2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, District 1, Democratic primary
Rosen won the primary, however, she withdrew from the race on September 10, 2012, after evidence surfaced that she'd voted in both Maryland and Florida in the 2006 and 2008 elections. Rosen had property in Florida, and Maryland law allowed property owners to vote in local elections even if they live elsewhere. However, her Florida voting registration reportedly also gave her access to state and federal elections there, something which was not allowed by Maryland law.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, District 1, Democratic primary
As the deadline for replacing a candidate on the general election ballot was August 28, members of the Democratic Central Committees of each county in the district had to choose a write-in candidate to run in November. Two potential candidates who indicated an interest were former U.S. Representative Wayne Gilchrest, who represented the 1st district as a Republican from 1991 to 2009, and LaFerla, who finished a close second in the primary. LaFerla was then endorsed as the Democratic write-in candidate.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, District 2
The redrawn 2nd district includes parts of Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Harford, and Howard counties, and parts of the city of Baltimore. Democrat Dutch Ruppersberger, who had represented the 2nd district since 2003, won re-election against Republican Nancy Jacobs and Libertarian Leo Dymowski.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, District 3
The redrawn 3rd district includes parts of Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Howard, and Montgomery counties, and parts of the city of Baltimore. Democrat John Sarbanes, who had represented the 3rd district since 2007, won re-election against Republican Eric Delano Knowles and Libertarian Paul Drgos Jr..


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, District 4
The redrawn 4th district includes parts of Anne Arundel and Prince George's counties. Democrat Donna Edwards, who has represented the 4th district since 2008, won re-election against Republican Faith Loudon and Libertarian Scott Soffen.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, District 5
The redrawn 5th district includes Calvert, Charles, and St. Mary's counties, as well as parts of Anne Arundel and Prince George's counties. Democrat Steny Hoyer, who has represented the 5th district since 1981, won re-election against Republican Tony O'Donnell, Green Bob Auerbach and Libertarian Arvin Vohra. Jeremy Stinson, an unaffiliated candidate, did not secure a ballot nomination and ran as a write-in candidate.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, District 6
The redrawn 6th district includes Allegany, Garrett, and Washington counties, as well as parts of Frederick and Montgomery counties. Republican Roscoe Bartlett, who had represented the 6th district since 1993, lost re-election to Democrat John Delaney. Nickolaus Mueller ran as the Libertarian candidate.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, District 7
The redrawn 7th district includes parts of Baltimore and Howard counties, and parts of the city of Baltimore. Democrat Elijah Cummings, who had represented the 7th district since 1996, won re-election against Republican Frank Mirabile and Libertarian Ronald Owens-Bey.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, District 8
The redrawn 8th district will include parts of Carroll, Frederick, and Montgomery counties. Democrat Chris Van Hollen, who had represented the 8th district since 2003, won re-election against Republican Ken Timmerman, Libertarian Mark Grannis and Green George Gluck.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts
The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012 to elect the nine U.S. Representatives from the state of Massachusetts, a loss of one seat following the 2010 Census, for service in the 113th Congress from January 3, 2013 to January 3, 2015. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including a quadrennial presidential election. The candidate elected in each of the state's congressional districts was a member the Democratic Party.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts
Primary elections were held on September 6, 2012. This primary was on a Thursday, which is rare in Massachusetts, and it was moved from Tuesday, September 18, 2012 because of a conflicting religious holiday.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts, District 1
Democrat Richard Neal, who has represented the 2nd district since 1989, was redistricted into the 1st district. He ran for re-election.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts, District 2
Since 1991, Democrat John Olver, has represented the 1st district, most of which remains in the proposed new 1st district. He was to have been redistricted to the 2nd district, except that he announced his retirement two weeks before the new districts were proposed.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts, District 2
Democrat Jim McGovern, who was redistricted from the 3rd district, ran for re-election.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts, District 3
Democrat Niki Tsongas, who was redistricted from the 5th district, ran for re-election. She was unopposed in the primary.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts, District 4
Democrat Barney Frank, who has represented the 4th district since 1981, retired rather than run for re-election.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts, District 5
Democrat Ed Markey was redistricted from the 7th district, having represented it since 1976.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts, District 6
Democrat John Tierney has represented the 6th district since 1997. Daniel Fishman, a Libertarian candidate, who has never run for office before also ran. Veteran and military commentator Seth Moulton considered running in the general election as an Independent, but decided against it in July 2012, citing the short time frame left for him to mount a serious campaign.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts, District 7
In the redistricting Act, this district became a majority-minority district, increasing its reach over several minority precincts near Boston. Democrat Mike Capuano, who was redistricted from the 8th district, having represented it since 1999, ran for re-election. Karla Romero, the founding President and CEO of the non-profit Mass Appeal International and a former Miss USA contestant ran as an Independent.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts, District 8
Democrat Stephen Lynch, who was redistricted from the old 9th district, will run in the 8th district.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts, District 8
Democrat William R. Keating, who was redistricted from the old 10th district, announced that he would move to Cape Cod (where he already has a summer home), and run there, putting him in the new 9th district (most of which includes his incumbent district) instead of competing against Lynch.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts, District 9
There was no incumbent currently residing in this district, but incumbent Democrat William R. Keating, who has represented most of the district for the last two years when it was the 10th district, has a summer home there. As discussed above, he moved to the 9th District. Bristol County


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan
The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan was held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012, to elect the 14 U.S. Representatives from the state of Michigan, a decrease of one following the 2010 United States Census. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including a quadrennial presidential election and an election to the U.S. Senate. Primary elections were held on August 7, 2012. The filing deadline for candidates to file to run in the primary was May 15. Except for two seats, all the incumbents sought re-election.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan
The open seats were the 5th and 11th Congressional Districts. Due to the loss of one seat from the 2010 Census, two congressmen ran against each other. Despite Democrats winning more than 240,000 more votes for U.S. House districts statewide, Republicans won nine of 14 seats and Michiganders tied a state record by electing the lowest rate (35 percent) of U.S. Representatives by a major party whilst simultaneously casting its electoral votes for that party's presidential nominee.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, Redistricting
The Michigan Legislature, which is controlled by the Republican Party, began the redistricting process on April 11, 2011. A plan released by the Republican Party in June 2011, which would place the homes of Democrats Gary Peters and Sander Levin into the same district, was passed by the Michigan House of Representatives and Senate later that month. The plan was signed into law by Governor Rick Snyder on August 9. The two incumbents forced to face each other were Gary Peters and Hansen Clarke.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 1
In redistricting, the 1st district was made slightly more favorable to Republicans: Republican nominee John McCain received less than one percentage point more of the vote in the 2008 presidential election in the newly drawn district compared to the former district. Roll Call  had rated the race as "Leans Republican," but changed the rating first to "Tossup" and then "Leans Democratic." Republican Dan Benishek, who was first elected to represent the 1st district in 2010, ran for re-election.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 1
The third-party candidates were Emily Salvette as the Libertarian Party nominee and Ellis Boal as the Green Party nominee.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 1, Democratic primary
Gary McDowell, a former state representative and unsuccessful candidate for the 1st district in 2010, ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination. Derek Bailey, the tribal chairman of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians had considered running as a Democrat, but chose instead to run for the 101st Michigan House district seat.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 2
Republican Bill Huizenga, who was first elected to represent the 2nd district in 2010, sought re-election. He was unopposed for the Republican primary. Other third-party candidates on the ballot were Mary Buzuma for the Libertarian Party, Ronald Graeser for the U.S. Taxpayers Party and William Opalicky for the Green Party. Roll Call rates the race as "Safe Republican", and Huizenga won easily re-election with 61.2% of the vote.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 2, Democratic primary
Muskegon city commissioner Willie German Jr ran in the August primary as a write-in candidate after David Takitaki, a political science professor at Adrian College and Muskegon Community College, was seeking the Democratic nomination to challenge Huizenga, but withdrew from the race for health reasons. Commissioner German was therefore on the ballot on the Democratic side.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 3
Republican Justin Amash, who was first elected to represent the 3rd district in 2010, is seeking re-election and ran unopposed in the Republican primary. Libertarian Party candidate Bill Gelineau is also on the ballot.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 3
In redistricting, the 3rd district was made more favorable to Democrats. Roll Call  rate the race as "Likely Republican."


