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**2012 House report** · 2012 Senate report
	House: 435 seats			Senate: 33 seats
	GOP	Dems	Total	GOP	Dems	Total
Confirmed primary challenges	56	17	73	5	5	10
Possible primary challenges	1	1	2	0	0	0
Open seats*	14	20	38	3	6	10²

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

The following information is generated by the crowd-sourced RaceTracker project on OpenCongress.

House races by category

Click-through to individual districts below for details. Blue links are politicians with existing profiles, red links need someone to start a profile.

Confirmed primary challenges

Total representatives facing confirmed primary challenges: 73

Republican representatives facing a confirmed primary challenge: 56

District	Incumbent	Seeking reelection?	Confirmed GOP challengers	Possible GOP challengers
AK-AL	Donald Young	Yes	John Cox	Joe Miller
CA-25	Howard McKeon	Yes	Dante Acosta Cthie Wright
CO-05	Douglas Lamborn	Yes	Robert Blaha Douglas Bergeron
FL-01	Jeff Miller	Yes	William Drummond
FL-04	Ander Crenshaw	Yes	Deborah Pueschel James Klauder Bob Black Alec Pueschel
FL-07	John Mica	Yes	Sandy Adams
GA-03	Lynn Westmoreland	Yes	Kent Kingsley Chip Flanagan
GA-07	Rob Woodall	Yes	David Hancock
GA-10	Paul Broun	Yes	Stephen Simpson
GA-11	Phil Gingrey	Yes	Michael Opitz William Llop
LA-03	Jeff Landry	Yes	Charles Boustany
MI-06	Frederick Stephen Upton	Yes	Jack Hoogendyk
MI-07	Timothy Walberg	Yes	Mike Stahly Dan Davis
MI-08	Mike Rogers	Yes	Brian Hetrick Vernon Molnar
MI-11	Thaddeus McCotter	Maybe	Kerry Bentivolio
MN-03	Erik Paulsen	Yes	John Howard III
MO-04	Vicky Hartzler	Yes	Bernie Mowinski
MO-06	Samuel Graves	Yes	Bob Gough Christopher Ryan
MO-07	Billy Long	Yes	Tom Stilson Mike Moon
MO-08	Jo Ann Emerson	Yes	Bob Parker
… further results

Democratic representatives facing a confirmed primary challenge: 17

District	Incumbent	Seeking reelection?	Confirmed Dem. challengers	Possible Dem. challengers
CO-01	Diana DeGette	Yes	Citizen Kane
GA-04	Henry Johnson	Yes	Courtney Dillard Sr Lincoln Nunnally
GA-05	John Lewis	Yes	Michael Johnson
IA-02	Dave Loebsack	Yes	Joe Seng
MN-04	Betty McCollum	Maybe	Diana Longrie
MO-01	William Lacy Clay	Yes	John Russell Carnahan Candice Britton
NJ-01	Robert Andrews	Yes	Franice Tenaglio
NJ-09	Steven Rothman	Yes	William Pascrell
PA-13	Allyson Schwartz	Yes	Nate Kleinman
RI-01	David Cicilline	Yes	Anthony Gemma	David Segal
RI-02	James Langevin	Yes	John Matson
TN-09	Steve Cohen	Yes	Tomeka Hart
TX-15	Ruben Hinojosa	Yes	David Cantu Jane Cross Ruben Ramirez Johnny Partain
TX-16	Silvestre Reyes	Yes	Robert O'Rourke Jerome Tilghman Paul Johnson Jr Ben Mendoza
TX-30	Eddie Bernice Johnson	Yes	Barbara Mallory Caraway Taj Clayton
WA-07	James McDermott	Yes	Donovan Rivers Charles Allen	Andrew Hughes
WA-09	Adam Smith	Yes	Dave Christie Tom Cramer

Potential primary challenges

Total representatives facing possible primary challenges: 2

Republican representatives facing a possible primary challenge: 1

District	Incumbent	Seeking reelection?	Possible GOP challengers
MN-06	Michele Bachmann	Yes	Matt Dean Chris DelaForest Tom Emmer Michelle Fischbach Jim Knoblach Phil Krinkie Rhonda Sivarajah Jay Esmay

