Mississippi's 1st Congressional District elections, 2012
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The 1st Congressional District of Mississippi held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Alan Nunnelee was re-elected on November 6, 2012.[1]
| Candidate Filing Deadline | Primary Election | General Election |
|---|---|---|
Primary: Mississippi has an open primary system, meaning any registered voter can vote in any party's primary.
Voter registration: Voters had to register to vote in the primary by February 11, 2012. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 6, 2012.[2]
- See also: Mississippi elections, 2012
Incumbent: Heading into the election was incumbent Alan Nunnelee (R), who had served since 2011.
This was the first election using district maps based on data from the 2010 Census. Mississippi's 1st Congressional District was located in the northeastern portion of the state and included DeSoto, Tate, Marshall, Lafayette, Calhoun, Benton, tippah, Alcorn, Tishoming, Prentiss, Lee, Union, Itawamba, Pontotoc, Chickasaw, Monroe, Clay, Lowndes, Webster, Choctaw, Oktibbeha, and Winston counties.[3]
Candidates
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General election candidates
March 13, 2012 primary results
Democratic Primary
- Brad Morris:11,120
[4]
- Brad Morris:11,120
Republican Primary
- Alan Nunnelee:43,487 Incumbent
- Henry Ross:21,944 2010 US House candidate[5]
- Robert Estes:10,390[5]
- Alan Nunnelee:43,487 Incumbent
Constitution Party candidate
Libertarian Party candidate
Reform Party candidate
Election results
General Election
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Brad Morris | 36.9% | 114,076 | |
| Republican |  Alan Nunnelee Incumbent |
60.4% | 186,760 | |
| Libertarian | Danny Bedwell | 1.2% | 3,584 | |
| Constitution | Jim R. Bourland | 0.8% | 2,390 | |
| Reform | Chris Potts | 0.8% | 2,367 | |
| Total Votes | 309,177 | |||
| Source: Mississippi Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
Republican Primary
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Allen Nunnelee Incumbent |
57.4% | 43,487 |
| Robert Estes | 13.7% | 10,390 |
| Henry Ross | 28.9% | 21,944 |
| Total Votes | 75,821 | |
Impact of Redistricting
- See also: Redistricting in Mississippi
The 1st District was re-drawn after the 2010 Census. The new district is composed of the following percentages of voters of the old congressional districts.[7][8]
- 96 percent from the 1st Congressional District
- 4 percent from the 3rd 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. Mississippi's 1st District became more Republican because of redistricting.[9]
- 2012: 33D / 67R
- 2010: 34D / 66R
Cook Political Report's PVI
In 2012, Cook Political Report released its updated figures on the Partisan Voter Index, which measured each congressional district's partisanship relative to the rest of the country. Mississippi's 1st Congressional District had a PVI of R+14, which was the 55th most Republican district in the country. In 2008, this district was won by John McCain (R), 63-37 percent over Barack Obama (D). In 2004, George W. Bush (R) won the district 63-37 percent over John Kerry (D).[10]
District history
2010
On November 2, 2010, Nunnelee won election to the United States House of Representatives. He defeated Travis W. Childers (D), Wally Pang (I), Les Green (I), A. G. Baddley (I), Rick "Rico" Hoskins (I), Barbara Dale Washer (Reform), Harold M. Taylor (L), and Gail Giaramita (C) in the general election.[11]
| U.S. House of Representatives, Mississippi's 1st Congressional District, General Election, 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Alan Nunnelee |
55.3% | 121,074 | |
| Democratic | Travis W. Childers Incumbent | 40.8% | 89,388 | |
| Independent | Wally Pang | 1% | 2,180 | |
| Independent | Les Green | 0.9% | 2,020 | |
| Independent | A. G. Baddley | 0.9% | 1,882 | |
| Independent | Rick "Rico" Hoskins | 0.2% | 478 | |
| Reform | Barbara Dale Washer | 0.2% | 389 | |
| Libertarian | Harold M. Taylor | 0.2% | 447 | |
| Constitution | Gail Giaramita | 0.6% | 1,235 | |
| Total Votes | 219,093 | |||
Campaign donors
Brad Morris
| Brad Morris (2012) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[12] | March 31, 2012 | $8,240.00 | $19,615.00 | $(4,040.23) | $23,814.77 | ||||
| July Quarterly[13] | June 30, 2012 | $23,814.77 | $40,929.48 | $(53,995.55) | $10,748.70 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $60,544.48 | $(58,035.78) | ||||||||
Alan Nunnelee
| Alan Nunnelee (2012) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[14] | March 31, 2012 | $351,875.49 | $127,298.99 | $(224,807.36) | $254,367.12 | ||||
| July Quarterly[15] | July 15, 2012 | $254,367.12 | $171,344.73 | $(158,053.16) | $267,658.69 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $298,643.72 | $(382,860.52) | ||||||||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi, 2012
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2012
- United States Senate elections in Mississippi, 2012
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ ABC News, "2012 General Election Results," accessed November 6, 2012
- ↑ Mississippi Secretary of State, "2012 Elections Calendar," accessed July 25, 2012
- ↑ Mississippi Redistricting Map, "Map" accessed August 30, 2012
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Sun Herald "Fields fill up for Mississippi congressional races" accessed January 16, 2012
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Majority in Mississippi "Henry Ross Goes After Alan Nunnelee," January 9, 2012
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Mississippi Secretary of State "2012 Candidate Qualifying List" accessed January 23, 2012
- ↑ Moonshadow Mobile's CensusViewer, "Mississippi's congressional districts 2001-2011 comparison"
- ↑ Labels & Lists, "VoterMapping software voter counts"
- ↑ , "2011 Redistricting and 2012 Elections in Mississippi," September 2012
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "Partisan Voting Index Districts of the 113th Congress: 2004 & 2008" accessed October 2012
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013 accessed December 3, 2011
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Brad Morris April Quarterly," accessed July 3, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Brad Morris July Quarterly," accessed October 1, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Alan Nunnelee April Quarterly," accessed July 2, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "July Quarterly" accessed October 1, 2012
