Election 101: What's the Republican primary calendar for 2012?

Here are the ins and outs of the road to winning the Republican Party presidential nomination.

5. The plum states

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Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry responds to cheering supporters at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., on Sept. 23.

Here are the top 5 states with the most delegates up for grabs in the GOP contests.

1. With 172 delegates, California

2. With 155 delegates, Texas

3. With 95 delegates, New York

4. With 76 delegates, Georgia

5. With 72 delegates, Pennsylvania

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