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 6,994 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
House of Representatives[edit]
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Arizona[edit]
State Senate[edit]
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House of Representatives[edit]
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Arkansas[edit]
House of Representatives[edit]
Democratic[edit]
Republican[edit]
Third Party[edit]
California[edit]
State Senate[edit]
Democratic[edit]
Republican[edit]
Third Party[edit]
There were no candidates of this kind.
House of Representatives[edit]
Democratic[edit]
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There were no candidates of this kind.
Colorado[edit]
House of Representatives[edit]
Democratic[edit]
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Third Party[edit]
Connecticut[edit]
State Senate[edit]
Democratic[edit]
Republican[edit]
Third Party[edit]
There were no candidates of this kind.
House of Representatives[edit]
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Delaware[edit]
State Senate[edit]
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Third Party[edit]
There were no candidates of this kind.
House of Representatives[edit]
Democratic[edit]
Republican[edit]
Third Party[edit]
Florida[edit]
State Senate[edit]
Democratic[edit]
Republican[edit]
Third Party[edit]
House of Representatives[edit]
Democratic[edit]
Republican[edit]
Third Party[edit]
Georgia[edit]
House of Representatives[edit]
Democratic[edit]
Republican[edit]
Third Party[edit]
There were no candidates of this kind.
State Senate[edit]
Democratic[edit]
Republican[edit]
Third Party[edit]
There were no candidates of this kind.
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]
State Senate[edit]
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Third Party[edit]
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House of Representatives[edit]
Democratic[edit]
Republican[edit]
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House of Representatives[edit]
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House of Representatives[edit]
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Kentucky[edit]
State Senate[edit]
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There were no candidates of this kind.
House of Representatives[edit]
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Louisiana[edit]
House of Representatives[edit]
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There were no candidates of this kind.
Republican[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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There were no candidates of this kind.
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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Massachusetts[edit]
State Senate[edit]
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Third Party[edit]
There were no candidates of this kind.
House of Representatives[edit]
Democratic[edit]
Republican[edit]
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Michigan[edit]
State Senate[edit]
Democratic[edit]
There were no candidates of this kind.
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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Minnesota[edit]
State Senate[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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Mississippi[edit]
State Senate[edit]
Democratic[edit]
There were no candidates of this kind.
Republican[edit]
There were no candidates of this kind.
Third Party[edit]
There were no candidates of this kind.
House of Representatives[edit]
Democratic[edit]
There were no candidates of this kind.
Republican[edit]
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Third Party[edit]
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Missouri[edit]
State Senate[edit]
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Republican[edit]
Third Party[edit]
There were no candidates of this kind.
House of Representatives[edit]
Democratic[edit]
Republican[edit]
Third Party[edit]
There were no candidates of this kind.
Montana[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]
Third Party[edit]
Nebraska[edit]
State Senate[edit]
Democratic[edit]
Republican[edit]
Third Party[edit]
There were no candidates of this kind.
House of Representatives[edit]
Democratic[edit]
There were no candidates of this kind.
Republican[edit]
There were no candidates of this kind.
Third Party[edit]
There were no candidates of this kind.
State Senate[edit]
Democratic[edit]
Republican[edit]
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There were no candidates of this kind.
House of Representatives[edit]
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There were no candidates of this kind.
New Hampshire[edit]
House of Representatives[edit]
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Republican[edit]
- Norman Tregenza
- Whitney Aldrich
- Joseph Bendzinski
- William Chaffee
- John Clifford (New Hampshire)
- Chuck Thibault
- Roy Shoults
- Robert Barry (New Hampshire)
- Troy Saunders
- Greg Surbey
- Richard Kennedy
- Frank Rosano
- Jack Finan
- Wayne Doherty
- David Childs
- Chris Wood (New Hampshire)
- Al Jones (New Hampshire)
- Kevin Leandro
- Kenneth Deshaies
- Steven Steiner
- Robert Fullerton
- William McKenzie
- Jeff Chamberlin
- Todd Weeks
- Doris Hohensee
- Jacqueline Casey
- Eric Rolfs
- Debra Johnson
- Franklin Bishop
- John Martin (New Hampshire)
- Roger Fillio
- Michael Falagan
- Kevin Kervick
- Christien DuBois
- Maynard Thomson
- Paul Askew
- Rick Thackston
- Neil F. McIver
- Jeffery Young (New Hampshire)
- Fidae Azouri
- Michael Rhode
- Robert Jaffin
- Deborah Kaczynski
- Antonio Luciani
- Bruce Cory
- Jim Rolston
- Donnie Sawin
- Shuvom Ghose
- Andrew Seale
- Kenneth L. Georgevits
- Ron Noyes
- Kyle Scofield
- James Marron, III
- 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
- Denis P. Ward
- Brad Bailey (New Hampshire)
- Ivan Beliveau
- Ernest L. Castle, IV
- Louis Mayfield
- Janet Soderquist
- James C. Webb, Jr.
