Maryland's 7th Congressional District elections, 2012
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The 7th Congressional District of Maryland held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012.
Incumbent Elijah Cummings (D) won re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives 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 Elijah Cummings (D), who was first elected in 1996. He was re-elected on November 6, 2012.
This was the first election using district maps based on data from the 2010 Census. Maryland's 7th Congressional District contained portions of Howard and Baltimore counties and parts of the city of Baltimore.[3]
Candidates
General election candidates
- Elijah Cummings
- Ty Busch (Write-in)
- Charles Smith (Write-in)
Frank Mirabile, Jr.
Ronald Owens-Bey
April 3, 2012, primary results
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Election results
General Election
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Elijah Cummings Incumbent |
76.5% | 247,770 | |
| Republican | Frank Mirabile, Jr. | 20.8% | 67,405 | |
| Libertarian | Ronald Owens-Bey | 2.5% | 8,211 | |
| Democratic | Ty Busch (Write-in) | 0% | 10 | |
| Democratic | Charles Smith (Write-in) | 0% | 28 | |
| N/A | Other Write-ins | 0.1% | 394 | |
| Total Votes | 323,818 | |||
| Source: Maryland State Board of Elections "Representative in Congress" | ||||
Democratic Primary
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
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Elijah Cummings Incumbent |
92.8% | 49,625 |
| Ty Glen Busch | 2.6% | 1,396 |
| Charles U. Smith | 4.6% | 2,438 |
| Total Votes | 53,459 | |
Republican Primary
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
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Frank C. Mirabile |
69.8% | 10,849 |
| M. Justin Kinsey | 30.2% | 4,695 |
| Total Votes | 15,544 | |
Race background
The Baltimore Sun said, "with nearly 8 in 10 voters in the new district having backed Barack Obama for president in 2008, the winner of the Democratic primary will have a significant upper hand heading into November's general election.”[6] Cummings was endorsed by the organization Progressive Maryland in his race for re-election in Maryland's 7th District.[7][8]
Republican challenger Frank Mirabile, Jr. was defeated by Cummings in 2010 and received 23 percent of the vote.[6]
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 Anthony O'Donnell's reports.
| Elijah Cummings (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] | April 13, 2012 | $850,812.27 | $40,400.00 | $(47,809.74) | $843,402.53 | ||||
| July Quarterly[11] | July 04, 2012 | $839,402.53 | $126,062.47 | $(116,581.61) | $848,883.39 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $166,462.47 | $(164,391.35) | ||||||||
Candidates for Congress were required to file up to seven main reports with the Federal Election Commission during the 2012 elections season. Below are Mirabile's reports.
| Frank Mirabile (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 | $1,983.04 | $150.00 | $(5.25) | $2,127.79 | ||||
| July Quarterly[14] | July 15, 2012 | $2,127.79 | $1,880.00 | $(1,971.41) | $2,036.38 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $2,030 | $(1,976.66) | ||||||||
Impact of redistricting
- See also: Redistricting in Maryland
The redrawn 7th District included parts of Baltimore and Howard counties, including parts of the city of Baltimore.[15]
The new district was composed of the following percentages of voters of the old congressional districts.[16][17]
- 3 percent from the 1st Congressional District
- 5 percent from the 2nd Congressional District
- 5 percent from the 3rd Congressional District
- 4 percent from the 6th Congressional District
- 83 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 7th District became less Democratic because of redistricting.[18]
- 2012: 73D / 27R
- 2010: 76D / 24R
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 7th Congressional District had a PVI of D+23, which was the 37th most Democratic district in the country. In 2008, this district was won by Barack Obama (D), 77-23 percent over John McCain (R). In 2004, John Kerry (D) won the district 71-29 percent over George W. Bush (R).[19]
Registration statistics
As of October 24, 2012, District 7 had the following partisan registration breakdown according to the Maryland State Board of Elections:
| Maryland Congressional District 7[20] | |||||||
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| Congressional District | District Total | Democrats | Republicans | Other & Unaffiliated | Advantage | Party Advantage | Change in Advantage from 2010 |
| District 7 | 410,554 | 310,566 | 77,806 | 22,182 | Democratic | 299.15% | -42.79% |
| "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, Cummmings won re-election to the United States House of Representatives. He defeated Frank Mirabile, Jr. (R), Scott Spencer (L), Fred Donald Dickson, Jr. (I) and Ray Bly (I) in the general election.[21]
| U.S. House, Maryland District 7 General Election, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Elijah Cummmings Incumbent |
75.2% | 152,669 | |
| Republican | Frank Mirabile, Jr. | 22.8% | 46,375 | |
| Libertarian | Scott Spencer | 1.9% | 3,814 | |
| Independent | Write-In | 0.1% | 135 | |
| Independent | Fred Donald Dickson, Jr. | 0% | 55 | |
| Independent | Ray Bly | 0% | 20 | |
| Total Votes | 203,068 | |||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, 2012
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2012
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Politico, "2012 Election Map, Maryland"
- ↑ Maryland State Board of Elections, " 2012 Presidential Election Calendar," accessed July 25, 2012
- ↑ Maryland Redistricting Map, "Map" accessed September 25, 2012
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Maryland State Board of Elections "Candidates" accessed January 3, 2012
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Maryland State Board of Elections "Primary Election Results 2012" accessed April 3, 2012
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 ‘’Baltimore Sun “7th congressional district elections guide 2012” Accessed March 25, 2012 (dead link)
- ↑ Hometown Annapolis, "Maryland gets C on Transparency" accessed March 26, 2012 (dead link)
- ↑ Progressive Maryland, "2012 Candidates" accessed March 26, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Elijah Cummings 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, "Frank Mirabile 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 December 1, 2011
