2012 general · November 6, 2012
2012 general election results
Results of the 2012 general election in 51 states: President, U.S. Senate, Governors, U.S. House, State legislatures.
Races6,129
Changed party5
Unopposed32%1,939 races
Incumbents defeated271
President
D 27 · R 24
U.S. Senate
D 23 · R 8 · Other 2 · 4 changed party
Governors
D 7 · R 4 · 1 changed party
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware | Jack Markell (D) | 41.6 | |
| Indiana | Mike Pence (R) | 3.0 | |
| Missouri | Jay W. Nixon (D) | 9.9 | |
| Montana | Steve Bullock (D) | 1.6 | |
| New Hampshire | Margaret Wood Hassan (D) | 12.4 | |
| North Carolina | Pat McCrory (R) | 11.6 | Flipped |
| North Dakota | Jack Dalrymple (R) | 29.6 | |
| Utah | Gary R. Herbert (R) | 42.5 | |
| Vermont | Peter Shumlin (D) | 21.2 | |
| Washington | Jay Inslee (D) | 3.1 | |
| West Virginia | Earl Ray Tomblin (D) | 5.0 |
U.S. House
D 200 · R 234
State legislatures
D 2,880 · R 3,095 · Other 40
By state
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- District of Columbia
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse); Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner; MIT Election Data and Science Lab