Primary Calendar, Delegate Tracker And What's At Stake In Each State

Republican primaries and caucuses extend through June 26. To win the nomination, a presidential candidate must secure 1,144 delegates, a simple majority of those available. The Republican National Committee designed the calendar and apportionment rules this year to slow the process down, so more states play a role. Here's a look at the primary calendar, what's happened so far, and the number of delegates awarded or at stake in each state.

  • Primary Calendar
  • Delegate Tracker

January

3

Total delegates at stake:
28

Iowa

About
  • Format: Caucus/convention
  • Delegates: 28
Results
  • Santorum25%
  • Romney25%
  • Paul21%
  • Gingrich13%
  • Perry10%
  • Bachmann5%

Full Results Live Blog Audio Recap

10

Total delegates at stake:
12

New Hampshire

About
  • Format: Proportional primary
  • Delegates: 12
Results
  • Romney39.3%
  • Paul22.9%
  • Huntsman16.9%
  • Gingrich9.4%
  • Santorum9.4%
  • Perry0.7%

Full Results, Live Blog Audio Recap

21

Total delegates at stake:
25

South Carolina

About
  • Format: Winner take all (by district and statewide)
  • Delegates: 25
Results
  • Gingrich40.4%
  • Romney27.8%
  • Santorum17.0%
  • Paul13.0%
  • Cain1.1%
  • Perry0.4%

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31

Total delegates at stake:
50

Florida

About
  • Format: Winner take all
  • Delegates: 50
  • Note: State violated Republican National Committee rule limiting winner-take-all primaries before April; delegates may be challenged.
Results
  • Romney46.4%
  • Gingrich31.9%
  • Santorum13.3%
  • Paul7.0%
  • Perry0.4%
  • Huntsman0.4%

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February

4

Total delegates at stake:
28

Nevada

About
  • Format: Caucus/convention
  • Delegates: 28
Results
  • Romney 50.1%
  • Gingrich 21.1%
  • Paul 18.8%
  • Santorum 10.0%

Results By County News Report

7

Total delegates at stake:
128

Colorado

About
  • Format: Caucus/convention
  • Delegates: 36
Results
  • Santorum40.2%
  • Romney34.9%
  • Gingrich12.8%
  • Paul11.8%

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Minnesota

About
  • Format: Caucus/convention
  • Delegates: 40
Results
  • Santorum44.9%
  • Paul27.1%
  • Romney16.9%
  • Gingrich10.8%

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Missouri

About
  • Format: Primary
  • Delegates: 52
  • Note: Primary was nonbinding. Delegates are chosen at district-level conventions on April 21 and the state convention on June 2.
Results
  • Santorum 55.2%
  • Romney 25.3%
  • Paul 12.2%
  • Uncommitted 3.9%

Full Results Live Blog

11

Total delegates at stake:
24

Maine

About
  • Format: Caucus/convention
  • Delegates: 24
  • Note: Caucuses began as early as Feb. 4.
Results
  • Romney39.0%
  • Paul34.9%
  • Santorum18.1%
  • Gingrich6.7%

News Report

28

Total delegates at stake:
59

Arizona

About
  • Format: Winner take all
  • Delegates: 29
  • Note: State violated Republican National Committee rule limiting winner-take-all primaries before April; delegates may be challenged.
Results
  • Romney47.3%
  • Santorum26.6%
  • Gingrich16.2%
  • Paul8.4%

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Michigan

About
  • Format: Winner take all or top two; statewide: proportional | More »
  • Delegates: 30
Results
  • Romney 41.1%
  • Santorum 37.9%
  • Paul 11.6%
  • Gingrich 6.5%

99% of precincts reporting

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March

3

Total delegates at stake:
43

Washington

About
  • Format: Caucus/convention
  • Delegates: 43
Results
  • Romney 37.6%
  • Paul 24.8%
  • Santorum 23.8%
  • Gingrich 10.3%

Full Results News Report

6

Total delegates at stake:
437

Alaska

About
  • Format: Caucus/convention
  • Delegates: 27
Results
  • Romney32.4%
  • Santorum29.2%
  • Paul24.0%
  • Gingrich14.1%

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Georgia

About
  • Format: Winner take all (by district and statewide)
  • Delegates: 76
Results
  • Gingrich 47.2%
  • Romney 25.9%
  • Santorum 19.6%
  • Paul 6.6%

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Idaho

About
  • Format: Caucus/convention
  • Delegates: 32
Results
  • Romney 61.6%
  • Santorum 18.2%
  • Paul 18.1%
  • Gingrich 2.1%

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Massachusetts

About
  • Format: Proportional primary
  • Delegates: 41
Results
  • Romney72.2%
  • Santorum12.0%
  • Paul9.5%
  • Gingrich4.6%

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North Dakota

About
  • Format: Caucus/convention
  • Delegates: 28
Results
  • Santorum 39.7%
  • Paul 28.1%
  • Romney 23.7%
  • Gingrich 8.5%

