Maryland's 2nd Congressional District elections, 2012
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The 2nd Congressional District of Maryland held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012.
Incumbent Dutch Ruppersberger (D) won re-election on November 6, 2012.[1]
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Primary: Maryland has a closed primary system, in which the selection of a party's candidates in an election is limited to registered party members.
Voter registration: Voters had to register to vote in the primary by March 13. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 16.[2]
- See also: Maryland elections, 2012
Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent was Dutch Ruppersberger (D), who was first elected in 2002. He won re-election on November 6, 2012.
This was the first election using district maps based on data from the 2010 Census. Maryland's 2nd Congressional District encompassed parts of Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Harford, and Howard counties, including parts of the city of Baltimore. On March 30, 2012, the 2nd District was included in a list released by the National Journal of the top ten most contorted congressional districts due to redistricting.[3]
Candidates
General election candidates
- Dutch Ruppersberger
Nancy Jacobs- Ray Bly (Write-in)
Leo Dymowski
April 3, 2012, primary results
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- Note: Patrick McDonough[8] indicated his intent to run, but eventually decided against a run in the 2nd District.[7]
Election results
General Election
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic | Dutch Ruppersberger Incumbent |
65.6% | 194,088 | |
| Republican | Nancy Jacobs | 31.1% | 92,071 | |
| Libertarian | Leo Dymowski | 3.2% | 9,344 | |
| Republican | Ray Bly (Write-in) | 0% | 22 | |
| N/A | Other Write-ins | 0.1% | 415 | |
| Total Votes | 295,940 | |||
| Source: Maryland State Board of Elections "Representative in Congress" | ||||
Republican Primary
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
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Nancy Jacobs |
58.9% | 12,372 |
| Ray Bly | 2% | 415 |
| Vlad Degen | 1.5% | 324 |
| Rick Impallaria | 23.8% | 4,998 |
| Howard Orton | 2.4% | 500 |
| Larry Smith | 11.4% | 2,392 |
| Total Votes | 21,001 | |
Race background
Incumbent Dutch Ruppersberger was endorsed by the organization Progressive Maryland in his race for re-election in Maryland's 2nd District.[9][10] Andrew Harris, representative from the 1st District, endorsed Nancy Jacobs in the Republican primary.[11]
Campaign donors
2012
Candidates for Congress were required to file up to seven main reports with the Federal Election Commission during the 2012 elections season. Below are Dutch Rupperberger's reports.
| Dutch Ruppersberger (2012)[12] Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[13] | March 31, 2012 | $755,438.04 | $53,344.75 | $(17,516.13) | $791,266.66 | ||||
| July Quarterly[14] | July 14, 2012 | $791,266.66 | $160,676.18 | $(83,409.75) | $868,533.09 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $214,020.93 | $(100,925.88) | ||||||||
Candidates for Congress were required to file up to seven main reports with the Federal Election Commission during the 2012 elections season. Below are Jacobs' reports.
| Nancy Jacobs (2012)[15] 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 13, 2012 | $35,689.94 | $7,405.00 | $(30,261.01) | $12,833.93 | ||||
| July Quarterly[17] | July 13, 2012 | $12,833.93 | $63,563.94 | $(36,773.48) | $39,624.39 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $70,968.94 | $(67,034.49) | ||||||||
Impact of redistricting
- See also: Redistricting in Maryland
The redrawn 2nd District included parts of Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Harford, and Howard counties, including parts of the city of Baltimore.[18] On March 30, 2012, the 2nd District was included in a list released by the National Journal of the top ten most contorted congressional districts due to redistricting.[3]
The new district is composed of the following percentages of voters of the old congressional districts.[19][20]
- 2 percent from the 1st Congressional District
- 79 percent from the 2nd Congressional District
- 16 percent from the 3rd Congressional District
- 3 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. Maryland's 2nd District became more Democratic because of redistricting.[21]
- 2012: 58D / 42R
- 2010: 57D / 43R
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. Maryland's 2nd Congressional District had a PVI of D+7, which was the 127th most Democratic district in the country. In 2008, this district was won by Barack Obama (D), 62-38 percent over John McCain (R). In 2004, John Kerry (D) won the district 55-45 percent over George W. Bush (R).[22]
Registration statistics
As of October 24, 2012, District 2 had the following partisan registration breakdown according to the Maryland State Board of Elections:
| Maryland Congressional District 2[23] | |||||||
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| Congressional District | District Total | Democrats | Republicans | Other & Unaffiliated | Advantage | Party Advantage | Change in Advantage from 2010 |
| District 2 | 341,450 | 242,605 | 93,982 | 4,863 | Democratic | 158.14% | -4.26% |
| "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 history
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2010
On November 2, 2010, Ruppersberger won re-election to the United States House of Representatives. He defeated Marcelo Cardarell (R) and Lorenzo Gaztanaga (L) in the general election.[24]
| U.S. House, Maryland District 2 General Election, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Dutch Ruppersberger Incumbent |
64.2% | 134,133 | |
| Republican | Marcelo Cardarelli | 33.3% | 69,523 | |
| Libertarian | Lorenzo Gaztanaga | 2.4% | 5,090 | |
| Independent | Write-In | 0.1% | 158 | |
| Total Votes | 208,904 | |||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, 2012
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2012
External links
- Pat McDonough's Facebook Page
- Dutch Ruppersberger campaign website
- Larry Smith campaign website
- Howard Orton for Congress Facebook page
Footnotes
- ↑ Politico, "2012 Election Map, Maryland"
- ↑ Maryland State Board of Elections, " 2012 Presidential Election Calendar," accessed July 25, 2012
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 National Journal, "Modern Gerrymanders: 10 Most Contorted Congressional Districts—MAPS," accessed March 31, 2012
- ↑ The Baltimore Sun "Former GOP Hill staffer to run in 2nd District" accessed January 6, 2012
- ↑ MyFoxDC.com "State Sen. Nancy Jacobs To Run For Congress" accessed January 6, 2012
- ↑ Maryland State Board of Elections "Primary Election Results 2012" accessed April 3, 2012
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 Maryland State Board of Elections "Candidate List:Representatives" accessed January 3, 2012
- ↑ The Baltimore Sun "McDonough to run for Congress in 2012" accessed January 6, 2012
- ↑ Hometown Annapolis, "Maryland gets C on Transparency" accessed March 26, 2012 (dead link)
- ↑ Progressive Maryland, "2012 Candidates" accessed March 26, 2012
- ↑ The Baltimore Sun, "Maryland's 2nd Congressional District Election Guide 2012" accessed March 25, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Dutch Rupperberger Summary Report," accessed September 28, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "April Quarterly" accessed September 28, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "July Quarterly" accessed September 28, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Nancy Jacobs Summary Report," accessed September 28, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "April Quarterly" accessed September 28, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "July Quarterly" accessed September 28, 2012
- ↑ Maryland Department of Planning, "Maryland 2011 Congressional Districts" accessed February 29, 2012
- ↑ Moonshadow Mobile's CensusViewer, "Maryland's congressional districts 2001-2011 comparison"
- ↑ Labels & Lists, "VoterMapping software voter counts"
- ↑ "2011 Redistricting and 2012 Elections in Maryland," September 2012
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "Partisan Voting Index Districts of the 113th Congress: 2004 & 2008" accessed October 2012
- ↑ Maryland State Board of Elections, "Congressional Voter Registration Statistics," May 18, 2012
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013 accessed November 29, 2011
