| Election Name: | 2012 Northern Mariana Islands Republican presidential caucuses |
| Country: | Northern Mariana Islands |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | yes |
| Previous Election: | Northern Mariana Islands Republican caucuses, 2008 |
| Previous Year: | 2008 |
| Next Election: | 2016 Northern Mariana Islands Republican presidential caucuses |
| Next Year: | 2016 |
| Candidate1: | Mitt Romney |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State1: | Massachusetts |
| Delegate Count1: | 6 |
| Party4: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State4: | Texas |
| Delegate Count4: | 0 |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Pennsylvania |
| Delegate Count2: | 0 |
| Party5: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State5: | Georgia |
| Delegate Count5: | 0 |
The 2012 Northern Mariana Islands Republican presidential caucuses for 2012 took place on March 10, 2012. Citizens of the Northern Mariana Islands send nine delegates to convention.[1]
The caucus will elect six of the nine delegates to the Republican National Convention. Delegates from the Northern Mariana Islands are not technically required to support a certain candidate at the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa.[2]
Matt Romney, son of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, arrived in the Northern Mariana Islands to campaign on behalf of his father in the run-up to the caucus.[2] This is the first time in history that any U.S. presidential campaign had visited the Northern Mariana Islands.[2]
Governor Benigno Fitial endorsed Romney for President at a luncheon with Romney's son and daughter-in-law on March 9, 2012.[3]
| Northern Mariana Islands Republican caucuses, 2012[4] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Delegates | |
| Mitt Romney | 740 | 87% | 6 | |
| Rick Santorum | 53 | 6% | 0 | |
| Ron Paul | 28 | 3% | 0 | |
| Newt Gingrich | 27 | 3% | 0 | |
| Unprojected delegates: | 3 | |||
| Total: | 848 | 100% | 9 | |
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