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2013
Alabama [+]
BALLOT
[PDF][State
Primary
March
13,
Primary
Runoff April 24]
Registered
Voters:
2,854,616.
U.S. House: All six Members
were
re-elected, each gaining over 60% of the vote and one uncontested.
State
Legislature:
Alabama did not hold state legislative elections in 2012.
More: In the highest profile
race on
the ballot, Judge Roy Moore was elected Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court, defeating Bob Vance. Public Service
Commission President
Lucy Baxley lost to Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh, meaning the Democrats
hold no statewide offices.
Ballot Measures:
Voters decided 11 referenda questions, approving all but one.
...Redistricting +
...2010
midterms
+
Last
Democratic statewide officeholder defeated.
Alaska [+][State
Primary August 28]
Registered Voters: 506,701.
U.S. House: Veteran Rep. Don
Young
(R) easily defeated Sharon Cissna (D), Jim McDermott (L) and Ted
Gianoutsos garnering 63.94% of the vote.
State Legislature: All
40
House
seats
and
19
of
20
Senate
seats
were
up
(Sen.
Dennis
Egan was
the exception). Republicans maintained a solid majority in the
House, going from 24R,
16D to 25R, 15D.
The Senate was split 10R,
10D;
the
Nov.
6
elections
gave
Republicans
a
13R,
7D
majority
in
the
Senate.
...Redistricting +
...2010
midterms
+
Republicans
pick
up
one
legislative
chamber.
Arizona [+]
BALLOT
[PDF][State
Primary
August
28]
Registered Voters: 3,124,712.
U.S.
Senate: Sen.
John
Kyl
(R)'s
retirement
created
an
open
seat.
Rep.
Jeff
Flake
(R) defeated former
U.S.
Surgeon General Richard
Carmona (D) and Marc Victor (L) by 49.2% to 46.2% and 4.6% (67,915
votes out of 2,243,422 cast).
U.S. House: Reapportionment
added
one
House
seat.
The
balance
in
the
House
goes
from
5R,
3D
to 5D, 4R. New
in the
113th Congress are former Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick (D) in the
1st CD, former Rep. Matt Salmon (R) in the 5th CD and Kyrsten Sinema
(D) in the 9th CD. Not returning to the House are Reps. Flake (R)
and
Quayle (R).
-In
the
open
1st
CD
seat
former
Rep.
Ann
Kirkpatrick (D) defeated
former state Sen. Jonathan Paton (R),
a
congressional
candidate
in
2010,
and
Kim
Allen
(L)
by
122,774
to
113,594
and
15,227
(48.8%
to
45.1%
and
6.1%
or
9,180
votes
out
of
251,595
cast).
-The
closest Arizona House race occurred in new 2nd CD, Rep. Ron
Barber
(D) defeated Martha McSally (R) by 147,328 to 144, 894 votes and 57
w/ins (50.4% to 49.6% or 2,434 votes out of 292,279 cast). Barber
won
the June 12, 2012 special
election in the old District 8 (Gabrielle Giffords'
seat), defeating Jesse Kelly (R).
-Rep.
Jeff
Flake
(R)'s
U.S.
Senate
run
created
an
open
seat
in
new
5th
CD.
Former
Rep.
Matt
Salmon
(R) easily defeated student and activist Spencer Morgan (D).
Salmon previously served three terms from 1995-2001.
-The new 6th CD featured an
incumbent vs. incumbent Republican primary; Rep. David
Schweikert
(R)
defeated Rep. Ben Quayle
(R)
and easliy defeated Matt Jette (D) in the general election.
-The 9th CD is the new
district comprising all of Tempe and parts of
Scottsdale, Mesa, Chandler, Paradise Valley and several Phoenix
neighborhoods. Former
state Sen. and Rep. Kyrsten Sinema
(D) defeated Paradise Valley Mayor Vernon Parker
(R) by 121,881 votes (48.7%) to 111,630 (44.6%) and 16,620 (6.6%)
or 10,251 votes out of 250,131 total.
State Legislature: Republicans
had
roughly
2
to
1
majorities
in
both
chambers
(House
40R, 19D, 1v and
Senate 21R, 9D).
All 60 House seats and 30 Senate seats were up. Democrats
achieved gains in both chambers, paring the Republican majorities to 36R, 24D in the House and 17R, 13D in the Senate.
