CAMPAIGN 2012
By Bonnie K. Goodman
Ms. Goodman is the Editor of History Musings. She has a BA in History & Art History & a Masters in Library and Information Studies from McGill University, and has done graduate work in history at Concordia University. Ms. Goodman has also contributed the overviews, and chronologies in History of American Presidential Elections, 1789-2008, 4th edition, edited by Gil Troy, Fred L. Israel, and Arthur Meier Schlesinger published by Facts on File, Inc. in 2011.
CAMPAIGN BUZZ 2012
Romney edged closer Tuesday to clinching the GOP presidential nomination. | AP Photo
IN FOCUS: MITT ROMNEY WINS OREGON & NEBRASKA PRIMARIES — STILL DOES NOT HAVE THE 1144 NEEDED DELEGATES
Romney wins Oregon, Nebraska primaries: Presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney won primary ballots in Oregon and Nebraska, partial results showed, moving him a step closer to winning his party’s formal White House nomination.
Romney won 73 percent of the vote in Oregon against 12.2 percent for Ron Paul, who suspended active campaigning this week, and 5.7 percent for Newt Gingrich, according to results from nearly two thirds of precincts.
In Nebraska the former Massachusetts governor had some 70.9 percent of votes compared to 9.9 percent for Paul and 5.2 percent for former House Speaker Gingrich, according to nearly complete results.
Even if he won all of Oregon’s 25 delegates and Nebraska’s 32 — from a non-binding poll — he would not be able to reach the 1,144 needed to clinch the Republican nomination…. – AFP, 5-16-12
- Mitt Romney easily wins Nebraska, Oregon primaries: With almost nothing at stake, Mitt Romney easily won primary contests Tuesday in Nebraska and Oregon, edging closer to formally clinching the GOP presidential nomination.
Taking more than 70 percent of the Nebraska vote with three-quarters of precincts reporting, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee won by nearly 60 percentage points over Rick Santorum, who ended his campaign a month ago. Ron Paul, who announced Monday that he would cease active campaigning in states yet to hold their primaries, nabbed just 9 percent.
In Oregon, the Associated Press called the race for Romney with just over a quarter of precincts reporting in the vote-by-mail state. There, Romney led by a similar margin, nearly 60 percentage points over Paul…. – Politico, 5-16-12 - Romney wins Nebraska, Oregon presidential primaries: Mitt Romney is adding two more victories to his win column. Nebraska and Oregon Republicans, as expected, have made clear their preference for the GOP nomination by choosing Romney in Tuesday’s presidential primaries…. – WaPo, 5-16-12
- Romney wins Nebraska primary: Mitt Romney won the Nebraska Republican primary on Tuesday, adding to his delegate haul in his march toward the GOP presidential nomination. The Associated Press declared Romney the winner in Nebraska which, along with Oregon…. – MSNBC, 5-16-12
