Florida's 13th Congressional District elections, 2012
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The 13th Congressional District of Florida held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012.
C.W. Bill Young was re-elected on November 6, 2012.[1]
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Primary: Florida is one of 21 states to use a closed primary system.
Voter registration: Voters were required to register to vote in the primary by July 16, 2012, which was 29 days before the primary took place.[2] (Information about registering to vote)
- See also: Florida elections, 2012
Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent was Vern Buchanan (R), who was first elected in 2006. Buchanan ran in the 16th District in 2012.
This was the first election which used new district maps based on 2010 Census data. Florida's 13th Congressional District is located in western Florida and is enclosed entirely in Pinellas County.[3]
Candidates
General election candidates
August 14, 2012, primary results
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Election results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican |  C.W. Bill Young Incumbent |
57.6% | 189,605 | |
| Democratic | Jessica Ehrlich | 42.4% | 139,742 | |
| Total Votes | 329,347 | |||
| Source: Florida Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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C.W. Bill Young Incumbent |
69.1% | 39,381 |
| Darren Ayres | 18.5% | 10,544 |
| Madeline Vance | 12.4% | 7,049 |
| Total Votes | 56,974 | |
Race background
Blue vs. Red
Possible race ratings are:
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Lean Republican
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Florida's 13th District is a solidly Republican district.
In June 2012, Sabato's Crystal Ball rated Florida's 13th District as a solidly Republican district.[7]
Impact of redistricting
- See also: Redistricting in Florida
Prior to redistricting the 13th District encompassed all of Sarasota, DeSoto, and Hardee counties and most of Manatee County except for a small northern coastal portion that was located in the neighboring 11th Congressional District. It also included a small section of Charlotte County.
The 13th District was re-drawn after the 2010 Census. The new district was composed of the following percentages of voters of the old congressional districts.[8][9]
- 16 percent from the 9th Congressional District
- 83 percent from the 10th 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. Florida's 13th District's partisanship was unaffected by redistricting.[10]
- 2012: 48D / 52R
- 2010: 48D / 52R
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. Florida's 13th Congressional District has a PVI of R+1, which is the 226th most Republican district in the country. In 2008, this district was won by Barack Obama (D), 52-48 percent over John McCain (R). In 2004, George W. Bush (R) won the district 52-48 percent over John Kerry (D).[11]
District history
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2010
On November 2, 2010, Vern Buchanan won re-election to the United States House of Representatives. He defeated James T. Golden (D) in the general election.[12]
| U.S. House, Florida District 13 General Election, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Vern Buchanan Incumbent |
68.8% | 183,341 | |
| Democratic | James T. Golden | 31.2% | 83,123 | |
| Total Votes | 266,464 | |||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 2012
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2012
- United States Senate elections in Florida, 2012
External links
- Jessica Ehrlich's Campaign website
- C.W. Bill Young's Campaign website
- Updated Florida Congressional Districts List
- Florida 2012 Redistricting Map
Footnotes
- ↑ ABC News, "2012 General Election Results," accessed November 6, 2012
- ↑ Florida Department of State, "Register to Vote," accessed April 25, 2012
- ↑ Florida 2012 Redistricting Map, "Map" accessed July 5, 2012
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Hill "Democrat Jessica Ehrlich to challenge Rep. Young" accessed February 29, 2012
- ↑ AP Results "U.S. House Results" accessed August 14, 2012
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Florida Department of Elections "Candidate List 2012" accessed May 6, 2012
- ↑ Center for Politics, "2012 House Ratings," Updated June 27, 2012
- ↑ Moonshadow Mobile's CensusViewer, "Florida's congressional districts 2001-2011 comparison"
- ↑ Labels & Lists, "VoterMapping software voter counts"
- ↑ "2011 Redistricting and 2012 Elections in Florida," 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
