Louisiana's 6th Congressional District elections, 2012
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The 6th Congressional District of Louisiana held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Incumbent Bill Cassidy won the 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 was Bill Cassidy (R), who was first elected in 2008.
This was the first election using district maps based on data from the 2010 Census. Louisiana's 6th Congressional District encompassed southcentral portions of the state. Point Coupee, WBR, EBR, Livingston, St. Helena, E Feldana, St. John, St. Charles, Assumption and Iberville parishes were included in the district.[3]
Candidates
Primary candidates
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |  Bill Cassidy Incumbent |
79.4% | 243,553 | |
| Libertarian | Rufus Holt Craig,Jr | 10.5% | 32,185 | |
| None | Richard Torregano | 10.1% | 30,975 | |
| Total Votes | 306,713 | |||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
Impact of redistricting
- See also: Redistricting in Louisiana
The new 6th District encircled Baton Rouge, including the suburbs of the city, and extended down to the outskirts of Houma.[5]
Registration statistics
As of October 24, 2012, District 6 had the following partisan registration breakdown according to the Louisiana Secretary of State:
| Louisiana Congressional District 6[6] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Congressional District | District Total | Democrats | Republicans | Other & Unaffiliated | Advantage | Party Advantage | Change in Advantage from 2010 |
| District 6 | 474,934 | 200,399 | 157,354 | 117,181 | Democratic | 27.36% | -38.77% |
| "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 6th District saw become more Republican because of redistricting.[7]
- 2012: 28D / 72R
- 2010: 38D / 62R
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 6th Congressional District had a PVI of R+19, which was the 24th most Republican district in the country. In 2008, this district was won by John McCain (R), 68-32 percent over Barack Obama (D). In 2004, George W. Bush (R) won the district 67-33 percent over John Kerry (D).[8]
Campaign donors
Bill Cassidy
Candidates for Congress were required to file up to seven main reports with the Federal Election Commission during the 2012 elections season. Below are Cassidy's reports.
| Bill Cassidy (2012)[9] Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[10] | March 31, 2012 | $1,485,575.64 | $214,149.94 | $(58,751.3) | $1,640,974.28 | ||||
| July Quarterly[11] | July 13, 2012 | $1,640,974.28 | $263,802.65 | $(54,070.91) | $1,850,706.02 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $477,952.59 | $(112,822.21) | ||||||||
District history
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2010
On November 2, 2010, Cassidy won re-election to the United States House of Representatives. He defeated Merritt E. McDonald, Sr. (D) in the primary election.[12]
| U.S. House, Louisiana District 6 Primary Election, 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Bill Cassidy Incumbent |
65.6% | 138,607 | |
| Democratic | Merritt E. McDonald, Sr. | 34.4% | 72,577 | |
| Total Votes | 211,184 | |||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana, 2012
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2012
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Politico, "2012 House Race Results," accessed November 6, 2012
- ↑ 2012 Elections Schedule, "Voter Registration," accessed July 25, 2012 (dead link)
- ↑ Louisiana Redistricting Map, "Map" accessed July 24, 2012
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Louisiana Secretary of State "Candidate Database," accessed August 15, 2012
- ↑ Roll Call, "Race Ratings: Primaries Are What to Watch in Louisiana" 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, "Bill Cassidy Summary Report," accessed October 1, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "April Quarterly" accessed October 1, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "July Quarterly" accessed October 1, 2012
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013 accessed November 19, 2011
