The Green Papers: 2012 General Election |
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Arizona 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican | |||||
  | ** Open Seat (no incumbent) ** | ||||
Democratic | 1,036,542 | 46.20% | former Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona FEC S2AZ00232; 26 Nov 12; Tot $6,459,521; Dsb $6,270,596 |
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Total | 2,243,422 | 100.00% | |||
California 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | 7,864,624 | 62.52% | Senator Dianne Feinstein FEC S0CA00199; 26 Nov 12; Tot $12,653,091; Dsb $15,558,996 |
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Total | 12,578,511 | 100.00% | |||
Connecticut 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Independent Democrat, 1 Democratic | |||||
  | ** Open Seat (no incumbent) ** | ||||
Democratic; Working Families | 828,761 | 54.82% | Congressman Christopher Scott "Chris" Murphy Congressman CD 5. 12 May 2012 State Convention: Won 76%. FEC S2CT00132; 26 Nov 12; Tot $10,435,412; Dsb $10,306,113 |
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Total | 1,511,764 | 100.00% | |||
Delaware 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | 265,415 | 66.42% | Senator Thomas R. "Tom" Carper FEC S8DE00079; 26 Nov 12; Tot $3,504,154; Dsb $3,276,837 |
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Total | 399,607 | 100.00% | |||
Florida 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican | |||||
Democratic | 4,523,451 | 55.23% | Senator Bill Nelson FEC S8FL00166; 26 Nov 12; Tot $13,399,623; Dsb $15,161,253 |
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Total | 8,189,946 | 100.00% | |||
Hawaii 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
  | ** Open Seat (no incumbent) ** | ||||
Democratic | 269,489 | 61.65% | Congressman Mazie K. Hirono FEC S2HI00106; 26 Nov 12; Tot $5,495,239; Dsb $5,598,706 |
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Total | 437,159 | 100.00% | |||
Indiana 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican | |||||
  | ** Open Seat (no incumbent) ** | ||||
Democratic | 1,281,181 | 50.04% | Congressman Joseph Simon "Joe" Donnelly 9 May 2011: Congressman CD 2. Running for the Class 1 Senate Seat in 2012. FEC S2IN00091; 26 Nov 12; Tot $5,572,319; Dsb $5,496,760 |
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Total | 2,560,102 | 100.00% | |||
Kentucky 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican | |||||
Democratic | Ed Marksberry | ||||
Maine 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican | |||||
  | ** Open Seat (no incumbent) ** | ||||
Democratic | 92,900 | 12.82% | state Senator Cynthia Ann Dill FEC S2ME00083; 26 Nov 12; Tot $184,364; Dsb $189,028 |
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12 June 2012: Lost Democratic Primary. 2 August 2012: Running as a write-in in the General Election. FEC S2ME00091; 23 May 12; Tot $9,400; Dsb $9,362 |
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Total | 724,720 | 100.00% | |||
Maryland 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | 1,474,028 | 55.98% | Senator Benjamin L. "Ben" Cardin FEC S6MD03177; 26 Nov 12; Tot $5,583,010; Dsb $5,118,947 |
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Write-in; (Democratic) | 163 | 0.01% | Lih Young 3 April 2012: Lost Democratic Primary FEC S6MD03375 |
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Total | 2,633,234 | 100.00% | |||
Massachusetts 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican, 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | 1,696,346 | 53.27% | Elizabeth A. Warren FEC S2MA00170; 26 Nov 12; Tot $42,040,727; Dsb $41,212,005 |
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Total | 3,184,196 | 100.00% | |||
Democratic | Congressman Edward John "Ed" Markey 27 December 2012: "I have decided to run for the U.S. Senate ..." FEC H6MA07101; 26 Nov 12; Tot $1,064,294; Dsb $991,699 |
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Michigan 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | 2,735,826 | 58.80% | Senator Debbie Stabenow FEC S8MI00281; 26 Nov 12; Tot $10,625,660; Dsb $11,376,831 |
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Total | 4,652,918 | 100.00% | |||
Mississippi 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican | |||||
Democratic | 503,467 | 40.55% | Albert N. Gore, Jr. FEC S2MS00074 |
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Total | 1,241,568 | 100.00% | |||
Missouri 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican | |||||
Democratic | 1,494,125 | 54.81% | Senator Claire C. McCaskill FEC S6MO00305; 26 Nov 12; Tot $18,583,248; Dsb $19,479,649 |
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Total | 2,725,793 | 100.00% | |||
Montana 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | 236,123 | 48.58% | Senator Jon Tester FEC S6MT00162; 26 Nov 12; Tot $11,820,831; Dsb $12,232,537 |
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Total | 486,066 | 100.00% | |||
Nebraska 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican | |||||
  | ** Open Seat (no incumbent) ** | ||||
Democratic | 332,979 | 42.23% | former Senator Joseph Robert "Bob" Kerrey FEC S8NE00067; 26 Nov 12; Tot $5,796,847; Dsb $5,615,616 |
