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2012 U.S. House Elections

Election Date November 6, 2012

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Elections Information

Election Dates •Voting in Primaries • Voting on November 6, 2012 • Poll Opening and Closing Times

Elections to theU.S. House were held onNovember 6, 2012. All435 seats were up for election.

The 2012 elections were the first using newredistricting maps based on 2010 Census data. As a result of redistricting, the number of competitive swing races was expected to drop below 100.^[1] Redistricting was considered a draw between Democrats and Republicans, with both parties gaining advantages in some states.^[2] Democrats would have required a net gain of 25 seats to re-take control of theU.S. House.^[3] The 2012 election produced the largest class of Latinos to ever enter Congress, while simultaneously showing the biggest increase in total seats held by Latino representatives in the history of theHouse. There were 22 incumbent Latinos on the ballot, and as many as nine additional challengers were considered possible to win. A total of 30 Latino members were elected to the113th Congress.^[4][5]

For only the fourth time in 100 years, the party that pulled the most total popular votes nationwide did not win control of the House.^[6][7] Democratic candidates nationwide tallied more votes than Republican candidates. The last time this occurred was in 1952, when Democrats won the popular vote but Republicans won the House. The other two times this phenomenon took place was 1914 and 1942, when Republicans won the popular vote but did not win the most seats.^[8] Republicans were not required to win a single Democratic-leaning district in order to hold their majority, owing to the fact that 241 districts had GOP-leaning populations.^[9]

Following the general election, Democratic candidates held on to nine seats that had a political lean favoring Republicans by 54% or more. This was down from prior to 2010 where Democrats held 32 seats in that same environment. With regards to ticket-splitting, there were 24 districts in which one party's nominee carried the presidential vote and the other party's nominee won the congressional race. All but four of which were won by an incumbent.^[10]

In 2010, 54 incumbents lost to challengers in the general election with Republicans swinging 63 total seats in their favor.^[11][12]

Partisan breakdown

Heading into the 2012 election, Republicans were the majority party in theU.S. House. A total of 218 seats were needed for a majority. Republicans could have lost as many as 24 seats in the November election and still maintained control of the chamber. Democrats needed to win at least 25 seats to take back the partisan advantage.

AWashington Post article in May 2012 indicated that the Republican House majority was no guarantee, based on polls indicated the vulnerability of some incumbents in neutral districts.^[13] APolitico story in May 2012 pointed toCalifornia as the likely state that would determine whether Democrats win control of the House.^[14] An October 24, 2012, article inBloomberg Businessweek indicated that Republicans were in a "strong position" to retain their majority in the House. Political analysts predicted that Democrats could gain up to 10 seats on election night.^[15][16] ASalon article highlighted that while Democratic candidates won more than a million votes over Republican candidates in the 2012 general election, most of the votes were clustered around urban areas as opposed being broadly dispersed across the country. There are 47 districts with a partisan divide of 70 percent to 30 percent in favor of Democrats. Only 23 such districts exist on the Republican side. Of the 16 districts where the partisan divide is 80% to 20% or more, Democrats represent 15 of them.^[10]

Margin of victory

There were a total of 435 seats up for election in 2012. The following table shows the margin of victory for each race winner, which is calculated by examining the percentage difference between the top-two vote getters. If the race was uncontested, the margin of victory is listed as 100%. Some general facts:

• 30 races (6.9 percent) had a margin of victory of less than 5 percent. Of those 30 races, 18 were Democratic winners while 12 were Republican.
• 33 races (7.6 percent) had a margin of victory between 5 and 10 percent. Of those 33 races, 15 were Democratic winners while 18 were Republican.
• 87 races (20 percent) had a margin of victory between 10 and 20 percent. Of those 87 races, 23 were Democratic winners while 64 were Republican.
• 285 races (65.5 percent) had a margin of victory of greater than 20 percent. Of those 285 races, 145 were Democratic winners while 140 were Republican.
• The fewest votes were inTexas' 29th District, with only 95,611 total votes. IncumbentGene Green (D) faced two third-party candidates in the general election.
• The most votes were inMontana, with 479,740 votes cast. Montana has a total population of 998,199 -- which is roughly 250,000 above the average district size in states without single districts. Because Montana has only one district for the whole state, its voters per district is higher than the rest of the country. The average size of each district is 709,000. The second-most votes cast came inColorado's 2nd District, with 421,580 total votes.
• The smallest margin of victory, wasNorth Carolina's 7th District, where incumbent DemocratMike McIntyre defeatedDavid Rouzer (R) by 0.2 percent (654 votes).
• The largest margin of victory where both major parties fielded a general election candidate was inNew York's 15th District, where incumbent DemocratJose Serrano defeatedFrank Della Valle (R) by 83%.
• The average margin of victory of all congressional districts was 31.85%, meaning that on average the winner of each race received nearly twice as many votes as the top opponent. Average MOV for Democratic winners was 35.7%, while the average for Republicans was 28.6%.
• The average number of votes cast per district was 281,917, yielding an average voter turnout of 39.76%.

