Arkansas's 1st Congressional District elections, 2012
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The 1st Congressional District of Arkansas held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012.
Rick Crawford was re-elected on November 6, 2012.[1]
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Primary: Arkansas 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 April 23. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 8.[2]
- See also: Arkansas elections, 2012
Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent was Rick Crawford (R), who was first elected in 2010.
This was the first election which used new district maps based on 2010 Census data. The 1st District is located in northeastern Arkansas. Clay, Randolph, Greene, Lawrence, Craighead, Sharp, Fulton, Izard, Baxter, Stone, Searcy, Independent, Cleburne, Jackson, Poinsett, Crittenden, Cross, Woodruff, St. Francis, Lee, Mississippi, Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie, Arkansas, Phillips, Lincoln, Chicot and Desha Counties are included.[3]
Candidates
General election candidates
June 12, 2012, Democratic primary runoff
May 22, 2012, primary results
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Election results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic | Scott Ellington | 39.1% | 96,601 | |
| Republican |  Rick Crawford Incumbent |
56.2% | 138,800 | |
| Green | Jacob Holloway | 2% | 5,015 | |
| Libertarian | Jessica Paxton | 2.6% | 6,427 | |
| Total Votes | 246,843 | |||
| Source: Arkansas Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
Race background
Incumbent Rick Crawford was a part of the National Republican Congressional Committee's Patriot Program, a program to help House Republicans increase their majority in 2012.[6]
Impact of redistricting
- See also: Redistricting in Arkansas
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. Arkansas's 1st District became more Democratic because of redistricting.[7]
- 2012: 37D / 63R
- 2010: 36D / 64R
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. Arkansas's 1st Congressional District has a PVI of R+7, which is the 148th most Republican district in the country. In 2008, this district was won by John McCain (R), 60-40 percent over Barack Obama (D). In 2004, George W. Bush (R) won the district 52-48 percent over John Kerry (D).[8]
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.
Scott Ellington
| Scott Ellington (2012) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[9] | April 14, 2012 | $0 | $19,955 | $(13,978.74) | $5,976.26 | ||||
| Pre-Primary[10] | May 8, 2012 | $5,976.26 | $34,860 | $(28,583.13) | $12,253.13 | ||||
| Pre-Runoff[11] | May 31, 2012 | $12,253.13 | $20,086 | $(30,609.51) | $1,729.62 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $74,901 | $(73,171.38) | ||||||||
Rick Crawford
| Rick Crawford (2012) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[12] | April 13, 2012 | $277,636.32 | $252,059.99 | $(81,962.13) | $447,734.18 | ||||
| Pre-Primary[13] | May 9, 2012 | $447,734.18 | $40,936 | $(41,464.28) | $447,205.90 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $292,995.99 | $(123,426.41) | ||||||||
District history
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2010
On November 2, 2010, Rick Crawford won election to the United States House. He defeated Chad Causey and Ken Adler in the general election.[14]
| U.S. House, Arkansas District 1 General Election, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Rick Crawford |
51.8% | 93,224 | |
| Democratic | Chad Causey | 43.5% | 78,267 | |
| Green | Ken Adler | 4.6% | 8,320 | |
| Total Votes | 179,811 | |||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas, 2012
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2012
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ ABC News, "2012 General Election Results," accessed November 6, 2012
- ↑ Arkansas Secretary of State, "2012 Election Calendar," accessed July 20, 2012 (dead link)
- ↑ Arkansas April 2011 Redistricting Map, "Map" accessed July 23, 2012
- ↑ "Rep. Clark Hall To Enter First District Congressional Race," TalkBusiness.net, October 16, 2011
- ↑ "First District Democrats Have Contested Primary," TalkBusiness.net, November 1, 2011
- ↑ NRCC "Patriot Program 2012"
- ↑ "2011 Redistricting and 2012 Elections in Arkansas," September 2012
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "Partisan Voting Index Districts of the 113th Congress: 2004 & 2008" accessed October 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Scott Ellington April Quarterly," accessed July 9, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Scott Ellington Pre-Primary," accessed July 9, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Scott Ellington Pre-Runoff," accessed July 9, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Rick Crawford April Quarterly," accessed July 9, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Rick Crawford Pre-Primary," accessed July 9, 2012
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
