2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan

2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan

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All 14 Michigan seats to the United States House of Representatives
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Last election 9 6
Seats won 9 5
Seat change Steady Decrease 1
Popular vote 2,086,804 2,327,985
Percentage 45.62% 50.89%
Swing Decrease 6.70% Increase 6.59%

The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan was held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012, to elect the 14 U.S. representatives from the state of Michigan, a decrease of one following the 2010 United States census. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including a quadrennial presidential election and an election to the U.S. Senate. Primary elections were held on August 7, 2012. The filing deadline for candidates to file to run in the primary was May 15.[1][2] Except for two seats, all the incumbents sought re-election. The open seats were the 5th and 11th congressional districts. Due to the loss of one seat from the 2010 census, two congressmen ran against each other.

Despite Democrats winning more than 240,000 more votes for U.S. House districts statewide, Republicans won nine of 14 seats and Michiganders tied a state record by electing the lowest rate (35 percent) of U.S. Representatives by a major party whilst simultaneously casting its electoral votes for that party's presidential nominee.[3] This made Michigan one of five states (along with Wisconsin, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Arizona) where the party that won the most seats did not win the most votes in the state.

  1. ^ "August 7, 2012 Primary and November 6, 2012 General Election: Important Dates and Filing Deadlines" (PDF). Michigan Department of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 13, 2011. Retrieved August 16, 2011.
  2. ^ "2012 Michigan Official Primary Candidate Listing - 08/07/2012". mielections.us. Archived from the original on November 25, 2020.
  3. ^ Ostermeier, Eric (July 8, 2013). "Michigan Democrats' Gerrymandering Problem at Historic Level". Smart Politics. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015.

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