United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire, 2012

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	2012 U.S. Senate Elections

The 2012 U.S. House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire took place on November 6, 2012. Voters elected two candidates to serve in the U.S. House, one from each of the state's two congressional districts.

Candidate Filing Deadline	Primary Election	General Election
June 15, 2012	September 11, 2012	November 6, 2012

Primary: New Hampshire has a mostly closed primary system, in which the selection of a party's candidates in an election is limited to registered party members. In New Hampshire, however, Independent voters may choose which party's primary to vote in.

Voter registration: Voters were required to register to vote in the primary by September 4, or at the polls on election day. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 27, or at the polls on election day.^[1]

See also: New Hampshire elections, 2012

According to the New York Times race ratings in October 2012, both of New Hampshire's two districts were considered to be in play.^[2]

The Center for Voting and Democracy (Fairvote) did not make a projection about which party would win either of the two seats.^[3]

Primary competitiveness

See also: National contested primary average during the 2012 U.S. congressional elections

New Hampshire tied with Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Delaware, New Jersey, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, and West Virginia for having the 22nd most competitive congressional primaries in 2012, with 50% of major party primaries having been contested (2 out of 4). The national average was 54.31%.

Two U.S. House incumbents sought re-election in New Hampshire in 2012. 2 of those 2 (100%) faced a primary challenger. Nationwide, 200 out of the 386 incumbents seeking re-election faced a primary challenger (51.81%).

Partisan breakdown

Heading into the November 6 election, the Republican Party held both of the two Congressional seats from New Hampshire.

Members of the U.S. House from New Hampshire -- Partisan Breakdown
Party		As of November 2012	After the 2012 Election
	Democratic Party	0	2
	Republican Party	2	0
Total		2	2

Incumbents

Heading into the 2012 election, the incumbents for the two congressional districts were:

Name	Party	District
Frank Guinta	Republican	1
Charlie Bass	Republican	2

Margin of victory for winners

There were a total of 2 seats up for election in 2012 in New Hampshire. The following table shows the margin of victory for each district winner, which is calculated by examining the percentage difference between the top-two vote getters. If the race was uncontested, the margin of victory is listed as 100%.

District	Winner	Margin of Victory	Total Vote	Top Opponent
New Hampshire, District 1	Carol Shea-Porter	3.8%	344,830	Frank Guinta
New Hampshire, District 2	Ann McLane Kuster	4.8%	337,188	Charles Bass

General election candidates

District	General Election Candidates	Incumbent	2012 Winner	Partisan Switch?
1st	Carol Shea-Porter Frank Guinta Brendan Kelly	Frank Guinta	Carol Shea-Porter	Yes
2nd	Ann McLane Kuster Charlie Bass Hardy Macia	Charlie Bass	Ann McLane Kuster	Yes

Candidates

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