Louisiana's 3rd Congressional District elections, 2012
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The 3rd Congressional District of Louisiana held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012.
Incumbent Charles Boustany Jr. (R) won election on December 8, 2012. He defeated fellow incumbent Jeff Landry (R) in the general election.[1]
| Candidate Filing Deadline | Primary Election | General Election |
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Primary: At the time of this election, Louisiana used the Louisiana majority-vote system. In this system, all candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50% of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.
Voter registration: Voters were required to register to vote in the November 6 election by October 9; for the December 8 general election, the voter registration deadline was November 7.[2]
- See also: Louisiana elections, 2012
Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent of District 3 was Jeff Landry (R), who was first elected in 2010. However, due to redistricting, Louisiana lost District 7 and it was drawn into District 3. Charles Boustany Jr. (R) was first elected to District 7 in 2004.
This was the first election that used new district maps based on 2010 Census data. Louisiana's 3rd Congressional District encompassed southern Louisiana and stretched from the Texas border to Iberia and St. Martin parishes. Cameron, Calcasieu, Jeff Davis, Acadia, Lafayette, St. Martin, St. Mary, Vermillion, and Iberia parishes were included in this district.[3]
The Hill listed Jeff Landry as the most vulnerable Republican incumbent in 2012 as a result of redistricting.[4]
General election results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |  Charles Boustany Jr. Incumbent |
60.9% | 58,820 | |
| Republican | Jeff Landry Incumbent | 39.1% | 37,764 | |
| Total Votes | 96,584 | |||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election". | ||||
Candidates
General election candidates
- Charles Boustany Jr. (I)
- Jeff Landry (I)
Primary candidates
Ron Richard:[5]- Jeff Landry: Incumbent Advanced to general election
- Charles Boustany Jr.: Incumbent from the defunct 7th District Advanced to general election
- Bryan Barrilleaux[5]
Jim Stark[5]
No candidate received 50 percent of the vote in the primary on November 6, 2012, so a general election was held on December 8, 2012.[6]
Impact of redistricting
- See also: Redistricting in Louisiana
Louisiana lost a seat in redistricting, meaning seven members of Congress competed for six seats in 2012.[7] The redrawn map merged the coastal districts of incumbents Charles Boustany of the now defunct 7th District and Jeff Landry of the 3rd District,[7] The 3rd District was redrawn to extend from the Texas border to Iberia and St. Martin parishes.[7]
Jeff Landry previously represented the 3rd District, which was split four ways in redistricting. The new 3rd District no longer included Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes.[8]
The Hill listed Jeff Landry as the most vulnerable Republican incumbent in 2012 as a result of redistricting.[4]
Registration statistics
As of October 24, 2012, District 3 had the following partisan registration breakdown according to the Louisiana Secretary of State:
| Louisiana Congressional District 3[9] | |||||||
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| Congressional District | District Total | Democrats | Republicans | Other & Unaffiliated | Advantage | Party Advantage | Change in Advantage from 2010 |
| District 3 | 487,540 | 231,746 | 133,623 | 122,171 | Democratic | 73.43% | -61.65% |
| "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. Louisiana's 3rd District became more Republican because of redistricting.[10]
- 2012: 31D / 69R
- 2010: 34D / 66R
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. Louisiana's 3rd Congressional District had a PVI of R+15, which was the 54th most Republican district in the country. In 2008, this district was won by John McCain (R), 65-35 percent over Barack Obama (D). In 2004, George W. Bush (R) won the district 61-39 percent over John Kerry (D).[11]
Campaign donors
Candidates for Congress were required to file up to seven main reports with the Federal Election Commission during the 2012 elections season. Below are Jeff Landry and Charles Boustany Jr.'s reports.
Jeff Landry
| Jeff Landry (2012)[12] Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[13] | April 15, 2012 | $534,147.40 | $326,710.11 | $(326,710.11) | $820,083.26 | ||||
| July Quarterly[14] | July 15, 2012 | $820,083.26 | $293,323.72 | $(137,797.96) | $975,609.02 | ||||
| Pre-Primary[15] | August 8, 2012 | $975,609.02 | $20,555 | $(44,097) | $952,066.94 | ||||
| October Quarterly[16] | October 25, 2012 | $952,066.94 | $383,997.79 | $(582,528.78) | $753,535.95 | ||||
| Pre-General[17] | October 25, 2012 | $753,535.95 | $71,956 | $(187,175.16) | $638,316.79 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $1,096,542.62 | $(1,278,309.01) | ||||||||
Charles Boustany Jr.
| Charles Boustany Jr. (2012)[18] Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[19] | April 10, 2012 | $1,270,797.45 | $348,561.34 | $(117,206.07) | $1,502,152.72 | ||||
| July Quarterly[20] | October 15, 2012 | $1,502,152.72 | $741,760.56 | $(330,309.42) | $1,913,603.86 | ||||
| Pre-Primary[21] | August 3, 2012 | $1,913,603.86 | $102,138.9 | $(76,123.42) | $1,939,619.34 | ||||
| October Quarterly[22] | October 15, 2012 | $1,939,619.34 | $504,521.27 | $(1,175,982.6) | $1,268,158.01 | ||||
| Pre-General[23] | October 25, 2012 | $1,268,158.01 | $158,807.69 | $(509,353.11) | $917,612.59 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $1,855,789.76 | $(2,208,974.62) | ||||||||
District history
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2010
On November 2, 2010, Landry won election to the United States House of Representatives. He defeated Ravi Sangisetty (D) in the primary election.[24]
| U.S. House, Louisiana District 3 Primary Election, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Jeff Landry |
63.8% | 108,963 | |
| Democratic | Ravi Sangisetty | 36.2% | 61,914 | |
| Total Votes | 170,877 | |||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana, 2012
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2012
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Politico, "Charles Boustany defeats Jeff Landry in Louisiana House race," December 8, 2012
- ↑ 2012 Elections Schedule, "Voter Registration," accessed July 25, 2012 (dead link)
- ↑ Louisiana Redistricting Map, "Map" accessed July 24, 2012
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Hill, "Most vulnerable redistricted Republicans" accessed March 12, 2012
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Louisiana Secretary of State "Candidate Database," accessed August 15, 2012
- ↑ CNN.com, "Votes in six House races still being counted, seventh will see runoff," November 10, 2012
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Roll Call, "Race Ratings: Primaries Are What to Watch in Louisiana" accessed February 28, 2012 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "redistrict" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Politico, "Louisiana map sets up incumbent clash" accessed February 28, 2012
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Congressional Voter Registration Statistics," July 1, 2012
- ↑ , "2011 Redistricting and 2012 Elections in Louisiana," September 2012
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "Partisan Voting Index Districts of the 113th Congress: 2004 & 2008" accessed October 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Jeff Landry Summary Report," accessed October 1, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "April Quarterly," accessed October 1, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "July Quarterly," accessed October 1, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Pre-Primary," accessed November 2, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "October Quarterly," accessed November 2, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Pre-General," accessed November 2, 2012
- ↑ FEC Reports, "Charles Boustany Jr. Summary Reports" accessed July 17, 2012
- ↑ FEC Reports, "April Quarterly" accessed July 10, 2012
- ↑ FEC Reports, "July Quarterly" accessed July 12, 2012
- ↑ FEC Reports, "Pre-Primary," accessed November 2, 2012
- ↑ FEC Reports, "October Quarterly," accessed November 2, 2012
- ↑ FEC Reports, "Pre-General," accessed November 2, 2012
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013 accessed November 17, 2011
