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You are here: Home / Blog / Fantastic Victories in Senate Elections

November 7, 2012

Fantastic Victories in Senate Elections

Last night was a great night for Council–endorsed Senate candidates. Of the 20 candidates we endorsed, 16 won, 3 lost and 1 race is still too close to call.

At the beginning of this election cycle political analysts thought Democrats would lose control of the Senate. But they were wrong.

Thanks to the hard work of supporters like you from across the country, they have expanded their majority by a few seats, and more victories are possible with the undecided races.

Thank you to all Council for a Livable World supporters who contributed so generously to make these election results possible!

*The North Dakota race has not yet been called.

Arizona
45% Richard Carmona (D)
50% Jeff Flake (R)

Connecticut
55% Chris Murphy (D)
43% Linda McMahon (R)

Hawaii
63% Mazie Hirono (D)
37% Linda Lingle (R)

Maine
13% Cynthia Dill (D)
30% Charlie Summers (R)
53% Angus King (I)

Massachusetts
54% Elizabeth Warren (D)
46% Scott Brown (R)

Michigan
58% Debbie Stabenow (D)
38% Pete Hoekstra ( (R)

Missouri
55% Claire McCaskill (D)
39% Todd Akin (R)

Montana
49% Jon Tester (D)
45% Dennis Rehberg (R)

Nebraska
42% Bob Kerrey (D)
58% Deb Fischer (R)

Nevada
45% Shelley Berkley (D)
46% Dean Heller (R)

New Mexico
51% Martin Heinrich (D)
45% Heather Wilson (R)

North Dakota* (3,000 vote margin)
50.5% Heidi Heitkamp (D)
49.5% Rick Berg (R)

Ohio
50% Sherrod Brown (D)
45% Josh Mandel (R)

Pennsylvania
54% Bob Casey (D)
45% Tom Smith (R)

Virginia
52% Tim Kaine (D)
48% George Allen (R)

Wisconsin
52% Tammy Baldwin (D)
46% Tommy Thompson (R)

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