', Budget deficits shrinking but set to grow after 2015, Lew Presses Congress on Borrowing Authority, Obama defends policies to Bill O’Reilly, Protestant and do not attend at least weekly, Catholic and do not attend at least weekly, White evangelical or white born-again Christians, Offered a chance to apply for legal status, Government should do more to solve problems, Government is doing too many things better left to businesses and individuals. New Jersey lost one seat in reapportionment, forcing two incumbent Democrats into the same district. |all Illinois results, 100% in | Arizona gained one seat in reapportionment. "GOP ad ties U.S. Rep. Garamendi to Obama". 1994 1992 1990 1988. Texas - Election 2012 - NYTimes.com Live Coverage All General Election: Romney vs. Obama Polling Data. "Congressman Mike Thompson seeks re-election but not for the North Coast". After the legislature failed to reach agreement, New York conducted its 2012 congressional elections under a map drawn by a federal magistrate judge. Type. Trende, Sean. |all New York results, 100% in | News/Wall St. Jrnl, Pew A judge issued an order extending voting by two hours Tuesday night in response to the delays. Illinois lost one seat in reapportionment, forcing a pair of incumbent Republicans into the same district. "Colusa County supervisor running for Congress". Eddie Gonzales legally changed his name to VoteForEddie.com. ", Toss-Up: "These are the most competitive; either party has a good chance of winning. "Irvine mayor launches bid for Congress". RealClearPolitics - Election 2012 - General Election: Romney vs. Obama. Despite this intention, only a few centrists successfully advanced to the general election. South Carolina gained one seat in reapportionment. [5], However, the increase in competition also led to an increase in campaign spending, due to the fact that competition within political parties lasted for the entire year rather than ending after the primary. Results. The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 6, 2012. Puerto Rico's Resident Commissioner is elected to a four-year term during U.S. presidential election years. The following table shows the margin of victory for each district winner, which is calculated by examining the percentage difference between the top-two vote getters. if(document.getElementsByClassName("reference").length==0) if(document.getElementById('Footnotes')!==null) document.getElementById('Footnotes').parentNode.style.display = 'none'; Ballotpedia features 317,159 encyclopedic articles written and curated by our professional staff of editors, writers, and researchers. [1], Nearly $54 million was spent by Super PACs and independent organizations, the most of any state. According to The Texas Tribune, based on unofficial results reported by the Texas secretary of state’s office, the new Legislature will not hold a supermajority. Primary elections were held August 7, 2012. [6][7][8][9][10] Some analysts believe that in addition to Republican gerrymandering, another factor that helped the GOP maintain control of Congress (despite receiving fewer votes) was "unintentional gerrymandering," as the high concentration of Democrats in urban centers led to "wasted votes" in districts that easily elected Democratic candidates. Of those 46, 37 (80.43%) faced a primary challenger. Courant/UConn, Gallup "Lewis to retire after redistricting makes seat more favorable to Democrats". Pete' feels nothing has changed from '10". Corps (D), Esquire/Yahoo! Sixteen incumbent Republicans, ten of whom were first elected in 2010, lost re-election to Democrats. The proposition's intent was to encourage primary competition, which backers of the act said would lead to more moderate legislators being elected. why did democrat john barrow find himself in a very tight re-election in 2012 congressional race? A tougher battle for Mr. Cruz was in the primary, when he defeated David Dewhurst, the lieutenant governor and the choice of Gov. "Hahn Will Run in New District, May Face Richardson". "Mountain House resident John McDonald to run for 9th Congressional seat". Harvard Dataverse collection by Carl Klarner with useful data and tools, including state legislative election returns from 1967 to 2012. Although Democratic candidates received a nationwide plurality of more than 1.4 million votes (1.2%) in all House elections,[3] the Republican Party won a 33-seat advantage in the state-apportioned totals, thus retaining its House majority by 17 seats.