Margin of Victory in 2012 United States House of Representatives Elections
State	Winner	Margin of Victory	Total Votes	Top Opponent
North Carolina, District 7	Mike McIntyre	0.2%	336,736	David Rouzer
Illinois, District 13	Rodney Davis	0.3%	294,385	David Gill
Utah, District 4	Jim Matheson	0.3%	245,277	Mia B. Love
Michigan, District 1	Dan Benishek	0.5%	347,037	Gary McDowell
Florida, District 18	Patrick Murphy	0.6%	330,665	Allen West
Arizona, District 2	Ron Barber	0.8%	292,279	Martha McSally
Massachusetts, District 6	John Tierney	1.1%	389,852	Richard Tisei
Minnesota, District 6	Michele Bachmann	1.2%	355,153	Jim Graves
Illinois, District 10	Brad Schneider	1.3%	264,454	Robert J. Dold
Indiana, District 2	Jackie Walorski	1.4%	273,475	Brendan Mullen
New York, District 27	Chris Collins	1.5%	329,768	Kathy Hochul
Nebraska, District 2	Lee Terry	1.6%	263,731	John Ewing
New York, District 21	Bill Owens	1.9%	268,741	Matthew Doheny
Colorado, District 6	Mike Coffman	2%	342,891	Joe Miklosi
California, District 52	Scott Peters	2.4%	295,910	Brian Bilbray
Connecticut, District 5	Elizabeth Esty	2.6%	284,747	Andrew Roraback
California, District 7	Ami Bera	3.4%	273,291	Dan Lungren
Florida, District 10	Daniel Webster	3.5%	318,269	Val Demings
Pennsylvania, District 12	Keith Rothfus	3.5%	338,941	Mark Critz
Arizona, District 1	Ann Kirkpatrick	3.6%	251,595	Jonathon Paton
New York, District 23	Tom Reed	3.6%	279,796	Nate Shinagawa
New York, District 18	Sean Maloney	3.7%	295,436	Nan Hayworth
New Hampshire, District 1	Carol Shea-Porter	3.8%	344,830	Frank Guinta
Kentucky, District 6	Andy Barr	3.9%	303,000	Ben Chandler
Arizona, District 9	Kyrsten Sinema	4.1%	250,141	Vernon B. Parker
Ohio, District 16	James B. Renacci	4.1%	355,765	Betty Sutton
California, District 15	Eric Swalwell	4.2%	231,034	Pete Stark
New York, District 1	Tim Bishop	4.6%	294,578	Randy Altschuler
New Hampshire, District 2	Ann McLane Kuster	4.8%	337,188	Charles Bass
Texas, District 23	Pete Gallego	4.8%	192,169	Francisco Canseco
New York, District 11	Michael Grimm	5%	214,755	Mark Murphy
New York, District 19	Chris Gibson	5.3%	305,882	Julian Schreibman
New York, District 24	Dan Maffei	5.3%	303,567	Ann Marie Buerkle
California, District 26	Julia Brownley	5.4%	263,935	Tony Strickland
California, District 10	Jeff Denham	5.4%	209,199	Jose Hernandez
Florida, District 2	Steve Southerland II	5.5%	333,718	Al Lawson
California, District 36	Raul Ruiz	5.9%	208,142	Mary Bono Mack
North Carolina, District 9	Robert Pittenger	6.1%	375,690	Jennifer Roberts
Michigan, District 11	Kerry Bentivolio	6.4%	358,124	Syed Taj
Ohio, District 6	Bill Johnson	6.5%	308,980	Charlie Wilson
Illinois, District 17	Cheri Bustos	6.6%	288,152	Bobby Schilling
West Virginia, District 3	Nick Rahall	7.1%	191,518	Rick Snuffer
Florida, District 16	Vern Buchanan	7.2%	349,076	Keith Fitzgerald
Georgia, District 12	John Barrow	7.4%	259,121	Lee Anderson
Nevada, District 3	Joe Heck	7.5%	272,523	John Oceguera
Virginia, District 2	Scott Rigell	7.7%	309,222	Paul Hirschbiel
North Carolina, District 8	Richard Hudson	7.8%	302,280	Larry Kissell
California, District 33	Henry Waxman	7.9%	318,520	Bill Bloomfield
Washington, District 1	Suzan DelBene	7.9%	328,212	John Koster
Nevada, District 4	Steven Horsford	8%	240,492	Danny Tarkanian
Iowa, District 4	Steve King	8.1%	377,657	Christie Vilsack
Minnesota, District 2	John Kline	8.2%	358,446	Mike Obermuller
Michigan, District 3	Justin Amash	8.4%	326,281	Steve Pestka
California, District 3	John Garamendi	8.5%	233,968	Kim Vann
Iowa, District 3	Tom Latham	8.6%	386,270	Leonard Boswell
Illinois, District 12	William Enyart	8.9%	303,947	Jason Plummer
Minnesota, District 8	Rick Nolan	8.9%	353,663	Chip Cravaack
New Jersey, District 3	Jon Runyan	8.9%	324,408	Shelley Adler
Texas, District 14	Randy Weber	8.9%	245,839	Nick Lampson
Hawaii, District 1	Colleen Hanabusa	9%	217,796	Charles Djou
Florida, District 22	Lois Frankel	9.3%	313,071	Adam Hasner
Illinois, District 8	Tammy Duckworth	9.5%	225,066	Joe Walsh
California, District 25	Buck McKeon	9.6%	236,575	Lee Rogers
California, District 24	Lois Capps	10.2%	284,495	Abel Maldonado
Michigan, District 7	Tim Walberg	10.3%	318,069	Kurt R. Haskell
Indiana, District 8	Larry Bucshon	10.3%	283,992	Dave Crooks
California, District 31	Gary Miller	10.4%	161,219	Bob Dutton
Montana, At-Large, District	Steve Daines	10.5%	479,740	Kim Gillan
Florida, District 26	Joe Garcia	10.6%	252,957	David Rivera
Indiana, District 9	Todd Young	10.9%	298,180	Shelli Yoder
California, District 9	Jerry McNerney	11.1%	213,077	Ricky Gill
South Carolina, District 5	Mick Mulvaney	11.1%	278,003	Joyce Knott
South Carolina, District 7	Tom Rice	11.1%	275,738	Gloria Bromell Tinubu
Tennessee, District 4	Scott DesJarlais	11.5%	230,590	Eric Stewart
Wisconsin, District 1	Paul Ryan	11.5%	365,058	Rob Zerban
Oregon, District 5	Kurt Schrader	11.6%	327,970	Fred Thompson
California, District 35	Gloria Negrete McLeod	11.7%	142,680	Joe Baca
Michigan, District 6	Fred Upton	12%	320,475	Mike O'Brien
Wisconsin, District 8	Reid Ribble	12%	355,464	Jamie Wall
Rhode Island, District 1	David Cicilline	12.1%	205,115	Brendan Doherty
Colorado, District 3	Scott Tipton	12.3%	347,247	Sal Pace
New Jersey, District 5	Scott Garrett	12.3%	304,371	Adam Gussen
Wisconsin, District 7	Sean Duffy	12.3%	359,669	Pat Kreitlow
Virginia, District 5	Robert Hurt	12.6%	348,111	John Douglass
Colorado, District 7	Ed Perlmutter	12.7%	340,970	Joe Coors, Jr.
Ohio, District 7	Bob Gibbs	12.8%	315,812	Joyce Healy-Abrams
Iowa, District 2	Dave Loebsack	13.1%	380,952	John Archer
California, District 47	Alan Lowenthal	13.1%	230,012	Gary DeLong
North Dakota, At-Large, District	Kevin Cramer	13.2%	316,224	Pam Gulleson
Pennsylvania, District 8	Michael G. Fitzpatrick	13.2%	352,238	Kathryn Boockvar
Pennsylvania, District 15	Charlie Dent	13.5%	297,724	Rick Daugherty
North Carolina, District 13	George E.B. Holding	13.6%	370,610	Charles Malone
Pennsylvania, District 3	Mike Kelly	13.8%	302,514	Missa Eaton
North Carolina, District 10	Patrick McHenry	14%	334,849	Patricia Keever
Virginia, District 4	Randy Forbes	14%	350,046	Ella Ward
Pennsylvania, District 6	Jim Gerlach	14.3%	335,528	Manan Trivedi
Florida, District 6	Ron DeSantis	14.4%	342,451	Heather Beaven
New York, District 25	Louise Slaughter	14.4%	322,760	Maggie Brooks
North Carolina, District 2	Renee Ellmers	14.5%	311,397	Steve Wilkins
New York, District 3	Steve Israel	14.6%	306,274	Stephen Labate
California, District 1	Doug La Malfa	14.8%	294,213	Jim Reed
California, District 16	Jim Costa	14.8%	147,450	Brian Daniel Whelan
California, District 8	Paul Cook	14.8%	179,644	Greg Imus
North Carolina, District 11	Mark Meadows	14.8%	331,426	Hayden Rogers
South Dakota, At-Large, District	Kristi Noem	14.9%	361,429	Matt Varilek
Florida, District 13	C.W. Bill Young	15.1%	329,347	Jessica Ehrlich
North Carolina, District 5	Virginia Foxx	15.1%	349,197	Elisabeth Motsinger
Virginia, District 1	Robert J. Wittman	15.1%	356,806	Adam Cook
Minnesota, District 1	Tim Walz	15.2%	335,880	Allen Quist
Ohio, District 14	David Joyce	15.3%	339,868	Dale Virgil Blanchard
Iowa, District 1	Bruce Braley	15.4%	390,590	Ben Lange
New York, District 2	Peter T. King	15.4%	271,832	Vivianne Falcone
California, District 21	David G. Valadao	15.5%	116,283	John Hernandez
California, District 39	Ed Royce	15.6%	251,967	Jay Chen
Maine, District 2	Mike Michaud	15.7%	343,908	Kevin Raye
Arkansas, District 2	Tim Griffin	15.7%	286,598	Herb Rule
Pennsylvania, District 16	Joseph R. Pitts	15.8%	284,781	Aryanna Strader
Minnesota, District 3	Erik Paulsen	16.3%	382,705	Brian Barnes
California, District 49	Darrell Issa	16.3%	274,618	Jerry Tetalman
California, District 45	John Campbell	16.9%	293,231	Sukhee Kang
Virginia, District 7	Eric Cantor	17%	381,909	E. Wayne Powell
Illinois, District 11	Bill Foster	17.1%	254,276	Judy Biggert
Arkansas, District 1	Rick Crawford	17.1%	246,843	Scott Ellington
Colorado, District 2	Jared Polis	17.1%	421,580	Kevin Lundberg
Pennsylvania, District 11	Lou Barletta	17.1%	285,198	Gene Stilp
New Jersey, District 7	Leonard Lance	17.1%	307,315	Upendra Chivukula
Washington, District 10	Denny Heck	17.1%	278,417	Richard Muri
Florida, District 17	Thomas J. Rooney	17.3%	282,266	William Bronson
Ohio, District 2	Brad Wenstrup	17.3%	331,373	William R. Smith
Florida, District 7	John L. Mica	17.4%	316,010	Jason Kendall
New Jersey, District 2	Frank LoBiondo	17.4%	289,069	Cassandra Shober
Texas, District 27	Blake Farenthold	17.5%	212,651	Rose Meza Harrison
Illinois, District 14	Randy Hultgren	17.6%	301,954	Dennis Anderson
California, District 40	Lucille Roybal-Allard	17.8%	125,553	David Sanchez
California, District 41	Mark Takano	17.9%	175,652	John Tavaglione
Washington, District 6	Derek Kilmer	18%	316,386	Bill Driscoll
Ohio, District 5	Robert E. Latta	18.1%	351,878	Angela Zimmann
New Mexico, District 2	Steve Pearce	18.2%	225,515	Evelyn Madrid Erhard
Kansas, District 2	Lynn Jenkins	18.3%	293,718	Tobias Schlingensiepen
New Mexico, District 1	Michelle Lujan Grisham	18.3%	275,856	Janice Arnold-Jones
Illinois, District 6	Peter Roskam	18.4%	326,129	Leslie Coolidge
New Jersey, District 11	Rodney Frelinghuysen	18.8%	309,859	John Arvanites
Pennsylvania, District 7	Patrick Meehan	18.8%	353,451	George Badey
Texas, District 6	Joe Barton	18.8%	249,936	Kenneth Sanders
Texas, District 32	Pete Sessions	18.8%	251,636	Katherine Savers McGovern
