px-Wikinews-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wikinews-logo.svg/80px-Wikinews-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="759" data-file-height="415" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikinews has related news: <div><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Poll_shows_former_U.S._Speaker_Newt_Gingrich_as_latest_GOP_presidential_frontrunner" class="extiw" title="wikinews:Poll shows former U.S. Speaker Newt Gingrich as latest GOP presidential frontrunner"> Poll shows former U.S. Speaker Newt Gingrich as latest GOP presidential frontrunner</a></li></ul></div></div></div> </div> <p>After a poor showing in the Delaware primaries, Gingrich's advisers hinted on April 25, 2012, that he would exit the race the following week.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He officially ended his campaign on May 2, and endorsed Mitt Romney.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gingrich received no delegate votes at the <a href="/wiki/2012_Republican_National_Convention#Nominations" title="2012 Republican National Convention">convention</a>, having released his bound delegates to Romney. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rick_Santorum_by_Gage_Skidmore_2_(1).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Rick_Santorum_by_Gage_Skidmore_2_%281%29.jpg/100px-Rick_Santorum_by_Gage_Skidmore_2_%281%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Rick_Santorum_by_Gage_Skidmore_2_%281%29.jpg/150px-Rick_Santorum_by_Gage_Skidmore_2_%281%29.jpg 1.5x, 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suspended his campaign following the hospitalization of his three-year-old daughter Isabella, as well as a strong showing by front runner Mitt Romney in primaries and polls.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He conceded the race to Romney later that day, though didn't fully endorse him until May 7.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Santorum received nine delegate votes at the <a href="/wiki/2012_Republican_National_Convention#Nominations" title="2012 Republican National Convention">convention</a>, coming in third behind Romney and Ron Paul, despite having officially released his bound delegates to Romney. </p> </td></tr> <tr style="background: #DDDDDD"> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Buddy_Roemer_(5855393394)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Buddy_Roemer_%285855393394%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Buddy_Roemer_%285855393394%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Buddy_Roemer_%285855393394%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Buddy_Roemer_%285855393394%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, 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He received a total of 30,523 votes from Iowa New Hampshire, Tennessee, Michigan, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, California, and Puerto Rico, where he came in third place. On February 22, he withdrew from the Republican race to pursue nomination as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Reform_Party_of_the_United_States_of_America" title="Reform Party of the United States of America">Reform Party</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Roemer received one delegate-vote at the <a href="/wiki/2012_Republican_National_Convention#Nominations" title="2012 Republican National Convention">convention</a>. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rick_Perry_by_Gage_Skidmore_4_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Rick_Perry_by_Gage_Skidmore_4_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Rick_Perry_by_Gage_Skidmore_4_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Rick_Perry_by_Gage_Skidmore_4_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Rick_Perry_by_Gage_Skidmore_4_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Rick_Perry_by_Gage_Skidmore_4_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-Rick_Perry_by_Gage_Skidmore_4_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1678" data-file-height="2237" /></a></span><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rick_Perry" title="Rick Perry">Rick Perry</a></b><br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/Rick_Perry_2012_presidential_campaign" title="Rick Perry 2012 presidential campaign">campaign</a>)</small> </td> <td>Governor of <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a> </td> <td>August 13, 2011<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><b>0</b><br />42,251<br />(0.28%)<br />0 </td> <td>January 19, 2012 </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1235681985"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237033735"><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wikinews-logo.svg/40px-Wikinews-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wikinews-logo.svg/60px-Wikinews-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wikinews-logo.svg/80px-Wikinews-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="759" data-file-height="415" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikinews has related news: <div><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Rick_Perry_withdraws_from_U.S._presidential_race,_endorses_Gingrich" class="extiw" title="wikinews:Rick Perry withdraws from U.S. presidential race, endorses Gingrich"> Rick Perry withdraws from U.S. presidential race, endorses Gingrich</a></li></ul></div></div></div> </div> <p>After doing poorly in Iowa and New Hampshire, he suspended his campaign, endorsing Newt Gingrich.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On April 25, he switched his endorsement to Mitt Romney, after advisers hinted that Gingrich would withdraw from the race.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He remained on the ballot in most states prior to Super Tuesday, and received 54,769 votes during the primary season. Perry received no delegate votes at the <a href="/wiki/2012_Republican_National_Convention#Nominations" title="2012 Republican National Convention">convention</a>. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jon_Huntsman_by_Gage_Skidmore_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Jon_Huntsman_by_Gage_Skidmore_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Jon_Huntsman_by_Gage_Skidmore_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Jon_Huntsman_by_Gage_Skidmore_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Jon_Huntsman_by_Gage_Skidmore_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Jon_Huntsman_by_Gage_Skidmore_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-Jon_Huntsman_by_Gage_Skidmore_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2154" data-file-height="2871" /></a></span><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Jon_Huntsman_Jr." title="Jon Huntsman Jr.">Jon Huntsman Jr.</a></b><br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/Jon_Huntsman_2012_presidential_campaign" title="Jon Huntsman 2012 presidential campaign">campaign</a>)</small> </td> <td>Former <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Utah" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Utah">Governor of Utah</a> and <a href="/wiki/US_Ambassador_to_China" class="mw-redirect" title="US Ambassador to China">US Ambassador to China</a> </td> <td>June 21, 2011<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><b>0</b><br />83,173<br />(0.44%)<br />1 </td> <td>January 16, 2012 </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1235681985"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237033735"><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wikinews-logo.svg/40px-Wikinews-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wikinews-logo.svg/60px-Wikinews-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wikinews-logo.svg/80px-Wikinews-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="759" data-file-height="415" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikinews has related news: <div><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Jon_Huntsman_ends_U.S._presidential_campaign,_endorses_Mitt_Romney" class="extiw" title="wikinews:Jon Huntsman ends U.S. presidential campaign, endorses Mitt Romney"> Jon Huntsman ends U.S. presidential campaign, endorses Mitt Romney</a></li></ul></div></div></div> </div>After coming in third in New Hampshire, he suspended his campaign, endorsing Mitt Romney.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He remained on the ballot in most states prior to Super Tuesday, and received 84,724 votes during the primary season, collecting two delegates. Huntsman received one delegate vote at the <a href="/wiki/2012_Republican_National_Convention#Nominations" title="2012 Republican National Convention">convention</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Michele_Bachmann_(6239099148)_(cropped2).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Michele_Bachmann_%286239099148%29_%28cropped2%29.jpg/100px-Michele_Bachmann_%286239099148%29_%28cropped2%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Michele_Bachmann_%286239099148%29_%28cropped2%29.jpg/150px-Michele_Bachmann_%286239099148%29_%28cropped2%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Michele_Bachmann_%286239099148%29_%28cropped2%29.jpg/200px-Michele_Bachmann_%286239099148%29_%28cropped2%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1395" data-file-height="1861" /></a></span><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Michele_Bachmann" title="Michele Bachmann">Michele Bachmann</a></b><br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/Michele_Bachmann_2012_presidential_campaign" title="Michele Bachmann 2012 presidential campaign">campaign</a>)</small> </td> <td>U.S. Representative from <a href="/wiki/Minnesota" title="Minnesota">Minnesota</a> </td> <td>June 27, 2011<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><b>0</b><br />41,401<br />(0.21%)<br />1 </td> <td>January 4, 2012<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(running for <a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota#District_6" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">re-election</a>)</span> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1235681985"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237033735"><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wikinews-logo.svg/40px-Wikinews-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wikinews-logo.svg/60px-Wikinews-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wikinews-logo.svg/80px-Wikinews-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="759" data-file-height="415" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikinews has related news: <div><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/U.S._Presidential_candidate_Michele_Bachmann_narrowly_edges_Ron_Paul_in_Ames_Straw_Poll" class="extiw" title="wikinews:U.S. Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann narrowly edges Ron Paul in Ames Straw Poll"> U.S. Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann narrowly edges Ron Paul in Ames Straw Poll</a></li></ul></div></div></div> </div> <p>After winning the <a href="/wiki/Ames_Straw_Poll" class="mw-redirect" title="Ames Straw Poll">Ames Straw Poll</a>, her candidacy collapsed and after coming sixth in the <a href="/wiki/Iowa_caucuses" title="Iowa caucuses">Iowa caucuses</a>, she suspended her presidential campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After months of speculation, Bachmann endorsed Mitt Romney on May 3.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She remained on the ballot in most states prior to Super Tuesday, and received 41,401 votes during the primary season, collecting two 'soft' delegates. Bachmann received one delegate vote at the <a href="/wiki/2012_Republican_National_Convention#Nominations" title="2012 Republican National Convention">convention</a>. </p> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Suspended_or_withdrew_before_the_primaries,_but_appeared_on_at_least_three_primary_ballots"><span id="Suspended_or_withdrew_before_the_primaries.2C_but_appeared_on_at_least_three_primary_ballots"></span>Suspended or withdrew before the primaries, but appeared on at least three primary ballots</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Republican_Party_presidential_candidates&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Suspended or withdrew before the primaries, but appeared on at least three primary ballots"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Candidate </th> <th>Background </th> <th>Declared </th> <th>States/popular vote/delegates won </th> <th>Withdrew </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Herman_Cain_(6236464699)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Herman_Cain_%286236464699%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Herman_Cain_%286236464699%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Herman_Cain_%286236464699%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Herman_Cain_%286236464699%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Herman_Cain_%286236464699%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-Herman_Cain_%286236464699%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1801" data-file-height="2307" /></a></span><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Herman_Cain" title="Herman Cain">Herman Cain</a></b><br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/Herman_Cain_2012_presidential_campaign" title="Herman Cain 2012 presidential campaign">campaign</a>)</small> </td> <td>Businessman of <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a> </td> <td>May 21, 2011<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><b>0</b><br />13,629<br />(0.07%)<br />0 </td> <td>December 3, 2011 </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1235681985"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237033735"><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wikinews-logo.svg/40px-Wikinews-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wikinews-logo.svg/60px-Wikinews-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wikinews-logo.svg/80px-Wikinews-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="759" data-file-height="415" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikinews has related news: <div><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Herman_Cain_endorses_Newt_Gingrich_for_US_president" class="extiw" title="wikinews:Herman Cain endorses Newt Gingrich for US president"> Herman Cain endorses Newt Gingrich for US president</a></li></ul></div></div></div> </div> <p>After a series of scandals, Cain suspended his presidential campaign, and after momentarily reviving it as part of <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Colbert" title="Stephen Colbert">Stephen Colbert</a>'s satirical presidential campaign, endorsed Newt Gingrich on January 28, 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On April 17, 2012, he changed his endorsement to <a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney">Mitt Romney</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He remained on the ballot in a number of states, and has received 13,629 votes during the primary season. Cain received no delegate votes at the <a href="/wiki/2012_Republican_National_Convention#Nominations" title="2012 Republican National Convention">convention</a>. