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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, South Carolina, and was hosted by Fox News, while ...
t. e. The 2012 United States presidential debates were a series of debates held during the 2012 presidential election. The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD), a bipartisan organization formed in 1987, organized four debates among the major party candidates, sponsored three presidential debates and one vice presidential debate.
2012 Republican Party presidential candidates ← 2008 August 28, 2012 (Republican National Convention) 2016 → Candidate Mitt Romney Ron Paul Home state Massachusetts Texas Delegate count 2061 190 States carried 42+ DC & U.S. Territories 3 Popular vote 10,031,336 2,095,762 Percentage 52.13% 10.89% First place finishes by convention roll call Previous Republican nominee before election John ...
The first general election presidential debate was 1960 United States presidential debates, held on September 26, 1960, between Senator John F. Kennedy, the Democratic nominee, and Vice President Richard Nixon, the Republican nominee, at CBS 's WBBM-TV in Chicago. It was moderated by Howard K. Smith and included a panel composed of Sander ...
February 25, 2016 – Houston, Texas. After the caucus in Nevada, the tenth debate was held at the University of Houston in Houston and broadcast by CNN as its third of four debates, in conjunction with Telemundo. The debate aired five days before 14 states voted on Super Tuesday, March 1.
Gary Johnson (left) withdrew on December 28 and Buddy Roemer (right) on February 23, both to run for nomination by other parties. In 2012, there were 13 state contests before Super Tuesday, seven caucuses and five primaries. Missouri had a nonbinding straw poll in the form of a primary.
The Dewey–Stassen debate was the first audio-recorded presidential debate to ever take place in the United States. It featured New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey and former Minnesota Governor Harold Stassen discussing the legal status of Communist Party of the United States four days before the 1948 Oregon Republican presidential primary.
v. t. e. The start of the 2012 Republican race for president was shaped by the 13 presidential debates of 2011 beginning on May 5. Gary Johnson and Buddy Roemer, both former Governors, were left out of most of the debates, leading to complaints of bias. [ 1] On December 28, 2011, Johnson withdrew to seek the Libertarian Party nomination and on ...