United States House of Representatives elections, 2012

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2012 U.S. House Elections

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Election Date
November 6, 2012

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Election Results

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U.S. Senate Elections by State
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U.S. House Elections by State
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Elections Information
Election Dates • Voting in Primaries •
Voting on November 6, 2012 •
Poll Opening and Closing Times

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## Contents

* 1 Partisan breakdown
* 2 Margin of victory
* 3 Retiring incumbents
* 4 Defeated incumbents
* 4.1 Primary
* 4.2 General
* 4.3 Vulnerable incumbents
* 5 Primaries
* 6 Candidates by state
* 6.1 Democratic and Republican targets
* 6.1.1 Red to Blue
* 6.1.2 Patriot Program
* 6.1.3 Young Guns
* 7 Campaign finance
* 7.1 October
* 7.1.1 Quarterly reports
* 7.1.2 DCCC
* 7.1.3 NRCC
* 8 Competitive races
* 8.1 RealClearPolitics
* 8.2 New York Times
* 8.3 Cook Political Report
* 8.4 Sabato Crystal Ball
* 8.5 Center for Voting and Democracy
* 9 Redistricting
* 10 Congressional approval rating
* 11 Generic congressional ballot
* 11.1 RealClearPolitics
* 12 See also
* 13 External links
* 13.1 Additional reading
* 14 Footnotes

Elections to the U.S. House were held on November 6, 2012. All 435 seats were up for election.

The 2012 elections were the first using new redistricting maps based on 2010 Census data. As a result of redistricting, the number of competitive swing races was expected to drop below 100.[1] Redistricting was considered a draw between Democrats and Republicans, with both parties gaining advantages in some states.[2] Democrats would have required a net gain of 25 seats to re-take control of the U.S. House.[3] The 2012 election produced the largest class of Latinos to ever enter Congress, while simultaneously showing the biggest increase in total seats held by Latino representatives in the history of the House. There were 22 incumbent Latinos on the ballot, and as many as nine additional challengers were considered possible to win. A total of 30 Latino members were elected to the 113th Congress.[4][5]

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

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

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

## Partisan breakdown[edit]

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

U.S. House Partisan Breakdown

Party  | As of November 2012  | After the 2012 Election
| Democratic Party | 193  | 201
| Republican Party | 242 | 234
Total |  435 |  435

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

## Margin of victory[edit]

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

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

Margin of Victory in 2012 United States House of Representatives Elections

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

## Retiring incumbents[edit]

Ballotpedia staff counted 43 total current incumbents who did not run for re-election in the 2012 elections.

* 23 Democrats
* 20 Republicans

Name | Party | District

|
|

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

(a) \- After originally announcing he would not seek re-election, Davis subsequently resigned prior to the end of the 112th Congress on July 31, 2012.
(b) \- After announcing he would run for governor rather than re-election to Congress, Inslee subsequently resigned from the House of Representatives on March 10, 2012.
(c) \- McCotter failed to file enough valid signatures to qualify for the ballot for his House seat. He subsequently resigned prior to the end of the 112th Congress on July 6, 2012.

## Defeated incumbents[edit]

### Primary[edit]

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

Name | Party | District | Year Assumed Office

|
|
|

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

### General[edit]

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

U.S. House incumbents defeated in 2012 general election

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

### Vulnerable incumbents[edit]

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

* Adam Kinzinger[17]
* Ann Marie Buerkle[18]
* Ben Quayle[19][17]
* Betty Sutton[17]
* Bill Pascrell[17]
* Bobby Schilling[18][20]
* Brad Sherman[21][17]
* Charlie Bass[18]
* Chip Cravaack[18]
* Dan Burton[21][20]
* David Dreier[22][23][20]
* David Rivera[19]
* David Schweikert[17]
* Dennis Kucinich[17]
* Don Manzullo[17]
* Ed Royce[22][23]
* Gary Peters[22][23][17]
* Hansen Clarke[17]
* Heath Shuler[22][23][19][20]
* Howard Berman[21][17]
* Jason Altmire[17]
* Janice Hahn[17]
* Jeff Landry[22][23][19][18]
* James Renacci[17]
* Jim Matheson[19]
* John Barrow[18][20]
* Judy Biggert[22][23]
* Larry Kissell[22][23][18][20]
* Laura Richardson[19][18][17]
* Leonard Boswell[19][17]
* Lloyd Doggett[21]
* Lou Barletta[19]
* Mark Critz[22][23][17]
* Marcy Kaptur[17]
* Mike McIntyre[20]
* Robert Dold[22][23][20]
* Roscoe Bartlett[19][18][20]
* Russ Carnahan[22][23][18][20]
* Steve Rothman[17]
* Tom Latham[17]

