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California 2012 legislative election results

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The tabs below contain analysis of election results in the 2012 legislative elections for California.

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California State Senate Election Results

This page contains macro-level election results and analysis for the California State Senate 2012 elections. For results in individual contests see our California State Senate elections, 2012 page. The following is a breakdown of the state Senate before and after the election:

California State Senate
Party As of November 5, 2012 After the 2012 Election
     Democratic Party 25 26
     Republican Party 15 12
     Vacancy 0 2
Total 40 40

What You'll See on This Page

This page displays the following lists of candidates

  • Incumbents who ran on November 6
  • Defeated incumbents
  • Newly elected senators
  • List of all winners
  • Unopposed candidates
  • Third party candidates

State Senate Overview:

  • A total of 20 of the state's Senate seats were up for election in 2012.

Incumbents

Incumbents who ran on November 6

The following is a list of all of the incumbents who were on the November 6 general election ballot:

  1. Lois Wolk
  2. Ted Gaines
  3. Loni Hancock
  4. Mark DeSaulnier
  5. Fran Pavley
  6. Carol Liu
  7. Bob Huff
  8. Roderick Wright
  9. Mimi Walters
  10. William Emmerson
  11. Mark Leno

New State Senators and General Election Winners

Newly elected senators

The following list displays newly-elected members of the California State Senate:

Democratic

  1. James Beall Jr. (California)
  2. Hannah-Beth Jackson
  3. Richard Roth
  4. Bill Monning
  5. Ricardo Lara
  6. Martin Block
  7. Gerald Hill
  8. Cathleen Galgiani

Republican

  1. Stephen Knight

Open Seat Winners

The following displays a list of candidates who won election in seats where there was no incumbent:

Democratic

  1. Hannah-Beth Jackson
  2. Ricardo Lara
  3. Gerald Hill
  4. Richard Roth
  5. Martin Block
  6. James Beall Jr. (California)
  7. Bill Monning
  8. Cathleen Galgiani

Republican

  1. Stephen Knight

Candidates who won election

The following is a list of all candidates elected to the California State Senate:

Democratic

  1. Lois Wolk
  2. James Beall Jr. (California)
  3. Hannah-Beth Jackson
  4. Richard Roth
  5. Loni Hancock
  6. Mark DeSaulnier
  7. Fran Pavley
  8. Carol Liu
  9. Roderick Wright
  10. Bill Monning
  11. Ricardo Lara
  12. Martin Block
  13. Gerald Hill
  14. Mark Leno
  15. Cathleen Galgiani

Republican

  1. Ted Gaines
  2. Bob Huff
  3. Mimi Walters
  4. Stephen Knight
  5. William Emmerson

Competitiveness

Unopposed candidates in general election

The following candidates did not face major party competition:

Democratic

  1. Ricardo Lara

Republican

No candidates were added to this category.

Ballot Access

Third party candidates

The following is a list of third party and independent candidates who ran in 2012:

  1. Bogdan Ambrozewicz
  2. John H. Webster
  3. Lisa D. Ringer
  4. Mary Catherine McIlroy
  5. Lee H. Chauser

House

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California State House Election Results

This page contains macro-level election results and analysis for the California House of Representatives elections in 2012. For results in individual contests, see our California State Assembly elections, 2012. The following is a breakdown of the state House before and after the election:

California State Assembly
Party As of November 5, 2012 After the 2012 Election
     Democratic Party 52 56
     Republican Party 28 24
Total 80 80

What You'll See on This Page

This page displays the following lists of candidates

  • Incumbents who ran on November 6
  • Defeated incumbents
  • Newly elected representatives
  • List of all winners
  • Unopposed candidates
  • Third party candidates

State House Overview

  • All 80 of the state's House seats were up for election in 2012.

Incumbency Analysis

Incumbents who ran on November 6

The following is a list of all of the incumbents who were on the November 6 general election ballot:

