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The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections were held November 6, 2012, to elect representatives from all 435 congressional districts across each of the 50 U.S. states. The six non-voting delegates from the District of Columbia and the inhabited U.S. territories will also be elected. Numerous federal, state, and local elections, including the 2012 presidential election and the 2012 Senate elections, were also held on this date.
Several sites and individuals publish ratings of competitive seats. The seats listed below were considered competitive (not "safe" or "solid") by at least one of the rating groups. These ratings are based upon factors such as the strength of the incumbent (if the incumbent is running for re-election), the strength of the candidates, and the partisan history of the district (the Cook Partisan Voting Index is one example of this metric). Each rating describes the likelihood of a given outcome in the election.
Most election ratings use:
| District | CPVI | Incumbent | Previous result | Cook November 5, 2012 [1] | Rothenberg November 2, 2012 [2] | Sabato November 5, 2012 [3] | RCP November 4, 2012 [4] | Roll Call November 4, 2012 [5] | NYT November 4, 2012 [6] | The Hill November 4, 2012 [7] | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona 1 | R+3 | Paul Gosar (R) (switching seats) [lower-alpha 1] | 49.7% R | Tossup | Tossup | Lean R | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup | Ann Kirkpatrick (D) |
| Arizona 2 | R+2 | Ron Barber (D) | 52.3% D | Lean D | Tilt D | Likely D | Lean D | Tossup | Tossup | Lean D | Ron Barber (D) |
| Arizona 9 | R+1 | David Schweikert (R) (switching seats) [lower-alpha 2] | 52.0% R | Lean D (flip) | Tilt D (flip) | Lean D (flip) | Lean D (flip) | Tossup | Lean D (flip) | Tossup | Kyrsten Sinema (D) |
| Arkansas 1 | R+7 | Rick Crawford (R) | 51.8% R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Likely R | Rick Crawford (R) |
| Arkansas 4 | R+9 | Mike Ross (D) (retiring) | 57.5% D | Likely R (flip) | Safe R (flip) | Safe R (flip) | Safe R (flip) | Safe R (flip) | Safe R (flip) | Likely R (flip) | Tom Cotton (R) |
| California 3 | D+1 | John Garamendi (D) | 58.8% D | Likely D | Safe D | Safe D | Likely D | Likely D | Lean D | Lean D | John Garamendi (D) |
| California 7 | R+3 | Dan Lungren (R) | 50.1% R | Tossup | Tilt D (flip) | Lean D (flip) | Tossup | Tossup | Lean D (flip) | Lean D (flip) | Ami Bera (D) |
| California 9 | D+2 | Jerry McNerney (D) | 48.0% D | Tossup | Tilt D | Lean D | Tossup | Lean D | Lean D | Lean D | Jerry McNerney (D) |
| California 10 | R+5 | Jeff Denham (R) | 64.6% R | Tossup | Tilt R | Lean R | Tossup | Tossup | Lean R | Tossup | Jeff Denham (R) |
| California 16 | D+2 | Jim Costa (D) | 51.7% D | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D | Lean D | Likely D | Jim Costa (D) |
| California 21 | R+3 | (New seat) | Likely R | Safe R | Likely R | Likely R | Safe R | Lean R | Lean R | David Valadao (R) | |
| California 24 | D+3 | Lois Capps (D) | 57.8% D | Lean D | Tilt D | Lean D | Tossup | Tossup | Lean D | Tossup | Lois Capps (D) |
| California 26 | D+2 | Elton Gallegly (R) (retiring) | 59.9% R | Tossup | Tossup | Lean D (flip) | Tossup | Tossup | Lean D (flip) | Tossup | Julia Brownley (D) |
| California 36 | R+3 | Mary Bono (R) | 51.4% R | Tossup | Tilt R | Lean R | Tossup | Tossup | Lean R | Tossup | Raul Ruiz (D) |
| California 41 | D+3 | (New seat) | Lean D | Lean D | Lean D | Lean D | Lean D | Tossup | Lean D | Mark Takano (D) | |
| California 47 | D+5 | (New seat) | Likely D | Likely D | Likely D | Likely D | Safe D | Lean D | Likely D | Alan Lowenthal (D) | |
