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2012 Democratic Party presidential candidates

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FieldValue
election_name[2012 Democratic Party presidential primaries](2012-democratic-party-presidential-primaries)
countryUnited States
typeprimary
ongoingno
previous_election2008 Democratic Party presidential candidates
previous_year2008
next_election2016 Democratic Party presidential candidates
next_year2016
election_dateDemocratic primaries
January 3 to June 5, 2012
image1
candidate1**Barack Obama**
party1Democratic Party (United States)
home_state1Illinois
states_carried1**50+DC**
popular_vote1**7,376,659**
percentage1**90.24%**
image2
candidate2John Wolfe Jr.
party2Democratic Party (United States)
home_state2Tennessee
states_carried20
popular_vote2116,639
percentage21.43%
titleDemocratic nominee
before_electionBarack Obama
after_electionBarack Obama

January 3 to June 5, 2012 During the 2012 presidential primaries, 51 individuals sought the nomination of the Democratic Party. Incumbent President Barack Obama won the nomination unanimously at the 2012 Democratic National Convention and was re-elected as president in the general election by defeating Republican nominee Mitt Romney. As expected for the incumbent president, Obama won every primary election, but faced more difficulty than projected. Fifteen additional candidates appeared on primary ballots, and of these, four appeared on more than one ballot. Four qualified for convention delegates including: attorney John Wolfe Jr., prison inmate Keith Russell Judd, perennial candidate Jim Rogers, and anti-abortion activist Randall Terry. Each of these had their delegates stripped prior to the convention due to technicalities.

Thirty-four additional candidates filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to run for president, but either withdrew from the race before the primaries or did not appear on any primary ballots.

Candidates

The following individuals formally announced their campaigns for the Democratic Party presidential nomination in 2012 and/or filed as a candidate for such with the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

Incumbent

CandidateBackgroundCampaign notesBallot access & vote total
[[File:President Barack Obama, 2012 portrait crop.jpg100px]][[File:Obama Ballot Access.PNG200px]]
Appeared on all primary ballots
7,376,659 (90.24 percent overall)

Challengers

On multiple primary ballots

The following candidates appeared on more than one primary ballot.

CandidateBackgroundCampaign notesBallot access & vote total
[[File:John Wolfe on Lesser-Known Presidential Candidates Forum crop.jpg100px]][[File:Wolfe Ballot Access.PNG200px]]
NH, MO, LA, AR, TX
116,639 (1.43 percent overall)
[[File:LG PICs 2 002.JPG100px]][[File:Richardson Ballot Access.PNG200px]]
NH, MO, OK, LA, TX
41,730 (0.51 percent overall)
[[File:Ely Ballot Access.PNG200px]]
NH, LA, OK, TX
29,947 (0.37 percent overall)
[[File:Randall Terry at forum crop.jpg100px]][[File:Terry Ballot Access.PNG200px]]
NH, MO, OK
22,734 (0.28 percent overall)

On one primary ballot

The following candidates appeared on only one primary ballot.

CandidateBackgroundCampaign notesBallot access & vote total
author= Weigel, Davidwork=Slatedate=May 8, 2012access-date=May 9, 2012author-link=David Weigel}} qualifying him for several delegates, which the West Virginia Democratic Party stripped due to his lack of a delegate slate.
[[File:Map of USA OK.svg200px]]
OK
15,535 (0.19 percent overall)
[[File:Ed Cowan 2 (cropped).jpg100px]][[File:Map of USA NH.svg200px]]
NH
945 (0.01 percent overall)
[[File:Vermin Supreme 2012.jpg100px]][[File:Map of USA NH.svg200px]]
NH
833 (0.01 percent overall)
[[File:John D. Haywood on Lesser-Known Presidential Candidates Forum (cropped).jpg100px]][[File:Map of USA NH.svg200px]]
NH
423 (0.01 percent overall)
[[File:Map of USA NH.svg200px]]
NH
400 (0.00 percent overall)
[[File:Map of USA NH.svg200px]]
NH
266 (0.00 percent overall)
[[File:Edward O'Donnell, Jr Lesser Known Candidates Forum (cropped).jpg100px]][[File:Map of USA NH.svg200px]]
NH
222 (0.00 percent overall)
[[File:Bob Greene (cropped).jpg100px]][[File:Map of USA NH.svg200px]]
NH
213 (0.00 percent overall)
[[File:Map of USA NH.svg200px]]
NH
155 (0.00 percent overall)
[[File:Aldous C. Tyler, Citizen Candidate for President, circa September 2011.jpgnonethumb133x133px]][[File:Map of USA NH.svg200px]]
NH
106 (0.00 percent overall)

FEC-filed candidates

The following presidential candidates filed with the FEC, but either did not appear on any primary ballots or withdrew before the primary elections.

CandidateBackgroundCampaign notes
[[File:Jeff Boss (cropped).jpg100px]]
[[File:HB 2013 (cropped).jpg100px]]
[[File:Warren Mosler 2012 (cropped2).jpg100px]]

Speculated

The following individuals were the object of presidential speculation in past media reports, but did not signal an interest in running.

File:Mike Gravel.jpg|Former U.S. Senator Mike Gravel of Alaska

File:Alan Grayson Updated Headshot (cropped).jpg|Former U.S. Representative Alan Grayson of Florida

Declined to run

The following individuals speculated to run for the Democratic Party's 2012 presidential nomination, announced they would not run.

File:Hillary Rodham Clinton and Usama al-Nujayfi (cropped).jpg|Secretary of State Hillary Clinton of New York File:Howard Dean addresses the Lib Dem Conference (3341865771) (cropped).jpg|Former Governor Howard Dean of Vermont File:US Special Envoy to the Great Lakes (9782991231) (cropped).jpg|Former Senator Russ Feingold of Wisconsin File:AlvinGreene1 (cropped).jpg|Former Senate nominee Alvin Greene of South Carolina File:Dennis Kucinich, Official Portrait, 112th Congress.jpg|U.S. Representative Dennis Kucinich of Ohio File:Ralph Nader (8136349614) (cropped).jpg|Consumer advocate Ralph Nader of Connecticut File:Bernie Sanders 113th Congress.jpg|Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont

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