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 3, Democratic primary
Former state representative, former judge, former Kent County Commissioner and small business owner Steve Pestka won the Democratic primary, defeating Trevor Thomas who had worked for former governor Jennifer Granholm's 2006 re-election campaign and in her executive office. Redistricting drew the home of former Democratic Representative Mark Schauer, who represented the 7th district from 2009 until 2011, into the district; but he decided not to run for Congress in 2012. Pat Miles, a lawyer who unsuccessfully challenged Amash as the Democratic nominee in 2010, also decided not to run.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 4
Republican David Lee Camp, who has represented the 4th district since 1993 and previously represented the 10th district from 1991 until 1993, will seek re-election. The Democratic candidate is attorney Debra Freidell Wirth. The other candidates are John Gelineau for the Libertarian Party, George Zimmer for the U.S. Taxpayers Party and Pat Timmons for the Green Party. Roll Call rates the race as "Likely Republican".


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 5
Democrat Dale Kildee, who has represented the 5th district since 2003 and previously represented the 9th district from 1993 until 2003 and the 7th district from 1977 until 1993, chose to retire rather than run for re-election in 2012. His nephew, former Genesee County treasurer Dan Kildee ran unopposed on the Democratic side.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 5
Flint school board member David Davenport ran as an independent. Also running was Gregory Creswell of the Libertarian Party.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 5, Republican primary
Former Democratic state representative Jim Slezak, and Tuscola County public safety officer Tom Wassa, sought the Republican nomination. Slezak defeated Wassa in the GOP primary.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 6
Republican Fred Upton, who has represented the 6th district since 1993 and previously represented the 4th district from 1987 until 1993, will seek re-election.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 6
Jason Gatties, a business manager and security consultant from St. Joseph, received the US Taxpayers Party of Michigan's nomination at their state convention on June 16, 2012. Christie Gelineau received the Libertarian Party's nomination at their state Saturday June 2, 2012. Roll Call rates the race as "Likely Republican".


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 6, Democratic primary
Mike O'Brien, a project leader at Herman Miller and former organic farmer, will seek the Democratic nomination. John Waltz, an Iraq and Afghanistan war veteran who unsuccessfully ran for Congress in Kentucky's 4th congressional district in 2010, had planned to seek the Democratic nomination, but dropped out in February 2012 because of an illness.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 6, Republican primary
Former state Representative Jack Hoogendyk, who unsuccessfully challenged Upton in the Republican primary in 2010, announced on January 17, 2012, that he would run again. Upton easily defeated Hoogendyk in the GOP primary.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 7
In redistricting, the 7th district was made slightly more favorable to Republicans: McCain received less than one percentage point more of the vote in the 2008 presidential election in the newly drawn district compared to the former district.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 7
Republican Tim Walberg, who has represented the 7th district since January 2011 and previously served from 2007 until 2009, is running for re-election. Roll Call rates the race as "Likely Republican".


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 7, Democratic primary
Kurt Haskell, an attorney, and Ruben Marquez, the chairman of the Jackson County Democratic Party, ran for the Democratic nomination. Former U.S. Representative Joe Schwarz, who represented the 7th district from 2005 to 2007 as a Republican and was defeated by Walberg in the Republican primary in 2006, and had been recruited by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, has decided not to run. Former U.S. Representative Mark Schauer, who represented the 7th district from 2009 until 2011, no longer lives within its boundaries and will not run.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 7, Republican primary
Mike Stahly, a former member of the Potterville City Council, and Dan Davis, businessman and former police officer, challenged Walberg in the Republican primary.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 8
Republican Mike Rogers, who has represented the 8th district since 2001, sought re-election.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 8
Other candidates were Daniel Goebel of the Libertarian Party and independent candidate Preston Brooks. Roll Call rated the race as "Likely Republican".


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 8, Democratic primary
Lance Enderle, a former teacher and unsuccessful candidate for the 8th district in 2010 was unopposed for the Democratic nomination.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 8, Republican primary
Rogers had two challengers for the Republican nomination, Brian Hetrick and Vernon Molnar. Rogers easily won the GOP nomination.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 9
In redistricting, the homes of Democratic Representatives Sander Levin and Gary Peters were drawn into the 9th district, which comprises mostly Macomb County but also includes a part of Oakland County. Levin, who has represented the 12th district since 1993 and previously represented the 17th district from 1983 until 1993, will seek re-election here. Peters, who has represented the 9th district since 2009, will seek re-election in the redrawn 14th district.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 9
Jim Fulner, an engineer from Berkley, earned the Libertarian Party nomination at their state convention June 2, 2012, in Livonia. Julia Williams, the 2010 Green Party Candidate for the same seat, was nominated again at the 2012 Michigan Green Party convention, Saturday June 9, 2012, in Mount Pleasant. Lester Townsend received the US Taxpayers Party of Michigan's nomination at their state convention Saturday June 16, 2012. This marks the fourth election cycle in a row Townsend has challenged Levin for his seat. Roll Call rates the race as "Likely Democratic".


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 9, Republican primary
Don Volaric, a businessman who unsuccessfully challenged Levin as the Republican nominee in the 12th district in 2010, is running for the seat. He was opposed in the Republican primary by Gregory Dildilian. Volaric defeated Dildilian in the GOP primary.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 10
Republican Candice Miller, who has represented the 10th district since 2003, will seek re-election. Roll Call rates the race as "Likely Republican".


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 10, Democratic primary
Two candidates were seeking the Democratic nomination, Jerome Quinn and Chuck Stadler. Stadler defeated Quinn in the Democratic primary.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 11, Special election
Thad McCotter had represented the old 11th district since 2003 and sought the Republican presidential nomination. After poor polling results, McCotter ended his presidential campaign and announced plans to run again for his seat in Congress. On May 26, 2012, the Michigan Secretary of State announced McCotter had fallen well short of the required 1,000 petition signatures required for him to qualify for the primary ballot. In what state officials described as a level of fraud unprecedented in Michigan political history, subsequent reviews of McCotter's petitions revealed that over 85 percent of the signatures were invalid.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 11, Special election
Most of them were either duplicates or signatures that appeared to have been pasted from past years' petitions. Conceding that the signatures were indeed invalid, McCotter announced he would mount a write-in bid for his seat; however, he decided not to continue with his write-in bid on June 2 and announced his intention to retire after completing his term. McCotter suddenly resigned from his seat on July 6, leaving the 11th District unrepresented.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 11, Special election
Secretary of State Ruth Johnson found the apparent fraud egregious enough to turn the evidence over to the Michigan attorney general's office to determine if laws were broken regarding the invalid signatures. The Michigan Attorney General's office charged four McCotter aides with forgery, although McCotter was not charged with any wrongdoing.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 11, Special election
McCotter's resignation resulted in a special election, which was expected to cost taxpayers $650,000.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 11, Special election
Democratic candidate David Curson defeated Kerry Bentivolio in the special general election, conducted in the 2012-configured 11th district only, and coinciding with the regular general election on November 6. John Tatar was also on the ballot for the Libertarian Party and Mark Sosnowski for the U.S. Taxpayers Party. Bentivolio was endorsed by Gov. Rick Snyder, Lt. Gov. Brian Calley, Senator Rand Paul, and Congress members Candice Miller, Justin Amash, Dan Banishek and Ron Paul, and former officeholders Rick Santorum and Peter Hoekstra.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 11, Regular election
As a result of Republican-leaning areas of the old 9th district being drawn into the new 11th, the 11th district was made more favorable to Republicans. McCain received four percentage points more of the vote in the 2008 presidential election in the newly drawn district compared to the current district. While Roll Call rated this race as "Likely Republican" before the primary, they changed the rating to "Leans Republican". It has since changed back to "Likely Republican."


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 11, Regular election, Democratic primary
Dr. Syed Taj, a member of the Canton Township Board of Trustees, was the Democratic nominee, defeating Bill Roberts, a follower of Lyndon LaRouche.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 11, Regular election, Republican primary
For the regular primary held August 7, 2012, for the upcoming two-year term in Congress, Kerry Bentivolio, a veteran and former teacher who had already planned to challenge McCotter, was left the only candidate on the Republican primary ballot. The Troy Republican Club, U.S. House Member Justin Amash, Tea Party groups and Ron Paul's PAC all endorsed Bentivolio. Other Republicans, including Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson, refused to endorse Bentivolio and instead endorsed former state senator Nancy Cassis as a write-in candidate. Bentivolio defeated Cassis in the August 7 primary, and was the only Republican candidate on the ballot in areas covered by the new 11th. Cassis and Drexel Morton also wrote as write-in candidates.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 12
Democrat John Dingell, who has represented the district since 2003 and previously from 1955 until 1965, and previously represented the 16th district from 1965 until 2003, will seek re-election here. Roll Call rates the race as "Safe Democratic".


