The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012 and elected the three

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from the state of

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. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including a quadrennial

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and an election to the U.S. Senate.

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s were held on May 15, 2012.

Redistricting

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plan was passed by the Nebraska Legislature on May 24, 2011, after a five-hour Democratic-led

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was defeated. The plan signed into law by Republican

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Dave Heineman.

District 1

Republican

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, who has represented

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since 2005, did not run for the U.S. Senate, and is running for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

, incumbent U.S. Representative

=Eliminated in primary

= *Dennis Parker, former professional musician and candidate for the 3rd district in

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, *Jessica Turek, writer and drummer

Primary results

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *Korey Reiman, attorney

=Withdrawn

= *Robert Way,

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Primary results

General election

Polling

Results

District 2

Republican

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, who has represented Nebraska's 2nd congressional district since 1999, did not run for the U.S. Senate, and ran for re-election. David Wasserman of ''

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'' rates the race as "Likely Republican."

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

, incumbent U.S. Representative

=Eliminated in primary

= *Paul Anderson, employee of

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*Glenn Freeman, former chairman of the Douglas County Republican Party *Jack Heidel, the chairman of the mathematics department at the University of Nebraska at Omaha; *

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, a financial adviser and former

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Primary results

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *John Ewing, Douglas County Treasurer

=Eliminated in primary

= * Gwen Howard, state senator

=Declined

= *

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, director of the U.S. Department of Defense's agriculture development program in

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and

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and the grandson of investor and

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Primary results

General election

Campaign

After his primary victory, Ewing promptly took a break from fundraising before starting up again at the end of June.By the end of the fundraising quarter had only raised $300,000 to Terry's $1.3 million. The Omaha World-Herald would later describe this is "perhaps the race's defining moment" and one that prevented Ewing from gaining much traction in the general election. Terry's campaign also made mistakes, most notably releasing an ad that inaccurately quoted a nonprofit advocacy group.

Endorsements

Polling

Predictions

Results

Despite receiving very little help from national Democrats, Ewing outperformed Obama and lost to Terry by just 4,197 votes.

District 3

Republican Adrian Smith, who has represented

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since 2007, is running for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Adrian Smith, incumbent U.S. Representative

=Eliminated in primary

= * Bob Lingenfelter, farmer and former NFL offensive lineman

Primary results

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *Mark Sullivan, farmer

Primary results

General election

Polling

Results

References

External links

Elections
from the Nebraska Secretary of State
United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska, 2012
at

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Outside spending
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Map of Nebraska's new congressional districts
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