## Primaries[edit]

The state primaries listed by month were as follows:

This map displays the month of each
Congressional primary in 2012

* * *

March

* Ohio, March 6
* Alabama, March 13
* Mississippi, March 13
* Illinois, March 20

April

* Maryland, April 3
* Pennsylvania, April 24

May

* Indiana, May 8
* North Carolina, May 8
* West Virginia, May 8
* Idaho, May 15
* Nebraska, May 15
* Oregon, May 15
* Arkansas, May 22
* Kentucky, May 22
* Texas, May 29

June

* California, June 5
* Iowa, June 5
* Montana, June 5
* New Jersey, June 5
* New Mexico, June 5
* South Dakota, June 5
* Maine, June 12
* Nevada, June 12
* North Dakota, June 12
* South Carolina, June 12
* Virginia, June 12
* New York, June 26
* Oklahoma, June 26
* Utah, June 26
* Colorado, June 26

July

* Georgia, July 31

August

* Tennessee, August 2
* Kansas, August 7
* Michigan, August 7
* Missouri, August 7
* Washington, August 7
* Hawaii, August 11
* Connecticut, August 14
* Florida, August 14
* Minnesota, August 14
* Wyoming, August 21
* Alaska, August 28
* Arizona, August 28
* Vermont, August 28

September

* Massachusetts, September 6
* Delaware, September 11
* New Hampshire, September 11
* Rhode Island, September 11

## Candidates by state[edit]

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

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

### Democratic and Republican targets[edit]

The two political organizations that support each party's U.S. House candidates - the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and the National Republican Congressional Committee \- released lists targeting various districts across the nation. Here are the organizations' lists including success rates in the 2012 election.[24][25][26]

#### Red to Blue[edit]

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

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Red to Blue list

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

#### Patriot Program[edit]

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

National Republican Congressional Committee Patriot Program

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

#### Young Guns[edit]

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

National Republican Congressional Committee Young Guns

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

## Campaign finance[edit]

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

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

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

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

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

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

List of 25 Toss Up Races from the Cook Political Report:[35]|

|

Democratic Toss Ups:

1. Georgia-12
2. Illinois-12
3. Kentucky-6
4. Nevada-4
5. New York-27
6. North Carolina-7
7. Pennsylvania-12
8. Utah-4

Republican Toss Ups:

1. Arizona-1
2. California-7
3. California-10
4. California-26
5. California-36
6. California-52
7. Colorado-6
8. Florida-18
9. Illinois-11
10. Illinois-13
11. California-17
12. Michigan-1
13. Minnesota-8
14. Nevada-3
15. New Hampshire-1
16. New York-18
17. New York-19
18. Ohio-16
19. Texas-23

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

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

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

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

### October[edit]

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

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

#### Quarterly reports[edit]

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

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

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

Challengers who outraised their incumbent opponent in the third quarter

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

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

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

Challengers who have more cash-on-hand than their incumbent opponent in the third quarter

