Alabama's 2nd Congressional District elections, 2012
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The 2nd Congressional District of Alabama held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012.
Martha Roby won re-election on November 6, 2012.[1]
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Primary: Alabama has an open primary system, in which registered voters do not have to be members of a party to vote in that party's primary.
Voter registration: Voters had to register to vote in the primary by March 3. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 28.[2]
- See also: Alabama elections, 2012
Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent was Martha Roby (R), who was first elected in 2010.
This was the first election which used new district maps based on 2010 Census data. Alabama's 2nd Congressional District is located in southeastern portion of the state. Bullock, Barbour, Henry, Houston, Geneva, Dale, Coffee, Crenshaw, Butler, Covington, Antauga, Elmore and Conecuh Counties are included in the new district boundaries.[3]
Candidates
General election candidates
March 13, 2012 primary results
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Election results
General Election
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic | Therese Ford | 36.3% | 103,092 | |
| Republican |  Martha Roby Incumbent |
63.6% | 180,591 | |
| N/A | Write-In | 0.1% | 270 | |
| Total Votes | 283,953 | |||
| Source: Alabama Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
Impact of redistricting
- See also: Redistricting in Alabama
District partisanship
FairVote's Monopoly Politics 2012
- 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. Alabama's 2nd District was projected as Likely Republican in 2012.[4]
- 2012: 32D / 68R
- 2010: 33D / 67R
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. Alabama's 2nd Congressional District has a PVI of R+18, which is the 27th most Republican district in the country. In 2008, this district was won by John McCain (R), 65-35 percent over Barack Obama (D). In 2004, George W. Bush won the district 69-31 percent over John Kerry (D).[5]
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.
Martha Roby
| Martha Roby (2012) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| Pre-Primary[6] | March 1, 2012 | $417,323.28 | $18,975 | $(67,474.32) | $368,823.96 | ||||
| April Quarterly[7] | April 13, 2012 | $368,823.96 | $96,642.68 | $(17,934.84) | $447,531.80 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $115,617.68 | $(85,409.16) | ||||||||
District history
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2010
On November 2, 2010, Martha Roby won election to the United States House. She defeated Bobby Bright in the general election.[8]
| U.S. House, Alabama District 2 General Election, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Martha Roby |
51.1% | 111,645 | |
| Democratic | Bobby Bright Incumbent | 48.9% | 106,865 | |
| Total Votes | 218,510 | |||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama, 2012
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2012
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ ABC News, "2012 General Election Results," accessed November 6, 2012
- ↑ Alabama Secretary of State, "Voter Registration Info," accessed July 20, 2012
- ↑ Alabama Redistricting, "Map" accessed July 7, 2012
- ↑ FairVote, "2011 Redistricting and 2012 Elections in Alabama," September 2012
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "Partisan Voting Index Districts of the 113th Congress: 2004 & 2008" accessed October 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Martha Roby April Quarterly," accessed July 9, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Martha Roby April Quarterly," accessed July 9, 2012
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