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gary_Johnson_by_Gage_Skidmore_7_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Gary_Johnson_by_Gage_Skidmore_7_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Gary_Johnson_by_Gage_Skidmore_7_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Gary_Johnson_by_Gage_Skidmore_7_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Gary_Johnson_by_Gage_Skidmore_7_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Gary_Johnson_by_Gage_Skidmore_7_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-Gary_Johnson_by_Gage_Skidmore_7_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="334" data-file-height="501" /></a></span><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Gary_Johnson" title="Gary Johnson">Gary Johnson</a></b><br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/Gary_Johnson_2012_presidential_campaign" title="Gary Johnson 2012 presidential campaign">Campaign</a>)</small> </td> <td>Former <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_New_Mexico" title="Governor of New Mexico">Governor of New Mexico</a> </td> <td>April 21, 2011<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><b>0</b><br />4,364<br />(0.02%)<br />0 </td> <td>December 28, 2011* </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1235681985"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237033735"><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wikinews-logo.svg/40px-Wikinews-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wikinews-logo.svg/60px-Wikinews-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wikinews-logo.svg/80px-Wikinews-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="759" data-file-height="415" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikinews has related news: <div><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/U.S._presidential_candidate_Gary_Johnson_leaves_GOP_to_vie_for_the_LP_nom" class="extiw" title="wikinews:U.S. presidential candidate Gary Johnson leaves GOP to vie for the LP nom"> U.S. presidential candidate Gary Johnson leaves GOP to vie for the LP nom</a></li></ul></div></div></div> </div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1235681985"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237033735"><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wikinews-logo.svg/40px-Wikinews-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wikinews-logo.svg/60px-Wikinews-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wikinews-logo.svg/80px-Wikinews-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="759" data-file-height="415" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikinews has related news: <div><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews_interviews_former_New_Mexico_governor_Gary_Johnson,_presidential_nominee_of_the_Libertarian_Party" class="extiw" title="wikinews:Wikinews interviews former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson, presidential nominee of the Libertarian Party"> Wikinews interviews former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson, presidential nominee of the Libertarian Party</a></li></ul></div></div></div> </div>Johnson was in the first televised debate, and in one other televised debate, but was <a href="/wiki/2012_Republican_Party_presidential_debates_and_forums#Complaints_of_bias" title="2012 Republican Party presidential debates and forums">excluded from the other televised debates</a>. He debated online during November with Gingrich, Santorum, and Roemer; he then debated online with Roemer and Karger during December. Johnson withdrew his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination on December 28, endorsing Ron Paul in that contest.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Johnson officially declared his candidacy for the 2012 <a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian Party</a> <a href="/wiki/2012_Libertarian_National_Convention" title="2012 Libertarian National Convention">presidential nomination</a> on the same day, and became the party's nominee on May 5, 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He remained on the Republican primary ballot in a number of states and received 4,364 votes during the Republican primary season. As the Libertarian nominee, Johnson received 1,274,136 votes (which was 1% of the votes cast) on the <a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election#Results" title="2012 United States presidential election">November general election ballot</a>. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Appeared_on_only_two_primary_ballots">Appeared on only two primary ballots</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Republican_Party_presidential_candidates&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Appeared on only two primary ballots"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr style="background: #DDDDDD"> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Davis_(6544283843)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/John_Davis_%286544283843%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-John_Davis_%286544283843%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/John_Davis_%286544283843%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-John_Davis_%286544283843%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/John_Davis_%286544283843%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-John_Davis_%286544283843%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="708" data-file-height="907" /></a></span><br /><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>L. John Davis Jr.</b></div> </td> <td><span class="anchor" id="John_Davis_Jr."></span><b>L. John Davis Jr.</b>, small business owner from <a href="/wiki/Colorado" title="Colorado">Colorado</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> filed with the FEC on October 1, 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He participated in the lesser-known candidates forum ahead of the New Hampshire Primary. Davis appeared on the ballot in New Hampshire<sup id="cite_ref-NewHampshire_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NewHampshire-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Texas,<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> receiving 3,901 votes in total. </td></tr> <tr style="background: #DDDDDD"> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Michael_Meehan_(6544276657)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Michael_Meehan_%286544276657%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Michael_Meehan_%286544276657%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Michael_Meehan_%286544276657%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Michael_Meehan_%286544276657%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Michael_Meehan_%286544276657%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-Michael_Meehan_%286544276657%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="914" data-file-height="1164" /></a></span><br /><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>Michael J. Meehan</b></div> </td> <td><b>Michael J. Meehan</b>, realtor from <a href="/wiki/Missouri" title="Missouri">Missouri</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> participated in the lesser-known candidates forum ahead of the New Hampshire primary. He appeared on the ballot in New Hampshire<sup id="cite_ref-NewHampshire_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NewHampshire-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Missouri,<sup id="cite_ref-Missouri_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Missouri-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> receiving 410 votes in total. </td></tr> <tr style="background: #DDDDDD"> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mark_Callahan_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Mark_Callahan_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Mark_Callahan_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="119" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Mark_Callahan_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Mark_Callahan_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Mark_Callahan_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-Mark_Callahan_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="213" data-file-height="254" /></a></span><br /><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>Mark Callahan</b></div> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Mark_Callahan" title="Mark Callahan">Mark Callahan</a></b>, technician from <a href="/wiki/Oregon" title="Oregon">Oregon</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> filed with the FEC on May 16, 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He appeared on the ballot in New Hampshire<sup id="cite_ref-NewHampshire_39-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NewHampshire-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Arizona,<sup id="cite_ref-Arizona_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Arizona-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> receiving 378 votes in total. </td></tr> <tr style="background: #DDDDDD"> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Christopher_Hill_(6544283843)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Christopher_Hill_%286544283843%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Christopher_Hill_%286544283843%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Christopher_Hill_%286544283843%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Christopher_Hill_%286544283843%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Christopher_Hill_%286544283843%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-Christopher_Hill_%286544283843%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="639" data-file-height="999" /></a></span><br /><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>Christopher Hill</b></div> </td> <td><b>Christopher Hill</b>, airline pilot from <a href="/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> filed with the FEC on May 31, 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He participated in the lesser-known candidates forum ahead of the New Hampshire primary. Hill appeared on the ballot in New Hampshire<sup id="cite_ref-NewHampshire_39-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NewHampshire-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Arizona,<sup id="cite_ref-Arizona_45-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Arizona-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> receiving 247 votes in total. </td></tr> <tr style="background: #DDDDDD"> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Randy_Crow_(6544289455)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Randy_Crow_%286544289455%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Randy_Crow_%286544289455%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Randy_Crow_%286544289455%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Randy_Crow_%286544289455%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Randy_Crow_%286544289455%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-Randy_Crow_%286544289455%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="902" data-file-height="1271" /></a></span><br /><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>Randy Crow</b></div> </td> <td><b>Randy Crow</b>, business owner and conspiracy theorist from <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> originally filed with the FEC to run as an Independent on May 11, 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He switched his affiliation to Republican on November 12, 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Crow participated in the lesser-known candidates forum in December 2011, ahead of the New Hampshire primary. He appeared on the ballot in New Hampshire<sup id="cite_ref-NewHampshire_39-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NewHampshire-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Louisiana,<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> receiving 198 votes in total. </td></tr> <tr style="background: #DDDDDD"> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Keith_Drummond.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Keith_Drummond.jpg/100px-Keith_Drummond.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Keith_Drummond.jpg/150px-Keith_Drummond.