No presidential primary held in Washington state in 2012

Washington state has used a combination system with both a primary and a caucus to allocate delegates to the national Republican convention since 1989, after a successful initiative to the legislature in 1988. The Democratic party continued to rely on the caucus system to select their delegates, although Democratic candidates appeared on the primary ballot. This year, the secretary of state and the state legislature decided to cancel the presidential primary due to budgetary considerations.

As the largest state to caucus since Florida and coming just two days before Super Tuesday, the spotligh...