  1. Susan Bonilla
  2. Isadore Hall, III
  3. Richard Pan
  4. Roger Dickinson
  5. Betsy Butler
  6. Rich Gordon
  7. Mariko Yamada
  8. Wesley Chesbro
  9. Dan Logue
  10. Beth Gaines
  11. Ben Hueso
  12. Michael Allen (California)
  13. Kristin Olsen
  14. Nancy Skinner (California)
  15. Joan Buchanan
  16. Tom Ammiano
  17. Bob Wieckowski
  18. Nora Campos
  19. Paul Fong
  20. Luis Alejo
  21. Henry T. Perea
  22. Shannon Grove
  23. K.H. Achadjian
  24. Mike Morrell
  25. Das Williams
  26. Bob Blumenfield
  27. Brian Nestande
  28. Jeff Gorell
  29. Mike Gatto
  30. Roger Hernandez
  31. John Perez (California)
  32. Norma Torres
  33. Holly Mitchell
  34. Steven Bradford
  35. Bonnie Lowenthal
  36. Chris Norby
  37. Allan R. Mansoor
  38. Diane Harkey
  39. Toni Atkins (California)
  40. Donald P. Wagner
  41. V. Manuel Perez (Riverside County, California)
  42. Connie Conway
  43. Tim Donnelly (California State Assembly)
  44. Curt Hagman

Incumbents defeated

The following displays a list of incumbents defeated in 2012:

General election

New Representatives and General Election Winners

Newly elected representatives

The following lists the newly-elected members of the California House of Representatives:

Democratic

  1. Rudy Salas
  2. Raul Bocanegra
  3. Chris Holden
  4. Adrin Nazarian
  5. Edwin Chau
  6. Richard Bloom
  7. Jimmy Gomez
  8. Ian Charles Calderon
  9. Cristina Garcia
  10. Reginald Jones-Sawyer
  11. Jose Medina
  12. Shirley Weber
  13. Ken Cooley
  14. Marc Levine (California)
  15. Jim Frazier
  16. Susan Talamantes Eggman
  17. Rob Bonta
  18. Phil Ting
  19. Bill Quirk
  20. Kevin Mullin (California)
  21. Mark Stone
  22. Anthony Rendon
  23. Sharon Quirk-Silva
  24. Al Muratsuchi
  25. Tom Daly (California)
  26. Cheryl Brown (California)
  27. Steve Fox (California)

Republican

  1. Scott Wilk
  2. Jim Patterson (California)
  3. Marie Waldron
  4. Rocky Chávez
  5. Brian Dahle
  6. Frank Bigelow
  7. Melissa Melendez
  8. Eric Linder
  9. Travis Allen

Open Seat Winners

The following lists candidates who won election in seats where no incumbent was running:

Democratic

  1. Ken Cooley
  2. Jim Frazier
  3. Susan Talamantes Eggman
  4. Phil Ting
  5. Bill Quirk
  6. Kevin Mullin (California)
  7. Mark Stone
  8. Rudy Salas
  9. Steve Fox (California)
  10. Raul Bocanegra
  11. Chris Holden
  12. Adrin Nazarian
  13. Cheryl Brown (California)
  14. Edwin Chau
  15. Jimmy Gomez
  16. Ian Charles Calderon
  17. Cristina Garcia
  18. Reginald Jones-Sawyer
  19. Jose Medina
  20. Anthony Rendon
  21. Al Muratsuchi
  22. Tom Daly (California)
  23. Shirley Weber
  24. Rob Bonta

Republican

  1. Scott Wilk
  2. Brian Dahle
  3. Frank Bigelow
  4. Jim Patterson (California)
  5. Melissa Melendez
  6. Marie Waldron
  7. Rocky Chávez
  8. Eric Linder
  9. Travis Allen

Candidates who won election

The following lists all candidates elected to the California House of Representatives in 2012:

Democratic

  1. Susan Bonilla
  2. Isadore Hall, III
  3. Henry T. Perea
  4. Rudy Salas
  5. Steven Bradford
  6. Das Williams
  7. Raul Bocanegra
  8. Chris Holden
  9. Mike Gatto
  10. Bob Blumenfield
  11. Adrin Nazarian
  12. Edwin Chau
  13. Roger Hernandez
  14. Richard Bloom
  15. Jimmy Gomez
  16. Norma Torres
  17. John Perez (California)
  18. Holly Mitchell
  19. V. Manuel Perez (Riverside County, California)
  20. Ian Charles Calderon
  21. Cristina Garcia
  22. Reginald Jones-Sawyer
  23. Jose Medina
  24. Richard Pan
  25. Paul Fong
  26. Bonnie Lowenthal
  27. Luis Alejo
  28. Toni Atkins (California)
  29. Shirley Weber
  30. Ben Hueso
  31. Wesley Chesbro
  32. Mariko Yamada
  33. Roger Dickinson
  34. Ken Cooley
  35. Marc Levine (California)
  36. Jim Frazier
  37. Susan Talamantes Eggman
  38. Joan Buchanan
  39. Nancy Skinner (California)
  40. Tom Ammiano
  41. Rob Bonta
  42. Phil Ting
  43. Bill Quirk
  44. Kevin Mullin (California)
  45. Bob Wieckowski
  46. Rich Gordon
  47. Nora Campos
  48. Mark Stone
  49. Anthony Rendon
  50. Sharon Quirk-Silva
  51. Al Muratsuchi
  52. Tom Daly (California)
  53. Cheryl Brown (California)
  54. Steve Fox (California)