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 12, Democratic primary
Daniel Marcin, a doctorate student at the University of Michigan, will challenge Dingell in the Democratic primary. Fellow Democratic U.S. Representative Sander Levin, who has represented the 12th district since 1993 and previously represented the 17th district from 1983 until 1993, will seek re-election in the redrawn 9th district.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 12, Republican primary
Karen Jacobsen, a businesswoman, and Cynthia Kallgren, former candidate for State Representative, will seek the Republican nomination.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 13
Democrat John Conyers, who has represented the 14th district since 1993 and previously represented the 1st district from 1965 until 1993, sought re-election in the new 13th district.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 13
The Libertarian Party of Michigan has nominated Chris Sharer of Westland as their candidate. and Martin Gray is the U.S. Taxpayers Party candidate.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 13, Democratic primary
Democrat Hansen Clarke, who was first elected to represent the 13th district in 2010, is instead running in the 14th district. State Senator Glenn S. Anderson, Wayne-Westland school board member John Goci, state Representative Shanelle Jackson, and state Senator Bert Johnson, are challenging Conyers for the Democratic nomination. Godfrey Dillard, an attorney, had also been seeking the Democratic nomination but was removed from the primary ballot after filing fewer than the 1,000 signatures needed to be eligible for the ballot.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 14
The new 14th district crosses the traditional boundary of the 8 Mile Road (separating Detroit from Oakland County) in order to continue to have a majority of minority voters. A large part of the district is now outside of Detroit (it comprises approximately 40 percent Detroit, 40 percent Oakland County, and 20 percent out lying Wayne County).


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 14
Leonard Schwartz, Lawyer and Perennial candidate from Oak Park, who most recently challenged Sandy Levin for US House District 12 in 2010, is the Libertarian Nominee.Douglas Campbell, an engineer from Ferndale, is the Green Party Candidate. Roll Call rates the race as "Safe Democratic".


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 14, Democratic primary
Democratic U.S. Representatives Gary Peters, who was elected to represent the 9th district in 2008, and Hansen Clarke, who was first elected to represent the 13th district in 2010, sought election in the new 14th district. Southfield mayor Brenda Lawrence;  former state representative Mary Waters, who unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination in the 13th district in 2008, and Bob Costello also seek the Democratic nomination. Democrat John Conyers, who has represented the 14th district since 1993 and previously represented the 1st district from 1965 until 1993, will instead run in the 13th district.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 14, Republican primary
The lone Republican candidate for the seat is John Hauler.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 15
As the 15th district was eliminated, Democrat John Dingell, who has represented the district since 2003 and previously from 1955 until 1965, and previously represented the 16th district from 1965 until 2003, successfully sought re-election in the 12th district.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota
The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012 to elect the eight U.S. Representatives from the state of Minnesota. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including a quadrennial presidential election and an election to the U.S. Senate. Primary elections were held on August 14, 2012.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, Redistricting
A redistricting plan was proposed by Republicans in the Minnesota Legislature on May 9, 2011. The plan was passed by the Minnesota House of Representatives on May 13 and the Minnesota Senate on May 18, but was vetoed by Democratic Governor Mark Dayton on May 19.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, Redistricting
In February 2012, a state court panel redrew Minnesota's congressional boundaries with the effect of enacting a "least-change" map.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, District 1
Democrat Tim Walz, who has represented Minnesota's 1st congressional district since 2007, sought re-election. In redistricting, Murray County, Pipestone County and half of Cottonwood County were moved from the 1st district to the 7th and Wabasha County was moved from the 1st district to the 2nd; while Le Sueur County and most of Rice County were moved from the 2nd district to the 1st. The 1st district was expected to continue to slightly favor Republicans.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, District 1
State senator Mike Parry lost the GOP nomination to state representative Allen Quist. State senator Julie Rosen did not seek the Republican nomination. Former state representative Randy Demmer, who unsuccessfully challenged Walz as the Republican nominee in 2010, and state representative Steve Drazkowski did not run.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, District 1
Walz handily dispatched Quist in the election, garnering 58% of the vote.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, District 2
Republican John Kline, who has represented Minnesota's 2nd congressional district since 2003, sought re-election.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, District 2
Patrick Ganey, a member of the Northfield City Council; Kathleen Gaylord, a member of the Dakota County Commission; former state Representative Mike Obermueller; and Dan Powers, a former small business owner who unsuccessfully sought the DFL nomination in the 2nd district in 2010, sought the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party nomination to challenge Kline. At the congressional district convention, the party endorsed Mike Obermueller.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, District 2
In redistricting, Le Sueur County and Rice County were moved from the 2nd district to the 1st and Carver County was moved from the 2nd district to the 3rd and 6th; while West St. Paul and parts of South St. Paul were moved from the 4th district to the 2nd. The 2nd district was made slightly more favorable to Democrats, but continues to favor Republicans. Despite a strong challenge from Obermueller, Kline prevailed.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, District 3
Republican Erik Paulsen, who has represented Minnesota's 3rd congressional district since 2009 sought re-election.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, District 3
Brian Barnes, an Edina businessman and former Navy Reserve officer and Sharon Sund, a Plymouth scientist and small-business owner sought the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party nomination to challenge Paulsen. In the third district Democratic convention, Barnes won the party endorsement and Sund backed his candidacy. Sund was subsequently elected Chair of the Hennepin County Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, District 3
In redistricting, the 3rd district was expanded to include eastern Carver County, while part of the northeastern Minneapolis–Saint Paul metro area was moved to the 5th. The district was made more favorable to Republicans.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, District 3
Paulsen received 58% of the vote, defeating Barnes who received 42%.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, District 4
Democrat Betty McCollum, who has represented Minnesota's 4th congressional district since 2001, sought re-election. In redistricting, the 4th district was made slightly more favorable to Republicans, but continues to strongly favor Democrats.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, District 4
Dan Flood, a retired Navy officer, and Tony Hernandez, a businessman who had been running for the U.S. Senate, sought the Republican nomination to challenge McCollum. Hernandez won the Republican primary and will face McCollum on the November ballot. The home of Republican U.S. Representative Michele Bachmann, who has represented Minnesota's 6th congressional district since 2007, was drawn into the 4th district in redistricting; however Bachmann sought re-election in the 6th district.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, District 5
Minnesota's 5th congressional district has been represented by Democrat Keith Ellison since 2007. Gary Boisclair, an anti-abortion activist, and Gregg Iverson unsuccessfully challenged Ellison in the Democratic primary. In redistricting, the 5th district was expanded to include parts of Brooklyn Center, Edina and Minnetonka, and continues to strongly favor Democrats.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, District 5
Chris Fields, a retired U.S. Marine, ran unopposed in the district's Republican primary and faced Ellison on the ballot in November.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, District 5
Ellison easily defeated Fields, carrying about 75% of the vote.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, District 6
Michele Bachmann, who has represented Minnesota's 6th congressional district since 2007 and unsuccessfully sought the Republican presidential nomination in 2012, sought re-election. Ron Seiford, an adjunct business instructor at Woodbury's Globe College, and Aubrey Immelman unsuccessfully challenged her in the Republican nomination, though Bachmann won by the lowest margin of any incumbent Republican congressional candidate in 50 years.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, District 6
Jim Graves, a hotel executive, won the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party nomination at the party's convention in April 2012. He defeated Brian McGoldrick, a businessman; Anne Nolan, an attorney and business consultant, and Mike Starr, a substitute schoolteacher.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, District 6
In redistricting, the 6th district was expanded to include Carver County and was made more favorable to Republicans. Despite this, Bachmann narrowly retained the seat, receiving 4298 more votes than Graves.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, District 7
Democrat Collin Peterson, who has represented Minnesota's 7th congressional district since 1991, sought re-election. In redistricting, the 7th district was expanded to include rural counties in southern Minnesota, while cities were moved from the 6th and 8th districts into the 7th.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, District 7
Lee Byberg, a business executive who unsuccessfully challenged Peterson as the Republican nominee in 2010; and state senator Gretchen Hoffman, sought the Republican nomination to challenge Peterson.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, District 7
Byberg again received the Republican Party's nomination and was defeated by Peterson. No primary elections were held in the 7th district in 2012.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, District 8
Republican Chip Cravaack, who was first elected to represent Minnesota's 8th congressional district in 2010, sought re-election.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, District 8
Former U.S. Representative Rick Nolan won the DFL primary on August 14, defeating Jeff Anderson, a member of the Duluth City Council, and Tarryl Clark, a member of the Minnesota Senate who unsuccessfully ran against Michele Bachmann in the 6th district in 2010. Daniel Fanning, the former deputy state director for Senator Al Franken, had decided to run, but ended his campaign in January 2012.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, District 8
State senate minority leader Tom Bakk, Duluth mayor Don Ness, state senator Roger Reinert, state representative Tom Rukavina, former state house majority leader Tony Sertich, and lieutenant governor Yvonne Prettner Solon, all of whom are Democrats, did not run. State representative Carly Melin had said she was "keeping an open mind" regarding the possibility of seeking the Democratic nomination; however, she later endorsed Anderson's campaign.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, District 8
Nolan was earlier victorious in a February 2012 caucus, receiving 1,537 votes to Anderson's 1,008 and Clark's 408. 269 uncommitted votes were cast. Delegates to a convention held in May 2012 could endorse one candidate, but candidates who did not receive the party's endorsement were nonetheless able to run in the August 2012 primary. Nolan won the DFL primary in August, with 38.3% of the vote, against Clark's 32.3% and Anderson's 29.5%


