This page contains a list of all challengers who ran in the 2012 state legislative elections. Challenger refers to a candidate who is not an incumbent in state house or state senate. Included in these lists are elected officials from other offices, such as state senators running for state house.
The individual state tabs below contain candidates who ran for state legislative office in 2012. The names are broken out by state, chamber and party.
There were 8,626 total challengers that ran in the 2012 state legislative elections. This count was based upon the number of profiles that Ballotpedia staff counted using wiki categories.
- For the full list of all candidates including incumbents, see List of candidates running in state legislative elections, 2012
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Arizona[edit]
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House of Representatives[edit]
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Arkansas[edit]
House of Representatives[edit]
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California[edit]
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House of Representatives[edit]
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Colorado[edit]
House of Representatives[edit]
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Connecticut[edit]
State Senate[edit]
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House of Representatives[edit]
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Delaware[edit]
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House of Representatives[edit]
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Florida[edit]
State Senate[edit]
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House of Representatives[edit]
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Georgia[edit]
House of Representatives[edit]
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State Senate[edit]
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House of Representatives[edit]
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House of Representatives[edit]
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Illinois[edit]
State Senate[edit]
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House of Representatives[edit]
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Indiana[edit]
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House of Representatives[edit]
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House of Representatives[edit]
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House of Representatives[edit]
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Kentucky[edit]
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House of Representatives[edit]
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Louisiana[edit]
House of Representatives[edit]
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State Senate[edit]
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House of Representatives[edit]
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Maryland[edit]
State Senate[edit]
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House of Representatives[edit]
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Massachusetts[edit]
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House of Representatives[edit]
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Michigan[edit]
State Senate[edit]
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There were no candidates of this kind.
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House of Representatives[edit]
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Minnesota[edit]
State Senate[edit]
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House of Representatives[edit]
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Mississippi[edit]
State Senate[edit]
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There were no candidates of this kind.
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House of Representatives[edit]
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Republican[edit]
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Missouri[edit]
State Senate[edit]
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House of Representatives[edit]
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Montana[edit]
State Senate[edit]
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House of Representatives[edit]
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Republican[edit]
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Nebraska[edit]
State Senate[edit]
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There were no candidates of this kind.
House of Representatives[edit]
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Republican[edit]
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State Senate[edit]
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House of Representatives[edit]
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New Hampshire[edit]
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- Troy Merner
- Norman Tregenza
- Whitney Aldrich
- Joseph Bendzinski
- William Chaffee
- Robert Hull
- John Clifford (New Hampshire)
- Chuck Thibault
- Roy Shoults
- Robert Barry (New Hampshire)
- Troy Saunders
- Greg Surbey
- Richard Kennedy
- Laurie Sanborn
- Frank Rosano
- Jack Finan
- Wayne Doherty
- David Childs
- Chris Wood (New Hampshire)
- Al Jones (New Hampshire)
- Robert Fisher
- Tom Ploszaj
- Mariellen MacKay
- Michael Garcia (New Hampshire)
- Kevin Leandro
- Kenneth Deshaies
- Steven Steiner
- Robert Fullerton
- Ruth Ward
- William McKenzie
- Jeff Chamberlin
- Richard Meaney
- Todd Weeks
- Brian D. Cole
- Reed Panasiti
- Doris Hohensee
- Jacqueline Casey
- Eric Rolfs
- Andre Martel
- Debra Johnson
- Franklin Bishop
- John Martin (New Hampshire)
- Romeo Danais
- Roger Fillio
- David Milz
- Michael Falagan
- Tracy Emerick
- Kevin Kervick
- Richard Gordon (New Hampshire)
- Kurt Wuelper
- Steven Beaudoin
- Christien DuBois
- Len Turcotte
- Timothy Lang Sr.
- Maynard Thomson
- Richard Burchell
- Paul Askew
- Bill Nelson (New Hampshire)
- Rick Thackston
- Neil F. McIver
- Jeffery Young (New Hampshire)
- Jim Grenier
- Fidae Azouri
- Skip Rollins
- Michael Rhode
- Robert Jaffin
- Deborah Kaczynski
- Antonio Luciani
- Bruce Cory
- John Mullen
- Jim Rolston
- Bob Nigrello
- Joe Sweeney (New Hampshire)
- Jack Hayes (New Hampshire)
- John Manning Jr. (New Hampshire)
- Donnie Sawin
- Shuvom Ghose
- Andrew Seale
- Phil Straight
- Shawn Sweeney (New Hampshire)
- Richard LeVasseur
- Harold French
- Kenneth L. Georgevits
- Ron Noyes
- Kyle Scofield
- James Marron, III
- Dan Dumaine
- Jane Cormier
- Karel Crawford
- Anthony Lyon
- J. Lisbeth Olimpio
- Richard McClure
- Michael Walsh (New Hampshire)
- Gerard A. LeDuc
- Bob Goodman
- Patricia Hartley
- Laura Stiller Ward (New Hampshire)
- Elaine Levlocke
- Dick Thackston
- Leon Rideout
- Denis P. Ward
- Brad Bailey
- Ivan Beliveau
- Ernest L. Castle, IV
- Louis Mayfield
- Janet Soderquist
- James C. Webb, Jr.
- Elijah Haykinson
- Donald J. Frye
- Dick Marston
- Daniel Oberlander
- Conrad P. Koch, Jr.
- Valerie A. Ogden
- Joshua Holmes
- Tom Lanzara
- David Schoneman
- Bill Joransen
- Charlene Takesian
- David Murotake
- Patrick Culbert
- Alexandra B. Riley
- Carolyn A. Virtue
- Zulfiqar Shaikh
- Kevin Moore (New Hampshire)
- Jason R. Parent
- Bruce Hodgdon
- Harry McClard (New Hampshire)
- Frank Carrio, Sr.
