2012 Iowa Republican caucuses – January 3, 2012

Originally, it was reported that Mitt Romney won the first in the nation Iowa Republican caucus which was held on Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012. Romney beat second place Rick Santorum by a mere eight votes, making the Iowa Republican Caucus of 2012 the closest in history. But there was some dispute of the final vote total, as a Ron Paul supporter who helped in the vote counting process claims he had a 20-vote discrepancy to what the final total was, giving Romney the eight vote win. As it Santorum finished as the winner of the Iowa Republican caucuses by just 34 votes ahead of Mitt Romney.



Iowa Republican Caucus – January 3rd, 2012 – 28 delegates (non-binding)
Presidential Candidate Home State Primary Votes Delegates
Rick Santorum Pennsylvania 29,839 25% 7 25%
Mitt Romney Massachusetts 29,805 25% 7 25%
Ron Paul Texas 26,036 21% 7 25%
Newt Gingrich Virginia 16,163 13% 2 7%
Rick Perry Texas 12,557 10% 0 0
Michele Bachmann Minnesota 6,046 5% 0 0
Jon Huntsman Utah 739 0.6% 0 0
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Mitt Romney (website) Rick Santorum (website) Ron Paul (website)
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Newt Gingrich (website) Rick Perry (website) Michele Bachmann – Out 1/4/12
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Jon Huntsman (website)