| California 52 | R+1 | Brian Bilbray (R) | 56.6% R | Tossup | Tossup | Lean D (flip) | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup | Scott Peters (D) |
| Colorado 3 | R+4 | Scott Tipton (R) | 50.1% R | Lean R | Likely R | Likely R | Lean R | Tossup | Lean R | Lean R | Scott Tipton (R) |
| Colorado 6 | R+1 | Mike Coffman (R) | 65.7% R | Tossup | Tilt R | Lean R | Tossup | Tossup | Lean R | Tossup | Mike Coffman (R) |
| Colorado 7 | D+3 | Ed Perlmutter (D) | 53.4% D | Lean D | Lean D | Likely D | Lean D | Likely D | Safe D | Safe D | Ed Perlmutter (D) |
| Connecticut 4 | D+5 | Jim Himes (D) | 53.1% D | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D | Likely D | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D | Jim Himes (D) |
| Connecticut 5 | D+2 | Chris Murphy (D) (retiring) [lower-alpha 3] | 54.1% D | Tossup | Tossup | Lean D | Tossup | Lean D | Tossup | Lean D | Elizabeth Esty (D) |
| Florida 2 | R+3 | Steve Southerland (R) | 53.6% R | Lean R | Likely R | Lean R | Lean R | Lean R | Lean R | Likely R | Steve Southerland (R) |
| Florida 9 | D+4 | (New seat) | Likely D | Safe D | Safe D | Likely D | Safe D | Lean D | Likely D | Alan Grayson (D) | |
| Florida 10 | R+3 | Daniel Webster (R) | 56.1% R | Lean R | Lean R | Lean R | Lean R | Lean R | Lean R | Tossup | Daniel Webster (R) |
| Florida 13 | R+1 | Bill Young (R) | 65.9% R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Likely R | Safe R | Safe R | Lean R | Bill Young (R) |
| Florida 16 | R+5 | Vern Buchanan (R) | 68.9% R | Likely R | Likely R | Likely R | Likely R | Likely R | Lean R | Likely R | Vern Buchanan (R) |
| Florida 18 | R+1 | Tom Rooney (R) (switching seats) [lower-alpha 4] | 66.9% R | Tossup | Tilt R | Lean R | Tossup | Lean R | Tossup | Tossup | Patrick Murphy (D) |
| Florida 24 | D+5 | Allen West (R) (switching seats) [lower-alpha 5] | 54.4% R | Likely D (flip) | Likely D (flip) | Lean D (flip) | Lean D (flip) | Likely D (flip) | Lean D (flip) | Tossup | Lois Frankel (D) |
| Florida 26 | R+3 | David Rivera (R) | 52.2% R | Lean D (flip) | Lean D (flip) | Lean D (flip) | Lean D (flip) | Lean D (flip) | Tossup | Likely D (flip) | Joe Garcia (D) |
| Georgia 12 | R+9 | John Barrow (D) | 56.6% D | Tossup | Tilt D | Lean D | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup | John Barrow (D) |
| Illinois 8 | D+6 | Peter Roskam (R) (switching seats) [lower-alpha 6] | 63.7% R | Lean D (flip) | Lean D (flip) | Lean D (flip) | Lean D (flip) | Lean D (flip) | Tossup | Likely D (flip) | Tammy Duckworth (D) |
| Illinois 10 | D+8 | Bob Dold (R) | 51.1% R | Tossup | Tossup | Lean R | Tossup | Tossup | Lean D (flip) | Tossup | Brad Schneider (D) |
| Illinois 11 | D+6 | Judy Biggert (R) | 63.8% R | Tossup | Tossup | Lean D (flip) | Lean D (flip) | Tossup | Lean D (flip) | Lean D (flip) | Bill Foster (D) |
| Illinois 12 | D+2 | Jerry Costello (D) | 59.8% D | Tossup | Tossup | Lean D | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup | William Enyart (D) |
| Illinois 13 | D+1 | (New seat) [lower-alpha 7] | Tossup | Tossup | Lean D | Tossup | Tossup | Lean R | Tossup | Rodney Davis (R) | |
| Illinois 17 | D+6 | Bobby Schilling (R) | 52.6% R | Tossup | Tossup | Lean D (flip) | Tossup | Tossup | Lean D (flip) | Lean D (flip) | Cheri Bustos (D) |
| Indiana 2 | R+7 | Joe Donnelly (D) (retiring) [lower-alpha 3] | 48.2% D | Likely R (flip) | Safe R (flip) | Likely R (flip) | Likely R (flip) | Likely R (flip) | Safe D | Lean R (flip) | Jackie Walorski (R) |
| Indiana 8 | R+8 | Larry Bucshon (R) | 57.6% R | Lean R | Likely R | Lean R | Likely R | Safe R | Lean R | Lean R | Larry Bucshon (R) |
