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Michigan's 12th congressional district elections, 2012
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Democrat John D. Dingell won the election.[1]
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Primary: Michigan has an open primary system, meaning any registered voter can vote in any party's primary.
Voter registration: Voters were required to register to vote in the primary by July 9. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 9.[2]
- See also: Michigan elections, 2012
Incumbent: Incumbent Sander Levin (D), who has represented the 12th district since 1993 will be not be seeking re-election due to redistricting and will instead be seeking election in Michigan's 9th congressional district. Democrat John D. Dingell, who has represented the district since 2003 and previously from 1955 until 1965, and previously represented the 16th district from 1965 until 2003, will seek re-election here.
This was the first election using new district maps based on 2010 Census data. Michigan's 12th congressional district is located in the southeastern region of the lower penninsula of Michigan in Detroit's inner suburbs to the north. It includes Washtersaw and Wayne 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
August 7, 2012 primary results
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Impact of Redistricting
- See also Redistricting in Michigan
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. Michigan's 12th District became more Democratic because of redistricting.[7]
- 2012: 64D / 36R
- 2010: 63D / 37R
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. Michigan's 12th congressional district has a PVI of D+14, which is the 76th most Democratic district in the country. In 2008, this district was won by Barack Obama (D), 68-32 percent over John McCain (R). In 2004, John Kerry (D) won the district 62-38 percent over George W. Bush (R).[8]
Election Results
General Election
| U.S. House, Michigan, District 12 General Election, 2012 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  John D. Dingell Incumbent |
67.9% | 216,884 | |
| Republican | Cynthia Kallgren | 29% | 92,472 | |
| Libertarian | Richard Secula | 3.1% | 9,867 | |
| Total Votes | 319,223 | |||
| Source: Michigan Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
Republican Primary
| Michigan's 12th Congressional District Republican Primary, 2012 | ||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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Cynthia Kallgren |
50.8% | 12,028 |
| Karen Jacobsen | 49.2% | 11,670 |
| Total Votes | 23,698 | |
Democratic Primary
| Michigan's 12th Congressional District Democratic Primary, 2012 | ||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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John Dingell |
78.6% | 41,116 |
| Daniel Marcin | 21.4% | 11,226 |
| Total Votes | 52,342 | |
Campaign donors
John Dingell, Jr.
| John Dingell, Jr. (2012) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[9] | March 31, 2012 | $281,770.84 | $108,632.71 | $(145,168.02) | $245,235.53 | ||||
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| $108,632.71 | $(145,168.02) | ||||||||
Daniel Marcin
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[10] | March 31, 2012 | $0.00 | $4,495.00 | $(2,082.63) | $2,412.37 | ||||
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| $4,495 | $(2,082.63) | ||||||||
Cynthia Kallgren
| Cynthia Kallgren (2012)[11] Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| Pre-Primary Report[12] | August 3, 2012 | $2,470.83 | $745.93 | $(2,160.38) | $1,056.38 | ||||
| July Quarterly[13] | June 13, 2012 | $0.00 | $7,463.87 | $(4,575.44) | $2,888.43 | ||||
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| $8,209.8 | $(6,735.82) | ||||||||
Karen Jacobsen
| Karen Jacobsen (2012) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[14] | March 31, 2012 | $1,640.80 | $58,340.00 | $(11,377.09) | $48,603.71 | ||||
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| $58,340 | $(11,377.09) | ||||||||
District History
2010
On November 2, 2010, Levin won re-election to the United States House of Representatives. He defeated Don Volaric (R),Leonard Schwartz (L), Les Townsend (U.S. Taxpayers), Julia Williams (G), and Alan Jacquemotte (Natural Law) in the general election.[15]
| U.S. House of Representatives, Michigan's 12th Congressional District, General Election, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Sandy Levin Incumbent |
61.1% | 124,671 | |
| Republican | Don Volaric | 35% | 71,372 | |
| Libertarian | Leonard Schwartz | 1.1% | 2,342 | |
| U.S. Taxpayers | Les Townsend | 1.1% | 2,285 | |
| Green | Julia Williams | 1.5% | 3,038 | |
| Natural Law | Alan Jacquemotte | 0.2% | 409 | |
| Total Votes | 204,117 | |||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, 2012
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2012
- United States Senate elections in Michigan, 2012
External links
References
- ↑ Politico "2012 Election Map, Michigan"
- ↑ Michigan Secretary of State "2012 Registration Deadlines and Election Dates," Accessed June 29, 2012
- ↑ Michigan Redistricting Map "Map" Accessed August 31, 2012
- ↑ Secretary of State "2012 Unofficial Michigan Primary Candidate List" May 31, 2012
- ↑ Secretary of State "2012 Unofficial Michigan Primary Candidate List" May 31, 2012
- ↑ Secretary of State "2012 Unofficial Michigan Primary Candidate List" May 31, 2012
- ↑ "2011 Redistricting and 2012 Elections in Michigan," September 2012
- ↑ Cook Political Report "Partisan Voting Index Districts of the 113th Congress: 2004 & 2008" Accessed October 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission "John Dingell, Jr. April Quarterly," Accessed July 2, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission "Daniel Marcin April Quarterly," Accessed July 2, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission "Cynthia Kallgren 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 Election Commission "Karen Jacobsen April Quarterly," Accessed July 2, 2012
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010" Accessed December 23, 2011
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