Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Musi waMay 14, 2012, Paul akazivisa kuti aisazomboitazve mushandirapamwe mumatunhu asina kuita sarudzo, asi kuti aizoisa pfungwa dzake panzira yekuwana nhume musangano usati waitwa. Zvinotungamirira ku
Ron Paul akawana zvikamu zvizhinji zvamativi ehurumende kubva kumatunhu eIowa, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Nevada, uye Oregon (asi kwete Virgin Islands, pasinei nokukunda kuvhota kwakakurumbira 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.