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Indiana's 7th Congressional District elections, 2012
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The 7th Congressional District of Indiana held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012.
Incumbent André Carson (D) won re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012.[1]
| Candidate Filing Deadline | Primary Election | General Election |
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Primary: Indiana has an open primary system, in which any registered voter can choose which party's primary to vote in, without having to be a member of that party.
Voter registration: Voters had to register to vote in the primary by April 9. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 9.[2]
- See also: Indiana elections, 2012
Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent was André Carson (D), who was first elected in 2008. He won re-election on November 6, 2012.
This was the first election using district maps based on data from the 2010 Census. Indiana's 7th Congressional District was based in the heart of the state, encompassing most of Marion County and Indianapolis.[3]
Candidates
General election candidates
- André Carson
Carlos May
Tim Frye (Write-In)
Note:' Mmoja Ajabu indicated he would run as an independent candidate in the general election. However, his name did not appear on the official candidate list.[4]
May 8, 2012, primary results
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Election results
General Election
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic | André Carson Incumbent |
62.9% | 162,122 | |
| Republican | Carlos May | 37.1% | 95,828 | |
| Independent | Tim Frye (Write-in) | 0% | 0 | |
| Total Votes | 257,950 | |||
| Source: Indiana Secretary of State "House of Representatives Election Results" | ||||
Democratic Primary
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
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André Carson Incumbent |
90.3% | 34,782 |
| Bob Kern | 5.3% | 2,048 |
| Pierre Pullins | 1.5% | 586 |
| Woodrow Wilcox | 2.8% | 1,082 |
| Total Votes | 38,498 | |
Republican Primary
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
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Carlos May |
26.8% | 10,783 |
| Steve Davis | 19.2% | 7,727 |
| J.D. Miniear | 5.5% | 2,227 |
| Tony Duncan | 10.1% | 4,079 |
| Larry Shouse | 3.5% | 1,412 |
| Wayne Harmon | 10.6% | 4,252 |
| Catherine Ping | 24.3% | 9,771 |
| Total Votes | 40,251 | |
Impact of redistricting
- See also: Redistricting in Indiana
The newly-drawn map was designed to produce seven districts that were favorable to the Republican Party and two that were favorable to the Democratic Party.
The 7th District lost Democratic-leaning areas in northern Marion County in redistricting, while acquiring more Republican areas in the south of the county.[7]
The new 7th District was composed of the following percentages of voters of the old congressional districts.[8][9]
- 6 percent from the 4th Congressional District
- 14 percent from the 5th Congressional District
- 80 percent from the 7th 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. Indiana's 7th District became more Republican because of redistricting.[10]
- 2012: 63D / 37R
- 2010: 68D / 32R
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. Indiana's 7th Congressional District had a PVI of D+9, which was the 110th most Democratic district in the country. In 2008, this district was won by Barack Obama (D), 67-33 percent over John McCain (R). In 2004, John Kerry (D) won the district 54-46 percent over George W. Bush (R).[11]
Campaign donors
2012
André Carson
| André Carson 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 15, 2012 | $383,632.29 | $34,013.14 | $(31,061.56) | $386,583.87 | ||||
| Pre=primary[13] | April 26, 2012 | $383,632.29 | $34,013.14 | $(31,061.56) | $386,583.87 | ||||
| July Quarterly[14] | July 15, 2012 | $386,583.87 | $205,632.27 | $(102,714.31) | $489,501.83 | ||||
| October Quarterly[15] | October 15, 2012 | $489,501.83 | $230,384.77 | $(159,849.65) | $560,036.95 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $504,043.32 | $(324,687.08) | ||||||||
Carlos May
| Carlos May Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[16] | April 15, 2012 | $0.00 | $14,255.00 | $(9,765.64) | $4,489.36 | ||||
| Pre-primary[17] | April 26, 2012 | $4,489.36 | $5,260.00 | $(5,171.76) | $4,577.60 | ||||
| July Quarterly[18] | July 15, 2012 | $4,577.60 | $12,060.00 | $(12,078.64) | $4,558.96 | ||||
| October Quarterly[19] | October 15, 2012 | $4,558.96 | $28,086.00 | $(28,355.96) | $4,289.00 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $59,661 | $(55,372) | ||||||||
District history
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2010
On November 2, 2010, André Carson won re-election to the United States House of Representatives. He defeated Marvin B. Scott (R) and Dav Wilson (L) in the general election.[20]
| U.S. House, Indiana District 7 General Election, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | André Carson Incumbent |
58.9% | 86,011 | |
| Republican | Marvin B. Scott | 37.8% | 55,213 | |
| Libertarian | Dav Wilson | 3.3% | 4,815 | |
| Total Votes | 146,039 | |||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana, 2012
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2012
- United States Senate elections in Indiana, 2012
External links
- André Carson's Campaign Website
- J D Miniear's Campaign Website
- Tony Duncan's Campaign Website
- Steve Davis' Campaign Website
Footnotes
- ↑ Politico, "2012 Election Map, Indiana"
- ↑ Indiana Elections Division, "2012 Calendar Brochure," accessed July 24, 2012
- ↑ Indiana Redistricting Map, "Map" accessed July 24, 2012
- ↑ Indiana Secretary of State "General Election Candidates" accessed August 2, 2012
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 WIBC Indianapolis.com "Republican, Independent Join Seventh District Race" December 16, 2011
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 Indiana Secretary of State "2012 Primary Candidate List" accessed January 26, 2012
- ↑ Roll Call, "Race Ratings: GOP Poised to Scoop Up a Seat" accessed February 29, 2012
- ↑ Moonshadow Mobile's CensusViewer, "Arizona's congressional districts 2001-2011 comparison"
- ↑ Labels & Lists, "VoterMapping software voter counts"
- ↑ "2011 Redistricting and 2012 Elections in Indiana," September 2012
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "Partisan Voting Index Districts of the 113th Congress: 2004 & 2008" accessed October 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Carson April Quarterly" accessed October 8
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Carson Pre-primary" accessed October 8
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Carson July Quarterly" accessed October 8, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Carson October Quarterly" accessed October 22, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Carlos May April Quarterly" accessed October 8, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Carlos May Pre-primary" accessed October 8, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Carlos May July Quarterly" accessed October 8, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Carlos May October Quarterly" accessed October 22, 2012
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
