List of candidates running in state executive general elections, 2012
This page contains all general election candidates who ran in the 2012 state executive elections.
There were 94 (28.14%) of the country's 334 elected state executive seats up for re-election in November 2012, in 22 states. The individual state tabs below were populated with candidates who secured a spot on the general election ballot in November.
Ballotpedia staff counted 246 candidates who appeared on the general election ballot in the 2012 state executive elections. Of those 246 candidates, there were:
81 Democratic candidates
86 Republican candidates
79 non-partisan or third party candidates
- Alabama
- Arizona
- Delaware
- Georgia
- Indiana
- Louisiana
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- New Hampshire
- New Mexico
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- South Dakota
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Washington
- West Virginia
There was one state executive seat up for election in Alabama in 2012: the President of the Alabama Public Service Commission.
President of the Public Service Commission
There were 3 seats on the Arizona Corporation Commission up for election in 2012.
Corporation Commission
There were 3 state executive positions up for election in Delaware in 2012: governor, lieutenant governor and insurance commissioner.
GovernorLt. Governor |
Insurance Commissioner |
There were 2 seats on the Georgia Public Service Commission up for election in 2012.
Public Service Commission
There were four state executive positions up for election in Indiana in 2012: governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general and superintendent of public instruction.
GovernorLt. Governor |
Attorney GeneralSuperintendent of Public Instruction |
There was one seat on the Louisiana Public Service Commission up for election in 2012.
Public Service Commission
There were five state executive positions up for election in Missouri in 2012: governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state and treasurer.
Governor |
Lt. GovernorAttorney General |
Secretary of StateTreasurer |
There were nine state executive positions up for election in Montana in 2012: governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, securities and insurance commissioner (state auditor), superintendent of public instruction and three seats on the Montana Public Service Commission.
GovernorLt. Governor |
Attorney GeneralSecretary of StateCommissioner of Securities and Insurance/State Auditor |
Superintendent of Public InstructionPublic Service Commission (3 seats) |
There were two seats on the Nebraska Public Service Commission were up for election in 2012.
Public Service Commission
The Governor of New Hampshire was the only state executive official up for election in 2012.
Governor
There were seven state executive seats up for election in New Mexico in 2012. Two were on the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission and five were on the New Mexico Public Education Commission.
Public Regulation Commission
Public Education Commission
There were ten state executive positions up for election in North Carolina in 2012: governor,lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, treasurer, auditor, superintendent of public instruction, agriculture commissioner, insurance commissioner and labor commissioner.
GovernorLt. Governor |
Attorney GeneralSecretary of StateTreasurerAuditor |
Superintendent of Public InstructionAgriculture CommissionerInsurance CommissionerLabor Commissioner |
There were seven state executive positions up for election in 2012: governor, lieutenant governor, treasurer, auditor, insurance commissioner, Superintendent of Public Instruction and one seat on the North Dakota Public Service Commission.
GovernorLt. Governor |
TreasurerAuditorInsurance CommissionerSuperintendent of SchoolsPublic Service Commission |
There were two seats on the Oklahoma Corporation Commission up for election in 2012.
Corporation Commission
There were four state executive positions up for election in Oregon in 2012: secretary of state, attorney general, treasurer and commissioner of labor and industries.
Attorney General
Secretary of State
Treasurer
Commissioner of Labor and Industries
There were three state executive positions up for election in Pennsylvania in 2012: attorney general, treasurer and auditor general.
Attorney General
Treasurer
Auditor General
There were five state executive positions up for election in Utah in 2012: governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, treasurer and state auditor.
GovernorLt. Governor |
Attorney GeneralTreasurerAuditor |
There were six state executive positions up for election in Vermont in 2012: governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, treasurer and state auditor.
GovernorLt. GovernorAttorney General |
Secretary of StateTreasurerAuditor |
There were nine state executive positions up for election in Washington in 2012: governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, treasurer, auditor, superintendent of public instruction, insurance commissioner and public lands commissioner.
GovernorLt. Governor |
Attorney GeneralSecretary of StateTreasurerAuditor |
Superintendent of Public InstructionInsurance CommissionerPublic Lands Commissioner |
There were six state executive positions up for election in West Virginia in 2012: governor, attorney general, secretary of state, treasurer, state auditor and agriculture commissioner.
Governor
Attorney GeneralSecretary of State |
TreasurerAuditorAgriculture Commissioner |