Oklahoma, District 2	Markwayne Mullin	19%	250,612	Rob Wallace
Washington, District 8	Dave Reichert	19.3%	302,090	Karen Porterfield
Virginia, District 10	Frank Wolf	19.7%	366,444	Kristin Cabral
Connecticut, District 4	Jim Himes	19.9%	293,432	Steve Obsitnik
New York, District 22	Richard Hanna	19.9%	280,189	Dan Lamb
Oregon, District 4	Peter DeFazio	20.1%	360,088	Art Robinson
Ohio, District 1	Steve Chabot	20.1%	349,716	Jeff Sinnard
California, District 44	Janice Hahn	20.4%	165,898	Laura Richardson
California, District 30	Brad Sherman	20.6%	247,851	Howard Berman
Pennsylvania, District 17	Matt Cartwright	20.6%	267,601	Laureen Cummings
Rhode Island, District 2	James R. Langevin	20.6%	222,660	Michael G. Riley
Indiana, District 5	Susan Brooks	20.8%	333,359	Scott Reske
Washington, District 3	Jaime Herrera Beutler	20.8%	293,884	Jon T. Haugen
Maryland, District 6	John Delaney	20.9%	309,549	Roscoe Bartlett
Texas, District 25	Roger Williams	21%	263,932	Elaine M. Henderson
Arizona, District 3	Raul Grijalva	21.2%	168,698	Gabriela Saucedo Mercer
California, District 42	Ken Calvert	21.2%	214,947	Michael Williamson
Michigan, District 8	Mike Rogers	21.3%	345,054	Lance Enderle
Florida, District 8	Bill Posey	21.4%	348,909	Shannon Roberts
Oklahoma, District 5	James Lankford	21.4%	261,677	Tom Guild
Nevada, District 2	Mark Amodei	21.4%	281,449	Samuel Koepnick
Colorado, District 4	Cory Gardner	21.7%	342,076	Brandon Shaffer
Louisiana, District 3	Charles Boustany Jr.	21.8%	96,584	Jeff Landry
North Carolina, District 6	Howard Coble	21.8%	364,583	Tony Foriest
Ohio, District 4	Jim Jordan	21.9%	312,998	Jim Slone
California, District 48	Dana Rohrabacher	22%	290,502	Ron Varasteh
Ohio, District 10	Mike Turner	22.1%	349,671	Sharen Swartz Neuhardt
California, District 4	Tom McClintock	22.2%	323,688	Jack Uppal
Washington, District 2	Rick Larsen	22.3%	302,291	Dan Matthews
Virginia, District 9	Morgan Griffith	22.7%	301,658	Anthony Flaccavento
Arkansas, District 4	Tom Cotton	22.8%	258,953	Gene Jeffress
California, District 53	Susan Davis	22.9%	268,307	Nick Popaditch
Missouri, District 2	Ann Wagner	23%	394,448	Glenn Koenen
Ohio, District 15	Steve Stivers	23.1%	333,462	Pat Lang
Florida, District 27	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	23.2%	230,171	Manny Yevancey
Pennsylvania, District 9	Bill Shuster	23.3%	274,305	Karen Ramsburg
Mississippi, District 1	Alan Nunnelee	23.5%	309,177	Brad Morris
Illinois, District 16	Adam Kinzinger	23.6%	294,090	Wanda Rohl
Missouri, District 5	Emanuel Cleaver	23.6%	330,936	Jacob Turk
California, District 22	Devin Nunes	23.8%	213,941	Otto Lee
Washington, District 5	Cathy McMorris Rodgers	23.8%	308,578	Rich Cowan
Indiana, District 6	Luke Messer	24%	275,253	Brad Bookout
Texas, District 15	Ruben Hinojosa Sr.	24%	146,661	Dale A. Brueggemann
Georgia, District 7	Rob Woodall	24.3%	252,066	Steve Reilly
Texas, District 10	Michael McCaul	24.3%	264,019	Tawana W. Cadien
Wisconsin, District 6	Tom Petri	24.3%	359,745	Joe Kallas
Texas, District 7	John Culberson	24.4%	234,837	James Cargas
Massachusetts, District 4	Joseph Kennedy III	24.5%	373,114	Sean Bielat
West Virginia, District 1	David McKinley	24.6%	194,863	Sue Thorn
Missouri, District 4	Vicky Hartzler	24.8%	318,723	Teresa Hensley
Massachusetts, District 9	William Keating	24.9%	385,799	Christopher Sheldon
Florida, District 9	Alan Grayson	25%	263,747	Todd Long
Texas, District 24	Kenny Marchant	25%	243,489	Tim Rusk
Texas, District 21	Lamar Smith	25.2%	308,865	Candace E. Duval
Pennsylvania, District 4	Scott Perry	25.3%	303,980	Harry Perkinson
Minnesota, District 7	Collin Peterson	25.5%	327,576	Lee Byberg
Virginia, District 11	Gerald Connolly	25.5%	332,243	Chris Perkins
Indiana, District 7	André Carson	25.7%	257,950	Carlos May
Texas, District 34	Filemon Vela	25.7%	144,778	Jessica Puente Bradshaw
Pennsylvania, District 5	Glenn Thompson	25.8%	282,465	Charles Dumas
Georgia, District 1	Jack Kingston	26%	249,580	Lesli Messinger
Tennessee, District 3	Charles J. Fleischmann	26%	256,829	Mary Headrick
New York, District 4	Carolyn McCarthy	26.1%	299,484	Francis Becker Jr.
Florida, District 19	Trey Radel	26.2%	306,216	Jim Roach
North Carolina, District 3	Walter B. Jones	26.2%	309,885	Erik Anderson
New Mexico, District 3	Ben Ray Lujan	26.2%	264,719	Jeff Byrd
South Carolina, District 1	Timothy Scott	26.3%	290,013	Bobbie Rose
Texas, District 31	John R. Carter	26.3%	237,187	Stephen M. Wyman
Oregon, District 1	Suzanne Bonamici	26.6%	331,980	Delinda Morgan
New York, District 17	Nita Lowey	26.7%	297,379	Joe Carvin
Michigan, District 2	Bill Huizenga	26.9%	318,267	Willie German, Jr.
Ohio, District 12	Patrick J. Tiberi	26.9%	368,474	James Reese
Kentucky, District 4	Thomas Massie	27.2%	299,444	Bill Adkins
Alabama, District 2	Martha Roby	27.3%	283,953	Therese Ford
Georgia, District 2	Sanford Bishop	27.6%	255,161	John House
Florida, District 23	Debbie Wasserman Schultz	27.6%	275,430	Karen Harrington
California, District 46	Loretta Sanchez	27.7%	149,815	Jerry Hayden
Indiana, District 4	Todd Rokita	27.8%	272,268	Tara Nelson
Michigan, District 9	Sander Levin	27.9%	337,316	Don Volaric
Pennsylvania, District 18	Tim Murphy	27.9%	338,873	Larry Maggi
California, District 27	Judy Chu	28%	241,008	Jack Orswell
Arizona, District 6	David Schweikert	28%	293,177	Matt Jette
New Jersey, District 6	Frank Pallone Jr.	28.1%	239,638	Anna Little
Alabama, District 3	Mike Rogers	28.2%	273,930	John Andrew Harris
Maine, District 1	Chellie Pingree	28.3%	380,715	Jonathan Courtney
Arizona, District 8	Trent Franks	28.3%	272,791	Gene Scharer
Wisconsin, District 3	Ron Kind	28.3%	339,764	Ray Boland
New Jersey, District 4	Chris Smith	28.5%	306,247	Brian Froelich
Utah, District 2	Chris Stewart	28.7%	248,545	Jay Seegmiller
Georgia, District 6	Tom Price	29%	294,034	Jeff Kazanow
Florida, District 11	Richard B. Nugent	29%	338,663	David Werder
Kentucky, District 3	John Yarmuth	29.4%	322,656	Brooks Wicker
Michigan, District 4	Dave Camp	29.5%	312,949	Debra Freidell Wirth
Alabama, District 5	Mo Brooks	30%	291,293	Charlie L. Holley
Louisiana, District 2	Cedric Richmond	30.1%	287,354	Gary Landrieu
Idaho, District 2	Mike Simpson	30.3%	318,494	Nicole LeFavour
Maryland, District 8	Chris Van Hollen	30.4%	343,256	Ken Timmerman
Texas, District 20	Joaquin Castro	30.4%	186,177	David Rosa
Florida, District 12	Gus Bilirakis	30.5%	330,167	Jonathan Michael Snow
Kansas, District 4	Mike Pompeo	30.6%	258,922	Robert Leo Tillman
Missouri, District 3	Blaine Luetkemeyer	30.6%	338,385	Eric C. Mayer
Massachusetts, District 3	Niki Tsongas	30.7%	335,111	Jon Golnik
Virginia, District 6	Bob Goodlatte	30.7%	323,893	Andy Schmookler
Minnesota, District 4	Betty McCollum	30.8%	347,991	Tony Hernandez
Pennsylvania, District 10	Tom Marino	31.2%	273,790	Philip Scollo
South Carolina, District 4	Trey Gowdy	31.2%	266,884	Deb Morrow
Texas, District 5	Jeb Hensarling	31.2%	208,230	Linda S. Mrosko
California, District 32	Grace Napolitano	31.4%	190,111	David Miller
Oklahoma, District 1	Jim Bridenstine	31.4%	285,312	John Olson
Delaware, At-Large, District	John C. Carney, Jr.	31.5%	368,154	Thomas Kovach
Texas, District 35	Lloyd Doggett	31.9%	165,179	Susan Narvaiz
Nevada, District 1	Dina Titus	32%	179,278	Chris Edwards
Texas, District 22	Pete Olson	32.1%	250,911	Kesha Rogers
Texas, District 2	Ted Poe	32.1%	246,328	Jim Dougherty
Idaho, District 1	Raul R. Labrador	32.2%	316,724	Jimmy Farris
Florida, District 3	Ted Yoho	32.3%	315,669	Jacques Rene Gaillot, Jr.
New York, District 6	Grace Meng	32.4%	186,932	Daniel Halloran
Washington, District 4	Doc Hastings	32.4%	233,689	Mary Baechler
Missouri, District 6	Sam Graves	32.5%	333,688	Kyle Yarber
Texas, District 16	Beto O'Rourke	32.5%	155,005	Barbara Carrasco
Tennessee, District 5	Jim Cooper	32.5%	263,083	Brad Staats
Kentucky, District 2	Brett Guthrie	32.6%	282,267	David Lynn Williams
Illinois, District 9	Jan Schakowsky	32.7%	293,793	Timothy Wolfe
Missouri, District 7	Billy Long	33%	318,731	Jim Evans
South Carolina, District 3	Jeff Duncan	33.3%	254,763	Brian Doyle
Michigan, District 5	Dan Kildee	33.5%	330,146	Jim Slezak
Virginia, District 8	Jim Moran	34%	351,187	Patrick Murray
Indiana, District 3	Marlin Stutzman	34.1%	280,235	Kevin Boyd
Arizona, District 5	Matt Salmon	34.4%	273,059	Spencer Morgan
Maryland, District 2	Dutch Ruppersberger	34.5%	295,940	Nancy Jacobs
New York, District 20	Paul Tonko	34.5%	317,678	Robert Dieterich
Indiana, District 1	Peter J. Visclosky	34.6%	279,034	Joel Phelps
California, District 38	Linda Sanchez	35.1%	215,087	Benjamin Campos
Alaska, At-Large, District	Don Young	35.3%	289,804	Sharon M. Cissna
Mississippi, District 4	Steven Palazzo	35.3%	285,432	Matthew Moore
California, District 50	Duncan Hunter	35.4%	258,293	David Secor
Wisconsin, District 5	Jim Sensenbrenner	35.7%	369,664	Dave Heaster
Maryland, District 1	Andrew Harris	35.9%	337,760	Wendy Rosen
Wisconsin, District 2	Mark Pocan	36%	390,898	Chad Lee
Mississippi, District 2	Bennie Thompson	36.2%	320,244	Bill Marcy
Nebraska, District 1	Jeff Fortenberry	36.6%	256,095	Korey L. Reiman
Kansas, District 3	Kevin Yoder	36.9%	293,762	Joel Balam
Illinois, District 3	Daniel Lipinski	37%	246,391	Richard Grabowski
Georgia, District 11	Phil Gingrey	37.1%	287,321	Patrick Thompson
Illinois, District 5	Mike Quigley	37.1%	270,377	Dan Schmitt
Illinois, District 15	John Shimkus	37.2%	299,937	Angela Michael
