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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% ...
The 33 seats of Class I of the United States Senate were up for election. Democrats were expected to have 23 seats up for election, including 2 independents who caucus with the Democrats, while Republicans were only expected to have 10 seats up for election. The Democrats ended up retaining majority control of the Senate, picking up two net seats.
Politics and elections Andriy Shevchenko announces his retirement from football in order to go into politics. (BBC) Sport 2012 Summer Olympics: In archery, Im Dong-Hyun of South Korea sets a new world record at Lord's Cricket Ground. (AP via New Zealand Herald) [permanent dead link ] In swimming, Ye Shiwen of China sets a new world record in the women's 400 individual medley. (AP via ABC ...
In 2006, NBC paid another $2.2 billion to purchase the rights to the 2010 Winter Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics [150] but lost $223 million on the 2010 broadcasts. [151] NBC Olympics is the International Olympic Committee's, and by extension the Olympic movement's, highest revenue stream. [7]
Every two years a third of the seats are up for election. Some years also have a few special elections to fill vacancies. Each state has two senators elected in different years. There were 96 senators from 1912 to 1959 and 100 since then. The Senate has been dominated by Democrats (D) and Republicans (R) in the whole period.
The 2012 United States state legislative elections were held on November 6, 2012, for 86 state legislative chambers in 44 states. Across the fifty states, approximately 65 percent of all upper house seats and 85 percent of all lower house seats were up for election.
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2012 United States Senate election in Massachusetts ← 2010 (special) November 6, 2012 (2012-11-06) 2018 → Nominee Elizabeth Warren Scott Brown Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1,696,346 1,458,048 Percentage 53.74% 46.19% County results Municipality results Congressional district results Precinct results Warren: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Brown: 40–50% 50 ...