Ballotpedia's 2012 General Election Review Articles: Nebraska Congressional Seats

December 6, 2012

By Ballotpedia's Congressional team

LINCOLN, Nebraska: Nebraska had three U.S. House seats on the ballot in 2012. Three total incumbents sought re-election on November 6, 2012, and all three won their races. None of the races were particularly competitive.

Here are the candidates who won election from Nebraska. Note: Election results were added on election night as races were called. Vote totals were added after official election results had been certified. Click here for more information about Ballotpedia's election coverage plan. Please contact us about errors in this list.

District	General Election Candidates	Incumbent	2012 Winner	Partisan Switch?
1st	Korey L. Reiman Jeff Fortenberry	Jeffrey Fortenberry	Jeff Fortenberry	No
2nd	John Ewing Lee Terry Matt Helt	Lee Terry	Lee Terry	No
3rd	Mark Sullivan Adrian Smith	Adrian Smith	Adrian Smith	No

Members of the U.S. House from Nebraska -- Partisan Breakdown
Party		As of November 2012	After the 2012 Election
	Democratic Party	0	0
	Republican Party	3	3
Total		3	3

National picture

Both chambers of the United States Congress remain split after the November 6, 2012 election. Democrats increased their majority in the U.S. Senate while cutting into the Republicans majority in the U.S. House. Of the 435 candidates who won election to the U.S. House, 85 of them were challengers, which represents 19.5 percent of U.S. House members. Of those 85, 50 are Democratic and 35 are Republican. A total of 27 incumbents were defeated -- 10 Democratic and 17 Republican.

2012 United States House General Election Results
Party	Total Winners	Incumbent Winners	Defeated Incumbents	Incumbent Re-Election Rate**	Non-Incumbent Winners
Democratic	201	151	10	93.8%	50
Republican	234	198	17	92.1%	35
TOTALS	435	349	27	92.8%	85
**Note: The incumbent re-election rate is calculated by dividing the total incumbents winners by the total incumbents who appeared on the general election ballot.

U.S. Senate Partisan Breakdown Party As of November 2012 After the 2012 Election      Democratic Party 51 53      Republican Party 47 45      Independent 2 2 Total 100 100

U.S. House Partisan Breakdown Party As of November 2012 After the 2012 Election      Democratic Party 193 201      Republican Party 242 234 Total 435 435

See also

• Ballotpedia:2012 general election preview articles
• November 6, 2012 election results
• Ballotpedia's 2012 General Election Preview Articles: Southeast Regional State Executive Officials
• United States Congressional election results, 2012
• United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska, 2012
  • Nebraska's 1st Congressional District elections, 2012
  • Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District elections, 2012
  • Nebraska's 3rd Congressional District elections, 2012
• Nebraska elections, 2012
• National contested primary average during the 2012 U.S. congressional elections