| Iowa 1 | D+5 | Bruce Braley (D) | 49.5% D | Likely D | Safe D | Likely D | Likely D | Safe D | Safe D | Likely D | Bruce Braley (D) |
| Iowa 2 | D+4 | Dave Loebsack (D) | 55.4% D | Likely D | Likely D | Likely D | Likely D | Likely D | Safe D | Lean D | Dave Loebsack (D) |
| Iowa 3 | R+1 | Leonard Boswell (D) [lower-alpha 8] | 48.2% D | Lean R (flip) | Tilt R (flip) | Lean R (flip) | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup | Tom Latham (R) |
| Iowa 4 | R+4 | Tom Latham (R) (switching seats) [lower-alpha 9] | 65.8% R | Lean R | Tilt R | Lean R | Tossup | Lean R | Lean R | Lean R | Steve King (R) |
| Kentucky 6 | R+7 | Ben Chandler (D) | 50.1% D | Tossup | Tossup | Lean R (flip) | Tossup | Tossup | Lean D | Tossup | Andy Barr (R) |
| Maine 2 | D+3 | Mike Michaud (D) | 55.1% D | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D | Lean D | Safe D | Safe D | Likely D | Mike Michaud (D) |
| Maryland 6 | D+2 | Roscoe Bartlett (R) | 61.5% R | Likely D (flip) | Likely D (flip) | Likely D (flip) | Likely D (flip) | Likely D (flip) | Lean D (flip) | Lean D (flip) | John Delaney (D) |
| Massachusetts 6 | D+7 | John F. Tierney (D) | 56.9% D | Lean R (flip) | Lean R (flip) | Lean R (flip) | Lean R (flip) | Lean R (flip) | Tossup | Lean R (flip) | John F. Tierney (D) |
| Michigan 1 | R+4 | Dan Benishek (R) | 51.9% R | Tossup | Tossup | Lean D (flip) | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup | Dan Benishek (R) |
| Michigan 3 | R+5 | Justin Amash (R) | 59.7% R | Likely R | Safe R | Lean R | Likely R | Safe R | Lean R | Safe R | Justin Amash (R) |
| Michigan 6 | R+1 | Fred Upton (R) | 62.0% R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Likely R | Fred Upton (R) |
| Michigan 7 | R+3 | Tim Walberg (R) | 50.2% R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Lean R | Safe R | Tim Walberg (R) |
| Michigan 11 | R+4 | (Vacant) [lower-alpha 10] | 59.3% R | Lean R | Lean R | Lean R | Tossup | Likely R | Lean R | Likely R | Kerry Bentivolio (R) |
| Minnesota 2 | R+2 | John Kline (R) | 63.3% R | Safe R | Safe R | Likely R | Safe R | Likely R | Lean R | Likely R | John Kline (R) |
| Minnesota 6 | R+8 | Michele Bachmann (R) | 52.5% R | Lean R | Lean R | Likely R | Lean R | Lean R | Safe R | Lean R | Michele Bachmann (R) |
| Minnesota 7 | R+5 | Collin Peterson (D) | 60.4% D | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D | Likely D | Collin Peterson (D) |
| Minnesota 8 | D+3 | Chip Cravaack (R) | 48.2% R | Tossup | Tossup | Lean D (flip) | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup | Rick Nolan (D) |
| Montana at-large | R+7 | Denny Rehberg (R) (retiring) [lower-alpha 3] | 60.3% R | Likely R | Safe R | Likely R | Likely R | Likely R | Safe R | Likely R | Steve Daines (R) |
| Nebraska 2 | R+6 | Lee Terry (R) | 60.8% R | Likely R | Safe R | Safe R | Lean R | Safe R | Safe R | Likely R | Lee Terry (R) |
| Nevada 3 | Even | Joe Heck (R) | 48.1% R | Lean R | Lean R | Lean R | Lean R | Lean R | Lean R | Tossup | Joe Heck (R) |
| Nevada 4 | D+2 | (New seat) | Tossup | Tossup | Lean D | Tossup | Tossup | Lean D | Tossup | Steven Horsford (D) | |
| New Hampshire 1 | Even | Frank Guinta (R) | 54.0% R | Tossup | Tossup | Lean R | Tossup | Tossup | Lean R | Tossup | Carol Shea-Porter (D) |
| New Hampshire 2 | D+3 | Charles Bass (R) | 48.3% R | Lean D (flip) | Tossup | Lean D (flip) | Lean D (flip) | Tossup | Tossup | Lean D (flip) | Annie Kuster (D) |
| New Jersey 3 | R+3 | Jon Runyan (R) | 50.0% R | Lean R | Likely R | Likely R | Lean R | Safe R | Likely R | Likely R | Jon Runyan (R) |
| New Jersey 5 | R+4 | Scott Garrett (R) | 65.0% R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Likely R | Scott Garrett (R) |
