Geoff Pallay

Geoff Pallay, Special Projects Director State Executives Team Ballotpedia

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Geoff Pallay

Overview

States with 2012 executive elections

Notable seats that flipped
- North Carolina Governor from to
- Indiana Superintendent from to
- West Virginia Attorney General from to
- Alabama Public Service Commissioner from to
Other notables
- New Hampshire Governor winner -- only Female Democratic governor
- Montana Public Service Commission -- Two incumbent Democrats defeated

Democrats Before election: 23 Projected after election: 16 (9 Toss-ups) Actual Results: 19 (5 too close to call)	Republicans Before election: 14 Projected after election: 12 (9 Toss-ups) Actual Results: 13 (5 too close to call)

Month	Safe D	Likely D	Lean D	Toss Up	Lean R	Likely R	Safe R
August 1, 2012	5	4	3	14	2	5	4
September 1, 2012	6	3	4	13	3	4	4
October 1, 2012	6	3	4	13	2	4	5
November 1, 2012	7	3	6	9	0	4	8
August changes: MO LtGov to Lean R; WV SoS to Likely D; OR SoS to Safe D; OR AttyGen to Lean D September changes: NC Gov to Safe R; Vt. LtGov to Safe R; OR SOS to toss-up; PA AG to lean D October changes: IN Gov to Safe R, MO Gov to Lean D; MO Lt. Gov to Likely R, MT Lt. Gov to Toss-up; Oregon SOS to Lean D; Oregon and VT AG to Safe D; MO AG to Likely D; WV AG to Lean D; IN and MT AG to Likely R

2012 State Executive Election Partisan Breakdown
Party	Before 2012 Election	After 2012 Election	Net Change
Democratic	51	50	-1
Republican	38	43	+5
Independent (Nonpartisan)	4	1	-3
TOTALS	93^{1 vacant}	94

2012 State Executive Election Analysis
Party	Open Seat Winners	Defeated Incumbents	New State Executives
Democratic	13	6	15
Republican	11	1	18
Independent (Nonpartisan)	1	0	1
TOTALS	25	7	34

2012 State Executive Election Results
Party	Governors pre-election	Governors post-election	Change
Democratic	20	19	-1
Republican	29	30	+1
Independent	1	1	0
TOTALS	50	50	1*

2012 State Executive Election Results
Party	Lieutenant Governors pre-election	Lieutenant Governors post-election	Change
Democratic	14	14	0
Republican	30	30	0
TOTALS	44	44	0

2012 State Executive Election Results
Party	Secretaries of State pre-election	Secretaries of State post-election	Change
Democratic	18	18	0
Republican	28	28	0
Nonpartisan	1	1	0
Races too close to call	n/a	n/a	1 (MT)
TOTALS	47	47	0*

2012 State Executive Election Results
Party	Attorneys General pre-election	Attorneys General post-election	Change
Democratic	24	24	0
Republican	26	26	0
TOTALS	50	50	0

A total of seven races are still too close to call.