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Arizona's 6th Congressional District elections, 2012
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The 6th Congressional District of Arizona held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. David Schweikert was re-elected on November 6, 2012.[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 Jeff Flake (R), who was first elected in 2010.
This was the first election which used new district maps based on 2010 Census data. The 6th District is one of five primarily urban districts centered around Phoenix, Arizona.[4]
Candidates
General election candidates
August 28, 2012, primary results
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Election results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican |  David Schweikert Incumbent |
61.3% | 179,706 | |
| Democratic | Matt Jette | 33.3% | 97,666 | |
| Libertarian | Jack Anderson | 3.5% | 10,167 | |
| Green | Mark Salazar | 1.9% | 5,637 | |
| NA | James Ketover | 0% | 1 | |
| Total Votes | 293,177 | |||
| Source: Arizona Secretary of State, "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election," accessed July 13, 2015 | ||||
Race background
Due to redistricting and Arizona's acquisition of a new House seat, incumbents Benjamin Quayle and David Schweikert faced each other in the primary. Both representatives were new to the House and were running for re-election to their 2nd term in 2012. Schweikert defeated Quayle in the primary and went on to win the general election.[7]
Impact of redistricting
- See also: Redistricting in Arizona
The 6th District was re-drawn after the 2010 Census. The new district is composed of the following percentages of voters of the old congressional districts.[8][9]
- 1 percent from the 2nd Congressional District
- 63 percent from the 3rd Congressional District
- 36 percent from the 5th Congressional District
Registration statistics
As of October 22, 2012, District 6 had the following partisan registration breakdown according to the Arizona Secretary of State:
| Arizona Congressional District 6[10] | |||||||
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| Congressional District | District Total | Democrats | Republicans | Other & Unaffiliated | Advantage | Party Advantage | Change in Advantage from 2010 |
| District 6 | 397,255 | 95,023 | 168,282 | 133,950 | Republican | 77.10% | -3.29% |
| "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 6th District became more Republican because of redistricting.[11]
- 2012: 38D / 62R
- 2010: 44D / 56R
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 6th Congressional District has a PVI of R+10, which is the 109th most Republican district in the country. In 2008, this district was won by John McCain (R), 58-42 percent over Barack Obama (D). In 2004, George W. Bush (R) won the district 60-40 percent over John Kerry (D).[12]
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.
Matt Jette
| Matt Jette (2012) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| July Quarterly[13] | July 10, 2012 | $0 | $23,330.51 | $(15,070.94) | $8,259.57 | ||||
| Pre-Primary[14] | August 11, 2012 | $8,259.57 | $0 | $(3,242.40) | $5,017.17 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $23,330.51 | $(18,313.34) | ||||||||
John Williamson
| John Williamson (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 1, 2012 | $123.82 | $200 | $(224.03) | $99.79 | ||||
| July Quarterly[16] | July 1, 2012 | $99.79 | $3,825 | $(3,641.78) | $283.01 | ||||
| Pre-Primary[17] | August 10, 2012 | $283.01 | $1,120 | $(772.10) | $630.91 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $5,145 | $(4,637.91) | ||||||||
Benjamin Quayle
| Benjamin Quayle (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 14, 2012 | $691,687.51 | $392,235 | $(111,620.98) | $972,301.53 | ||||
| July Quarterly[19] | July 14, 2012 | $972,301.53 | $530,453.27 | $(376,324.38) | $1,126,430.42 | ||||
| Pre-Primary[20] | August 16, 2012 | $1,126,430.42 | $189,285.19 | $(803,466.05) | $512,249.56 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $1,111,973.46 | $(1,291,411.41) | ||||||||
David Schweikert
| David Schweikert (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 | $699,991.10 | $250,089.08 | $(138,485.56) | $811,594.62 | ||||
| July Quarterly[22] | July 15, 2012 | $811,594.62 | $274,380.08 | $(229,269.22) | $856,705.48 | ||||
| Pre-Primary[23] | August 16, 2012 | $856,705.48 | $88,308 | $(663,530.23) | $281,483.25 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $612,777.16 | $(1,031,285.01) | ||||||||
District history
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2010
On November 2, 2010, Jeff Flake won election to the United States House. He defeated Rebecca Schneider, Darell Tapp and Richard Grayson in the general election.[24]
| U.S. House, Arizona District 6 General Election, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Jeff Flake |
66.4% | 165,649 | |
| Democratic | Rebecca Schneider | 29.1% | 72,615 | |
| Libertarian | Darell Tapp | 3.1% | 7,712 | |
| Green | Richard Grayson | 1.4% | 3,407 | |
| Total Votes | 249,383 | |||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, 2012
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2012
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
- ↑ Arizona Daily Sun "1st Democrat announces run for Ariz. 6th District," March 9, 2012
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 KTAR "Schweikert ready to battle Quayle in GOP primary," February 4, 2012
- ↑ Enterstageright.com, "The hottest Republican congressional primary race in the country," May 21, 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, "Matt Jette July Quarterly," accessed August 23, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Matt Jette Pre-Primary," accessed August 23, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "John Williamson April Quarterly," accessed August 23, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "John Williamson July Quarterly," accessed August 23, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "John Williamson Pre-Primary," accessed August 23, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Benjamin Quayle April Quarterly," accessed August 23, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Benjamin Quayle July Quarterly," accessed August 23, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Benjamin Quayle Pre-Primary," accessed August 23, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "David Schweikert April Quarterly," accessed August 23, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "David Schweikert July Quarterly," accessed August 23, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "David Schweikert Pre-Primary," accessed August 23, 2012
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
