The Green Papers: 2012 General Election
 
Copyright www.flags.net/UNST.htm 112th Congress
Senate Seats by State

This is a list of the current Senate seats and the incumbents occupying them. 33 Senate Seats are up for election on 6 November 2012.

There have been 1 death, 1 resignation, and 0 changes re: party breakdown in the 112th Senate.

  • Senator John Eric Ensign (Republican, Nevada Class 1) resigned on 3 May 2011 following an ethics violation.
  • Congressman Dean Heller (Republican, Nevada CD 2) was appointed to Nevada's Class 1 U.S. Senate Seat on 3 May 2011.
  • Senator Daniel K. Inouye (Democratic, Hawaii Class 3) passed away on 17 December 2012 due to a respiratory illness.
  • Lieutenant Governor Brian E. Schatz (Democratic) was appointed to Hawaii's Class 3 U.S. Senate Seat on 26 December 2012.

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California  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic

Class 1
Seat up for election
Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012
First elected to finish out the term in a Special Election: 1992 [held to fill vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Pete Wilson (Republican): 7 January 1991- which John Seymour (Republican) had been appointed by Governor Pete Wilson (Republican) to fill, 10 January 1991];
Elected to full term: 1994; re-elected 2000; 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
on General Election ballot - won one of "Top Two" positions in 5 June 2012 Primary.
  Elected Democratic 7,864,624 62.52% Senator Dianne Feinstein
FEC S0CA00199; 26 Nov 12; Tot $12,653,091; Dsb $15,558,996
  Candidate Republican 4,713,887 37.48% Elizabeth Emken
FEC S2CA00641; 26 Nov 12; Tot $1,100,193; Dsb $1,073,676
Total 12,578,511 100.00%  

Delaware  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic

Class 1
Seat up for election
Democratic Senator Thomas R. "Tom" Carper
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012
First elected: 2000; re-elected 2006
[also served in U.S. House- elected: 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990;
elected Governor: 1992; re-elected: 1996]
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Renominated - 11 September 2012 Primary
  Elected Democratic 265,415 66.42% Senator Thomas R. "Tom" Carper
FEC S8DE00079; 26 Nov 12; Tot $3,504,154; Dsb $3,276,837
  Candidate Republican 115,700 28.95% Kevin L. Wade
FEC S2DE00064; 26 Nov 12; Tot $179,867; Dsb $171,648
  Candidate Independent Party Of Delaware 15,300 3.83% Alexander J. "Alex" Pires, Jr.
FEC S2DE00080; 17 Oct 12; Tot $369,743; Dsb $355,045
  Candidate Green 3,191 0.80% Andrew Richard Groff
FEC S2DE00098
  Candidate Write-in 1 0.00% Richard Thomas Ruzicka
FEC S2DE00106
Total 399,607 100.00%  

Florida  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican

Class 1
Seat up for election
Democratic Senator Bill Nelson
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012
First elected: 2000; re-elected 2006
[also served in U.S. House- elected: 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988]
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Renominated - 14 August 2012 Primary
  Elected Democratic 4,523,451 55.23% Senator Bill Nelson
FEC S8FL00166; 26 Nov 12; Tot $13,399,623; Dsb $15,161,253
  Candidate Republican 3,458,267 42.23% Congressman Connie Mack, IV
28 November 2011: Announced his candidacy for the Florida Class 1 Senate seat in 2012.

FEC S2FL00334; 26 Nov 12; Tot $7,268,490; Dsb $7,267,848
  Candidate No Party Affiliation 126,079 1.54% William G. "Bill" Gaylor
FEC S2FL00359; 31 Dec 12; Tot $19,089; Dsb $17,416
  Candidate No Party Affiliation 82,089 1.00% Chris Borgia
FEC S2FL00326; 26 Nov 12; Tot $12,344; Dsb $12,061
  Candidate Write-in; (Socialist Workers Party) 19 0.00% Naomi Craine
FEC S2FL00383
  Candidate Write-in 18 0.00% Lawrence Sidney Scott
FEC S6FL00251
  Candidate Write-in 12 0.00% Robert Monroe
FEC S0FL00577
  Candidate Write-in 9 0.00% Piotr Blass
FEC S4FL00272
  Candidate Write-in 2 0.00% Lionel Long
FEC S2FL00391
Total 8,189,946 100.00%  

