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Missouri's 6th Congressional District elections, 2012
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The 6th Congressional District of Missouri held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012.
Sam Graves was re-elected on November 6, 2012.[1] The primary elections were held on August 7, 2012.
Heading into the election the incumbent was Sam Graves (R), who was first elected to the House in 2000.
This was the first election that used new district maps based on 2010 Census data. Missouri's 6th Congressional District was located in the northwestern portion of the state and included Atchison, Holt, Nodaway, Andrew, Buchanan, Worth, Gentry, DeKalb, Clinton, Platte, Harrison, Daviess, Caldwell, Mercer, Grundy, Livingston, and Carroll counties.[2]
Candidates
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General election candidates
August 7, 2012, primary results
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Election results
General Election
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic | Kyle Yarber | 32.5% | 108,503 | |
| Republican |  Sam Graves Incumbent |
65% | 216,906 | |
| Libertarian | Russ Lee Monchil | 2.5% | 8,279 | |
| Total Votes | 333,688 | |||
| Source: Missouri Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
The primary took place on August 7.[8]
Democratic Primary
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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Kyle Yarber |
32.6% | 10,242 |
| Bill Hedge | 27.4% | 8,620 |
| Ronald William Harris | 23.8% | 7,483 |
| Ted Rights | 16.3% | 5,118 |
| Total Votes | 31,463 | |
Republican Primary
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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Sam Graves |
80.3% | 59,388 |
| Christopher Ryan | 13.5% | 9,945 |
| Bob Gough | 6.2% | 4,598 |
| Total Votes | 73,931 | |
Impact of redistricting
- See also: Redistricting in Missouri
Missouri lost a congressional seat following the results of the 2010 Census, bringing its number of representatives down to eight. The redistricting increased the population of the 6th 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. Missouri's 6th District became more Republican because of redistricting.[9]
- 2012: 40D / 60R
- 2010: 42D / 58R
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. Missouri's 6th Congressional District had a PVI of R+9, which was the 128th most Republican district in the country. In 2008, this district was won by John McCain (R), 56-44 percent over Barack Obama (D). In 2004, George W. Bush (R) won the district 59-41 percent over John Kerry (D).[10]
District history
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2010
On November 2, 2010, Sam Graves was re-elected to the United States House for a sixth term. He defeated Clint Hylton (D) and Kyle Yarber (Write-in).[11]
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Sam Graves Incumbent |
69.4% | 154,103 | |
| Democratic | Clint Hylton | 30.5% | 67,762 | |
| Write-in | Kyle Yarber | 0% | 47 | |
| Total Votes | 221,912 | |||
Campaign donors
Sam Graves
| Sam Graves (2012) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[12] | March 31, 2012 | $345,721.10 | $119,683.64 | $(62,259.27) | $403,145.47 | ||||
| July Quarterly[13] | June 30, 2012 | $403,145.47 | $229,333.60 | $(246,998.91) | $385,480.16 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $349,017.24 | $(309,258.18) | ||||||||
Kyle Yarber
| Kyle Yarber (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 | $16,823.00 | $1,843.00 | $(7,046.42) | $11,619.58 | ||||
| July Quarterly[15] | June 30, 2012 | $11,619.58 | $16,657.25 | $(14,019.98) | $14,256.85 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $18,500.25 | $(21,066.4) | ||||||||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2012
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2012
- United States Senate elections in Missouri, 2012
Footnotes
- ↑ ABC News, "2012 General Election Results," accessed November 6, 2012
- ↑ Missouri Redistricting Map, "Map" accessed August 29, 2012
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 St. Joseph News-Press "Yarber launches 6th District bid," accessed December 15, 2011
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedresult - ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Missouri Secretary of State "Candidate Filing List" March 29, 2012
- ↑ St. Louis Today "Sam Graves says no to running for U.S. Senate," accessed December 15, 2011
- ↑ AP Results "Missouri U.S. House Results" accessed August 7, 2012
- ↑ http://enr.sos.mo.gov/ENR/Views/TabularData.aspx
- ↑ "2011 Redistricting and 2012 Elections in Missouri," 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
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Sam Graves April Quarterly," accessed August 1, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Sam Graves July Quarterly," accessed August 1, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Kyle Yarber April Quarterly," accessed August 1, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Kyle Yarber July Quarterly," accessed August 1, 2012