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

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

Incumbents vs incumbent race totals in the third quarter

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

#### DCCC[edit]

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

#### NRCC[edit]

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

* California's 7th District: $560,000 in the Sacramento media market for a week, attacking physician Ami Bera (D), who took on incumbent Dan Lungren (R)
* California's 9th District: $560,000 in the Sacramento media market for a week, attacking incumbent Jerry McNerney (D), who faced recent law school graduate Ricky Gill (R)
* California's 24th District: $115,000 in the Santa Barbara media market for a week, attacking incumbent Lois Capps (D), who faced former Lt. Gov. Abel Maldonado (R)
* California's 52nd District: $400,000 in the Santa Diego media market for a week, attacking San Diego Port Commissioner Scott Peters, who took on incumbent Brian Bilbray (R)
* Colorado's 7th District: $560,000 in the Denver media market for a week, attacking state incumbent Joe Miklosi (D), who took on incumbent Mike Coffman (Colorado) (R)
* Georgia's 12th District: $192,000 in the Savannah and Augusta media markets for a week, attacking incumbent John Barrow (D), who faced state incumbent Lee Anderson (R)
* Illinois' 11th District: $900,000 in the Chicago media market over two weeks, attacking former representative Bill Foster (D), who took on incumbent Judy Biggert (R)
* Michigan's 1st District: $144,000 in the Marquette and Traverse City media markets for a week, attacking former state incumbent Gary McDowell (D), who took on freshman incumbent Dan Benishek (R)
* Minnesota's 8th District: $426,000 in the Minneapolis media market over two weeks, attacking former representative Rick Nolan (D), who took on freshman incumbent Chip Cravaack (R)
* Nevada's 3rd District: $426,000 in the Las Vegas media market over two weeks, attacking state Speaker John Oceguera (D), who took on freshman incumbent Joe Heck (R)
* New York's 19th District: $326,000 in the Albany media market over two weeks, attacking attorney Julian Schreibman (D), who took on freshman incumbent Chris Gibson (R)
* Ohio's 6th District: $231,000 in the Youngstown and Wheeling, W.Va. media markets for a week, attacking former representative Charlie Wilson (D), who took on freshman incumbent Bill Johnson (R)
* Ohio's 16th District: $517,000 in the Cleveland media market for a week, attacking incumbent Betty Sutton (D), who faced freshman incumbent Jim Renacci in an incumbent vs. incumbent battle
* Texas' 23rd District: $315,000 in the San Antonio media market for a week, attacking state incumbent Pete Gallego (D), who took on freshman incumbent Francisco "Quico" Canseco (R)
* Utah's 4th District: $250,000 in the Salt Lake City media market for a week, attacking incumbent Jim Matheson (D), who faced Saratoga Springs Mayor Mia Love
* Wisconsin's 7th District: $550,000 in the Minneapolis, Minn., and Wausau, Wis., media markets, attacking former state Senate President Pro Tem Pat Kreitlow (D), who took on freshman incumbent Sean Duffy

## Competitive races[edit]

### RealClearPolitics[edit]

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

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

RealClearPolitics 50 Most likely US House Districts to Change Party

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

### New York Times[edit]

The New York Times rated the U.S. House races. There were five possible designations:

Solid Democratic
Lean Democratic
Tossup
Lean Republican
Solid Republican

New York Times Political Report Race Rating -- U.S. House Competitive Districts

Month  | Solid D  | Lean D  | Tossup  | Lean R  | Solid R  | Total Seats in Play
July 25, 2012[46] | 156  | 23  | 25  | 32  | 199  | 80
Note: A total of 218 seats are needed for the majority

### Cook Political Report[edit]

Each month the Cook Political Report released race ratings for President, U.S. Senate, U.S. House (competitive only) and Governors. The races detailed below were only those considered competitive. There were six possible designations.[47]

