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Kansas' 2nd congressional district elections, 2012
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Incumbent Lynn Jenkins (R) won re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012.[1]
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Primary: Kansas has a mostly closed primary system, in which the selection of a party's candidates in an election is limited to registered party members. In Kansas, however, Independent voters may choose to vote in the Democratic primary.
Voter registration: Voters had to register to vote in the primary by July 17. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 16,[2]
- See also: Kansas elections, 2012
Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent was Lynn Jenkins (R), who was first elected in 2008. She won re-election on November 6, 2012.
This was the first election using new district maps based on 2010 Census data. Kansas' 2nd congressional district covered most of the eastern part of the state, except for the core of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. The district encompasses less than a quarter of the state. The capital of Topeka was located within this district.[3]
Candidates
Note: Election results were added on election night as races were called. Vote totals will be added when official election results are certified. For more information about Ballotpedia's election coverage plan, click here. If you find any errors in this list, please email: Geoff Pallay.
General election candidates
August 7, 2012 primary results
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Election Results
General Election
| U.S. House, Kansas, District 2 General Election, 2012 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Tobias Schlingensiepen | 38.7% | 113,735 | |
| Republican |  Lynn Jenkins Incumbent |
57% | 167,463 | |
| Libertarian | Dennis Hawver | 4.3% | 12,520 | |
| Total Votes | 293,718 | |||
| Source: Kansas Secretary of State "2012 General Election Official Vote Totals" | ||||
Democratic Primary
The primary took place on August 7.[8]
| Kansas' 2nd Congressional District Democratic Primary, 2012 | ||
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Tobias Schlingensiepen |
39.5% | 11,747 |
| Robert Eye | 34.8% | 10,353 |
| Scott Bamhart | 25.7% | 7,627 |
| Total Votes | 29,727 | |
Impact of redistricting
- See also: Redistricting in Kansas
The 2nd district was re-drawn after the 2010 Census. The new district is composed of the following percentages of voters of the old congressional districts.[9][10]
- 2 percent from the 1st congressional district
- 85 percent from the 2nd congressional district
- 9 percent from the 3rd congressional district
- 4 percent from the 4th congressional district
District partisanship
FairVote's Monopoly Politics 2012 study
- 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. Kansas' 2nd District became less Republican because of redistricting.[11]
- 2012: 48D / 57R
- 2010: 40D / 60R
Cook Political Report's PVI
In 2012, Cook Political Report released its updated figures on the Partisan Voter Index, which measures each congressional district's partisanship relative to the rest of the country. Kansas' 2nd congressional district has a PVI of R+7, which is the 144th most Republican district in the country. In 2008, this district was won by John McCain (R), 54-46 percent over Barack Obama (D). In 2004, George W. Bush (R) won the district 58-42 percent over John Kerry (D).[12]
Campaign donor
2012
Candidates for Congress were required to file up to seven main reports with the Federal Election Commission during the 2012 elections season. Below are Tobias Schlingensiepen and Lynn Jenkins' reports.
| Tobias Schlingensiepen (2012)[13] Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| Pre-Primary Report[14] | July 26, 2012 | $23,585.89 | $21,963.97 | $(20,714.52) | $24,835.34 | ||||
| July Quarterly[15] | July 15, 2012 | $0.00 | $37,173.02 | $(13,587.13) | $23,585.89 | ||||
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| $59,136.99 | $(34,301.65) | ||||||||
Note: The Federal Elections Commission has no record of Schlingensiepen's April Quarterly report.[16]
| Lynn Jenkins (2012)[17] Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[18] | April 14, 2012 | $977,491.11 | $198,439.54 | $(78,328.26) | $1,097,602.39 | ||||
| July Quarterly[19] | July 15, 2012 | $1,097,502.39 | $349,985.6 | $(54,028.28) | $1,393,459.71 | ||||
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| $548,425.14 | $(132,356.54) | ||||||||
District history
2010
On November 2, 2010, Lynn Jenkins won re-election to the United States House of Representatives. She defeated Cheryl Hudspeth (D) and Robert Garrard (L) in the general election.[20]
| U.S. House of Representatives, Kansas' 2nd Congressional District, General Election, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Lynn Jenkins Incumbent |
63.1% | 130,034 | |
| Democratic | Cheryl Hudspeth | 32.3% | 66,588 | |
| Liberterian | Robert Garrard | 4.5% | 9,353 | |
| Total Votes | 205,975 | |||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Kansas, 2012
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2012
External links
References
- ↑ Politico "2012 Election Map, Kansas"
- ↑ Kansas Secretary of State "2012 Election Calendar," Accessed July 25, 2012
- ↑ Kansas Redistricting Map "Map" Accessed August 30, 2012
- ↑ Kansas Secretary of State "Unofficial 2012 Primary List of Candidates," Accessed January 12, 2012
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Kansas Secretary of State Elections Division "Upcoming Elections Candidate List" Accessed June 21, 2012
- ↑ AP Results "U.S. House in Kansas" Accessed August 7, 2012
- ↑ Kansas Secretary of State "General Election Candidates 2012" Accessed August 5, 2012
- ↑ Kansas Secretary of State, "August 2012 Primary Election," Accessed September 4, 2012
- ↑ Moonshadow Mobile's CensusViewer "Kansas' congressional districts 2001-2011 comparison"
- ↑ Labels & Lists "VoterMapping software voter counts"
- ↑ "2011 Redistricting and 2012 Elections in Kansas," September 2012
- ↑ Cook Political Report "Partisan Voting Index Districts of the 113th Congress: 2004 & 2008" Accessed October 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission "Tobias Schlingensiepen Summary Report," Accessed October 1, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission "Pre-Primary Report" Accessed October 1, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission "July Quarterly" Accessed October 1, 2012
- ↑ Federal Elections Commission "Finance Reports," Accessed October 1, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission "Lynn Jenkins Summary Report," Accessed October 1, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission "April Quarterly" Accessed October 1, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission "July Quarterly" Accessed October 1, 2012
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010" Accessed November 12, 2011
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