United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2012

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All 53 California seats to the United States House of Representatives

	Majority party	Minority party

Party	Democratic	Republican
Last election	34	19
Seats won	38	15
Seat change	4	4
Popular vote	7,392,703	4,530,012
Percentage	60.57%	37.12%
Swing	7.18%	6.38%

Democratic hold Democratic gain (including new seats) Republican hold Republican gain (new seats)

The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in California were held on November 6, 2012, with a primary election on June 5, 2012. Voters elected the 53 U.S. representatives from the state, one from each of the state's 53 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including a quadrennial presidential election and a U.S. Senate election.

According to The Cook Political Report and Roll Call, the most competitive districts were the 7th, 10th, 26th, 36th, and 52nd, with the 3rd, 9th, 24th, 41st, and 47th as less than safe.Roll Call additionally listed the 21st district as competitive. Voters in fourteen districts elected new representatives: the 1st, 2nd, 7th, 8th, 15th, 21st, 26th, 29th, 35th, 36th, 41st, 47th, 51st, and 52nd. Two districts, the 30th and the 44th, had two incumbents running against each other.

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