Likely Democratic
Lean Democratic
D Tossup

R Tossup
Lean Republican
Likely Republican

|

Cook Political Report Race Rating -- U.S. House Competitive Districts

Month  | Likely D  | Lean D  | D Tossup  | R Tossup  | Lean R  | Likely R  | Total D  | Total R  | Total Competitive races
October 30, 2012[48] | 14  | 12  | 9  | 18  | 15  | 18  | 35  | 51  | 86
October 25, 2012[49] | 14  | 13  | 8  | 18  | 15  | 18  | 35  | 51  | 86
October 18, 2012[50] | 14  | 12  | 8  | 19  | 14  | 19  | 34  | 52  | 86
October 11, 2012[51] | 12  | 15  | 7  | 18  | 16  | 17  | 34  | 51  | 85
October 5, 2012[52] | 12  | 15  | 7  | 18  | 16  | 18  | 34  | 52  | 86
September 27, 2012[53] | 11  | 15  | 7  | 17  | 16  | 22  | 33  | 55  | 88
September 20, 2012[54] | 10  | 16  | 7  | 17  | 17  | 21  | 33  | 55  | 88
September 13, 2012[55] | 13  | 13  | 8  | 18  | 17  | 22  | 34  | 57  | 91
September 6, 2012[56] | 13  | 13  | 8  | 17  | 18  | 21  | 34  | 56  | 90
August 20, 2012[57] | 14  | 12  | 8  | 17  | 19  | 21  | 34  | 57  | 91
August 15, 2012[58] | 13  | 12  | 9  | 16  | 19  | 22  | 34  | 57  | 91
August 12, 2012[59] | 13  | 12  | 9  | 16  | 19  | 22  | 34  | 57  | 91
August 2, 2012[60] | 13  | 12  | 9  | 16  | 19  | 22  | 34  | 57  | 91
July 26, 2012[61] | 13  | 13  | 8  | 16  | 19  | 22  | 34  | 57  | 91
July 12, 2012[62] | 13  | 13  | 8  | 16  | 18  | 23  | 34  | 57  | 91
June 28, 2012[63] | 14  | 11  | 9  | 15  | 18  | 24  | 34  | 57  | 91
June 14, 2012[64] | 14  | 11  | 9  | 15  | 18  | 24  | 34  | 57  | 91
June 7, 2012[65] | 14  | 11  | 10  | 15  | 18  | 24  | 35  | 57  | 92
May 31, 2012[66] | 14  | 11  | 10  | 16  | 18  | 24  | 35  | 58  | 93
May 24,2012[67] | 14  | 12  | 10  | 15  | 18  | 24  | 36  | 57  | 93
May 17, 2012[68] | 14  | 12  | 10  | 14  | 19  | 26  | 36  | 59  | 95
May 3,2012[69] | 15  | 11  | 10  | 14  | 19  | 26  | 36  | 59  | 95
April 26, 2012[70] | 18  | 11  | 10  | 14  | 18  | 27  | 39  | 59  | 98
April 19, 2012[71] | 17  | 14  | 8  | 14  | 19  | 28  | 39  | 61  | 100
April 12, 2012[72] | 17  | 14  | 8  | 14  | 19  | 27  | 39  | 60  | 99
April 5, 2012[73] | 18  | 15  | 7  | 14  | 19  | 29  | 40  | 62  | 102
March 23, 2012[74] | 18  | 15  | 7  | 14  | 19  | 29  | 40  | 62  | 102
March 15, 2012[75] | 18  | 13  | 8  | 13  | 20  | 28  | 39  | 61  | 100
March 8, 2012[76] | 18  | 13  | 8  | 13  | 21  | 28  | 39  | 62  | 101
March 6, 2012[77] | 18  | 13  | 8  | 13  | 21  | 26  | 39  | 60  | 99
March 5, 2012[78] | 19  | 13  | 7  | 14  | 19  | 27  | 39  | 60  | 99

### Sabato Crystal Ball[edit]

Each month the Crystal Ball released race ratings for President, U.S. Senate, U.S. House (competitive only) and Governors. There were seven possible designations:[79]

Solid Democratic
Likely Democratic
Lean Democratic

Tossup

Lean Republican
Likely Republican
Solid Republican

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Sabato's Crystal Ball Race Rating -- U.S. House

Month  | Solid D  | Likely D  | Lean D  | Tossup  | Lean R  | Likely R  | Solid R
June 6, 2012[80] | 152  | 14  | 19  | 15  | 23  | 19  | 193
May 9, 2012[81] | 151  | 16  | 21  | 13  | 23  | 21  | 190
April 2, 2012[82] | 149  | 19  | 19  | 13  | 25  | 25  | 185

### Center for Voting and Democracy[edit]

The Center for Voting and Democracy (Fairvote) released its projections in October 2012. According to the organization, there were 177 projected Republican winners, 156 projected Democratic winners, and 102 "no-projection" districts. Additionally:[83][84]

* 238 districts had a Republican-tilt in partisanship
* 189 district had a Democratic-tilt in partisanship
* 8 districts were even

