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Minnesota's 5th Congressional District elections, 2012
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The 5th Congressional District of Minnesota held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012.
Keith Ellison won re-election on November 6, 2012.[1]
| Candidate Filing Deadline | Primary Election | General Election |
|---|---|---|
Primary: Minnesota has an open primary system, meaning any registered voter can vote in any party's primary.
Voter registration: Voters had to register to vote in the primary by July 24, 2012. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 16, 2012. Voters could also register at the polls on Election Day, provided they brought requisite proof of residency.[2]
- See also: Minnesota elections, 2012
Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent was Keith Ellison (D), who assumed office in 2007.
This was the first election that used new district maps based on 2010 Census data. Minnesota's 5th Congressional District included portions of Hennepin and Ramsey counties in the central portion of the state.[3]
Candidates
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General election candidates
Democratic Primary
- Keith Ellison: Incumbent
[4] - Gary Boisclair: an anti-abortion activist.[5]
- Gregg A. Iverson
- Keith Ellison: Incumbent
Republican Primary
- Chris Fields: a retired U.S. Marine [6]
- Chris Fields: a retired U.S. Marine
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |  Keith Ellison Incumbent |
74.5% | 262,102 | |
| Republican | Chris Fields | 25.2% | 88,753 | |
| NA | Write-in | 0.3% | 1,114 | |
| Total Votes | 351,969 | |||
| Source: Minnesota Secretary of State, "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" (dead link) | ||||
Impact of Redistricting
- See also: Redistricting in Minnesota
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. Minnesota's 5th District saw no change in partisanship due to redistricting.[7]
- 2012: 71D / 29R
- 2010: 71D / 29R
Cook Political Report's PVI
In 2012, Cook Political Report released its updated figures on the Partisan Voter Index, which measured each congressional district's partisanship relative to the rest of the country. Minnesota's 5th Congressional District had a PVI of D+22, which was the 42nd most Democratic district in the country. In 2008, this district was won by Barack Obama (D), 75-25 percent over John McCain (R). In 2004, John Kerry (D) won the district 71-29 percent over George W. Bush (R).[8]
District history
2010
On November 2, 2010, Ellison won re-election to the United States House of Representatives. He defeated Joel Demos (R), Lynne Torgerson (I), Tom Schrunk (I), and Michael James Cavlan (Independent Progressive) in the general election.[9]
| U.S. House of Representatives, Minnesota's 5th Congressional District, General Election, 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Keith Ellison Incumbent |
67.7% | 154,833 | |
| Republican | Joel Demos | 24.1% | 55,222 | |
| Independent | Lynne Torgerson | 3.7% | 8,548 | |
| Independent | Tom Schrunk | 3.3% | 7,446 | |
| Independent Progressive | Michael James Cavlan | 1.1% | 2,468 | |
| Independent | Write-In | 0.1% | 229 | |
| Total Votes | 228,746 | |||
Campaign donors
Keith Ellison
| Keith Ellison (2012) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[10] | March 31, 2012 | $142,016.86 | $234,601.75 | $(243,381.00) | $133,237.61 | ||||
| July Quarterly[11] | June 30, 2012 | $133,237.61 | $262,269.02 | $(252,547.14) | $142,959.49 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $496,870.77 | $(495,928.14) | ||||||||
Chris Fields
| Chris Fields (2012) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[12] | March 31, 2012 | $8,436.84 | $10,603.00 | $(14,082.30) | $4,957.54 | ||||
| July Quarterly[13] | June 30, 2012 | $4,957.54 | $40,240.26 | $(11,415.67) | $33,782.13 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $50,843.26 | $(25,497.97) | ||||||||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, 2012
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2012
- United States Senate elections in Minnesota, 2012
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ ABC News, "General Election Results 2012-Minnesota," November 7, 2012
- ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "Registering to Vote," accessed July 25, 2012
- ↑ Minnesota Redistricting Map, "Map" accessed August 30, 2012
- ↑ CBS Minnesota "2012 Primary Results" August 14, 2012
- ↑ Minnesota Independent "Anti-abortion activist campaigns against Ellison to exploit legal loophole" accessed February 10, 2012
- ↑ Minnesota Public Radio "GOP challenger ready for Ellison" accessed February 10, 2012
- ↑ , "2011 Redistricting and 2012 Elections in Minnesota," September 2012
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "Partisan Voting Index Districts of the 113th Congress: 2004 & 2008" accessed October 2012
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013 accessed December 10, 2011
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Keith Ellison April Quarterly," accessed August 1, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Keith Ellison July Quarterly," accessed August 1, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Chris Fields April Quarterly," accessed August 1, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Chris Fields July Quarterly," accessed August 1, 2012
