Michigan Republican primary February 28, 2012

Michigan was the biggest question mark of the night of February 28th. Would Mitt Romney pull out a win in his birth state? Or would Rick Santorum upset him here? The polls leading up to this primary flip flopped between Romney and Santorum. Mitt Romney eventually ended up winning the primary in his birth state, but only by about 3%. Originally it was reported that the 30 delegates from this state would be split equally between Romney and Santorum because of the split in counties won. Then, they ended up giving Romney an extra delegate, giving him the win over Santorum with 16 delegates to 14.



Michigan Republican Primary – February 28, 2012 – 30 delegates (binding)
Presidential Candidate Home State Primary Votes Delegates
Mitt Romney Massachusetts 409,899 41% 16 53%
Rick Santorum Pennsylvania 377,521 37% 14 47%
Newt Gingrich Virginia 115,712 12% 0 0
Ron Paul Texas 65,016 7 0 0
Others 67 0%

 

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Mitt Romney Newt Gingrich Rick Santorum Ron Paul
Popular Vote 1,831,529 (40%) 983,337 (28%) 1,083,276[ (24%) 506,414 (11%)
Estimated Delegates 196 51 78 56
States/territories won 8 1 4 0
Website mittromney.com newt.org ricksantorum.com ronpaul2012.com
Source: Wikipedia