Democratic representatives facing a possible primary challenge: 1

District	Incumbent	Seeking reelection?	Possible Dem. challengers
LA-02	Cedric Richmond	Yes	Lambert Boissiere III

Open seats

Total open seats: 38

Open seats with a Republican incumbent: 14

District	Incumbent	Confirmed GOP challengers	Confirmed Dem. challengers	Possible Dem. challengers
CA-02	Walter Herger	Dan Roberts Mike Halliwell	Susan Adams Jared Huffman Tiffany Renee Norman Solomon Stacey Lawson Andy Caffrey William Courtney Larry Fritzlan
CA-24	Elton Gallegly	Chris Mitchum Abel Maldonado	Lois Capps
CA-26	David Dreier	Tony Strickland Tim Kalemkarian	David Cruz Thayne Jess Herrera Julia Brownley Albert Goldberg
CA-41	Jerry Lewis	John Tavaglione Vince Sawyer George Pearne	Mark Takano Anna Nevenic
FL-22	Allen West	Adam Hasner	Lois Frankel Kristin Jacobs	Marc Bell
IL-15	Tim Johnson	John Shimkus	Angela Michael
IL-16	Donald Manzullo	Adam Kinzinger
IN-05	Dan Burton	Susan Brooks	Scott Reske
IN-06	Mike Pence	Luke Messer	Brad Bookout
KY-04	Geoff Davis	Thomas Massie	Bill Adkins
NC-09	Sue Myrick	Jim Pendergraph Robert Pittenger	Jennifer Roberts
OH-02	Jean Schmidt	Brad Wenstrup	William Smith
PA-19	Todd Platts
TX-14	Ronald Paul	Michael Truncale Tim Day Randy Weber Jay Old Felicia Harris Robert Gonzalez George Harper John Gay Mark Mansius Bill Sargent	Nicholas Lampson Linda Dailey

Open seats with a Democratic incumbent: 20

District	Incumbent	Party	Confirmed GOP challengers	Possible GOP challengers	Confirmed Dem. challengers	Possible Dem. challengers
AR-04	Mike Ross	Democratic	Tom Cotton		Gene Jeffress Q Byrum Hurst
AZ-08	Gabrielle Giffords	Democratic	Jesse Kelly Trent Franks Charles Black		Ron Barber Gene Scharer
CA-06	Lynn Woolsey	Democratic	Erik Smitt Joseph Mc Cray Sr		Doris Matsui
CA-18	Dennis Cardoza	Democratic	Dave Chapman		Anna Eshoo William Parks
CA-51	Bob Filner	Democratic	Michael Crimmins Xanthis Gionis Bernard Portley		Juan Vargas Denise Moreno Ducheny John Brooks Danny Ramirez
HI-02	Mazie Hirono	Democratic		Mike Willoughby	Tulsi Gabbard Mufi Hannemann Esther Kiaaina Bob Marx Miles Shiratori	Brian Schatz Josh Green Clayton Hee
IL-12	Jerry Costello	Democratic	Jason Plummer		Brad Harriman
MA-01	John Olver	Democratic	Bill Gunn Jeffery Paul Donnelly	Dean Mazzarella Gregg Lisciotti	Andrea Nuciforo Jr Richard Neal Bill Shein	Dennis Rosa
MA-04	Barney Frank	Democratic	Sean Bielat Elizabeth Childs	Tom Hodgson Jay Barrows Brian Herr Shaunna O'Connell Bill Vernon Karyn Polito Mary Connaughton	Joseph Kennedy III Herb Robinson Martin Farren Jules Levine Rachel Brown Paul Heroux Jack Porter	Deborah Goldberg Samuel Sutter James Segel James Vallee Mike Rodriques James Timility
MI-05	Dale Kildee	Democratic	Jim Slezak Tom Wassa		Dan Kildee
NC-11	Heath Shuler	Democratic	Mark Meadows Vance Patterson		Hayden Rogers
NC-13	Ralph Miller	Democratic	George Holding		Charles Malone
NJ-10	Donald Payne	Democratic	Brian Kelemen	Michael Alonso	Ronald C. Rice Dennis Flynn Nia Gill Donald Payne Jr Wayne Smith Cathy Wright
NY-05	Gary Ackerman	Democratic	Allan Jennings Jr		Gregory Meeks Michael Scala Joseph Marthone
NY-22	Maurice Hinchey	Democratic	Richard Hanna Michael Kicinski		Dan Lamb
OK-02	David Daniel Boren	Democratic	George Faught Markwayne Mullin Dustin Rowe Dakota Wood Wayne Pettigrew Dwayne Thompson		Wayne Herriman Rob Wallace Earl Everett
PA-17	Tim Holden	Democratic	Laureen Cummings		Matt Cartwright
TX-20	Charles Gonzalez	Democratic	David Rosa		Joaquin Castro
WA-01	Jay Inslee	Democratic	John Koster Steven Gerdes		Suzan DelBene Steve Hobbs Darshan Rauniyar Laura Ruderman Darcy Burner Brian Sullivan Brian Berry Ruth Morrison J Byron Holcomb
WA-06	Norman Dicks	Democratic	Doug Cloud Jesse Young David Eichner Bill Driscoll Stepehen Brodhead		Derek Kilmer