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, District 8
In redistricting, the 8th district was not significantly changed and remained competitive. Nolan triumphed over Cravaack, receiving about 55% of the vote.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi
The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012 and elected the four U.S. Representatives from the state of Mississippi. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including a quadrennial presidential election and an election to the U.S. Senate.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi, District 1
Republican Alan Nunnelee, who has represented Mississippi's 1st congressional district since January 2011, ran for re-election.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi, District 1
Danny Bedwell ran as the Libertarian nominee. Jim Bourland ran as the Constitution Party nominee. Chris Potts ran as the Reform Party nominee.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi, District 1, Democratic primary
Brad Morris, an attorney and chief of staff to former 1st district representative Travis Childers, sought and received the Democratic nomination. Former state Representative Mark DuVall had decided to run, but dropped out in order to avoid a Democratic primary.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi, District 1, Republican primary
Robert Estes, the owner of Estes Grading and Trucking; and Henry Ross, a former mayor of Eupora who unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination in the 1st district in 2010, challenged Nunnelee in the Republican primary.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi, District 2
Democrat Bennie Thompson, who had represented Mississippi's 2nd congressional district since 1993, was running for re-election. Lajena Williams ran as the Reform Party nominee. Cobby Williams, a motivational speaker, ran as an Independent.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi, District 2, Democratic primary
Greenville mayor Heather McTeer challenged Thompson in the Democratic primary.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi, District 2, Republican primary
Bill Marcy, who unsuccessfully challenged Thompson as the Republican nominee in 2010, is running again.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi, District 3
Republican Gregg Harper, who has represented Mississippi's 3rd congressional district since 2009, is running for re-election.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi, District 3
John "Luke" Pannell is running as the Reform Party nominee.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi, District 3, Democratic primary
Crystal Biggs, who had sought and received the Democratic nomination unopposed in the primary, dropped out of the race in September 2012 because of an illness.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi, District 3, Republican primary
Robert Allen, a Tea Party activist, challenged Harper in the Republican primary.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi, District 4
Republican Steven Palazzo, who has represented Mississippi's 4th congressional district since January 2011, is running for re-election.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi, District 4
Ron Williams, a businessman and Republican primary candidate for governor in 2011, is running as the Libertarian nominee. Robert Claunch is running as the Reform Party nominee.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi, District 4, Democratic primary
Matthew Moore, an honors student at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, is challenging Palazzo as the Democratic nominee. Michael Herrington, a service manager who received the Democratic nomination after defeating businessman Jason Vitosky in the Democratic primary, dropped out of the race in September 2012 because of his mother's illness and financial concerns. Former U.S. Representative Gene Taylor, a Democrat who represented the 4th district from 1989 until 2011 and lost re-election to Palazzo in 2010, chose not to run.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi, District 4, Republican primary
Cindy Burleson, a political activist; and Ron Vincent, a Tea Party activist and retired engineer, challenged Palazzo in the Republican primary. State Senator Chris McDaniel; Brian Sanderson, a lawyer; and state Senator Michael Watson were rumored to have considered seeking the Republican nomination but chose not to.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri
The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012 and elected the eight U.S. Representatives from the state of Missouri, a loss of one seat following the 2010 United States Census. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including a quadrennial presidential election and an election to the U.S. Senate.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, Redistricting
A new congressional map was passed by the Missouri General Assembly on April 27, 2011. The map was vetoed by Democratic Governor Jay Nixon on April 30, but Nixon's veto was overridden by the General Assembly on May 4, making the plan law. The map effectively eradicated the former 3rd district, which has been represented by Democrat Russ Carnahan since 2005, splitting it between the districts represented by Republicans Blaine Luetkemeyer and Todd Akin and Democrat William Lacy Clay, Jr. The bulk of the old 9th district became the new 3rd district.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, District 1
Democrat William Lacy Clay, Jr., who has represented Missouri's 1st congressional district since 2001, will run for re-election.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, District 1, Democratic primary
Fellow U.S. Representative Russ Carnahan, part of whose current district was drawn into the 1st district, challenged Clay in the Democratic primary on August 7, 2012 and lost heavily. Francis Slay, the mayor of St. Louis, did not run and has endorsed Clay.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, District 1, Republican primary
Robyn Hamlin (R), ran against W. Lacy Clay, Jr. in 2010 and is running again for the seat in 2012.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, District 2
Republican Todd Akin, who has represented Missouri's 2nd congressional district since 2001, will run for the U.S. Senate rather than seek re-election.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, District 2, Democratic primary
Democrat Russ Carnahan, part of whose current 3rd district was drawn into the 2nd district, will run for re-election in the 1st district.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, District 2, Republican primary
Randy Jotte, an emergency room physician and former member of the Webster Groves City Council, and Ann Wagner, a former U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg and former Missouri Republican Party chairwoman, are running for the Republican nomination to succeed Akin. Wagner has ruled out switching to a campaign for the U.S. Senate. Former state representative Joe Smith also may run in the 2nd district. Republican state senator Jane Cunningham, who had previously indicated she would run, said in July 2011 that she would instead seek re-election to the state Senate. Ed Martin, a lawyer who unsuccessfully ran for Congress in the 3rd district in 2010, had decided to run, but dropped his bid in January 2012 in order to run for state attorney general.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, District 3
Republican Blaine Luetkemeyer will run in the reconfigured 3rd district, which includes most of the 9th district he has represented since 2009.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, District 3
Former state representative Cynthia Davis may challenge Luetkemeyer as a candidate of the Constitution Party.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, District 3, Democratic primary
Democrat Eric C. Mayer, a small business owner from Camdenton has filed to run.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, District 4
Republican Vicky Hartzler, who has represented the 4th district since January 2011, will seek re-election. In redistricting, all of Boone, Cooper, Howard, and Randolph counties, and parts of Audrain County, were added to the 4th district; while Cole, Lafayette, Ray, and Saline counties were removed from the district.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, District 4, Democratic primary
Cass County Prosecuting Attorney Teresa Hensley, will seek the Democratic nomination.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, District 5
Missouri's 5th Congressional district is perhaps the one most complicated by redistricting, and the legal challenges that have ensued. It is expected that Democratic incumbent Emanuel Cleaver will seek another term.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, District 5, Republican primary
Republican Jerry Nolte, who at first announced his intention to run in the 6th district will now run in the 5th. Nolte's residence lies on the court-contested border of the two districts. Fellow Republican Jacob Turk, who unsuccessfully ran against Cleaver in 2008 and 2010 is also a candidate in 2012. Jason Greene is a Republican newcomer born and raised in the Kansas City area who currently teaches and coaches within the Raytown community.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, District 6
Due to realignment following the 2010 U.S. Census, the district now spans most of the northern portion of the state, from St. Joseph to Kirksville, and also including most of the state's portion of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area north of the Missouri River. Incumbent Sam Graves, who has represented the district since 2001, won the Republican primary against Bob Gough and Christopher Ryan.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, District 6, Democratic primary
Kyle Yarber won the Democratic primary against Ronald W. Harris, W.A. (Bill) Hedge and Ted Rights. Russ Lee Monchil is the Libertarian nominee.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, District 7
Republican Billy Long, Democrat Jim Evans and Libertarian Kevin Craig are the nominees.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, District 8
Republican Jo Ann Emerson, who has represented Missouri's 8th congressional district since 1996, is being challenged by Democratic nominee Jack Rushin and Libertarian nominee Rick Vandeven.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska
The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012 and elected the three U.S. Representatives from the state of Nebraska. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including a quadrennial presidential election and an election to the U.S. Senate. Primary elections were held on May 15, 2012.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska, Redistricting
A redistricting plan was passed by the Nebraska Legislature on May 24, 2011, after a five-hour Democratic-led filibuster was defeated. The plan signed into law by Republican Governor Dave Heineman.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska, District 1
Republican Jeff Fortenberry, who has represented Nebraska's 1st congressional district since 2005, did not run for the U.S. Senate, and is running for re-election.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska, District 1, Democratic primary
Korey Reiman, an attorney, sought and won the Democratic nomination to challenge Fortenberry unopposed. Robert Way, an Army combat medic, had planned to run but dropped out of the race in March 2012. (Way's name still appeared on the Democratic primary ballot.)