According to the study, Republicans were "far better positioned than Democrats to win control of the House."[85]

## Redistricting[edit]

The 2012 elections were the first using new maps drawn as a result of the 2010 Census. The breakdown of states that won and lost new seats in the Congressional reapportionment is as follows:[86]

States that Added Congressional Seats after 2010 Census

State  | Before 2010 census  | After 2010 census[87]
Arizona | 8  | 9 (+1)
Florida | 25  | 27 (+2)
Georgia | 13  | 14 (+1)
Nevada | 3  | 4 (+1)
South Carolina | 6  | 7 (+1)
Texas | 32  | 36 (+4)
Utah | 3  | 4 (+1)
Washington | 9  | 10 (+1)
States that Lost Congressional Seats after 2010 Census

State  | Before 2010 census  | After 2010 census[88]
Illinois | 19  | 18 (-1)
Iowa | 5  | 4 (-1)
Louisiana | 7  | 6 (-1)
Massachusetts | 10  | 9 (-1)
Michigan | 15  | 14 (-1)
Missouri | 9  | 8 (-1)
New Jersey | 13  | 12 (-1)
New York | 29  | 27 (-2)
Ohio | 18  | 16 (-2)
Pennsylvania | 19  | 18 (-1)

However, while population gains have generally taken place in Republican states, projections show the bulk of the increases are from minorities -- particularly in states like Arizona, Florida and Texas.[89] Minorities generally lean Democratic in elections.[90] According to an estimate by Salon.com, Republicans could have gained 15 new seats nationwide if they chose to impose "brutal" maps.[10]

Of the top 10 Congressional districts that needed to lose population -- meaning they were the fastest growing districts over the past decade in the country -- all of them were won by a Republican in the 2010 election. That implied, that Republicans would have an easier time spreading their voters across more districts while still managing to try and maintain a safe majority in those overly-populated districts. The most-populated district is the 3rd Congressional seat in Nevada, which has a population of 1,002,482. The least-populated district is the 1st Congressional seat in Nebraska, with 611,333 residents.[91]

According to Mike Shields, the National Republican Congressional Committee’s political director, redistricting "has taken a lot of seats off the table for Democrats."[92]

In 2010, the 10 closest U.S. House races were won by the following House members:[93]

* Bill Owens (1,995 votes)
* Joe Heck (1,748 votes)
* Renee Ellmers (1,483 votes)
* David McKinley (1,440 votes)
* Gerry Connolly (981 votes)
* Blake Farenthold (797 votes)
* Ann Marie Buerkle (648 votes)
* Ben Chandler (647 votes)
* Tim Bishop (593 votes)
* Joe Walsh (290 votes)

A report by the Brennan Center for Justice indicated that California's redistricting likely cost the Democrats a chance at taking control of the U.S. House.[94] According to the report, Democrats were able to draw 44 congressional seats while Republican legislatures were responsible for 173 seats.[95]

## Congressional approval rating[edit]

Throughout the 112th Congress, public sentiment was critical of the performance of elected officials. On February 8, 2012, Gallup released a poll in which a record-low of 10 percent of Americans approved of Congress. Viewpoints on Democrats and Republicans were equally negative.[96] "This Congress has been judged by almost everybody as the least productive, most confrontational Congress in a very, very long period of time," said House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Maryland).[97]

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Congress is handling its job?

Poll | Approve | Disapprove| No opinion| Margin of error| Sample size
Gallup News Service (September 6-9, 2012)
| 13%| 83%| 4%| +/-4| 1,017
Gallup News Service (August 9-12, 2012)
| 10%| 83%| 7%| +/-4| 1,012
Gallup News Service (March 8-11, 2012)
| 12%| 82%| 6%| +/-4| 1,024
Gallup News Service (February 2-5, 2012)
| 10%| 86%| 4%| +/-4| 1,029
Gallup News Service (January 5-8, 2012)
| 13%| 81%| 6%| +/-4| 1,011
Gallup News Service
(December 15-18, 2011)
| 11%| 86%| 3%| +/-4| 1,019
Gallup News Service (November 3-6, 2011)
| 13%| 82%| 5%| +/-4| 1,012
AVERAGES|  11.71%|  83.29%|  5%|  +/-4|  1,017.71
Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org.

