US Senate Elections, 2012 (Joe's World)

The 2012 Senate elections occurred during the 2012 general re-election of President Barack Obama against challenger Mitt Romney. There were many vulnerable Democrats up for re-election in states where their party had done very poorly in 2010's tea-party fervor. However because of high turnout for the presidential ticket and the abysmally poor quality of Republican senate candidates, the Democrats instead ended up increasing their senate majority.
==Results==
===State===
Winning candidate in bold
State 	Incumbent 	Party 	Result 	Candidates
Arizona 	Jon Kyl 	Republican 	Retired, Republican hold 	Jeff Flake (Republican)Richard Carmona (Democratic)Michael F. Meyer (Independent)Marc Victor (Libertarian)
California 	Dianne Feinstein 	Democratic 	Incumbent re-elected 	Elizabeth Emken (Republican)
Connecticut 	Joe Lieberman 	Connecticut for Lieberman	Retired, Democratic gain 	Chris Murphy (Democratic)Linda McMahon (Republican)
Delaware 	Tom Carper 	Democratic 	Incumbent re-elected 	Kevin Wade (Republican)Alex Pires (Independent)
Florida 	Bill Nelson 	Democratic 	Incumbent re-elected 	Connie Mack IV (Republican)
Hawaii 	Daniel Akaka 	Democratic 	Retired, Democratic hold 	Mazie Hirono (Democratic)Linda Lingle (Republican)
Indiana 	Richard Lugar 	Republican 	Defeated in Primary, Democratic gain 	Joe Donnelly (Democratic)Richard Mourdock (Republican)Andrew Horning (Libertarian)
Maine 	Olympia Snowe 	Republican 	Retired, Independent gain 	Angus King (Independent)Charlie Summers (Republican)Cynthia Dill (Democratic)
Maryland 	Ben Cardin 	Democratic 	Incumbent re-elected 	Daniel Bongino (Republican)Brandy Baker (Socialist)
Massachusetts	Scott Brown 	Republican 	Incumbent lost re-election, Democratic gain	Elizabeth Warren (Democratic)
Michigan 	Debbie Stabenow 	Democratic 	Incumbent re-elected 	Pete Hoekstra (Republican)Scotty Boman (Libertarian)Harley Mikkelson (Green)
Minnesota 	Amy Klobuchar 	Democratic-Farmer-Labor 	Incumbent re-elected 	Kurt Bills (Republican)Glen R. Anderson Menze (Independence)
Mississippi 	Roger Wicker 	Republican 	Incumbent re-elected 	Albert Gore (Democratic)Thomas Cramer (Constitution)Shawn O'Hara (Reform)
Missouri 	Claire McCaskill 	Democratic 	Incumbent re-elected 	Todd Akin (Republican)Jonathan Dine (Libertarian)
Montana 	Jon Tester 	Democratic 	Incumbent re-elected 	Danny Rehberg (Republican)Dan Cox (Libertarian)
Nebraska 	Ben Nelson 	Democratic 	Retired, Republican gain 	Deb Fischer (Republican)Bob Kerrey (Democratic)Russell Anderson (Independent)
Nevada 	Dean Heller 	Republican 	Incumbent re-elected to full term 	Shelley Berkley (Democratic)David Lory Van Der Beek (Independent American)
New Jersey 	Bob Menendez 	Democratic 	Incumbent re-elected 	Joseph Kyrillos (Republican)Kenneth R. Kaplan (Libertarian)Greg Pason (Socialist)Ken Wolski (Green)
New Mexico 	Jeff Bingaman 	Democratic 	Retired, Democratic hold 	Martin Heinrich (Democratic)Heather Wilson (Republican)Jon Barrie (Independent American)
New York 	Kirsten Gillibrand 	Democratic 	Incumbent re-elected 	Wendy Long (Republican)Colia Clark (Green)Scott Noren (Independent)Tim Sweet (Independent-Republican)
North Dakota 	Kent Conrad 	Democratic 	Retired, Democratic hold 	Heidi Heitkamp (Democratic)Rick Berg (Republican)
Ohio 	Sherrod Brown 	Democratic 	Incumbent re-elected 	Josh Mandel (Republican)
Pennsylvania 	Bob Casey, Jr. 	Democratic 	Incumbent re-elected 	Tom Smith (Republican)
Rhode Island 	Sheldon Whitehouse 	Democratic 	Incumbent re-elected 	Barry Hinckley (Republican)
Tennessee 	Bob Corker 	Republican 	Incumbent re-elected 	Mark Clayton (Democratic)
Texas 	Kay Bailey Hutchison	Republican 	Retired, Republican hold 	Ted Cruz (Republican)Paul Sadler (Democratic)John Jay Myers (Libertarian)Chris Tina Bruce (Independent)
Utah 	Orrin Hatch 	Republican 	Incumbent re-elected 	Scott Howell (Democratic)Shaun McCausland (Constitution)Daniel Geery (Justice)Bill Barron (Independent)
Vermont 	Bernie Sanders 	Independent 	Incumbent re-elected 	John MacGovern (Republican)Cris Ericson (U.S. Marijuana)
Virginia 	Jim Webb 	Democratic 	Retired, Democratic hold 	Tim Kaine (Democratic)George Allen (Republican)
Washington 	Maria Cantwell 	Democratic 	Incumbent re-elected 	Michael Baumgartner (Republican)
West Virginia	Joe Manchin 	Democratic 	Incumbent re-elected 	John Raese (Republican)
Wisconsin 	Herb Kohl 	Democratic 	Retired, Democratic hold 	Tammy Baldwin (Democratic)Tommy Thompson (Republican)
Wyoming 	John Barrasso 	Republican 	Incumbent re-elected 	Tim Chesnut(Democratic)Phil Roberts (Independent)
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