2012 political landscape
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2012 Political Landscape. 2012 Senate Democratic Dashboard. 2012 Senate Republican Dashboard. The Fight for 218 Votes in the House. Democrats need a gain of 26 seats in the House to win the Majority. 33 Seats being vacated (20D, 13R). Dem gains likely; Dem takeover highly unlikely. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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2012 PoliticalLandscape
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2012 SENATE DEMOCRATIC DASHBOARDSAFE
DPROBABLY
D???????? PROBABLY
RSAFE
RFeinstein
CarperHawaii-Open
CardinKlobucharMenendezGillibrand
WhitehouseSanders
Connecticut-Open
StabenowCasey
CantwellBrown
Manchin
McCaskillTester
New Mexico-Open
Virginia-OpenWisconsin-Open
Nelson (FL)
North Dakota-Open
Nelson (NE)
NINE SIX SIX TWO ZERO
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2012 SENATE REPUBLICAN DASHBOARD
SAFE D
PROBABLY D
????????? PROBABLY R
SAFE R
HellerBrown
Arizona-OpenLugar
SnoweTexas-Open
WickerCorker
Hatch- seatBarasso
Nebraska-Open
ZERO ZERO TWO FOUR FIVE
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Democrats need a gain of 26 seats in the House to win the Majority.
33 Seats being vacated (20D, 13R). Dem gains likely; Dem takeover highly
unlikely.
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DemocratRepublicanVacancy
Current Divide
Running for Senate (6D,
5R)
Running for Other Office
(2D, 2R)
Retiring (9D, 5R)
Resigned (3D, 1R)
The Fight for 218 Votes in the House
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States to Watch
Florida: Adding 2 (likely Dem) seats
Illinois: Losing 1 seat, but Rs losing advantage in three more
California: No new seats, but Dems likely gain advantage in at least 2 R seats
North Carolina: No new seats, but Rs gaining advantage in at least 3 seats
Who Controls Re-Districting? (By District)
Republicans: 202Democrats: 47Bi-Partisan: 92Divided: 87At Large: 7
Redistricting Impact on 2012 House Elections
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AR 4 (Open) NC 11 (Schuler) AZ 9 (NEW)
CA 21 (Open) NC 13 (Open) NV 4 (NEW)
GA 12 (Barrow) NY 1 (Bishop) SC 7 (NEW)
IN 2 (Open) NY 23 (Owens) WA 10 (NEW)
KY 6 (Chandler) PA 12 (Crtiz v Altmire)
NC 7 (McIntyre) OK 2 (Open)
NC 8 (Kissell) UT 4 (Matheson)
Republican House Targets: Vulnerable Democratic Seats
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CA 19 (Denham) NH 1 (Guinta) PA 8 (Fitzpatrick)
FL 22 (West) NH 2 (Bass) PA 7 (Meehan)
IL 13 (Biggert) NJ 3 (Runyan) PA 11 (Barletta)
IL 10 (Dold) NY 13 (Grimm) TX 23 (Conseco)
IL 17 (Schilling) OH 18 (Gibbs) VA 2 (Rigell)
IA 3 (Latham) OH 6 (Johnson) WI 7 (Duffy)
NV 3 (Heck) OH 16 (Renacci)
Democratic House Targets: Vulnerable Republican Seats