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Across the country, when elected officials leave office, it is often to seek election to a different political position. This page compiledelected officials who ran for a different office in 2012.

There were five different categories of incumbent offices tracked.

• State executive officials
• State senators
• State representatives
• U.S. representatives
• U.S. senators

Some examples would be a state representative who ran for state senate, or a state executive official who ran for election to theU.S. House.

If a current member in one of those offices declared a candidacy for another political office, that official appears in one of the corresponding tabs below.

Ballotpedia staff counted 387 total incumbents that ran for a different office in the2012 elections.

U.S. Representatives

Ran for U.S. Senate

Name	Party	Prior Office
Bob Turner	Republican	U.S. House, New York
Christopher S. Murphy	Democratic	U.S. House, Connecticut
Connie Mack	Republican	U.S. House, Florida
Denny Rehberg	Republican	U.S. House, Montana
Jeff Flake	Republican	U.S. House, Arizona
Joe Donnelly	Democratic	U.S. House, Indiana
Martin Heinrich	Democratic	U.S. House, New Mexico
Mazie K. Hirono	Democratic	U.S. House, Hawaii
Rick Berg	Republican	U.S. House, North Dakota
Shelley Berkley	Democratic	U.S. House, Nevada
Tammy Baldwin	Democratic	U.S. House, Wisconsin
W. Todd Akin	Republican	U.S. House, Missouri

Ran for State Executive Office

Name	Party	Prior Office
Jay Inslee	Democratic	U.S. House, Washington
Mike Pence	Republican	U.S. House, Indiana

Name	Party	Ran For
Bob Filner	Democratic	Mayor, San Diego
Ron Paul	Republican	U.S. President

U.S. Senators

Ran for State Executive Office

No officials met this criteria in 2012.

Ran for Other

No officials met this criteria in 2012.

State Executives

Ran for U.S. Senate

Name	Party	Prior Office
Bruce Poliquin	Republican	U.S. House, Maine
Charles Summers Jr.	Republican	Secretary of State, Maine
David Dewhurst	Republican	Lieutenant Governor, Texas
Hector Balderas	Democratic	State Auditor, New Mexico
Josh Mandel	Republican	Treasurer, Ohio
William Schneider	Republican	Attorney General, Maine

Ran for U.S. House

Name	Party	Prior Office
Brian Kalk	Republican	Public Service Commission, North Dakota
Kevin Cramer	Republican	U.S. House, North Dakota

Ran for State Senate

No officials met this criteria in 2012.

Ran for State House

No officials met this criteria in 2012.

Ran for different state executive position

Name	Party	Prior Office
Bill Gallagher	Republican	Public Service Commission, Montana
Rob McKenna	Republican	Attorney General, Washington
Steve Bullock	Democratic	Attorney General, Montana
Walter H. Dalton	Democratic	Lieutenant Governor, North Carolina

Ran for Other

No officials met this criteria in 2012.

State Senators

Ran for U.S. Senate

Name	Party	Prior Office
C. Anthony Muse	Democratic	State Senate, Maryland
Deb Fischer	Republican	State Senate, Nebraska
Debra Plowman	Republican	State Senate, Maine
Michael Baumgartner	Republican	State Senate, Washington

Ran for U.S. House

Name	Party	Prior Office
Alan Lowenthal	Democratic	State Senate, California
Andrew Roraback	Republican	State Senate, Connecticut
Brandon Shaffer	Democratic	State Senate, Colorado
Christopher Shank	Republican	State Senate, Maryland
Cynthia Dill	Democratic	State Senate, Maine
David Brinkley	Republican	State Senate, Maryland
David Rouzer	Republican	State Senate, North Carolina
David Schapira	Democratic	State Senate, Arizona
Doug LaMalfa	Republican	State Senate, California
Eric Griego	Democratic	State Senate, New Mexico
Eric Stewart	Democratic	State Senate, Tennessee
Gene Jeffress	Democratic	State Senate, Arkansas
Glenn Anderson	Democratic	State Senate, Michigan
Gwen Howard	Nonpartisan	State Senate, Nebraska
Jonathan Courtney	Republican	State Senate, Maine
Kevin Lundberg	Republican	State Senate, Colorado
Kevin Raye	Republican	State Senate, Maine
Kim Gillan	Democratic	State Senate, Montana
Michael S. Bennett	Republican	State Senate, Florida
Mike Jackson	Republican	State Senate, Texas
Nancy Jacobs	Republican	State Senate, Maryland
Nicole LeFavour	Democratic	State Senate, Idaho
Robert Dutton	Republican	State Senate, California
Robert Garagiola	Democratic	State Senate, Maryland
Ron Gould	Republican	State Senate, Arizona
Scott Beason	Republican	State Senate, Alabama
Steven Horsford	Democratic	State Senate, Nevada
Tony Strickland	Republican	State Senate, California