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Keith_Drummond.jpg/200px-Keith_Drummond.jpg 2x" data-file-width="478" data-file-height="598" /></a></span><br /><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>Keith Drummond</b></div> </td> <td><b>Keith Drummond</b>, a businessman<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> from <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>, filed with the FEC on September 12, 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He appeared on the ballot in New Hampshire<sup id="cite_ref-NewHampshire_39-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NewHampshire-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Missouri,<sup id="cite_ref-Missouri_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Missouri-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> receiving 195 votes. </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Appeared_on_only_one_primary_ballot">Appeared on only one primary ballot</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Republican_Party_presidential_candidates&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Appeared on only one primary ballot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr style="background: #DDDDDD"> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AndyMartin.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/AndyMartin.jpg/100px-AndyMartin.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/AndyMartin.jpg/150px-AndyMartin.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/AndyMartin.jpg 2x" data-file-width="184" data-file-height="240" /></a></span><br /><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>Andy Martin</b></div> </td> <td> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1235681985"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237033735"><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wikinews-logo.svg/40px-Wikinews-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wikinews-logo.svg/60px-Wikinews-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wikinews-logo.svg/80px-Wikinews-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="759" data-file-height="415" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikinews has related news: <div><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews_interviews_Andy_Martin,_U.S._Republican_Party_presidential_candidate" class="extiw" title="wikinews:Wikinews interviews Andy Martin, U.S. Republican Party presidential candidate"> Wikinews interviews Andy Martin, U.S. Republican Party presidential candidate</a></li></ul></div></div></div> </div> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Andy_Martin" title="Andy Martin">Andy Martin</a></b>, <a href="/wiki/Perennial_candidate" title="Perennial candidate">perennial candidate</a> and <a href="/wiki/Birther" class="mw-redirect" title="Birther">birther</a> activist of <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a>, declared his candidacy on December 29, 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He received 19 votes in New Hampshire and did not attempt to get his name on any other ballot. On April 25, 2012, Martin dropped his bid for the nomination and announced his intent to remain politically active within the race until the 2012 Republican national convention, at which point he endorsed nominee Mitt Romney.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td></tr> <tr style="background: #DDDDDD"> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Stewart_Greenleaf_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Stewart_Greenleaf_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Stewart_Greenleaf_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Stewart_Greenleaf_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Stewart_Greenleaf_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Stewart_Greenleaf_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-Stewart_Greenleaf_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="340" data-file-height="589" /></a></span><br /><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>Stewart Greenleaf</b></div> </td> <td> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1235681985"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237033735"><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wikinews-logo.svg/40px-Wikinews-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="22" class="mw-file-element" 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class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He received 24 votes there and did not attempt to get his name on any other ballot.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output 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Wuensche (NH)</li> <li>Hugh Cort (NH)</li> <li>James Vestermark (NH)</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Filed_with_the_FEC,_but_appeared_on_no_primary_ballots"><span id="Filed_with_the_FEC.2C_but_appeared_on_no_primary_ballots"></span>Filed with the FEC, but appeared on no primary ballots</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Republican_Party_presidential_candidates&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Filed with the FEC, but appeared on no primary ballots"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr style="background: #DDDDDD"> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jimmy_McMillan_Flatbush_2_2011_Shankbone_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Jimmy_McMillan_Flatbush_2_2011_Shankbone_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Jimmy_McMillan_Flatbush_2_2011_Shankbone_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Jimmy_McMillan_Flatbush_2_2011_Shankbone_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Jimmy_McMillan_Flatbush_2_2011_Shankbone_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Jimmy_McMillan_Flatbush_2_2011_Shankbone_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-Jimmy_McMillan_Flatbush_2_2011_Shankbone_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="930" data-file-height="1455" /></a></span><br /><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>Jimmy McMillan</b></div> </td> <td> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_McMillan" title="Jimmy McMillan">Jimmy McMillan</a></b>, perennial candidate from <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a> declared his candidacy on December 23, 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He stopped running as a Republican candidate on January 31, 2012, in an attempt to get his <a href="/wiki/Rent_Is_Too_Damn_High_Party" title="Rent Is Too Damn High Party">Rent Is Too Damn High Party</a> on the New York ballot in November via lawsuit.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On September 13, 2012, McMillan dropped out of the race in order to focus on his candidacy for the <a href="/wiki/2013_New_York_City_mayoral_election" title="2013 New York City mayoral election">2013 New York City mayoral election</a>, and endorsed President Barack Obama.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td></tr> <tr style="background: #DDDDDD"> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Thaddeus_McCotter,_official_portrait,_112th_Congress_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Thaddeus_McCotter%2C_official_portrait%2C_112th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Thaddeus_McCotter%2C_official_portrait%2C_112th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Thaddeus_McCotter%2C_official_portrait%2C_112th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Thaddeus_McCotter%2C_official_portrait%2C_112th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Thaddeus_McCotter%2C_official_portrait%2C_112th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-Thaddeus_McCotter%2C_official_portrait%2C_112th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1784" data-file-height="2741" /></a></span><br /><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>Thaddeus McCotter</b></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1235681985"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237033735"><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wikinews-logo.svg/40px-Wikinews-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wikinews-logo.svg/60px-Wikinews-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wikinews-logo.svg/80px-Wikinews-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="759" data-file-height="415" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text 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McCotter</a></b>, U.S. Representative from <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a>, declared his candidacy on July 2, 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCotter was in the July 20 TheTeaParty.net twitter-debate, along with Bachmann, Cain, Gingrich, Johnson, and Santorum, but was not invited to the two Iowa & California televised debates which occurred while he was running. McCotter dropped out of the race on September 22, 2011 (the day of the televised Florida debate—the third during his campaign—to which he also was not invited), and endorsed Mitt Romney.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He received 35 votes at the <a href="/wiki/Ames_Straw_Poll" class="mw-redirect" title="Ames Straw Poll">Ames Straw Poll</a>. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tim_Pawlenty_by_Gage_Skidmore_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Tim_Pawlenty_by_Gage_Skidmore_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Tim_Pawlenty_by_Gage_Skidmore_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Tim_Pawlenty_by_Gage_Skidmore_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Tim_Pawlenty_by_Gage_Skidmore_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Tim_Pawlenty_by_Gage_Skidmore_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-Tim_Pawlenty_by_Gage_Skidmore_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2794" data-file-height="4116" /></a></span><br /><div class="center" style="width:auto; 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margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>Jonathon Sharkey</b></div> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jonathon_Sharkey" title="Jonathon Sharkey">Jonathon Sharkey</a></b>, perennial candidate from <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a>, filed a presidential committee with the FEC on May 5, 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sharkey withdrew from the race on August 17, 2011, to pursue a movie career.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background: #DDDDDD"> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jack_Fellure_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Jack_Fellure_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Jack_Fellure_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Jack_Fellure_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Jack_Fellure_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Jack_Fellure_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-Jack_Fellure_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="212" data-file-height="304" /></a></span><br /><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>Jack Fellure</b></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1235681985"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237033735"><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wikinews-logo.svg/40px-Wikinews-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wikinews-logo.svg/60px-Wikinews-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wikinews-logo.svg/80px-Wikinews-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="759" data-file-height="415" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikinews has related news: <div><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Prohibition_Party_holds_convention;_nominates_Jack_Fellure_for_U.S._President" class="extiw" title="wikinews:Prohibition Party holds convention; nominates Jack Fellure for U.S. President"> Prohibition Party holds convention; nominates Jack Fellure for U.S. President</a></li></ul></div></div></div> </div> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Jack_Fellure" title="Jack Fellure">Jack Fellure</a></b>, perennial candidate from <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia" title="West Virginia">West Virginia</a>, filed a presidential committee with the FEC on November 5, 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fellure ended his campaign for the Republican nomination on June 22, 2011, after receiving the presidential nomination of the <a href="/wiki/Prohibition_Party" title="Prohibition Party">Prohibition Party</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Formed_exploratory_committee_but_did_not_run">Formed exploratory committee but did not run</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Republican_Party_presidential_candidates&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Formed exploratory committee but did not run"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Judge_Roy_Moore_(cropped_2).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Judge_Roy_Moore_%28cropped_2%29.jpg/100px-Judge_Roy_Moore_%28cropped_2%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Judge_Roy_Moore_%28cropped_2%29.jpg/150px-Judge_Roy_Moore_%28cropped_2%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Judge_Roy_Moore_%28cropped_2%29.jpg/200px-Judge_Roy_Moore_%28cropped_2%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="283" data-file-height="350" /></a></span><br /><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>Roy Moore</b></div> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Roy_Moore" title="Roy Moore">Roy Moore</a></b>, former <a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Justice">Chief Justice</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Alabama_Supreme_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="Alabama Supreme Court">Alabama Supreme Court</a>, announced the formation of an exploratory committee on May 18, 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When that campaign failed to gain traction, he began to draw speculation in the media as being a potential Constitution Party presidential contender.