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Michigan's 13th congressional district elections, 2012
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Democrat John Conyers, Jr. 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 Hansen Clarke (D), who was first elected to represent the 13th district in 2010, will instead run in the 14th district. John Conyers, Jr. (D), who has represented the 14th district since 1993 and previously represented the 1st district from 1965 until 1993, will seek re-election in the new 13th district.
This was the first election using new district maps based on 2010 Census data. Michigan's 13th congressional district is located in the southeastern region of the lower penninsula of Michigan. It includes the east side of Detroit, portions of the city's near west side, the inner suburbs of River Rouge, Harper Woods, Ecorse, the downriver communities of Lincoln Park, and Wyandotte, as well as the upscale Grosse Pointe suburbs. It includes Wayne 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
August 7, 2012 primary results
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- Note: Godfrey Dillard and Shanelle Jackson did not collect enough signatures to secure a spot on the ballot [8]
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 13th District became less Democratic because of redistricting.[9]
- 2012: 80D / 20R
- 2010: 82D / 18R
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 13th congressional district has a PVI of D+34, which is the 7th most Democratic district in the country. In 2008, this district was won by Barack Obama (D), 87-13 percent over John McCain (R). In 2004, John Kerry (D) won the district 83-17 percent over George W. Bush (R).[10]
Election Results
General Election
| U.S. House, Michigan, District 13 General Election, 2012 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  John Conyers, Jr. |
82.8% | 235,336 | |
| Republican | Harry T. Sawicki Incumbent | 13.6% | 38,769 | |
| Libertarian | Chris Sharer | 2.1% | 6,076 | |
| UST | Martin Gray | 1.4% | 4,089 | |
| Total Votes | 284,270 | |||
| Source: Michigan Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
Democratic Primary
| Michigan's 13th Congressional District Democratic Primary, 2012 | ||
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John Conyers, Jr. |
55.4% | 38,371 |
| Glenn Anderson | 18.2% | 12,586 |
| Shanelle Jackson | 12.6% | 8,708 |
| Bert Johnson | 10% | 6,928 |
| John Goci | 3.8% | 2,664 |
| Total Votes | 69,257 | |
Issues
Media
The following was a campaign ad released by John Conyers, Jr..[11]
John Conyers, Jr.
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Campaign donors
John Conyers, Jr.
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[13] | March 31, 2012 | $151,455.34 | $105,103.21 | $(124,062.62) | $132,495.93 | ||||
| July Quarterly[14] | July 15, 2012 | $132,495.93 | $132,647.73 | $(265,143.66) | $123,243.79 | ||||
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| $237,750.94 | $(389,206.28) | ||||||||
Glenn Anderson
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[15] | March 31, 2012 | $56,473.79 | $69,414.57 | $(51,420.32) | $74,468.04 | ||||
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| $69,414.57 | $(51,420.32) | ||||||||
Bert Johnson
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[16] | March 31, 2012 | $5,799.66 | $49,070.00 | $(13,466.18) | $41,403.48 | ||||
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| $49,070 | $(13,466.18) | ||||||||
John Goci
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[17] | March 31, 2012 | $0.00 | $9,125.00 | $(3,625.71) | $5,499.29 | ||||
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| $9,125 | $(3,625.71) | ||||||||
District History
2010
On November 2, 2010, Clarke won election to the United States House of Representatives. He defeated John Hauler (R), Heidi Peterson (L), George Corsetti (G), Duane Montgomery (I), and James Casha (Write-In) in the general election.[18]
| U.S. House of Representatives, Michigan's 13th Congressional District, General Election, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Hansen Clarke |
79.4% | 100,885 | |
| Republican | John Hauler | 18.5% | 23,462 | |
| Libertarian | Heidi Peterson | 0.6% | 815 | |
| Green | George Corsetti | 0.8% | 1,032 | |
| Independent | Duane Montgomery | 0.7% | 881 | |
| Independent | Alan Jacquemotte | 0% | 1 | |
| Total Votes | 127,076 | |||
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
- ↑ "Anderson expected to enter 13th Congressional District race" October 28, 2011
- ↑ Secretary of State "2012 Unofficial Michigan Primary Candidate List" May 31, 2012
- ↑ Secretary of State "2012 Unofficial Michigan Primary Candidate List" May 31, 2012
- ↑ [http://www.freep.com/article/20120608/NEWS15/120608029/Shanelle-Jackson-13th-Congressional-District-signatures Detroit Free Press "A second signature count puts Shanelle Jackson back on ballot," June 8, 2012
- ↑ Detroit News "John Conyers challenger deemed ineligible for primary ballot" May 29, 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
- ↑ John Conyers, Jr. "Campaign Videos," Accessed October 9, 2012
- ↑ YouTube channel
- ↑ Federal Election Commission "John Conyers, Jr. April Quarterly," Accessed July 2, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission "John Conyers, Jr. July Quarterly," Accessed October 1, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission "Glenn Anderson April Quarterly," Accessed July 2, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission "Bert Johnson April Quarterly," Accessed July 2, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission "John Goci 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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