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Michigan's 10th Congressional District elections, 2012
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The 10th Congressional District of Michigan held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012.
Incumbent Candice Miller won the election.[1]
| Candidate Filing Deadline | Primary Election | General Election |
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Primary: Michigan has an open primary system, meaning any registered voter can vote in any party's primary.
Voter registration: Voters were required to register to vote in the primary by July 9. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 9.[2]
- See also: Michigan elections, 2012
Incumbent: Incumbent Candice Miller (R), who was first elected to the 10th District in 2002 ran for re-election.
This was the first election using district maps based on data from the 2010 Census. Michigan's 10th Congressional District was located in the easternmost region of the lower peninsula of Michigan. It included Macomb, St. Clair, Lapeer, Tuscola, Huron, and Sanilac counties.[3]
Candidates
General election candidates
August 7, 2012, primary results
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Impact of Redistricting
- See also Redistricting in Michigan
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. Michigan's 10th District partisan breakdown did not change because of redistricting.[4]
- 2012: 45D / 55R
- 2010: 45D / 55R
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. Michigan's 10th Congressional District had a PVI of R+4, which was the 199th most Republican district in the country. In 2008, this district was won by John McCain (R), 51-49 percent over Barack Obama (D). In 2004, George W. Bush (R) won the district 57-43 percent over John Kerry (D).[5]
Election results
General Election
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Chuck Stadler | 29.7% | 97,734 | |
| Republican |  Candice Miller Incumbent |
68.8% | 226,075 | |
| Libertarian | Bhagwan Dashairya | 1.5% | 4,803 | |
| Total Votes | 328,612 | |||
| Source: Michigan Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
Democratic Primary
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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Chuck Stadler |
58.1% | 13,480 |
| Jerome Quinn | 41.9% | 9,705 |
| Total Votes | 23,185 | |
Campaign donors
Candice Miller
| Candice Miller(2012) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[6] | March 31, 2012 | $1,039,724.91 | $67,674.47 | $(69,385.6) | $1,038,013.78 | ||||
| July Quarterly[7] | June 30, 2012 | $1,038,013.78 | $175,362.09 | $(84,849.13) | $1,128,526.74 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $243,036.56 | $(154,234.73) | ||||||||
Jerome George Quinn
| Jerome Quinn (2012) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| July Quarterly[8] | June 30, 2012 | $0.00 | $12,590.15 | $(3,540.21) | $9,049.94 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $12,590.15 | $(3,540.21) | ||||||||
District history
2010
On November 2, 2010, Miller won re-election to the United States House of Representatives. She defeated Henry Yanez (D), Claude Beavers (L), and Candace R. Caveny (G) in the general election.[9]
| U.S. House of Representatives, Michigan's 10th Congressional District, General Election, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Candice Miller Incumbent |
72% | 168,364 | |
| Democratic | Henry Yanez | 25% | 58,530 | |
| Libertarian | Claude Beavers | 1.6% | 3,750 | |
| Green | Candace R. Caveny | 1.4% | 3,286 | |
| Total Votes | 233,930 | |||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, 2012
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2012
- United States Senate elections in Michigan, 2012
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Politico, "2012 Election Map, Michigan"
- ↑ Michigan Secretary of State, "2012 Registration Deadlines and Election Dates," accessed June 29, 2012
- ↑ Michigan Redistricting Map, "Map" accessed August 31, 2012
- ↑ "2011 Redistricting and 2012 Elections in Michigan," September 2012
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "Partisan Voting Index Districts of the 113th Congress: 2004 & 2008" accessed October 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Candice Miller April Quarterly," accessed August 1, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Candice Miller July Quarterly," accessed August 1, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Jerome Quinn July Quarterly," accessed August 1, 2012
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013 accessed December 23, 2011
