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Challengers who won election to the United States Congress on November 6, 2012
From Ballotpedia
This page contains a list of all challengers that won election in the 2012 congress elections.
The names are broken out by state, chamber and party. A challenger is defined as a candidate who was not previously an incumbent of that chamber.
There were 7 successful U.S. Senate and 0 successful U.S. House challengers. Of those 7, the following is the partisan breakdown:
5 Democrats
1 Republicans
0 Independents
- Note: For election results on November 6, see this page
Table of winners
| Name | Party | Current office |
|---|---|---|
| Alan Grayson | Democratic |
U.S. House, Florida, District 9 |
| Alan Lowenthal | Democratic |
U.S. House, California, District 47 |
| Ami Bera | Democratic |
U.S. House, California, District 7 |
| Andy Barr | Republican |
U.S. House, Kentucky, District 6 |
| Angus King |  Nonpartisan |
U.S. Senate, Maine |
| Ann Kirkpatrick | Democratic |
U.S. House, Arizona, District 1 |
| Ann Wagner | Republican |
U.S. House, Missouri, District 2 |
| Annie Kuster | Democratic |
U.S. House, New Hampshire, District 2 |
| Beto O'Rourke | Democratic |
U.S. House, Texas, District 16 |
| Bill Foster | Democratic |
U.S. House, Illinois, District 11 |
| Brad Schneider | Democratic |
U.S. House, Illinois, District 10 |
| Brad Wenstrup | Republican |
U.S. House, Ohio, District 2 |
| Carol Shea-Porter | Democratic |
U.S. House, New Hampshire, District 1 |
| Cheri Bustos | Democratic |
U.S. House, Illinois, District 17 |
| Chris Collins | Republican |
U.S. House, New York, District 27 |
| Chris Murphy | Democratic |
U.S. Senate, Connecticut |
| Chris Stewart | Republican |
U.S. House, Utah, District 2 |
| Dan Kildee | Democratic |
U.S. House, Michigan, District 5 |
| Dan Maffei | Democratic |
U.S. House, New York, District 24 |
| David G. Valadao | Republican |
U.S. House, California, District 21 |
| David Joyce | Republican |
U.S. House, Ohio, District 14 |
| Deb Fischer | Republican |
U.S. Senate, Nebraska |
| Denny Heck | Democratic |
U.S. House, Washington, District 10 |
| Derek Kilmer | Democratic |
U.S. House, Washington, District 6 |
| Dina Titus | Democratic |
U.S. House, Nevada, District 1 |
| Donald Payne Jr. | Democratic |
U.S. House, New Jersey, District 10 |
| Doug Collins | Republican |
U.S. House, Georgia, District 9 |
| Doug LaMalfa | Republican |
U.S. House, California, District 1 |
| Elizabeth Esty | Democratic |
U.S. House, Connecticut, District 5 |
| Elizabeth Warren | Democratic |
U.S. Senate, Massachusetts |
| Eric Swalwell | Democratic |
U.S. House, California, District 15 |
| Filemon Vela | Democratic |
U.S. House, Texas, District 34 |
| George E.B. Holding | Republican |
U.S. House, North Carolina, District 13 |
| Gloria Negrete McLeod | Democratic |
U.S. House, California, District 35 |
| Grace Meng | Democratic |
U.S. House, New York, District 5 |
| Hakeem Jeffries | Democratic |
U.S. House, New York, District 8 |
| Heidi Heitkamp | Democratic |
U.S. Senate, North Dakota |
| Jackie Walorski | Republican |
U.S. House, Indiana, District 2 |
| Jared Huffman | Democratic |
U.S. House, California, District 2 |
| Jeff Flake | Republican |
U.S. Senate, Arizona |
| Jim Bridenstine | Republican |
U.S. House, Oklahoma, District 1 |
| Joaquin Castro | Democratic |
U.S. House, Texas, District 20 |
| Joe Donnelly | Democratic |
U.S. Senate, Indiana |
