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Preliminary Election Results and Analysis. National Cotton Council November 7, 2012. House. 112 th Congress. 113 th Congress. Republicans 233 Democrats 192 Too close to call* 9 Runoff—LA 3 merged *NC 7 McIntyre; FL 18 West;
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Preliminary Election ResultsandAnalysis National Cotton Council November 7, 2012
House 112th Congress 113th Congress Republicans 233 Democrats 192 Too close to call* 9 Runoff—LA 3 merged *NC 7 McIntyre; FL 18 West; AZ 9 new; AZ 2 Barber (Giffords); AZ 1 new; CA 36 Bono Mack; CA 52 Bilbray; CA 7 Lungren 1 • Republicans 240 • Democrats 190 • Vacancies 5
Senate 112th Congress 113th Congress Democrats 53 Republicans 45 Independents* 2 *Sanders (VT) will caucus with Democrats & King (ME) expected to caucus with Democrats • Democrats 51 • Republicans 47 • Independents* 2 Lieberman (CT) & Sanders (VT) caucused with Democrats
House Agriculture Committee Republicans Democrats Peterson (MN) Holden (PA) McIntyre (NC)* Boswell (IA) Baca (CA) Cardoza (CA) Scott (GA) Cuellar (CA) Costa (CA) Walz (MN) Schrader (OR) Kissell (NC) Owens (NY) Pingree (ME) Courtney (CT) Welch (VT) Fudge (OH) Sablan (MP) Sewell (AL) McGovern (MA) *too close to call • Lucas (OK) • Goodlatte (VA) • Johnson (IL) • King (IA) • Neugebauer (TX) • Conaway (TX) • Fortenberry (NE) • Schmidt (OH) • Thompson (PA) • Rooney (FL) • Stutzman (IN) • Gibbs (OH) • Scott (GA) • Tipton (CO) • Southerland (FL) • Crawford (AR) • Roby (AL) • Huelskamp (KS) • DesJarlais (TN) • Ellmers (NC) • Gibson (NY) • Hultgren (IL) • Hartzler (MO) • Schilling (IL) • Ribble (WI) • Noem (ND)
Senate Agriculture Committee Democrats Republicans Roberts (KS) Lugar (IA) Cochran (MS) McConnell (KY) Chambliss (GA) Johanns (NE) Boozman (AR) Grassley (IA) Thune (SD) Hoeven (ND) • Stabenow (MI) • Leahy (VT) • Harkin (IA) • Conrad (ND) • Baucus (MT) • Nelson (NE) • Brown (OH) • Casey (PA) • Klobuchar (MN) • Bennet (CO) • Gillibrand (NY)
Cottonbelt House Results • NC: Kissell (D) lost; McIntyre (D)-Rouzer (R) too close to call, 378 vote margin for McIntry, recanvas Nov. 16 • SC: Rice (R) wins new 7th district • GA: Barrow (D) re-elected • LA: Incumbents Boustany (R) 44.7% and Landry (R) 30% in run-off • AR: Cotton (R) wins seat vacated by Ross (D) • TX: Canseco (R) loses; Weber (R) wins seat vacated by Paul (R) • OK: Bridenstine (R) wins seat vacated by Boren (D) • AZ: Salmon (R) wins new 5th District; in district formerly represented by Giffords (D) now Barber (D), McSally (R) may have narrowly won; Districts 1, 2 and 9 too close to call • CA: LaMalfa (R) [rice farmer} wins seat vacated by Herger (R); Baca (D) [member of Ag Committee] defeated in District 35; Capps (D) defeats Maldanado (R) [former Lt Governor]; Valadano (R) [dairyman] wins District 21; Bono Mack (R) too close to call; Stark (D) [20 term member Ways & Means] defeated; McCarthy, Nunes, Denham, Costa all reelected Overall: 23 incumbents (9 Democrats and 14 republicans) have lost re-election bids as of Nov. 11; several more are in jeopardy of losing
Cottonbelt Senate Results • VA: Kaine (D) defeated former Senator Allen (R) for seat vacated by Webb (D) • FL: Nelson (D) re-elected • MS: Wicker (R) re-elected • MO: McCaskill (D) re-elected • TN: Corker (R) re-elected • TX: Cruz (R) elected to seat vacated by Hutchison (R) • NM: Heinrich (D) elected to seat vacated by Bingaman (D) • AZ: Flake (R) elected to seat vacated by Kyl (R) • CA: Feinstein (D) re-elected
Possible Changes in 113th Congress and Administration • Senate Ag Committee leaders unlikely to change; 2 new Democrats and 1 new Republican will be selected to replace departing members • Senate Appropriations Ranking Member could be Shelby (AL)—Cochran term-limited out of RM position by Caucus rules • Senate Ag Appropriations Subcommittee Chair could either be Johnson (SD) or Pryor (AR) –Kohl retired
Possible Changes in 113th Congress and Administration • No change expected in House Ag Committee leadership • Kaptur (OH) or Lowey (NY) likely to be new Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee- Dicks (WA) retired • Latham (IA) likely to Chair House Ag Appropriations Subcommittee- -Kingston term-limited by Caucus rule • If Vilsack does not continue as Secretary of Agriculture candidates could be: former Senators Lincoln or Conrad • Other likely Cabinet vacancies include USTR, State and possibly Transportation, EPA and Energy