Maryland, District 3	John Sarbanes	37.3%	319,859	Eric Delano Knowles
Texas, District 28	Henry Cuellar	38.1%	165,645	William R. Hayward
Pennsylvania, District 13	Allyson Schwartz	38.2%	303,819	Joe Rooney
New Jersey, District 1	Rob Andrews	38.3%	308,519	Greg Horton
Arizona, District 4	Paul Gosar	38.5%	243,760	Johnnie Robinson
Connecticut, District 2	Joe Courtney	38.9%	299,960	Paul M Formica
Michigan, District 12	John D. Dingell	39%	319,223	Cynthia Kallgren
Michigan, District 10	Candice Miller	39.1%	328,612	Chuck Stadler
Kentucky, District 1	Ed Whitfield	39.3%	287,155	Charles Kendall Hatchett
California, District 11	George Miller	39.5%	287,879	Virginia Fuller
Oregon, District 2	Greg Walden	39.5%	332,255	Joyce Segers
Texas, District 26	Michael Burgess	39.6%	258,723	David Sanchez
West Virginia, District 2	Shelley Moore Capito	39.6%	226,165	Howard Swint
New Jersey, District 12	Rush D. Holt, Jr.	39.7%	274,398	Eric Beck
Tennessee, District 8	Stephen Lee Fincher	39.9%	279,422	Timothy Dixon
Illinois, District 2	Jesse Jackson Jr.	40.1%	297,424	Brian Woodworth
Oklahoma, District 4	Tom Cole	40.3%	260,331	Donna Marie Bebo
Florida, District 14	Kathy Castor	40.5%	280,601	Evelio Otero Jr.
California, District 18	Anna Eshoo	41%	301,934	Dave Chapman
Colorado, District 1	Diana DeGette	41.5%	348,210	Danny Stroud
Maryland, District 5	Steny Hoyer	41.7%	343,820	Anthony O'Donnell
Ohio, District 3	Joyce Beatty	41.9%	295,647	Chris Long
Connecticut, District 1	John B. Larson	42%	297,061	John Henry Decker
California, District 2	Jared Huffman	42.5%	317,526	Daniel W. Roberts
Alabama, District 6	Spencer Bachus	42.5%	308,102	Penny H. Bailey
California, District 43	Maxine Waters	42.5%	200,894	Bob Flores
Florida, District 1	Jeff Miller	42.5%	342,594	James Bryan
California, District 51	Juan Vargas	43%	159,398	Michael Crimmins
Washington, District 9	Adam Smith	43.2%	268,139	Jim Postma
Georgia, District 13	David Scott	43.5%	281,538	S. Malik
Texas, District 12	Kay Granger	44.2%	247,712	Dave Robinson
Texas, District 36	Steve Stockman	44.2%	233,832	Max Martin
Florida, District 5	Corrine Brown	44.5%	269,153	LeAnne Kolb
Texas, District 1	Louie Gohmert	44.5%	249,658	Shirley J. McKellar
Wyoming, At-Large, District	Cynthia Lummis	45.1%	241,205	Chris Henrichsen
Louisiana, District 1	Steve Scalise	45.4%	290,410	Vinny Mendoza
Ohio, District 13	Tim Ryan	45.5%	323,612	Marisha Agana
Georgia, District 14	Tom Graves	45.9%	219,192	Daniel Grant
New York, District 26	Brian Higgins	46.2%	304,961	Michael Madigan
California, District 23	Kevin McCarthy	46.4%	216,003	Terry Phillips
California, District 19	Zoe Lofgren	46.5%	221,613	Robert Murray
New York, District 16	Eliot Engel	46.5%	270,320	Joseph McLaughlin
Texas, District 33	Marc Veasey	46.7%	117,375	Chuck Bradley
Utah, District 1	Rob Bishop	46.8%	245,528	Donna M. McAleer
Tennessee, District 7	Marsha Blackburn	47%	257,306	Credo Amouzouvik
Georgia, District 4	Henry C. Johnson	47.1%	283,902	J. Chris Vaughn
California, District 17	Mike Honda	47.1%	216,728	Evelyn Li
Missouri, District 8	Jo Ann Emerson	47.4%	300,391	Jack Rushin
Wisconsin, District 4	Gwen Moore	47.4%	325,788	Dan Sebring
Illinois, District 1	Bobby Rush	47.6%	320,843	Donald Peloquin
Massachusetts, District 5	Ed Markey	47.9%	364,201	Tom Tierney
California, District 29	Tony Cardenas	48.1%	150,281	David Hernandez
California, District 20	Sam Farr	48.1%	233,562	Jeff Taylor
Alabama, District 4	Robert Aderholt	48.1%	269,118	Daniel H. Boman
Illinois, District 18	Aaron Schock	48.3%	329,631	Steve Waterworth
Nebraska, District 3	Adrian Smith	48.3%	252,689	Mark Sullivan
Vermont, At-Large, District	Peter Welch	48.7%	289,663	Mark Donka
Massachusetts, District 8	Stephen Lynch	48.9%	371,694	Joe Selvaggi
California, District 5	Mike Thompson	48.9%	272,417	Randy Loftin
North Carolina, District 4	David E. Price	48.9%	348,485	Tim D'Annunzio
New Jersey, District 9	Bill Pascrell	48.9%	220,133	Shmuley Boteach
Texas, District 4	Ralph M. Hall	48.9%	250,343	VaLinda Hathcox
Minnesota, District 5	Keith Ellison	49.3%	351,969	Chris Fields
Connecticut, District 3	Rosa L. DeLauro	49.4%	291,299	Wayne Winsley
Ohio, District 9	Marcy Kaptur	50%	298,164	Samuel Wurzelbacher
California, District 6	Doris Matsui	50.1%	214,073	Joseph McCray, Sr.
Louisiana, District 4	John Fleming	50.6%	249,531	Randall Lord
Tennessee, District 9	Steve Cohen	51.3%	250,984	George Flinn Jr.
Alabama, District 7	Terri Sewell	51.8%	306,558	Don Chamberlain
Georgia, District 9	Doug Collins	52.4%	252,153	Jody Cooley
Texas, District 18	Sheila Jackson Lee	52.4%	194,932	Sean Seibert
North Carolina, District 1	G.K. Butterfield	52.5%	338,066	Pete DiLauro
California, District 28	Adam Schiff	53%	246,711	Phil Jennerjahn
New York, District 10	Jerrold Nadler	53.2%	236,323	Michael Chan
Utah, District 3	Jason Chaffetz	53.2%	259,547	Soren D. Simonsen
Tennessee, District 2	John J. Duncan, Jr.	53.8%	264,505	Troy Goodale
Pennsylvania, District 14	Michael F. Doyle	53.8%	327,634	Hans Lessmann
Oregon, District 3	Earl Blumenauer	54.7%	355,875	Ronald Green
New York, District 12	Carolyn Maloney	54.7%	268,287	Christopher Wight
Oklahoma, District 3	Frank D. Lucas	55.3%	268,003	Timothy Ray Murray
Maryland, District 7	Elijah Cummings	55.7%	323,818	Frank Mirabile, Jr.
Kentucky, District 5	Hal Rogers	55.8%	250,853	Kenneth Stepp
Tennessee, District 1	Phil Roe	56.2%	239,672	Alan Woodruff
Maryland, District 4	Donna Edwards	56.4%	311,512	Faith Loudon
Texas, District 8	Kevin Brady	57%	251,052	Neil Burns
Colorado, District 5	Doug Lamborn	57.6%	307,231	Jim Pirtle
California, District 14	Jackie Speier	57.8%	258,283	Deborah Bacigalupi
New York, District 14	Joseph Crowley	57.9%	170,995	William Gibbons Jr.
Hawaii, District 2	Tulsi Gabbard	58.3%	219,162	Kawika "David" Crowley
Texas, District 9	Al Green	58.8%	183,566	Steve Mueller
New Jersey, District 8	Albio Sires	59.1%	167,790	Maria Karczewski
North Carolina, District 12	Melvin L. Watt	59.3%	310,908	Jack Brosch
Washington, District 7	Jim McDermott	59.3%	374,580	Ron Bemis
Massachusetts, District 7	Michael Capuano	59.5%	285,134	Karla Romero
Texas, District 30	Eddie Bernice Johnson	59.8%	217,014	Travis Washington, Jr.
Arkansas, District 3	Steve Womack	59.9%	245,660	Rebekah Kennedy
Texas, District 17	Bill Flores	59.9%	179,262	Ben Easton
Mississippi, District 3	Gregg Harper	60%	293,322	John Luke Pannell
Texas, District 11	Mike Conaway	60.1%	226,023	Jim Riley
Missouri, District 1	William Lacy Clay	60.8%	340,583	Robyn Hamlin
Virginia, District 3	Robert C. Scott	62.8%	318,936	Dean Longo
Louisiana, District 5	Rodney Alexander	63.4%	260,216	Ron Ceasar
Arizona, District 7	Ed Pastor	63.5%	127,827	Joe Cobb
Illinois, District 4	Luis Gutierrez	66%	160,505	Hector Concepcion
Michigan, District 14	Gary Peters	66.6%	328,792	John Hauler
New York, District 5	Gregory Meeks	66.8%	224,508	Allan Jennings Jr.
Florida, District 25	Mario Diaz-Balart	67.1%	200,229	VoteforEddie.Com
Tennessee, District 6	Diane Black	67.5%	241,241	Pat Riley
New York, District 9	Yvette Clarke	67.8%	238,957	Daniel Cavanagh
Georgia, District 5	John Lewis	68.8%	277,665	Howard Stopeck
Louisiana, District 6	Bill Cassidy	68.9%	306,713	Rufus Holt Craig,Jr
Florida, District 21	Theodore E. Deutch	68.9%	284,400	Cesear Henao
Michigan, District 13	John Conyers, Jr.	69.1%	284,270	Harry T. Sawicki
New York, District 13	Charles Rangel	69.8%	233,172	Craig Schley
Pennsylvania, District 1	Robert Brady	69.9%	277,102	John Featherman
Texas, District 19	Randy Neugebauer	70%	192,063	Richard Peterson
California, District 12	Nancy Pelosi	70.2%	298,187	John Dennis
New York, District 8	Hakeem Jeffries	70.4%	236,292	Alan Bellone
California, District 34	Xavier Becerra	71.2%	140,590	Stephen Smith
California, District 37	Karen Bass	72.8%	239,580	Morgan Osborne
California, District 13	Barbara Lee	73.6%	288,582	Marilyn M. Singleton
Illinois, District 7	Danny K. Davis	73.7%	286,428	Rita Zak
Massachusetts, District 2	Jim McGovern	74.5%	342,736	All Others
New York, District 7	Nydia Velazquez	74.7%	178,825	James Murray
Florida, District 20	Alcee L. Hastings	75.8%	244,285	Randall Terry
Florida, District 4	Ander Crenshaw	76%	315,470	Gary Koniz
Massachusetts, District 1	Richard Neal	76.6%	336,555	All Others
New Jersey, District 10	Donald Payne Jr.	77%	230,060	Brian Kelemen
Pennsylvania, District 2	Chaka Fattah	79.9%	356,386	Robert Mansfield
New York, District 15	Jose E. Serrano	83%	178,645	Frank Della Valle
Texas, District 13	Mac Thornberry	84.8%	206,388	John Robert Deek
Texas, District 29	Gene Green	84.8%	95,611	James Stanczak
South Carolina, District 6	James Clyburn	88.1%	233,615	Nammu Y Muhammad
South Carolina, District 2	Joe Wilson	92.5%	203,718	Write-In
Alabama, District 1	Jo Bonner	95.7%	200,676	N/A
Ohio, District 8	John A. Boehner	98.4%	248,316	James Condit Jr.
Georgia, District 8	Austin Scott	100%	197,789	Unopposed
Georgia, District 10	Paul Broun	100%	211,065	Unopposed
Georgia, District 3	Lynn Westmoreland	100%	232,380	Unopposed
Kansas, District 1	Tim Huelskamp	100%	211,337	Unopposed
Ohio, District 11	Marcia L. Fudge	100%	258,359	Unopposed
Texas, District 3	Sam Johnson	100%	187,180	Unopposed
Florida, District 15	Dennis A. Ross	100%	01	Unopposed
Florida, District 24	Frederica S. Wilson	100%	01	Unopposed
1Note: In Florida, if a candidate runs unopposed, then there are no votes captured in the election. Thus, the total votes counted is 0.

