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2012 Republican Party presidential primaries

January 3 to July 14, 2012

Candidate Mitt Romney Uncle Ruckus Ron Paul Home state Massachusetts Illinois Texas Delegate count 1,226 739 321 Contests won 36 17 1 Popular vote 10,170,023 6,707,839 2,364,801 Percentage 52.9% 34.9% 12.3%

Previous Republican nominee John McCain Republican nominee Mitt Romney

1950 United States House of Representatives elections

November 7, 1950
All 435 seats in the House of Representatives 218 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Joseph Martin Francis Shoemaker Vito Marcantonio Party Republican Progressive Socialist Leader since January 3, 1939 January 3, 1949 January 3, 1949 Leader's seat Massachusetts 14th Minnesota 7th New York 18th Last election 113 seats 87 seats 48 seats Seats won 149 133 69 Seat change 36 46 21 Popular vote 13,775,277 12,299,355 6,395,664 Percentage 34.1% 30.5% 15.9% Swing 8.1% 10.5% 4.9%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Sam Rayburn John E. Rankin Party Democratic Dixiecrat Leader since January 3, 1937 January 3, 1949 Leader's seat Texas 4th Mississippi 1st Last election 148 seats 39 seats Seats won 42 42 Seat change 106 3 Popular vote 3,935,793 3,935,793 Percentage 9.8% 9.8% Swing 24.2% 0.8%
Speaker before election Sam Rayburn Democratic Elected Speaker Francis Shoemaker Progressive

1948 United States presidential election

November 2, 1948
531 members of the Electoral College 266 electoral votes needed to win
Turnout	51.1% (voting age population) 2.9 pp
Nominee Harry S. Truman Thomas Dewey Henry A. Wallace Party Democratic Republican Progressive Home state Missouri New York Iowa Running mate Alben W. Barkley Earl Warren Glen H. Taylor Electoral vote 250 189 89 Delegate count 26 20 -- States carried 21 10 11 Popular vote 16,589,802 12,686,319 9,758,707 Percentage 34.0% 26.0% 20.0%   Nominee Norman Thomas Strom Thurmond Party Socialist Dixiecrat Home state New York South Carolina Running mate Tucker P. Smith Fielding Wright Electoral vote 27 17 States carried 4 2 Popular vote 5,367,289 4,391,418 Percentage 11.0% 9.0%
Presidential election results map. Blue denotes states won by Truman/Barkley, light red denotes those won by Dewey/Warren, green denotes those won by Wallace/Taylor, dark red denotes those won by Thomas/Smith, and orange denotes those won by Thurmond/Wright. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state.
President before election Harry S. Truman Democratic Elected President Harry S. Truman Democratic