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Mississippi's 2nd Congressional District elections, 2012
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The 2nd Congressional District of Mississippi held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Bennie Thompson 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 Bennie Thompson (D), who had served since 1993.
This was the first election using district maps based on data from the 2010 Census. Mississippi's 2nd Congressional District was located in the western portion of the state and included Jefferson, Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Warren, Issaquena, Sharkey, Yazoo, Madison, Leake, Attala, Washington, Humphreys, Sunflower, Bolivar, Leflore, Carroll, Montgomery, Grenada, Yalobusha, Panola, Tallahatchie, Quitman, Coahoma, Panola, and Tunica counties.[3]
Candidates
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General election candidates
Democratic Primary
- Bennie Thompson:49,083 Incumbent
[4] - Heather McTeer:7,040 Mayor of Greenville[4]
- Bennie Thompson:49,083 Incumbent
Republican Primary
- Bill Marcy:26,041 Security Director [5]
- Bill Marcy:26,041 Security Director
Nonpartisan candidate
- Cobby Williams: Independent
- Cobby Williams: Independent
Reform Party candidate
- Lajena Williams: Reform [5]
- Lajena Williams: Reform
Election results
General Election
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |  Bennie Thompson Incumbent |
67.1% | 214,978 | |
| Republican | Bill Marcy | 31% | 99,160 | |
| Independent | Cobby Williams | 1.4% | 4,605 | |
| Reform | Lajena Williams | 0.5% | 1,501 | |
| Total Votes | 320,244 | |||
| Source: Mississippi Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
Democratic Primary
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Bennie Thompson Incumbent |
87.5% | 49,083 |
| Heather McTeer | 12.5% | 7,040 |
| Total Votes | 56,123 | |
Impact of Redistricting
- See also: Redistricting in Mississippi
The 2nd District was re-drawn after the 2010 Census. The new district was composed of the following percentages of voters of the old congressional districts.[6][7]
- 11 percent from the 1st Congressional District
- 87 percent from the 2nd Congressional District
- 2 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 2nd District became less Democratic because of redistricting.[8]
- 2012: 61D / 39R
- 2010: 62D / 38R
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 2nd Congressional District had a PVI of D+10, which was the 105th most Democratic district in the country. In 2008, this district was won by Barack Obama (D), 65-35 percent over John McCain (R). In 2004, John Kerry (D) won the district 58-42 percent over George W. Bush (R).[9]
District history
2010
On November 2, 2010, Thompson won re election to the United States House of Representatives. He defeated Bill Marcy (R) and Ashley Norwood (Reform) in the general election.[10]
| U.S. House of Representatives, Mississippi's 2nd Congressional District, General Election, 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Bennie Thompson Incumbent |
61.5% | 105,327 | |
| Republican | Bill Marcy | 37.6% | 64,499 | |
| Reform | Ashley Norwood | 0.9% | 1,530 | |
| Total Votes | 171,356 | |||
Campaign donors
Bennie Thompson
| Bennie Thompson (2012) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[11] | March 31, 2012 | $1,647,631.84 | $135,166.85 | $(532,563.14) | $1,250,235.55 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $135,166.85 | $(532,563.14) | ||||||||
Bill Marcy
According to the Federal Elections Commission, Bill Marcy had failed to file financial reports for the April and July Quarterly periods.[12]
Cobby Williams
| Cobby Williams (2012) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[13] | March 31, 2012 | $153.42 | $1,475.00 | $(1,546.45) | $81.97 | ||||
| July Quarterly[14] | July 12, 2012 | $0.00 | $7,300.00 | $(5,186.22) | $2,113.78 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $8,775 | $(6,732.67) | ||||||||
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 Thompson's Primary Unlikely to Get Nasty in Mississippi" August 4, 2011
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Mississippi Secretary of State "2012 Candidate Qualifying List" accessed January 24, 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, "Bennie Thompson April Quarterly," accessed July 2, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Bill Marcy's Summary Report," accessed July 2, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Cobby Williams April Quarterly," accessed July 2, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Cobby Williams July Quarterly," accessed October 2, 2012