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Moore eventually withdrew his exploratory committee and ended all speculation of a presidential candidacy in November 2011, when he announced he would seek election to his former post of Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court in 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He received two write-in votes in Iowa. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Speculative_candidates">Speculative candidates</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Republican_Party_presidential_candidates&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Speculative candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Received_speculation">Received speculation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Republican_Party_presidential_candidates&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Received speculation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following people were the object of presidential speculation in media reports in 2011. This gallery does not include people who declined to run (see below). </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional" style="max-width: 978px;"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Joe_Arpaio.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Joe Arpaio Sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona[78][79] Endorsed Rick Perry"><img alt="Joe Arpaio Sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona[78][79] Endorsed Rick Perry" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Joe_Arpaio.jpg/80px-Joe_Arpaio.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Joe_Arpaio.jpg/120px-Joe_Arpaio.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Joe_Arpaio.jpg/161px-Joe_Arpaio.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1767" data-file-height="2636" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <b><a href="/wiki/Joe_Arpaio" title="Joe Arpaio">Joe Arpaio</a></b><br /><a href="/wiki/Maricopa_County_Sheriff%27s_Office" title="Maricopa County Sheriff's Office">Sheriff</a> of <a href="/wiki/Maricopa_County,_Arizona" title="Maricopa County, Arizona">Maricopa County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arizona" title="Arizona">Arizona</a><sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><small>Endorsed <a href="/wiki/Rick_Perry" title="Rick Perry">Rick Perry</a></small></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Eric_Cantor_(8568961099)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Eric Cantor (from Virginia) Majority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives [80][81] Endorsed Mitt Romney"><img alt="Eric Cantor (from Virginia) Majority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives [80][81] Endorsed Mitt Romney" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Eric_Cantor_%288568961099%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/90px-Eric_Cantor_%288568961099%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Eric_Cantor_%288568961099%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/135px-Eric_Cantor_%288568961099%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Eric_Cantor_%288568961099%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Eric_Cantor_%288568961099%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1618" data-file-height="2159" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <b><a href="/wiki/Eric_Cantor" title="Eric Cantor">Eric Cantor</a></b> (from <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Majority_Leader_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="Majority Leader of the United States House of Representatives">Majority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives</a> <sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><small>Endorsed <a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney">Mitt Romney</a></small></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dick_Cheney_(5446793522)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Dick Cheney (from Wyoming) Former U.S. Vice President[82][83] Endorsed Mitt Romney"><img alt="Dick Cheney (from Wyoming) Former U.S. Vice President[82][83] Endorsed Mitt Romney" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Dick_Cheney_%285446793522%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/90px-Dick_Cheney_%285446793522%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Dick_Cheney_%285446793522%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/135px-Dick_Cheney_%285446793522%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Dick_Cheney_%285446793522%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Dick_Cheney_%285446793522%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1681" data-file-height="2242" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <b><a href="/wiki/Dick_Cheney" title="Dick Cheney">Dick Cheney</a></b> (from <a href="/wiki/Wyoming" title="Wyoming">Wyoming</a>)<br />Former <a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_United_States" title="Vice President of the United States">U.S. Vice President</a><sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><small>Endorsed <a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney">Mitt Romney</a></small></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tom_Coburn_official_portrait_112th_Congress.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Tom Coburn U.S. Senator for Oklahoma[84] Endorsed Mitt Romney"><img alt="Tom Coburn U.S. Senator for Oklahoma[84] Endorsed Mitt Romney" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Tom_Coburn_official_portrait_112th_Congress.jpg/95px-Tom_Coburn_official_portrait_112th_Congress.jpg" decoding="async" width="95" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Tom_Coburn_official_portrait_112th_Congress.jpg/142px-Tom_Coburn_official_portrait_112th_Congress.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Tom_Coburn_official_portrait_112th_Congress.jpg/189px-Tom_Coburn_official_portrait_112th_Congress.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3040" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <b><a href="/wiki/Tom_Coburn" title="Tom Coburn">Tom Coburn</a></b><br /><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Senators_from_Oklahoma" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States Senators from Oklahoma">U.S. Senator</a> for <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma" title="Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a><sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><small>Endorsed <a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney">Mitt Romney</a></small></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Cornyn_(6877698529)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="John Cornyn U.S. Senator for Texas[85][86]"><img alt="John Cornyn U.S. Senator for Texas[85][86]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/John_Cornyn_%286877698529%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/90px-John_Cornyn_%286877698529%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/John_Cornyn_%286877698529%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/135px-John_Cornyn_%286877698529%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/John_Cornyn_%286877698529%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-John_Cornyn_%286877698529%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1986" data-file-height="2650" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <b><a href="/wiki/John_Cornyn" title="John Cornyn">John Cornyn</a></b><br /><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Senators_from_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States Senators from Texas">U.S. Senator</a> for <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a><sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PowerNov10_86-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PowerNov10-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Charlie_Crist_official_portrait_crop.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Charlie Crist Former Governor of Florida[87][88]"><img alt="Charlie Crist Former Governor of Florida[87][88]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Charlie_Crist_official_portrait_crop.jpg/94px-Charlie_Crist_official_portrait_crop.jpg" decoding="async" width="94" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Charlie_Crist_official_portrait_crop.jpg/141px-Charlie_Crist_official_portrait_crop.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Charlie_Crist_official_portrait_crop.jpg/188px-Charlie_Crist_official_portrait_crop.jpg 2x" data-file-width="834" data-file-height="1066" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <b><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Crist" title="Charlie Crist">Charlie Crist</a></b><br />Former <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Florida" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Florida">Governor</a> of <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a><sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sen_John_Ensign_official(2)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="John Ensign Former U.S. Senator for Nevada[89][90]"><img alt="John Ensign Former U.S. Senator for Nevada[89][90]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Sen_John_Ensign_official%282%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/90px-Sen_John_Ensign_official%282%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Sen_John_Ensign_official%282%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/135px-Sen_John_Ensign_official%282%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Sen_John_Ensign_official%282%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Sen_John_Ensign_official%282%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="352" data-file-height="469" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <b><a href="/wiki/John_Ensign" title="John Ensign">John Ensign</a></b><br />Former <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Senators_from_Nevada" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States Senators from Nevada">U.S. Senator</a> for <a href="/wiki/Nevada" title="Nevada">Nevada</a><sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Luis_Fortu%C3%B1o_(5448687077)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Luis Fortuño Governor of Puerto Rico[91][92] Endorsed Mitt Romney"><img alt="Luis Fortuño Governor of Puerto Rico[91][92] Endorsed Mitt Romney" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Luis_Fortu%C3%B1o_%285448687077%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/90px-Luis_Fortu%C3%B1o_%285448687077%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Luis_Fortu%C3%B1o_%285448687077%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/135px-Luis_Fortu%C3%B1o_%285448687077%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Luis_Fortu%C3%B1o_%285448687077%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Luis_Fortu%C3%B1o_%285448687077%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1900" data-file-height="2534" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <b><a href="/wiki/Luis_Fortu%C3%B1o" title="Luis Fortuño">Luis Fortuño</a></b><br /><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Puerto_Rico" title="Governor of Puerto Rico">Governor</a> of <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a><sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><small>Endorsed <a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney">Mitt Romney</a></small></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gregg-official-photo-closeup_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Judd Gregg Former U.S. Senator for New Hampshire[93][94] Endorsed Mitt Romney"><img alt="Judd Gregg Former U.S. Senator for New Hampshire[93][94] Endorsed Mitt Romney" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Gregg-official-photo-closeup_%28cropped%29.jpg/90px-Gregg-official-photo-closeup_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Gregg-official-photo-closeup_%28cropped%29.jpg/135px-Gregg-official-photo-closeup_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Gregg-official-photo-closeup_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Gregg-official-photo-closeup_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="706" data-file-height="941" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <b><a href="/wiki/Judd_Gregg" title="Judd Gregg">Judd Gregg</a></b><br />Former <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Senators_from_New_Hampshire" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States Senators from New Hampshire">U.S. Senator</a> for <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire" title="New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a><sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_94-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><small>Endorsed <a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney">Mitt Romney</a></small></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Peter_T._King,_official_portrait,_112th_Congress_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Peter King U.S. Representative from New York[95][96]"><img alt="Peter King U.S. Representative from New York[95][96]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Peter_T._King%2C_official_portrait%2C_112th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg/83px-Peter_T._King%2C_official_portrait%2C_112th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="83" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Peter_T._King%2C_official_portrait%2C_112th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg/125px-Peter_T._King%2C_official_portrait%2C_112th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Peter_T._King%2C_official_portrait%2C_112th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg/166px-Peter_T._King%2C_official_portrait%2C_112th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1430" data-file-height="2060" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><b><a href="/wiki/Peter_T._King" class="mw-redirect" title="Peter T. King">Peter King</a></b><br /><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States Representatives">U.S. Representative</a><br />from <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a><sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Steve_King_(6871303049)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Steve King U.S. Representative from Iowa[97][98]"><img alt="Steve King U.S. Representative from Iowa[97][98]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Steve_King_%286871303049%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/90px-Steve_King_%286871303049%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Steve_King_%286871303049%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/135px-Steve_King_%286871303049%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Steve_King_%286871303049%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Steve_King_%286871303049%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1559" data-file-height="2078" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <b><a href="/wiki/Steve_King" title="Steve King">Steve King</a></b><br /><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Representatives_from_Iowa" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States Representatives from Iowa">U.S. Representative</a> from <a href="/wiki/Iowa" title="Iowa">Iowa</a><sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-politico.com_98-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-politico.com-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Stanley_McChrystal_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Stanley McChrystal (from Kansas) Retired General[99][100]"><img alt="Stanley McChrystal (from Kansas) Retired General[99][100]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Stanley_McChrystal_%28cropped%29.jpg/90px-Stanley_McChrystal_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Stanley_McChrystal_%28cropped%29.jpg/135px-Stanley_McChrystal_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Stanley_McChrystal_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Stanley_McChrystal_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="669" data-file-height="893" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <b><a href="/wiki/Stanley_McChrystal" class="mw-redirect" title="Stanley McChrystal">Stanley McChrystal</a></b> <br />(from <a href="/wiki/Kansas" title="Kansas">Kansas</a>) Retired <a href="/wiki/General_(United_States)" title="General (United States)">General</a><sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Governor_Bob_Riley_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Bob Riley Former Governor of Alabama[101][102]"><img alt="Bob Riley Former Governor of Alabama[101][102]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Governor_Bob_Riley_%28cropped%29.jpg/87px-Governor_Bob_Riley_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="87" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Governor_Bob_Riley_%28cropped%29.jpg/130px-Governor_Bob_Riley_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Governor_Bob_Riley_%28cropped%29.jpg/173px-Governor_Bob_Riley_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="522" data-file-height="722" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <b><a href="/wiki/Bob_Riley" title="Bob Riley">Bob Riley</a></b><br />Former <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Alabama" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Alabama">Governor</a> of <a href="/wiki/Alabama" title="Alabama">Alabama</a><sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mark_Sanford,_Official_Portrait,_113th_Congress_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mark Sanford Former Governor of South Carolina[103][104]"><img alt="Mark Sanford Former Governor of South Carolina[103][104]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Mark_Sanford%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_113th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg/82px-Mark_Sanford%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_113th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="82" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Mark_Sanford%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_113th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg/123px-Mark_Sanford%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_113th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Mark_Sanford%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_113th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg/165px-Mark_Sanford%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_113th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1930" data-file-height="2810" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <b><a href="/wiki/Mark_Sanford" title="Mark Sanford">Mark Sanford</a></b><br />Former <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_South_Carolina" title="Governor of South Carolina">Governor</a> of <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina">South Carolina</a><sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Joe_Scarborough_(NBC_News)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Joe Scarborough Former U.S. Representative from Florida[105]"><img alt="Joe Scarborough Former U.S. Representative from Florida[105]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Joe_Scarborough_%28NBC_News%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/90px-Joe_Scarborough_%28NBC_News%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Joe_Scarborough_%28NBC_News%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/135px-Joe_Scarborough_%28NBC_News%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Joe_Scarborough_%28NBC_News%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Joe_Scarborough_%28NBC_News%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="813" data-file-height="1084" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <b><a href="/wiki/Joe_Scarborough" title="Joe Scarborough">Joe Scarborough</a></b><br />Former <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Representatives_from_Florida" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States Representatives from Florida">U.S. Representative</a> from <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a><sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gary_Sinise_2011_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Gary Sinise (from Illinois) Actor[106][107]"><img alt="Gary Sinise (from Illinois) Actor[106][107]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Gary_Sinise_2011_%28cropped%29.jpg/84px-Gary_Sinise_2011_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="84" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Gary_Sinise_2011_%28cropped%29.jpg/126px-Gary_Sinise_2011_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Gary_Sinise_2011_%28cropped%29.jpg/168px-Gary_Sinise_2011_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="459" data-file-height="655" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <b><a href="/wiki/Gary_Sinise" title="Gary Sinise">Gary Sinise</a></b> (from <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Actor" title="Actor">Actor</a><sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Clarence_Thomas,_official_SCOTUS_portrait,_crop.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Clarence Thomas (from Georgia) U.S. Supreme Court Justice[108][109][110]"><img alt="Clarence Thomas (from Georgia) U.S. Supreme Court Justice[108][109][110]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Clarence_Thomas%2C_official_SCOTUS_portrait%2C_crop.jpg/96px-Clarence_Thomas%2C_official_SCOTUS_portrait%2C_crop.jpg" decoding="async" width="96" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Clarence_Thomas%2C_official_SCOTUS_portrait%2C_crop.jpg/144px-Clarence_Thomas%2C_official_SCOTUS_portrait%2C_crop.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Clarence_Thomas%2C_official_SCOTUS_portrait%2C_crop.jpg/192px-Clarence_Thomas%2C_official_SCOTUS_portrait%2C_crop.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1118" data-file-height="1398" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <b><a href="/wiki/Clarence_Thomas" title="Clarence Thomas">Clarence Thomas</a></b> (from <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Associate_Justice_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States">U.S. Supreme Court Justice</a><sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Meg_Whitman_crop_(1).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Meg Whitman (from California) Dot com executive, 2010 nominee for Governor of California[111][112] Endorsed Mitt Romney"><img alt="Meg Whitman (from California) Dot com executive, 2010 nominee for Governor of California[111][112] Endorsed Mitt Romney" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Meg_Whitman_crop_%281%29.jpg/90px-Meg_Whitman_crop_%281%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Meg_Whitman_crop_%281%29.jpg/135px-Meg_Whitman_crop_%281%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Meg_Whitman_crop_%281%29.jpg/180px-Meg_Whitman_crop_%281%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="876" data-file-height="1168" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <b><a href="/wiki/Meg_Whitman" title="Meg Whitman">Meg Whitman</a></b> (from <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Dot-com_company" title="Dot-com company">Dot com</a> <a href="/wiki/Business_executive" title="Business executive">executive</a>, 2010 nominee for Governor of California<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><small>Endorsed <a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney">Mitt Romney</a></small></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Declined_to_run">Declined to run</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Republican_Party_presidential_candidates&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Declined to run"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following people, who were speculated to be potential candidates for the Republican Party's presidential nomination clearly and unequivocally denied interest publicly, released <a href="/wiki/Shermanesque_statement" title="Shermanesque statement">Shermanesque statements</a>, or declared candidacy for a different political office in 2012. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional" style="max-width: 1141px;"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sharron_Angle_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sharron Angle Former Assemblywoman, 2010 nominee for US Senate from Nevada[113] Endorsed Rick Santorum"><img alt="Sharron Angle Former Assemblywoman, 2010 nominee for US Senate from Nevada[113] Endorsed Rick Santorum" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Sharron_Angle_%28cropped%29.jpg/95px-Sharron_Angle_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="95" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Sharron_Angle_%28cropped%29.jpg/143px-Sharron_Angle_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Sharron_Angle_%28cropped%29.jpg/191px-Sharron_Angle_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="234" data-file-height="294" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <b><a href="/wiki/Sharron_Angle" title="Sharron Angle">Sharron Angle</a></b><br />Former <a href="/wiki/Nevada_Assembly" title="Nevada Assembly">Assemblywoman</a>, 2010 nominee for US Senate from <a href="/wiki/Nevada" title="Nevada">Nevada</a><sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><small>Endorsed <a href="/wiki/Rick_Santorum" title="Rick Santorum">Rick Santorum</a></small></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Haley_Barbour_(5560118969)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Haley Barbour Former Governor of Mississippi[114]"><img alt="Haley Barbour Former Governor of Mississippi[114]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Haley_Barbour_%285560118969%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/90px-Haley_Barbour_%285560118969%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Haley_Barbour_%285560118969%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/135px-Haley_Barbour_%285560118969%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Haley_Barbour_%285560118969%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Haley_Barbour_%285560118969%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2112" data-file-height="2818" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <b><a href="/wiki/Haley_Barbour" title="Haley Barbour">Haley Barbour</a></b><br />Former <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Mississippi" title="Governor of Mississippi">Governor</a> of <a href="/wiki/Mississippi" title="Mississippi">Mississippi</a><sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Bolton_(24939821164)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="John R. Bolton Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations[citation needed] Endorsed Mitt Romney"><img alt="John R. Bolton Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations[citation needed] Endorsed Mitt Romney" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/John_Bolton_%2824939821164%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/90px-John_Bolton_%2824939821164%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/John_Bolton_%2824939821164%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/135px-John_Bolton_%2824939821164%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/John_Bolton_%2824939821164%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-John_Bolton_%2824939821164%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1494" data-file-height="1994" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <b><a href="/wiki/John_R._Bolton" class="mw-redirect" title="John R. Bolton">John R. Bolton</a></b><br />Former <a href="/wiki/United_States_Ambassador_to_the_United_Nations" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Ambassador to the United Nations">U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup><br /><small>Endorsed <a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney">Mitt Romney</a></small></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Scott_P._Brown_(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Scott Brown U.S. Senator for Massachusetts[115] Endorsed Mitt Romney"><img alt="Scott Brown U.S. Senator for Massachusetts[115] Endorsed Mitt Romney" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Scott_P._Brown_%282%29.jpg/98px-Scott_P._Brown_%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="98" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Scott_P._Brown_%282%29.jpg/147px-Scott_P._Brown_%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Scott_P._Brown_%282%29.jpg/196px-Scott_P._Brown_%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="675" data-file-height="825" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <b><a href="/wiki/Scott_Brown_(politician)" title="Scott Brown (politician)">Scott Brown</a></b><br /><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Senators_from_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States Senators from Massachusetts">U.S. Senator</a> for <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a><sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><small>Endorsed <a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney">Mitt Romney</a></small></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jeb_Bush_(8569052241)_(cropped2).