2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Indiana

2012 Indiana's 1st congressional district election
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2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana
All 9 Indiana seats to the United States House of Representatives
Republican 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%	Democratic 60–70%

2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana

House elections in Indiana

The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012 to elect the nine U.S. representatives from the state, one from each of the state's nine congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including a quadrennial presidential election, an election to the U.S. Senate, and a gubernatorial election.

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United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana, 2012^[1]
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats	+/–
	Republican	1,351,760	52.93%	7	+1
	Democratic	1,142,554	44.74%	2	-1
	Libertarian	59,429	2.33%	0	-
	Independents	3	<0.01%	0	-
Totals		2,553,746	100.00%	9	-

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pete Visclosky (incumbent)	42,219	100.0
Total votes			42,219	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joel Phelps	11,952	100.0
Total votes			11,952	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pete Visclosky (incumbent)	187,743	67.3
	Republican	Joel Phelps	91,291	32.7
Total votes			279,034	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brendan Mullen	11,218	54.1
	Democratic	Dan Morrison	9,519	45.9
Total votes			20,737	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jackie Walorski	46,873	72.8
	Republican	Greg Andrews	17,522	27.2
Total votes			64,395	100.0

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[18]	Likely R (flip)	November 5, 2012
Rothenberg^[19]	Safe R (flip)	November 2, 2012
Roll Call^[20]	Likely R (flip)	November 4, 2012
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[21]	Likely R (flip)	November 5, 2012
NY Times^[22]	Likely D	November 4, 2012
RCP^[23]	Likely R (flip)	November 4, 2012
The Hill^[24]	Lean R (flip)	November 4, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jackie Walorski	134,033	49.0
	Democratic	Brendan Mullen	130,113	47.6
	Libertarian	Joe Ruiz	9,326	3.4
	Independent	Kenneth R. Lunce Jr. (write-in)	3	0.0
Total votes			273,475	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Marlin Stutzman (incumbent)	74,812	100.0
Total votes			74,812	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kevin R. Boyd	5,985	47.8
	Democratic	Tommy A. Schrader	1,694	13.5
	Democratic	Stephen G. Hope	1,441	11.5
	Democratic	Justin Kuhnle	1,265	10.1
	Democratic	David Sowards	1,172	9.4
	Democratic	John Forrest Roberson	966	7.7
Total votes			12,523	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Marlin Stutzman (incumbent)	187,872	67.0
	Democratic	Kevin Boyd	92,363	33.0
Total votes			280,235	100.0
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Todd Rokita (incumbent)	73,089	100.0
Total votes			73,089	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tara E. Nelson	7,018	58.3
	Democratic	Lester Terry Moore	5,010	41.7
Total votes			12,028	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Todd Rokita (incumbent)	168,688	61.9
	Democratic	Tara Nelson	93,015	34.2
	Libertarian	Benjamin Gehlhausen	10,565	3.9
Total votes			272,268	100.0
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Susan Brooks	31,185	30.2
	Republican	David McIntosh	30,175	29.2
	Republican	John McGoff	23,773	23.0
	Republican	Wayne Seybold	11,874	11.5
	Republican	Jack Lugar	4,758	4.6
	Republican	Jason Anderson	1,036	1.0
	Republican	Bill Salin	869	0.8
	Republican	Matthew Mount	453	0.4
Total votes			103,254	100.0

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Scott Reske	13,175	63.1
	Democratic	Tony Long	7,692	36.9
Total votes			20,867	100.0

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Luke Messer	32,859	40.3
	Republican	Travis Hankins	23,276	28.6
	Republican	Don Bates Jr.	10,913	13.4
	Republican	Bill Frazier	8,446	10.4
	Republican	Joe Sizemore	2,346	2.9
	Republican	Allen K. Smith II	1,679	2.1
	Republican	Joseph S. Van Wye, Sr	989	1.2
	Republican	John Hatter	917	1.1
Total votes			81,425	100.0

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bradley T. Bookout	8,278	30.9
	Democratic	Susan Hall Heitzman	7,077	26.5
	Democratic	Jim Crone	5,611	21.0
	Democratic	Dan Bolling	3,719	13.9
	Democratic	George T. Holland	2,059	7.7
Total votes			26,744	100.0

Indiana's 6th congressional district, 2012 ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Luke Messer	162,613	59.1
	Democratic	Brad Bookout	96,678	35.1
	Libertarian	Rex Bell	15,962	5.8
Total votes			275,253	100.0
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Susan Brooks	194,570	58.4
	Democratic	Scott Reske	125,347	37.6
	Libertarian	Chard Reid	13,442	4.0
Total votes			333,359	100.0
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	André Carson (incumbent)	34,782	90.3
	Democratic	Bob "Citizen" Kern	2,048	5.3
	Democratic	Woodrow Wilcox	1,082	2.8
	Democratic	Pierre Quincy Pullins	586	1.5
Total votes			38,498	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Carlos A. May	10,783	26.8
	Republican	Catherine Ping	9,771	24.3
	Republican	Steven Davis	7,727	19.1
	Republican	Wayne E. Harmon	4,252	10.6
	Republican	Anthony W. Duncan	4,079	10.1
	Republican	JD Miniear	2,227	5.5
	Republican	Lawrence B. Shouse	1,412	3.5
Total votes			40,251	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	André Carson (incumbent)	162,122	62.9
	Republican	Carlos May	95,828	37.1
Total votes			257,950	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Larry D. Bucshon (incumbent)	34,511	58.0
	Republican	Kristi Risk	24,960	42.0
Total votes			59,471	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dave Crooks	18,634	57.7
	Democratic	Thomas Barnett	10,638	32.9
	Democratic	William Bryk	3,023	9.4
Total votes			32,295	100.0

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[18]	Lean R	November 5, 2012
Rothenberg^[19]	Likely R	November 2, 2012
Roll Call^[20]	Safe R	November 4, 2012
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[21]	Lean R	November 5, 2012
NY Times^[22]	Lean R	November 4, 2012
RCP^[23]	Likely R	November 4, 2012
The Hill^[24]	Lean R	November 4, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Larry Bucshon (incumbent)	151,533	53.3
	Democratic	Dave Crooks	122,325	43.1
	Libertarian	Bart Gadau	10,134	3.6
Total votes			283,992	100.0
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Todd Young (incumbent)	59,327	100.0
Total votes			59,327	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Shelli Yoder	13,186	47.7
	Democratic	Robert Winningham	5,590	20.2
	Democratic	Jonathan George	4,591	16.6
	Democratic	John W. Tilford	2,233	8.1
	Democratic	John Griffin Miller	2,062	7.4
Total votes			27,662	100.0

2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Indiana

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Redistricting

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Todd Young (incumbent)	165,332	55.4
	Democratic	Shelli Yoder	132,848	44.6
Total votes			298,180	100.0
	Republican hold