Ballot Measures:
Voters approved 4 of 9 ballot measures. The closest vote was for
Proposition 118 on the establishment of
permanent funds. AZSOS
...Redistricting
+
...2010
midterms +
One new U.S. House seat. Democrats
gain
majority
in
U.S.
House
delegation.
Arkansas [+]
BALLOT
[PDF][State
Primary
May
22]
Registered Voters:
1,618,548.
U.S. House: The 4th
CD
(Southwest Arkansas) was open due to Rep. Mike Ross (D)'s
retirement. Republicans achieved a pick up, taking the
delegation to 4R, 0D
as Tom Cotton (R), an
Iraq
war veteran who has most recently worked as a management consultant,
defeated
State Sen. Gene
Jeffress (D),
Josh Drake (G), who ran in 2010, and Bobby Tullis (L), a former
state legislator by
59.5%
to
36.7%
and
less
than
2%
each
for
the
other
two
candidates.
State Legislature:
Democrats
had controlled both chambers of the General Assembly since 1874.
Republicans
made gains in 2010, and heading into Nov. 6, the
balance was House 54D,
46R and
Senate 20D, 15R.
All 100 House seats and all 35 Senate seats were
up. Republicans achieved historic success, winning control of
both chambers: House 51R,
49D
and
Senate,
21R,
14D.
Ballot Measures:
Arkansans voted on five ballot
measures. ARSOS
...Redistricting +
...2010
midterms
+
Republicans
pick
up
one
U.S.
House
seat
and
two
legislative
chambers.
California [+]
BALLOT
[PDF][State
and
Presidential
Primary
June
5]
Registered Voters:
18,245,970.
U.S. Senate: Sen. Dianne
Feinstein
(D),
first elected in 1992, defeated Elizabeth
Emken
(R) by 62.5% to 37.5%.
U.S. House: The delegation for the 113th Congress includes 14 new members. Redistricting, overseen by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission, created opportunities for both parties (1, 2). When all the votes were counted Democrats had picked up four seats taking the delegation from 34D, 19R to 38D, 15R.
First,
there were seven
retirements (old district numbers): Wally
Herger
(R-2),
Lynn
Woolsey
(D-6),
Dennis
Cardoza
(D-18),
Elton
Gallegly
(R-24),
David
Dreier
(R-26),
Jerry
Lewis
(R-41)
and
Bob
Filner
(D-51).
[New district numbers...] Reps. Dan Lungren (R-7), Mary Bono Mack
(R-36) and Brian Bilbray (R-52) were defeated by Democratic
challengers. Member on member
races
led to the defeats of Reps. Howard Berman (D-30) and Laura Richardson
(D-44). The top-two primary system contributed to defeats of
Reps.
Fortney Pete Stark (D-15) and Joe Baca (D-35).
The new members
are
(new district numbers): Doug LaMalfa (R-1), Jared Huffman (D-2), Ami
Bera (D-7), Paul Cook (R-8), Eric Swalwell (D-15), David Valadao
(R-21), Julia Brownley (D-26), Tony Cardenas (D-29), Gloria Negrete
McLeod (D-35), Raul Ruiz (D-36), Mark Takano (D-41), Alan Lowenthal
(D-47), Juan Vargas (D-51) and Scott Peters (D-52).
>Open races (new district numbers):
CD
1
(Northeast
corner,
all
or
parts
of
11
counties...Herger)
-
State
Sen. Doug
LaMalfa
(R), a rice farmer, defeated attorney Jim
Reed (D) by 57.4% to 42.6%.
CD
2
(North
Bay,
all
or
parts
of
6
counties...Woolsey)
-
Assemblyman Jared
Huffman (D) easily defeated Dan
Roberts
(R), investment advisor, by 71.2% to 28.8%.
CD
8
(Part of San Bernardino Co., the High Desert, Yucaipa, part of
Redlands
and parts of Inyo and Mono Cos.....Jerry
Lewis)
-
Assemblyman Paul
Cook (R) defeated Gregg
Imus
(R), a homebuilder, by 57.4% to 42.6%.
CD
21
(southern Central
Valley)
- Assemblyman David Valadao
(R) defeated John
Hernandez (D), CEO of Central CA. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, by
57.8% to 42.2%.
