May 14, 2012, Paul akazivisa kuti haachazoiti mushandirapamwe mumatunhu asina kuita sarudzo dzekutanga, asi achanyanya kufunga nezvenzira yekuwana nhume musangano usati waitwa. Kusvikira kugungano
, Ron Paul akawana huwandu hwakawanda hwevamiriri vepamutemo kubva kumatunhu eIowa, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Nevada, uye Oregon (asi kwete Virgin Islands, kunyangwe kuhwina vhoti yakakurumbira ikoko). Nemhaka yekukakavadzana izvi zvakaderedzwa kuIowa, Minnesota, neNevada; zvisinei, iye zvakare aive nekusarudzwa-kubva-pasi-kuwanda mumatunhu eOregon neAlaska, pamwe neVirgin Islands. Kunyange zvazvo akanga asina kunzi 2012 Republican nominee, haana pamutemo kugumisa ake mushandirapamwe kana kutsigira nominee Mitt Romney kuti purezidhendi. Pakokorodzano, Ron Paul akagamuchira nzvimbo yechipiri ne8% yevamiriri.