Kentucky's 2nd Congressional District elections, 2012
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The 2nd Congressional District of Kentucky held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012.
Brett Guthrie was re-elected on November 6, 2012.[1]
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Primary: Kentucky has a closed primary system, meaning the selection of a party's candidates in a primary election is limited to registered members of that party.
Voter registration: Voters had to register to vote in the primary by April 23. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 9.[2]
- See also: Kentucky elections, 2012
Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent was Brett Guthrie (R), who was first elected in 2008.
This was the first election using district maps based on data from the 2010 Census. Kentucky's 2nd Congressional District was located in west central Kentucky, and included Davies, Hancock, Breckinridge, Grayson, Butler, Warren, Edmonson, Barren, Hart, Green, Larue, Nelson, Washington, Mercer, Boyle, Garrard, Jessamine, Bulitt, Nelson, Spencer and Meade counties.[3]
Candidates
General election candidates
May 22, 2012, primary results
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Election results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican |  Brett Guthrie Incumbent |
64.3% | 181,508 | |
| Democratic | David Lynn Williams | 31.7% | 89,541 | |
| Libertarian | Craig Astor | 1.7% | 4,914 | |
| Independent | Andrew R. Beacham | 2.2% | 6,304 | |
| Total Votes | 282,267 | |||
| Source: Kentucky Board of Elections "2012 General Election Official Vote Totals" | ||||
Impact of redistricting
- See also: Redistricting in Kentucky
Republican-leaning counties including Butler, Mercer, Boyle, and Garrard, as well as western Jessamine County, were added to the 2nd District in redistricting.[7]
Registration statistics
As of October 24, 2012, District 2 had the following partisan registration breakdown according to the Kentucky State Board of Elections:
| Kentucky Congressional District 2[8] | |||||||
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| Congressional District | District Total | Democrats | Republicans | Other & Unaffiliated | Advantage | Party Advantage | Change in Advantage from 2010 |
| District 2 | 488,923 | 266,296 | 188,993 | 33,634 | Democratic | 40.90% | -13.60% |
| "Party advantage" is the percentage gap between the two major parties in registered voters. "Change in advantage" is the spread in difference of party advantage between 2010 and 2012 based on the congressional district number only. | |||||||
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. Kentucky's 2nd District became more Republican because of redistricting.[9]
- 2012: 34D / 66R
- 2010: 35D / 65R
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. Kentucky's 2nd Congressional District had a PVI of R+15, which was the 44th most Republican district in the country. In 2008, this district was won by John McCain (R), 62-38 percent over Barack Obama (D). In 2004, George W. Bush (R) won the district 66-34 percent over John Kerry (D).[10]
Campaign Donations
Candidates for Congress were required to file up to seven main reports with the Federal Election Commission during the 2012 elections season. Below are Guthrie's reports.
| Brett Guthrie (2012)[11] 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 14, 2012 | $688,675.50 | $205,104.81 | $(65,329.62) | $828,450.69 | ||||
| July Quarterly[13] | July 17, 2012 | $780,616.71 | $265,525.25 | $(154,444.19) | $891,697.77 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $470,630.06 | $(219,773.81) | ||||||||
District history
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2010
On November 2, 2010, Brett Guthrie won re-election to the United States House of Representatives. He defeated Ed Marksberry (D) in the general election.[14]
| U.S. House, Kentucky District 2 General Election, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Brett Guthrie Incumbent |
67.9% | 155,906 | |
| Democratic | Ed Marksberry | 32.1% | 73,749 | |
| Total Votes | 229,655 | |||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky, 2012
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2012
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ ABC News, "2012 General Election Results," accessed November 6, 2012
- ↑ Kentucky State Board of Elections, "Voter Information Guide," accessed June 29, 2012
- ↑ Kentucky Redistricting Map, "Map" accessed July 24, 2012
- ↑ Kentucky Secretary of State "Candidate Filings" accessed January 23, 2012
- ↑ Kentucky Secretary of State "2012 Primary List"
- ↑ Kentucky Secretary of State Candidate List accessed September 5, 2012
- ↑ The Rose Institute of State and Local Government, "Kentucky Passes Congressional Maps," accessed August 20, 2024
- ↑ Kentucky State Board of Elections, "Congressional Voter Registration Statistics," June 11, 2012
- ↑ , "2011 Redistricting and 2012 Elections in Kentucky," September 2012
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "Partisan Voting Index Districts of the 113th Congress: 2004 & 2008" accessed October 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Brett Guthrie Summary Report," accessed September 27, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "April Quarterly" accessed September 27, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "July Quarterly" accessed September 27, 2012
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013 accessed November 12, 2011
