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Arizona's 3rd Congressional District elections, 2012
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The 3rd Congressional District of Arizona held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Democrat Raul Grijalva was re-elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Arizona's 3rd, on November 6, 2012. He had previously served as Representative for the 7th District.[1]
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Primary: Arizona's primary system is considered semi-closed. Unaffiliated voters may choose which party's primary they will vote in, but voters registered with a party can only vote in that party's primary.[2]
Voter registration: Voters were required to register to vote in the primary by July 30. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 9.[3]
- See also: Arizona elections, 2012
Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent was Benjamin Quayle (R), who was first elected in 2010.
This was the first election using district maps based on data from the 2010 Census. The 3rd District is located in the southern portion and southwestern corner of the state. Yuma, Maricopa, Pima and Santa Cruz Counties are included in the new district boundaries.[4]
Candidates
General election candidates
August 28, 2012, primary results
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Election results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic |  Raul Grijalva Incumbent |
58.4% | 98,468 | |
| Republican | Gabriela Saucedo Mercer | 37.1% | 62,663 | |
| Libertarian | Blanca Guerra | 4.5% | 7,567 | |
| Total Votes | 168,698 | |||
| Source: Arizona Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
Impact of redistricting
- See also: Redistricting in Arizona
The 3rd District was re-drawn after the 2010 Census. The new district is composed of the following percentages of voters of the old congressional districts.[10][11]
- 10 percent from the 2nd Congressional District
- 86 percent from the 7th Congressional District
- 3 percent from the 8th Congressional District
Registration statistics
As of October 22, 2012, District 3 had the following partisan registration breakdown according to the Arizona Secretary of State:
| Arizona Congressional District 3[12] | |||||||
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| Congressional District | District Total | Democrats | Republicans | Other & Unaffiliated | Advantage | Party Advantage | Change in Advantage from 2010 |
| District 3 | 368,595 | 113,905 | 59,571 | 95,119 | Democratic | 91.21% | 138.28% |
| "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. Arizona's 3rd District became more Democratic because of redistricting.[13]
- 2012: 55D / 45R
- 2010: 54D / 46R
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. Arizona's 3rd Congressional District has a PVI of D+7, which is the 133rd most Democratic district in the country. In 2008, this district was won by Barack Obama (D), 59-41 percent over John McCain (R). In 2004, John Kerry (D) won the district 57-43 percent over George W. Bush (R).[14]
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.
Amanda Aguirre
| Amanda Aguirre (2012) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[15] | April 15, 2012 | $0 | $31,158 | $(496.18) | $30,661.82 | ||||
| July Quarterly[16] | July 15, 2012 | $30,661.82 | $72,860.50 | $(89,004.05) | $14,518.27 | ||||
| Pre-Primary[17] | August 16, 2012 | $14,518.27 | $48,302.75 | $(61,662.18) | $1,158.84 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $152,321.25 | $(151,162.41) | ||||||||
J. Manuel Arreguin
| J. Manuel Arreguin (2012) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[18] | April 7, 2012 | $0 | $11,939.47 | $(3,119.38) | $8,820.09 | ||||
| July Quarterly[19] | July 11, 2012 | $8,820.09 | $36,125.73 | $(34,834.67) | $10,111.15 | ||||
| Pre-Primary[20] | August 15, 2012 | $10,111.15 | $13,340.22 | $(12,548.75) | $10,902.62 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $61,405.42 | $(50,502.8) | ||||||||
Raul Grijalva
| Raul Grijalva (2012) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[21] | April 15, 2012 | $114,686.98 | $115,058.24 | $(83,412.29) | $146,332.93 | ||||
| July Quarterly[22] | July 15, 2012 | $146,332.93 | $148,490.34 | $(132,185.10) | $162,638.17 | ||||
| Pre-Primary[23] | August 16, 2012 | $162,638.17 | $50,672.14 | $(132,796.62) | $80,513.69 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $314,220.72 | $(348,394.01) | ||||||||
Gabriela Saucedo Mercer
| Gabriela Saucedo Mercer (2012) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[24] | April 9, 2012 | $10,431.67 | $24,510.53 | $(24,862.17) | $10,080.03 | ||||
| July Quarterly[25] | July 8, 2012 | $10,080.03 | $23,002.65 | $(15,428.77) | $17,653.91 | ||||
| Pre-Primary[26] | August 11, 2012 | $17,653.91 | $8,528.71 | $(10,565.63) | $15,616.99 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $56,041.89 | $(50,856.57) | ||||||||
Blanca Guerra
| Blanca Guerra (2012) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[27] | April 20, 2012 | $0 | $2,399 | $(1,875.97) | $523.03 | ||||
| July Quarterly[28] | July 19, 2012 | $523.03 | $6,010 | $(5,946.62) | $533.03 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $8,409 | $(7,822.59) | ||||||||
District history
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2010
On November 2, 2010, Benjamin Quayle won election to the United States House. He defeated Jon Hulburd, Michael Shoen and Leonard Clark in the general election.[29]
| U.S. House, Arizona District 3 General Election, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Benjamin Quayle |
52.2% | 108,689 | |
| Democratic | Jon Hulburd | 41.1% | 85,610 | |
| Libertarian | Michael Shoen | 5% | 10,478 | |
| Green | Leonard Clark | 1.6% | 3,294 | |
| Total Votes | 208,071 | |||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, 2012
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2012
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ ABC News, "2012 General Election Results," accessed November 6, 2012
- ↑ Fair Vote, "Congressional and Presidential Primaries: Open, Closed, Semi-Closed, and 'Top Two,'" accessed January 2, 2014
- ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "Important Dates," accessed June 29, 2012
- ↑ Arizona Redistricting, "Map" accessed July 7, 2012
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Tucson Weekly, "Tucson Physician Announces Plan To Challenge Grijalva," February 14, 2012
- ↑ Arizona Star "Grijalva makes it official: Will seek re-election in CD 3," accessed February 23, 2012
- ↑ Primary candidate list
- ↑ "Another “Gabby” for U.S. Congress: Gabriela Saucedo Mercer to announce for CD 7 on March 2," TucsonCitizen.com, February 26, 2011
- ↑ Arizona Daily Star, "Democrat Arreguin to run against Grijalva in CD3," February 14, 2012
- ↑ Moonshadow Mobile's CensusViewer, "Arizona's congressional districts 2001-2011 comparison"
- ↑ Labels & Lists, "VoterMapping software voter counts"
- ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "State of Arizona Registration Report," April 23, 2012
- ↑ "2011 Redistricting and 2012 Elections in Arizona," September 2012
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "Partisan Voting Index Districts of the 113th Congress: 2004 & 2008" accessed October 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Amanda Aguirre April Quarterly," accessed August 23, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Amanda Aguirre July Quarterly," accessed August 23, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Amanda Aguirre Pre-Primary," accessed August 23, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "J. Manuel Arreguin April Quarterly," accessed August 23, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "J. Manuel Arreguin July Quarterly," accessed August 23, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "J. Manuel Arreguin Pre-Primary," accessed August 23, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Raul Grijalva April Quarterly," accessed August 23, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Raul Grijalva July Quarterly," accessed August 23, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Raul Grijalva Pre-Primary," accessed August 23, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Gabriela Saucedo Mercer April Quarterly," accessed August 23, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Gabriela Saucedo Mercer July Quarterly," accessed August 23, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Gabriela Saucedo Mercer Pre-Primary," accessed August 23, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Blanca Guerra April Quarterly," accessed August 23, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Blanca Guerra July Quarterly," accessed August 23, 2012
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
