May 14, 2012, Paul wuxuu ku dhawaaqay in uusan mar dambe si firfircoon uga ololeyn doonin gobollada aan qabanin doorashooyinka horudhaca ah, laakiin uu diiradda saari doono istiraatiijiyad lagu xaqiijinayo ergooyinka ka hor shirweynaha. Ka hortagga shirweynaha
, Ron Paul wuxuu ku guuleystay aqlabiyad ku xiran wufuudda rasmiga ah ee ka socota gobollada Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Nevada, iyo Oregon (laakiin ma ahan Jasiiradaha Virgin, in kasta oo uu ku guuleystay codka dadweynaha halkaas). Sababtoo ah khilaafaadkaas waxaa loo yareeyay Iowa, Minnesota, iyo Nevada; si kastaba ha noqotee, wuxuu kaloo lahaa magacaabis-ka-dabaqa-dhaafka ah ee gobollada Oregon iyo Alaska, oo lagu daray Jasiiradaha Virgin. Inkastoo aan loo magacaabin musharaxa xisbiga Jamhuuriga ee 2012, si rasmi ah uma uusan dhameysan ololihiisa ama ma uusan taageerin musharaxa Mitt Romney ee madaxweynaha. Ron Paul ayaa helay kaalinta labaad iyadoo 8% ka mid ah ergooyinka.