Ran for State Executive Office

Name	Party	Prior Office
Bill Stouffer	Republican	State Senate, Missouri
Bob Lake	Republican	State Senate, Montana
Brad Lager	Republican	State Senate, Missouri
Bruce Starr	Republican	State Senate, Oregon
Craig Pridemore	Democratic	State Senate, Washington
Eric Mansfield	Democratic	State Senate, North Carolina
Jim Kastama	Democratic	State Senate, Washington
Jim Shockley	Republican	State Senate, Montana
John Rafferty	Republican	State Senate, Pennsylvania
Jon Sonju	Republican	State Senate, Montana
Lynda Moss	Democratic	State Senate, Montana
Mike Hall (West Virginia)	Republican	State Senate, West Virginia
Randel Christmann	Republican	State Senate, North Dakota
Randolph Brock	Republican	State Senate, Vermont
Ryan Taylor	Democratic	State Senate, North Dakota
Ryan Zinke	Republican	State Senate, Montana
Scott Rupp	Republican	State Senate, Missouri
Vincent Illuzzi	Republican	State Senate, Vermont
Walt Helmick	Democratic	State Senate, West Virginia

Ran for State House

Name	Party	Prior Office
Barry Hobbins	Democratic	State Senate, Maine
J.E. Putnam	Republican	State Senate, South Dakota
Kevin Engler	Republican	State Senate, Missouri
Lori Klein	Republican	State Senate, Arizona
Mike Fasano	Republican	State Senate, Florida
Nancy Sullivan	Democratic	State Senate, Maine
Ray Merrick	Republican	State Senate, Kansas
Robert Bacon	Republican	State Senate, Iowa
Ron Sandack	Republican	State Senate, Illinois
Steve Oelrich	Republican	State Senate, Florida
Steve Smith	Republican	State Senate, Arizona

Ran for Other

Name	Party	Prior Office
Ben McAdams	Democratic	State Senate, Utah
Ross Romero	Democratic	State Senate, Utah

State Representatives

Ran for U.S. Senate

Name	Party	Prior Office
Christopher Herrod	Republican	State House, Utah
Jeff Fitzgerald	Republican	State House, Wisconsin
Jon Hinck	Democratic	State House, Maine

Ran for U.S. House

Name	Party	Prior Office
Alecia Webb-Edgington	Republican	State House, Kentucky
Anthony O'Donnell	Republican	State House, Maryland
Barbara Mallory-Caraway	Democratic	State House, Texas
Bette Grande	Republican	State House, North Dakota
Christopher Donovan	Democratic	State House, Connecticut
Clark Hall	Democratic	State House, Arkansas
Daniel H. Boman	Democratic	State House, Alabama
David G. Valadao	Republican	State House, California
Doug Collins	Republican	State House, Georgia
Franke Wilmer	Democratic	State House, Montana
Fred Costello	Republican	State House, Florida
Gary Aubuchon	Republican	State House, Florida
George Faught	Republican	State House, Oklahoma
Grace Meng	Democratic	State House, New York
Hakeem Jeffries	Democratic	State House, New York
Jared Huffman	Democratic	State House, California
Jerry Nolte	Republican	State House, Missouri
Joaquin Castro	Democratic	State House, Texas
Joe Miklosi	Democratic	State House, Colorado
John Oceguera	Democratic	State House, Nevada
Jonathan Miller	Republican	State House, West Virginia
Julia Brownley	Democratic	State House, California
Kathy Afzali	Republican	State House, Maryland
Kelda Roys	Democratic	State House, Wisconsin
Kim Koppelman	Republican	State House, North Dakota
Kurt Bills	Republican	State House, Minnesota
Lee Anderson	Republican	State House, Georgia
Leonard Bembry	Democratic	State House, Florida
Marc Veasey	Democratic	State House, Texas
Mark Pocan	Democratic	State House, Wisconsin
Matt Heinz	Democratic	State House, Arizona
Paige Kreegel	Republican	State House, Florida
Patricia Keever	Democratic	State House, North Carolina
Patrick McDonough	Republican	State House, Maryland
Paul Cook	Republican	State House, California
Pete Gallego	Democratic	State House, Texas
Randy Weber	Republican	State House, Texas
Ric Killian	Republican	State House, North Carolina
Richard Impallaria	Republican	State House, Maryland
Rick Snuffer	Republican	State House, West Virginia
Rory Lancman	Democratic	State House, New York
Sal Pace	Democratic	State House, Colorado
Scott Perry	Republican	State House, Pennsylvania
Scott Reske	Democratic	State House, Indiana
Shanelle Jackson	Democratic	State House, Michigan
Sharon Cissna	Democratic	State House, Alaska
Ted Celeste	Democratic	State House, Ohio