- Elijah Haykinson
- Donald J. Frye
- Daniel Oberlander
- Conrad P. Koch, Jr.
- Valerie A. Ogden
- Joshua Holmes
- David Schoneman
- Bill Joransen
- Charlene Takesian
- Alexandra B. Riley
- Carolyn A. Virtue
- Zulfiqar Shaikh
- Kevin Moore (New Hampshire)
- Jason R. Parent
- Harry McClard (New Hampshire)
- Frank Carrio, Sr.
- Frank Emiro, Sr.
- Christian Bright
- Sarah Desaulniers
- Christopher Suprock
- Joseph Korowski
- Robert Boyle
- James Reilley
- Devon Claire Boyd
- Marga Coulp
- Harry Irwin
- Bill Walker (New Hampshire)
- Michael Castaldo
- Marc Jennings
- Thomas Martin (New Hampshire)
- Benjamin Linn
- Mark Brighton
- Maurice Foster
- Timothy Quinney
- James C. Ziegra
- Bob Mead
- Daniel Garthwaite
- Richard Heitmiller
- Willard L. Brown
- Jeff Frost
- Mark Samsel (New Hampshire)
- Timothy J. Alavosus
- Keith Carlsen
- Glenn E. Dewhirst
- Kevin T. McGuire
- Raymond J. Desmarais
- Adam M. Hopkins
- Charles H. Kurtz, Jr.
- Ralph Larson
- 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
- Ed Stebbins
- Stuart Cooper (New Hampshire)
- Michael Flathers
- Richard P. McGahey
- Bianca Garcia (New Hampshire)
- Patrick McDougall
- Brian Griset
- Robert H. Kroepel
- Donald Gorman
- Steven J. Picano
- Amos R. Townsend
- Eric Jackman
- Barbara M. Emery
- Douglas Whitfield
- Carlton W. Spencer, Sr.
- Desmond M. Ford
- John J. Callahan III (New Hampshire)
- Susan Olsen
- Frank A. Cummings
- Arthur Clough
- Harriet E. Cady
- Brandon Ross (New Hampshire)
- Janet Cincotta
- Douglas Bersaw
- Ian Freeman
- Eric S. Catman, Sr.
- John H. Randlett
- Steven A. Stefanik
- Tim Prescott
- Dan McCormick
- Carolyn Scanlon
- David K. Martin
- Richard P. Madigan
- Anne Priestley
- Jim Mason (New Hampshire)
- Joseph Frazier
- Ray Tweedie
- Sharleene Hurst
Third Party[edit]
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New Jersey[edit]
State Senate[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]
There were no candidates of this kind.
Third Party[edit]
There were no candidates of this kind.
New Mexico[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]
Third Party[edit]
There were no candidates of this kind.
New York[edit]
State Senate[edit]
Democratic[edit]
Republican[edit]
Third Party[edit]
House of Representatives[edit]
Democratic[edit]
Republican[edit]
Third Party[edit]
North Carolina[edit]
House of Representatives[edit]
Democratic[edit]
Republican[edit]
Third Party[edit]
There were no candidates of this kind.
North Dakota[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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There were no candidates of this kind.
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]
Third Party[edit]
Oklahoma[edit]
House of Representatives[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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There were no candidates of this kind.
Pennsylvania[edit]
State Senate[edit]
Democratic[edit]
Republican[edit]
Third Party[edit]
There were no candidates of this kind.
House of Representatives[edit]
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There were no candidates of this kind.
Rhode Island[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]
Third Party[edit]
There were no candidates of this kind.
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]
Third Party[edit]
There were no candidates of this kind.
Tennessee[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]
Third Party[edit]
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]
Third Party[edit]
Virginia[edit]
State Senate[edit]
Democratic[edit]
There were no candidates of this kind.
Republican[edit]
There were no candidates of this kind.
Third Party[edit]
There were no candidates of this kind.
House of Representatives[edit]
Democratic[edit]
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Republican[edit]
There were no candidates of this kind.
Third Party[edit]
There were no candidates of this kind.
Washington[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]
Third Party[edit]
There were no candidates of this kind.
West Virginia[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]
Third Party[edit]
There were no candidates of this kind.
Wisconsin[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]
Third Party[edit]
Wyoming[edit]
State Senate[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]
Third Party[edit]
There were no candidates of this kind.
See also[edit]