| New Jersey 7 | R+6 | Leonard Lance (R) | 65.0% R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Likely R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Leonard Lance (R) |
| New Jersey 9 | D+11 | Bill Pascrell (D) | 62.7% D | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D | Likely D | Bill Pascrell (D) |
| New Mexico 1 | D+5 | Martin Heinrich (D) (retiring) [lower-alpha 3] | 51.8% D | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D | Lean D | Likely D | Martin Heinrich (D) |
| New York 1 | Even | Tim Bishop (D) | 50.2% D | Lean D | Tilt D | Lean D | Tossup | Lean D | Tossup | Tossup | Tim Bishop (D) |
| New York 11 | R+6 | Michael Grimm (R) | 51.3% R | Likely R | Lean R | Likely R | Likely R | Likely R | Tossup | Likely R | Michael Grimm (R) |
| New York 18 | R+2 | Nan Hayworth (R) | 52.7% R | Tossup | Tilt R | Lean R | Lean R | Tossup | Lean R | Tossup | Sean Patrick Maloney (D) |
| New York 19 | Even | Chris Gibson (R) | 54.9% R | Tossup | Tilt R | Lean R | Lean R | Tossup | Lean R | Tossup | Chris Gibson (R) |
| New York 21 | R+2 | Bill Owens (D) | 47.5% D | Lean D | Tilt D | Lean D | Tossup | Tossup | Lean D | Lean D | Bill Owens (D) |
| New York 22 | R+3 | Richard Hanna (R) | 53.1% R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Lean R | Likely R | Richard Hanna (R) |
| New York 23 | R+3 | Tom Reed (R) | 52.1% R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Lean R | Safe R | Tom Reed (R) |
| New York 24 | D+3 | Ann Marie Buerkle (R) | 50.2% R | Lean D (flip) | Tilt D (flip) | Lean D (flip) | Lean D (flip) | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup | Dan Maffei (D) |
| New York 25 | D+5 | Louise Slaughter (D) | 64.9% D | Likely D | Likely D | Lean D | Lean D | Likely D | Lean D | Likely D | Louise Slaughter (D) |
| New York 27 | R+7 | Kathy Hochul (D) | 47.2% D | Lean R (flip) | Tilt R (flip) | Lean R (flip) | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup | Chris Collins (R) |
| North Carolina 7 | R+11 | Mike McIntyre (D) | 53.7% D | Tossup | Tossup | Lean R (flip) | Tossup | Tossup | Lean D | Tossup | Mike McIntyre (D) |
| North Carolina 8 | R+12 | Larry Kissell (D) | 53.0% D | Likely R (flip) | Likely R (flip) | Likely R (flip) | Likely R (flip) | Likely R (flip) | Tossup | Likely R (flip) | Richard Hudson (R) |
| North Carolina 11 | R+12 | Heath Shuler (D) (retiring) | 54.3% D | Likely R (flip) | Likely R (flip) | Likely R (flip) | Likely R (flip) | Safe R (flip) | Lean R (flip) | Likely R (flip) | Mark Meadows (R) |
| North Carolina 13 | R+9 | Brad Miller (D) (retiring) | 55.5% D | Likely R (flip) | Likely R (flip) | Likely R (flip) | Likely R (flip) | Safe R (flip) | Lean R (flip) | Likely R (flip) | George Holding (R) |
| North Dakota at-large | R+10 | Rick Berg (R) (retiring) [lower-alpha 3] | 54.7% R | Likely R | Safe R | Likely R | Likely R | Likely R | Safe R | Likely R | Kevin Cramer (R) |
| Ohio 6 | R+5 | Bill Johnson (R) | 50.2% R | Tossup | Lean R | Lean R | Tossup | Lean R | Tossup | Lean R | Bill Johnson (R) |
| Ohio 7 | R+5 | Bob Gibbs (R) | 53.9% R | Likely R | Safe R | Safe R | Likely R | Safe R | Lean R | Likely R | Bob Gibbs (R) |
| Ohio 9 | D+15 | Marcy Kaptur (D) | 59.4% D | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D | Likely D | Marcy Kaptur (D) |
| Ohio 16 | R+5 | Jim Renacci (R) [lower-alpha 11] | 52.1% R | Lean R | Tilt R | Lean D (flip) | Tossup | Lean R | Tossup | Tossup | Jim Renacci (R) |
| Oklahoma 2 | R+14 | Dan Boren (D) (retiring) | 56.5% D | Likely R (flip) | Safe R (flip) | Lean R (flip) | Likely R (flip) | Likely R (flip) | Safe R (flip) | Lean R (flip) | Markwayne Mullin (R) |
| Oregon 5 | Even | Kurt Schrader (D) | 51.3% D | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D | Lean D | Likely D | Kurt Schrader (D) |
