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2012 Michigan House of Representatives election

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FieldValue
election_name2012 Michigan House of Representatives election
countryMichigan
typelegislative
ongoingno
previous_election2010 Michigan House of Representatives election
previous_year2010
election_date
next_election2014 Michigan House of Representatives election
next_year2014
seats_for_electionAll 110 seats in the Michigan House of Representatives
majority_seats56
turnout4,424,051 (59.34%)
image1File:Bolger headshot (1).jpg
image_size150x150px
leader1James "Jase" Bolger
party1Michigan Republican Party
leader_since1January 1, 2011
leaders_seat163rd district
last_election1**63**
seats_before1**64**
seats_after1**59**
seat_change15
popular_vote12,036,169
percentage146.03%
image2File:3x4.svg
leader2Tim Greimel
party2Michigan Democratic Party
leader_since2January 1, 2013
leaders_seat229th district
last_election247
seats_before246
seats_after251
seat_change25
popular_vote2**2,387,882**
percentage2**53.97%**
map_image{{Switcher
map_caption**Results:**
**Vote Share:**
**Republican:**
**Democratic:**
titleSpeaker
before_electionJase Bolger
before_partyMichigan Republican Party
after_electionJase Bolger
after_partyMichigan Republican Party

| [[File:Michigan House of Representatives Election 2012 - Results by District.svg|300px]] | Results by gains and holds | [[File:2012 Michigan House of Representatives Election Map.svg|300px]] | Results by winning party vote share}}

Vote Share: Republican:
Democratic:
The 2012 Michigan House of Representatives elections were held on November 6, 2012, with partisan primaries to select the parties' nominees in the various districts on August 7, 2012. The Republican Party retained its majority in the House of Representatives despite losing the popular vote.

Rep. Roy Schmidt scandal

State Representative Roy Schmidt was defeated for re-election after assisting in engineering an election-rigging scandal by which he switched from the Democratic to the Republican Party and recruited a straw candidate to run as a Democrat in order to ensure a swift re-election. The scandal ultimately cost him his seat in the House. Speaker of the House James "Jase" Bolger was also implicated in the scandal, and his race for the 63rd district was made competitive because of his role in it. The matter was referred to Ingham County Circuit Court Judge Rosemarie Aquilina, serving as a one-person grand jury, who ruled in August 2013 that neither Schmidt nor Bogler had committed a crime.

Term limits

Due to the term limit provisions in the Michigan Constitution, the following Members were ineligible to stand for election again to the House:

  • Dave Agema (R-74th district)
  • Joan Bauer (D-68th district)
  • Barb Byrum (D-67th district)
  • Bob Constan (D-16th district)
  • Jud Gilbert (R-81st district)
  • Rick Hammel (D-48th district)
  • Ken Horn (R-94th district)
  • Marty Knollenberg (R-41st district)
  • Richard LeBlanc (D-18th district)
  • Steven Lindberg (D-109th district)
  • Mark Meadows (D-69th district)
  • Chuck Moss (R-40th district)
  • Paul Opsommer (R-93rd district)

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
GoverningOctober 24, 2012

Results

Districts 1–28

Districts 29–55

Districts 56–83

Districts 84–110

Special elections

References

References

  1. [http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2013/08/post_418.html mlive: Roy Schmidt ponders political return after he's cleared in election-rigging scandal]
  2. Daigneau, Elizabeth. (2012-10-23). "The Latest Chamber-by-Chamber Analysis of the 2012 State Legislative Elections".
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