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The election featured the first use of the top-two primary system in which primary elections list candidates from all parties on one ballot, and the top two vote-getters advance to the general election. Two elections (30th and 44th districts) featured two Democratic incumbents running against each other. [57]
The 2012 election marked the first time since Franklin D. Roosevelt's last two re-elections in 1940 and 1944 that the Democrats won a majority of the popular vote in two consecutive elections. [152] Obama was also the first president of either party to secure a majority of the popular vote in two elections since Ronald Reagan in 1980 and 1984 ...
2012 United States gubernatorial elections ← 2011 November 6, 2012 June 5 (Wisconsin recall) 2013 → 14 governorships 12 states; 2 territories [a] Majority party Minority party Party Republican Democratic Seats before 29 20 Seats after 30 19 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 8,305,687 7,992,567 Percentage 49.7% 47.9% Seats up 4 8 Seats won 5 7 Map of the results Democratic hold Republican gain ...
Nationwide, cities, counties, school boards, special districts and others held elections in 2012. Some of the major American cities that held mayoral elections in 2012 included: Carson City, Nevada: Incumbent Bob Crowell won re-election. Honolulu, Hawaii: Incumbent Peter Carlisle was defeated in the non-partisan blanket primary in August.
2012 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia Party Candidate Running mate Votes Percentage Electoral votes Democratic: Barack Obama (incumbent) Joe Biden (incumbent) 267,070: 90.91%: 3: Republican: Mitt Romney: Paul Ryan: 21,381 7.28% 0 Green: Jill Stein: Cheri Honkala: 2,458 0.84% 0 Libertarian: Gary Johnson: James P ...
Unanimously received the party's nomination at the 2012 Democratic National Convention, [3] with all challengers having been stripped of any delegates earned. [4] Vice President Joe Biden was selected as his running mate. Won re-election over former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney in the general election. [5] Appeared on all primary ballots
The 2012 United States state legislative elections were held on November 6, 2012, for 86 state legislative chambers in 44 states. Across the fifty states , approximately 65 percent of all upper house seats and 85 percent of all lower house seats were up for election.
Pages in category "Candidates in the 2012 United States presidential election" The following 59 pages are in this category, out of 59 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .