2012 Republican Caucus

Leila Navidi / Las Vegas Sun

Voters express frustration at disorganization while signing in for the Republican presidential caucus at Green Valley High School in Henderson on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012.

Five decisions that cost the Nevada GOP a successful caucus

Feb 8, 2012 (2 a.m.)

By Anjeanette Damon

Early last fall, when Florida Republicans defied the national party and moved their presidential primary to January, Nevada Republican Chairwoman Amy Tarkanian issued a defiant statement.

Errors could threaten Nevada’s status as early-caucus state, place of influence in elections

February 8, 2012

By Anjeanette Damon,
Karoun Demirjian

Four years ago, Nevada launched into the national electoral elite, becoming one of the first four states that vote in the quadrennial presidential nominating contests, and the first state to vote in the West. Nevada won that presumably influential early place in the process of winnowing presidential candidates because it was a caucus state, which the Democratic Party wanted. But after last weekend’s error-filled, extended-count Republican caucuses, some are wondering if Nevada has ruined its chances of remaining early and influential in future election cycles.
Caucus turnout reveals Republicans have more work to do

February 7, 2012

By Karoun Demirjian

Despite the dangling carrot of a Democratic president they want to oust, a competitive field of candidates to choose from and a stated desire to influence national politics, Nevada Republicans showed underwhelming enthusiasm to participate in their caucuses Saturday.
After beleaguered caucus, GOP leaders consider switch to primary

February 7, 2012

By David McGrath Schwartz

A primary election is easier to conduct than a caucus — the civic process that involves talking politics with neighbors. And after Saturday’s troubled GOP caucuses, the state’s political leaders are suggesting they’re ready to switch.
Where do the Republican presidential candidates go from here?

February 7, 2012

By Karoun Demirjian

The lesson of this volatile Republican presidential campaign, until Saturday, had been this: Don’t drop out because who knows? You just might win the next state. Nevada may have turned that wisdom on its head by giving Mitt Romney a decisive victory.
Final Nevada Results: Romney with 50.1%, Gingrich 2nd, Paul 3rd

February 6, 2012

By Karoun Demirjian

Nearly two days after the Republican caucuses closed, final results show how decisively Mitt Romney won Nevada: By 50.1 percent -- not quite as strongly as he did in 2008, but enough to give him his strongest first-place finish yet.
Slow count doesn’t win friends for GOP caucus

February 6, 2012

By Anjeanette Damon

A slow hand count of Clark County’s presidential caucus vote delayed final results, prompting accusations, doubts and derision from national political observers, who called for Nevada’s status as an early caucus state to be yanked.
Donald Trump takes credit for Mitt Romney’s Nevada win

February 6, 2012

By David McGrath Schwartz

Forget attributing Mitt Romney’s win Saturday in Nevada to his superior campaign organization, momentum from Florida, electability, business record or the Mormon factor.
Nevada GOP dealing with ‘trouble box’ of questionable ballots

February 5, 2012

By Anjeanette Damon

Republican Party officials are trying to figure out how to deal with a “trouble box” of ballots from the presidential caucus Sunday as the count in Nevada’s largest county stretches into its second day.
Vote count in GOP caucus continuing in Nevada’s largest county

February 5, 2012

By Anjeanette Damon

The voting ended half a day ago. The networks have called the race. The GOP presidential candidates have delivered their speeches and left the state. And, still, party officials in Nevada’s largest county continue to count the vote.
Special evening caucus at Adelson school ignites more controversy

February 5, 2012

By Conor Shine

A special evening caucus organized for religious voters who observe a Saturday Sabbath was swarmed with Ron Paul voters, causing long lines, angry confrontations and cries of voter disenfranchisement.
Economic woes, anti-Obama sentiment fail to draw large turnout at Nevada GOP caucus

February 4, 2012

By David McGrath Schwartz

Mitt Romney’s easy victory in Nevada’s Republican presidential caucuses might, in the long run, be less important than the fact that a surprising number of Republicans who could have participated Saturday chose to stay home.
How Romney won Nevada again

February 4, 2012

By Anjeanette Damon

Mitt Romney cruised to an easy victory in the Nevada Republican presidential caucuses Saturday by relying on a campaign organization he spent four years building and carefully maintaining. That organization became a firewall of sorts that allowed him to fend off a series of threats from Republican rivals who surged in popularity, including picking up victories in early states, but had no similar turnout machine to fallback on in Nevada.
Projected: Romney wins Nevada GOP caucuses

February 4, 2012

By Karoun Demirjian,
Joe Schoenmann

Mitt Romney will win the Nevada GOP caucuses, the Las Vegas Sun projects. Even with incomplete statewide results, official figures from just over 40 percent of precincts, as well as exit polling and caucus results observed by Sun reporters, give Romney an insurmountable lead in Nevada and another victory as his bid for the Republican nomination continues to gather momentum.
Nevada GOP caucuses: How social media is telling the story

February 4, 2012

By Michael Squires

How social media is telling the story of the Nevada GOP caucus.