2012 United States Senate election in Massachusetts

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United States Senate election election in Massachusetts

The 2012 United States Senate election in Massachusetts was a high-profile race in which Democrat Elizabeth Warren defeated incumbent Republican Scott Brown, shifting the seat back to Democratic control.

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2012 United States Senate election in Massachusetts canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Senate election ⓘ
election in Massachusetts ⓘ
ballotAccess statewide popular vote ⓘ
campaignCharacteristic intense television advertising ⓘ
significant outside spending ⓘ
campaignIssue Wall Street oversight ⓘ
consumer protection ⓘ
economic inequality ⓘ
financial regulation ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
defeatedCandidate Scott Brown ⓘ
electionCycle 2012 U.S. federal election cycle ⓘ
electionDate 2012-11-06 ⓘ
electionForOffice United States Senator ⓘ
electionType general election ⓘ
electorate registered voters in Massachusetts ⓘ
endOfTermContested 2013-01-03 ⓘ
historicalContext occurred during Barack Obama’s 2012 presidential re-election campaign ⓘ
incumbentBeforeElection Scott Brown ⓘ
incumbentPartyBeforeElection Republican Party ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Senate ⓘ
locatedIn Massachusetts ⓘ
majorCandidate Elizabeth Warren ⓘ
Scott Brown ⓘ
mediaCoverage nationally prominent race ⓘ
nextElection 2018 United States Senate election in Massachusetts ⓘ
notableAspect featured a high-spending, competitive campaign ⓘ
returned Massachusetts Senate delegation to all-Democratic representation ⓘ
officeContested Class 1 United States Senate seat from Massachusetts ⓘ
officeHolderAfterElection Elizabeth Warren ⓘ
partOf 2012 United States Senate elections ⓘ
2012 United States Senate elections ⓘ
surface form: 2012 United States elections
partyOfCandidate Elizabeth Warren ⓘ
surface form: Elizabeth Warren – Democratic Party

Scott Brown ⓘ
surface form: Scott Brown – Republican Party
partyOfOfficeHolderAfterElection Democratic Party ⓘ
popularVoteRunnerUp Scott Brown ⓘ
popularVoteWinner Elizabeth Warren ⓘ
precededBy primary elections in 2012 ⓘ
previousElection 2010 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts ⓘ
result seat changed from Republican to Democratic control ⓘ
startOfTermForWinner 2013-01-03 ⓘ
turnoutContext high-profile statewide race ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
winner Elizabeth Warren ⓘ
winningParty Democratic Party ⓘ

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2010 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts → followedBy → 2012 United States Senate election in Massachusetts ⓘ
2018 United States Senate election in Massachusetts → previousElection → 2012 United States Senate election in Massachusetts ⓘ