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The 2012 United States Senate election in Indiana took place on November 6, 2012, concurrently with the U.S. presidential election as well as other elections to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, and various state and local elections.
2012 United States Senate elections ← 2010 November 6, 2012 2014 → 2013 (MA, NJ) → 33 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate 51 seats needed for a majority Majority party Minority party Leader Harry Reid Mitch McConnell Party Democratic Republican Leader's seat Nevada Kentucky Seats before 51 47 Seats after 53 45 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 49,988,282 39,128,301 Percentage 53.4% ...
This is a list of elections held in 2012 in the U.S. state of Indiana: United States presidential election in Indiana, 2012; United States Senate election in Indiana, 2012; United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana, 2012; Indiana gubernatorial election, 2012
United States senators are elected in Indiana to serve in Class 1 and Class 3. Senators serve six years terms and are elected in statewide elections. Beginning in 1914, Indiana began electing senators by popular vote, prior to that senators were elected by the Indiana General Assembly.
The bipartisan Indiana Election Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to remove one of two Republican U.S. Senate candidates from the primary ballot, and the state Supreme Court rejected his legal ...
Republican Senate President Pro Tempore Rodric Bray has held this seat, which includes Mooresville and Martinsville, since 2012. Bray, a partner at his family's law firm, became Senate President ...
Although Indiana normally leans Republican, in 2008 Obama had been the first Democrat to win Indiana since 1964, albeit by a narrow 1.03% margin. Unlike North Carolina, Indiana was not seriously contested again by the Obama campaign in 2012; consequently, Romney was able to carry it by a 10.2% margin and win 6 counties Obama won in 2008.
The Republican nominee to replace Bucshon is Mark Messmer, who served in the Indiana Senate from 2014 until this summer and served in the Indiana House from 2008 through 2014. The Democrat in the ...