CD
26
(Ventura
County...Gallegly)
-
Assemblywoman Julia Brownley (D)
defeated state
Sen. Tony Strickland
(R) by 52.7% to 47.3%.
CD
29
(San
Fernando
Valley)
-
L.A.
City
Councilman Tony
Cardenas
(D) defeated David
Hernandez
(I),
insurance
adjuster, by 74.1% to 25.9%.
CD
41
(RIverside
Co.)
-
Mark
Takano (D), high
school teacher, defeated Supervisor John Tavaglione (R)
by 59% to 41%.
CD
47
(Long
Beach)
-
State
Sen. Alan
Lowenthal
(D) defeated Long
Beach City Councilman Gary Delong
(R) by 56.6% to 43.4%.
CD
51
(San
Diego...Filner)
-
State
Sen. Juan
Vargas
(D) defeated Michael
Crimmins
(R) by 71.5% to 28.5%.
>Incumbent on incumbent races
(new district numbers):
CD
30
(San
Fernando
Valley)
-
Rep. Brad
Sherman
(D) defeated Rep. Howard
Berman (D) by 60.3% to 39.7%
CD
44
(Watts, San
Pedro, Wilmington, Carson, South Gate, Compton, Lynwood, parts of Long
Beach, and Walnut Park) - Rep. Janice
Hahn
(D) defeated Rep. Laura
Richardson (D) by 60.2% to 39.8%.
>And five other incumbents were defeated:
CD 7
(Sacramento suburbs) - In a
re-match, Dr. Ami Bera (D)
defeated Rep. Dan Lungren (R)
by 51.7% to 48.3%
CD 36 (Palm Springs/Riverside
Co.)
- Dr. Raul
Ruiz
(D) defeated
Rep. Mary Bono Mack (R) by
52.9% to 47.1%.
CD 52 (San Diego and suburbs) -
In the closest California House race,
environmental lawyer Scott
Peters (D) defeated Rep. Brian
Bilbray
(R) by 51.2% to 48.8% (6,992 votes).
CD 15 (East Bay of S.F. from
Hayward to Livermore) - Prosecutor and
Dublin City Councilman Eric
Swalwell
(D) defeated veteran
legislator Rep. Fortney Pete Stark
(D), who was
first elected to Congress in 1972, by 52.1% to 47.9%.
CD 35 (eastern L.A. Co./western
San Bernardino Co. "Inland Empire") -
State Sen. Gloria Negrete McLeod
(D)
defeated Rep. Joe Baca (D) by 55.9% to 44.1%. NYC Mayor Mike
Bloomberg's Independence PAC spent at least $2.5 million against Baca.
>A couple of other races which drew a
fair bit of attention:
CD 10
- Rep. Jeff Denham (R)
defeated
astronaut Jose Hernandez (D) by 52.7% to 47.3%.
CD 24 - Rep. Lois Capps (D)
defeated former Lt. Gov. Abel Maldonado (R)
by 55.1% to 44.9%.
State Legislature: Democrats controlled both chambers by wide margins (House 52D, 28R and Senate 25D, 15R). All 80 Assembly seats and 20 of 40 Senate seats were up. Democrats strengthened their control in the legislature, gaining supermajorities in both chambers; the balance went to House 56D, 24R and Senate 26D, 12R.
Ballot
Measures: Californians
voted
on 11 ballot measures [CASOS].
Among
the
more
interesting...
The closest vote was on
Proposition 37,
which would have required labelling of genetically engineered foods;
voters defeated the measure by 51.4% to 48.6%. Yes on 37 For Your Right to Know
if Your Food Has Been Genetically Engineered | No on 37 Coalition Against the
Deceptive Food Labeling Scheme.
Voters approved Proposition 30,
providing for temporary increases in income and sales taxes supported
by Gov. Brown, by 55.4% to 44.6%. Yes on 30 - Schools & Safety
Protection Act | Californians
for
Reforms
and
Jobs,
Not
Taxes
They defeated Proposition 34, which would have ended the
death
penalty, by 52% to 48%. Yes
on Prop. 34 | No on
34: Californians for Justice and Public Safety.
Proposition 32,
which
among
other
provisions
would
have prohibited unions from making automatic
withdrawals from members' paychecks for political activity, went down
to defeat by 56.6% to 43.4%. Yes
on
32-Stop
Special
Interest
Money
Now | Alliance for
a Better
California 2012, No on Paycheck Deception ("Stop the
Special Exemptions Act").