## Generic congressional ballot[edit]

### RealClearPolitics[edit]

Each week, RealClearPolitics releases a table with an aggregate of the generic congressional vote from a variety of polling organizations, including Rasmussen Reports, Politico, NPR, USA Today/Gallup and Bloomberg.[98]

Generic Congressional Ballot -- Average from RealClearPolitics

Poll | Democratic | Republican
4/1/12
| 43.6%| 44.8%
5/1/12
| 41.3%| 42.5%
6/1/12
| 44.2%| 44.3%
7/1/12
| 44.3%| 43%
8/1/12
| 41.8%| 43%
9/1/12
| 44.2%| 44%
10/1/12
| 44%| 45%
AVERAGES|  43.34%|  43.8%
Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org.

## See also[edit]

* United States Senate elections, 2012
* 2012 election dates

## External links[edit]

* Election Projection.com
* Politico, "2012 House Map"
* RealClearPolitics, "Battle for the House"
* Roll Call, "Casualty List: 112th Congress
* Open Secrets, "Congressional Races"

### Additional reading[edit]

* Cook Political report, "Partisan Voting Index for the 113th Congress"
* Fairvote -- Center for Voting and Democracy, "Monopoly Politics 2012"
* Redistricting 2012: The Worst Congressional Map Ever?
* Center for Voting and Democracy, "Election Projections for 2012"
* Analysis of 2012 Election Results

