The 2012 Libertarian Party presidential primaries allowed voters to indicate non-binding preferences for the Libertarian Party's presidential candidate. These differed from the Republican or Democratic presidential primaries and caucuses in that they did not appoint delegates to represent a candidate at the party's convention to select the party's nominee for the United States presidential election. The party's nominee for the 2012 presidential election was chosen directly by registered delegates at the 2012 Libertarian National Convention, which ran from May 2 to 6, 2012. The delegates nominated former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson for President and former judge Jim Gray for Vice President.
Four primaries were held. A total of 22,346 votes were cast in these primaries.
Candidates
Candidate Profession Campaign On primary ballot Popular vote MO NC NE CAGary Johnson 29thGovernor of New Mexico(1995–2003)(campaign • positions)Running mate: Jim Gray 8,368Barbara Joy Waymire 2,118Scott Keller 1,208James Ogle Secretary of "U.S. Parliament" 1,041R. J. Harris Republican candidate for U.S. Congress in 2010 998Bill Still 901Roger Gary 878R. Lee Wrights Vice-chairperson of the Libertarian National Committee 838Carl Person Attorney 798Alternate ballot options:Uncommitted N/A 5,198
Primaries and caucuses
Missouri primary
In the Missouri primary on February 7, the Libertarian Party had a state-run primary held alongside the Republican and Democratic primaries.
+Missouri Libertarian presidential primary, February 7, 2012CandidateVotesPercentage James Ogle 483 52.8 Uncommitted 431 47.2 Total 914 100
North Carolina primary
In the North Carolina primary on May 8, the Libertarian Party had a state-run primary held alongside the Republican and Democratic primaries.
+Missouri Libertarian presidential primary, May 8, 2012CandidateVotesPercentage Uncommitted 4,767 61.97 Gary Johnson 1,491 19.38 R. Lee Wrights 336 4.37 R. J. Harris 315 4.10 Roger Gary 301 3.91 Carl Person 261 3.39 Bill Still 221 2.87 Total 7,692 100
Nebraska primary
In the Nebraska primary on May 15, the Libertarian Party had a state-run primary held alongside the Democratic and Republican primaries.
+Missouri Libertarian presidential primary, May 15, 2012CandidateVotesPercentage Gary Johnson 97 55.43 R. Lee Wrights 23 13.14 Roger Gary 18 10.29 Carl Person 14 8.00 R. J. Harris 13 7.43 Bill Still 10 5.71 Total 175 100
California primary
Type: Semi-Closed
In the California primary on June 5, the Libertarian Party had a state-run primary held alongside those for the Republicans, Democrats, the Green Party, the American Independent Party and the Peace and Freedom Party.
This non-binding primary took place after the 2012 Libertarian National Convention.
+California Libertarian presidential primary, June 5, 2012CandidateVotesPercentage Gary Johnson 6,780 50.0 Barbara Joy Waymire 2,118 15.6 Scott Keller 1,208 8.9 R. J. Harris 670 4.9 Bill Still 670 4.9 Roger Gary 559 4.1 James Ogle 558 4.1 Carl Person 523 3.9 R. Lee Wrights 479 3.5 Total 13,565 100
2012 National Convention
See also Gary Johnson 2012 presidential campaign
Presidential primaries 2012 Democratic Party presidential primaries 2012 Green Party presidential primaries 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries
National Conventions 2012 Constitution Party National Convention 2012 Libertarian National Convention 2012 Green National Convention 2012 Democratic National Convention 2012 Republican National Convention
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