The Green Papers: 2012 General Election |
112th Congress (2011-2012) House Seats by State |
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Hawaii 2-year term. Election Cycle 2010, 2012. No Term Limit. | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map | |||||
CD 1 |
Democratic | Congressman Colleen Wakako Hanabusa Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012 First elected: 2010 Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 |
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Kentucky 2-year term. Election Cycle 2010, 2012. No Term Limit. | |||||
Partisan Composition: 4 Republican, 2 Democratic | |||||
Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map | |||||
CD 4 |
Republican | Congressman Thomas H. Massie First elected: 2012 Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 |
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  | ** Open Seat (no incumbent) ** | ||||
15 December 2011: Congressman Geoffrey C. "Geoff" Davis announces his retirement. 31 July 2012: Congressman Geoffrey C. "Geoff" Davis, who was first elected in 2004, resigned from Congress stating "Recently, a family health issue has developed that will demand significantly more of my time to assist. As a result, I cannot continue to effectively fulfill my obligations to both my office and my family. Family must and will come first." 17 August 2012: Pursuant to KRS 118.720, Governor Steve Beshear issued a proclamation calling for an election to fill the vacant seat. To save money, the special election is set for the same day as the 6 November 2012 General Election. The winner will serve for the remainder of the term ending in January 2013. 6 November 2012: former Lewis County Judge-Executive Thomas H. Massie (Republican) wins the Special Election. | |||||
Louisiana 2-year term. Election Cycle 2010, 2012. No Term Limit. | |||||
Partisan Composition: 6 Republican, 1 Democratic | |||||
Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map | |||||
CD 7 |
Republican | Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr. Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012 First elected: 2004 Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 Congressman Boustany is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 3. |
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Michigan 2-year term. Election Cycle 2010, 2012. No Term Limit. | |||||
Partisan Composition: 8 Republican, 7 Democratic | |||||
Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map | |||||
CD 11 |
Democratic | Congressman David A. "Dave" Curson First elected: 2012 in a special election Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 |
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  | ** Open Seat (no incumbent) ** | ||||
30 June 2011: Media reports state that Congressman Thaddeus G. "Thad" McCotter (Republican), who was first elected to Congress in 2002, will announce his candidacy for President. 2 July 2011: Formally announced his candidacy for President. 22 September 2011: Withdrew his Presidential candidacy -- "I have withdrawn my candidacy to become the Republican Party's nominee for the Office of President of the United States of America ... I have endorsed Governor Mitt Romney to become our Republican Party’s nominee." 15 May 2012: Filed to run for this office but may not have submitted a sufficient number of signatures. 29 May 2012: Running as a write-in candidate after failing to collect a sufficient number of signatures to get on the primary ballot. 2 June 2012: Ended his bid for re-election to the U.S. House. 6 July 2012: Resigned. "Today I have resigned from the office of United States Representative for Michigan's 11th Congressional District. After nearly 26 years in elected office, this past nightmarish month and a half have, for the first time, severed the necessary harmony between the needs of my constituency and of my family. As this harmony is required to serve, its absence requires I leave." 10 July 2012: Governor Rick Snyder (Republican) called a Wednesday 5 September Special Primary Election and a Tuesday 6 November Special General Election to fill this vacant seat. Find the story from Detroit News here. 6 November 2012: David A. "Dave" Curson (Democratic) is elected in a special election. He will serve from November 2012 through the beginning of January 2013. | |||||
New Jersey 2-year term. Election Cycle 2010, 2012. No Term Limit. | |||||
Partisan Composition: 7 Democratic, 6 Republican | |||||
Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map | |||||
CD 10 |
Democratic | Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012 First elected: 2012 in a special election Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 |
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  | ** Open Seat (no incumbent) ** | ||||
6 March 2012: Congressman Donald M. Payne, who was first elected in 1988, died from colon cancer. He was 77. 6 March 2012: Within the next 8 weeks, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (Republican) will announce the dates of the special primary and special election to fill this vacant seat. 28 March 2012: Governor Christie called a special primary on 5 June 2012 and a special election for 6 November 2012. 6 November 2012: Donald M. Payne, Jr. (Democratic), son of the late Congressman Donald M. Payne, was elected to Congress in a special election for the partial term ending in January 2013. He was also elected to the full term ending in January 2015. | |||||
Washington 2-year term. Election Cycle 2010, 2012. No Term Limit. | |||||
Partisan Composition: 5 Democratic, 4 Republican | |||||
Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map | |||||
CD 1 |
Democratic | Congressman Suzan Kay DelBene Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012 First Elected: 2012 in a special election Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 |
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  | ** Open Seat (no incumbent) ** | ||||
24 June 2011: Congressman Jay R. Inslee (Democratic) announced he would be a candidate for Governor in 2012. 6 March 2012: He announced his resignation. "Effective March 20, I'm stepping down from my seat in Congress to devote myself full-time to my race for governor..." 20 March 2012: He resigned. 6 November 2012: Suzan Kay DelBene (Democratic) was elected to Congress in a special election for the partial term ending in January 2013. She was also elected to the full term ending in January 2015. |
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 | |
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Democratic-Farmer Labor | |
Democratic-Nonpartisan League | |
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Major Third Parties | |
Constitution | |
Green | |
Libertarian | |
Pacific Green | |
Reform | |
Other Third Parties | |
American Constitution | |
American Third Position | |
Americans Elect | |
Conservative | |
Democratic/Republican | |
Independence | |
Independent American | |
Independent Greens | |
Independent Party of Connecticut | |
Independent Party of Oregon | |
Liberty Union | |
Marijuana | |
Natural Law | |
Socialism and Liberation | |
Progressive | |
Socialist Workers Party | |
Tax Revolt | |
U.S. Taxpayers | |
We, the People | |
Whig | |
Working Families | |
Wyoming Country | |
Independents | |
Independent | |
No Party | |
No Party Affiliation | |
No Party Preference | |
Nominated By Petition | |
Non Affiliated | |
Petitioning Candidate | |
Unaffiliated | |
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable | |
Scattering | |
Write-in |
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