JP Election Brief: Nationwide statistics from the 2012 elections

## Contents

* 1 November 29, 2012
* 2 Election 2012: Nationwide statistics
* 3 States
* 4 Competition
* 5 Partisan elections
* 6 Incumbency
* 7 See also
* 8 Footnotes

### November 29, 2012[edit]

by: the State Court Staff

## Election 2012: Nationwide statistics[edit]

For our final JP Election Brief of the year, we're zooming out to look at the nation as a whole regarding the 2012 judicial elections. We hope you find the following statistics interesting!

For more information, check out:
JP Election Brief: 2012 State Supreme Court Results
JP Election Brief: Highlights of the 2012 judicial elections

Disclaimer: These statistics are based on unofficial results in each of the 38 states that held judicial elections this year, with the exception of New York, which has yet to post results. As official results become available, we will update the information on Judgepedia. Thank you for your patience.

## States[edit]

The 38 states that held judicial elections and/or retentions in 2012 were:

* Alabama (P)
* Alaska (R)
* Arizona
* Arkansas
* California

* Colorado (R)
* Florida
* Georgia*
* Idaho
* Illinois (P)

* Indiana (P)
* Iowa (R)
* Kansas (P)
* Kentucky
* Louisiana (P)

* Maryland
* Michigan
* Minnesota
* Mississippi
* Missouri (P)

* Montana
* Nebraska (R)
* Nevada
* New Mexico (P)
* New York** (P)

* North Carolina
* North Dakota
* Ohio
* Oklahoma (R)
* Oregon

* South Dakota (R)
* Tennessee* (P)
* Texas (P)
* Utah (R)
* Washington

* West Virginia (P)
* Wisconsin*
* Wyoming (R)

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(P) Held partisan elections
(R) Held retention elections only
* Held all judicial elections during primaries prior to Nov. 6, 2012
** Results not yet available

## Competition[edit]

Unopposed candidates: 1,974
Candidates facing opposition: 1,740
Judges facing retention: 668

## Partisan elections[edit]

Democratic wins: 272
Republican wins: 425

## Incumbency[edit]

Incumbents re-elected: 2,332
Non-incumbents elected: 467

Won re-election:2,332
Lost re-election:114

Won election:467
Lost election:801

## See also[edit]

* Judgepedia's Election Central

## Footnotes[edit]

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