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Total | 788,572 | 100.00% | |||
Nevada 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican, 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | 446,080 | 44.71% | Congressman Shelley Berkley 14 April 2011: Announced she is running for the Senate Class 1 seat in 2012. FEC S2NV00209; 26 Nov 12; Tot $10,538,708; Dsb $11,590,088 |
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Total | 997,805 | 100.00% | |||
New Jersey 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | 1,985,783 | 58.84% | Senator Robert "Bob" Menendez FEC S6NJ00289; 26 Nov 12; Tot $12,277,396; Dsb $13,157,093 |
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Total | 3,374,668 | 100.00% | |||
New Mexico 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
  | ** Open Seat (no incumbent) ** | ||||
Democratic | 395,717 | 51.01% | Congressman Martin Trevor Heinrich Congressman CD 1 FEC S2NM00088; 26 Nov 12; Tot $6,719,378; Dsb $6,679,482 |
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Total | 775,793 | 100.00% | |||
New York 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
Democratic; Independence; Working Families | 4,822,330 | 67.59% | Senator Kirsten Elizabeth Gillibrand FEC S0NY00410; 26 Nov 12; Tot $15,692,653; Dsb $14,077,279 |
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Total | 7,135,164 | 100.00% | |||
Ohio 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican | |||||
Democratic | 2,762,757 | 50.70% | Senator Sherrod Brown FEC S6OH00163; 26 Nov 12; Tot $20,926,029; Dsb $21,468,423 |
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Total | 5,449,114 | 100.00% | |||
Pennsylvania 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican | |||||
Democratic | 3,021,364 | 53.69% | Senator Robert P. "Bob" Casey, Jr. FEC S6PA00217; 26 Nov 12; Tot $11,094,346; Dsb $12,136,155 |
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Total | 5,627,422 | 100.00% | |||
Rhode Island 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | 271,034 | 64.81% | Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, II FEC S6RI00221; 26 Nov 12; Tot $3,299,474; Dsb $3,966,789 |
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Total | 418,189 | 100.00% | |||
Tennessee 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican | |||||
Democratic | 705,882 | 30.41% | Mark E. Clayton FEC S8TN00279 |
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Write-in; (Democratic) | 218 | 0.01% | Larry Crim FEC S2TN00223; 30 Sep 12; Tot $43,355; Dsb $36,423 |
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Write-in; (Democratic) | 18 | 0.00% | Gary Gene Davis FEC S2TN00082 |
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Total | 2,321,477 | 100.00% | |||
Texas 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican | |||||
  | ** Open Seat (no incumbent) ** | ||||
Democratic | 3,194,927 | 40.62% | former state Representative Paul Lindsey Sadler Nominated in Runoff: 31 July 2012 FEC S2TX00429; 26 Nov 12; Tot $709,476; Dsb $498,325 |
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Total | 7,864,822 | 100.00% | |||
Utah 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican | |||||
Democratic | 301,873 | 29.98% | Scott N. Howell 21 April 2012: Won his party's nomination with 63%. FEC S0UT00066; 26 Nov 12; Tot $414,018; Dsb $395,576 |
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Total | 1,006,901 | 100.00% | |||
Vermont 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Independent, 1 Democratic | |||||
Independent; (Democratic) | 207,848 | 71.00% | Senator Bernard "Bernie" Sanders FEC S4VT00033; 26 Nov 12; Tot $6,270,083; Dsb $2,600,666 |
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Total | 292,762 | 100.00% | |||
Virginia 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
  | ** Open Seat (no incumbent) ** | ||||
Democratic | 2,010,067 | 52.87% | former Governor Timothy Michael "Tim" Kaine former DNC Chair FEC S2VA00142; 26 Nov 12; Tot $19,247,926; Dsb $21,027,669 |
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Total | 3,802,196 | 100.00% | |||
Washington 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | 1,855,493 | 60.45% | Senator Maria E. Cantwell Prefers Democratic Party FEC S8WA00194; 26 Nov 12; Tot $9,389,691; Dsb $8,922,495 |
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Total | 3,069,417 | 100.00% | |||
West Virginia 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | 399,939 | 60.57% | Senator Joe Manchin, III FEC S0WV00090; 26 Nov 12; Tot $4,718,470; Dsb $3,567,166 |
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Write-in; (Democratic) | Sheirl Lee Fletcher 8 May 2012: Lost Democratic Primary FEC S8WV00101 |
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Total | 660,243 | 100.00% | |||
Wisconsin 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican | |||||
  | ** Open Seat (no incumbent) ** | ||||
Democratic | 1,547,104 | 51.41% | Congressman Tammy Baldwin 5 September 2011: Candidate for the U.S. Senate Class 1 Seat in 2012. FEC S2WI00219; 26 Nov 12; Tot $15,063,115; Dsb $15,333,064 |
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Total | 3,009,411 | 100.00% | |||