Retiring incumbents

Ballotpedia staff counted43 total current incumbents who did not run for re-election in the2012 elections.

• 23 Democrats
• 20 Republicans

Name	Party	District
Barney Frank	Democratic	Massachusetts, District 4
Bob Filner	Democratic	California, District 51
Bob Turner	Republican	New York, District 9
Brad Miller	Democratic	North Carolina, District 13
Charlie Gonzalez	Democratic	Texas, District 20
Christopher S. Murphy	Democratic	Connecticut, District 5
Connie Mack	Republican	Florida, District 14
Dale E. Kildee	Democratic	Michigan, District 5
Dan Boren	Democratic	Oklahoma, District 2
Dan Burton	Republican	Indiana, District 5
David Dreier	Republican	California, District 26
Dennis Cardoza	Democratic	California, District 18
Denny Rehberg	Republican	U.S. House, Montana, At-large
Ed Towns	Democratic	New York, District 10
Elton Gallegly	Republican	California, District 24
Gary Ackerman	Democratic	New York, District 5
Geoff Davis(a)	Republican	Kentucky, District 4
Heath Shuler	Democratic	North Carolina, District 11
Jay Inslee(b)	Democratic	Washington, District 1
Jeff Flake	Republican	Arizona, District 6
Jerry F. Costello	Democratic	Illinois, District 12
Jerry Lewis	Republican	California, District 41
Joe Donnelly	Democratic	Indiana, District 2
John Olver	Democratic	Massachusetts, District 1
Lynn Woolsey	Democratic	California, District 6
Martin Heinrich	Democratic	New Mexico, District 1
Maurice Hinchey	Democratic	New York, District 22
Mazie K. Hirono	Democratic	Hawaii, District 2
Mike Pence	Republican	Indiana, District 6
Mike Ross	Democratic	Arkansas, District 4
Norm Dicks	Democratic	Washington, District 6
Rick Berg	Republican	North Dakota, At-Large, District
Ron Paul	Republican	Texas, District 14
Shelley Berkley	Democratic	Nevada, District 1
Steve Austria	Republican	Ohio, District 7
Steven C. LaTourette	Republican	Ohio, District 14
Sue Wilkins Myrick	Republican	North Carolina, District 9
Tammy Baldwin	Democratic	Wisconsin, District 2
Thaddeus McCotter(c)	Republican	Michigan, District 11
Timothy V. Johnson	Republican	Illinois, District 15
W. Todd Akin	Republican	Missouri, District 2
Todd Russell Platts	Republican	U.S. House, Pennsylvania, District 19
Wally Herger	Republican	California, District 2

(a) -After originally announcing he would not seek re-election, Davis subsequently resigned prior to the end of the112th Congress on July 31, 2012.

(b) -After announcing he would run for governor rather than re-election to Congress, Inslee subsequently resigned from the House of Representatives on March 10, 2012.