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Jeb Bush Former Governor of Florida[116][117] Endorsed Mitt Romney"><img alt="Jeb Bush Former Governor of Florida[116][117] Endorsed Mitt Romney" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Jeb_Bush_%288569052241%29_%28cropped2%29.jpg/90px-Jeb_Bush_%288569052241%29_%28cropped2%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Jeb_Bush_%288569052241%29_%28cropped2%29.jpg/135px-Jeb_Bush_%288569052241%29_%28cropped2%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Jeb_Bush_%288569052241%29_%28cropped2%29.jpg/180px-Jeb_Bush_%288569052241%29_%28cropped2%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="904" data-file-height="1206" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <b><a href="/wiki/Jeb_Bush" title="Jeb Bush">Jeb Bush</a></b><br />Former <a href="/wiki/List_of_Governors_of_Florida" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Governors of Florida">Governor</a> of <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a><sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><small>Endorsed <a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney">Mitt Romney</a></small></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bobcorker_(3).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Bob Corker U.S. Senator for Tennessee[118]"><img alt="Bob Corker U.S. Senator for Tennessee[118]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Bobcorker_%283%29.jpg/90px-Bobcorker_%283%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Bobcorker_%283%29.jpg/135px-Bobcorker_%283%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Bobcorker_%283%29.jpg/180px-Bobcorker_%283%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="695" data-file-height="925" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <b><a href="/wiki/Bob_Corker" title="Bob Corker">Bob Corker</a></b><br /><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Senators_from_Tennessee" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States Senators from Tennessee">U.S. Senator</a> for <a href="/wiki/Tennessee" title="Tennessee">Tennessee</a><sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:13-09-03_Governor_Christie_Speaks_at_NJIT_(Batch_Eedited)_(045)_(9684945439)_(crop_-_recolored).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Chris Christie Governor of New Jersey[119][120] Endorsed Mitt Romney"><img alt="Chris Christie Governor of New Jersey[119][120] Endorsed Mitt Romney" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/13-09-03_Governor_Christie_Speaks_at_NJIT_%28Batch_Eedited%29_%28045%29_%289684945439%29_%28crop_-_recolored%29.jpg/95px-13-09-03_Governor_Christie_Speaks_at_NJIT_%28Batch_Eedited%29_%28045%29_%289684945439%29_%28crop_-_recolored%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="95" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/13-09-03_Governor_Christie_Speaks_at_NJIT_%28Batch_Eedited%29_%28045%29_%289684945439%29_%28crop_-_recolored%29.jpg/143px-13-09-03_Governor_Christie_Speaks_at_NJIT_%28Batch_Eedited%29_%28045%29_%289684945439%29_%28crop_-_recolored%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/13-09-03_Governor_Christie_Speaks_at_NJIT_%28Batch_Eedited%29_%28045%29_%289684945439%29_%28crop_-_recolored%29.jpg/190px-13-09-03_Governor_Christie_Speaks_at_NJIT_%28Batch_Eedited%29_%28045%29_%289684945439%29_%28crop_-_recolored%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1230" data-file-height="1550" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <b><a href="/wiki/Chris_Christie" title="Chris Christie">Chris Christie</a></b><br /><a href="/wiki/List_of_Governors_of_New_Jersey" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Governors of New Jersey">Governor</a> of <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a><sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><small>Endorsed <a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney">Mitt Romney</a></small></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Indiana_Governor_Mitch_Daniels_(cropped2).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mitch Daniels Governor of Indiana[121] Endorsed Mitt Romney"><img alt="Mitch Daniels Governor of Indiana[121] Endorsed Mitt Romney" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Indiana_Governor_Mitch_Daniels_%28cropped2%29.jpg/90px-Indiana_Governor_Mitch_Daniels_%28cropped2%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Indiana_Governor_Mitch_Daniels_%28cropped2%29.jpg/135px-Indiana_Governor_Mitch_Daniels_%28cropped2%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Indiana_Governor_Mitch_Daniels_%28cropped2%29.jpg/180px-Indiana_Governor_Mitch_Daniels_%28cropped2%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="443" data-file-height="590" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <b><a href="/wiki/Mitch_Daniels" title="Mitch Daniels">Mitch Daniels</a></b><br /><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Indiana" title="Governor of Indiana">Governor</a> of <a href="/wiki/Indiana" title="Indiana">Indiana</a><sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><small>Endorsed <a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney">Mitt Romney</a></small></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jim_DeMint_(8001765668)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Jim DeMint U.S. Senator for South Carolina[122][123]"><img alt="Jim DeMint U.S. Senator for South Carolina[122][123]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Jim_DeMint_%288001765668%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/90px-Jim_DeMint_%288001765668%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Jim_DeMint_%288001765668%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/135px-Jim_DeMint_%288001765668%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Jim_DeMint_%288001765668%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Jim_DeMint_%288001765668%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1910" data-file-height="2549" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <b><a href="/wiki/Jim_DeMint" title="Jim DeMint">Jim DeMint</a></b><br /><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Senators_from_South_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States Senators from South Carolina">U.S. Senator</a> for <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina">South Carolina</a><sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rudy_Giuliani_2009_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Rudy Giuliani Former Mayor of New York City[124] Endorsed Mitt Romney"><img alt="Rudy Giuliani Former Mayor of New York City[124] Endorsed Mitt Romney" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Rudy_Giuliani_2009_%28cropped%29.jpg/90px-Rudy_Giuliani_2009_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Rudy_Giuliani_2009_%28cropped%29.jpg/135px-Rudy_Giuliani_2009_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Rudy_Giuliani_2009_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Rudy_Giuliani_2009_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="847" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <b><a href="/wiki/Rudy_Giuliani" title="Rudy Giuliani">Rudy Giuliani</a></b><br />Former <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_New_York_City" title="Mayor of New York City">Mayor</a> of <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a><sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><small>Endorsed <a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney">Mitt Romney</a></small></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mike_Huckabee_(5842588102).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mike Huckabee Former Governor of Arkansas[125][126]"><img alt="Mike Huckabee Former Governor of Arkansas[125][126]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Mike_Huckabee_%285842588102%29.jpg/80px-Mike_Huckabee_%285842588102%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Mike_Huckabee_%285842588102%29.jpg/120px-Mike_Huckabee_%285842588102%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Mike_Huckabee_%285842588102%29.jpg/160px-Mike_Huckabee_%285842588102%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3168" data-file-height="4752" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <b><a href="/wiki/Mike_Huckabee" title="Mike Huckabee">Mike Huckabee</a></b><br />Former <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Arkansas" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Arkansas">Governor</a> of <a href="/wiki/Arkansas" title="Arkansas">Arkansas</a><sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kay_Bailey_Hutchison_at_the_LBJ_Library,_2012_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kay Bailey Hutchison U.S. Senator for Texas[127]"><img alt="Kay Bailey Hutchison U.S. Senator for Texas[127]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Kay_Bailey_Hutchison_at_the_LBJ_Library%2C_2012_%28cropped%29.jpg/90px-Kay_Bailey_Hutchison_at_the_LBJ_Library%2C_2012_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Kay_Bailey_Hutchison_at_the_LBJ_Library%2C_2012_%28cropped%29.jpg/135px-Kay_Bailey_Hutchison_at_the_LBJ_Library%2C_2012_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Kay_Bailey_Hutchison_at_the_LBJ_Library%2C_2012_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Kay_Bailey_Hutchison_at_the_LBJ_Library%2C_2012_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1228" data-file-height="1638" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <b><a href="/wiki/Kay_Bailey_Hutchison" title="Kay Bailey Hutchison">Kay Bailey Hutchison</a></b><br /><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Senators_from_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States Senators from Texas">U.S. Senator</a> for <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a><sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:John_McCain_in_Kyiv_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="John McCain U.S. Senator for Arizona and 2008 GOP Presidential nominee[128] Endorsed Mitt Romney"><img alt="John McCain U.S. Senator for Arizona and 2008 GOP Presidential nominee[128] Endorsed Mitt Romney" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/John_McCain_in_Kyiv_%28cropped%29.jpg/90px-John_McCain_in_Kyiv_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/John_McCain_in_Kyiv_%28cropped%29.jpg/135px-John_McCain_in_Kyiv_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/John_McCain_in_Kyiv_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-John_McCain_in_Kyiv_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="932" data-file-height="1242" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <b><a href="/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain">John McCain</a></b><br /><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Senators_from_Arizona" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States Senators from Arizona">U.S. Senator</a> for <a href="/wiki/Arizona" title="Arizona">Arizona</a> and <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)_presidential_primaries,_2008" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2008">2008 GOP Presidential nominee</a><sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><small>Endorsed <a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney">Mitt Romney</a></small></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bob_McDonnell_(4379673749)_(cropped)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Bob McDonnell Governor of Virginia[129] Endorsed Mitt Romney"><img alt="Bob McDonnell Governor of Virginia[129] Endorsed Mitt Romney" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Bob_McDonnell_%284379673749%29_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Bob_McDonnell_%284379673749%29_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Bob_McDonnell_%284379673749%29_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Bob_McDonnell_%284379673749%29_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Bob_McDonnell_%284379673749%29_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/199px-Bob_McDonnell_%284379673749%29_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1631" data-file-height="1962" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <b><a href="/wiki/Bob_McDonnell" title="Bob McDonnell">Bob McDonnell</a></b><br /><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Virginia" title="Governor of Virginia">Governor</a> of <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a><sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><small>Endorsed <a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney">Mitt