Florida's 4th Congressional District elections, 2012
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The 4th Congressional District of Florida held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012.
Ander Crenshaw was re-elected on November 6, 2012.[1]
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Primary: Florida was 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 Ander Crenshaw (R), who was first elected in 2000.
This was the first election using district maps based on data from the 2010 Census. Florida's 4th Congressional District was located in northern Florida and includes Baker, Nassau, and Duval counties.[3]
Candidates
General election candidates
No candidates filed to run.- Ander Crenshaw
Gary Koniz- James Klauder
August 14, 2012, primary results
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- Note:Gary Koniz initially filed as a Democratic candidate but instead ran as a write-in candidate.
Election results
General Election
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican | Ander Crenshaw Incumbent |
76.1% | 239,988 | |
| Independent | Gary Koniz | 0.1% | 246 | |
| Independent | James Klauder | 23.8% | 75,236 | |
| Total Votes | 315,470 | |||
| Source: Florida Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
The primary took place on August 14.[6]
Republican Primary
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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Ander Crenshaw |
71.9% | 46,788 |
| Bob Black | 18.1% | 11,816 |
| Deborah Katz Pueschel | 10% | 6,505 |
| Total Votes | 65,109 | |
Race background
Blue vs. Red
Possible race ratings are:
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Lean Republican
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Florida's 4th District was a solidly Republican district.
In June 2012, Sabato's Crystal Ball rated Florida's 4th as a solidly Republican district.[7]
Impact of redistricting
- See also: Redistricting in Florida
In redistricting, the 4th District was consolidated into a more compact district in the state’s northeastern corner.[8]
Prior to redistricting the 4th District included most of Jacksonville along with a portion of North Florida. The district also included all of Baker, Columbia, Hamilton, Madison, Nassau, and Union counties and portions of Duval, Jefferson, and Leon counties.
The 4th District was re-drawn after the 2010 Census. The new district was composed of the following percentages of voters of the old congressional districts.[9][10]
- 3 percent from the 3rd Congressional District
- 86 percent from the 4th Congressional District
- 11 percent from the 6th 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 4th District became more Republican because of redistricting.[11]
- 2012: 33D / 67R
- 2010: 35D / 65R
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. Florida's 4th Congressional District had a PVI of R+17, which was the 31st most Republican district in the country. In 2008, this district was won by John McCain (R), 63-37 percent over Barack Obama (D). In 2004, George W. Bush (R) won the district 69-31 percent over John Kerry (D).[12]
District history
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2010
On November 2, 2010, Ander Crenshaw won re-election to the United States House of Representatives. He defeated Troy D. Stanley (I), Deborah "Deb" Katz Puschel (I) and Gary L. Koniz (I) in the general election.[13]
| U.S. House, Florida District 4 General Election, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Ander Crenshaw Incumbent |
77.2% | 178,238 | |
| Independent | Troy D. Stanley | 22.8% | 52,540 | |
| Independent | Deborah "Deb" Katz Puschel | 0% | 40 | |
| Independent | Gary L. Koniz | 0% | 27 | |
| Total Votes | 230,845 | |||
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
- Ander Crenshaw'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
- ↑ AP Results "U.S. House Results" accessed August 14, 2012
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Florida Secretary of State "Candidate List" accessed March 22, 2012
- ↑ Florida Secretary of State, "August 2012 Primary Election," accessed September 4, 2012
- ↑ Center for Politics, "2012 House Ratings," Updated June 27, 2012
- ↑ Roll Call, "Race Ratings: Florida Offers Democrats Chances at Pickups" accessed February 28, 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
