United States House of Representatives elections in Rhode Island, 2012

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The 2012 U.S. House of Representatives elections in Rhode Island will take place on November 6, 2012. Voters will elect two candidates to serve in the U.S. House, one from each of the state's two congressional districts.

Candidate Filing Deadline	Primary Election	General Election
June 27, 2012	September 11, 2012	November 6, 2012

Primary: Rhode Island has a closed primary system, meaning only registered members of a particular party may vote in that party's primary.

Voter registration: Voters must register to vote in the primary by August 12. For the general election, the voter registration deadline is October 7.^[1]

See also: Rhode Island elections, 2012

According to the New York Times race ratings in July 2012, one of the two districts is considered to be in play, District 1.^[2]

Partisan breakdown

Heading into the November 6 election, the Republican Party holds each of the two Congressional seats from Rhode Island.

Members of the U.S. House from Rhode Island-- Partisan Breakdown
Party		As of November 2012	After the 2012 Election
	Democratic Party	2	2
	Republican Party	0	0
Total		2	2

Incumbents

Heading into the 2012 election, the incumbents for the two congressional districts are:

Name	Party	District
David N. Cicilline	Democratic	1
James R. Langevin	Democratic	2

General election candidates

District	General Election Candidates	Incumbent	2012 Winner	Partisan Switch?
1st	David N. Cicilline Brendan Doherty C. Michael Blake Kenneth A. Capalbo David S. Vogel	David N. Cicilline	Pending	Pending
2nd	James R. Langevin Michael G. Riley Abel G. Collins	James R. Langevin	Pending	Pending

Candidates

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