2012 United States presidential election in Texas
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The <entity_0> took place on <entity_2>, as part of the <entity_1> in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. <entity_5> voters chose 38 electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic <entity_4> <entity_3> and his running mate, Vice <entity_4> Joe Biden, against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate, Congressman Paul Ryan. In the process Romney beat George W. Bush's 2004 record of the most votes for a presidential candidate in <entity_5>, a record later surpassed in <entity_6> by Donald Trump and in 2020 by both Trump and Joe Biden. However, although Romney improved on John McCain's <entity_7> performance, this election solidified the <entity_5> urban areas' move away from the GOP. Incumbent <entity_3>, who was running for the nomination without any major opposition, won the primary with 88.18% of the vote, and was awarded all of <entity_5>' 287 delegates to the 2012 Democratic National Convention.
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