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Ohio's 1st congressional district elections, 2012
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Incumbent Steve Chabot won the election.[1]
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Primary: Ohio has a mostly closed primary system, in which voters must vote in the same party's primary as in the previous election, or register with the other party to switch.
Voter registration: Voters had to register to vote in the primary by February 5. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 7.[2]
- See also: Ohio elections, 2012
Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent is Steve Chabot (R), who first served from 1995-2009 and was again elected in 2010.
This was the first election using new district maps based on 2010 Census data. Ohio's 1st congressional district is located in the southwestern corner of the state and includes Hamilton and Warren 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
March 6, 2012 primary results
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Election Results
General Election
| U.S. House, Ohio, District 1 General Election, 2012 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Jeff Sinnard | 37.6% | 131,490 | |
| Republican |  Steve Chabot Incumbent |
57.7% | 201,907 | |
| Libertarian | Jim Berns | 2.8% | 9,674 | |
| Green | Rich Stevenson | 1.9% | 6,645 | |
| Total Votes | 349,716 | |||
| Source: Ohio Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
Democratic Primary
| U.S. House, Ohio's 1st Congressional District Democratic Primary Democratic Primary, 2012 | ||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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Jeff Sinnard |
50.3% | 4,561 |
| Malcom Kantzler | 49.7% | 4,505 |
| Total Votes | 9,066 | |
Libertarian Primary
| U.S. House, Ohio's 1st Congressional District Libertarian Primary Libertarian Primary, 2012 | ||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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Jim Berns |
87% | 140 |
| Sandra Queen Noble | 13% | 21 |
| Total Votes | 161 | |
Campaign Contributions
Candidates for Congress were required to file up to seven main reports with the Federal Election Commission during the 2012 elections season. Below are candidate reports.
Steve Chabot
| Steve Chabot (2012) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[6] | March 31, 2012 | $517,581.21 | $86,895.00 | $(17,027.94) | $587,448.27 | ||||
| July Quarterly[7] | July 15 | $582,336.15 | $55,817.00 | $(50,817.93) | $587,335.22 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $142,712 | $(67,845.87) | ||||||||
Race background
The Washington Post listed the House of Representatives elections in Ohio in 2012 as one of the states that could determine whether Democrats would retake the House or Republicans would hold their majority in 2013.[8] Ohio tied with Pennsylvania for 9th on the list.[8]
Impact of Redistricting
- See also Redistricting in Ohio
The 1st district was re-drawn after the 2010 Census. The new district is composed of the following percentages of voters of the old congressional districts.[9][10]
- 64 percent from the 1st congressional district
- 22 percent from the 2nd congressional district
- 15 percent from the 3rd congressional district
Registration statistics
As of October 29, 2012, District 1 had the following partisan registration breakdown according to the Ohio Secretary of State:
| Ohio Congressional District 1[11] | |||||||
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| Congressional District | District Total | Democrats | Republicans | Other & Unaffiliated | Advantage | Party Advantage | Change in Advantage from 2010 |
| District 1 | 480,406 | 32,254 | 92,900 | 355,252 | Republican | 188.03% | N/A |
| "Party advantage" is the percentage gap between the two major parties in registered voters. "Change in advantage" is the spread in difference of party advantage between 2010 and 2012 based on the congressional district number only. | |||||||
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. Ohio's 1st District became more Republican because of redistricting.[12]
- 2012: 44D / 56R
- 2010: 52D / 48R
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. Ohio's 1st congressional district has a PVI of R+6, which is the 166th most Republican district in the country. In 2008, this district was won by John McCain (R), 52-48 percent over Barack Obama (D). In 2004, George W. Bush (R) won the district 57-43 percent over John Kerry (D).[13]
District History
2010
On November 2, 2010, Steve Chabot (R) was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, defeating incumbent Steve Driehaus (D). [14]
| U.S. House, Ohio District 1 General Election, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Steve Chabot |
52.8% | 103,770 | |
| Democratic | Steve Driehaus | 47.2% | 92,672 | |
| Total Votes | 196,442 | |||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, 2012
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2012
- United States Senate elections in Ohio, 2012
References
- ↑ Politico "2012 Election Map, Ohio"
- ↑ Ohio Secretary of State "FAQ," Accessed June 29, 2012
- ↑ Ohio Redistricting Map "Map" Accessed August 9, 2012
- ↑ Cincinnati.com "Ohio's GOP presidential primary field set" Accessed January 15, 2012
- ↑ Secretary of State of Ohio "Candidates for US Representative Primary," Created February 7, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission "Steve Chabot April Quarterly Report," Accessed June 26, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission "Steve Chabot July Quarterly Report," Accessed October 4, 2012
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Washington Post "The 10 states that will determine control of the House in 2012" Accessed April 25, 2012
- ↑ Moonshadow Mobile's CensusViewer "Ohio's congressional districts 2001-2011 comparison"
- ↑ Labels & Lists "VoterMapping software voter counts"
- ↑ Ohio Secretary of State, "Precinct-By-Precinct Data," March 6, 2012
- ↑ "2011 Redistricting and 2012 Elections in Ohio," September 2012
- ↑ Cook Political Report "Partisan Voting Index Districts of the 113th Congress: 2004 & 2008" Accessed October 2012
- ↑ Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010
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