Does your state lean blue or lean red? Check out our new report, highlighting partisan control of state government from 1992-2013.
Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district elections, 2012
| 2014 →
|
 |
| November 6, 2012 |
| April 24, 2012 |
Allyson Schwartz  |
Allyson Schwartz |
 |
| |
| |
 |
Contents |
| Candidate Filing Deadline | Primary Election | General Election |
|---|---|---|
| |
|
|
Primary: Pennsylvania has a closed primary system, meaning only registered members of a particular party may vote in that party's primary.
Voter registration: Voters had to register to vote in the primary by March 25. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 7.[2]
- See also: Pennsylvania elections, 2012
Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent was Allyson Schwartz, (D), who assumed office in 2005.
This was the first election using new district maps based on 2010 Census data. Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district is located in the southeastern region of Pennsylvania and includes northeast Philadelphia. It also includes portions of Bucks and Montgomery 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
April 24, 2012 primary results
|
|
|
Election Results
General Election
| U.S. House, Pennsylvania, District 13 General Election, 2012 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Allyson Schwartz Incumbent |
69.1% | 209,901 | |
| Republican | Joe Rooney | 30.9% | 93,918 | |
| Total Votes | 303,819 | |||
| Source: Pennsylvania Department of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
Race background
The Washington Post listed the House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania in 2012 as one of the states that could determine whether Democrats would retake the House or Republicans would hold their majority in 2013.[6] Ohio tied with Pennsylvania for 9th on the list.[6]
Impact of Redistricting
- See also Redistricting in Pennsylvania
The 13th district was re-drawn after the 2010 Census. The new district is composed of the following percentages of voters of the old congressional districts.[7][8]
- 10 percent from the 1st congressional district
- 11 percent from the 2nd congressional district
- 7 percent from the 6th congressional district
- 4 percent from the 7th congressional district
- 7 percent from the 8th congressional district
- 60 percent from the 13th 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. Pennsylvania's 13th District's became more Republican because of redistricting.[9]
- 2012: 62D / 38R
- 2010: 67D / 33R
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. Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district has a PVI of D+12, which is the 83rd most Democratic district in the country. In 2008, this district was won by Barack Obama (D), 65-35 percent over John McCain (R). In 2004, John Kerry (D) won the district 62-38 percent over George W. Bush (R).[10]
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.
Allyson Schwartz
| Allyson Schwartz (2012) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| July Quarterly[11] | July 15, 2012 | $2,634,161.90 | $406,357.27 | $(169,628.45) | $2,870,890.72 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $406,357.27 | $(169,628.45) | ||||||||
Joe Rooney
| Joe Rooney (2012) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| July Quarterly[12] | July 15, 2012 | $7,584.78 | $53,207.49 | $(37,178.34) | $23,613.93 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $53,207.49 | $(37,178.34) | ||||||||
District History
2010
On November 2, 2010, Schwartz won re-election to the United States House of Representatives. He defeated Carson Dee Adcock in the general election.[13]
| U.S. House of Representatives, Pennsylvania Congressional District 13 Election, 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Allyson Schwartz Incumbent |
56.3% | 118,710 | |
| Republican | Carson Dee Adcock | 43.7% | 91,987 | |
| Total Votes | 210,697 | |||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, 2012
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2012
- United States Senate elections in Pennsylvania, 2012
References
- ↑ Politico "2012 House Race Results"
- ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State "Registration Deadlines," Accessed June 28, 2012
- ↑ Pennsylvania Redistricting Map "Map" Accessed July 30, 2012
- ↑ CBS Philly "Montco man who took part in Occupy Philly sets sights on Schwartz congressional seat" Accessed April 20, 2012
- ↑ Phillyburbs.com "Rooney sets sail in 13th District race" Accessed April 20, 2012
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Washington Post "The 10 states that will determine control of the House in 2012" Accessed April 25, 2012
- ↑ Moonshadow Mobile's CensusViewer "Pennsylvania's congressional districts 2001-2011 comparison"
- ↑ Labels & Lists "VoterMapping software voter counts"
- ↑ "2011 Redistricting and 2012 Elections in Pennsylvania," September 2012
- ↑ Cook Political Report "Partisan Voting Index Districts of the 113th Congress: 2004 & 2008" Accessed October 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission "Allyson Schwartz July Quarterly," Accessed July 27, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission "Joe Rooney July Quarterly," Accessed July 27, 2012
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010"
| |||||||||||||