Hawaii  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic

Class 1
Seat up for election
Open
Democratic Senator Daniel Kahikina Akaka
Appointed by Governor John Waihee (Democrat) 16 May 1990, to fill vacancy caused by the death of Senator Spark M. Matsunaga (Democrat): 15 April 1990; elected to finish out the term in a Special Election: 1990; elected to full term: 1994; re-elected 2000, 2006
[also served in U.S. House- elected: 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988]
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Open Seat - 2 March 2011: Announced retirement.
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
  Elected Democratic 269,489 61.65% Congressman Mazie K. Hirono
FEC S2HI00106; 26 Nov 12; Tot $5,495,239; Dsb $5,598,706
  Candidate Republican 160,994 36.83% former Governor Linda Lingle
FEC S2HI00114; 26 Nov 12; Tot $5,858,994; Dsb $5,812,523
  Candidate Scattering 6,599 1.51% Blank Votes
  Candidate Scattering 77 0.02% Over Votes
Total 437,159 100.00%  

Maryland  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic

Class 1
Seat up for election
Democratic Senator Benjamin L. "Ben" Cardin
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Renominated - 3 April 2012 Primary
  Elected Democratic 1,474,028 55.98% Senator Benjamin L. "Ben" Cardin
FEC S6MD03177; 26 Nov 12; Tot $5,583,010; Dsb $5,118,947
  Candidate Republican 693,291 26.33% Daniel John Bongino
FEC S2MD00370; 26 Nov 12; Tot $1,802,287; Dsb $1,718,308
  Candidate Unaffiliated 430,934 16.37% S. Rob Sobhani
FEC S2MD00198; 26 Nov 12; Tot $8,056,266; Dsb $8,008,254
  Candidate Libertarian 32,252 1.22% Imad Aldean "Dean" Ahmad
FEC S8MD00088; 26 Nov 12; Tot $15,205; Dsb $15,203
  Candidate Scattering 2,346 0.09% Other Write-Ins
  Candidate Write-in; (Democratic) 163 0.01% Lih Young
3 April 2012: Lost Democratic Primary

FEC S6MD03375
  Candidate Write-in; (Unaffiliated) 151 0.01% Brandy Baker
FEC S2MD00503
  Candidate Write-in; (Unaffiliated) 48 0.00% Ed Tinus
3 April 2012: Lost Democratic Primary

FEC S2MD00446
  Candidate Write-in 21 0.00% Mary Podlesak
Total 2,633,234 100.00%  

Michigan  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic

Class 1
Seat up for election
Democratic Senator Debbie Stabenow
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012
First elected: 2000; re-elected 2006
[also served in U.S. House- elected: 1996, 1998]
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Renominated - 7 August 2012 Primary
  Elected Democratic 2,735,826 58.80% Senator Debbie Stabenow
FEC S8MI00281; 26 Nov 12; Tot $10,625,660; Dsb $11,376,831
  Candidate Republican 1,767,386 37.98% former Congressman Peter "Pete" Hoekstra
FEC S2MI00193; 26 Nov 12; Tot $5,834,656; Dsb $5,550,301
  Candidate Libertarian 84,480 1.82% Scott Avery "Scotty" Boman
FEC S8MI00315; 26 Nov 12; Tot $10,280; Dsb $10,265
  Candidate Green 27,890 0.60% Harley G. Mikkelson
FEC S8MI00331
  Candidate U.S. Taxpayers 26,038 0.56% Richard A. Matkin
FEC S2MI00243
  Candidate Natural Law 11,229 0.24% John D. Litle
FEC S2MI00235
  Candidate Write-in 48 0.00% Amitabh "Amit" Ghosh
  Candidate Write-in 10 0.00% Daniel E. "Dan" Holloway
  Candidate Write-in 7 0.00% Raymond T. O'Donnell
  Candidate Write-in 4 0.00% Katherine Houston
FEC S2MI00250
Total 4,652,918 100.00%  