Open seats without an incumbent: 34warning.png"N/a" is not in the list of possible values (Republican, Democratic, Libertarian, Green, Independent, Other, N/a (redistricting)) for this property.

District	Incumbent	Confirmed GOP challengers	Possible GOP challengers	Confirmed Dem. challengers	Possible Dem. challengers
AR-04	Mike Ross	Tom Cotton		Gene Jeffress Q Byrum Hurst
AZ-08	Gabrielle Giffords	Jesse Kelly Trent Franks Charles Black		Ron Barber Gene Scharer
CA-02	Walter Herger	Dan Roberts Mike Halliwell		Susan Adams Jared Huffman Tiffany Renee Norman Solomon Stacey Lawson Andy Caffrey William Courtney Larry Fritzlan
CA-06	Lynn Woolsey	Erik Smitt Joseph Mc Cray Sr		Doris Matsui
CA-18	Dennis Cardoza	Dave Chapman		Anna Eshoo William Parks
CA-24	Elton Gallegly	Chris Mitchum Abel Maldonado		Lois Capps
CA-26	David Dreier	Tony Strickland Tim Kalemkarian		David Cruz Thayne Jess Herrera Julia Brownley Albert Goldberg
CA-41	Jerry Lewis	John Tavaglione Vince Sawyer George Pearne		Mark Takano Anna Nevenic
CA-51	Bob Filner	Michael Crimmins Xanthis Gionis Bernard Portley		Juan Vargas Denise Moreno Ducheny John Brooks Danny Ramirez
FL-22	Allen West	Adam Hasner		Lois Frankel Kristin Jacobs	Marc Bell
HI-02	Mazie Hirono		Mike Willoughby	Tulsi Gabbard Mufi Hannemann Esther Kiaaina Bob Marx Miles Shiratori	Brian Schatz Josh Green Clayton Hee
IL-12	Jerry Costello	Jason Plummer		Brad Harriman
IL-15	Tim Johnson	John Shimkus		Angela Michael
IL-16	Donald Manzullo	Adam Kinzinger
IN-05	Dan Burton	Susan Brooks		Scott Reske
IN-06	Mike Pence	Luke Messer		Brad Bookout
KY-04	Geoff Davis	Thomas Massie		Bill Adkins
MA-01	John Olver	Bill Gunn Jeffery Paul Donnelly	Dean Mazzarella Gregg Lisciotti	Andrea Nuciforo Jr Richard Neal Bill Shein	Dennis Rosa
MA-04	Barney Frank	Sean Bielat Elizabeth Childs	Tom Hodgson Jay Barrows Brian Herr Shaunna O'Connell Bill Vernon Karyn Polito Mary Connaughton	Joseph Kennedy III Herb Robinson Martin Farren Jules Levine Rachel Brown Paul Heroux Jack Porter	Deborah Goldberg Samuel Sutter James Segel James Vallee Mike Rodriques James Timility
MI-05	Dale Kildee	Jim Slezak Tom Wassa		Dan Kildee
… further results

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See 2012 House elections potential open seats

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