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska, District 1, Republican primary
Dennis Parker, a former professional musician who unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination in the 3rd district in 2010, and Jessica Turek, unsuccessfully challenged Fortenberry in the Republican primary.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska, District 2
Republican Lee Terry, who has represented Nebraska's 2nd congressional district since 1999, did not run for the U.S. Senate, and ran for re-election.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska, District 2
David Wasserman of The Cook Political Report rates the race as "Likely Republican."


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska, District 2, Democratic primary
Douglas County Treasurer John Ewing won the Democratic nomination. He defeated state Senator Gwen Howard in the primary. Howard Warren Buffett, the director of the U.S. Department of Defense's agriculture development program in Iraq and Afghanistan and the grandson of investor and philanthropist Warren Buffett, chose not to run.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska, District 2, Republican primary
Paul Anderson, an employee of BNSF Railway; Glenn Freeman, a former chairman of the Douglas County Republican Party; Jack Heidel, the chairman of the mathematics department at the University of Nebraska at Omaha; and Brett Lindstrom, a financial adviser and former Nebraska Cornhuskers quarterback, unsuccessfully challenged Terry in the Republican primary.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska, District 3
Republican Adrian Smith, who has represented Nebraska's 3rd congressional district since 2007, is running for re-election.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska, District 3, Democratic primary
Mark Sullivan, a farmer, sought and received the Democratic nomination unopposed.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska, District 3, Republican primary
Bob Lingenfelter, a farmer and former NFL offensive lineman, unsuccessfully challenged Smith in the Republican primary.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada
The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012 and elected the four U.S. Representatives from Nevada, one from each of the state's four congressional districts, an increase of one seat in reapportionment following the 2010 United States Census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; those elected will serve in the 112th Congress from January 2013 until January 2015. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including a quadrennial presidential election, and an election to the U.S. Senate. Primary elections were held on June 12, 2012.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada, District 1
Democrat Shelley Berkley, who had represented Nevada's 1st congressional district since 1999, ran for the U.S. Senate.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada, District 1
Stan Vaughan ran as the nominee of the Independent American Party of Nevada. Bill Pojunis ran as the nominee of the Libertarian Party of Nevada.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada, District 1, Democratic primary
Former U.S. Representative Dina Titus, who represented the 3rd district from 2009 until 2011, sought and received the Democratic nomination to succeed Berkley. State Senator Ruben Kihuen had also planned to seek the Democratic nomination, but ended his campaign in February 2012.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada, District 1, Republican primary
Chris Edwards, a security strategic planner and Navy officer, sought and received the Republican nomination to challenge Titus. He defeated Charmaine Guss, an anti-abortion activist and former real estate broker; Brian Landsberger, a retired mechanical engineer and former Air Force fighter pilot; Herb Peters, a retired aerospace engineer and seven-time Libertarian candidate for Congress in California; and Miguel "Mike" Rodrigues, an elementary school principal, in the Republican primary.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada, District 2
Republican Mark Amodei, who has represented Nevada's 2nd congressional district since being elected in a special election in September 2011, is running for re-election. Former state Assemblywoman Sharron Angle, who unsuccessfully ran as the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2010, decided not to challenge Amodei in a primary.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada, District 2
Russell Best, a real estate broker and Navy veteran, is running as the nominee of the Independent American Party of Nevada.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada, District 2, Democratic primary
Samuel Koepnick, an information technology employee for the state of Nevada, sought and received the Democratic nomination to challenge Amodei. He defeated Sam Dehne, a retired pilot, and Xiomara Rodriguez, a retired businesswoman, in the Democratic primary.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada, District 3
Republican Joe Heck, who has represented Nevada's 3rd congressional district since January 2011, is running for re-election.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada, District 3
Tom Jones, a retired businessman, is running as the nominee of the Independent American Party of Nevada. James Murphy, a retired airline captain, is running as an Independent.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada, District 3, Democratic primary
John Oceguera, the Speaker of the Nevada Assembly, won the Democratic primary against Stephen Frye, a psychiatrist; James F. Haning II, a businessman; Jesse "Jake" Holder, a former Navy officer and Political Science student at UNLV and ; Barry Michaels, a businessman; and Gerald "Jerry" Sakura, a retired business executive. Former U.S. Representative Dina Titus, who represented the 3rd district from 2009 until 2011 and unsuccessfully sought re-election in 2010, is running in the 1st district.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada, District 3, Republican primary
Chris Dyer, a food service employee and Army and Navy veteran, unsuccessfully challenged Heck in the Republican primary.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada, District 4
Nevada's 4th congressional district was created for the 2012 elections as a result of reapportionment following the 2010 United States Census. It consists of most of Central Nevada and Northern Clark County, the latter of which contains the bulk of the district's population.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada, District 4
Floyd Fitzgibbons, an insurance agent, is running as the nominee of the Independent American Party of Nevada. Joseph Silvestri, a teacher and chairman of the Libertarian Party of Nevada, is also running.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada, District 4, Democratic primary
Steven Horsford, the majority leader of the Nevada Senate, received the Democratic nomination for the new seat unopposed. Fellow Democratic state Senator John Lee announced in October 2011 that he would run for the seat, but dropped his bid in November 2011.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada, District 4, Republican primary
Danny Tarkanian, a businessman who unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate in 2010, sought and received the nomination for the new seat. He defeated Diana Anderson, a retired clerical worker; state Senator Barbara Cegavske; Mike Delarosa, a detention officer; Kiran Hill, a translator for the State Department; Robert Leeds, an author and former Merchant Marine; Dan Schwartz, a businessman; Kenneth Wegner, a retired Army veteran and Republican nominee for the 1st district in 2006, 2008 and 2010; and Sid Zeller, a retired Marine intelligence officer, in the Republican primary. In the 2014 midterm elections, Cegavske and Schwartz would be elected to the statewide offices of Secretary of State and Treasurer respectively.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire
The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012 to elect the two U.S. Representatives from the state of New Hampshire. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including a quadrennial presidential election.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire, District 1
The redrawn 1st district currently represents all municipalities in Belknap (except for the town of Center Harbor); the entirety of Carroll, and Strafford counties; all of Rockingham County; the municipalities of Bedford, Goffstown, Manchester, and Merrimack in Hillsborough County; the town of Campton in Grafton County; and, the town of Hooksett in Merrimack County.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire, District 1
Republican Frank Guinta, who has represented the 1st district since January 2011, was defeated by Carol Shea-Porter for re-election. Vern Clough, a retired barber, and Rick Parent, who ran in the Republican primary for the seat in 2010, unsuccessfully challenged Guinta in the 2012 Republican primary.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire, District 1
Brendan Kelly, the chairman of the Seabrook Board of Selectmen, ran as a Libertarian in 2012.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire, District 1, Democratic primary
Former U.S. Representative Carol Shea-Porter, who represented the 1st district from 2007 until 2011 and lost her seat to Guinta in the 2010 election, sought and received the Democratic nomination.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire, District 1, Democratic primary
Joanne Dowdell, a businesswoman and Democratic National Committeewoman, had planned to run but dropped out of the race in April 2012. Matthew Hancock, a software developer, had also planned to run but dropped out of the race in June 2012. Andrew Hosmer, a businessman, had also planned to run but dropped out of the race in March 2012.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire, District 2
The redrawn 2nd district will represent all of Cheshire, Coos, Grafton (except for the town of Campton), Merrimack (except for the town of Hooksett), and Sullivan counties; most of Hillsborough County; the towns of Atkinson, Deerfield, Northwood, Salem, and Windham in Rockingham County; and, the town of Center Harbor in Belknap County.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire, District 2
Hardy Macia, owner of an iPhone/Android app development company, ran as a Libertarian.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire, District 2, Democratic primary
Ann McLane Kuster, an attorney who unsuccessfully challenged Bass as the Democratic nominee in an open seat race in 2010, defeated him by 5% in 2012. She held the seat in the 2014 midterm election.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire, District 2, Republican primary
Republican Charles Bass, represented the 2nd district from 1995 to 2007, and 2011-13. He was defeated for re-election by the incumbent Ann McLane Kuster. Gerald Beloin; Will Dean; Miroslaw Dziedzic; and, Dennis Lamare, an insurance agent who ran in the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate in 2010, unsuccessfully challenged Bass in the 2012 Republican primary. Bass defeated Kuster by 1% in 2010.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey
The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012 and elected the 12 U.S. Representatives from the state of New Jersey, a loss of one seat following the 2010 United States Census. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including a quadrennial presidential election and an election to the U.S. Senate.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, Redistricting
Redistricting in New Jersey is the responsibility of the New Jersey Redistricting Commission, comprising six Democrats and six Republicans. If a majority of the 12 cannot reach an agreement, a neutral 13th person serves as a mediator or tie-breaker. On December 23, 2011, the commission voted 7–6 for a map supported by Republicans.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, District 1
In redistricting, Cherry Hill Township was added to the 1st district, while Riverton and parts of East Greenwich Township and Mantua Township were removed from the district. Democrat Rob Andrews, who has represented the 1st district since 1990, ran for re-election. Francis Tenaglio, a former Pennsylvania state Representative who ran for Governor in 2005, challenged Andrews in the Democratic primary.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, District 1
Gregory Horton, the athletic director of Clearview Regional High School, ran unopposed the Republican nomination.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, District 2
In redistricting, Barnegat Light, Bass River Township, Beach Haven, Eagleswood Township, Harvey Cedars, Little Egg Harbor, Long Beach Township, Ship Bottom, Stafford Township, Surf City, Tuckerton, Washington Township and part of Mantua Township were added to the district. Republican Frank LoBiondo, who represented the 2nd district since 1995, sought re-election. Mike Assad, a member of the Absecon Board of Education, challenged LoBiondo in the Republican primary.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, District 2
David W Bowen Sr., a Businessman, a Real Estate Investor and Public Speaker, ran as an Independent.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, District 2
Cassandra Shober, an office manager, won the Democratic nomination. Democratic state senator Jeff Van Drew will not run.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, District 3
In redistricting, the 3rd district was made more favorable to Republicans. Parts of Burlington County, including Riverton and Shamong Township, and Brick Township and Mantoloking in Ocean County were added to the district, while Cherry Hill and Bass River were removed. Republican Jon Runyan, who has represented the 3rd district since January 2011, sought re-election. Justin Murphy, a former member of the Tabernacle Township Committee and unsuccessful Republican primary candidate for the seat in 2010, declined to run.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, District 3
Former U.S. Representative John Adler, who represented the 3rd district from 2009 until 2011 but lost re-election in 2010, had planned to run again; however, Adler died in April 2011. Shelley Adler, an of counsel attorney and the widow of the former congressman, ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination. Thomas Sacks-Wilner, a medical doctor who was considering a bid for the Democratic nomination, declined to run.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, District 3
Frederick John LaVergne of Delanco, New Jersey, ran as a "Democratic-Republican" Democratic-Republican Party  - the party designation of Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, and John Quincy Adams.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, District 4
In redistricting, the district lost all of its share of Burlington County, while gaining more of Republican-leaning Monmouth. Republican Chris Smith, who has represented the 4th congressional district since 1981, sought re-election. Terrence McGowan, a retired firefighter, police officer, and Navy SEAL, challenged Smith in the Republican primary.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, District 4
Brian Froelich, a retired executive and business consultant, ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination. Patricia Bennett, an attorney, had also planned to run but dropped out.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, District 5
Republican Scott Garrett, who has represented the 5th district since 2003, successfully sought re-election. Michael Cino, an oil executive who challenged Garrett in the Republican primary in 2006, will run again. Garret won the Republican primary by a fairly comfortable margin.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, District 5
Jason Castle, an information technology executive and Marine; Adam Gussen, the deputy mayor of Teaneck; and Diane Sare, a chorus director and LaRouche political organizer, all ran for the Democratic nomination to challenge Garrett; Gussen eventually won the primary. Terry Duffy, the director of the Passaic County Board of Chosen Freeholders, had planned to run but ended his bid in March 2012. Harry Carson, a former linebacker for the New York Giants; former Bergen County Sheriff Leo McGuire; Jim McQueeny, a public relations executive and former News12 anchor; and state assemblywoman Connie Wagner, will not run. Steve Rothman, a Democrat who has represented the 9th district since 1997 and was expected to seek re-election in the 5th district, instead ran in the 9th district.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, District 5
Patricia Alessandrini ran as a candidate of the Green Party for the seat.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, District 5
Mark Quick, a former member of the Warren County Republican Committee who challenged Garrett as an Independent in 2010, had stated that he would as a candidate of the Reform Party of New Jersey. He withdrew from the race and did not qualify for the ballot.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, District 6
Democrat Frank Pallone, who has represented the 6th district since 1993 (and previously represented the 3rd district from 1988 until 1993), will seek re-election. Ernesto Cullari, an orthopedic practitioner, and Anna Little, the former mayor of Highlands who unsuccessfully challenged Pallone as the Republican nominee in 2010, won the Republican nomination to challenge Pallone.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, District 7
Republican Leonard Lance, who has represented the 7th district since 2009, ran for re-election. The 7th district was made more favorable to Republicans in redistricting, losing all of Democratic leaning Middlesex County, while now including all of heavily Republican Hunterdon. David Larsen, a businessman who unsuccessfully challenged Lance in the Republican primary in 2010, ran again.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, District 7
State Assemblyman Upendra J. Chivukula ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination. At least two other candidates had announced in 2011 that they would seek the Democratic nomination, but withdraw in the months before the filing deadline: Jun Choi, the former mayor of Edison, and Ed Potosnak, a chemistry teacher and entrepreneur who unsuccessfully ran for the seat in 2010. Following the redistricting process which placed Choi's town of Edison in the 6th district, Choi announced that he would not be a candidate for Congress in 2012 and endorsed incumbent Frank Pallone. On January 16, 2012, Potosnak announced that he was dropping out of the race to accept a position as executive director of the New Jersey League of Conservation Voters.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, District 8
The new 8th district is the successor to the 13th district. Democrat Albio Sires, who has represented the 13th district since 2006, will seek re-election in this district. Michael Shurin, a computer programmer, will challenge Sires in the Democratic primary.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, District 8
Maria Karczewski, a former commissioner of the Bayonne Local Redevelopment Authority, and Anthony Zanowic, who ran as an Independent against Sires in the 13th district in 2010, will seek the Republican nomination.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, District 9
Bill Pascrell, a Democrat who had represented the 8th district since 1997, and Steve Rothman, a Democrat who had represented the 9th district since 1997, both ran for the nomination in the new 9th district. Michael Wildes, the former mayor of Englewood, did not run and instead endorsed Rothman. Pascrell won the Democratic primary in June.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, District 9
Blase Billack, a pharmaceutical sciences associate professor at St. John's University, Shmuley Boteach, a rabbi, author, and radio talk show host, and ophthalmologist Hector Castillo sought the Republican nomination. Boteach won the Republican primary.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, District 9, General election
In the general election, Pascrell faced Rabbi Shmuley Boteach. Pascrell raised more money than any other congressional candidate in the nation in 2012, $2.6 million, 10x what Boteach raised. Pascrell won  in the overwhelmingly Democratic district, where Democrats outnumbered Republicans by 3-to-1, by a margin of 73.6% to 25.4%.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, District 10
Democrat Donald M. Payne, who had represented the 10th district since 1989, died on March 6, 2012. As a matter of convenience and cost saving, a special election will be held in conjunction with the regularly-scheduled November general election. Voters will be asked on the November ballot to select two candidates: one to serve the remainder of Payne's term in November and December, and the other candidate to serve the full 2-year term beginning in January 2013.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, District 10
On June 5, 2012, in the Democratic primary for the special election, Payne's son, Donald Payne Jr., defeated Ronald C. Rice (son of State Senator Ronald Rice) and Irvington Mayor Wayne Smith. In the Democratic primary for the full term, held on the same day, Payne Jr. competed against Rice, Smith, State Senator Nia Gill, Cathy Wright, and Dennis Flynn. He won in a landslide, garnering 60 percent of the vote. Rice received 19 percent, Gill 17 percent, and Smith, Flynn and Wright combined for about 5 percent of the vote.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, District 10
In the general election held on November 6, 2012, Payne Jr. defeated Republican candidate Brian Kelemen and independent Joanne Miller for the special election to fill the remainder of his father's term.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, District 11
Republican Rodney Frelinghuysen, who has represented the 11th district since 1995, will seek re-election. John Arvanites, a former mayor of Roseland, ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination to challenge Frelinghuysen.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, District 12
Democrat Rush Holt, who has represented the 12th district since 1999, will seek re-election. Eric Beck, a businessman and former New Jersey director of the Concord Coalition, is running unopposed for the Republican nomination to challenge Holt. Kenneth J. Cody who ran in this district in 2010 will run again as an independent candidate. Scott Sipprelle, a venture capitalist who unsuccessfully challenged Holt as the Republican nominee in 2010, will not run.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico
The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012, and elected the three U.S. Representatives from the state, one from each of the state's three congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including a quadrennial presidential election, and a U.S. Senate election.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, District 1
Incumbent Democrat Martin Heinrich, first elected in 2008, did not seek reelection, but will instead run for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Jeff Bingaman.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, District 2
Incumbent Republican Steve Pearce was elected in 2010, having previously served from 2003 until 2009. Pearce sought reelection in 2012.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, District 3
Incumbent Democrat Ben Ray Luján was first elected in 2008. In April 2011 Luján declined to enter the U.S. Senate race and instead chose to seek reelection to the House of Representatives.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York
The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012 to elect the twenty-seven U.S. Representatives from the state, one from each of the state's twenty seven congressional districts, a loss of two seats following the 2010 United States Census. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including a quadrennial presidential election, and a U.S. Senate election. The two existing districts that were eliminated were District 9, held by Republican Rep. Bob Turner, and District 22, held by retiring Democratic Rep. Maurice Hinchey.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York
Party primary elections occurred June 26, 2012, with the general election coinciding with the national elections on November 6, 2012.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York
On election day, the Democratic Party regained two seats previously held by Republicans, while the Republican Party regained one seat previously held by a Democrat. In the 113th Congress, which first met on January 3, 2013, the New York delegation initially consisted of 21 Democrats and six Republicans.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, Redistricting
Each caucus in the New York State Legislature submitted their proposed 27-district maps to an appointed special master on February 29, 2012. On March 6, the special master Judge Roanne L. Mann released her own proposed map, and slightly revised them again on March 12. On March 19, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York imposed the special master's maps, with minor modifications.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, Redistricting
The district maps reflected a concerted effort to maintain whole counties and municipalities wherever possible (especially upstate) while grouping similar areas into common districts. This was in stark contrast to the heavily gerrymandered districts of the 2002 cycle. The most unusual portion of the district plan was the (perhaps unnecessary) renumbering: several adjacent districts (2 and 3, 8 and 10, 26 and 27) had their numerical designations swapped from their previous designations.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 1
Incumbent Democrat Tim Bishop, who was first elected in 2002, kicked off his re-election campaign in April 2011. In March 2011, Bishop was included in a list of potentially vulnerable Democrats by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Bishop also had the endorsement of the Working Families Party.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 1
Randy Altschuler defeated George Demos in the Republican primary. Altschuler also had the endorsement of the Conservative Party and Independence Party.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 2
Republican incumbent Peter King, who was redistricted from the 3rd district, said in May 2011 that the Nassau County Republican Party had encouraged him to run for president. King also said, however, that he was focused "entirely on getting re-elected to Congress." King had the endorsement of the Conservative Party and Independence Party.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 2
The Democrats nominated Vivianne Falcone to challenge King. Falcone also had the endorsement of the Working Families Party.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 2
King won re-election by a margin of more than 15%.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 3
Democratic incumbent Steve Israel ran for re-election. Israel, along with the endorsement of the Democratic Party, has the endorsement of the Working Families Party and the Independence Party. The Republican Party and the Conservative Party endorsed Stephen LaBate.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 4
Democratic incumbent Carolyn McCarthy, who had represented the 4th district since 1997, ran for another term. On June 26, 2012, Nassau County Legislator Fran Becker, defeated Frank Scaturro in a primary election for the Republican nomination, while Scaturro defeated Becker in the Conservative Party primary as a write-in candidate. The Independence Party and Working Families Party endorsed McCarthy.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 5
Incumbent Democrat Gregory Meeks defeated former New York City Councilman Alan Jennings, rapper Michael Scala, and Joseph Marthone in the Democratic primary. The Republican Party endorsed Alan Jennings.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 6
The 6th district was an open seat, consisting mostly of territory from the former 5th and 9th districts. Neither of the two incumbents in those districts, Democrat Gary Ackerman from the 5th and Republican Bob Turner from the 9th, sought re-election. Ackerman, who represented most of the territory in the newly-drawn 6th, retired, while Turner dropped out of the race in March 2012 to run against incumbent Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand in the United States Senate election in New York, 2012.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 6
On June 26, 2012, New York State Assemblywoman Grace Meng defeated fellow assemblyman Rory Lancman and New York City Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley in a Democratic primary election. Councilman Dan Halloran is running as the Republican nominee. Working Families Party endorsed Lancman. Green Party endorsed Evergreen Chou.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 7
Incumbent Nydia Velazquez, who was redistricted from the 12th district, defeated City Councilman Erik Dilan, Dan O'Connor, and George Martinez in a Democratic Party primary election.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 8
Incumbent Democrat Edolphus Towns, who was redistricted from the 10th district and was first elected in 1982, announced in April 2012 that he would abandon his plans for re-election.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 8
New York State Assembly member Hakeem Jeffries defeated New York City Council member Charles Barron in the Democratic primary on June 26, 2012. Towns's son, Darryl, a former member of the New York State Assembly, was formerly considered the "next in line" for the seat; however, in 2011 he accepted a position in the administration of Governor Andrew Cuomo, thereby lessening the chance he would run.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 8
Colin Beavan, the subject of the book and film No Impact Man, was the Green Party candidate.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 9
Democrat Yvette Clarke, who was redistricted from the 11th district and has represented that district since 2007, sought re-election in her new district. Sylvia Kinard, an attorney and the ex-wife of Bill Thompson (a current/former Democratic nominee for Mayor of New York City), challenged Clarke.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 10
Long-time incumbent Democrat Jerrold Nadler, who sought re-election,  faced a challenge from Republican Michael Chan, an economics professor at New York University.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 11
Incumbent Republican Michael Grimm, who was redistricted from the 13th district and was first elected in 2010, sought re-election.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 11
Mark Murphy, a former aide to New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio was the Democratic nominee. Restaurateur Alex Borgognone initially sought the Democratic nomination to challenge Grimm, but abandoned those plans in December 2011. Henry "Hank" Bardel was the Green Party candidate.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 11
Grimm won re-election by a margin of 52.8% to 46.2%.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 12
Reshma Saujani, who unsuccessfully challenged incumbent Carolyn Maloney, who was redistricted from the 14th district, in the 2010 Democratic primary, decided to retire rather than run again.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 13
Incumbent Democrat Charles B. Rangel, who was redistricted from the 15th district and was censured by the House of Representatives after being found guilty of ethics violations, filed to run for re-election in February 2011. Vincent Morgan, a former member of Rangel's staff who unsuccessfully challenged Rangel in the 2010, will run again.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 13
State senator Adriano Espaillat; Joyce Johnson; former state assemblyman Adam Clayton Powell IV, who has unsuccessfully challenged Rangel twice in the past; assemblyman Robert J. Rodriguez; Clyde Williams, a former adviser to Bill Clinton and a former political director of the Democratic National Committee; and assemblyman Keith Wright may also seek the Democratic nomination.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 13
On the night of the June 26 primary, it seemed as though the incumbent Rangel had defeated his closest challenger, State Senator Espaillat, by a 45%-40% margin; Rangel celebrated victory and Espaillat conceded defeat. However,  as the counting continued, that margin narrowed considerably. A number of precincts were very late in reporting and Espaillat went to  court claiming irregularities in that his supporters had been improperly turned away from polling locations. On Saturday July 7, 2012, Rangel received the primary victory by a margin of 990 votes. The New York City Board of Elections released that Rangel received 18,940 votes and Espaillat had 17,950. On July 9, 2012, Espaillat conceded the election to Rangel.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 14
Current New York State Senator Rubén Díaz Sr., a Democrat, has expressed interest in running for a Congressional seat, depending on the outcome of redistricting. Díaz, prior to redistricting, resides in the 7th district, represented by incumbent Democrat Joe Crowley, who has been redistricted to the 14th district.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 14
The new district runs from Newtown Creek in Sunnyside and over LaGuardia Airport and over the three Long Island Sound bridges to the Pelham, Westchester, border.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 15
José E. Serrano, incumbent Representative for the 16th district, ran for and won an 11th term.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 16
