Missouri's 1st congressional district elections, 2012
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William Lacy Clay was re-elected on November 6, 2012.[1]
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Primary: Missouri 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 11. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 10.[2]
- See also: Missouri elections, 2012
Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent was William Lacy Clay (D), who was first elected to the House in 2000.
This was the first election which used new district maps based on 2010 Census data. Missouri's 1st congressional district is located in the eastern portion of the state and includes St. Louis City as the majority of the district.[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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Election Results
General Election
| U.S. House, Missouri, District 1 General Election, 2012 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  William Lacy Clay Incumbent |
78.7% | 267,927 | |
| Republican | Robyn Hamlin | 17.9% | 60,832 | |
| Libertarian | Robb E. Cunningham | 3.5% | 11,824 | |
| Total Votes | 340,583 | |||
| Source: Missouri Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
The primary took place on August 7.[7]
Democratic Primary
| Missouri's 1st Congressional District Democratic Primary, 2012 | ||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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William Lacy Clay Incumbent |
63.3% | 57,672 |
| Russ Carnahan Incumbent | 33.9% | 30,911 |
| Candice Britton | 2.8% | 2,566 |
| Total Votes | 91,149 | |
Republican Primary
| Missouri's 1st Congressional District Republican Primary, 2012 | ||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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Robyn Hamlin |
57.9% | 9,737 |
| Martin D. Baker | 42.1% | 7,085 |
| Total Votes | 16,822 | |
Impact of redistricting
- See also: Redistricting in Missouri
Missouri lost a congressional seat following the results of the 2010 Census, bringing its number of representatives down to eight. The redistricting trimmed the seat from St. Louis, changing up the 1st and 3rd congressional districts and upsetting their liberal democrat representatives, William Lacy Clay and Russ Carnahan, respectively. With Carnahan’s own home now in Clay’s 1st district, the two saw the new map as unfair.
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. Missouri's 1st District partisan breakdown did not change because of redistricting.[8]
- 2012: 77D / 23R
- 2010: 77D / 23R
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. Missouri's 1st congressional district has a PVI of D+27, which is the 24th most Democratic district in the country. In 2008, this district was won by Barack Obama (D), 81-19 percent over John McCain (R). In 2004, John Kerry (D) won the district 76-24 percent over George W. Bush (R).[9]
District history
2010
On November 2, 2010, William Lacy Clay was re-elected to the United States House for a sixth term. He defeated Robyn Hamlin (R) and Julie Stone (Libertarian).[10]
| United States House, Missouri General Election, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | William Lacy Clay Incumbent |
73.6% | 135,907 | |
| Republican | Robyn Hamlin | 23.6% | 43,649 | |
| Libertarian | Julie Stone | 2.8% | 5,223 | |
| Total Votes | 184,779 | |||
Campaign donors
Lacy Clay
| Lacy Clay (2012) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[11] | March 31, 2012 | $386,679.10 | $83,592.18 | $(64,205.00) | $406,066.28 | ||||
| July Quarterly[12] | June 30, 2012 | $406,066.28 | $197,691.11 | $(183,551.68) | $420,205.71 | ||||
| Pre-primary[13] | July 22 | $420,205.71 | $29,682.85 | $(233,347.59) | $216,540.97 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $310,966.14 | $(481,104.27) | ||||||||
Robyn Hamlin
| Robyn Hamlin Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| October Quarterly[14] | October 15, 2012 | $56.45 | $5,921.19 | $(5,616.79) | $360.85 | ||||
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| $5,921.19 | $(5,616.79) | ||||||||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2012
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2012
- United States Senate elections in Missouri, 2012
References
- ↑ ABC News "2012 General Election Results"
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State "2012 Elections Calendar," Accessed July 25, 2012
- ↑ Missouri Redistricting Map "Map" Accessed August 29, 2012
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Washington Post "Rep. Russ Carnahan files for primary against Rep. Lacy Clay in Missouri ," February 28, 2012
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 AP Results "U.S. House in Missouri Results" Accessed August 7, 2012
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Missouri Secretary of State "Candidate Filing List" March 28, 2012
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "August 2012 Primary Election," Accessed September 5, 2012
- ↑ "2011 Redistricting and 2012 Elections in Missouri," 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"
- ↑ Federal Election Commission "Lacy Clay April Quarterly," Accessed August 1, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission "Lacy Clay July Quarterly," Accessed August 1, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission "Lacy Clay Pre-primary," Accessed October 9, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission "October Quarterly Robyn Hamlin" Accessed October 18, 2012
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