(c) -McCotter failed to file enough valid signatures to qualify for the ballot for his House seat. He subsequently resigned prior to the end of the112th Congress on July 6, 2012.

Defeated incumbents

Primary

In 2012, a total of 13 incumbents were defeated in U.S. House primaries. They were:

Name	Party	District	Year Assumed Office
Benjamin Quayle	Republican	Arizona, District 3	2011
Cliff Stearns	Republican	Florida, District 6	1989
Dennis J. Kucinich	Democratic	Ohio, District 10	1997
Donald A. Manzullo	Republican	Illinois, District 16	1993
Hansen Clarke	Democratic	Michigan, District 13	2011
Jason Altmire	Democratic	Pennsylvania, District 4	2007
Jean Schmidt	Republican	Ohio, District 2	2005
John Sullivan	Republican	Oklahoma, District 1	2002
Russ Carnahan	Democratic	Missouri, District 3	2005
Sandy Adams	Republican	Florida, District 24	2011
Silvestre Reyes	Democratic	Texas, District 16	1997
Steve Rothman	Democratic	New Jersey, District 9	1997
Tim Holden	Democratic	Pennsylvania, District 17	1993

General

A total of 27 incumbents were defeated in the general election on November 6, 2012. Of those 27 incumbents, 10 were Democrats and 17 were Republicans.

U.S. House incumbents defeated in 2012 general election
Name	Party	District
Allen B. West	Republican	Florida, District 22
Ann Marie Buerkle	Republican	New York, District 25
Ben Chandler	Democratic	Kentucky, District 6
Betty Sutton	Democratic	Ohio, District 13
Robert T. Schilling	Republican	Illinois, District 17
Brian Bilbray	Republican	California, District 50
Charles Bass	Republican	New Hampshire, District 2
Chip Cravaack	Republican	Minnesota, District 8
Dan Lungren	Republican	California, District 3
David Rivera	Republican	Florida, District 25
Francisco Canseco	Republican	Texas, District 23
Frank Guinta	Republican	New Hampshire, District 1
Howard Berman	Democratic	California, District 28
Jeff Landry	Republican	Louisiana, District 3
Joe Baca	Democratic	California, District 43
Joe Walsh	Republican	Illinois, District 8
Judy Biggert	Republican	Illinois, District 13
Kathy Hochul	Democratic	New York, District 26
Larry Kissell	Democratic	North Carolina, District 8
Laura Richardson	Democratic	California, District 37
Leonard Boswell	Democratic	Iowa, District 3
Mark Critz	Democratic	Pennsylvania, District 12
Mary Bono Mack	Republican	California, District 45
Nan Hayworth	Republican	New York, District 19
Pete Stark	Democratic	California, District 13
Robert J. Dold	Republican	Illinois, District 10
Roscoe Bartlett	Republican	Maryland, District 6

Vulnerable incumbents

Across the country, media and experts published stories that chronicled the incumbents that were in danger of losing their bid for re-election. Some of those incumbents mentioned included:

Primaries

The state primaries listed by month were as follows:

This map displays the month of each Congressional primary in 2012

Candidates by state

See also:List of candidates running in U.S. Congress elections, 2012

More than 2,400 candidates filed to run for election to the U.S. House in 2012. For a list of all candidates who ran for office by state, seethis page.

Democratic and Republican targets

The two political organizations that support each party's U.S. House candidates - theDemocratic Congressional Campaign Committee and theNational Republican Congressional Committee - released lists targeting various districts across the nation. Here are the organizations' lists including success rates in the2012 election.^[24][25][26]

Red to Blue

• Successful (Democratic won): 28/55 (50.9%)
• Unsuccessful (Republican won): 27/55 (49.1%)

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Red to Blue list
District	Endorsed Candidate	November 6 Results
Arizona's 1st District	Ann Kirkpatrick
Arizona's 9th District	Kyrsten Sinema
California's 7th District	Ami Bera
California's 10th District	Jose Hernandez	d
California's 26th District	Julia Brownley
California's 36th District	Raul Ruiz
California's 41st District	Mark Takano
California's 47th District	Alan Lowenthal
California's 52nd District	Scott Peters
Colorado's 3rd District	Sal Pace	d
Colorado's 6th District	Joe Miklosi	d
Connecticut's 5th District	Elizabeth Esty
Florida's 2nd District	Al Lawson	d
Florida's 10th District	Val Demings	d
Florida's 16th District	Keith Fitzgerald	d
Florida's 18th District	Patrick Murphy
Florida's 26th District	Joe Garcia
Iowa's 4th District	Christie Vilsack	d
Illinois' 8th District	Tammy Duckworth
Illinois' 10th District	Brad Schneider
Illinois' 11th District	Bill Foster
Illinois' 12th District	William Enyart
Illinois' 13th District	David Gill	d
Illinois' 17th District	Cheri Bustos
Indiana's 2nd District	Brendan Mullen
Indiana's 8th District	Dave Crooks
Maryland's 6th District	John Delaney
Michigan's 1st District	Gary McDowell	d
Minnesota's 2nd District	Mike Obermueller	d
Minnesota's 6th District	Jim Graves	d
Minnesota's 8th District	Rick Nolan
Montana's at-large District	Kim Gillan	d
Nevada's 3rd District	John Oceguera	d
New Mexico's 1st District	Michelle Lujan Grisham
New Hampshire's 1st District	Carol Shea-Porter
New Hampshire's 2nd District	Annie Kuster
New Jersey's 3rd District	Shelley Adler	d
New York's 11th District	Mark Murphy	d
New York's 18th District	Sean Maloney
New York's 19th District	Julian Schreibman	d
New York's 24th District	Dan Maffei
North Carolina's 11th District	Hayden Rogers	d
North Dakota's at-large District	Pam Gulleson	d
Ohio's 6th District	Charlie Wilson	d
Pennsylvania's 6th District	Manan Trivedi	d
Pennsylvania's 7th District	George Badey	d
Pennsylvania's 8th District	Kathryn Boockvar	d
Tennessee's 4th District	Eric Stewart	d
Texas' 14th District	Nick Lampson	d
Texas' 23rd District	Pete Gallego
Virginia's 2nd District	Paul Hirschbiel	d
Washington's 1st District	Suzan DelBene
Washington's 10th District	Denny Heck
Wisconsin's 7th District	Pat Kreitlow	d
Wisconsin's 8th District	Jamie Wall	d

Patriot Program

• Successful (Republican won): 18/33 (54.5%)
• Unsuccessful (Democrat won): 15/33 (45.5%)

National Republican Congressional Committee Patriot Program
District	Endorsed Candidate	November 6 Results
Arkansas' 1st District	Rick Crawford
California's 7th District	Dan Lungren	d
California's 10th District	Jeff Denham
California's 31st District	Gary Miller
California's 52nd District	Brian Bilbray	d
Colorado's 3rd District	Scott Tipton
Colorado's 6th District	Mike Coffman
Florida's 18th District	Allen West	d
Illinois' 8th District	Joe Walsh	d
Illinois' 10th District	Robert J. Dold	d
Illinois' 11th District	Judy Biggert	d
Illinois' 17th District	Bobby Schilling	d
Iowa's 3rd District	Tom Latham
Maryland's 6th District	Roscoe Bartlett	d
Michigan's 1st District	Dan Benishek
Minnesota's 8th District	Chip Cravaack	d
Nevada's 3rd District	Joe Heck
New Hampshire's 1st District	Frank Guinta	d
New Hampshire's 2nd District	Charlie Bass	d
New Jersey's 3rd District	Jon Runyan
New York's 11th District	Michael Grimm
New York's 18th District	Nan Hayworth	d
New York's 19th District	Chris Gibson
New York's 24th District	Ann Marie Buerkle	d
Ohio's 6th District	Bill Johnson	d
Ohio's 7th District	Bob Gibbs
Ohio's 16th District	Jim Renacci
Pennsylvania's 7th District	Pat Meehan
Pennsylvania's 8th District	Michael G. Fitzpatrick
Texas' 23rd District	Francisco Canseco	d
Virginia's 2nd District	Scott Rigell
Wisconsin's 7th District	Sean Duffy
Wisconsin's 8th District	Reid Ribble

Young Guns

• Successful (Republican won): 13/42(31.0%)
• Unsuccessful (Democrat won): 29/42 (69.0%)

