2012 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware

none February 2026 September 2023 2012 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware Delaware presidential Yes 2010 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware 2010 2014 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware 2014 November 6, 2012 File:John C. Carney Jr. official portrait 112th Congress (1).jpg John Carney Democratic Party (United States) 249,933 64.40% File:3x4.svg Tom Kovach Republican Party (United States) 129,757 33.44% 110px County results 110px State House district results Carney: #A5B0FF 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90% #0D0596 >90%Kovach: #E27F7F 50–60% U.S. Representative John Carney Democratic Party (United States) John Carney Democratic Party (United States) thumb|Map of Delaware's at-large congressional district The 2012 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware took place on Tuesday, November 6, 2012. Voters elected a member of the United States House of Representatives to represent Delaware's at-large congressional district, encompassing the entire state of Delaware. Incumbent Democratic Representative John Carney defeated Republican challenger Tom Kovach to win a second term. Democratic nomination Candidates Nominee John Carney, incumbent U.S. Representativehttp://www.doverpost.com/news/x1602169843/Following-the-money-trail-Delaware-congressional-candidates-off-to-a-slow-start Following the money trail: Delaware congressional candidates off to a slow start August 8, 2012 September 1, 2012 Dover Post Jennifer Hayes Republican nomination Candidates Nominee Tom Kovach, New Castle County Council presidenthttp://wdel.com/story.php?id=38142 NCCo Council President running for Congress October 11, 2011 September 1, 2012 WDEL Amy Cherry https://archive.today/20130209055720/http://wdel.com/story.php?id=38142 February 9, 2013 dead mdy-all Eliminated in primary Rose Izzo, conservative freelance political consultant and candidate for the seat in 2010http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20111012/NEWS02/110120327/Izzo-running-U-S-House-seat-again Izzo running for U.S. House seat again October 12, 2011 October 12, 2011 The News Journal dead https://web.archive.org/web/20111014201242/http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20111012/NEWS02/110120327/Izzo-running-U-S-House-seat-again October 14, 2011 mdy-all Results Republican primary resultshttp://elections.delaware.gov/archive/elect12/elect12_Primary/html/election.shtml State of Delaware Primary Election Official Results State of Delaware November 9, 2012 November 6, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201106172641/https://elections.delaware.gov/archive/elect12/elect12_Primary/html/election.shtml dead Tom Kovach Republican Party (United States) 15,018 65.6 Rose Izzo Republican Party (United States) 7,888 34.4 22,906 100 General election Candidates Bernie August (Green)http://gpde.us/2012/06/gpde-nominates-candidatesfor-u-s-senate-house/ GPDE nominates candidates for U.S. Senate, House June 8, 2012 September 1, 2012 Green Party of Delaware April 13, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150413233649/http://gpde.us/2012/06/gpde-nominates-candidatesfor-u-s-senate-house/ dead John Carney (D), incumbent U.S. Representative Scott Gesty (L), accountant. Gesty has also been endorsed by the Independent Party of Delawarehttp://gesty4congress.org/content/independent-party-delaware-endorses-scott-gesty-us-house https://web.archive.org/web/20120903100549/http://gesty4congress.org/content/independent-party-delaware-endorses-scott-gesty-us-house usurped September 3, 2012 Independent Party of Delaware endorses Scott Gesty for US House August 7, 2012 September 1, 2012 Scott Gesty for U.S. Congress Tom Kovach (R), New Castle County Council president Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political Reporthttp://cookpolitical.com/house/charts/race-ratings The Cook Political Report — Charts – 2012 House Competitive Races Cookpolitical.com November 5, 2012 November 6, 2012Safe D November 5, 2012 Rothenberghttp://rothenbergpoliticalreport.com/ratings/house House Ratings Rothenbergpoliticalreport.com November 2, 2012 November 4, 2012Safe D November 2, 2012 Roll Call, 2012 11 04 us onSafe D November 4, 2012 Sabato's Crystal BallCrystal Ball https://web.archive.org/web/20230420175527/https://centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/articles/category/2012-house/ April 20, 2023 , 2012 11 05 us onSafe D November 5, 2012 NY TimesHouse Race Ratings, The New York Times, 2012 11 04 us onSafe D November 4, 2012RCP, 2012 11 04 us onSafe D November 4, 2012The HillHouse Ratings https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/race-ratings/107735-the-hills-house-ratings-democrats-chances-for-seats-have-dimmed/ The Hill November 4, 2012 November 3, 2012 Safe D November 4, 2012 Results Delaware's at-large congressional district, 2012https://elections.delaware.gov/archive/elect12/elect12_general/html/election.shtml https://web.archive.org/web/20121115030430/http://elections.delaware.gov/archive/elect12/elect12_general/html/election.shtml dead November 15, 2012 State of Delaware General Election Official Results State of Delaware November 7, 2012 Democratic Party (United States) John Carney (incumbent) 249,933 64.40% +7.62% Republican Party (United States) Tom Kovach 129,757 33.44% -7.60% Green Party (United States) Bernard August 4,273 1.10% N/A Libertarian Party (United States) Scott Gesty 4,096 1.06% +0.41% 388,059 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) By county CountyJohn CarneyDemocraticThomas KovachRepublicanAll Others#%#%#%New Castle165,72370.26%65,06627.59%5,0772.15%Kent38,04459.31%24,62338.39%1,4752.3%Sussex46,16652.43%40,06845.51%1,8172.06% Totals249,93364.41%129,75733.44%8,3692.16% Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Kent (largest city: Dover) Sussex (largest city: Seaford) right 110px Swing by county 110px Trend relative to the state by county Legend #d40000 Republican — >15% #ff0000 Republican — +12.5−15% #ff2a2a Republican — +10−12.5% #ff5555 Republican — +7.5−10% #ff8080 Republican — +5−7.5% #ffaaaa Republican — +2.5−5% #ffd5d5 Republican — +0−2.5% #d5f6ff Democratic — +0−2.5% #aaeeff Democratic — +2.5−5% #77e3ff Democratic — +5−7.5% #4bdbff Democratic — +7.5-10% #09ceff Democratic — +10−12.5% #00bdec Democratic — +12.5−15% #00a1c8 Democratic — >15% 110px County flips Legend Democratic #92c5de Hold #0671b0 Flip References 30em External links State Election Commissioner of Delaware United States House of Representatives elections in Delaware, 2012 at Ballotpedia Campaign contributions at OpenSecrets Outside spending at the Sunlight Foundation Official campaign websites (archived) John Carney campaign website Scott Gesty campaign website Rose Izzo campaign website Tom Kovach campaign website 2012 United States House of Representatives Delaware Category:Long stubs with short prose