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Ohio

About
  • Format: Winner take all (by district and statewide)
  • Delegates: 66
Results
  • Romney37.9%
  • Santorum37.1%
  • Gingrich14.6%
  • Paul9.2%

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Oklahoma

About
  • Format: Winner take all (by district and statewide)
  • Delegates: 43
Results
  • Santorum 33.8%
  • Romney 28.0%
  • Gingrich 27.5%
  • Paul 9.6%

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Tennessee

About
  • Format: In each district and statewide — if winner receives a majority, winner-take-all primary; otherwise, proportional primary
  • Delegates: 58
Results
  • Santorum 37.2%
  • Romney 28.1%
  • Gingrich 23.9%
  • Paul 9.0%

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Vermont

About
  • Format: District: Winner-take-all primary. Statewide: If winner receives a majority, winner-take-all primary; otherwise, proportional primary
  • Delegates: 17
Results
  • Romney39.7%
  • Paul25.5%
  • Santorum23.7%
  • Gingrich8.2%

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Virginia

About
  • Format: District: Winner-take-all primary. Statewide: If winner receives a majority, winner-take-all primary; otherwise, proportional primary
  • Delegates: 49
Results
  • Romney59.5%
  • Paul40.5%

Full Results Results By County Live Blog

10

Total delegates at stake:
96

Guam

About
  • Format: Caucus/convention
  • Delegates: 9
Results

All of the about 200 eligible Republicans at the convention voted, by a show of hands, for Mitt Romney. Guam's nine delegates are technically uncommitted.

News Report

Kansas

About
  • Format: Caucus/convention
  • Delegates: 40
Results
  • Santorum 51.2%
  • Romney 20.9%
  • Gingrich 14.4%
  • Paul 12.6%

Results Map Full Results Results By County News Report

Northern Marianas

About
  • Format: Caucus/convention
  • Delegates: 9
Results
  • Romney 87%
  • Santorum 6%
  • Paul 3%
  • Gingrich 3%

Full Results News Report

Virgin Islands

About
  • Format: Caucus/convention
  • Delegates: 9
Results

Republicans elected six delegates to the national convention. Of those, three support Mitt Romney; one supports Ron Paul; and two were elected as uncommitted.

News Report

Wyoming

About
  • Format: Caucus/convention
  • Delegates: 29
  • Note: County conventions held from March 6-10 allocated 11 delegates to candidates (one delegate won as "uncommitted"). Another 14 delegates will be awarded at the state convention in April.
Results
  • Romney 44.0%
  • Santorum 27.5%
  • Uncommitted 15.5%
  • Paul 12.2%

Full Results Results By County News Report

13

Total delegates at stake:
119

Alabama

About
  • Format: District: Winner take all or top two; statewide: proportional
  • Delegates: 50
Results
  • Santorum 34.5%
  • Gingrich 29.3%
  • Romney 29.0%
  • Paul 5.0%

Results Map Full Results Results By County Live Blog

American Samoa

About
  • Format: Caucus/convention
  • Delegates: 9
Results

About 70 Republicans chose six delegates to the national convention. All of them have said they will support Mitt Romney.

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Hawaii

About
  • Format: Caucus/convention
  • Delegates: 20
Results
  • Romney 44.5%
  • Santorum 25.3%
  • Paul 19.3%
  • Gingrich 10.9%

Results Map Full Results Results By County Live Blog

Mississippi

About
  • Format: District: Winner-take-all primary. Statewide: If winner receives a majority, winner-take-all primary; otherwise, proportional primary
  • Delegates: 40
Results
  • Santorum 32.8%
  • Gingrich 31.2%
  • Romney 30.6%
  • Paul 4.4%

Results Map Full Results Results By County Live Blog

18

Total delegates at stake:
23

Puerto Rico

About
  • Format: Caucus/convention
  • Delegates: 23
Results
  • Romney 83%
  • Santorum 8%
  • Gingrich 2%
  • Paul 1%

Full Results News Report

20

Total delegates at stake:
69

Illinois

About
  • Format: Loophole primary
  • Delegates: 69
  • Note: Primary votes allocated by congressional district, 54 total for state's 18 districts. Twelve delegates to be chosen at the state GOP convention, and three assigned to state party leaders.
Results
  • Romney 46.7%
  • Santorum 35.0%
  • Paul 9.3%
  • Gingrich 8.0%

Results Map Live Blog

24

Total delegates at stake:
46

Louisiana

About
  • Format: Combined selection (proportional primary with caucus/convention)
  • Delegates: 46
Results
  • Santorum 49.0%
  • Romney 26.7%
  • Gingrich 15.9%
  • Paul 6.1%

Results Map News Report

April

3

Total delegates at stake:
98

District of Columbia

About
  • Format: Winner take all
  • Delegates: 19
Results
  • Romney 70.2%
  • Paul 12.0%
  • Gingrich 10.7%
  • Huntsman 7.0%