| Joe Garcia | Democratic |
U.S. House, Florida, District 26 |
| John Delaney | Democratic |
U.S. House, Maryland, District 6 |
| Joseph Kennedy III | Democratic |
U.S. House, Massachusettes, District 4 |
| Joyce Beatty | Democratic |
U.S. House, Ohio, District 3 |
| Juan Vargas | Democratic |
U.S. House, California, District 51 |
| Julia Brownley | Democratic |
U.S. House, California, District 26 |
| Keith Rothfus | Republican |
U.S. House, Pennsylvania, District 12 |
| Kerry Bentivolio | Republican |
U.S. House, Michigan, District 11 |
| Kevin Cramer | Republican |
U.S. House, North Dakota |
| Kyrsten Sinema | Democratic |
U.S. House, Arizona, District 9 |
| Lois Frankel | Democratic |
U.S. House, Florida, District 22 |
| Luke Messer | Republican |
U.S. House, Indiana, District 6 |
| Marc Veasey | Democratic |
U.S. House, Texas, District 33 |
| Mark Meadows | Republican |
U.S. House, North Carolina, District 11 |
| Mark Pocan | Democratic |
U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2 |
| Mark Takano | Democratic |
U.S. House, California, District 41 |
| Markwayne Mullin | Republican |
U.S. House, Oklahoma, District 2 |
| Martin Heinrich | Democratic |
U.S. Senate, New Mexico |
| Matt Cartwright | Democratic |
U.S. House, Pennsylvania, District 17 |
| Matt Salmon | Republican |
U.S. House, Arizona, District 5 |
| Mazie K. Hirono | Democratic |
U.S. Senate, Hawaii |
| Michelle Lujan Grisham | Democratic |
U.S. House, New Mexico, District 1 |
| Patrick Murphy | Democratic |
U.S. House, Florida, District 18 |
| Paul Cook | Republican |
U.S. House, California, District 8 |
| Pete Gallego | Democratic |
U.S. House, Texas, District 23 |
| Randy Weber | Republican |
U.S. House, Texas, District 14 |
| Raul Ruiz | Democratic |
U.S. House, California, District 36 |
| Richard Hudson | Republican |
U.S. House, North Carolina, District 8 |
| Rick Nolan | Democratic |
U.S. House, Minnesota, District 8 |
| Robert Pittenger | Republican |
U.S. House, North Carolina, District 9 |
| Rodney Davis | Republican |
U.S. House, Illinois, District 13 |
| Roger Williams | Republican |
U.S. House, Texas, District 25 |
| Ron DeSantis | Republican |
U.S. House, Florida, District 6 |
| Scott Perry | Republican |
U.S. House, Pennsylvania, District 4 |
| Scott Peters | Democratic |
U.S. House, California, District 52 |
| Sean Maloney | Democratic |
U.S. House, New York, District 18 |
| Steve Daines | Republican |
U.S. House, Montana, At-large District |
| Steve Stockman | Republican |
U.S. House, Texas, District 36 |
| Steven Horsford | Democratic |
U.S. House, Nevada, District 4 |
| Susan Brooks | Republican |
U.S. House, Indiana, District 5 |
| Suzan DelBene | Democratic |
U.S. House, Washington, District 1 |
| Tammy Baldwin | Democratic |
U.S. Senate, Wisconsin |
| Tammy Duckworth | Democratic |
U.S. House, Illinois, District 8 |
| Ted Cruz | Republican |
U.S. Senate, Texas |
| Ted Yoho | Republican |
U.S. House, Florida, District 3 |
| Thomas Massie | Republican |
U.S. House, Kentucky, District 4 |
| Tim Kaine | Democratic |
U.S. Senate, Virginia |
| Tom Cotton | Republican |
U.S. House, Arkansas, District 4 |
| Tom Rice | Republican |
U.S. House, South Carolina, District 7 |
| Tony Cardenas | Democratic |
U.S. House, California, District 29 |
| Trey Radel | Republican |
U.S. House, Florida, District 19 |
| Tulsi Gabbard | Democratic |
U.S. House, Hawaii, District 2 |
| William Enyart | Democratic |
U.S. House, Illinois, District 12 |