Ran for State Executive Office

Name	Party	Prior Office
Al Park	Democratic	State House, New Mexico
Bill Faison	Democratic	State House, North Carolina
Brian Savilla	Republican	State House, West Virginia
Cole McNary	Republican	State House, Missouri
Dale Folwell	Republican	State House, North Carolina
David Monson	Republican	State House, North Dakota
Derek Skees	Republican	State House, Montana
Erich Ponti	Republican	State House, Louisiana
Eugene Depasquale	Democratic	State House, Pennsylvania
Glenn Anderson	Republican	State House, Washington
Grey Mills, Jr.	Republican	State House, North Carolina
Jason Kander	Democratic	State House, Missouri
John Dougall	Republican	State House, Utah
John Maher	Republican	State House, Pennsylvania
Kenneth Sumsion	Republican	State House, Utah
Mark Miloscia	Democratic	State House, Washington
Michael More	Republican	State House, Montana
Sara Lampe	Democratic	State House, Missouri
Scot Kelsh	Democratic	State House, North Dakota
Shane Schoeller	Republican	State House, Missouri
Tim Cullen	Democratic	State House, Wisconsin
Troy Kelley	Democratic	State House, Washington
Warren Chisum	Republican	State House, Texas

Ran for State Senate

Name	Party	Prior Office
Andres Ayala, Jr.	Democratic	State House, Connecticut
Andrew Kerr	Democratic	State House, Colorado
Andy Billig	Democratic	State House, Washington
Anna Fairclough	Republican	State House, Alaska
Anna Tovar	Democratic	State House, Arizona
Anne Haskell	Democratic	State House, Maine
Anthony Brown	Republican	State House, Kansas
Arnie Roblan	Democratic	State House, Oregon
Barbara Bailey	Republican	State House, Washington
Barry Hyde	Democratic	State House, Oregon
Bernadine Craft	Democratic	State House, Wyoming
Berta Gardner	Democratic	State House, Alaska
Bill Berryhill	Republican	State House, California
Bill Cunningham	Democratic	State House, Illinois
Bill Galvano	Republican	State House, Florida
Bill Monning	Democratic	State House, California
Bob Brechtel	Republican	State House, Wyoming
Bob Hasegawa	Democratic	State House, Washington
Bobby Pierce	Democratic	State House, Arkansas
Branden Petersen	Republican	State House, Minnesota
Bruce Anderson	Republican	State House, Minnesota
Bruce Dammeier	Republican	State House, Washington
Bryan Kaenrath	Democratic	State House, Maine
Bryan King	Republican	State House, Arkansas
Caryn Tyson	Republican	State House, Kansas
Cathleen Galgiani	Democratic	State House, California
Chapin Rose	Republican	State House, Illinois
Charles Schwertner	Republican	State House, Texas
Charlotte O'Hara	Republican	State House, Kansas
Cherie Buckner-Webb	Democratic	State House, Idaho
Chester Crandell	Republican	State House, Arizona
Chris Nybo	Republican	State House, Illinois
Christopher Coutu	Republican	State House, Connecticut
Clark Chapin	Republican	State House, Connecticut
Clifford Bayer	Republican	State House, Idaho
Connie Doepke	Republican	State House, Minnesota
Craig Frank	Republican	State House, Utah
Dan Kerschen	Republican	State House, Kansas
Daniel Hall	Democratic	State House, West Virginia
Daniel K. Biss	Democratic	State House, Illinois
Darren Soto	Democratic	State House, Florida
David Balmer	Republican	State House, Colorado
David C. Burns	Republican	State House, Maine
David Chavez	Republican	State House, New Mexico
David Doyle	Republican	State House, New Mexico
David J. Sanders	Republican	State House, Arkansas
David Sater	Republican	State House, Missouri
Debbie Smith	Democratic	State House, Nevada
Denise Grimsley	Republican	State House, Florida
Dick Barrett	Democratic	State House, Montana
Don Wells	Republican	State House, Missouri
Donald Pilon	Democratic	State House, Maine
Dorothy Hukill	Republican	State House, Florida
Dustin Degree	Republican	State House, Vermont
Dwight Bullard	Democratic	State House, Florida
Earline Parmon	Democratic	State House, North Carolina
Ed Ableser	Democratic	State House, Arizona
Ed Garner	Republican	State House, Arkansas
