Florida's 5th Congressional District elections, 2012
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The 5th Congressional District of Florida held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012.
Corrine Brown 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 Richard B. Nugent (R), who was first elected in 2010. Nugent ran in the 11th District.[3]
This was the first election which used new district maps based on 2010 Census data. Florida's 5th Congressional District extends vertically through northeastern Florida and includes portions of Duval, Caly, Putnam, Alachua, Marion, Lake, Seminole, and Orange counties.[4]
Candidates
General election candidates
August 14, 2012, primary results
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Election results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic |  Corrine Brown Incumbent |
70.8% | 190,472 | |
| Republican | LeAnne Kolb | 26.3% | 70,700 | |
| Independent | Eileen Fleming | 3% | 7,978 | |
| Independent | Bruce Ray Riggs | 0% | 3 | |
| Total Votes | 269,153 | |||
| Source: Florida 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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Florida's 5th District is a solidly Democratic district.
In June 2012, Sabato's Crystal Ball rated Florida's 5th as a solidly Democratic district.[6]
Impact of redistricting
- See also: Redistricting in Florida
The new 5th District included much of the former 3rd District, which had been represented by Corrine Brown since 1993.[7]
Prior to redistricting the 5th District comprised all of Citrus, Hernando, and Sumter counties and most of Lake, Levy, and Pasco counties and portions of Marion and Polk counties. The district also included northern suburbs of Tampa and western suburbs of Orlando.
The 5th 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]
- 80 percent from the 3rd Congressional District
- 1 percent from the 4th Congressional District
- 7 percent from the 6th Congressional District
- 2 percent from the 7th Congressional District
- 4 percent from the 8th Congressional District
- 5 percent from the 24th 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 5th District became more Republican because of redistricting.[10]
- 2012: 67D / 33R
- 2010: 70D / 30R
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 5th Congressional District has a PVI of D+16, which is the 66th most Democratic district in the country. In 2008, this district was won by Barack Obama (D), 71-29 percent over John McCain (R). In 2004, John Kerry (D) won the district 63-37 percent over George W. Bush (R).[11]
District history
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2010
On November 2, 2010, Richard B. Nugent won election to the United States House of Representatives. He defeated James "Jim" Piccillo (D) in the general election.[12]
| U.S. House, Florida District 5 General Election, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Richard B. "Rich" Nugent |
67.4% | 208,815 | |
| Democratic | James "Jim" Piccillo | 32.6% | 100,858 | |
| Total Votes | 309,673 | |||
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
- Eileen Fleming's Campaign Website
- John Russell's Campaign Website
- Leanne Kolb's Campaign Website
- Mike Yost's Campaign Website
- Corrine Brown'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
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "House Races-Florida" accessed March 29, 2012
- ↑ Florida 2012 Redistricting Map, "Map" accessed July 5, 2012
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Florida Department of Elections "Candidate List 2012" accessed May 6, 2012
- ↑ Center for Politics, "2012 House Ratings," Updated June 27, 2012
- ↑ Florida Times Union, "2 lawsuits follow Florida Senate's final passage of redistricting maps" accessed February 29, 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
