Missouri's 7th Congressional District elections, 2012
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The 7th Congressional District of Missouri held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012.
Billy Long was re-elected on November 6, 2012.[1] The primary elections were held on August 7, 2012.
Heading into the election the incumbent was Billy Long (R), who was first elected to the House in 2010.
This was the first election that used new district maps based on 2010 Census data. Missouri's 7th Congressional District was located in the southwestern portion of the state and included Polk, Greene, Jasper, Newton, McDonald, Lawrence, Barry, Stone, Christian, Taney, and Webster 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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| Republican |  Billy Long Incumbent |
63.9% | 203,565 | |
| Democratic | Jim Evans | 30.9% | 98,498 | |
| Libertarian | Kevin Craig | 5.2% | 16,668 | |
| Write-in | Kenneth Joe Brown | 0% | 9 | |
| Total Votes | 318,740 | |||
| Source: Missouri Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
Republican Primary
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
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Billy Long |
59.7% | 62,917 |
| Mike Moon | 21.7% | 22,860 |
| Tom Stilson | 18.7% | 19,666 |
| Total Votes | 105,443 | |
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. Redistricting increased the population of the 7th 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 7th District became less Republican because of redistricting.[5]
- 2012: 33D / 67R
- 2010: 32D / 68R
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 7th Congressional District had a PVI of R+17, which was the 32nd most Republican district in the country. In 2008, this district was won by John McCain (R), 64-36 percent over Barack Obama (D). In 2004, George W. Bush (R) won the district 68-32 percent over John Kerry (D).[6]
District history
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2010
On November 2, 2010, Billy Long was elected to the United States House. He defeated Scott Eckersley (D), Kevin Craig (Libertarian), and Nicholas Ivan Ladendorf (Write-in).[7]
| United States House, Missouri General Election, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Billy Long |
63.4% | 141,010 | |
| Democratic | Scott Eckersley | 30.4% | 67,545 | |
| Libertarian | Kevin Craig | 6.2% | 13,866 | |
| Write-in | Nicholas Ivan Ladendorf | 0% | 10 | |
| Total Votes | 222,431 | |||
Campaign donors
Billy Long
| Billy Long (2012) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[8] | March 31, 2012 | $325,728.5 | $110,805.31 | $(62,216.37) | $374,317.44 | ||||
| July Quarterly[9] | June 30, 2012 | $374,317.44 | $105,174.13 | $(92,309.18) | $387,182.39 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $215,979.44 | $(154,525.55) | ||||||||
Jim Evans
| Jim Evans (2012) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| July Quarterly[10] | March 31, 2012 | $10.06 | $103.90 | $(93.91) | $20.05 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $103.9 | $(93.91) | ||||||||
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 3.2 3.3 3.4 Missouri Secretary of State "Candidate Filing List" March 29, 2012
- ↑ AP Results "U.S. House in Missouri Results" accessed August 7, 2012
- ↑ "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, "Billy Long April Quarterly," accessed August 1, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Billy Long July Quarterly," accessed August 1, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Jim Evans July Quarterly," accessed August 1, 2012
