Missouri's 4th congressional district elections, 2012
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Vicky Hartzler 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 Vicky Hartzler (R), who was first elected to the House in 2010.
This was the first election which used new district maps based on 2010 Census data. Missouri's 4th congressional district is located in the central and western portion of the state and includes Audrain, Randolph, Howard, Boone, Cooper, Moniteau, Morgan, Pettis, Johnson, Henry, Benton, Hickory, Camden, Pulaski, Laclede, Webster, Dallas, Cass, Bates, Vernon, Barton, Cedar, St. Clair, Dade, and Barton 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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Primary Results
The primary took place on August 7.[7]
Republican Primary
| Missouri's 4th Congressional District Republican Primary, 2012 | ||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Vicky Hartzler |
84% | 71,615 |
| Bernie Mowinski | 16% | 13,645 |
| Total Votes | 85,260 | |
Libertarian Primary
| Missouri's 4th Congressional District Libertarian Primary, 2012 | ||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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Thomas Holbrook |
58% | 232 |
| Herschel L. Young | 42% | 168 |
| Total Votes | 400 | |
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.
According to the Washington Post, redistricting turned the 4th district from a safely conservative seat into a swing district. Republican incumbent Vicky Hartzler faced real competition from Democrat Teresa Hensley.[8]
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 4th District became less Republican because of redistricting.[9]
- 2012: 39D / 61R
- 2010: 35D / 65R
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 4th congressional district has a PVI of R+11, which is the 99th most Republican district in the country. In 2008, this district was won by John McCain (R), 58-42 percent over Barack Obama (D). In 2004, George W. Bush (R) won the district 61-39 percent over John Kerry (D).[10]
District history
2010
On November 2, 2010, Vicky Hartzler was elected to the United States House. She defeated Ike Skelton (D), Jason Michael Braun (Libertarian), and Greg Cowan (Constitution).[11]
| United States House, Missouri General Election, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Vicky Hartzler |
50.4% | 113,489 | |
| Democratic | Ike Skelton | 45.1% | 101,532 | |
| Libertarian | Jason Michael Braun | 2.7% | 6,123 | |
| Constitution | Nicholas J. Nick Ivanovich | 1.7% | 3,912 | |
| Total Votes | 225,056 | |||
Campaign donors
Vicky Hartzler
| Vicky Hartzler (2012) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[12] | March 31, 2012 | $244,195.23 | $140,342.39 | $(30,717.96) | $353,819.66 | ||||
| July Quarterly[13] | June 30, 2012 | $353,819.66 | $360,513.15 | $(104,803.76) | $609,529.05 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $500,855.54 | $(135,521.72) | ||||||||
Teresa Hensley
| Teresa Hensley (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 | $0.00 | $252,270.73 | $(17,456.17) | $234,814.56 | ||||
| July Quarterly[15] | June 30, 2012 | $234,814.56 | $223,793.27 | $(60,673.00) | $397,934.83 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $476,064 | $(78,129.17) | ||||||||
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 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Missouri Secretary of State "Candidate Filing List" March 28, 2012
- ↑ AP Results "Missouri U.S. House Results" Accessed August 7, 2012
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- ↑ Washington Post blog "The 10 House districts that might surprise you," May 11, 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 "Vicky Hartzler April Quarterly," Accessed August 1, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission "Vicky Hartzler July Quarterly," Accessed August 1, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission "Teresa Hensley April Quarterly," Accessed August 1, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission "Teresa Hensley July Quarterly," Accessed August 1, 2012
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