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Connecticut's 3rd Congressional District elections, 2012
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The 3rd Congressional District of Connecticut held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012.
Incumbent Rosa L. DeLauro won re-election.[1]
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Primary: Connecticut was one of 16 states to use an open primary system. However, there was a three month waiting period if voters switched parties.[2]
Voter registration: Voters could register in person to vote in the primary up until noon the day before the primary.[2] (Information about registering to vote)
- See also: Connecticut elections, 2012
Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent was Rosa L. DeLauro (D), who was first elected in 1990.
This was the first election using district maps based on data from the 2010 Census. Connecticut's 3rd Congressional District was located in the south-central portion of the state along the Long Island Sound. Millford, Orange, Branford, Guillford, Durham, Middletown, Wallingford, Hamden, Seymour, Naugatuck, Bethany, and Prospect counties were included in the new district boundaries.[3]
Candidates
General election candidates
August 14, 2012, primary results
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Election results
General Election
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic |  Rosa L. DeLauro Incumbent |
74.7% | 217,573 | |
| Republican | Wayne Winsley | 25.3% | 73,726 | |
| Total Votes | 291,299 | |||
| Source: Connecticut Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
Race background
Blue vs. Red
Possible race ratings are:
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Lean Republican
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Connecticut's 3rd District was a solidly Democratic district.
In June 2012, Sabato's Crystal Ball rated Connecticut's 3rd as solidly Democratic.[6]
Impact of redistricting
- See also: Redistricting in Connecticut
The Connecticut Supreme Court completed the redistricting of the state’s five congressional districts. The new districts closely resembled the configuration adopted 10 years ago when Connecticut lost one district due to declining population.[7] Under the new map, less than 30,000 residents statewide were affected by the changes.[7]
Democrats held a 5-4 advantage on the bipartisan Reapportionment Commission and the commission chose to honor the long-standing tradition of unanimous agreement.[7]
The district was composed of the following percentages of voters of the old congressional districts.[8][9]
- 1 percent from the 1st Congressional District
- 1 percent from the 2nd Congressional District
- 99 percent from the 3rd Congressional District
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. Connecticut's 3rd District's partisanship was unaffected by redistricting.[10]
- 2012: 60D / 40R
- 2010: 60D / 40R
Cook Political Report's PVI
In 2012, Cook Political Report released its updated figures on the Partisan Voter Index, which measured each congressional district's partisanship relative to the rest of the country. Connecticut's 3rd Congressional District had a PVI of D+9, which was the 109th most Democratic district in the country. In 2008, this district was won by Barack Obama (D), 63-37 percent over John McCain (R). In 2004, John Kerry (D) won the district 57-43 percent over George W. Bush (R).[11]
District history
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2010
On November 2, 2010, Rosa L. DeLauro won re-election to the United States House of Representatives. She defeated Jerry Labriola, Jr.(R), Charles A. Pillsbury (G), and Boaz Itshaky (I) in the general election.[12]
| U.S. House, Connecticut District 3, General Election, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Rosa L. DeLauro Incumbent |
63.6% | 134,544 | |
| Republican | Jerry Labriola, Jr. | 35% | 74,107 | |
| Green | Charles A. Pillsbury | 1.4% | 2,984 | |
| Independent | Boaz Itshaky | 0% | 5 | |
| Total Votes | 211,640 | |||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut, 2012
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2012
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ ABC News, "2012 General Election Results," accessed November 6, 2012
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Connecticut Secretary of State Elections Division, "Registration Deadlines" accessed April 17, 2012
- ↑ Connecticut Redistricting, "Map" accessed July 7, 2012
- ↑ Republican American "Motivational speaker from Naugatuck to take on DeLauro " accessed December 2, 2011
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedlist - ↑ Center for Politics, "2012 House Ratings," Updated June 27, 2012
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Norwich Bulletin, "Our View: Redistricting map has minimal changes" accessed February 16, 2012
- ↑ Moonshadow Mobile's CensusViewer, "Connecticut's congressional districts 2001-2011 comparison"
- ↑ Labels & Lists, "VoterMapping software voter counts"
- ↑ "2011 Redistricting and 2012 Elections in Connecticut," September 2012
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "Partisan Voting Index Districts of the 113th Congress: 2004 & 2008" accessed October 2012
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
