2012 United States Senate election in Nebraska

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The 2012 United States Senate election in Nebraska was a federal race in which Republican Deb Fischer won an open Senate seat, succeeding retiring Democrat Ben Nelson and contributing to a GOP gain in the chamber.

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2012 United States Senate election in Nebraska canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 2012 election ⓘ
United States Senate election ⓘ
chamber United States Senate ⓘ
classOfSenateSeat Class 1 ⓘ
coincidedWith 2012 United States House of Representatives elections ⓘ
2012 United States presidential election ⓘ
contributedTo Republican Party net gain of seats in the U.S. Senate in 2012 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
electedSenatorParty Republican Party ⓘ
electionDate 2012-11-06 ⓘ
electionOutcome Republican gain from Democrat ⓘ
electionType federal ⓘ
legislative ⓘ
generalElectionLoser Bob Kerrey ⓘ
generalElectionWinner Deb Fischer ⓘ
heldOnSameDayAs other 2012 U.S. federal and state elections ⓘ
incumbentDidNotRunForReelection true ⓘ
incumbentPartyBeforeElection Democratic Party ⓘ
incumbentRetired Ben Nelson ⓘ
incumbentSenatorBeforeElection Ben Nelson ⓘ
jurisdiction State of Nebraska ⓘ
linked to: Nebraska
locatedIn Nebraska ⓘ
nextElection 2018 United States Senate election in Nebraska ⓘ
numberOfSeatsContested 1 ⓘ
officeContested United States Senate seat from Nebraska ⓘ
openSeatReason retirement of Ben Nelson ⓘ
otherGeneralElectionCandidate Bob Kerrey ⓘ
Deb Fischer ⓘ
Jim Jenkins ⓘ
Pat Flynn ⓘ
Scott Kleeb ⓘ
partOf 2012 United States Senate elections ⓘ
2012 United States elections ⓘ
previousElection 2006 United States Senate election in Nebraska ⓘ
primaryElectionHeld Democratic Party primary ⓘ
Republican Party primary ⓘ
resultingPartyChange Democratic to Republican ⓘ
runnerUpCandidate Bob Kerrey ⓘ
runnerUpParty Democratic Party ⓘ
seatStatus open seat ⓘ
senatorElected Deb Fischer ⓘ
state Nebraska ⓘ
termLength 6 years ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
winningCandidate Deb Fischer ⓘ
winningParty Republican Party ⓘ

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Deb Fischer → election → 2012 United States Senate election in Nebraska ⓘ
2018 United States Senate election in Nebraska → previousElection → 2012 United States Senate election in Nebraska ⓘ