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A total of
468 seats in the U.S. Congress will be up for election on November 6, 2012.
Heading into the election, Democrats control the U.S. Senate while Republicans are the majority in the U.S. House. During this presidential election season, partisan dominance of both chambers of the U.S. Congress will be at stake.
U.S. Senate
- See also: United States Senate elections, 2012
The 33 Class 1 U.S. Senate seats will be up for election. Of those 33 seats, 23 are currently held by Democrats and 10 by Republican senators. Democrats need to win 21 seats to retain their majority while the GOP needs to win 14 seats to win back the chamber.
Defeated incumbents
U.S. House
- See also: United States House of Representatives elections, 2012
All 435 seats of the U.S. House will be up for election.
Defeated incumbents
Congressional members retiring
U.S. Senate
As of Thursday, May 24, 2012, Ballotpedia staff have counted 10 total current U.S. Senate incumbents who are not running for re-election in the 2012 elections.
5 Democrats
4 Republicans
1 Independent
U.S. House
As of Thursday, May 24, 2012, Ballotpedia staff have counted 41 total current U.S. House incumbents who are not running for re-election in the 2012 elections.
- 23 Democrats
- 18 Republicans
| Name: | Party: | Current office: |
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| Barney Frank |  Democratic | Massachusetts, District 4
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| Bob Filner | Democratic | California, District 51
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| Bob Turner |  Republican | New York, District 9
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| Brad Miller | Democratic | North Carolina, District 13
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| Charles A. "Charlie" Gonzalez | Democratic | Texas, District 20
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| Christopher S. Murphy | Democratic | Connecticut, District 5
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| Connie Mack | Republican | Florida, District 14
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| Dale E. Kildee | Democratic | Michigan, District 5
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| Dan Boren | Democratic | Oklahoma, District 2
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| Dan Burton | Republican | Indiana, District 5
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| David Dreier | Republican | California, District 26
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| Dennis Cardoza | Democratic | California, District 18
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| Denny Rehberg | Republican | U.S. House, Montana, At-large
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| Ed Towns | Democratic | New York, District 10
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| Elton Gallegly | Republican | California, District 24
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| Gary Ackerman | Democratic | New York, District 5
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| Geoff Davis | Republican | Kentucky, District 4
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| Heath Shuler | Democratic | North Carolina, District 11
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| Jay Inslee | Democratic | Washington, District 1
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| Jeff Flake | Republican | Arizona, District 6
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| Jerry F. Costello | Democratic | Illinois, District 12
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| Jerry Lewis | Republican | California, District 41
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| Joe Donnelly | Democratic | Indiana, District 2
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| John Olver | Democratic | Massachusetts, District 1
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| Lynn Woolsey | Democratic | California, District 6
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| Martin Heinrich | Democratic | New Mexico, District 1
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| Maurice Hinchey | Democratic | New York, District 22
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| Mazie K. Hirono | Democratic | Hawaii, District 2
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| Mike Pence | Republican | Indiana, District 6
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| Mike Ross | Democratic | Arkansas, District 4
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| Norm Dicks | Democratic | Washington, District 6
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| Rick Berg | Republican | North Dakota, At-Large, District
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| Ron Paul | Republican | Texas, District 14
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| Shelley Berkley | Democratic | Nevada, District 1
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| Steve Austria | Republican | Ohio, District 7
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| Sue Wilkins Myrick | Republican | North Carolina, District 9
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| Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | Wisconsin, District 2
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| Timothy V. Johnson | Republican | Illinois, District 15
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| W. Todd Akin | Republican | Missouri, District 2
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| Todd Russell Platts | Republican | U.S. House, Pennsylvania, District 19
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| Wally Herger | Republican | California, District 2
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See also
Republican
Democratic
Non-partisan
