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The 2012 Senate map

33 Senate contests were decided in 2012: Democrats won 23, Republicans 8, independents and others 2. Every contest below links to its page with the state's full Senate history.

2012 US Senate elections
2012 Senate margin by stateA map of the United States with each state filled by its 2012 result — deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), and gold where an independent or third-party candidate carried the state.Alabama · —Alaska · —Arizona · R+3.0Colorado · —Florida · D+13.0Georgia · —Indiana · D+5.8Kansas · —Maine · O+25.2Massachusetts · D+7.5Minnesota · D+34.7New Jersey · D+19.5North Carolina · —North Dakota · D+0.9Oklahoma · —Pennsylvania · D+9.1South Dakota · —Texas · R+15.8Wyoming · R+54.1Connecticut · D+12.5Missouri · D+15.7West Virginia · D+24.1Illinois · —New Mexico · D+5.7Arkansas · —California · D+25.0Delaware · D+37.5District of Columbia · —Hawaii · D+25.2Iowa · —Kentucky · —Maryland · D+29.7Michigan · D+20.8Mississippi · R+16.6Montana · D+3.7New Hampshire · —New York · D+43.6Ohio · D+6.0Oregon · —Tennessee · R+34.5Utah · R+35.3Virginia · D+5.9Washington · D+20.9Wisconsin · D+5.5Nebraska · R+15.5South Carolina · —Idaho · —Nevada · R+1.2Vermont · O+50.2Louisiana · —Rhode Island · D+29.9
2012Senate margin
D+60
R+60
States with a Senate contest in 2012, each filled by its result. States without a seat up this cycle are faint.
Gold marks a state an independent or third-party candidate carried — the blue/red ramp is the Democratic-vs-Republican margin only where a major party won.
Smaller states, enlarged
VTO+50.2MAD+7.5RID+29.9CTD+12.5NJD+19.5DED+37.5MDD+29.7
Blue and red show the Democratic-vs-Republican margin; gold marks a seat an independent won (e.g. Vermont or Maine). Where a state ran two contests in one year, the map shows the regular-cycle result.
Cycle summary
Wins by party — seats decided this cycle, not the resulting chamber balance.
Contests
33
Democratic wins
23
Republican wins
8
Other wins
2
Democratic 2323Republican 88Other 22
Every contest
Statewide totals; candidate-level detail joins when the raw store is re-fetched with names.
StateWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
ArizonaR
−3.0%
1,036,5421,104,4572,243,108
CaliforniaD
+25.0%
7,864,6244,713,88712,578,511
ConnecticutD
+12.5%
792,983604,5691,504,895
DelawareD
+37.5%
265,415115,700399,606
FloridaD
+13.0%
4,523,4513,458,2678,189,905
HawaiiD
+25.2%
269,489160,994430,483
IndianaD
+5.8%
1,281,1811,133,6212,560,084
MassachusettsD
+7.5%
1,696,3461,458,0483,156,553
MarylandD
+29.7%
1,474,028693,2912,630,505
MaineO
−17.5%
92,900215,399700,599
MichiganD
+20.8%
2,735,8261,767,3864,652,849
MinnesotaD
+34.7%
1,854,595867,9742,840,625
MissouriD
+15.7%
1,494,1251,066,1592,725,752
MississippiR
−16.6%
503,467709,6261,241,568
MontanaD
+3.7%
236,123218,051486,066
North DakotaD
+0.9%
161,337158,401319,738
NebraskaR
−15.5%
332,979455,593788,572
New JerseyD
+19.5%
1,987,6801,329,5343,376,649
New MexicoD
+5.7%
395,717351,260775,176
NevadaR
−1.2%
446,080457,656997,805
New YorkD
+43.6%
4,420,0431,514,6476,660,665
OhioD
+6.0%
2,762,6902,435,7125,449,018
PennsylvaniaD
+9.1%
3,021,3642,509,1325,627,422
Rhode IslandD
+29.9%
271,034146,222417,256
TennesseeR
−34.5%
705,8821,506,4432,320,189
TexasR
−15.8%
3,194,9274,440,1377,864,822
UtahR
−35.3%
301,873657,6081,006,900
VirginiaD
+5.9%
2,010,0671,785,5423,795,609
VermontO
−24.9%
072,898292,510
WashingtonD
+20.9%
1,855,4931,213,9243,069,417
WisconsinD
+5.5%
1,547,1041,380,1263,009,298
West VirginiaD
+24.1%
399,898240,787660,202
WyomingR
−54.1%
53,019185,250244,445