Minnesota  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic

Class 1
Seat up for election
Democratic Senator Amy J. Klobuchar
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Renominated - 14 August 2012 Primary
  Elected Democratic-Farmer Labor 1,854,595 65.23% Senator Amy J. Klobuchar
FEC S6MN00267; 26 Nov 12; Tot $7,245,123; Dsb $6,878,962
  Candidate Republican 867,974 30.53% state Representative Kurt Patrick Bills
19 May 2012: Received his party's nomination.

FEC S2MN00266; 26 Nov 12; Tot $950,369; Dsb $952,379
  Candidate Independence 73,539 2.59% Stephen Williams
FEC S6MN00382
  Candidate Grassroots 30,531 1.07% Tim Davis
Grassroots

FEC S6MN00234
  Candidate Progressive 13,986 0.49% Michael James Cavlan
Minnesota Open Progressives

FEC S6MN00408
  Candidate Scattering 2,582 0.09% Write-In
  Candidate Write-in; (Socialist Workers Party) 9 0.00% Frank Forrestal
  Candidate Write-in 4 0.00% Andrew Thomas Schuler
Ecology Democracy Party

FEC S2MN00274
  Candidate Write-in 1 0.00% Jack Shephard
Total 2,843,221 100.00%  

Missouri  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican

Class 1
Seat up for election
Democratic Senator Claire C. McCaskill
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Renominated - 7 August 2012 Primary
  Elected Democratic 1,494,125 54.81% Senator Claire C. McCaskill
FEC S6MO00305; 26 Nov 12; Tot $18,583,248; Dsb $19,479,649
  Candidate Republican 1,066,159 39.11% Congressman William Todd "Todd" Akin
FEC S2MO00429; 26 Nov 12; Tot $5,621,685; Dsb $6,099,311
  Candidate Libertarian 165,468 6.07% Jonathan Dine
FEC S0MO00340
  Candidate Write-in 15 0.00% Ted Kimzey
  Candidate Write-in 9 0.00% Bernard J. "Spark" Duraski, Jr.
  Candidate Write-in 6 0.00% William Dean
  Candidate Write-in; (Republican) 5 0.00% Bernie Mowinski
FEC H2MO04090
  Candidate Write-in 4 0.00% Charlie L. Bailey
  Candidate Write-in 2 0.00% Arnie C. "AC" Dienoff
Total 2,725,793 100.00%  

Montana  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic

Class 1
Seat up for election
Democratic Senator Jon Tester
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Renominated - 5 June 2012 Primary
  Elected Democratic 236,123 48.58% Senator Jon Tester
FEC S6MT00162; 26 Nov 12; Tot $11,820,831; Dsb $12,232,537
  Candidate Republican 218,051 44.86% Congressman Dennis Ray "Denny" Rehberg
Congressman At-Large

FEC S6MT00097; 26 Nov 12; Tot $9,419,824; Dsb $8,621,201
  Candidate Libertarian 31,892 6.56% Dan Cox
FEC S2MT00112
Total 486,066 100.00%  

Nebraska  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican

Class 1
Seat up for election
Open
Democratic Senator E. Benjamin "Ben" Nelson
First elected: 2000; re-elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Open Seat - 27 December 2011: Media reports indicate that Senator Nelson will announce his retirement from the Senate at the end of his current term (which ends at Noon, 3 January 2013)
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
  Elected Republican 455,593 57.77% state Senator Debra S. "Deb" Fischer
FEC S2NE00094; 26 Nov 12; Tot $5,256,071; Dsb $5,058,895
  Candidate Democratic 332,979 42.23% former Senator Joseph Robert "Bob" Kerrey
FEC S8NE00067; 26 Nov 12; Tot $5,796,847; Dsb $5,615,616
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent)     Russell Paul Anderson
FEC S2NE00086; 30 Jun 12; Tot $10,500; Dsb $5,500
  Candidate Write-in; (Socialist Workers Party)     Joe Swanson
Total 788,572 100.00%  