| Pennsylvania 6 | R+1 | Jim Gerlach (R) | 53.1% R | Likely R | Safe R | Likely R | Likely R | Safe R | Lean R | Likely R | Jim Gerlach (R) |
| Pennsylvania 7 | Even | Pat Meehan (R) | 54.9% R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Lean R | Likely R | Pat Meehan (R) |
| Pennsylvania 8 | D+1 | Mike Fitzpatrick (R) | 53.5% R | Lean R | Likely R | Likely R | Likely R | Safe R | Lean R | Lean R | Mike Fitzpatrick (R) |
| Pennsylvania 11 | R+6 | Lou Barletta (R) | 54.7% R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Likely R | Lou Barletta (R) |
| Pennsylvania 12 | R+6 | Jason Altmire (D) (lost renomination) [lower-alpha 12] | 50.8% D | Tossup | Tossup | Lean D | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup | Keith Rothfus (R) |
| Pennsylvania 15 | R+2 | Charlie Dent (R) | 53.5% R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Likely R | Charlie Dent (R) |
| Pennsylvania 18 | R+6 | Tim Murphy (R) | 67.3% R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Likely R | Tim Murphy (R) |
| Rhode Island 1 | D+14 | David Cicilline (D) | 50.6% D | Tossup | Tilt D | Lean D | Lean D | Tossup | Lean D | Tossup | David Cicilline (D) |
| South Dakota at-large | R+9 | Kristi Noem (R) | 48.1% R | Likely R | Safe R | Likely R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Kristi Noem (R) |
| Tennessee 4 | R+13 | Scott DesJarlais (R) | 57.1% R | Tossup | Tilt R | Lean R | Lean R | Lean R | Safe R | Lean R | Scott DesJarlais (R) |
| Texas 10 | R+11 | Michael McCaul (R) | 64.7% R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Likely R | Michael McCaul (R) |
| Texas 14 | R+8 | Ron Paul (R) (retiring) | 76.0% R | Lean R | Lean R | Likely R | Lean R | Lean R | Safe R | Lean R | Randy Weber (R) |
| Texas 23 | R+5 | Quico Canseco (R) | 49.4% R | Tossup | Tilt R | Lean D (flip) | Tossup | Tossup | Lean R | Tossup | Pete Gallego (D) |
| Texas 34 | D+3 | (New seat) | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D | Likely D | Filemon Vela Jr. (D) | |
| Utah 4 | R+14 | (New seat) [lower-alpha 13] | Lean R | Tilt R | Lean R | Tossup | Lean R | Tossup | Tossup | Jim Matheson (D) | |
| Virginia 2 | R+5 | Scott Rigell (R) | 53.1% R | Likely R | Likely R | Likely R | Likely R | Likely R | Lean R | Lean R | Scott Rigell (R) |
| Virginia 5 | R+5 | Robert Hurt (R) | 50.8% R | Safe R | Safe R | Likely R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Robert Hurt (R) |
| Washington 1 | D+3 | (Vacant) [lower-alpha 14] | 57.7% D | Likely D | Lean D | Likely D | Lean D | Likely D | Lean D | Lean D | Suzan DelBene (D) |
| Washington 3 | R+2 | Jaime Herrera Beutler (R) | 53.0% R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Likely R | Jaime Herrera Beutler (R) |
| Washington 10 | D+4 | (New seat) | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D | Lean D | Likely D | Denny Heck (D) | |
| West Virginia 3 | R+6 | Nick Rahall (D) | 56.0% D | Likely D | Safe D | Likely D | Likely D | Likely D | Lean D | Likely D | Nick Rahall (D) |
| Wisconsin 7 | Even | Sean Duffy (R) | 52.1% R | Lean R | Lean R | Lean R | Lean R | Likely R | Lean R | Tossup | Sean Duffy (R) |
| Wisconsin 8 | R+2 | Reid Ribble (R) | 55.9% R | Likely R | Safe R | Likely R | Likely R | Safe R | Lean R | Likely R | Reid Ribble (R) |
| Overall | R - 217 D - 174 44 tossups | R - 233 D - 185 18 tossups | R - 239 D - 196 | R - 224 D - 178 33 tossups | R - 227 D -175 33 tossups | R - 227 D - 183 25 tossups | Republican retain 35 tossups | R - 234 D - 201 | |||
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Elections held in the state of Washington on November 6, 2012. A nonpartisan blanket primary was held on August 7, 2012.
