The 2012 Alabama Republican presidential primary took place on March 13, 2012, on the same day as the
Mississippi Republican primary and the
Hawaii Republican caucuses
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Significance
The Alabama and Mississippi primaries were seen as a last possible point for the Newt Gingrich campaign to stay afloat in a primary season where he had only won two states up to that point; South Carolina in January and Georgia during Super Tuesday. Alabama and Mississippi were the keystones of his "Southern Strategy". Gingrich ignored other upcoming primaries to focus on campaigning in the two neighboring Gulf states.
Results
Santorum won most of the counties and thus five out of seven congressional districts
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, especially in the northern parts including Huntsville
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. Gingrich did the best in the southeast, winning its 2nd congressional district. Romney won in big cities such as Birmingham, Montgomery and Mobile. He was able to only win the Mobile metropolitan based 1st congressional district.
See also
* 2012 Republican Party presidential debates and forums
A series of political debates were held prior to and during the 2012 Republican primaries, among candidates for the Republican presidential nomination in the national election of 2012. The first debate occurred on May 5, 2011, in Greenville, S ...
* 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries
Voters of the Republican Party elected state delegations to the 2012 Republican National Convention in presidential primaries. The national convention then selected its nominee to run for President of the United States in the 2012 presidential ...
* Results of the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries
This article contains the results of the 2012 Republican presidential primaries and caucuses, which resulted in the nomination of Mitt Romney as the Republican nominee for President of the United States. The 2012 Republican primaries were the ...
* Alabama Republican Party
References
External links
The Green Papers
for Alabama
The Green Papers
Major state elections in chronological order
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