New Jersey  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic

Class 1
Seat up for election
Democratic Senator Robert "Bob" Menendez
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012
Appointed by Governor Jon S. Corzine to fill the vacancy caused by Corzine having resigned this seat 17 January 2006 upon taking the Oath of Office as Governor of the State; first elected: 2006.
[Previously served in the U.S. House to which he was first elected in 1992: subsequently re-elected in 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2004]
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Renominated - 5 June 2012 Primary
  Elected Democratic 1,985,783 58.84% Senator Robert "Bob" Menendez
FEC S6NJ00289; 26 Nov 12; Tot $12,277,396; Dsb $13,157,093
  Candidate Republican 1,329,405 39.39% state Senator Joseph M. "Joe" Kyrillos, Jr.
FEC S2NJ00387; 26 Nov 12; Tot $4,640,321; Dsb $4,537,051
  Candidate Libertarian 16,803 0.50% Kenneth R. "Ken" Kaplan
FEC S2NJ00437; 30 Sep 12; Tot $800; Dsb $45
  Candidate Green 15,799 0.47% Ken Wolski
FEC S2NJ00452
  Candidate Independent 9,377 0.28% Gwen Diakos
Jersey Strong Independents
  Candidate Independent 3,830 0.11% J. David Dranikoff
Totally Independent Candidate

FEC S2NJ00486
  Candidate America First 3,595 0.11% Inder "Andy" Soni
FEC S2NJ00445
  Candidate Independent 3,544 0.11% Robert "Turk" Turkavage
Responsibility Fairness Integrity

FEC S2NJ00478
  Candidate Socialist Party USA 2,256 0.07% Gregory "Greg" Pason
FEC S0NJ00100
  Candidate Independent; (Democratic/Republican) 2,201 0.07% Eugene Martin Lavergne
No slogan

FEC S2NJ00460
  Candidate Independent 2,075 0.06% Daryl Mikell Brooks
Reform Nation

FEC S6NJ00313
Total 3,374,668 100.00%  

New Mexico  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic

Class 1
Seat up for election
Open
Democratic Senator Jesse F. "Jeff" Bingaman, Jr.
First elected: 1982; re-elected: 1988, 1994, 2000, 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Open Seat - 18 February 2011: Announced retirement.
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
  Elected 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
  Candidate Republican 351,260 45.28% former Congressman Heather A. Wilson
FEC S8NM00168; 26 Nov 12; Tot $7,170,513; Dsb $7,085,514
  Candidate Independent American 28,199 3.63% Jon Ross Barrie
1 August 2012: Insufficient petition signatures.
28 August 2012: First Judicial District Court places Mr. Barrie on the General election ballot.

FEC S2NM00112; 26 Nov 12; Tot $23,603; Dsb $10,001
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent) 617 0.08% Robert L. "Bob" Anderson
Total 775,793 100.00%  

New York  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic

Class 1
Seat up for election
Democratic Senator Kirsten Elizabeth Gillibrand
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012
23 January 2009: Appointed by Governor David Paterson to fill the vacancy caused by the 21 January 2009 resignation of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton in order to enter upon her duties as U.S. Secretary of State. Sworn 27 January 2009 to serve until a Special Election was held in November 2010 for the remainder of the term ending 3 January 2013. First elected in a special election: 2010.
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Renominated - 26 June 2012 Primary
  Elected 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
  Candidate Republican; Conservative 1,758,702 24.65% Wendy E. Long
FEC S2NY00259; 26 Nov 12; Tot $800,510; Dsb $717,969
  Candidate Scattering 451,051 6.32% Blank
  Candidate Green 42,591 0.60% Colia L. Clark
FEC S0NY00626; 31 Dec 11; Tot $0; Dsb $147
  Candidate Libertarian 32,002 0.45% Chris Edes
FEC S2NY00309; 26 Nov 12; Tot $3,298; Dsb $3,240
  Candidate Common Sense 22,041 0.31% John Mangelli
FEC S2NY00275; 15 Nov 12; Tot $33,575; Dsb $32,936
  Candidate Scattering 4,435 0.06% Void
  Candidate Scattering 2,012 0.03% Scattering
  Candidate Write-in; (Socialist Workers Party)     Dan Fein
Total 7,135,164 100.00%  