National Republican Congressional Committee Young Guns
District	Endorsed Candidate	November 6 Results
Arizona's 1st District	Jonathan Paton	d
Arizona's 2nd District	Martha McSally	d
Arizona's 9th District	Vernon Parker	d
California's 3rd District	Kim Dolbow Vann	d
California's 9th District	Ricky Gill	d
California's 21st District	David Valadao
California's 24th District	Abel Maldonado	d
California's 26th District	Tony Strickland	d
California's 41st District	John Tavaglione	d
California's 47th District	Gary DeLong	d
Colorado's 7th District	Joe Coors, Jr.	d
Connecticut's 4th District	Steve Obsitnik	d
Connecticut's 5th District	Andrew Roraback	d
Florida's 22nd District	Adam Hasner	d
Georgia's 12th District	Lee Anderson	d
Illinois' 12th District	Jason Plummer	d
Illinois' 13th District	Rodney Davis
Indiana's 2nd District	Jackie Walorski
Iowa's 1st District	Ben Lange	d
Iowa's 2nd District	John Archer	d
Kentucky's 6th District	Andy Barr
Maine's 2nd District	Kevin Raye	d
Massachusetts' 6th District	Richard Tisei	d
Michigan's 11th District	Kerry Bentivolio
Nevada's 4th District	Danny Tarkanian	d
New York's 1st District	Randy Altschuler	d
New York's 21st District	Matt Doheny	d
New York's 25th District	Maggie Brooks	d
New York's 27th District	Chris Collins
North Carolina's 7th District	David Rouzer	d
North Carolina's 8th District	Richard Hudson
North Carolina's 11th District	Mark Meadows
North Dakota's at-large District	Kevin Cramer
Ohio's 14th District	David Joyce
Oklahoma's 2nd District	Markwayne Mullin
Pennsylvania's 12th District	Keith Rothfus
Rhode Island's 1st District	Brendan Doherty	d
Texas' 14th District	Randy Weber
Utah's 4th District	Mia Love	d
Washington's 1st District	John Koster	d
Washington's 6th District	Bill Driscoll	d
West Virginia's 3rd District	Rick Snuffer	d

Campaign finance

More than $1 billion was spent by candidates, political parties, and special interest groups during the 2012 election cycle.^[27] Republican-leaning organizations spent $102 million on U.S. House races during the 2012 cycle while Democratic organizations spent $79 million.^[28] According to theSunlight Foundation, theDCCC spent $61,741,050 on the 2012 elections. Of those funds, 47.78 percent achieved the desired result, based onSunlight Foundation analysis. TheNRCC spent $64,653,292 on the 2012 elections. Of those funds, 31.88 percent achieved the desired result.^[29]

After the first 15 months of the 2012 election cycle, candidates for theU.S. House had raised more than $566 million. That sum is $57 million more than the same point in 2010, and double the level at the same point in the election cycle as the 2002 races. Of that $566 million, Republicans raised $335 million while Democrats raised $221 million. The 2010 campaign set a fundraising record of $1.1 billion.^[30] In April 2012, House Democrats reserved more than $32 million in ad time in districts across the country. The reservations by theDemocratic Congressional Campaign Committee included 14 states, predominantly swing states. Headlining the spending was $8 million in Florida and $3 million in Ohio.^[31] As of November 3, 2012, 26 races had seen more than $5 million insatellite spending. In 2010, there were only two such races.^[32]

In September 2012, theNRCC raised $12.4 million and had $29.5 million cash on hand.^[33]

In October 2012, theCampaign Finance Institute and the Brennan Center for Justice released reports detailing the high levels of independent expenditures in the election cycle. The Campaign Finance Institute report determined that between October 5-12, more than $1 million was spent by outside groups in 3 House races alone. Those races are:^[34]

• Illinois-11: $1.6 million
• Massachusetts-6: $1.5 million
• Illinois-17: $1.4 million

The report from the Brennan Center for Justice atThe New York University School of Law was published on October 22nd and focuses on 25 House races rated most competitive byThe Cook Political Report.

Using the Federal Election Commission's October Quarterly campaign finance filings, the report examines the relative spending presence of non-candidate groups, candidates, and small donors in these races - "which will likely determine which party will control the House."^[36] A number of trends were identified regarding the volume, potential weight of satellite spending and breakdown of campaign funding by party, including:

• As of the end of the most recent reporting period, less than 60% of money spent on the 25 most hotly contested races came from the candidates' campaigns on average, and over 50% of the spending for 11 of the races were from outside groups/party committees.

• The combined reported expenditures from the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) mirror the total spending by "Republican-leaning and Democratic-leaning outside groups" in the 25 races going through the second week of October.

• The role of small donations in influencing election outcomes could be eclipsed by the comparatively massive funding influence of the NRCC, DCCC, and other outside groups. "Excluding Florida's 18th District, where incumbentAllen West (R) raised a staggering $7.4 million in small donations through September 30th," Republican and Democratic candidates in the rest of the races raised only 7.6% and 12.4%, respectively, of money from donations under $200.

October

In October 2012, theHouse Majority PAC announced $8.4 million of ads in nine states targeting Republican candidates. The nine states wereArizona,Indiana,Missouri,Montana,North Dakota,Virginia,Ohio,Connecticut, andNevada.^[37] The House Majority PAC also reported raising $5.9 million in September, a number which it hoped to double in October.^[38]

On October 24, 2012, theDCCC borrowed $17 million to spend during the remainder of the2012 elections. First reported inPolitico, the money was intended to balance out the bombardment of GOP ads in the media.^[39] According to a report inThe Washington Post, House Republicans have been able to spend more money during the election cycle.^[40]

Quarterly reports

On October 15, 2012, quarterly reports were submitted by campaigns to theFederal Election Commission. The political blogDaily Kos did an analysis of the fundraising figures, specifically looking at three areas:^[41]

1) Races where challengers outraised an incumbent in the third quarter: 24 races qualified -- 17 Democratic challengers and seven Republican challengers outraised their incumbent opponent.

Of the 24 races, the challenger was victorious in 11 of them, 8 D, 3 R, with 2 races still to be called.

Challengers who outraised their incumbent opponent in the third quarter
District	Challenger			Incumbent			General election winner
	Name	Party	Funds in Q3	Name	Party	Funds in Q3
CA-07	Ami Bera		$730,000	Dan Lungren		$510,000	Ami Bera
CA-09	Ricky Gill		$727,000	Jerry McNerney		$523,000	Jerry McNerney
CA-10	Jose Hernandez		$493,000	Jeff Denham		$317,000	Jeff Denham
CA-36	Raul Ruiz		$540,000	Mary Bono Mack		$381,000	Raul Ruiz
FL-10	Val Demings		$503,000	Daniel Webster		$207,000	Daniel Webster
FL-16	Keith Fitzgerald		$468,000	Vern Buchanan		$227,000	Vern Buchanan
FL-26	Joe Garcia		$431,000	David Rivera		$122,000	Joe Garcia
IA-02	John Archer (Iowa 2)		$417,000	Dave Loebsack		$312,000	Dave Loebsack
IL-08	Tammy Duckworth		$1,508,000	Joe Walsh		$254,000	Tammy Duckworth
IL-11	Bill Foster		$642,000	Judy Biggert		$624,000	Bill Foster
KY-06	Andy Barr		$804,000	Ben Chandler		$504,000	Andy Barr
MA-06	Richard Tisei		$646,000	John Tierney		$508,000	John Tierney
MD-06	John Delaney		$399,000	Roscoe Bartlett		$208,000	John Delaney
MN-08	Rick Nolan		$484,000	Chip Cravaack		$462,000	Rick Nolan
NC-08	Richard Hudson		$512,000	Larry Kissell		$220,000	Richard Hudson
NH-01	Carol Shea-Porter		$675,000	Frank Guinta		$363,000	Carol Shea-Porter
NH-02	Annie Kuster		$725,000	Charlie Bass		$472,000	Annie Kuster
NY-11	Mark Murphy		$323,000	Mike Grimm		$249,000	Mike Grimm
NY-18	Sean Maloney		$926,000	Nan Hayworth		$573,000	Sean Maloney
NY-19	Julian Schreibman		$537,000	Chris Gibson		$388,000	Chris Gibson
PA-06	Manan Trivedi		$436,000	Jim Gerlach		$334,000	Jim Gerlach
PA-12	Keith Rothfus		$543,000	Mark Critz		$501,000	Keith Rothfus
UT-04	Mia Love		$999,000	Jim Matheson		$469,000	Jim Matheson
VA-02	Paul Hirschbiel		$352,000	Scott Rigell		$311,000	Scott Rigell

2) Races where challengers had more cash-on-hand than the incumbent: 10 races qualified -- six Democratic challengers and four Republican challengers had more cash-on-hand than their incumbent opponent.

Of the 10 races, the challenger was victorious in 4 of them, 4 D, 0 R.

Challengers who have more cash-on-hand than their incumbent opponent in the third quarter
District	Challenger			Incumbent			General election winner
	Name	Party	COH in QTR 3	Name	Party	COH in QTR 3
CA-09	Ricky Gill		$1,146,000	Jerry McNerney		$1,038,000	Jerry McNerney
IL-08	Tammy Duckworth		$763,000	Joe Walsh		$592,000	Tammy Duckworth
MD-06	John Delaney		$249,000	Roscoe Bartlett		$221,000	John Delaney
MI-01	Gary McDowell		$604,000	Dan Benishek		$571,000	Dan Benishek
NH-02	Annie Kuster		$922,000	Charlie Bass		$752,000	Annie Kuster
NY-18	Sean Maloney		$855,000	Nan Hayworth		$785,000	Sean Maloney
NY-25	Maggie Brooks		$857,000	Louise Slaughter		$411,000	Louise Slaughter
OH-06	Charlie Wilson		$440,000	Bill Johnson		$388,000	Bill Johnson
RI-01	Brendan Doherty		$510,000	David Cicilline		$241,000	David Cicilline
UT-04	Mia Love		$457,000	Jim Matheson		$307,000	Jim Matheson

3) Races that were incumbent-vs-incumbent: Five incumbent-vs-incumbent races remain.

