Ballotpedia's update on 2012 congressional elections
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November 9, 2012
By Geoff Pallay
MADISON, Wisconsin: The election is over, and people are returning to their regular lives. But there's still a few unanswered questions in the congressional elections. Here's a quick recap of what happened, and what's still undecided.
Democrats and Republicans held serve in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House, respectively.
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U.S. Senate
- See also: United States Senate elections, 2012
There were 33 seats up for election. Of those races:
- 28 seats stayed with same party
- 1 went from
to 
(Nebraska) - 2 went from to (Indiana, Massachusetts)
- 1 went from
to (Connecticut) - 1 went from to (Maine)
- 1 went from
U.S. House
There are seven races yet to be called in the U.S. House. They are:
- Arizona's 2nd
- Arizona's 9th
- California's 7th
- California's 36th
- California's 52nd
- Florida's 18th
- North Carolina's 7th
Additionally, one race goes to a runoff. In Louisina's 3rd, incumbent Republicans Charles Boustany and Jeff Landry will face-off in a December 8 runoff. Neither candidate received the required 50 percent in Louisiana's blanket primary system.
| 2012 United States House General Election Results | |||||
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| 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. | |||||
Other results:
- So far, 22 incumbents have been defeated. That is a huge decrease from 2010, when 53 incumbents fell. Democrats performed better in races not won by incumbents.
- Republicans won both incumbent-vs-incumbent cross-party battles, in Iowa and Ohio.
- 18 elected officials of other offices (State Senate, executive, etc) successfully made the leap to Congress
- Of the 24 races where a challenger outraised an incumbent in the third quarter, the challenger was victorious in 11 of those races
- 8 Democratic
- 3 Republican
- Prior to the election, the website RealClearPolitics highlighted 50 races that were most likely to flip. Of the 20 seats held by the Democrats, 9 flipped. Of the 30 seats held by the GOP, 14 flipped. Of the 50 seats listed, they are now controlled 24 D, 22 R with 4 races still to be called.
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