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Maryland's 8th congressional district elections, 2012
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Incumbent Chris Van Hollen (D) won re-election on November 6, 2012.[1]
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Primary: Maryland has a closed primary system, in which the selection of a party's candidates in an election is limited to registered party members.
Voter registration: Voters had to register to vote in the primary by March 13. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 16.[2]
- See also: Maryland elections, 2012
Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent is Chris Van Hollen (D), who was first elected in 2002. According to news reports, if U.S. Senator Ben Cardin had not sought re-election in 2012, Van Hollen might have instead run for U.S. Senate instead of re-election to the House.
This was the first election using new district maps based on 2010 Census data. Maryland's 8th congressional district encompassed parts of Carroll, Frederick, and Montgomery counties.[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
April 3, 2012 primary results
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Election Results
General Election
| U.S. House, Maryland, District 8 General Election, 2012 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Chris Van Hollen Incumbent |
63.4% | 217,531 | |
| Republican | Ken Timmerman | 32.9% | 113,033 | |
| Libertarian | Mark Grannis | 2.1% | 7,235 | |
| Green | George Gluck | 1.5% | 5,064 | |
| N/A | Other Write-ins | 0.1% | 393 | |
| Total Votes | 343,256 | |||
| Source: Maryland State Board of Elections "Representative in Congress" | ||||
Democratic Results
| U.S. House of Representatives-Maryland, District 8 Democratic Primary, 2012 | ||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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Chris Van Hollen Incumbent |
92.2% | 35,989 |
| George English | 7.8% | 3,041 |
| Total Votes | 39,030 | |
Republican Results
| U.S. House of Representatives-Maryland, District 8 Republican Primary, 2012 | ||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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Ken Timmerman |
46.2% | 13,340 |
| Gus Alzona | 8.8% | 2,542 |
| Shelly Skolnick | 12.7% | 3,671 |
| Dave Wallace | 32.3% | 9,319 |
| Total Votes | 28,872 | |
Race background
Ken Timmerman was endorsed by representative Roscoe Bartlett from Maryland's 6th district.[6]
Campaign donors
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 Hollen's reports.
| Chris Van Hollen (2012)[7] Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[8] | June 16, 2012 | $1,899,481.46 | $228,202.42 | $(63,882.58) | $2,063,801.30 | ||||
| July Quarterly[9] | July 15, 2012 | $2,063,801.30 | $350,661.97 | $(171,101.24) | $2,243,362.03 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $578,864.39 | $(234,983.82) | ||||||||
Candidates for Congress were required to file up to seven main reports with the Federal Election Commission during the 2012 elections season. Below are Timmerman's reports.
| Ken Timmerman (2012)[10] Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[11] | April 5, 2012 | $20,212.37 | $18,274.50 | $(18,999.09) | $19,487.78 | ||||
| July Quarterly[12] | July 15, 2012 | $19,487.78 | $59,407.63 | $(27,683.55) | $51,211.86 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $77,682.13 | $(46,682.64) | ||||||||
Impact of redistricting
- See also: Redistricting in Maryland
The redrawn 8th district included parts of Carroll, Frederick, and Montgomery counties.[13]
The new district is composed of the following percentages of voters of the old congressional districts.[14][15]
- 6 percent from the 4th congressional district
- 34 percent from the 6th congressional district
- 59 percent from the 8th 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. Maryland's 8th District became less Democratic because of redistricting.[16]
- 2012: 60D / 40R
- 2010: 71D / 29R
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. Maryland's 8th congressional district has a PVI of D+10, which is the 104th most Democratic district in the country. In 2008, this district was won by Barack Obama (D), 64-36 percent over John McCain (R). In 2004, John Kerry (D) won the district 59-41 percent over George W. Bush (R).[17]
Registration statistics
As of October 24, 2012, District 8 had the following partisan registration breakdown according to the Maryland State Board of Elections:
| Maryland Congressional District 8[18] | |||||||
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| Congressional District | District Total | Democrats | Republicans | Other & Unaffiliated | Advantage | Party Advantage | Change in Advantage from 2010 |
| District 8 | 449,366 | 228,653 | 126,169 | 94,544 | Democratic | 81.23% | -116.21% |
| "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 history
2010
On November 2, 2010, Van Hollen won re-election to the United States House of Representatives. He defeated Michael Lee Philips (R), Mark Grannis (L), and Fred Nordhorn (C) in the general election.[19]
| U.S. House of Representatives, Maryland's 8th Congressional District, General Election, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Chris Van Hollen Incumbent |
73.3% | 153,613 | |
| Republican | Michael Lee Philips | 25% | 52,421 | |
| Libertarian | Mark Grannis | 1.3% | 2,713 | |
| Constitution | Fred Nordhorn | 0.3% | 696 | |
| Independent | Write-In | 0.1% | 224 | |
| Total Votes | 209,667 | |||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, 2012
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2012
External links
References
- ↑ Politico "2012 Election Map, Maryland"
- ↑ Maryland State Board of Elections " 2012 Presidential Election Calendar," Accessed July 25, 2012
- ↑ Maryland Redistricting Map "Map" Accessed September 25, 2012
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Maryland State Board of Elections "Candidates" Accessed January 3, 2012
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Maryland State Board of Elections "Primary Election Results 2012" Accessed April 3, 2012
- ↑ Baltimore Sun "8th congressional district election guide 2012" Accessed March 25, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission "Chris Hollen Summary Report," Accessed September 28, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission "April Quarterly" Accessed September 28, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission "July Quarterly" Accessed September 28, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission "Ken Timmerman Summary Report," Accessed September 28, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission "April Quarterly" Accessed September 28, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission "July Quarterly" Accessed September 28, 2012
- ↑ Maryland Department of Planning "Maryland 2011 Congressional Districts" Accessed February 29, 2012
- ↑ Moonshadow Mobile's CensusViewer "Maryland's congressional districts 2001-2011 comparison"
- ↑ Labels & Lists "VoterMapping software voter counts"
- ↑ "2011 Redistricting and 2012 Elections in Maryland," September 2012
- ↑ Cook Political Report "Partisan Voting Index Districts of the 113th Congress: 2004 & 2008" Accessed October 2012
- ↑ Maryland State Board of Elections, "Congressional Voter Registration Statistics," May 18, 2012
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010" Accessed December 1, 2011
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