Results Map Live Blog

Maryland

About
  • Format: Winner take all (by district and statewide)
  • Delegates: 37
Results
  • Romney 49.2%
  • Santorum 28.9%
  • Gingrich 10.9%
  • Paul 9.5%

Results Map Live Blog

Wisconsin

About
  • Format: Winner take all (by district and statewide)
  • Delegates: 42
Results
  • Romney 44.1%
  • Santorum 36.9%
  • Paul 11.2%
  • Gingrich 5.9%

Results Map Live Blog

24

Total delegates at stake:
231

Connecticut

About
  • Format: District: Winner-take-all primary. Statewide: If winner receives a majority, winner-take-all primary; otherwise, proportional primary
  • Delegates: 28
Results
  • Romney 67.5%
  • Paul 13.4%
  • Gingrich 10.3%
  • Santorum 6.8%

Results Map News Report

Delaware

About
  • Format: Winner take all
  • Delegates: 17
Results
  • Romney 56.5%
  • Gingrich 27.1%
  • Paul 10.6%
  • Santorum 5.9%

Results Map News Report

New York

About
  • Format: In each district and statewide — if winner receives a majority, winner-take-all primary; otherwise, proportional primary
  • Delegates: 95
Results
  • Romney 63.3%
  • Paul 15.3%
  • Gingrich 12.7%
  • Santorum 8.7%

As of 3:16 pm EDT 95% of precincts reporting

Results Map News Report

Pennsylvania

About
  • Format: Loophole primary
  • Delegates: 72
Results
  • Romney 58.0%
  • Santorum 18.3%
  • Paul 13.2%
  • Gingrich 10.5%

As of 6:00 pm EDT 99% of precincts reporting

Results Map News Report

Rhode Island

About
  • Format: Proportional primary
  • Delegates: 19
Results
  • Romney 63.2%
  • Paul 23.9%
  • Gingrich 6.1%
  • Santorum 5.7%

Results Map News Report

May

8

Total delegates at stake:
132

Indiana

About
  • Format: Combined selection (winner-take-all primary for district delegates with caucus/convention)
  • Delegates: 46
Results
  • Romney 64.7%
  • Paul 15.6%
  • Santorum 13.3%
  • Gingrich 6.4%

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North Carolina

About
  • Format: Proportional primary
  • Delegates: 55
Results
  • Romney 65.7%
  • Paul 11.1%
  • Santorum 10.4%
  • Gingrich 7.6%

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West Virginia

About
  • Format: Combined selection (winner-take-all primary for district delegates with caucus/convention)
  • Delegates: 31
Results
  • Romney 69.6%
  • Santorum 12.1%
  • Paul 11.0%
  • Gingrich 6.3%

Full Results Results By County News Report

15

Total delegates at stake:
64

Nebraska

About
  • Format: Advisory primary
  • Delegates: 35
  • Note: Most delegates to be chosen at state convention and are not bound by results of the primary.
Results
  • Romney 70.9%
  • Santorum 14.0%
  • Paul 10.0%
  • Gingrich 5.2%

Full Results Results By County

Oregon

About
  • Format: Proportional primary
  • Delegates: 29
Results
  • Romney 72.1%
  • Paul 12.9%
  • Santorum 9.5%
  • Gingrich 5.5%

Full Results Results By County

22

Total delegates at stake:
81

Arkansas

About
  • Format: Proportional primary
  • Delegates: 36
Results
  • Romney 68.3%
  • Paul 13.4%
  • Santorum 13.3%
  • Gingrich 4.9%

Full Results Results By County

Kentucky

About
  • Format: Proportional primary
  • Delegates: 45
Results
  • Romney 66.8%
  • Paul 12.5%
  • Santorum 8.9%
  • Gingrich 5.9%

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29

Total delegates at stake:
155

Texas

About
  • Format: Proportional primary
  • Delegates: 155
Results

To be decided

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June

5

Total delegates at stake:
299

California

About
  • Format: Winner take all (by district and statewide)
  • Delegates: 172
Results

To be decided

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Montana

About
  • Format: Winner take all
  • Delegates: 26
Results

To be decided

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New Jersey

About
  • Format: Winner take all
  • Delegates: 50
Results

To be decided

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New Mexico

About
  • Format: Proportional primary
  • Delegates: 23
Results

To be decided

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South Dakota

About
  • Format: Proportional primary
  • Delegates: 28
Results

To be decided

Full Results Live Blog

26

Total delegates at stake:
40

Utah

About
  • Format: Winner take all
  • Delegates: 40
Results

To be decided

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Source: thegreenpapers.com

NPR's delegate tracker is following the results tracked by the web site The Green Papers. This site has provided a detailed compilation of the delegate selection events and processes, providing a precise count of both "committed" and "uncommitted" delegates.

Note

The Green Papers also calculates a "soft" delegate count based on its estimate of potential delegate support for each contender. To view that and more details of its counts, visit http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P12/R.

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