United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 2012
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The 2012 U.S. House of Representatives elections in New York took place on November 6, 2012. Voters elected 27 candidates to serve in the U.S. House, one from each of the state's 27 congressional districts.
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Primary: New York 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 June 1. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 12, or October 26 in person.[1]
- See also: New York elections, 2012
On January 27, 2012, Judge Gary Sharpe moved the primary date from September 11, 2012 to June 26, 2012 in order to allow for sufficient time to send absentee ballots to military voters.[2]
According to the New York Times race ratings in October 2012, 10 of the 27 districts are considered to be in play. Those are the 1st, 11th, 18th, 19th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th and 27th districts.[3]
The Center for Voting and Democracy (Fairvote) projected that Democrats would win 15 districts while Republicans would win one seat. It did not make a projection for the remaining 11 districts.[4]
Primary competitiveness
New York had the 42nd most competitive congressional primaries in 2012, with 27.78% of major party primaries having been contested (15 out of 54). The national average was 54.31%.
Twenty-five U.S. House incumbents ran for re-election in New York in 2012. 6 of those 25 (24%) 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 Democratic Party held 21 of the 29 Congressional seats from New York. However, the state lost two seats after the 2010 census and elected 27 representatives.
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| Party | As of November 2012 | After the 2012 Election | |
| Democratic Party | 21 | 21 | |
| Republican Party | 8 | 6 | |
| Total | 29 | 27 | |
Incumbents
Heading into the 2012 election, the incumbents for the 29 congressional districts were:
Margin of victory for winners
There were a total of 27 seats up for election in 2012 in New York. 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%.
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| New York, District 10 |  Jerrold Nadler |
53.2% | 236,323 | Michael Chan |
| New York, District 11 |  Michael Grimm |
5% | 214,755 | Mark Murphy |
| New York, District 12 | Carolyn Maloney |
54.7% | 268,287 | Christopher Wight |
| New York, District 13 | Charles Rangel |
69.8% | 233,172 | Craig Schley |
| New York, District 14 | Joseph Crowley |
57.9% | 170,995 | William Gibbons Jr. |
| New York, District 15 | Jose E. Serrano |
83% | 178,645 | Frank Della Valle |
| New York, District 16 | Eliot Engel |
46.5% | 270,320 | Joseph McLaughlin |
| New York, District 17 | Nita Lowey |
26.7% | 297,379 | Joe Carvin |
| New York, District 18 | Sean Maloney |
3.7% | 295,436 | Nan Hayworth |
| New York, District 19 | Chris Gibson |
5.3% | 305,882 | Julian Schreibman |
| New York, District 1 | Tim Bishop |
4.6% | 294,578 | Randy Altschuler |
| New York, District 20 | Paul Tonko |
34.5% | 317,678 | Robert Dieterich |
| New York, District 21 | Bill Owens |
1.9% | 268,741 | Matthew Doheny |
| New York, District 22 | Richard Hanna |
19.9% | 280,189 | Dan Lamb |
| New York, District 23 | Tom Reed |
3.6% | 279,796 | Nate Shinagawa |
| New York, District 24 | Dan Maffei |
5.3% | 303,567 | Ann Marie Buerkle |
| New York, District 25 | Louise Slaughter |
14.4% | 322,760 | Maggie Brooks |
| New York, District 26 | Brian Higgins |
46.2% | 304,961 | Michael Madigan |
| New York, District 27 | Chris Collins |
1.5% | 329,768 | Kathy Hochul |
| New York, District 2 | Peter T. King |
15.4% | 271,832 | Vivianne Falcone |
| New York, District 3 | Steve Israel |
14.6% | 306,274 | Stephen Labate |
| New York, District 4 | Carolyn McCarthy |
26.1% | 299,484 | Francis Becker Jr. |
| New York, District 5 | Gregory Meeks |
66.8% | 224,508 | Allan Jennings Jr. |
| New York, District 6 | Grace Meng |
32.4% | 186,932 | Daniel Halloran |
| New York, District 7 | Nydia Velazquez |
74.7% | 178,825 | James Murray |
| New York, District 8 | Hakeem Jeffries |
70.4% | 236,292 | Alan Bellone |
| New York, District 9 | Yvette Clarke |
67.8% | 238,957 | Daniel Cavanagh |
General election candidates
Candidates
Note: Election results were added on election night as races were called. Vote totals were added after official election results had been certified. Click here for more information about Ballotpedia's election coverage plan. Please contact us about errors in this list.
