Texas' 36th Congressional District elections, 2012
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The 36th Congressional District of Texas is a new district that was created during the recent redistricting cycle as a result of the 2010 Census. It held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012.
Steve Stockman (R) was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012.[1]
| Candidate Filing Deadline | Primary Election | General Election |
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Primary: Texas has an open primary system, in which any registered voter can choose which party's primary to vote in, without having to be a member of that party. Texas also scheduled a primary runoff for July 31, 2012.
Voter registration: Voters had to register to vote in the primary by April 30.[2] For the July 31, 2012, the vote registration deadline was July 2. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 9.[3]
- See also: Texas elections, 2012
Incumbent: There was no incumbent prior to this election, as the district was newly created following the 2010 Census
This was the first election using district maps based on data from the 2010 Census. Texas' 36th Congressional District was located in the far eastern portion of the state, and included Newton, Jasper, Orange, Tyler, Polk, Liberty, Chambers, and Harris counties.[4]
* Redistricting note: Due to legal turmoil in the redistricting process, filing deadlines were changed twice and the primary was changed once. The original filing deadline was December 12th.[5] That deadline was first moved to December 15th and then December 19th by a federal court due to delays caused by redistricting legal challenges. When a final map was issued, the December 19th deadline was once again moved to March 9 to allow candidates more time to file in light of the delays and map ambiguities. The primary date was first moved from March 6 to April 3, 2012 before finally settling on May 29.[6]
Candidates
General election candidates
July 31, 2012, Republican primary runoff candidates
May 29, 2012, primary results
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Election results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican |  Steve Stockman |
70.7% | 165,405 | |
| Democratic | Max Martin | 26.6% | 62,143 | |
| Libertarian | Michael K. Cole | 2.7% | 6,284 | |
| Total Votes | 233,832 | |||
| Source: Texas Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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Steve Stockman |
55.3% | 21,472 |
| Stephen Takach | 44.7% | 17,378 |
| Total Votes | 38,850 | |
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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Stephen Takach Incumbent |
22.4% | 12,208 |
| Steve Stockman |
21.8% | 11,858 |
| Mike Jackson | 19.8% | 10,786 |
| Jim Engstrand | 9.4% | 5,114 |
| Ky D. Griffin | 7.4% | 4,025 |
| Charles Meyer | 4% | 2,156 |
| Kim Morrell | 3.5% | 1,930 |
| Lois Dickson Myers | 2.9% | 1,558 |
| Jerry Doyle | 2.7% | 1,479 |
| Keith Casey | 2.3% | 1,225 |
| Daniel Whitton | 2% | 1,110 |
| Tim Wintill | 1.8% | 984 |
| Total Votes | 54,433 | |
Impact of redistricting
- See also: Redistricting in Texas
The 36th District was created after the 2010 Census. The new district is composed of the following percentages of voters of the old congressional districts.[10][11]
- 18 percent from the 2nd Congressional District
- 43 percent from the 8th Congressional District
- 5 percent from the 14th Congressional District
- 28 percent from the 22nd Congressional District
- 5 percent from the 29th Congressional District
District partisanship
FairVote's Monopoly Politics 2012
- See also: FairVote's Monopoly Politics 2012
In 2012, FairVote did a study on partisanship in the congressional districts, giving each a percentage ranking (D/R) based on the new 2012 maps and comparing that to the old 2010 maps. Partisanship figures for this district relating to the incumbent are unavailable due to the seat being open.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, 2012
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2012
- United States Senate elections in Texas, 2012
External links
- Texas Democrats - candidate list (dead link)
- Texas GOP - candidate list
- Texas Libertarian Party - candidate list (dead link)
- Texas Green Party - candidate list
- Texas Secretary of State - Independent candidate list (dead link)
Footnotes
- ↑ ABC News, "2012 General Election Results," accessed November 6, 2012
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2012 Primary Election Calendar," accessed July 27, 2012
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "You Must Register By...," accessed July 27, 2012
- ↑ Texas Redistricting Map, "Map" accessed July 24, 2012
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Important 2012 Election Dates," accessed July 15, 2011
- ↑ Washington Post, "Federal court orders May 29 primary date for Texas in redistricting case
- ↑ Democratic candidate list
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 Republican candidates for U.S. House
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 The Texas Tribune, "Jackson Chooses Congress Over State Senate", August 18, 2011
- ↑ Moonshadow Mobile's CensusViewer, "Texas's congressional districts 2001-2011 comparison"
- ↑ Labels & Lists, "VoterMapping software voter counts"