Eliot Engel, incumbent Representative for the 17th district, ran for and won a 12th term.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 17
Incumbent Democrat Nita Lowey, who was redistricted from the 18th district, ran for re-election.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 17
Joe Carvin, the town supervisor of Rye, was the Republican nominee, after having withdrawn from his abortive effort to run in the U.S. senate election.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 17
Frank Morganthaler, former Lieutenant of NYFD and private investigator, challenged Nita Lowey and running on an independent line, We the People.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 17
Army reservist Mark Rosen, who sought the seat in 2010 but was forced to drop out of the race after being deployed to Afghanistan, was expected to seek the Republican nomination. Rosen retired from the Army, eliminating the threat of redeployment during election cycle, but was redistricted out of the district and unable to run against Lowey a second time.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 18
Republican Nan Hayworth, who was redistricted from the 19th district and has represented that district since January 2011, ran for re-election. State senator Greg Ball, who had considered challenging Hayworth in the Republican primary, instead sought re-election. Democrat John Hall, who represented the 19th district from 2007 until 2011, announced in July 2011 that he would not run again.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 18
Sean Patrick Maloney, a lawyer and former Clinton staffer, won the Democratic primary with 48% of the vote on June 26, 2012. Other candidates included: Matthew Alexander, the mayor of Wappingers Falls; Richard Becker, a cardiologist; Duane Jackson, a street vendor; and Tom Wilson, the mayor of Tuxedo Park.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 18
On election day, Maloney won by a narrow margin. Maloney became New York's first openly gay Member of Congress.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 19
Republican Chris Gibson, who was redistricted from the 20th district, has represented that district since 2011. With redistricting settled, the new 19th district went from being a Republican-leaning district to being a swing district. Because of the dissolution of Maurice Hinchey's district, much of that district, including all of Ulster and Sullivan counties, was dissolved into this new district. Ulster County Executive Mike Hein declined to seek the Democratic nomination. Former federal prosecutor and Ulster County Democratic Party chairman, Julian Schreibman, sought the Democratic nomination. Joel Tyner, a member of the Dutchess County legislature, also sought the Democratic nomination to challenge Gibson. Schreibman prevailed in the Democratic primary.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 20
Incumbent Democrat Paul Tonko will seek re-election in this mostly unchanged district that was formerly numbered 21. Bob Dieterich will run as the Republican nominee.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 20
The district's territory is heavily Democratic and Tonko won re-election without significant competition.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 21
Republican businessman Matt Doheny, who unsuccessfully challenged Democratic incumbent Bill Owens (who was redistricted from the 23rd district) in 2010, chose to run again. Doheny secured the Independence Party line and the Conservative Party lines, the latter of which he did not have in 2010. Kelly Eustis, the 23-year-old executive director of One Nation PAC, eventually deciding against running. Jeff Stabins, an eccentric politician who until recently lived in Hernando County, Florida, expressed interest in the GOP nomination, having relocated to Sacketts Harbor, New York to seek the seat.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 21
Corrections officer Tim Stampfler announced his self-described long-shot candidacy in December 2011. Kellie Greene, an Oswego County native and theologian who most recently lived in Arizona, announced her intention to return to New York to primary Doheny in January 2012. Colton resident and anti-cancer activist Donald Hassig sought and received the Green Party nomination; Hassig appeared on the Green line despite the party's disavowal of him over his stance on immigration. Doheny defeated Greene in the Republican primary, and appeared on the Republican, Conservative, and Independence Party lines in the fall election. Hassig dropped out of the race November 3, endorsing Owens, but remained on the ballot.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 22
Republican Richard Hanna, who was redistricted from the 24th district, had represented that district since 2011. Dan Lamb, district representative for outgoing 22nd District Representative Maurice Hinchey, also sought the seat, with Hinchey's endorsement. Hanna defeated Michael Kicinski, who was backed by Carl Paladino, Doug Hoffman and other Tea Party activists, in the Republican primary.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 23
Incumbent Republican Tom Reed, who was redistricted from the 29th district, was elected to his seat in November 2010. Reed was initially noncommittal regarding re-election, stating in July 2011 that "Re-election is the farthest thing from my mind;" he officially announced for re-election on April 30, 2012. Under the proposed redistricting plan set forth by the special master, Tompkins County (currently in district 22) would be redistricted into Reed's district, which would pit candidates for that area up against Reed. Matthew Zeller, an Afghanistan war veteran and former CIA officer who unsuccessfully challenged Reed in 2010, has endorsed Tompkins County legislator Nate Shinagawa for the 23rd district seat. Nate Shinagawa won the Democratic Primary election over Leslie Danks Burke (also an Ithaca resident) and Melissa Dobson on June 26, 2012.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 24
Republican Ann Marie Buerkle, who has represented the 25th district since 2011, sought re-election in the 24th district. Dan Maffei, who represented the 25th district from 2009 until 2011, and Brianne Murphy, an attorney, sought the Democratic nomination to challenge Buerkle. Tom Buckel, a member of the Onondaga County legislature, had considered seeking the Democratic nomination; however Buckel decided instead to run for the New York Supreme Court.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 24
On February 6, Robert Paul Spencer announced he would run in the Republican Primary against Buerkle, citing his opposition to Buerkle's vote in favor of the National Defense Authorization Act, which Spencer believed to be unconstitutional. Buerkle and Maffei won their respective party nominations and were joined on the general election ballot by Ursula Rozum, a 28-year-old public-transportation advocate serving as the Green Party nominee.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 25
Incumbent Democrat Louise Slaughter, who was redistricted from the 28th district and has represented the Rochester metropolitan area since 1987, ran for re-election. Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks sought the Republican nomination. Andrew Decker, the sixth great-nephew of Betsy Ross, sought the Republican nomination. Gates Supervisor Mark Assini and former Buffalo Bills defensive tackle Fred Smerlas, who previously passed on a 2010 run, also mentioned possible runs.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 26
Incumbent Democrat Brian Higgins, who was redistricted from the 27th district, sought re-election. Although his district was expected to become more friendly to Democrats in redistricting, the defeat of Higgins' protege, Chris Fahey, to Republican-backed Democrat Michael P. Kearns in a New York State Assembly race led to the perception that Higgins may have been more vulnerable than previously believed. Previous names linked to runs on the Republican line included 2010 gubernatorial nominee Carl Paladino and former Bills running back Thurman Thomas, both of whom declined to seek the seat. Michael H. Madigan, a Grand Island businessman, served as the Republican nominee for the seat.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 27
Incumbent Democrat Kathy Hochul, who was redistricted from the 26th district seat that she won in a June 2011 special election, sought election to her first full term. Former Erie County Executive Chris Collins and David Bellavia, whose petition to run in the 2011 election was rejected, faced each other in the Republican primary; Collins prevailed.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 27
Barry Weinstein, the town supervisor of Amherst; former New York Attorney General Dennis Vacco; Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb (who has historically rejected calls to seek higher office), and state senator and former Erie County sheriff Patrick Gallivan were all linked to potential runs for the seat, although all of them either declined or never followed through.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina
The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012, to elect the 13 U.S. Representatives from the state of North Carolina. The elections coincided with the U.S. presidential election, N.C. gubernatorial election, statewide judicial elections, Council of State elections and various local elections. Primary elections were held on May 8, 2012; for races in which no candidate received 40 percent of the vote in the primary, runoff elections (officially known as "second" primaries) were held on July 17.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina, Redistricting
A redistricting map, drawn to reflect changes observed in the 2010 United States Census, was passed into law in July 2011. The map must receive approval from either the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia or the U.S. Department of Justice before it can be enforced (under the 1965 Voting Rights Act). The North Carolina chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People challenged the map on the grounds that it reduces the influence of African American voters.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina, District 1
Democrat G. K. Butterfield, who has represented North Carolina's 1st congressional district since 2004, ran for re-election. The 1st district, which is majority-minority and already strongly favored Democrats, favored them even more so after redistricting. Butterfield ran against Republican ex-law enforcement officer Pete DiLauro and Libertarian Darryl Holloman in the general election.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina, District 2
Republican Renee Ellmers, who has represented North Carolina's 2nd congressional district since January 2011, ran for re-election. The 2nd district was made more favorable to Republicans in redistricting.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina, District 2
Brian Irving, a retired US Air Force officer, ran as the Libertarian Party candidate.


2012 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina, District 3
Republican Walter Jones, Jr., who has represented North Carolina's 3rd congressional district since 1995, ran for re-election. The 3rd district was made slightly more favorable to Democrats in redistricting, but continued to strongly favor Republicans.