Ballotpedia:Recap of the wild May 8, 2012 primary elections
May 8, 2012
By Ballotpedia's Congressional, State Legislative, State Executive and Ballot Measure teams
The May 8 primary elections are now over, capping one of the busiest election days of the 2012 season. Here at Ballotpedia, we've got you covered in all aspects of the ballot. That includes filling you in on the overall occurrences of Tuesday's events.
Here you fill find stories giving recaps on what happened during the primary elections held in the states below. Additionally, you will find links to the pages about the recalls that happened in Wisconsin. More recap articles are coming soon, so check back here for more updates!
Here are a few notable developments from the May 8 elections:
- North Carolina Amendment 1 was approved with 61.05% of voters casting "yes" votes. The measure intends to define marriage as between one man and one woman in the state constitution.
- Incumbent Richard Lugar, Republican U.S Senator from Indiana, lost to challenger Richard Mourdock. Lugar had been in office since 1977.
- Six state House incumbents lost on May 8 in North Carolina - five Republicans and one Democrat - bringing the number of defeated incumbents in state legislatures across the country to 18.
- Earl Ray Tomblin, the only West Virginia state executive incumbent seeking re-election who faced a primary challenger, easily defeated Arne Moltis in the Democratic gubernatorial election
Indiana
The bullets below contain a recap of what happened during the May 8 primary election in Indiana. No recap article was posted for state executives due to only one candidate running for governor from each party. The governor's race was the only state executive office on the ballot in the primary election:
North Carolina
The bullets below contain a recap of what happened during the May 8 primary election in North Carolina.
- Amendment 1 recap
- State Executive Official Primaries recap
- Congressional and Legislative Primaries recap
West Virginia
The bullets below contain a recap of what happened during the May 8 primary election in West Virginia.
Wisconsin
Primary elections were held in the recall campaigns for Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch. See below for election results:
See also
- North Carolina Same-Sex Marriage, Amendment 1 (May 2012)
- United States Senate elections in Indiana, 2012
- United States Senate elections in West Virginia, 2012
- United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana, 2012
- United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina, 2012
- United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia, 2012
- Indiana state executive official elections, 2012
- North Carolina gubernatorial election, 2012
- North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2012
- North Carolina secretary of state election, 2012
- North Carolina attorney general election, 2012
- North Carolina down ballot state executive elections, 2012
- West Virginia state executive official elections, 2012
- West Virginia gubernatorial election, 2012
- West Virginia secretary of state election, 2012
- West Virginia attorney general election, 2012
- West Virginia down ballot state executive elections, 2012
- Indiana State Senate elections, 2012
- Indiana House of Representatives elections, 2012
- North Carolina State Senate elections, 2012
- North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2012
- West Virginia State Senate elections, 2012
- West Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2012
- Scott Walker recall, Wisconsin (2012)
- Rebecca Kleefisch recall, Wisconsin (2012)
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