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The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 6, 2012. It coincided with the reelection of President Barack Obama.Elections were held for all 435 seats representing the 50 U.S. states and also for the delegates from the District of Columbia and five major U.S. territories.
Live election results from The Huffington Post. Romney vs. Obama, Senate, House and ballot measures.
The Reapportionment Act of 1929 (ch. 28, 46 Stat. 21, 2 U.S.C. § 2a), also known as the Permanent Apportionment Act of 1929, is a combined census and apportionment bill enacted on June 18, 1929, that establishes a permanent method for apportioning a constant 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives according to each census.
The House map would lower the Hispanic population of Canseco's district by concentrating Hispanics in Democrat Charlie Gonzalez's district. [18] The map was passed by the full House of Representatives on June 14. [19] On June 20, the Senate voted to accept the House's amendments. [20] The map was signed into law by Perry on July 18. [21]
Encouraged by those results, Lange is back for a rematch in 2012, and has been hitting Braley over his well-known ambitions to run for higher office. However, the northeast Iowa district has become slightly more Democratic after redistricting, and Braley will most likely be safer in a presidential year with President Obama at the top of the ticket.
Although House Democrats won a plurality of the popular vote (48.8% vs 47.6%), [13] House Republicans were still able to retain a 234 to 201 seat majority. A special election in Oregon's 1st congressional district was held on January 31 to determine a replacement for David Wu , who resigned in August 2011.
Live results of the 2012 marriage equality ballot measures. 9/12 House Forecast. Polls, ratings and analysis of the 2012 House races. 8/12 Senate Forecast.
Since 1913, the U.S. House of Representatives has consisted of 435 members, a number set by statute, though the number of representatives temporarily increased in 1959. Reapportionment also affects presidential elections, as each state is guaranteed electoral votes equivalent to the number of representatives and senators representing the state.