North Dakota  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican

Class 1
Seat up for election
Open
Democratic Senator Gaylord Kent "Kent" Conrad
First elected to the "Class 3" seat from the state: 1986; was not a candidate for re-election in the 3 November 1992 General Election; Elected to finish out the "Class 1" term in a Special Election: 4 December 1992 [held to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Quentin N. Burdick (Democrat): 8 September 1992- which Jocelyn B. Burdick (Democrat) had been appointed by Governor George Sinner (Democrat) to fill, 12 September 1992]; elected to a full term: 1994, 2000, 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Open Seat - 18 January 2011: Announced retirement.
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
  Elected Democratic-Nonpartisan League 161,163 50.23% former North Dakota Attorney General Heidi Heitkamp
FEC S2ND00099; 26 Nov 12; Tot $5,343,758; Dsb $5,320,129
  Candidate Republican 158,282 49.33% Congressman Richard A. "Rick" Berg
FEC S2ND00073; 26 Nov 12; Tot $6,501,693; Dsb $6,185,051
  Candidate Scattering 1,406 0.44% write-in
Total 320,851 100.00%  

Ohio  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican

Class 1
Seat up for election
Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Renominated - 6 March 2012 Primary
  Elected Democratic 2,762,757 50.70% Senator Sherrod Brown
FEC S6OH00163; 26 Nov 12; Tot $20,926,029; Dsb $21,468,423
  Candidate Republican 2,435,740 44.70% Treasurer Josh Mandel
FEC S2OH00170; 26 Nov 12; Tot $18,901,288; Dsb $18,697,952
  Candidate Independent 250,617 4.60% Scott Allen Rupert
FEC S2OH00204; 05 Dec 12; Tot $4,577; Dsb $4,452
Total 5,449,114 100.00%  

Pennsylvania  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican

Class 1
Seat up for election
Democratic Senator Robert P. "Bob" Casey, Jr.
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Renominated - 24 April 2012 Primary
  Elected 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
  Candidate Republican 2,509,132 44.59% Tom Smith
FEC S2PA00224; 26 Nov 12; Tot $21,794,855; Dsb $21,098,045
  Candidate Libertarian 96,926 1.72% Rayburn Douglas Smith
FEC S2PA00273
  Candidate Write-in; (Socialist Workers Party)     Osborne Hart
Total 5,627,422 100.00%  

Rhode Island  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic

Class 1
Seat up for election
Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, II
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Renominated - 11 September 2012 Primary
  Elected Democratic 271,034 64.81% Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, II
FEC S6RI00221; 26 Nov 12; Tot $3,299,474; Dsb $3,966,789
  Candidate Republican 146,222 34.97% Benjamin Barrett "Barry" Hinckley, III
FEC S2RI00071; 26 Nov 12; Tot $1,731,011; Dsb $1,663,318
  Candidate Scattering 933 0.22% WRITE-IN
Total 418,189 100.00%  

Virginia  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic

Class 1
Seat up for election
Open
Democratic Senator James H. "Jim" Webb, Jr.
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Open Seat - 9 February 2011: "...after much thought and consideration I have decided to return to the private sector ... and will not seek re-election in 2012."
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
  Elected 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
  Candidate Republican 1,785,542 46.96% former Senator George F. Allen
24 January 2011: Announced his candidacy.

