JP Election Brief: Nationwide statistics from the 2012 elections

November 29, 2012

by: the State Court Staff

Election 2012: Nationwide statistics

For our final JP Election Brief of the year, we're zooming out to look at the nation as a whole regarding the 2012 judicial elections. We hope you find the following statistics interesting!

For more information, check out:
JP Election Brief: 2012 State Supreme Court Results
JP Election Brief: Highlights of the 2012 judicial elections

Disclaimer: These statistics are based on unofficial results in each of the 38 states that held judicial elections this year, with the exception of New York, which has yet to post results. As official results become available, we will update the information on Judgepedia. Thank you for your patience.

States

The 38 states that held judicial elections and/or retentions in 2012 were:

Alabama (P) Alaska (R) Arizona Arkansas California

Colorado (R) Florida Georgia* Idaho Illinois (P)

Indiana (P) Iowa (R) Kansas (P) Kentucky Louisiana (P)

Maryland Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri (P)

Montana Nebraska (R) Nevada New Mexico (P) New York** (P)

North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma (R) Oregon

South Dakota (R) Tennessee* (P) Texas (P) Utah (R) Washington

West Virginia (P) Wisconsin* Wyoming (R)

(P) Held partisan elections
(R) Held retention elections only
* Held all judicial elections during primaries prior to Nov. 6, 2012
** Results not yet available

Competition

Unopposed candidates: 1,974
Candidates facing opposition: 1,740
Judges facing retention: 668

Partisan elections

Democratic wins: 272
Republican wins: 425

Incumbency

Incumbents re-elected: 2,332
Non-incumbents elected: 467

Won re-election:2,332
Lost re-election:114

Won election:467
Lost election:801

See also

• Judgepedia's Election Central