Romney</a></small></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:George_Pataki_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="George Pataki Former Governor of New York[130][131] Endorsed Mitt Romney"><img alt="George Pataki Former Governor of New York[130][131] Endorsed Mitt Romney" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/George_Pataki_%28cropped%29.jpg/84px-George_Pataki_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="84" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/George_Pataki_%28cropped%29.jpg/126px-George_Pataki_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/George_Pataki_%28cropped%29.jpg/168px-George_Pataki_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="373" data-file-height="531" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <b><a href="/wiki/George_Pataki" title="George Pataki">George Pataki</a></b><br />Former <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_New_York" title="Governor of New York">Governor</a> of <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a><sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><small>Endorsed <a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney">Mitt Romney</a></small></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Paladino_Gubernatorial_2010_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Carl Paladino Real estate magnate and political activist from New York[132] Endorsed Newt Gingrich"><img alt="Carl Paladino Real estate magnate and political activist from New York[132] Endorsed Newt Gingrich" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Paladino_Gubernatorial_2010_%28cropped%29.jpg/90px-Paladino_Gubernatorial_2010_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Paladino_Gubernatorial_2010_%28cropped%29.jpg/136px-Paladino_Gubernatorial_2010_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Paladino_Gubernatorial_2010_%28cropped%29.jpg/181px-Paladino_Gubernatorial_2010_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="543" data-file-height="720" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <b><a href="/wiki/Carl_Paladino" title="Carl Paladino">Carl Paladino</a></b> <br /><a href="/wiki/Real_estate" title="Real estate">Real estate</a> <a href="/wiki/Business_magnate" title="Business magnate">magnate</a> and <a href="/wiki/Political_activist" class="mw-redirect" title="Political activist">political activist</a> from <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a><sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><small>Endorsed <a href="/wiki/Newt_Gingrich" title="Newt Gingrich">Newt Gingrich</a></small> </div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sarah_Palin_2013_CPAC_by_Gage_Skidmore_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sarah Palin Former Governor of Alaska[133]"><img alt="Sarah Palin Former Governor of Alaska[133]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Sarah_Palin_2013_CPAC_by_Gage_Skidmore_%28cropped%29.jpg/90px-Sarah_Palin_2013_CPAC_by_Gage_Skidmore_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Sarah_Palin_2013_CPAC_by_Gage_Skidmore_%28cropped%29.jpg/135px-Sarah_Palin_2013_CPAC_by_Gage_Skidmore_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Sarah_Palin_2013_CPAC_by_Gage_Skidmore_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Sarah_Palin_2013_CPAC_by_Gage_Skidmore_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1328" data-file-height="1769" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <b><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Palin" title="Sarah Palin">Sarah Palin</a></b><br />Former <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Alaska" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Alaska">Governor</a><br />of <a href="/wiki/Alaska" title="Alaska">Alaska</a><sup id="cite_ref-133" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rand_Paul_(5446428487)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Rand Paul U.S. Senator for Kentucky[134] Endorsed Ron Paul[135]"><img alt="Rand Paul U.S. Senator for Kentucky[134] Endorsed Ron Paul[135]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Rand_Paul_%285446428487%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Rand_Paul_%285446428487%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Rand_Paul_%285446428487%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Rand_Paul_%285446428487%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Rand_Paul_%285446428487%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-Rand_Paul_%285446428487%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2634" data-file-height="3161" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <b><a href="/wiki/Rand_Paul" title="Rand Paul">Rand Paul</a></b><br /><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Senators_from_Kentucky" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States Senators from Kentucky">U.S. Senator</a> for <a href="/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a><sup id="cite_ref-134" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><small>Endorsed <a href="/wiki/Ron_Paul" title="Ron Paul">Ron Paul</a><sup id="cite_ref-135" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></small></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mike_Pence_in_November_2013.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mike Pence U.S. Representative from Indiana[136] Ran for governor"><img alt="Mike Pence U.S. Representative from Indiana[136] Ran for governor" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Mike_Pence_in_November_2013.jpg/85px-Mike_Pence_in_November_2013.jpg" decoding="async" width="85" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Mike_Pence_in_November_2013.jpg/128px-Mike_Pence_in_November_2013.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Mike_Pence_in_November_2013.jpg/171px-Mike_Pence_in_November_2013.jpg 2x" data-file-width="680" data-file-height="956" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <b><a href="/wiki/Mike_Pence" title="Mike Pence">Mike Pence</a></b><br /><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Representatives_from_Indiana" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States Representatives from Indiana">U.S. Representative</a> from <a href="/wiki/Indiana" title="Indiana">Indiana</a><sup id="cite_ref-136" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-136"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ran for governor</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:DCIA_David_Petraeus_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="David Petraeus Director of the Central Intelligence Agency from New York[137][138]"><img alt="David Petraeus Director of the Central Intelligence Agency from New York[137][138]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/DCIA_David_Petraeus_%28cropped%29.jpg/86px-DCIA_David_Petraeus_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="86" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/DCIA_David_Petraeus_%28cropped%29.jpg/129px-DCIA_David_Petraeus_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/DCIA_David_Petraeus_%28cropped%29.jpg/173px-DCIA_David_Petraeus_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="810" data-file-height="1125" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <b><a href="/wiki/David_Petraeus" title="David Petraeus">David Petraeus</a></b><br /><a href="/wiki/Director_of_the_Central_Intelligence_Agency" title="Director of the Central Intelligence Agency">Director of the Central Intelligence Agency</a> from <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a><sup id="cite_ref-137" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-137"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-138" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-138"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Marco_Rubio,_Official_Portrait,_112th_Congress_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Marco Rubio U.S. Senator for Florida[citation needed] Endorsed Mitt Romney"><img alt="Marco Rubio U.S. Senator for Florida[citation needed] Endorsed Mitt Romney" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Marco_Rubio%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_112th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg/93px-Marco_Rubio%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_112th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="93" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Marco_Rubio%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_112th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg/139px-Marco_Rubio%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_112th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Marco_Rubio%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_112th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg/186px-Marco_Rubio%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_112th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1985" data-file-height="2561" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <b><a href="/wiki/Marco_Rubio" title="Marco Rubio">Marco Rubio</a></b><br /><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Senators_from_Florida" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States Senators from Florida">U.S. Senator</a> for <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup><br /><small>Endorsed <a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney">Mitt Romney</a></small></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Paul_Ryan_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Paul Ryan U.S. Representative from Wisconsin[139] Endorsed Mitt Romney; Nominated for Vice President"><img alt="Paul Ryan U.S. Representative from Wisconsin[139] Endorsed Mitt Romney; Nominated for Vice President" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Paul_Ryan_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/104px-Paul_Ryan_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg" decoding="async" width="104" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Paul_Ryan_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/155px-Paul_Ryan_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Paul_Ryan_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/207px-Paul_Ryan_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2736" data-file-height="3168" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <b><a href="/wiki/Paul_Ryan" title="Paul Ryan">Paul Ryan</a></b><br /><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States Representatives">U.S. Representative</a> from <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a><sup id="cite_ref-139" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><small>Endorsed <a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney">Mitt Romney</a>;<br />Nominated for <a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_United_States" title="Vice President of the United States">Vice President</a></small></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Thune_CPAC_2011.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="John Thune U.S. Senator for South Dakota[140] Endorsed Mitt Romney"><img alt="John Thune U.S. Senator for South Dakota[140] Endorsed Mitt Romney" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/John_Thune_CPAC_2011.JPG/94px-John_Thune_CPAC_2011.JPG" decoding="async" width="94" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/John_Thune_CPAC_2011.JPG/141px-John_Thune_CPAC_2011.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/John_Thune_CPAC_2011.JPG/188px-John_Thune_CPAC_2011.JPG 2x" data-file-width="517" data-file-height="660" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <b><a href="/wiki/John_Thune" title="John Thune">John Thune</a></b><br /><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Senators_from_South_Dakota" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States Senators from South Dakota">U.S. Senator</a> for <a 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Republican Party presidential primaries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prelude_to_the_2012_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="Prelude to the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries">Prelude to the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Republican_Party_presidential_debates_and_forums" title="2012 Republican Party presidential debates and forums">2012 Republican Party presidential debates and forums</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statewide_opinion_polling_for_the_2012_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="Statewide opinion polling for the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries">Statewide opinion polling for the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Democratic_Party_presidential_candidates" title="2012 Democratic Party presidential candidates">2012 Democratic Party presidential candidates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_party_and_independent_candidates_for_the_2012_United_States_presidential_election" class="mw-redirect" title="Third party and independent candidates for the 2012 United States presidential election">Third party and independent candidates for the 2012 United States presidential election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_timeline" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 United States presidential election timeline">2012 United States presidential election timeline</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Republican_Party_presidential_candidates&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Democratic_National_Convention" title="2012 Democratic National Convention">Convention</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries" title="2012 Democratic Party presidential primaries">Primaries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Results_of_the_2012_Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries" title="Results of the 2012 Democratic Party presidential