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Kentucky's 3rd congressional district elections, 2012
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John Yarmuth was re-elected on November 6, 2012.[1]
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Primary: Kentucky has a closed primary system, meaning the selection of a party's candidates in a primary election is limited to registered members of that party.
Voter registration: Voters had to register to vote in the primary by April 23. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 9.[2]
- See also: Kentucky elections, 2012
Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent is John Yarmuth (D), who was first elected in 2006.
This was the first election using new district maps based on 2010 Census data. Kentucky's 3rd congressional district encompasses nearly the whole city of Louisville, which, since the merger of 2003, is contiguous with Jefferson County.[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
May 22, 2012 primary results
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Election Results
General Election
| U.S. House, Kentucky, District 3 General Election, 2012 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  John Yarmuth Incumbent |
64% | 206,385 | |
| Republican | Brooks Wicker | 34.5% | 111,452 | |
| Independent | Robert DeVore Jr. | 1.5% | 4,819 | |
| Total Votes | 322,656 | |||
| Source: Kentucky Board of Elections "2012 General Election Official Vote Totals" | ||||
Democratic Primary
| Kentucky's 3rd Congressional District Democratic Primary, 2012 | ||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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John Yarmuth Incumbent |
86.7% | 43,635 |
| Burrel Charles Farnsley | 13.3% | 6,716 |
| Total Votes | 50,351 | |
Impact of redistricting
- See also: Redistricting in Kentucky
The 3rd district was made more favorable to Democrats in redistricting.[9]
It will now cover all but the eastern precincts of the previous district, as these will be moved to the 4th district. [9] The southern portion of Jefferson County used to be in the 2nd District, but will now be included in the 3rd. [9]
Registration statistics
As of October 24, 2012, District 3 had the following partisan registration breakdown according to the Kentucky State Board of Elections:
| Kentucky Congressional District 3[10] | |||||||
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| Congressional District | District Total | Democrats | Republicans | Other & Unaffiliated | Advantage | Party Advantage | Change in Advantage from 2010 |
| District 3 | 499,671 | 295,278 | 160,353 | 44,040 | Democratic | 84,14% | 2.51% |
| "Party advantage" is the percentage gap between the two major parties in registered voters. "Change in advantage" is the spread in difference of party advantage between 2010 and 2012 based on the congressional district number only. | |||||||
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. Kentucky's 3rd District saw no change in partisanship due to redistricting.[11]
- 2012: 53D / 47R
- 2010: 53D / 47R
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. Kentucky's 3rd congressional district has a PVI of D+3, which is the 166th most Democratic district in the country. In 2008, this district was won by Barack Obama (D), 57-43 percent over John McCain (R). In 2004, John Kerry (D) won the district 51-49 percent over George W. Bush (R).[12]
Campaign donors
Candidates for Congress were required to file up to seven main reports with the Federal Election Commission during the 2012 elections season. Below are John Yarmuth and Brooks Wicker's reports.
| John Yarmuth (2012)[13] Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[14] | April 15, 2012 | $412,520.90 | $81,037.45 | $(61,079.52) | $432,478.83 | ||||
| July Quarterly[15] | July 15, 2012 | $396,718.55 | $184,220.27 | $(49,396.24) | $531,542.58 | ||||
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| $265,257.72 | $(110,475.76) | ||||||||
| Brooks Wicker (2012)[16] Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[17] | April 12, 2012 | $214.87 | $3,213.74 | $(2,794.78) | $633.83 | ||||
| July Quarterly[18] | July 13, 2012 | $633.83 | $2,609.20 | $(1,058.83) | $2,184.20 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $5,822.94 | $(3,853.61) | ||||||||
District history
2010
On November 2, 2010, John Yarmuth won re-election to the United States House of Representatives. He defeated Todd Lally (R), Edward A. Martin (L), and Michael D. Hansen (I) in the general election.[19]
| U.S. House of Representatives, Kentucky's 3rd Congressional District, General Election, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | John Yarmuth |
54.7% | 139,940 | |
| Republican | Todd Lally | 44% | 112,627 | |
| Libertarian | Edward A. Martin | 0.8% | 2,029 | |
| Independent | Michael D. Hansen | 0.5% | 1,334 | |
| Total Votes | 255,930 | |||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky, 2012
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2012
External links
References
- ↑ ABC News "2012 General Election Results"
- ↑ Kentucky State Board of Elections "Voter Information Guide," Accessed June 29, 2012
- ↑ Kentucky Redistricting Map "Map" Accessed July 24, 2012
- ↑ cn|2 "U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth to run for fourth term in 2012" Accessed December 19, 2011
- ↑ WLKY "Election Results" Accessed May 22, 2012
- ↑ Kentucky Secretary of State "Candidate List" Accessed February 7, 2012
- ↑ cn|2 "Republican Brooks Wicker to run for Kentucky's 3rd Congressional District" Accessed December 18, 2011
- ↑ Kentucky Secretary of State "2012 Candidate List"
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Channel 2 Pure Politics "Analysis: New congressional map only slightly moves the political needle in the 6 districts" Accessed February 29, 2012
- ↑ Kentucky State Board of Elections, "Congressional Voter Registration Statistics," June 11, 2012
- ↑ "2011 Redistricting and 2012 Elections in Kentucky," September 2012
- ↑ Cook Political Report "Partisan Voting Index Districts of the 113th Congress: 2004 & 2008" Accessed October 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission "John Yarmuth Summary Report," Accessed October 1, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission "April Quarterly" Accessed October 1, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission "July Quarterly" Accessed October 1, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission "Brooks Wicker 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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