...Redistricting +
...2010
midterms
+
Democrats
pick up four U.S. House seats, gain supermajorities in both chambers of
the state legislature.
Colorado [+]
BALLOT
[PDF][State
Primary
June
26]
Registered
Voters: 2,749,246.
U.S. House: Redistricting
changed the lines and there were three competitive
races, but voters returned the entire delegation. The closest
contest occured in the 6th CD (Adams, Arapahoe and Douglas Cos.), where
Rep. Mike Coffman (R)
defeated
state Rep. Joe Miklosi (D) by
47.8% to 45.8% and 5.4% to two other candidates (7,001 votes out of
342,914 cast).
In
the 7th CD (Adams and Jefferson Cos.), Rep. Ed
Perlmutter (D) defeated Joe Coors
(R) by 53.5% to 40.8% and 5.6% to two other candidates.
In
the
3rd
CD
(Western
Colorado)
freshman
Rep. Scott
Tipton
(R) defeated state
Rep. Sal Pace (D) by
53.4% to 41.1% and 5.6% to two other candidates.
State Legislature:
Control was split going into the Nov. 6 elections; Democrats
held the
Senate (20D, 15R)
while
Republicans held the House by a one-seat margin (33R, 32D).
All 65 House seats and 18 of the 35 Senate seats were up. Much
attention and resources focused
on Colorado House races. Democrats gained control in the House to
37D, 28R and kept
control in the Senate, 19D,
16R.
Ballot Measures: COSOS.
Voters
approved
Amendment
64,
Use
and
Regulation
of Marijuana, by 54.8%
to 45.2%. Campaign
to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol | Smart Colorado. By a wide margin
they
also approved Amendment 65, a non-binding measure on campaign finance.
Democrats pick up one legislative chamber.
Connecticut [+]
BALLOT
[PDF][State
Primary
August
14]
Registered
Voters: 2,090,539.
U.S. Senate: Running to succeed Sen.
Joe Lieberman (I), Rep. Chris
Murphy (D) defeated Linda
McMahon (R), the former WWE CEO who also ran in 2010, by 55.1% to
43.3% and 1.7% for a Libertarian out of 1,504,895 votes cast.
U.S. House: Rep.
Chris Murphy (D)'s run for Senate created an open seat in the 5th CD
(Northwest CT); former state Rep. and attorney Elizabeth Esty (D) defeated
attorney and state Sen. Andrew
Roraback
(R). Esty won the primary in an upset and Roraback was a
veteran legislator; this was seen as a possible Republican
pickup, but Esty won by 146,098 (51.3%) to 138,637 (48.7%).
State
Legislature: Democrats kept strong majorities in both
chambers. All 151 House seats and 36
Senate seats wre up.
The
balance
in the House remained at 99D,
52R,
while
the
Senate
went
from
23D,
13R to 24D, 12R.
...Redistricting +
...2010
midterms
+
Delaware [+]
BALLOT
[PDF][State
Primary
September
11]
Registered
Voters: 632,805.
Governor: Gov. Jack Markell
(D) defeated
businessman Jeff Cragg (R) of
Brandywine Hundred by 69.3% to 28.6% with two others
getting the remainder.
U.S. Senate: Sen. Tom
Carper (D), seeking a
third term, defeated businessman Kevin
Wade
(R) of New Castle by 66.4% to 29.0% with two others getting the
remainder.
U.S. House:
Freshman Rep. John Carney (D)
defeated New Castle County President Tom Kovach (R) by 64.4%
to 33.4%.
State Legislature:
Democrats maintained strong majorities in both chambers
All seats were up. The Senate went
from 14D, 7R to 13D, 8R and
the House from 26D,
15R to 27D, 14R.
...2010
midterms +
District of Columbia [+]
BALLOT
[PDF][State
Primary
April
3...change
from Sept.]
Registered
Voters: 483,662.
Florida [+]
BALLOT
[PDF][State
Primary
August
14]
Registered
Voters:
11,934,446.
U.S. Senate: Sen. Bill
Nelson
(D) won a third term, defeating Rep. Connie
Mack
IV
(R) by
55.2% to 42.2%.
