United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi, 2012

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2012 U.S. House Elections in Mississippi

Primary Date March 13, 2012

Partisan breakdown • Candidates

Mississippi District Pages District 1 • District 2 • District 3 • District 4

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2012 U.S. Senate Elections

The 2012 U.S. House of Representatives elections in Mississippi took place on November 6, 2012. Voters elected four candidates to serve in the U.S. House, one from each of the state's four congressional districts.

Candidate Filing Deadline	Primary Election	General Election
January 13, 2012	March 13, 2012	November 6, 2012

Primary: Mississippi 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 February 11. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 6.

See also: Mississippi elections, 2012

The Center for Voting and Democracy (Fairvote) projected that Democrats would win one district while Republicans would win three seats.

Primary competitiveness

See also: National contested primary average during the 2012 U.S. congressional elections

Mississippi tied with Missouri, Nevada, and Ohio for having the 15th most competitive congressional primaries in 2012, with 62.5% of major party primaries having been contested (5 out of 8). The national average was 54.31%.

Four U.S. House incumbents ran for re-election in Mississippi in 2012. 4 of those 4 (100%) faced a primary challenger. Nationwide, 200 out of the 386 incumbents seeking re-election faced a primary challenger (51.81%).

Partisan breakdown

Heading into the November 6 election, the Republican Party held three of the four Congressional seats from Mississippi.

Members of the U.S. House from Mississippi -- Partisan Breakdown
Party		As of November 2012	After the 2012 Election
	Democratic Party	1	1
	Republican Party	3	3
Total		4	4

Incumbents

Heading into the 2012 election, the incumbents for the four congressional districts were:

Name	Party	District
Alan Nunnelee	Republican	1
Bennie Thompson	Democratic	2
Gregg Harper	Republican	3
Steven Palazzo	Republican	4

Margin of victory for winners

There were a total of 4 seats up for election in 2012 in Mississippi. The following table shows the margin of victory for each district winner, which is calculated by examining the percentage difference between the top-two vote getters. If the race was uncontested, the margin of victory is listed as 100%.

District	Winner	Margin of Victory	Total Vote	Top Opponent
Mississippi, District 1	Alan Nunnelee	23.5%	309,177	Brad Morris
Mississippi, District 2	Bennie Thompson	36.2%	320,244	Bill Marcy
Mississippi, District 3	Gregg Harper	60%	293,322	John Luke Pannell
Mississippi, District 4	Steven Palazzo	35.3%	285,432	Matthew Moore

General election candidates

This is a map of the congressional districts of Mississippi before and after the 2010 redistricting. The image also includes the partisan breakdown of the districts that are close in registration figures.

Candidates

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1st Congressional District

General election candidates

Brad Morris

Alan Nunnelee

Jim R. Bourland

Danny Bedwell

Chris Potts

March 13, 2012 primary results
Democratic Primary

• Brad Morris:11,120 a

Republican Primary

• Alan Nunnelee:43,487 Incumbent a
• Henry Ross:21,944 2010 US House candidate
• Robert Estes:10,390

Constitution Party candidate

• Jim R. Bourland: a

Libertarian Party candidate

• Danny Bedwell: a

Reform Party candidate

• Chris Potts: a

2nd Congressional District

General election candidates

Bennie Thompson

Bill Marcy

Cobby Williams

Lajena Williams

Democratic Primary

• Bennie Thompson:49,083 Incumbent a
• Heather McTeer:7,040 Mayor of Greenville

Republican Primary

• Bill Marcy:26,041 Security Director a

Nonpartisan candidate

• Cobby Williams: Independent a

Reform Party candidate

• Lajena Williams: Reform a

3rd Congressional District

General election candidates

Gregg Harper

John Luke Pannell

Note: Crystal C. Biggs (D) withdrew from the race in September 2012 after winning the primary, citing an illness. Vicki Slater was set to replace her on the ballot but declined to enter the race.

Democratic Primary

• Crystal C. Biggs:15,291 a

Republican Primary

• Gregg Harper:78,667 Incumbent a
• Robert Allen:7,025

Reform Party candidate

• John Luke Pannell: Reform a

4th Congressional District

General election candidates

Matthew Moore

Steven Palazzo

Ron Williams

Robert W. Claunch

Note: Michael Herrington (D) withdrew from the race in September 2012 after winning the primary, citing an illness in the family.

Democratic Primary

• Michael Herrington:8,988 a service manager a
• Jason Vitosky:1,743

Republican Primary

• Steven Palazzo:60,722 Incumbent a
• Cindy Burleson:6,081
• Ron Vincent:15,378 a retired engineer.

Libertarian Party candidate

• Ron Williams: Libertarian a

Reform Party candidate

• Robert W. Claunch Reform a

See also

• United States House of Representatives elections, 2012
• United States Senate elections in Mississippi, 2012

External links

• Official Democratic Primary Election Results
• Official Republican Primary Election Results

Footnotes

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Mississippi's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Cindy Hyde-Smith (R)

Roger Wicker (R)

Representatives

District 1

Trent Kelly (R)

District 2

Bennie Thompson (D)

District 3

Michael Guest (R)

District 4

Mike Ezell (R)

Republican Party (5)

Democratic Party (1)