Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District elections, 2012
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The 2nd Congressional District of Nebraska held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Incumbent Lee Terry won the election.[1]
| Candidate Filing Deadline | Primary Election | General Election |
|---|---|---|
Primary: Nebraska has a closed primary system, in which the selection of a party's candidates in an election is limited to registered party members.
Voter registration: Voters had to register to vote in the primary by February 10, 2012 by mail or February 17, 2012 in-person. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 19, 2012 by mail or October 26, 2012 in-person.[2]
- See also: Nebraska elections, 2012
Incumbent: Heading into the election was incumbent Lee Terry (R), who was first elected to the House in 1998.
This was the first election using district maps based on data from the 2010 Census. Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District was located in the eastern portion of the state and included Douglas county and part of Sarpy county.[3]
Candidates
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General election candidates
Democratic Primary
- Gwen Howard: Nebraska state senator[4]
- John Ewing: Douglas County treasurer[5]
Republican Primary
- Lee Terry: Incumbent[6]
- Jack Heidel: Math department chairman at the University of Nebraska at Omaha[5]
- Brett Lindstrom: Financial analyst and former University of Nebraska football player[5]
- Glenn Freeman: Former Douglas County Republican Party chairman[7]
- Paul Anderson: Railroad mechanic[8]
- Lee Terry: Incumbent[6]
Independent Candidate
Election results
General Election
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | John Ewing | 49.2% | 129,767 | |
| Republican |  Lee Terry Incumbent |
50.8% | 133,964 | |
| Total Votes | 263,731 | |||
| Source: Nebraska Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
Primary Election
The primary was held on May 15, 2012.[10]
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Lee Terry |
59.5% | 27,998 |
| Brett Lindstrom | 22.8% | 10,753 |
| Jack Heidel | 11.5% | 5,406 |
| Glenn Freeman | 4% | 1,885 |
| Paul Anderson | 2.2% | 1,051 |
| Total Votes | 47,093 | |
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
John Ewing |
62% | 17,954 |
| Gwen Howard | 38% | 11,009 |
| Total Votes | 28,963 | |
Impact of redistricting
- See also: Redistricting in Nebraska
Nebraska was redistricted following the 2010 Census, but did not gain or lose a seat. Bellevue and Offut Air Force Base were moved to the 1st District from the 2nd. Republican-leaning Sarpy County was moved from the 1st District to the 2nd.
The 2nd District was re-drawn after the 2010 Census. The new district was composed of the following percentages of voters of the old congressional districts.[11][12]
- 6 percent from the 1st Congressional District
- 94 percent from the 2nd Congressional District
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. Nebraska's 2nd District partisan breakdown did not change because of redistricting.[13]
- 2012: 47D / 53R
- 2010: 47D / 53R
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. Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District had a PVI of R+6, which was the 156th most Republican district in the country. In 2008, this district was won by Barack Obama (D), 51-49 percent over John McCain (R). In 2004, George W. Bush (R) won the district 61-39 percent over John Kerry (D).[14]
District history
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2010
On November 2, 2010, Lee Terry was re-elected to the United States House for a seventh term. He defeated Tom White (D).[15]
| United States House, Nebraska General Election, 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Lee Terry Incumbent |
60.8% | 93,840 | |
| Democratic | Tom White | 39.2% | 60,486 | |
| Total Votes | 154,326 | |||
Campaign donors
John Ewing
| John Ewing (2012) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[16] | March 31, 2012 | $44,775.26 | $73,315.13 | $(38,032.65) | $80,057.74 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $73,315.13 | $(38,032.65) | ||||||||
Lee Terry
| Lee Terry (2012) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[17] | March 31, 2012 | $405,224.68 | $191,804.5 | $(212,017.42) | $385,011.76 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $191,804.5 | $(212,017.42) | ||||||||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska, 2012
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2012
- United States Senate elections in Nebraska, 2012
Footnotes
- ↑ Politico, "2012 House Race Results," accessed November 6, 2012
- ↑ Nebraska Secretary of State, "Voter Information," accessed July 25, 2012
- ↑ Nebraska Redistricting Map, "Map" accessed August 29, 2012
- ↑ Omaha World-Herald "Gwen Howard to run for Congress," accessed December 16, 2011
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Omaha World-Herald "UNO chairman to run for Congress," accessed December 16, 2011
- ↑ Omaha World-Herald "No Senate bid for Fortenberry" accessed February 4, 2012
- ↑ Omaha World-Herald "Freeman to challenge Terry" accessed February 4, 2012
- ↑ Nebraska Secretary of State "2012 Primary Candidates List," accessed March 3, 2012
- ↑ Facebook Page "Matt Helt" June 11, 2012
- ↑ http://www.sos.ne.gov/elec/2012/pdf/canvass-report-2012-primary.pdf
- ↑ Moonshadow Mobile's CensusViewer, "Nebraska's congressional districts 2001-2011 comparison"
- ↑ Labels & Lists, "VoterMapping software voter counts"
- ↑ "2011 Redistricting and 2012 Elections in Nebraska," 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
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "John Ewing April Quarterly," accessed July 2, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Lee Terry April Quarterly," accessed July 2, 2012
