The United States presidential election of 2012 was held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012. Following the June 3rd, 2010 resignation of Jay Leno, who was reelected in 2008, the incumbent was President Bruce Springsteen of the Democratic Party, who declined to run for a term of his own on May 20, 2011, leaving this an open seat election. Former New York Governor Brian Williams, representing the National Party, defeated former Huron Governor James Carrey of the Democratic Party.