2012 Fall Legislative Campaign by the Numbers
Posted: June 6, 2012
Updated: June 12, 2012
Based on publications of the Government Accountability Board (GAB).
Numbers with an * have been revised since the original posting to reflect board action on June 8.
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Number of legislative districts up for reelection in 2010: 115 – 16 in the Senate and all 99 in the Assembly.
Number of legislative candidates on the primary ballot for all legislative districts: 298*
Number of seats left open by an incumbent leaving office or redistricting: 37 (32% of all seats)
Number of seats left open by an incumbent leaving office: 16
Number of seats left open by incumbents seeking higher office: 4, two Assembly incumbents running in the recall on June 5 and two running for vacant Senate seats in the fall.
Number of seats left open by redistricting: 17
Number of "open" seats contested by a current member of the Legislature: 15
Number of "open" seats where two members of the current Legislature oppose each other because of redistricting: 1.
Number of "open" seats contested by a current member of the Legislature with no opposition: 4
Number of candidates on the primary ballot for the "open" seats: 136* (46% of all candidates)
Number of the 37 "open" seats with both Democratic and Republican primaries: 6
Number of "open seat" primaries with both Democratic and Republican primaries that include a current member of the Legislature: 1
Total number of seats where two members of the current Legislature oppose each other due to redistricting: 2
Number of Democratic legislative candidates: 165*
Number of Republican legislative candidates: 117*
Number of Independent and "Third-Party" legislative candidates: 16
Number of districts with only one major party representative on the November ballot: 33*, (27 Democrats and six* Republicans).
Number of districts with only one candidate on the November ballot: 28* (22 Democrats and six* Republicans. See table below).
Uncontested Legislative Races on the November Ballot
S: Senate A: Assembly D: Democrat R: Republican
†Incumbent.
±Unopposed candidate in a seat left open by retirement or redistricting.
‡Primary candidates in a seat left open by retirement or redistricting. The winner faces no opposition in November
| District | Candidates |
|---|---|
| A07 | Peggy Krusick† or Daniel Riemer (D) |
| A08 | JoCasta Zamarippa† or Laura Manriquez (D) |
| A09 | Josh Zepnick† or Jose Guzman (D) |
| A10 | Millie Coby, Harriet Callier, Ieshuh Griffin or Sandy Pasch‡ (D) |
| A11 | Jason Fields† or Mandela Barnes (D) |
| A12 | Frederick P Kessler† or Mario R. Hall (D) |
| A16 | Leon Young† (D) |
| A19 | Jon Richards† (D) |
| A22 | Nick Oliver or Don Pridemore‡ (R) |
| A40 | Kevin Petersen† (R) |
| A57 | Penny Bernard Schaber† (D) |
| A58 | Pat Strachota† (R) |
| A59 | Daniel R LeMahieu† (R) |
| A64 | Peter Barca† (D) |
| A65 | Albert Namath, Dayvin M.A. Hallmon or Tod Ohnstad‡ (D) |
| A66 | Cory Mason± (D) |
| A73 | Nick Milroy† (D) |
| A76 | Chris Taylor± (D) |
| A77 | Terese Berceau± (D) |
| A79 | Dianne Hesselbein or Ellen Lindgren‡ (D) |
| A91 | Dana Wachs± (D) |
| A92 | Chris Danou± (D) |
| A95 | Jill E. Billings† (D) |
| S02 | Robert Cowles† (R) |
| S06 | Nikiya Harris, Allyn Monroe Swan, Delta T. Triplett, Elizabeth M. Coggs or Michael Mayo‡ (D) |
| S08 | Alberta Darling† (R) |
| S16 | Mark Miller† (D) |
| S26 | Fred Risser† (D) |
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