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Iowa Caucus
First Official caucus/primary of the year
Rick Sanrotum won with 24.6% over Mitt Romney with 24.5% -
New Hampshire Primary
Second national primary
Mitt Romney won with 39.3% over Ron Paul with 22.9 -
Super Tuesday
Called Super Tuesday because 10 states hold their primary on this day
Santorum- AL ND MS
Romney- HI OH MA WY ID AK
Gingrich- GA -
Last Primary of 2012
Held by Utah and has 40 delegates -
Rebublican National Convention
Held in Tampa Bay arena
Republicans choose Presidential Candidate -
Democratic National Convention
Choose their presidential candidate (Obama)
Held in Charlotte -
General Election
General election... everybody votes for public offices -
Electoral college votes
Electoral college votes -
Formal election for president by electoral college
Electoral college votes for president -
Inauguration
President is inaugurated