Maryland Republican primary, 2012

United States presidential election in Maryland, 2012

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Nominee Barack Obama Mitt Romney Party Democratic Republican Home state Illinois Massachusetts Running mate Joe Biden Paul Ryan Electoral vote 10 0 Popular vote 1,677,844 971,869 Percentage 61.97% 35.90%
County Results   Obama—80-90%   Obama—70-80%   Obama—60-70%   Obama—50-60%   Romney—<50%   Romney—50-60%   Romney—60-70%   Romney—70-80%
President before election Barack Obama Democratic Elected President Barack Obama Democratic

Maryland Republican primary, 2012

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Candidate Mitt Romney Rick Santorum Home state Massachusetts Pennsylvania Delegate count 37 0 Popular vote 117,527 69,020 Percentage 49.2% 28.9%   Candidate Newt Gingrich Ron Paul Home state Georgia Texas Delegate count 0 0 Popular vote 26,088 22,698 Percentage 10.9% 9.5%
Maryland results by county   Mitt Romney   Rick Santorum

Barack Obama
Democratic

Barack Obama
Democratic

The 2012 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on November 6, 2012 as part of the 2012 general election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated. Maryland voters chose 10 electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate, Vice President Joe Biden, against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate, Congressman Paul Ryan.

The Republican primary took place on April 3, 2012, the same day as the District of Columbia Republican primary and the Wisconsin Republican primary.After the primary, 37 delegates were selected to attend the Republican National Convention.