U.S. House:
Florida's House delegation increased from 25 to 27
Members. Two
members were defeated in primaries (Reps. Stearns and Adams).
Florida sent seven new members
(3R and 4D): 3. T.Yoho (R), 6. R.Desantis (R), 9. A.Grayson (D), 18.
P.Murphy (D), 19. T.Radel (R), 22. L.Frankel (D) and 26. J.Garcia (D)
[new district numbers]. The balance shifted from 19R, 6D to 17R, 10D.
New
district numbers...
-CD 3 (North Central FL) -
veterinarian and Tea Party
activist Ted
Yoho
(R) upset 12-term Rep. Cliff Stearns (R) in the primary and
easily defeated J.R. Gaillot
(D) in the general election.
-CD 7 (parts
of
Orange,
Seminole
and
Volusia
counties) - Rep. John Mica (R)
defeated freshman Rep. Sandy
Adams (R) in
the Aug.
14 primary and went on to be elected to an 11th term.
-CD 6 (open seat; parts of
Flagler, Putnam, St. Johns and Volusia Cos.)
- Navy veteran Ron Desantis (R)
defeated Navy veteran and non-profit CEO Heather Beaven (D).
-CD 9 (open seat; Orlando) -
controversial former Rep. Alan
Grayson
(D) won a
return to Congress, defeating radio host and attorney Todd Long (R), who had run
for Congress a couple of times previously.
-CD 18 (centers on Port St.
Lucie) - outspoken freshman Rep. Allen West (R), who
raised more than $17 million, narrowly lost
to Patrick
Murphy
(D), who
is
vice president of an environmental cleanup firm. West
conceded on Nov. 20.
-CD 19 (Mack seat; Southwest
FL) -
talk show host Trey Radel (R)
won a crowded primary
seeking
to
succeed
Rep.
Connie Mack IV (R) and easily defeated engineer and Vietnam veteran Jim Roach (D).
-CD 22 (open seat, runs along
the coast from Fort Lauderdale to Riviera Beach) - former
House
Minority
Leader
and
West
Palm Beach Mayor Lois
Frankel (D)
defeated former
House
Majority
Leader Adam
Hasner (R).
-CD 26 (Miami-Dade) - freshman
Rep. David Rivera (R), who
was hurt
by scandal, lost to Joe Garcia (D),
who
recently
headed
Office
of
Minority
Economic Impact and Diversity at the U.S.
Department of Energy and was successful in his third run for Congress.
State
Legislature:
Republicans had more than 2 to 1 majorities in
both chambers (Senate
28R, 12D and House 81R, 38D and 1v). All
seats wre up, and Democrats picked up a handful; the balance shifted to
26R, 14D in the Senate
and 74R, 46D in
the House.
Ballot Measures: Florida
voters
faced
a
challenging
array
of 11 constitutional amendments, and
defeated eight of them. FLSOS.
...Redistricting +
...2010
midterms
+
Two new U.S. House seats.
Democrats
pick
up
four
U.S.
House
seats.
Georgia [+]
BALLOT
[PDF][State
Primary
July
31]
Registered Voters:
5,428,980.
U.S. House: In
the new, Republican leaning 9th CD (Northeast corner of the state),
state Rep. Doug Collins and radio talk show
host Martha Zoller competed
in the Aug. 31 runoff for the Republican nomination; Collins won and
defeated attorney Jody
Cooley (D) by 76.18% to 23.82%. In the
12th CD, state Rep. Lee Anderson and businessman Rick W. Allen likewise
faced off in a runoff for the Republican nomination; Rep. John
Barrow
(D) then defeated Anderson by 53.70% to 46.30%. Three
Members, Reps. Lynn Westmoreland (R), Austin Scott (R) and Paul Broun
(R) faced no challengers on the ballot.
State Legislature: All 180 House
seats and 56 Senate
seats were up. Republicans strengthened
their already solid majorities in
both chambers; the House went from 113R, 66D, 1I to 119R, 60D, 1I and
the Senate 36R, 20D to 38R, 18D.
Ballot Measures:
Voters approved
two constitutional amendments, one on charter schools and one allowing
state agencies to enter into multi-year real estate rental agreements.
...Redistricting +
...2010
midterms
+
One new U.S. House seat. Republicans pick up one U.S. House seat.