FEC S8VA00214; 26 Nov 12; Tot $14,352,593; Dsb $14,125,990
  Candidate Scattering 6,587 0.17% Write In
Total 3,802,196 100.00%  

Washington  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic

Class 1
Seat up for election
Democratic Senator Maria E. Cantwell
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012
First elected: 2000; re-elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
on General Election ballot - 7 August 2012 Primary
  Elected 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
  Candidate Republican 1,213,924 39.55% state Senator Michael James Baumgartner
Prefers Republican Party

FEC S2WA00288; 26 Nov 12; Tot $1,134,313; Dsb $1,022,444
Total 3,069,417 100.00%  

West Virginia  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic

Class 1
Seat up for election
Democratic Senator Joe Manchin, III
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012
First elected in a special election to a partial term to fill the vacancy caused by the 28 June 2010 death of Senator Robert C. Byrd (Democratic): 2 November 2010. He replaces Senator Carte P. Goodwin (Democrat) who had been appointed by Governor Joe Manchin (Democratic) to temporarily fill the vacancy until the special election.
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Renominated - 8 May 2012 Primary
  Elected Democratic 399,939 60.57% Senator Joe Manchin, III
FEC S0WV00090; 26 Nov 12; Tot $4,718,470; Dsb $3,567,166
  Candidate Republican 240,787 36.47% John Reeves Raese
FEC S4WV00084; 26 Nov 12; Tot $1,604,193; Dsb $1,574,349
  Candidate Mountain 19,517 2.96% Bob Henry Baber
FEC S2WV00070
  Candidate Write-in; (Constitution)     Jeff Becker
  Candidate Write-in; (Democratic)     Sheirl Lee Fletcher
8 May 2012: Lost Democratic Primary

FEC S8WV00101
 

In 2012 there will be 2 elections for this Senate Class 1 seat-- both held on 6 November 2012- the date of the General Election. The candidate who wins the 6 November 2012 special election will serve from November 2012 until January 2013. The candidate who wins the regular election will serve from January 2013 until January 2019. Reference: West Virginia Secretary of State Natalie Tennant's Statement On Procedure To Fill Vacant Senate Seat.

Total 660,243 100.00%  

Wisconsin  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican

Class 1
Seat up for election
Open
Democratic Senator Herbert H. "Herb" Kohl
First elected: 1988; re-elected: 1994, 2000, 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Open Seat - 13 May 2011: Media reports say Senator Kohl will not seek re-election in 2012.
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
  Elected 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
  Candidate Republican 1,380,126 45.86% former Wisconsin Governor Tommy G. Thompson
FEC S2WI00235; 26 Nov 12; Tot $9,801,827; Dsb $9,653,975
  Candidate Libertarian 62,240 2.07% Joseph Kexel
FEC S2WI00284
  Candidate Independent 16,455 0.55% Nimrod Y. U. Allen, III
I.D.E.A.

FEC S2WI00292
  Candidate Scattering 3,373 0.11% SCATTERING
  Candidate Write-in; (Constitution) 70 0.00% Riley J. "Jon" Hood
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent) 43 0.00% Diane E. Lorbiecki
Total 3,009,411 100.00%  

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.

Major Parties
  Democratic
  Democratic-Farmer Labor
  Democratic-Nonpartisan League
  Republican
Major Third Parties
  Constitution
  Green
  Libertarian
  Reform
Other Third Parties
  America First
  Common Sense
  Conservative
  Democratic/Republican
  Grassroots
  Independence
  Independent American
  Independent Party of Connecticut
  Independent Party Of Delaware
  Justice Party
  Liberty Union
  Marijuana
  Mountain
  Natural Law
  Progressive
  Socialist Party USA
  Socialist Workers Party
  U.S. Taxpayers
  Workers World
  Working Families
  Wyoming Country
Independents
  Independent
  Independent Democrat
  No Party Affiliation
  Nonpartisan
  Unaffiliated
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
  None of these candidates
  Scattering
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Notes

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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 Class

Class 1 seats end their current terms at noon on 3 January 2013... next regular election for these seats is in 6 November 2012.
Class 2 seats end their current terms at noon on 3 January 2015... next regular election for these seats is 4 November 2014.
Class 3 seats begin their current terms at noon on 3 January 2011... next regular election for these seats is 8 November 2016.

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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