Delegates

Jon Ward

Ron Paul Not Likely To Endorse Mitt Romney, Adviser Says

HuffingtonPost.com | Jon Ward | Posted 05.15.2012

WASHINGTON -- A top adviser to Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) said Tuesday that the insurgent presidential candidate will probably not endorse Mitt Romney fo...

Romney Nets Big Gain

AP | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 04.04.2012

WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney won nearly all the convention delegates a three-primary sweep, adding to a lead that will be insurmountable without a d...

Romney's Halfway There

AP | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 04.02.2012

WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney is halfway to clinching the Republican nomination for president. The former Massachusetts governor inched up to 572 de...

Elise Foley

Rick Santorum Explains When He Would Leave The Race

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 04.01.2012

WASHINGTON -- Presidential hopeful Rick Santorum said on Sunday that he would drop out of the race if Mitt Romney gathered the 1,144 delegates needed ...

Jason Linkins

Rick Santorum Has Finally Realized That Every State's Primary System Is 'Different'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.29.2012

Byron York has a piece up today about Rick Santorum's campaign and its "new delegate math" that really doesn't expand too much on all of the reports o...

Jon Ward

Pro-Santorum Super PAC Lays Out State By State Strategy For Taking Romney's Lead

HuffingtonPost.com | Jon Ward | Posted 03.28.2012

WASHINGTON -- Rick Santorum's presidential campaign has divulged a few specifics about how they think they can catch up to Mitt Romney in the race for...

Jason Linkins

Santorum Wants You To Know That He Has More Delegates Than You Think He Has, Maybe

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.20.2012

All reported accounts of how many delegates each of the 2012 GOP presidential candidates have won should of course come with caveats. They are, after ...

Why Romney Aides Are Comparing The GOP Primary To Monty Python

AP | STEVE PEOPLES and JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 05.19.2012

CHICAGO — His confidence surging, Mitt Romney pointedly ignored his Republican rivals on the eve of Tuesday's high-stakes primary election in Il...

Jon Ward

How To Pick Off Delegates: A Reader's Guide To Republican Combat

HuffingtonPost.com | Jon Ward | Posted 03.16.2012

WASHINGTON -- The Ron Paul campaign says it is "courting delegates" in Iowa and other states, trying to win over as many as possible to support their ...

Jon Ward

Rick Santorum, Ron Paul On Track To Get Most Of Iowa's Delegates

HuffingtonPost.com | Jon Ward | Posted 03.15.2012

WASHINGTON -- Rick Santorum and Ron Paul are best positioned to win the most delegates in Iowa as the Republican primary process moves forward, making...

Mitt Romney Campaign Memo: 'Nothing Has Changed'

The Huffington Post | Jon Ward | Posted 03.14.2012

The Romney campaign is out Wednesday morning with a memo once again emphasizing its delegate lead. The campaign says they have "at least 511 delegates...

Romney Makes Surprising Gains

AP | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 05.14.2012

WASHINGTON — Rick Santorum won Republican presidential primaries in Alabama and Mississippi but he didn't gain any ground in the race for delega...

The Voodoo Math of the GOP Nomination

Chris Ladd | Posted 05.12.2012

Chris Ladd

Take all those factors together and you can see that Romney's "I'm mathematically inevitable" pitch is more spin than reality.

Jon Ward

Rick Santorum's Focus In Delegate Fight With Mitt Romney: State Conventions

HuffingtonPost.com | Jon Ward | Posted 03.12.2012

WASHINGTON -- Rick Santorum's newly hired delegate counter released a memo Monday that showed the former Pennsylvania senator's campaign is increasing...

Jon Ward

Rick Santorum Predicts He'll Win 'Vast Majority' Of Iowa Delegates

HuffingtonPost.com | Jon Ward | Posted 03.12.2012

WASHINGTON -- Rick Santorum predicted on Sunday that he will out-organize both Mitt Romney and Ron Paul in Iowa, and that he will end up with the "vas...

Jon Ward

Newt Gingrich Has More 'Bound' Delegates Than Rick Santorum, RNC Says

HuffingtonPost.com | Jon Ward | Posted 03.09.2012

WASHINGTON -- Newt Gingrich has won more "bound" delegates than Rick Santorum so far in the Republican presidential primary, according to the official...

Money for Love? Romney Campaign Gives Over $1.7 Million to Republicans

Corbin Hiar | Posted 05.05.2012

Corbin Hiar

Political committees controlled by Mitt Romney's campaign have made generous donations to prominent Republicans in early primary states, but records show contributions have tailed off as the GOP nominees head in to Super Tuesday.

Getting Off the Sidelines in D.C. Politics

Gregory Cendana | Posted 05.02.2012

Gregory Cendana

Yesterday, I stood outside D.C. Democratic Party headquarters talking to residents about early voting for delegates. One thing became clear: District voters had little idea that they had a choice in who would represent their views.

Romney Needs To Pick Up The Pace

AP | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 04.30.2012

WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney got two important wins in the Arizona and Michigan primaries, but he better pick up the pace if he wants to lock up the...

The Ultimate Republican Nomination Information Chart

Tom McGuire | Posted 04.29.2012

Tom McGuire

We decided to create the go-to place for all of the detailed information regarding the 2012 Republican nominating process.

How Many Delegates Did Rick Santorum Win Last Night?

The Huffington Post | Jason Linkins | Posted 02.08.2012

None. People are still getting this wrong. Don't be one of them....

Paul Rolls The Dice In Nevada

AP | By BETH FOUHY | Posted 02.02.2012

LAS VEGAS -- Ron Paul is rolling the dice on Nevada and other caucus states like Minnesota, Kansas and Washington, hoping to keep his nontraditional p...

Paul: I'm Not Dropping Out

AP | By BETH FOUHY | Posted 01.28.2012

GORHAM, Maine -- Ron Paul said Saturday the Republican presidential race has "a ways to go" and he doesn't intend to get out or get behind another can...

Wacky Rules Complicate GOP Race

AP | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 02.27.2012

WASHINGTON — Look out for some wacky results in the race for delegates in the Republican presidential primaries and caucuses. There might even b...

Jon Ward

Romney Needs Early 2012 Knockout To Avoid Extended Primary

HuffingtonPost.com | Jon Ward | Posted 11.28.2011

WASHINGTON -- The first two months of 2012 represent Mitt Romney's best chance to deliver a knockout blow in the Republican presidential primary. I...