1st Congressional District
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2nd Congressional District
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3rd Congressional District
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4th Congressional District
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5th Congressional District
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6th Congressional District
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7th Congressional District
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8th Congressional District
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9th Congressional District
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10th Congressional District
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11th Congressional District
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12th Congressional District
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13th Congressional District
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14th Congressional District
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15th Congressional District
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16th Congressional District
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17th Congressional District
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24th Congressional District
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Race background
The Washington Post listed the House of Representatives elections in New York in 2012 as one of the 10 states that could determine whether Democrats would retake the House or Republicans would hold their majority in 2013.[55] New York ranked 4th on the list.[55]
See also
- United States Senate elections in New York, 2012
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2012
Footnotes
- ↑ New York State Board of Elections, "Voting Deadline Page," accessed June 30, 2012
- ↑ New York Times, "Judge Moves Congressional Primary Date to June," January 27, 2012
- ↑ New York Times, "House Race Ratings," accessed July 25, 2012
- ↑ , "2011 Redistricting and 2012 Elections in New York," September 2012
- ↑ The Hill "NY Rep. Bishop asks for $100 to attend campaign kickoff," accessed December 22, 2011
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ Wall Street Journal "Demos quits GOP primary for congressional seat," May 25, 2012
- ↑ New York Elections "2012 Candidate List"
- ↑ 10.00 10.01 10.02 10.03 10.04 10.05 10.06 10.07 10.08 10.09 10.10 10.11 10.12 10.13 10.14 New York Board of Elections "Filings for June 26, 2012 Federal Primary," April 17, 2012
- ↑ Paul Mourino campaign website "Home page," accessed June 20, 2012
- ↑ New York Elections "2012 Candidate List"
- ↑ Campaign website
- ↑ New York Elections "2012 Candidate List"
- ↑ New York Elections "2012 Candidate List"
- ↑ Garden City, NY Patch "Frank Scaturro's Starting Early with Fundraising," accessed December 22, 2011
- ↑ New York Elections "2012 Candidate List"
- ↑ BLS Advocate "Mike Scala, ’12, to Run for U.S. Congress," October 16, 2011
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 NYTimes blog "Three officials announce bids to replace Ackerman," March 19, 2012
- ↑ New York Elections "2012 Candidate List"
- ↑ New York Elections "2012 Candidate List"
- ↑ Dan O'Connor campaign website, accessed January 27, 2012
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 Brooklyn Papers "Barron makes the fight against Rep. Ed Towns a three-way," accessed December 22, 2011
- ↑ Roll Call "New York: Edolphus Towns Retiring After 15 Terms," April 15, 2012
- ↑ Staten Island Real-Time News "Democrat Mark Murphy declares for Staten Island congressional seat," January 19, 2012
- ↑ Columbia Spectator 'Harlem activist Craig Schley formally announced his candidacy against longtime Representative Charles Rangel" accessed February 17, 2012
- ↑ NY Daily News "Clyde Williams adds big-money names to list," April 13, 2012
- ↑ Capital Tonight "Joyce Johnson Makes 2nd Attempt Against Rangel," March 28, 2012
- ↑ New York Elections "2012 Candidate List"
- ↑ AP/CSPAN "New York-Summary Vote Report," June 26, 2012
- ↑ New York Elections "2012 Candidate List"
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 The Daily Cortlandt "Rosen Drops Challenge of Lowey, Supports Carvin," March 21, 2012
- ↑ New York Elections "2012 Candidate List"
- ↑ New York Elections "2012 Candidate List" accessed October 17,2012
- ↑ New York Elections "2012 Candidate List" accessed October 17,2012
- ↑ PolitickerNY "Democrat emerges to take on Nan Hayworth," accessed December 23, 2011
- ↑ PolitickerNY "Hayworth opponent officially declares campaign," November 10, 2011
- ↑ Tom Wilson campaign site "Wilson announces campaign for New York's 19th Congressional District," January 17, 2012
- ↑ New York Board of Elections "Filings for June 26, 2012 Federal Primary," April 18, 2012
- ↑ New York Elections "2012 Candidate List" accessed October 17, 2012
- ↑ New York Elections "2012 Candidate List" accessed October 17, 2012
- ↑ Record Online "Court says Rep. Hayworth can't run on Independence Party line" accessed August 21, 2012
- ↑ Capitol Confidential "Already, Joel Tyner for Congress," accessed December 23, 2011
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ Press-Republican "Matt Doheny to run again," accessed December 23, 2011
- ↑ Watertown Daily Times "Sackets Harbor resident files paperwork to run for Congress," January 12, 2012
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedne - ↑ Herkimer Telegram "Minor party lines mostly absent in 22nd Congressional race," May 31, 2012
- ↑ New York Election "2012 Candidate List" accessed October 17,2012
- ↑ New York Election "2012 Candidate List" accessed October 17,2012
- ↑ Syracuse Post-Standard "Former Rep. Dan Maffei says he's ready for rematch with Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle," accessed December 23, 2011
- ↑ New York Elections Board "2012 Candidate List" accessed October 17, 2012
- ↑ New York Board of Elections "2012 Candidate List" accessed October 17, 2012
- ↑ 55.0 55.1 Washington Post, "The 10 states that will determine control of the House in 2012," accessed April 25, 2012
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