Republican

  1. K.H. Achadjian
  2. Shannon Grove
  3. Scott Wilk
  4. Mike Morrell
  5. Brian Nestande
  6. Jeff Gorell
  7. Donald P. Wagner
  8. Jim Patterson (California)
  9. Allan R. Mansoor
  10. Marie Waldron
  11. Rocky Chávez
  12. Brian Dahle
  13. Frank Bigelow
  14. Beth Gaines
  15. Kristin Olsen
  16. Melissa Melendez
  17. Connie Conway
  18. Dan Logue
  19. Diane Harkey
  20. Tim Donnelly (California State Assembly)
  21. Eric Linder
  22. Travis Allen

Competitiveness

Unopposed candidates in general election

The following candidates did not face major party competition:

Democratic

  1. Susan Bonilla
  2. Nancy Skinner (California)
  3. Henry T. Perea
  4. Isadore Hall, III

Republican

No candidates were added to this category.

Ballot Access

Third party candidates

The following is a list of third party and independent candidates who ran in 2012:

  1. Michele Martinez (Orange County, California)
  2. Janice Marlae Bonser
  3. C.T. Weber
  4. John Paul (Jack) Lindblad
  5. David Edwards (California)
  6. Pamela Elizondo
  7. Charley Hooper
  8. Mark Belden
  9. Sophia Gonzales Scherman
  10. Joe Boswell
  11. Len Augustine
  12. Luis Reynoso
  13. Mark Green (California)
  14. Joseph Antonelli Rosas
  15. Chad Walsh
  16. Mike Meza
  17. Fredy DeLeon
  18. Greg Laskaris
  19. Ryan Dean Burkett
  20. Eugene Ruyle
  21. Curt Hagman

National Partisan Trends

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National Partisan Trends

The following tables detail the partisan breakdown of national election results.

Incumbents who were defeated in the general election

In the 44 states with elections, there were 4,534 incumbents who ran in the general election. The following is a breakdown of incumbents defeated in the 2012 general election:

Incumbents defeated in 2012 legislative general election
Party Senate House Total
Democratic 21 49 70
Republican 37 182 219
Third Party 2 3 5
TOTALS 60 234 294

Total new legislators elected

In total, 1,707 (28.4%) new legislators were elected in 2012. Of these 1,707, 849 (50.0%) were Republicans and 854 (50.0%) were Democrats.

The following is the breakdown of new legislators.

New Legislators after the 2012 legislative elections
Party Senate House Total
Democratic 165 684 849
Republican 202 652 854
Independent 0 4 4
TOTALS 367 1,340 1,707

Winners of Open Seats

Open seats contests made up 705 (11.7%) of the 6,015 seats in 2012. Of these 705 open seats, Republicans won 401 (56.9%) while Democrats won 304 (43.1%). Going into the election, the number of open seats formerly held by each party was quite similar. Estimates prior to the election suggested that approximately 52% of the open seats were previously held by Republicans and 48% were held by Democrats.

The following is the breakdown of open seat winners.

Open Seat Winners in 2012 legislative elections
Party Senate House Total
Democratic 82 220 302
Republican 105 296 401
Third Party 0 0 0
TOTALS 187 516 703

Impact on legislative majorities

See also: Partisan balance of state legislatures
Partisan Balance of Chambers with 2012 Elections
Pre-election Post-election
Legislative chamber Democratic Party Republican Party Purple.png Grey.png Democratic Party Republican Party Purple.png Grey.png
State senates 17 24 1 1 18 24 0 1
State houses 15 27 1 0 19 24 0 0
Totals: 32 51 2 1 37 48 0 1
Partisan Balance of All 99 Chambers Before and After 2012 Elections
Pre-election Post-election
Legislative chamber Democratic Party Republican Party Purple.png Grey.png Democratic Party Republican Party Purple.png Grey.png
State senates 19 28 2 1 20 28 1 1
State houses 17 31 1 0 21 28 0 0
Totals: 36 59 3 1 41 56 1 1



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