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2012 Senate Election Results: Democrats Retained Control ✓

U.S. Senate elections were held for 33 U.S. Senate seats on November 6, 2012 . Following the elections, Democrats retained control of the Senate after flipping up seats in Indiana, Maine, and Massachusetts. Republicans flipped up one seat in Nebraska.

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55 ✓
Democrats

45
Republicans

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Indiana U.S. Senate Election

✓ Joe Donnelly (DEM) won the Senate election in Indiana, flipping the seat to Democrats.

Massachusetts U.S. Senate Election

✓ Elizabeth Warren (DEM) won the Senate election in Massachusetts , flipping the seat to Democrats.

Nebraska U.S. Senate Election

✓ Deb Fischer (REP) won the Senate election in Nebraska, flipping the seat to Republicans. 

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All U.S. Senate Elections
Arizona U.S. Senate Election
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Jeff Flake (REP) ✓
Pop. Vote: 1,104,457 

Richard Carmona (DEM) 
Pop. Vote: 1,036,542 

Delaware U.S. Senate Election
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Tom Carper (DEM) ✓    
Votes: 265,415 

Kevin Wade (REP)     
Votes: 115,700

Indiana U.S. Senate Election
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Joe Donnelly (DEM) ✓     
Votes: 1,281,181

Richard Mourdock (REP)   
Votes: 1,133,621

Massachusetts U.S. Senate Election
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Elizabeth Warren (DEM) ✓ 
Votes: 1,696,346 

Scott Brown (REP)      
Votes: 1,458,048 

Mississippi U.S. Senate Election 
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Roger Wicker (REP) ✓     
Pop. Vote: 709,626 

Albert N. Gore, Jr. (DEM)      
Vote: 503,467 

Nebraska U.S. Senate Election 
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Deb Fischer (REP) ✓
Votes: 455,593 

Bob Kerrey (DEM)  
Votes: 332,979

New Mexico U.S. Senate Election 
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Martin Heinrich (DEM) ✓ 
Votes: 395,717

Heather Wilson (REP)     
Votes: 351,260

Ohio U.S. Senate Election
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Sherrod Brown (DEM) ✓     
Votes: 2,762,690

Josh Mandel (REP)      
Votes: 2,435,712 

Tennessee U.S. Senate Election
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Bob Corker (REP) ✓     
Votes: 1,506,443

Mark Clayton (DEM)      
Votes: 705,882

Vermont U.S. Senate Election
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Bernie Sanders (IND) ✓     
Votes: 207,848

John MacGovern (REP)      
Votes: 72,898

West Virginia U.S. Senate Election 
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Joe Manchin (DEM) ✓     
Votes: 399,898

John Raese (REP)      
Votes: 240,787

California U.S. Senate Election 
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Dianne Feinstein (DEM) ✓    
Votes: 7,864,624 

Elizabeth Emken (REP)
Votes: 4,713,887

Florida U.S. Senate Election
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Bill Nelson (DEM) ✓
Votes: 4,523,451 

Connie Mack (REP) 
Votes: 3,458,267 

Maine U.S. Senate Election
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Angus King (IND) ✓
Votes: 370,580 

Charles E. Summers, Jr. (REP)  
Votes: 215,399 

Michigan U.S. Senate Election
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Debbie Stabenow (DEM) ✓     
Votes: 2,735,826 

Pete Hoekstra (REP)  
Votes: 1,767,386 

Missouri U.S. Senate Election
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Claire McCaskill (DEM) ✓     
Votes: 1,494,125

Todd Akin (REP)      
Votes: 1,066,159 

Nevada U.S. Senate Election 
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Dean Heller (REP) ✓
Votes: 457,656

Shelley Berkley (DEM)     
Votes: 446,080

New York U.S. Senate Election 
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Kirsten Gillibrand (DEM) ✓ 
Votes: 4,420,043 

Wendy E. Long (REP)      
Votes: 1,514,647 

Pennsylvania U.S. Senate Election
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Bob Casey (DEM) ✓
Votes: 3,021,364

Tom Smith (REP)      
Votes: 2,509,132

Texas U.S. Senate Election
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Ted Cruz (REP) ✓ 
Votes: 4,440,137 

Paul Sadler (DEM)  
Votes: 3,194,927

Virginia U.S. Senate Election
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Tim Kaine (DEM) ✓     
Votes: 2,010,067 

George Allen (REP)      
Votes: 1,785,542 

Wisconsin U.S. Senate Election
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Tammy Baldwin (DEM) ✓     
Votes: 1,547,104

Tommy Thompson (REP)      
Votes: 1,380,126 

Connecticut U.S. Senate Election
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Chris Murphy (DEM) ✓    
Votes: 792,983

Linda McMahon (REP) 
Votes: 604,569

Hawaii U.S. Senate Election
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Mazie Hirono (DEM) ✓
Votes: 269,489

Linda Lingle (REP)     
Votes: 160,994

Maryland U.S. Senate Election
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Ben Cardin (DEM) ✓
Votes: 1,474,028 

Dan Bongino (REP)      
Votes: 693,291 

Minnesota U.S. Senate Election
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Amy Klobuchar (DEM) ✓
Votes: 1,854,595 

Kurt Bills (REP)      
Votes: 867,974 

Montana U.S. Senate Election 
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Jon Tester (DEM) ✓     
Votes: 236,123

Denny Rehberg (REP)      
Votes: 218,051 

New Jersey U.S. Senate Election
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Bob Menendez (DEM) ✓
Votes: 1,987,680 

Joe Kyrillos (REP)      
Votes: 1,329,534

North Dakota U.S. Senate Election
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Heidi Heitkamp (DEM) ✓     
Votes: 161,337

Rick Berg (REP)      
Votes: 158,401

Rhode Island U.S. Senate Election
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Sheldon Whitehouse (DEM) ✓   Votes: 271,034

Barry Barrett Hinckley III (REP)  
Votes: 146,222 

Utah U.S. Senate Election
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Orrin Hatch (REP) ✓
Votes: 657,608 

Scott Howell (DEM)      
Votes: 301,873

Washington U.S. Senate Election
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Maria Cantwell (DEM) ✓     
Votes: 1,855,493

Michael Baumgartner (REP)      
Votes: 1,213,924 

Wyoming U.S. Senate Election 
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John Barrasso (REP) ✓     
Votes: 185,250 

Tim Chesnut (DEM)      
Votes: 53,019

Notes:

  • Angus King (IND) caucused with the Democrats in the U.S. Senate.   

  • Bernie Sanders (IND) caucused with the Democrats in the U.S. Senate.   

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