- Frank Emiro, Sr.
- Christian Bright
- David Thompson (New Hampshire)
- Sarah Desaulniers
- Christopher Suprock
- Joseph Korowski
- Patrick Bick
- Robert Boyle
- James Reilley
- William Friel
- Devon Claire Boyd
- James Gray (New Hampshire)
- Marga Coulp
- Harry Irwin
- Bill Walker (New Hampshire)
- Michael Castaldo
- Marc Jennings
- Thomas Martin (New Hampshire)
- Benjamin Linn
- Mark Brighton
- Maurice Foster
- Timothy Quinney
- Herb Vadney
- James C. Ziegra
- James W. Tierney, Jr.
- Bob Mead
- Kelleigh Murphy
- Daniel Garthwaite
- Richard Heitmiller
- Willard L. Brown
- Jeff Frost
- Mark Samsel (New Hampshire)
- Kevin St. James
- Timothy J. Alavosus
- Stephen Holmes
- Keith Carlsen
- Glenn E. Dewhirst
- Kevin T. McGuire
- Raymond J. Desmarais
- Adam M. Hopkins
- Charles H. Kurtz, Jr.
- Ralph Doolan
- Ralph Larson
- David Danielson
- R. Christopher Richards
- John Quinlan
- Timothy R. Sawyer
- Omer F. Beaudoin
- Kenneth E. Ziehm, II
- Carlo V. Feoli
- Anthony G. DuBois
- Elizabeth Van Twuyver
- Keith Hirschmann
- Frank Edelblut
- Ed Stebbins
- Stuart Cooper (New Hampshire)
- Michael Flathers
- Thomas Walsh (New Hampshire)
- Richard P. McGahey
- Bianca Garcia
- Patrick McDougall
- Curtis Grace
- Jeffrey Harris
- Aboul Khan
- Brian Griset
- Robert H. Kroepel
- Donald Gorman
- Steven J. Picano
- Amos R. Townsend
- Glenn Cordelli
- Eric Jackman
- Barbara M. Emery
- Douglas Whitfield
- Carlton W. Spencer, Sr.
- Desmond M. Ford
- Frank Byron
- John J. Callahan III (New Hampshire)
- Susan Olsen
- Frank A. Cummings
- Arthur Clough
- Harriet E. Cady
- Brandon Ross (New Hampshire)
- Janet Cincotta
- Dick Marple
- Michael Sylvia
- Charles Fink
- Douglas Bersaw
- Eric S. Catman, Sr.
- John H. Randlett
- Joseph Lachance
- Steven A. Stefanik
- Eric R. Eastman
- Tim Prescott
- Dan McCormick
- Carolyn Scanlon
- Aidan K. Ankarberg
- David K. Martin
- Richard P. Madigan
- Anne Priestley
- Jim Mason (New Hampshire)
- Michael Callis
- Joseph Frazier
- Ray Tweedie
- Donald Wright
- Sharleene Hurst
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New Jersey[edit]
State Senate[edit]
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House of Representatives[edit]
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New Mexico[edit]
State Senate[edit]
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House of Representatives[edit]
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New York[edit]
State Senate[edit]
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Republican[edit]
Third Party[edit]
House of Representatives[edit]
Democratic[edit]
Republican[edit]
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North Carolina[edit]
House of Representatives[edit]
Democratic[edit]
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There were no candidates of this kind.
North Dakota[edit]
State Senate[edit]
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House of Representatives[edit]
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Republican[edit]
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State Senate[edit]
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House of Representatives[edit]
Democratic[edit]
Republican[edit]
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Oklahoma[edit]
House of Representatives[edit]
Democratic[edit]
Republican[edit]
Third Party[edit]
There were no candidates of this kind.
House of Representatives[edit]
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Republican[edit]
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Pennsylvania[edit]
State Senate[edit]
Democratic[edit]
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House of Representatives[edit]
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Rhode Island[edit]
State Senate[edit]
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There were no candidates of this kind.
House of Representatives[edit]
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South Carolina[edit]
House of Representatives[edit]
Democratic[edit]
Republican[edit]
Third Party[edit]
South Dakota[edit]
House of Representatives[edit]
Democratic[edit]
Republican[edit]
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Tennessee[edit]
State Senate[edit]
Democratic[edit]
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House of Representatives[edit]
Democratic[edit]
Republican[edit]
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State Senate[edit]
Democratic[edit]
Republican[edit]
Third Party[edit]
House of Representatives[edit]
Democratic[edit]
Republican[edit]
Third Party[edit]
State Senate[edit]
Democratic[edit]
Republican[edit]
Third Party[edit]
House of Representatives[edit]
Democratic[edit]
Republican[edit]
Third Party[edit]
Vermont[edit]
State Senate[edit]
Democratic[edit]
Republican[edit]
Third Party[edit]
There were no candidates of this kind.
House of Representatives[edit]
Democratic[edit]
Republican[edit]
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Virginia[edit]
State Senate[edit]
Democratic[edit]
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Republican[edit]
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Third Party[edit]
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House of Representatives[edit]
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Republican[edit]
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Washington[edit]
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House of Representatives[edit]
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West Virginia[edit]
State Senate[edit]
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House of Representatives[edit]
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Wisconsin[edit]
State Senate[edit]
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House of Representatives[edit]
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Republican[edit]
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Wyoming[edit]
State Senate[edit]
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House of Representatives[edit]
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