United States Senate elections in Virginia, 2012

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2012 U.S. Senate Elections in Virginia

Candidates • Polls • Election History

November 6 Election Winner: Tim Kaine

Incumbent prior to election: Jim Webb

Cook Political Report Race Rating      Tossup (Prior to election)

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2012 U.S. House Elections

Voters in Virginia will elect one member to the U.S. Senate in the November 6, 2012 elections.

The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run was March 29, 2012. The primary elections will be held on June 12, 2012.

The election will fill the Class 1 Senate seat, which is currently held by Jim Webb (D). First elected in 2006, Webb is not running for re-election in 2012.

Candidates

Democratic Primary

• Tim Kaine: Democratic National Convention chair

Withdrawn:

• Courtney Lynch: Leadership consultant
• Julien Modica

Republican primary

• George Allen: Former senator and governor.
• E.W. Jackson Sr.: Bishop
• Jamie Radtke: Virginia Tea Party leader
• Bob Marshall

Withdrawn:

• Tim Donner
• David McCormick

Race rating

Cook Political Report

Each month the Cook Political Report releases race ratings for President, U.S. Senate, U.S. House (competitive only) and Governors. There are seven possible designations:

     Solid Democratic
     Likely Democratic
     Lean Democratic

     Tossup

     Lean Republican
     Likely Republican
     Solid Republican

Cook Political Report Race Rating -- Virginia Senate
Month	Rating
March 22, 2012
March 1, 2012
January 26, 2012
December 22, 2011
December 1, 2011

Sabato's Crystal Ball

The University of Virginia's Center for Politics published an article called Sabato's Crystal Ball on March 22, 2012 detailing the 8 races in the Senate in 2012 that will decide the political fate of which party will end up with control in 2013. The seat rated a toss-up that Sabato's Crystal Ball believes is most likely to depend on the outcome of the Presidential election in November is the Senate seat in Virginia. According to the article, "outcome of this race will largely be determined by which party claims Virginia’s 13 electoral votes in November."

Election history

2008

On November 4, 2008, Mark Warner (D) won election to the U.S. Senate, defeating James S. "Jim" Gilmore III (R), William B. Redpath (L), Glenda Gail Parker (Independent Green), and a write-in.

U.S. Senate, Virginia, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Mark R. Warner	65%	2,369,327
	Republican	James S. "Jim" Gilmore III	33.7%	1,228,830
	Libertarian	William B. Redpath	0.6%	20,269
	Independent	Glenda Gail Parker	0.6%	21,690
	Write-in	Unnamed	0.1%	3,178
Total Votes				3,643,294

2006

On November 7, 2006, Jim Webb (D) won election to the U.S. Senate, defeating incumbent George Allen (R), Glenda Gail Parker (Independent Green), and a write-in.

U.S. Senate, Virginia, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	James H. "Jim" Webb	49.6%	1,175,606
	Republican	George Allen Incumbent	49.2%	1,166,277
	Independent	Glenda Gail Parker	1.1%	26,102
	Write-in	Unnamed	0.1%	2,460
Total Votes				2,370,445

See also

• United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, 2012
• United States Senate elections, 2012