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Michigan's 12th Congressional District elections, 2012
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November 6, 2012 |
August 7, 2012 |
John D. Dingell  |
Sandy Levin |
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The 12th Congressional District of Michigan held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012.
Democrat John D. Dingell won the election.[1]
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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 Sander Levin (D), who was first elected to the 12th District in 1992 ran for re-election in Michigan's 9th Congressional District due to redistricting. Democrat John D. Dingell, who was first to the House in 1964 ran for re-election to the 12th District.
This was the first election using district maps based on data from the 2010 Census. Michigan's 12th Congressional District was located in the southeastern region of the lower peninsula of Michigan in Detroit's inner suburbs to the north. It included Washtersaw and Wayne 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 12th District became more Democratic because of redistricting.[7]
- 2012: 64D / 36R
- 2010: 63D / 37R
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 12th Congressional District had a PVI of D+14, which was the 76th most Democratic district in the country. In 2008, this district was won by Barack Obama (D), 68-32 percent over John McCain (R). In 2004, John Kerry (D) won the district 62-38 percent over George W. Bush (R).[8]
Election results
General Election
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic |  John D. Dingell Incumbent |
67.9% | 216,884 | |
| Republican | Cynthia Kallgren | 29% | 92,472 | |
| Libertarian | Richard Secula | 3.1% | 9,867 | |
| Total Votes | 319,223 | |||
| Source: Michigan Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
Republican Primary
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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Cynthia Kallgren |
50.8% | 12,028 |
| Karen Jacobsen | 49.2% | 11,670 |
| Total Votes | 23,698 | |
Democratic Primary
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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John Dingell |
78.6% | 41,116 |
| Daniel Marcin | 21.4% | 11,226 |
| Total Votes | 52,342 | |
Campaign donors
John Dingell, Jr.
| John Dingell, Jr. (2012) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[9] | March 31, 2012 | $281,770.84 | $108,632.71 | $(145,168.02) | $245,235.53 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $108,632.71 | $(145,168.02) | ||||||||
Daniel Marcin
| Daniel Marcin (2012) 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 | $0.00 | $4,495.00 | $(2,082.63) | $2,412.37 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $4,495 | $(2,082.63) | ||||||||
Cynthia Kallgren
| Cynthia Kallgren (2012)[11] Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| Pre-Primary Report[12] | August 3, 2012 | $2,470.83 | $745.93 | $(2,160.38) | $1,056.38 | ||||
| July Quarterly[13] | June 13, 2012 | $0.00 | $7,463.87 | $(4,575.44) | $2,888.43 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $8,209.8 | $(6,735.82) | ||||||||
Karen Jacobsen
| Karen Jacobsen (2012) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[14] | March 31, 2012 | $1,640.80 | $58,340.00 | $(11,377.09) | $48,603.71 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $58,340 | $(11,377.09) | ||||||||
District history
2010
On November 2, 2010, Levin won re-election to the United States House of Representatives. He defeated Don Volaric (R),Leonard Schwartz (L), Les Townsend (U.S. Taxpayers), Julia Williams (G), and Alan Jacquemotte (Natural Law) in the general election.[15]
| U.S. House of Representatives, Michigan's 12th Congressional District, General Election, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Sandy Levin Incumbent |
61.1% | 124,671 | |
| Republican | Don Volaric | 35% | 71,372 | |
| Libertarian | Leonard Schwartz | 1.1% | 2,342 | |
| U.S. Taxpayers | Les Townsend | 1.1% | 2,285 | |
| Green | Julia Williams | 1.5% | 3,038 | |
| Natural Law | Alan Jacquemotte | 0.2% | 409 | |
| Total Votes | 204,117 | |||
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
- ↑ Secretary of State "2012 Unofficial Michigan Primary Candidate List" May 31, 2012
- ↑ Secretary of State "2012 Unofficial Michigan Primary Candidate List" May 31, 2012
- ↑ Secretary of State "2012 Unofficial Michigan Primary Candidate List" May 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, "John Dingell, Jr. April Quarterly," accessed July 2, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Daniel Marcin April Quarterly," accessed July 2, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Cynthia Kallgren Summary Report," accessed October 1, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Pre-Primary Report" accessed October 1, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "July Quarterly" accessed October 1, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Karen Jacobsen April Quarterly," accessed July 2, 2012
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013 accessed December 23, 2011