United States gubernatorial elections were held in three states in 2015 as part of the 2015 United States elections. In Kentucky and Mississippi, the elections were held on November 3, and in Louisiana, as no candidate received a majority of votes at the primary election on October 24, 2015, a runoff election was held on November 21. The last regular gubernatorial elections for all three states were in 2011. Democrats picked up the open seat of term-limited Republican Bobby Jindal in Louisiana, while Republicans re-elected incumbent Phil Bryant in Mississippi and picked up the seat of term-limited Democrat Steve Beshear in Kentucky.
United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 8, 2016, in 12 states and two territories. The last regular gubernatorial elections for nine of the 12 states took place in 2012. The last gubernatorial elections for New Hampshire, Oregon, and Vermont took place in 2014, as Oregon held a special election due to the resignation of Governor John Kitzhaber, while the governors of New Hampshire and Vermont both serve two-year terms. The 2016 gubernatorial elections took place concurrently with several other federal, state, and local elections, including the presidential election, Senate, and House elections.
United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 3, 2020, in 11 states and two territories. The previous gubernatorial elections for this group of states took place in 2016, except in New Hampshire and Vermont where governors only serve two-year terms. These two states elected their current governors in 2018. Nine state governors ran for reelection and all nine won, while Democrat Steve Bullock of Montana could not run again due to term limits and Republican Gary Herbert of Utah decided to retire at the end of his term.
The 2020 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 2020. It followed a top-two primary held on August 4. Incumbent governor Jay Inslee, the Democratic candidate, defeated Loren Culp, the Republican candidate by a wide margin. Inslee, who was eligible to run for a third term due to the lack of gubernatorial term limits, initially launched a campaign for president of the United States in the 2020 election. When he dropped out of that race in August 2019 due to extremely low polling numbers, he announced he would seek a third term as governor. Several other Democratic political figures considered entering the race if Inslee did not run, including Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson; no other major Democratic candidates entered the race. Republican Loren Culp, the police chief of Republic, Washington, placed second in the top-two primary and advanced to the general election alongside Inslee.
The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 6, 2018, with early voting taking place in some states in the weeks preceding that date. Voters chose representatives from all 435 congressional districts across each of the 50 U.S. states. Non-voting delegates from the District of Columbia and four of the five inhabited U.S. territories were also elected. These midterm elections took place nearly halfway through the first term of Republican President Donald Trump. The winners will serve in the 116th United States Congress, with seats apportioned among the states based on the 2010 United States census. On Election Day, Republicans had held a House majority since January 2011 as a result of the 2010 elections.
General elections were held in the U.S. state of Washington on November 3, 2020. A primary was held on August 4. This election cycle is notable as it was only the second in state history in which Democrats won the top three statewide elections by double digits. The first was the 1936 election, in the middle of the Great Depression. As of 2023, this was the last time Republicans won any statewide election in Washington.
The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections were held November 8, 2016, to elect representatives from all 435 congressional districts across each of the 50 U.S. states. The six non-voting delegates from the District of Columbia and the inhabited U.S. territories were also elected. Numerous federal, state, and local elections, including the 2016 presidential election and the 2016 Senate elections, were also held on this date.
The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 4, 2014, with early voting taking place in some states in the weeks preceding that date. Voters chose representatives from all 435 congressional districts across each of the 50 U.S. states. Non-voting delegates from the District of Columbia and four of the five inhabited U.S. territories were also elected. These midterm elections took place nearly halfway through the second term of Democratic President Barack Obama. The winners served in the 114th United States Congress, with seats apportioned among the states based on the 2010 United States census. On Election Day, Republicans had held a House majority since January 2011 as a result of the 2010 elections.