Eddie Cheatham	Democratic	State House, Arkansas
Edward Mazurek	Democratic	State House, Maine
Efrem Elliott	Democratic	State House, Arkansas
Elaine Bowers	Republican	State House, Kansas
Eleanor Chavez	Democratic	State House, New Mexico
Elizabeth Coggs	Democratic	State House, Wisconsin
Ellen Brandom	Republican	State House, Missouri
Elsie Arntzen	Republican	State House, Montana
Evan Vickers	Republican	State House, Utah
Forrest Knox	Republican	State House, Kansas
Frank Niceley	Republican	State House, Tennessee
Frank Smith	Democratic	State House, Montana
Fred Allen	Democratic	State House, Arkansas
Garry Smith	Democratic	State House, Arkansas
Gary MacLaren	Republican	State House, Montana
Gary Plummer	Republican	State House, Maine
Gary Stubblefield	Republican	State House, Arkansas
Gene Abdallah	Republican	State House, South Dakota
George Amedore	Republican	State House, New York
Gerald Hill	Democratic	State House, California
Gerald Hocker	Republican	State House, Delaware
Geraldine Thompson	Democratic	State House, Florida
Glen Bradley	Republican	State House, North Carolina
Glenn Vaad	Republican	State House, Colorado
Greg Smith	Republican	State House, Kansas
Gregory Lavelle	Republican	State House, Delaware
Guillermo Linares	Democratic	State House, New York
H. Paul Dennert	Democratic	State House, South Dakota
Harry R. Ramey, Jr.	Republican	State House, Illinois
Herbert Clark	Democratic	State House, Maine
Jabar Shumate	Democratic	State House, Oklahoma
James Beall Jr.	Democratic	State House, California
James Crawford	Democratic	State House, Connecticut
James Frishe	Republican	State House, Florida
James P. Fawcett	Republican	State House, Kansas
James Patrick	Republican	State House, Idaho
Jamilah Nasheed	Democratic	State House, Missouri
Jane English	Republican	State House, Arkansas
Janet Petersen	Democratic	State House, Iowa
Janna Taylor	Republican	State House, Montana
Jason Barickman	Republican	State House, Illinois
Jason Holsman	Democratic	State House, Missouri
Jeanette Mott Oxford	Democratic	State House, Missouri
Jeannie Darneille	Democratic	State House, Washington
Jeff Brandes	Republican	State House, Florida
Jeff Clemens	Democratic	State House, Florida
Jeff Miller	Republican	State House, California
Jeff Nesset	Republican	State House, Idaho
Jerry Brown	Democratic	State House, Arkansas
Jim Denning	Republican	State House, Kansas
Jim Guthrie	Republican	State House, Idaho
Jim White	Republican	State House, South Dakota
Joe Patton	Republican	State House, Kansas
Joe Uecker	Republican	State House, Ohio
Joey Hensley	Republican	State House, Tennessee
John Fillmore	Republican	State House, Arizona
John Grange	Republican	State House, Kansas
John Kefalas	Democratic	State House, Colorado
John Legg	Republican	State House, Florida
Jon Sesso	Democratic	State House, Montana
Jon Woods	Republican	State House, Arkansas
Joseph Abruzzo	Democratic	State House, Florida
Joseph Cervantes	Democratic	State House, New Mexico
Joseph Fallert, Jr.	Democratic	State House, Missouri
Karl Allen	Democratic	State House, South Carolina
Katie Hobbs	Democratic	State House, Arizona
Kay Wolf	Republican	State House, Kansas
Keith Ingram	Democratic	State House, Arkansas
[[Kelli Stargel		State House, Florida
Kelly Hancock	Republican	State House, Texas
Kelvin Atkinson	Democratic	State House, Nevada
Ken Paxton	Republican	State House, Texas
Kenneth Summers	Republican	State House, Colorado
Kimberly Yee	Republican	State House, Arizona
Kirk Pearson	Republican	State House, Washington
Larry Cowling	Democratic	State House, Arizona
Larry Liston	Republican	State House, Colorado
Larry Powell	Republican	State House, Kansas
Larry Taylor	Republican	State House, Texas
Leslie Fossel	Republican	State House, Maine
Linda Collins-Smith	Republican	State House, Arkansas
Linda Tyler	Democratic	State House, Arkansas
Linda Valentino	Democratic	State House, Maine
Lora Hubbel	Republican	State House, South Dakota
