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RaceTracker 2012 Congressional Election Dashboard
2012 House report  · 2012 Senate report

	House: 435 seats			Senate: 33 seats
	GOP	Dems	Total	GOP	Dems	Total
Confirmed primary challenges	5	2	7	5	5	10
Possible primary challenges	0	0	0	0	0	0
Open seats*	16	21	41	3	6	102

1. Includes Joe Lieberman, who is retiring from his Conn. senate seat.

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  Contents 1 2012 election 2 2010 election 3 2008 election 4 2008 Presidential election results 5 Articles and resources

  
  

  2012 election

  (Methodology)
  Race status [edit race status]

  
  

  Incumbent:	David Rivera
  Incumbent running?	Yes, for a different seat
  Primary challenge?	N/a

  Candidates [edit candidate list]
  Links to names in blue have existing profiles, red links need someone to start one.

  Name	Party	Status	Reference URL	Reference date	Reference note
  David Rivera	Republican	Running for another House seat	Media Story Source	May 1, 2012	Running in FL-26
  Joe Garcia	Democratic	Out of race	FL SOS Source	June 17, 2012	2008 & 2010 Candidate Running in FL-26
  Luis Garcia	Democratic	Out of race	Media Story Source	April 24, 2012	State Rep Running for Miami-Dade County Commission
  Annette Taddeo	Democratic	Out of race	FL SOS Source	June 17, 2012	2008 FL-18 Candidate 2010 Miami-Dade Commission Candidate
  Renier Diaz de la Portilla	Republican	Out of race	FL SOS Source	June 17, 2012	Did Not File
  Anitere Flores	Republican	Out of race	FL SOS Source	June 7, 2012	Did Not File
  Rene Garcia	Republican	Out of race	FL SOS Source	June 17, 2012	Did Not File
  Carlos Lopez-Cantera	Republican	Out of race	FL SOS Source	June 17, 2012	Did Not File
  Carlos Curbelo	Republican	Out of race	FL SOS Source	June 17, 2012	Did Not File
  Marcelo Llorente	Republican	Out of race	FL SOS Source	June 17, 2012	Did Not File
  Juan-Carlos Planas	Republican	Out of race	FL SOS Source	June 17, 2012	Did Not File
  Armanso Gutierrez	Republican	Out of race	FL SOS Source	June 17, 2012	Did Not File
  Alex Diaz De La Porttilla	Republican	Out of race	FL SOS Source	June 17, 2012	Did Not File
  Miguel Diaz De La Porttilla	Republican	Out of race	FL SOS Source	June 17, 2012	Did Not File
  Justin Sternad	Democratic	Out of race	Campaign Website Source	April 24, 2012	Running in FL-26
  Mario Diaz-Balart	Republican	Confirmed candidate	Campaign Website Source	April 24, 2012	Current FL-21 Congressman
  Shannon Harvilla	Democratic	Out of race	FL SOS Source	April 24, 2012

  (Candidate classification criteria)

  
  Results [edit election results]
  

  2012 primary winners	2012 general election winner
  Mario Diaz-Balart	TBD

  
  

  
  

  2010 election

  [edit 2010 election info with form]

  Candidates

  Name	Party	Status	Reference URL	Reference date	Reference note
  Mario Diaz-Balart	Republican	Out	Roll Call Source	February 12, 2010	Running in 21st
  Joe Garcia	Democratic	Confirmed candidate	Campaign Website Source	June 12, 2010	2008 Candidate
  Manny Diaz	Democratic	Out	CQ Politics Source	January 17, 2010
  Luis Rivera	Democratic	Out	FL SOS Source	August 14, 2010	Did Not Qualify
  Alex Diaz de la Portilla	Republican	Out	FL SOS Source	August 12, 2010	Did Not File
  David Rivera	Republican	Confirmed candidate	Camapign Website Source	June 12, 2010
  Alex Villalobos	Republican	Out	FL SOS Source	August 12, 2010	Did Not File
  Carlos Curbelo	Republican	Out	FL SOS Source	August 12, 2010	Did Not File
  Katy Sorenson	Democratic	Out	FL SOS Source	July 12, 2010	Did Not File
  Luis Meurice	Democratic	Out	FL SOS Source	August 24, 2010	Lost Primary
  Mariana Cancio	Republican	Out	FL SOS Source	August 24, 2010	Lost Primary
  Paul Crespo	Republican	Out	FL SOS Source	August 24, 2010	Lost Primary

  (Candidate classification criteria)

  
  Results

  2010 primary election winners	2010 general election winner
  Joe Garcia, David Rivera	David Rivera

  
  

  2008 election

  [2008 election edit info with form]
  Incumbent: Mario Diaz-Balart

  
  Candidates

  Name	Party	Status	Reference URL	Reference date	Reference note
  Mario Diaz-Balart	Republican	Confirmed candidate	(source needed)	March 22, 2009
  Joe Garcia	Democratic	Confirmed candidate	(source needed)	March 22, 2009

  (Candidate classification criteria)

  
  Results

  2008 primary election winners	2008 general election winner
  Mario Diaz-Balart, Joe Garcia	Mario Diaz-Balart

  2008 Presidential election results

  	Republican	Democratic
  2000	55% George W. Bush	45% Al Gore
  2004	56% George W. Bush	44% John Kerry
  2008	50% John McCain	49% Barack Obama

  
  

  Articles and resources

  See also

  • Index for all the Florida congressional districts and candidates.
  • The full House 2012 elections report.
  • The RaceTracker homepage.

  External articles

  Elections.DailyKos posts tagged "FL-25" (link)

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