Incumbents vs incumbent race totals in the third quarter
District	Incumbent				Incumbent				General election winner
	Name	Party	Funds in Q3	COH in QTR 3	Name	Party	Funds in Q3	COH in QTR 3
CA-30	Howard Berman		$716,000	$1,848,000	Brad Sherman		$225,000	$394,000	Brad Sherman
CA-44	Janice Hahn		$179,000	$132,000	Laura Richardson		$7,000	$68,000	Laura Richardson
IA-03	Tom Latham		$487,000	$1,510,000	Leonard Boswell		$300,000	$226,000	Tom Latham
LA-03	Charles Boustany		$602,000	$1,268,000	Jeff Landry		$404,000	$755,000	Charles Boustany
OH-16	Betty Sutton		$594,000	$1,214,000	Jim Renacci		$551,000	$1,021,000	Jim Renacci

DCCC

As of July 14, 2012, theDCCC had raised $96,754,717 and spent $70,064,229, leaving $27,496,113 cash on hand.^[42] As of October 2012, the DCCC had raised $53.3 million from small donations during the election cycle -- which was $15 million more than during the entire 2010 election.^[43]

NRCC

In October 2012, theNRCC launched 16 new ads for a total spending of more than $6 million. The purchases were in the following districts:^[44]

• California's 7th District: $560,000 in the Sacramento media market for a week, attacking physicianAmi Bera (D), who took on incumbentDan Lungren (R)
• California's 9th District: $560,000 in the Sacramento media market for a week, attacking incumbentJerry McNerney (D), who faced recent law school graduateRicky Gill (R)
• California's 24th District: $115,000 in the Santa Barbara media market for a week, attacking incumbentLois Capps (D), who faced former Lt. Gov.Abel Maldonado (R)
• California's 52nd District: $400,000 in the Santa Diego media market for a week, attacking San Diego Port CommissionerScott Peters, who took on incumbentBrian Bilbray (R)
• Colorado's 7th District: $560,000 in the Denver media market for a week, attacking state incumbentJoe Miklosi (D), who took on incumbentMike Coffman (Colorado) (R)
• Georgia's 12th District: $192,000 in the Savannah and Augusta media markets for a week, attacking incumbentJohn Barrow (D), who faced state incumbentLee Anderson (R)
• Illinois' 11th District: $900,000 in the Chicago media market over two weeks, attacking former representativeBill Foster (D), who took on incumbentJudy Biggert (R)
• Michigan's 1st District: $144,000 in the Marquette and Traverse City media markets for a week, attacking former state incumbentGary McDowell (D), who took on freshman incumbentDan Benishek (R)
• Minnesota's 8th District: $426,000 in the Minneapolis media market over two weeks, attacking former representativeRick Nolan (D), who took on freshman incumbentChip Cravaack (R)
• Nevada's 3rd District: $426,000 in the Las Vegas media market over two weeks, attacking state SpeakerJohn Oceguera (D), who took on freshman incumbentJoe Heck (R)
• New York's 19th District: $326,000 in the Albany media market over two weeks, attacking attorneyJulian Schreibman (D), who took on freshman incumbentChris Gibson (R)
• Ohio's 6th District: $231,000 in the Youngstown and Wheeling, W.Va. media markets for a week, attacking former representativeCharlie Wilson (D), who took on freshman incumbentBill Johnson (R)
• Ohio's 16th District: $517,000 in the Cleveland media market for a week, attacking incumbentBetty Sutton (D), who faced freshman incumbentJim Renacci in an incumbent vs. incumbent battle
• Texas' 23rd District: $315,000 in the San Antonio media market for a week, attacking state incumbentPete Gallego (D), who took on freshman incumbentFrancisco "Quico" Canseco (R)
• Utah's 4th District: $250,000 in the Salt Lake City media market for a week, attacking incumbentJim Matheson (D), who faced Saratoga Springs MayorMia Love
• Wisconsin's 7th District: $550,000 in the Minneapolis, Minn., and Wausau, Wis., media markets, attacking former state Senate President Pro TemPat Kreitlow (D), who took on freshman incumbentSean Duffy

Competitive races

RealClearPolitics

The websiteRealClearPolitics listed 50 districts in order of likelihood to switch party on November 6. Twenty of the 50U.S. House seats most likely to switch party control were held by Democrats. The remaining 30 belonged to Republicans. Those districts are listed in the table below.^[45]

Of the 20 seats held by the Democrats, 9 flipped. Of the 30 seats held by the GOP, 17 flipped. Of the 50 seats listed, they became 28 D, 22 R.

RealClearPolitics 50 Most likely US House Districts to Change Party
Rank	District	Party	Incumbent	November 6 Results	Switch?
1	North Carolina's 13th District	Democratic	Open	George E.B. Holding	Yes
2	Illinois' 8th District	Republican	Open	Tammy Duckworth	Yes
3	North Carolina's 11th District	Democratic	Open	Mark Meadows	Yes
4	Maryland's 6th District	Republican	Roscoe Bartlett	John Delaney	Yes
5	North Carolina's 8th District	Democratic	Larry Kissell	Richard Hudson	Yes
6	Arkansas's 4th District	Democratic	Open	Tom Cotton	Yes
7	Florida's 22nd District	Republican	Open	Lois Frankel	Yes
8	Illinois' 17th District	Republican	Bobby Schilling	Cheri Bustos	Yes
9	New York's 27th District	Democratic	Kathy Hochul	Chris Collins	Yes
10	New Hampshire's 2nd District	Republican	Charles Bass	Annie Kuster	Yes
11	Indiana's 2nd District	Democratic	Open	Jackie Walorski	Yes
12	Arizona's 1st District	Republican	Open	Ann Kirkpatrick	Yes
13	California's 52nd District	Republican	Brian Bilbray	Scott Peters	Yes
14	Georgia's 12th District	Democratic	John Barrow	John Barrow	No
15	New York's 24th District	Republican	Ann Marie Buerkle	Dan Maffei	Yes
16	North Carolina's 7th District	Democratic	Mike McIntyre	Mike McIntyre	No
17	Washington's 1st District	Democratic	Open	Suzan DelBene	No
18	Michigan's 11th District	Republican	Open	Kerry Bentivolio	No
19	Illinois' 11th District	Republican	Judy Biggert	Bill Foster	Yes
20	Illinois' 10th District	Republican	Robert J. Dold	Brad Schneider	Yes
21	Illinois' 12th District	Democratic	Open	William Enyart	No
22	California's 26th District	Republican	Open	Julia Brownley	Yes
23	New Hampshire's 1st District	Republican	Frank Guinta	Carol Shea-Porter	Yes
24	Iowa's 3rd District	Democratic	Leonard Boswell	Tom Latham	Yes
25	Ohio's 16th District	Republican	James B. Renacci	James B. Renacci	No
26	California's 7th District	Republican	Dan Lungren	Ami Bera	Yes
27	Pennsylvania's 12th District	Democratic	Mark Critz	Keith Rothfus	Yes
28	Florida's 18th District	Republican	Allen West	Patrick Murphy	Yes
29	Oklahoma's 2nd District	Democratic	Open	Markwayne Mullin	Yes
30	Iowa's 4th District	Republican	Steve King	Steve King	No
31	New York's 21st District	Democratic	Bill Owens	Bill Owens	No
32	California's 9th District	Democratic	Jerry McNerney	Jerry McNerney	No
33	Colorado's 6th District	Republican	Mike Coffman	Mike Coffman	No
34	New York's 18th District	Republican	Nan Hayworth	Sean Maloney	Yes
35	California's 24th District	Democratic	Lois Capps	Lois Capps	No
36	New York's 1st District	Democratic	Tim Bishop	Tim Bishop	No
37	Illinois' 13th District	Republican	Open	Rodney Davis	No
38	Rhode Island's 1st District	Democratic	David N. Cicilline	David N. Cicilline	No
39	Wisconsin's 7th District	Republican	Sean Duffy	Sean Duffy	No
40	Nevada's 3rd District	Republican	Joe Heck	Joe Heck	No
41	Massachusetts' 6th District	Democratic	John Tierney	John Tierney	No
42	Utah's 4th District	Democratic	Jim Matheson	Jim Matheson	No
43	Minnesota's 8th District	Republican	Chip Cravaack	Rick Nolan	Yes
44	Pennsylvania's 8th District	Republican	Michael G. Fitzpatrick	Michael G. Fitzpatrick	No
45	New York's 11th District	Republican	Michael Grimm	Michael Grimm	No
46	Colorado's 3rd District	Republican	Scott Tipton	Scott Tipton	No
47	California's 10th District	Republican	Jeff Denham	Jeff Denham	No
48	Florida's 26th District	Republican	David Rivera	Joe Garcia	Yes
49	Virginia's 2nd District	Republican	Scott Rigell	Scott Rigell	No
50	New Jersey's 3rd District	Republican	Jon Runyan	Jon Runyan	No