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ USA Today, "Redistricting takes some of the 'swing' out of House fights," April 23, 2012
2. ↑ Los Angeles Times, "Nationally, redistricting looks like a draw between the parties," January 14, 2012
3. ↑ New York Times, "New District Maps Toughen Democrats’ Race for House," April 19, 2012
4. ↑ The Republic, "New generation of Latino congressional candidates may make history in House," October 26, 2012
5. ↑ ABC News, "Congressional Hispanic Caucus Elects New Chairman," November 15, 2012
6. ↑ Bloomberg, "Republicans Can't Claim Mandate as Democrats Top House Vote" November 16, 2012
7. ↑ Bloomberg, "Republicans Win Congress as Democrats Get Most Votes," March 18, 2013
8. ↑ Ballot Access News, "Only Four U.S. House Elections in the Last Hundred Years Gave One Party a House Majority, Even Though the Other Major Party Polled More Votes for U.S. House" November 12, 2012
9. ↑ Washington Post, "Partisan bias in U.S. House elections," November 15, 2012
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Salon.com, "The House GOP can’t be beat: It’s worse than gerrymandering," January 13, 2013 Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; name "salon" defined multiple times with different content
11. ↑ The New York Times, "Election 2010," accessed March 18, 2021
12. ↑ The Washington Post, "Which election was worse for Democrats: 2010 or 2014? It’s a surprisingly close call.," November 5, 2014
13. ↑ Washington Post, "Why the GOP’s House majority isn’t safe," May 31, 2012
14. ↑ Politico, "Democrats look to California in bid to retake House," May 17, 2012
15. ↑ Businessweek, "Republicans in Strong Position to Keep U.S. House Control," October 24, 2012
16. ↑ CBS News, "Control of the House and redistricting's effect," November 4, 2012
17. ↑ 17.00 17.01 17.02 17.03 17.04 17.05 17.06 17.07 17.08 17.09 17.10 17.11 17.12 17.13 17.14 17.15 17.16 17.17 17.18 17.19 Washington Post, "2012 redistricting: Top 10 matchups between incumbents," January 13, 2012
18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 18.5 18.6 18.7 18.8 18.9 National Journal, "Stick a fork in them?" November 23, 2011
19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4 19.5 19.6 19.7 19.8 National Journal ,"" October 17, 2011
20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 20.5 20.6 20.7 20.8 20.9 Roll Call, "Top 10 Vulnerable: Illinois, North Carolina Top List," November 10, 2011
21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 Politico, "5 primaries to watch," September 11, 2011
22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 22.4 22.5 22.6 22.7 22.8 22.9 The Hill, "Five most vulnerable redistricted Dems," August 20, 2011
23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 23.4 23.5 23.6 23.7 23.8 23.9 The Hill, "Most vulnerable redistricted Republicans," August 21, 2011
24. ↑ NRCC "Patriot Program 2012"
25. ↑ NRCC "Young Guns 2012"
26. ↑ DCCC, "Red to Blue 2012"
27. ↑ Arizona Daily Sun, "GOP likely to hold House after $1B campaign," November 3, 2012
28. ↑ Huffington Post, "Democratic Super PACs Trim Conservative Advantage In Congressional Races," November 10, 2012
29. ↑ Sunlight Foundation, "Outside spenders' return on investment," November 9, 2012
30. ↑ Politico, "House candidates raise more than $566M," July 16, 2012
31. ↑ Desert News, "House Democrats reserve $32 million in ad time," April 18, 2012
32. ↑ Campaign Finance Institute, "INDEPENDENT SPENDING TOPS $5 MILLION IN 26 HOUSE RACES, UP FROM ONLY 2 IN 2010," November 2, 2012
33. ↑ Washington Post, ,"" NRCC raises $12.4 million in September," accessed October 10, 2012
34. ↑ Campaign Finance Institute, "10 Senate, 3 House Races Top $1 Million in Spending Over the Past 7 Days Alone," October 12, 2012
35. ↑ The Cook Political Report, "House: Race Ratings," updated October 18, 2012
36. ↑ Brennan Center for Justice, "Election Spending 2012: 25 Toss-Up House Races," October 22, 2012
37. ↑ Majority PAC 2012 "EXPANDING THE SENATE MAP, MAJORITY PAC LAUNCHES $8.4 MILLION, NINE-STATE CAMPAIGN," October 2012
38. ↑ The New York Times, "With Growing Willingness, Donors Come to Aid of Democratic 'Super PACs'," October 19, 2012
39. ↑ Politico, "Democrats borrow $17 million for final House push," October 24, 2012
40. ↑ Washington Post, "Democrats borrow $17 million for House races," October 24, 2012
41. ↑ Daily Kos, "Third quarter House fundraising: who's got the cash?" October 18, 2012
42. ↑ Open Secrets, "Total Raised," accessed July 14, 2012
43. ↑ Washington Post, "In a super PAC world, Democrats win using small donors," accessed October 10, 2012
44. ↑ Roll Call, "NRCC Launches More Than $6 Million Worth of Ads," October 14, 2012
45. ↑ RealClearPolitics, "Election 2012: Senate, House & Governor Races," accessed October 5, 2012
46. ↑ New York Times "Race Ratings Table," accessed July 25, 2012
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84. ↑ Washington Post, "How redistricting leads to a more partisan Congress — in two charts," October 16, 2012
85. ↑ Center for Voting and Democracy, "Elections Projections for 2012" October 2012
86. ↑ New York Times, "Census 2010:Gains and Losses in Congress," December 21, 2010
87. ↑ Official 2010 Apportionment from Census
88. ↑ Official 2010 Apportionment from Census
89. ↑ National Journal, "Don't Believe the Reapportionment Hype," December 23, 2010
90. ↑ Huffington Post, "Reapportionment not necessarily good news for Republicans," December 21, 2010
91. ↑ New York Times, "Exurban growth should bolster GOP in Congressional redistricting," December 21, 2010
92. ↑ National Journal, "Redistricting’s Dark Matter," March 22, 2012
93. ↑ Politico, "Where 2010's 10 closest House races stand," August 24, 2011
94. ↑ Sacramento Bee, "The Buzz: California redistricting may have doomed Dems' chances of retaking Congress, report suggests," October 27, 2012
95. ↑ Washington Post, "Why redistricting could doom House Democrats," October 28, 2012
96. ↑ Gallup News Service, "Congress' Job Approval at New Low of 10%," February 8, 2012
97. ↑ Bloomberg News, "Congress exiting to campaign leaving pileup of issues," September 23, 2012
98. ↑ RealClearPolitics, "Generic Congressional Vote"

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