Oregon's 4th congressional district elections, 2012
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Incumbent Peter DeFazio (D) won re-election on November 6, 2012, having defeated Art Robinson (R) and Chuck Huntting (L) in the general election.[1]
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Primary: Oregon 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 April 24. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 16.[2]
- See also: Oregon elections, 2012
Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent was Peter DeFazio, (D), who has served since 1987 and won re-election on November 6, 2012.
This was the first election using new district maps based on 2010 Census data. Oregon's 4th congressional district is located in the southwest portion of the state and includes Linn, Benton, Lane, Coos, Douglas, Josephine, and Curry 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
May 15, 2012 primary results
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Race background
Competitiveness
In August, 2012, Sabato's Crystal Ball and The New York Times rated Oregon's 1st congressional district as solid Democratic.[8][9]
Campaign contributions
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
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| Arthur Robinson[10] Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly | 1/01-3/31/2012 | $95,172 | $132,301 | $(56,328) | $171,145 | ||||
| Pre-Primary | $171,145 | $60,399 | $(30,351) | $201,194 | |||||
| July Quarterly | 4/26-6/30/2012 | $201,194 | $182,446 | $(335,301) | $48,339 | ||||
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| $375,146 | $(421,980) | ||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly | 1/01-3/31/2012 | $451,401 | $141,648 | $(63,404) | $529,645 | ||||
| Pre-Primary | 4/01-4/25/2012 | $529,645 | $83,163 | $(22,660) | $590,148 | ||||
| July Quarterly | 4/26-6/30/2012 | $590,148 | $154,154 | $(98,731) | $645,571 | ||||
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| $378,965 | $(184,795) | ||||||||
Election Results
General Election
| U.S. House, Oregon, District 4 General Election, 2012 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Peter DeFazio Incumbent |
59.1% | 212,866 | |
| Republican | Art Robinson | 39% | 140,549 | |
| Libertarian | Chuck Huntting | 1.7% | 6,205 | |
| Write-In | N/A | 0.1% | 468 | |
| Total Votes | 360,088 | |||
| Source: Oregon Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
Democratic Primary
| U.S. House of Representatives-Oregon, District 4 Democratic Primary, 2012 | ||
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Peter DeFazio Incumbent |
90.1% | 69,864 |
| Matthew Robinson | 9.9% | 7,665 |
| Total Votes | 77,529 | |
Impact of Redistricting
- See also Redistricting in Oregon
The 4th district was re-drawn after the 2010 Census. The new district is composed of the following percentages of voters of the old congressional districts.[12][13]
- 1 percent from the 2nd congressional district
- 97 percent from the 4th congressional district
- 3 percent from the 5th congressional district
Registration statistics
As of October 30, 2012, District 4 had the following partisan registration breakdown according to the Oregon Secretary of State:
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| Congressional District | District Total | Democrats | Republicans | Other & Unaffiliated | Advantage | Party Advantage | Change in Advantage from 2010 |
| District 4 | 425,668 | 167,531 | 142,964 | 115,173 | Democratic | 17.18% | -4.92% |
| "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. Oregon's 4th District's partisan advantage did not change because of redistricting.[15]
- 2012: 52D / 48R
- 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. Oregon's 4th congressional district has a PVI of D + 2, which is the 248th most Democratic district in the country. In 2008, this district was won by Barack Obama (D), 66-34 percent over John McCain (R). In 2004, John Kerry (D) won the district 67-33 percent over George W. Bush (R).[16]
District History
2010
On November 2, 2010, DeFazio won re-election to the United States House of Representatives. He defeated Art Robinson and Mike Beilstein in the general election.[17]
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| Democrat | Peter DeFazio Incumbent |
54.6% | 162,416 | |
| Republican | Art Robinson | 43.7% | 129,877 | |
| Pacific Green | Mike Beilstein | 1.8% | 5,215 | |
| Total Votes | 297,508 | |||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon, 2012
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2012
External links
References
- ↑ CNN "Oregon Districts Race - 2012 Election Center"
- ↑ OregonVotes "Important Election Dates," Accessed July 26, 2012
- ↑ Oregon Redistricting Map "Map" Accessed August 9, 2012
- ↑ The Register Guard "Not one but two Robinsons step up to challenge DeFazio" Accessed March 8, 2012
- ↑ OreStar Candidate Filings
- ↑ OreStar Candidate Filing
- ↑ OreStar Candidate Filings
- ↑ Center for Politics, "Sabato's Crystal Ball," August 28, 2012
- ↑ The New York Times, "House Race Ratings," accessed September 10, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Arthur Robinson 2012 Candidate Detail," accessed October 1, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Peter DeFazio 2012 Candidate Detail," accessed October 1, 2012
- ↑ Moonshadow Mobile's CensusViewer "Oregon's congressional districts 2001-2011 comparison"
- ↑ Labels & Lists "VoterMapping software voter counts"
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "Voter Registration Reports, 2012," May, 2012
- ↑ "2011 Redistricting and 2012 Elections in Oregon," 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"
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