primaries">Results</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2012_Democratic_Party_presidential_candidates" title="2012 Democratic Party presidential candidates">Candidates</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Incumbent nominee: <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_2012_presidential_campaign" title="Barack Obama 2012 presidential campaign">campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Barack_Obama_2012_presidential_campaign_endorsements" title="List of Barack Obama 2012 presidential campaign endorsements">endorsements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_positions_of_Barack_Obama" title="Political positions of Barack Obama">positions</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>Incumbent VP nominee: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Political_positions_of_Joe_Biden" title="Political positions of Joe Biden">positions</a></li></ul></li></ul> <dl><dt>Challengers</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Bob_Ely" title="Bob Ely">Bob Ely</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Keith_Judd" title="Keith Judd">Keith Judd</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Warren_Mosler" title="Warren Mosler">Warren Mosler</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Vermin_Supreme" title="Vermin Supreme">Vermin Supreme</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Randall_Terry" title="Randall Terry">Randall Terry</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/John_Wolfe_Jr." title="John Wolfe Jr.">John Wolfe</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: right;;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #E81B23;">Republican Party</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Republican_National_Convention" title="2012 Republican National Convention">Convention</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="2012 Republican Party presidential primaries">Primaries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Republican_Party_presidential_debates_and_forums" title="2012 Republican Party presidential debates and forums">Debates</a></li> <li><a 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title="Mitt Romney 2012 presidential campaign">campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Mitt_Romney_2012_presidential_campaign_endorsements" title="List of Mitt Romney 2012 presidential campaign endorsements">endorsements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_positions_of_Mitt_Romney" title="Political positions of Mitt Romney">positions</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>VP nominee: <a href="/wiki/Paul_Ryan" title="Paul Ryan">Paul Ryan</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Political_positions_of_Paul_Ryan" title="Political positions of Paul Ryan">positions</a></li></ul></li></ul> <dl><dt>Other candidates</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Michele_Bachmann" title="Michele Bachmann">Michele Bachmann</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Michele_Bachmann_2012_presidential_campaign" title="Michele Bachmann 2012 presidential campaign">campaign</a></dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Herman_Cain" title="Herman Cain">Herman Cain</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Herman_Cain_2012_presidential_campaign" title="Herman Cain 2012 presidential campaign">campaign</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Political_positions_of_Herman_Cain" title="Political positions of Herman Cain">positions</a></dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Mark_Callahan" title="Mark Callahan">Mark Callahan</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Jack_Fellure" title="Jack Fellure">Jack Fellure</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Newt_Gingrich" title="Newt Gingrich">Newt Gingrich</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Newt_Gingrich_2012_presidential_campaign" title="Newt Gingrich 2012 presidential campaign">campaign</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Political_positions_of_Newt_Gingrich" title="Political positions of Newt Gingrich">positions</a></dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Stewart_Greenleaf" title="Stewart Greenleaf">Stewart Greenleaf</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/John_Davis_Jr._(2012_presidential_candidate)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Davis Jr. (2012 presidential candidate)">John Davis</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Jon_Huntsman_Jr." title="Jon Huntsman Jr.">Jon Huntsman</a> <dl><dd><a 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href="/wiki/Rick_Santorum_2012_presidential_campaign" title="Rick Santorum 2012 presidential campaign">campaign</a></dd></dl></dd></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: right;;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #FED105;">Libertarian Party</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Libertarian_National_Convention" title="2012 Libertarian National Convention">Convention</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Candidates</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Nominee: <a href="/wiki/Gary_Johnson" title="Gary Johnson">Gary Johnson</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Johnson_2012_presidential_campaign" title="Gary Johnson 2012 presidential campaign">campaign</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>VP nominee: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Gray_(jurist)" title="Jim Gray (jurist)">Jim Gray</a></b></li></ul> <dl><dt>Other candidates</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Carl_Person" title="Carl Person">Carl Person</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sam_Sloan" title="Sam Sloan">Sam Sloan</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: right;;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #17aa5c;">Green Party</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Green_National_Convention" title="2012 Green National Convention">Convention</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Green_Party_presidential_primaries" title="2012 Green Party presidential primaries">Primaries</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Candidates</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Nominee: <a href="/wiki/Jill_Stein" title="Jill Stein">Jill Stein</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jill_Stein_2012_presidential_campaign" title="Jill Stein 2012 presidential campaign">campaign</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>VP nominee: <a href="/wiki/Cheri_Honkala" title="Cheri Honkala">Cheri Honkala</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><b>Other candidates:</b> <a href="/wiki/Stewart_Alexander" title="Stewart Alexander">Stewart Alexander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roseanne_Barr" title="Roseanne Barr">Roseanne Barr</a></li></ul> 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0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Nominee: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Hoefling" title="Tom Hoefling">Tom Hoefling</a></b></li> <li>Other candidates: <a href="/wiki/Wiley_Drake" title="Wiley Drake">Wiley Drake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virgil_Goode" title="Virgil Goode">Virgil Goode</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Virgil_Goode_2012_presidential_campaign" title="Virgil Goode 2012 presidential campaign">campaign</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_C._Noonan" title="Edward C. Noonan">Edward C. Noonan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurie_Roth" title="Laurie Roth">Laurie Roth</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #F8F9FA;"><a href="/wiki/American_Freedom_Party" title="American Freedom Party">American Third Position Party</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Nominee: <a href="/wiki/Merlin_Miller" title="Merlin Miller">Merlin Miller</a></b></li> <li><b>VP nominee: <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Abernethy" title="Virginia Abernethy">Virginia Abernethy</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #A356DE;"><a href="/wiki/Constitution_Party_(United_States)" title="Constitution Party (United States)">Constitution Party</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Constitution_Party_National_Convention" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Constitution Party National Convention">Convention</a></li> <li><b>Nominee: <a href="/wiki/Virgil_Goode" title="Virgil Goode">Virgil Goode</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Virgil_Goode_2012_presidential_campaign" title="Virgil Goode 2012 presidential campaign">campaign</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>VP nominee: Jim Clymer</b></li> <li><b>Other candidates:</b> <a href="/wiki/Laurie_Roth" title="Laurie Roth">Laurie Roth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robby_Wells" title="Robby Wells">Robby Wells</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 red;"><a href="/wiki/Freedom_Socialist_Party" title="Freedom Socialist Party">Freedom Socialist Party</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Nominee: Stephen Durham</b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #50C878;"><a href="/wiki/Grassroots%E2%80%93Legalize_Cannabis_Party" title="Grassroots–Legalize Cannabis Party">Grassroots Party</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt>Nominee</dt> <dd><b><a href="/wiki/Jim_Carlson_(businessman)" title="Jim Carlson (businessman)">Jim Carlson</a></b></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #ADD8E6;"><a href="/wiki/Justice_Party_(United_States)" title="Justice Party (United States)">Justice Party</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Nominee: <a href="/wiki/Rocky_Anderson" title="Rocky Anderson">Rocky Anderson</a></b></li> <li><b>VP nominee: <a href="/wiki/Luis_J._Rodriguez" title="Luis J. Rodriguez">Luis J. Rodriguez</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 red;"><a href="/wiki/Party_for_Socialism_and_Liberation" title="Party for Socialism and Liberation">Socialism and Liberation</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Nominee: <a href="/wiki/Peta_Lindsay" title="Peta Lindsay">Peta Lindsay</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #00FF00;"><a href="/wiki/Peace_and_Freedom_Party" title="Peace and Freedom Party">Peace and Freedom Party</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Nominee: <a href="/wiki/Roseanne_Barr" title="Roseanne Barr">Roseanne Barr</a></b></li> <li><b>VP nominee: <a href="/wiki/Cindy_Sheehan" title="Cindy Sheehan">Cindy Sheehan</a></b></li> <li><b>Other candidates:</b> <a href="/wiki/Stewart_Alexander" title="Stewart Alexander">Stewart Alexander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rocky_Anderson" title="Rocky Anderson">Rocky Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peta_Lindsay" title="Peta Lindsay">Peta Lindsay</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #FF00FF;"><a href="/wiki/Prohibition_Party" title="Prohibition Party">Prohibition Party</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Nominee: <a href="/wiki/Jack_Fellure" title="Jack Fellure">Jack Fellure</a></b></li> <li><b>Other candidates:</b> <a href="/wiki/James_Hedges" title="James Hedges">James Hedges</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #6A287E;"><a href="/wiki/Reform_Party_of_the_United_States_of_America" title="Reform Party of the United States of America">Reform Party</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Nominee: <a href="/wiki/Andre_Barnett" title="Andre Barnett">Andre Barnett</a></b></li> <li><b>Other candidates:</b> <a href="/wiki/Laurence_Kotlikoff" title="Laurence Kotlikoff">Laurence Kotlikoff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddy_Roemer" title="Buddy Roemer">Buddy Roemer</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buddy_Roemer_2012_presidential_campaign" title="Buddy Roemer 2012 presidential campaign">campaign</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robby_Wells" title="Robby Wells">Robby Wells</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #D30101;"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Equality_Party_(United_States)" title="Socialist Equality Party (United States)">Socialist Equality Party</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt>Nominee</dt> <dd><b><a href="/wiki/Jerry_White_(socialist)" title="Jerry White (socialist)">Jerry White</a></b></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #AA0000;"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Workers_Party_(United_States)" title="Socialist Workers Party (United States)">Socialist Workers Party</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Nominee: <a href="/wiki/James_Harris_(Socialist_Workers_Party_politician)" title="James Harris (Socialist Workers Party politician)">James Harris</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #CD3700;"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_USA" title="Socialist Party USA">Socialist Party</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Nominee: <a href="/wiki/Stewart_Alexander" title="Stewart Alexander">Stewart Alexander</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stewart_Alexander_2012_presidential_campaign" title="Stewart Alexander 2012 presidential campaign">campaign</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>VP nominee: <a href="/wiki/Alejandro_Mendoza" title="Alejandro Mendoza">Alejandro Mendoza</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #DDDDBB;">Independents and others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt>Objectivist Party</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Tom_Stevens_(Objectivist_Party_politician)" title="Tom Stevens (Objectivist Party politician)">Tom Stevens</a></dd> <dt>Independents</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Lee_Abramson" title="Lee Abramson">Lee Abramson</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Randy_Blythe" 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