On January 18, 2012, Secretary of StateKenneth McClintock announced that seven candidates, including Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul and Rick Perry (who has since withdrawn and endorsed Gingrich) would be eligible to appear on the March 18 ballot unless they notified McClintock by February 17 of their desire not to compete in Puerto Rico. If a candidate received a majority of the votes, then the primary was to be winner-take-all, but if no candidate met the 50% threshold, its 20 delegates were to be divided proportionally.[2]
On February 20, 2012, the Republican Party of Puerto Rico announced the six candidate names and their order on the ballot for the island's March 18 presidential primary.[5]
In 2012 U.S. presidential candidate Rick Santorum was criticized during the runup to the Puerto Rican Republican primary for stating that if Puerto Rico opted to become a state, it would have to make English its primary language. As The New York Times reported:[7]
His remarks drew immediate criticism, and prompted one delegate who had been pledged to him to quit, saying he was offended. There is no rule in the Constitution requiring the adoption of English for the admittance of new states, and the United States does not have an official language. On Thursday Mr. Santorum and his aides scrambled to contain the damage, with the candidate saying several times that the local media had misquoted him as saying he wanted English to be the "only" language, whereas he believed that English should be the "primary language.
^"For Santorum, Trying to Tamp Down a Firestorm Over Puerto Rico Remarks", By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE and ASHLEY PARKER, March 15, 2012, The New York Times
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The Green Papers: Major state elections in chronological order
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2012, puerto, rico, republican, presidential, primary, took, place, march, 2012, 2008, march, 2012, 2012, 2016, alil, candidate, mitt, romney, rick, santorum, party, republican, republican, home, state, massachusetts, pennsylvania, delegate, count, popular, vo. The 2012 Puerto Rico Republican presidential primary took place on March 18 2012 1 2 3 4 2012 Puerto Rico Republican presidential primary 2008 March 18 2012 2012 03 18 2016 ALIL Candidate Mitt Romney Rick Santorum Party Republican Republican Home state Massachusetts Pennsylvania Delegate count 20 0 Popular vote 106 431 10 574 Percentage 82 61 8 21 On January 18 2012 Secretary of State Kenneth McClintock announced that seven candidates including Newt Gingrich Mitt Romney Rick Santorum Ron Paul and Rick Perry who has since withdrawn and endorsed Gingrich would be eligible to appear on the March 18 ballot unless they notified McClintock by February 17 of their desire not to compete in Puerto Rico If a candidate received a majority of the votes then the primary was to be winner take all but if no candidate met the 50 threshold its 20 delegates were to be divided proportionally 2 On February 20 2012 the Republican Party of Puerto Rico announced the six candidate names and their order on the ballot for the island s March 18 presidential primary 5 Contents 1 Results 2 Controversies 2 1 Santorum remarks about use of English in Puerto Rico 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksResults editPrior to certification 6 Puerto Rico Republican primary 2012 Candidate Votes Percentage Delegates nbsp Mitt Romney 106 431 82 61 20 Rick Santorum 10 574 8 21 0 Buddy Roemer 2 880 2 24 0 Others 2 759 2 14 0 Newt Gingrich 2 702 2 10 0 Fred Karger 1 893 1 47 0 Ron Paul 1 595 1 24 0 Unprojected delegates 3 Total 128 834 100 0 23Controversies editSantorum remarks about use of English in Puerto Rico edit See also English in Puerto Rico In 2012 U S presidential candidate Rick Santorum was criticized during the runup to the Puerto Rican Republican primary for stating that if Puerto Rico opted to become a state it would have to make English its primary language As The New York Times reported 7 His remarks drew immediate criticism and prompted one delegate who had been pledged to him to quit saying he was offended There is no rule in the Constitution requiring the adoption of English for the admittance of new states and the United States does not have an official language On Thursday Mr Santorum and his aides scrambled to contain the damage with the candidate saying several times that the local media had misquoted him as saying he wanted English to be the only language whereas he believed that English should be the primary language See also editRepublican Party presidential primaries 2012 Results of the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries Puerto Rico Republican PartyReferences edit Primary and Caucus Printable Calendar CNN Retrieved January 22 2012 a b GOP s primary in PR taking shape Caribbean Business Retrieved February 8 2012 Presidential Primary Dates PDF Federal Election Commission Retrieved February 8 2012 As GOP Races On Puerto Rico Could Be Battleground New Hampshire Public Radio nhpr Retrieved March 5 2012 Ballot set for Puerto Rico s Republican primary Caribbean Business Archived from the original on March 23 2012 Retrieved March 1 2012 Primarias Presidenciales 18 de Marzo de 2012 Partido Republicano Resultados CEEPUR in Spanish State Elections Commission of Puerto Rico March 18 2012 Archived from the original on March 19 2012 Retrieved March 21 2012 For Santorum Trying to Tamp Down a Firestorm Over Puerto Rico Remarks By KATHARINE Q SEELYE and ASHLEY PARKER March 15 2012 The New York TimesExternal links editThe Green Papers for Puerto Rico The Green Papers Major state elections in chronological order Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2012 Puerto Rico Republican presidential primary amp oldid 1174238664, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