Lynne Pancrazi	Democratic	State House, Arizona
Mack Bernard	Democratic	State House, Florida
Mark Hatfield	Republican	State House, Georgia
Mark Kirkeby	Republican	State House, South Dakota
Mark Shelton	Republican	State House, Texas
Martin Block	Democratic	State House, California
Marv Hagedorn	Republican	State House, Idaho
Mary Ann Sullivan	Democratic	State House, Indiana
Mary Kiffmeyer	Republican	State House, Minnesota
Matt Jones	Democratic	State House, Colorado
Michael Connelly	Republican	State House, Illinois
Mike McGhee	Republican	State House, Missouri
Mike Phillips	Democratic	State House, Montana
Mitch Carmichael	Republican	State House, West Virginia
Mitch Holmes	Republican	State House, Kansas
Nancy G. McLain	Republican	State House, Arizona
Nancy Todd	Democratic	State House, Colorado
Nate Willems	Democratic	State House, Iowa
Norman McAllister	Republican	State House, Vermont
Norman Sanderson	Republican	State House, North Carolina
Pat Colloton	Republican	State House, Kansas
Patrick Flood	Republican	State House, Maine
Patrick Painter	Republican	State House, Utah
Paul Adams	Republican	State House, Massachusetts
Peter Edgecomb	Republican	State House, Maine
Peter Goicoechea	Republican	State House, Nevada
Phil Greazzo	Republican	State House, New Hampshire
Phil Jensen	Republican	State House, South Dakota
Philip Boyle	Republican	State House, New York
Rachel Burgin	Republican	State House, Florida
Randy Baumgardner	Republican	State House, Colorado
Randy Gardner	Republican	State House, Ohio
Raul Torres	Republican	State House, Texas
Ricardo Lara	Democratic	State House, California
Richard "Tick" Segerblom	Democratic	State House, Nevada
Richard McArthur	Republican	State House, Nevada
Robert Herkes	Democratic	State House, Hawaii
Robert Lewis	Republican	State House, Vermont
Robert Nonini	Republican	State House, Idaho
Robert Schaefer	Republican	State House, Idaho
Roberto DaSilva	Democratic	State House, Rhode Island
Robyn Driscoll	Democratic	State House, Montana
Ron Saunders	Democratic	State House, Florida
Roy Lacey	Democratic	State House, Idaho
Ryan Silvey	Republican	State House, Missouri
Scott Hammond	Republican	State House, Nevada
Scott Hutchinson	Republican	State House, Pennsylvania
Scott Largent	Republican	State House, Missouri
Scott Sifton	Democratic	State House, Missouri
Sean Hanna	Republican	State House, New York
Stephen Knight	Republican	State House California
Steve Farley	Democratic	State House, Arizona
Steve Street	Democratic	State House, South Dakota
Steven Thayn	Republican	State House, Idaho
Sue Malek	Democratic	State House, Montana
Tad Perry	Republican	State House, South Dakota
Terry Swinger	Democratic	State House, Missouri
Thomas Garcia	Democratic	State House, New Mexico
Tiffany Rogers	Democratic	State House, Arkansas
Tim Probst	Democratic	State House, Washington
Tim Summers	Republican	State House, Arkansas
Timothy Driscoll	Democratic	State House, Maine
Todd Smith	Republican	State House, Texas
Tom Arpke	Republican	State House, Kansas
Tom Chabin	Democratic	State House, Arizona
Tom Reynolds	Democratic	State House, Connecticut
Tom Tiffany	Republican	State House, Wisconsin
Tom Young	Republican	State House, South Carolina
Tracy Pennartz	Democratic	State House, Arkansas
Uvalde Lindsey	Democratic	State House, Arkansas
Valentine Rausch	Republican	State House, South Dakota
Ward Franz	Republican	State House, Missouri
Wayne Harper	Republican	State House, Utah
Wayne Wallingford	Republican	State House, Missouri
William Beck, Sr.	Republican	State House, Montana
William Cook	Republican	State House, North Carolina
William O'Neill	Democratic	State House, New Mexico

Ran for Other

Name	Party	Prior Office
Dennis P. Williams	Democratic	State House, Delaware
Jeff Kaufmann	Republican	State House, Iowa

See also

• State legislative elections, 2012
• U.S. Congress elections, 2012
• State executive official elections, 2012