Minnesota's 6th Congressional District elections, 2012
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The 6th Congressional District of Minnesota held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012.
Incumbent Michele Bachmann 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: Incumbent Michele Bachmann (R) assumed office in 2007. Bachmann ran for the Republican presidential nomination but ended her campaign on January 4, 2012.[3] On January 25, 2012, Bachmann announced she would seek re-election.[4]
This was the first election that used new district maps based on 2010 Census data. The 6th District included most or all of Benton, Sherburne, Stearns, Wright, Anoka, and Washington counties.[5]
Candidates
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General election candidates
Democratic Primary
Republican Primary
- Michele Bachmann Incumbent
[6] - Aubrey Immelman
- Stephen Thompson
- Michele Bachmann Incumbent
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |  Michele Bachmann Incumbent |
50.5% | 179,240 | |
| Democratic | Jim Graves | 49.3% | 174,944 | |
| NA | Write-in | 0.3% | 969 | |
| Total Votes | 355,153 | |||
| Source: Minnesota Secretary of State, "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" (dead link) | ||||
Race background
Minnesota's 6th District was included in the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's "Red to Blue List," which identified districts that the organization specifically targeted to flip from Republican to Democratic control.[7]
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 6th District became more Republican because of redistricting.[8]
- 2012: 41D / 59R
- 2010: 42D / 58R
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 6th Congressional District had a PVI of R+8, which was the 134th most Republican district in the country. In 2008, this district was won by John McCain (R), 56-44 percent over Barack Obama (D). In 2004, George W. Bush (R) won the district 58-42 percent over John Kerry (D).[9]
District history
2010
On November 2, 2010, Bachmann won re-election to the United States House of Representatives. She defeated Tarryl Clark (D), Aubrey Immelman (I), Bob Anderson (I), and Dennis S. Ferche (I) in the general election.[10]
| U.S. House of Representatives, Minnesota's 6th Congressional District, General Election, 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Michele Bachmann Incumbent |
52.5% | 159,476 | |
| Democratic | Tarryl Clark | 39.8% | 120,846 | |
| Independent | Aubrey Immelman | 1.8% | 5,490 | |
| Independent | Bob Anderson | 5.8% | 17,698 | |
| Independent | Write-In | 0.1% | 178 | |
| Independent | Dennis S. Ferche | 0% | 3 | |
| Total Votes | 303,691 | |||
Campaign donors
Michele Bachmann
| Michele Bachmann (2012) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[11] | March 31, 2012 | $250,159.07 | $4,448.57 | $(8,944.90) | $245,662.74 | ||||
| July Quarterly[12] | June 30, 2012 | $642,430.75 | $1,964,609.23 | $(882,040.2) | $1,724,999.78 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $1,969,057.8 | $(890,985.1) | ||||||||
Bachmann reported raising $4.5 million in the third quarter, leaving her with $3.5 million on hand.[13]
Aubrey Immelman
| Aubrey Immelman (2012) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[14] | March 31, 2012 | $58.45 | $0.00 | $(18.90) | $39.55 | ||||
| July Quarterly[15] | June 30, 2012 | $39.55 | $600.00 | $(652.75) | $−13.20 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $600 | $(671.65) | ||||||||
Jim Graves
| Jim Graves (2012) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[16] | March 31, 2012 | $0.00 | $101,026.00 | $(16,000.00) | $85,026.00 | ||||
| July Quarterly[17] | June 30, 2012 | $85,026.00 | $412,925.00 | $(93,461.89) | $404,489.11 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $513,951 | $(109,461.89) | ||||||||
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
- Complete debate video on The Uptake, October 30, 2012
- Complete debate audio on Minnesota Public Radio], November 1, 2012
- Complete debate video on C-SPAN, November 4, 2012
- 6th Congressional News at Minnesota Public Radio]
Footnotes
- ↑ ABC News, "General Election Results 2012-Minnesota," November 7, 2012
- ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "Registering to Vote," accessed July 25, 2012
- ↑ "Bachmann: 'I have decided to stand aside'" January 4, 2012
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedreelect - ↑ Minnesota Redistricting Map, "Map" accessed August 30, 2012
- ↑ CBS Minnesota "2012 Primary Results" August 14, 2012
- ↑ DCCC, "Red to Blue 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 11, 2011
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Michele Bachmann April Quarterly," accessed August 1, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Michele Bachmann July Quarterly," accessed August 1, 2012
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Michele Bachmann raised $4.5 million in the third quarter," October 12, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Aubrey Immelman April Quarterly," accessed August 1, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Aubrey Immelman July Quarterly," accessed August 1, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Jim Graves April Quarterly," accessed August 1, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Jim Graves July Quarterly," accessed August 1, 2012