Wyoming 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican | |||||
Democratic | 53,019 | 21.15% | Albany County Commissioner Tim Chesnut FEC S2WY00109 |
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Total | 250,700 | 100.00% |
Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such. |
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Notes |
Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot. "FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary. When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details. If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements. Senate ClassClass 1 seats end their current terms at noon on 3 January 2013... next regular election for these seats is in 6 November 2012. For more information on Senate Classes refer to UNITED STATES SENATE: Electoral "Classes". Article I, Section 3, clause 2 of the Constitution of the United States reads as follows: "Immediately after [the Senate of the United States] shall be assembled in Consequence of the first Election, they shall be divided as equally as may be into three classes. The Seats of the Senators of the first Class shall be vacated at the Expiration of the second Year, of the second Class at the Expiration of the fourth Year, and of the third Class at the Expiration of the sixth Year, so that one third may be chosen every second Year..." Pursuant to this Constitutional provision, a three-Senator Committee was appointed by the Senate on 11 May 1789 to come up with a plan to carry out the requirements of that provision; this Committee reported to the Senate on 14 May 1789 a plan to divide the then 20 Senators (there were 10 of the 13 original States represented in the Senate at the time- each having 2 Senators: North Carolina and Rhode Island had yet to ratify the U.S. Constitution, while New York had so ratified but had failed to elect Senators as of that date) into the requisite three electoral Classes: under this plan, three groups of Senators (set up in such a way so as no State had its two Senators in the same group) were to be listed and the first Senator on each list (a list which was set up geographically north-to-south in the manner in which the Electoral Vote for President was counted before Congress at that time, so that two of the first Senators on these lists were from New Hampshire and the third was the first Senator in alphabetical order from Massachusetts) was to each blindly draw a piece of paper numbered either "1", "2" or "3" out of a box in the possession of the Secretary of the Senate. This plan being agreeable to the Senate and so approved, the drawing of lots in this manner was carried out the following day (15 May 1789)- such lot drawing ultimately determining that, to start with, Classes 1 and 2 were to have 7 Senators each and Class 3 was to have only 6 Senators. When New York finally seated its two Senators during the ensuing Summer, there was another lot drawing (actually a double-lot drawing) on 28 July 1789 to determine the Classes for these seats: since one of the seats had to be Class 3 to make it equal in number to that of the other two Classes so far, the two New York Senators each blindly drew between two pieces of paper, one marked "3", the other which was blank- after this, there was a second lot drawing in which the New York Senator who had drawn the blank paper blindly drew again between two pieces of paper marked "1" and "2": he drew "1" so that New York would henceforth have Senators of electoral Classes 1 and 3. When North Carolina seated its two Senators after ratifying the Constitution on 21 November 1789, there was yet another lot drawing (on 29 January 1790) in which North Carolina's two Senators each blindly drew between pieces of paper marked "2" and "3" (since there were now 12 States and, thus, 24 Senators: 24 being equally divisible by 3, there would now have to be 8 Senators in each of the three Classes to fulfill the Constitutional provision that, as nearly as was practicable, one third of the Senate be elected every second year). After Rhode Island- the last of the 13 original States- finally ratified the Constitution on 29 May 1790 and subsequently seated its two Senators that Summer, there was yet one more lot drawing in the First Congress (on 25 June 1790) in which Rhode Island's two Senators blindly drew between pieces of paper marked "1", "2" and "3": one Senator drew "2", the other drew "1"- thereby determining electoral Classes 1 and 2 as those for the Senators from this State. When Vermont was admitted to the Union as the 14th state on 4 March 1791, there was again a double lot drawing as there had been for New York. From that day until this, whenever a new State has been admitted to the Union, these types of lot drawings (the type determined by the necessity of keeping the number of Senators in each electoral Class as close to one third as possible at the time of said lot drawing) between the new State's first Senators is held before the Senate to determine in just which of the three electoral Classes that State's Senate seats will be placed from then on. |
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