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2012 Republican Party presidential primaries
2012 Republican presidential primaries: Mitt Romney won the GOP nomination over Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, and Ron Paul; Iowa caucuses January 3, 2012, Santorum won Iowa, Gingrich won South Carolina, Romney swept later states.
2012 United States House of Representatives elections
2012 U.S. House elections, held November 6, 2012: Republicans kept a 234-201 majority despite Democrats winning the national House vote by about 1.37 million, a vote-seat gap driven by 2010-cycle redistricting and voter geography.
2012 United States presidential election
The 2012 United States presidential election, held on November 6, 2012, was won by President Barack Obama, a Democrat, who defeated Republican Mitt Romney 332 to 206 electoral votes.
2012 United States presidential election in Florida
Obama narrowly won Florida's 29 electoral votes in 2012, defeating Romney by 74,309 votes out of 8,474,179; the Cuban vote split 49-47 while Puerto Rican growth in central Florida boosted Obama's Hispanic support.
2012 United States presidential election in Ohio
Obama narrowly won Ohio's 18 electoral votes in 2012, defeating Romney 50.58% to 47.60% (margin 166,272 votes) after one of the most intensively campaigned battleground contests, with heavy early voting litigation and strong black voter support.
2012 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
2012 US presidential election in Pennsylvania: Obama-Biden (Democratic) beat Romney-Ryan, 2,990,274 to 2,680,434 votes, winning all 20 electoral votes by a 309,840-vote margin on November 6, 2012.
2012 United States presidential election in Texas
2012 US presidential election in Texas: Romney/Ryan (Republican) won November 6, 2012 with 4,569,843 votes over Obama/Biden's 3,308,124, taking all 38 electoral votes; primaries were May 29, 2012.
2012 United States Senate election in Texas
2012 Texas U.S. Senate election: Ted Cruz (R) beat Democrat Paul Sadler 56.46% to 40.62% for Kay Bailey Hutchison's open seat, after upsetting Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst in the Republican runoff, becoming the first Hispanic senator from Texas.
2016 Democratic National Committee email leak
The 2016 DNC email leak: GRU Units 26165 and 74455 hacked the Democratic National Committee via a DCCC-DNC VPN in April 2016, then released over 20,000 emails through Guccifer 2.0, DCLeaks, and WikiLeaks starting July 22, 2016.
2016 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary
2016 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary, held February 9, 2016: Donald Trump's first contest win with 35.3% over John Kasich (15.8%) and Ted Cruz (11.7%), awarding 23 proportional delegates to the Republican National Convention.
2016 Republican National Convention
2016 Republican National Convention, July 18-21 at Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, nominated Donald Trump and Mike Pence amid Never Trump rules fights, Ted Cruz's non-endorsement, light protests (24 arrests), and a historically negative Gallup reception.
2016 Republican Party presidential primaries
2016 Republican presidential primaries: caucuses and primaries from February 1, 2016 in which Donald Trump beat a 17-candidate field including Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, and John Kasich under post-2012 RNC rules, winning the nomination ratified at the Cleveland convention.
2016 Republican Party vice presidential candidate selection
2016 Republican vice presidential selection: Donald Trump chose Indiana Governor Mike Pence, announced July 15, 2016, from a final shortlist of Pence, Chris Christie, and Newt Gingrich, days before the Cleveland convention.
2016 United States House of Representatives elections
2016 United States House of Representatives elections, held November 8, 2016 for the 115th Congress: Republicans retained a solid 241-seat House majority alongside Trump's presidential win; over 98% of incumbents were re-elected.
2016 United States presidential election
The 2016 U.S. presidential election (November 8, 2016): Republican Donald Trump defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton 304-227 in the Electoral College despite Clinton's 2.1-point popular-vote win, amid Russian interference and polling errors.
2016 United States presidential election in Arizona
2016 US presidential election in Arizona: Donald Trump narrowly beat Hillary Clinton 48.67% to 45.13%, a 91,234-vote margin for 11 electoral votes, far closer than Republican wins since 1952 except 1996.
2016 United States presidential election in California
The 2016 United States presidential election in California: Hillary Clinton defeated Donald Trump 61.7% to 31.6%, carrying all 55 electoral votes with a record 4.2-million-vote margin, the state's largest since 1936, amid record registration and turnout.
2016 United States presidential election in Colorado
2016 U.S. presidential election in Colorado: Clinton beat Trump 48.16% to 43.25% (1,338,870 vs 1,202,484 votes), taking all 9 electoral votes; Gary Johnson took 5.19% and 93% of ballots were mail ballots.
2016 United States presidential election in Florida
2016 US presidential election in Florida: Donald Trump (R) defeated Hillary Clinton (D) 49.0% to 47.8%, a 112,911-vote margin, winning Florida's 29 electoral votes; certified November 22, 2016, no recount triggered.
2016 United States presidential election in Georgia
The 2016 U.S. presidential election in Georgia: Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton 51.05% to 45.89% (2,089,104 to 1,877,963 votes), a 5.1-point margin, winning all 16 electoral votes as Atlanta suburbs shifted Democratic.
2016 United States presidential election in Illinois
Hillary Clinton defeated Donald Trump in the 2016 United States presidential election in Illinois on November 8, 2016, by about 16.5 points, continuing the state's Democratic streak since 1992.
2016 United States presidential election in Iowa
2016 United States presidential election in Iowa: Trump/Pence (Republican) carried Iowa's 6 electoral votes over Clinton/Kaine (Democratic); official canvass, county results, caucuses, and 2016 Iowa polling accuracy are documented.
2016 United States presidential election in Louisiana
2016 United States presidential election in Louisiana: Donald Trump (R) won 58.09% to Hillary Clinton's (D) 38.45%, R+19.6, carrying all 8 electoral votes on November 8, 2016.
2016 United States presidential election in Maine
Maine's 2016 presidential vote: Clinton won statewide (357,735 to Trump's 335,593) but Trump took the 2nd District, splitting Maine's electoral votes 3-1 for the first time; Question 5 adopted ranked-choice voting the same day.
2016 United States presidential election in Massachusetts
2016 US presidential election in Massachusetts: Hillary Clinton won the state with 1,995,196 votes (60.01%) over Donald Trump (1,090,893, 32.81%), carrying all 14 counties and all 11 electoral votes; Johnson drew 4.2%.
2016 United States presidential election in Michigan
2016 United States presidential election in Michigan: Donald Trump narrowly won the state by about 10,000-11,000 votes (0.2%), taking all 16 electoral votes, amid a Black turnout decline and a Jill Stein recount that changed nothing.
2016 United States presidential election in Minnesota
The 2016 US presidential election in Minnesota: Hillary Clinton (Democratic-Farmer-Labor) defeated Donald Trump by 44,765 votes, 46.44% to 44.92%, the closest Minnesota race since 1984, with record turnout of 74.72%.
2016 United States presidential election in Nevada
Clinton narrowly won Nevada's 2016 presidential race, 539,260 votes (47.9%) to Trump's 512,058 (45.5%), taking all 6 electoral votes by a 27,202-vote margin, carried by Clark and Washoe counties.
2016 United States presidential election in New Hampshire
Clinton won New Hampshire's four electoral votes in 2016 over Trump, 348,526 (46.83%) to 345,790 (46.46%), a 2,736-vote margin, with Johnson at 4.14% and write-ins at 1.47%.
2016 United States presidential election in New York
2016 United States presidential election in New York: Hillary Clinton (also Hillary Rodham Clinton) carried New York on November 8, 2016, winning all 29 electoral votes over fellow New Yorker Donald Trump, with certified elector totals of 4,491,191 to 2,790,073.