Nebraska's 3rd Congressional District elections, 2012
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The 3rd Congressional District of Nebraska held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Incumbent Adrian Smith won the election.[1]
| Candidate Filing Deadline | Primary Election | General Election |
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Primary: Nebraska has a closed primary system, in which the selection of a party's candidates in an election is limited to registered party members.
Voter registration: Voters had to register to vote in the primary by February 10, 2012 by mail or February 17, 2012 in-person. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 19, 2012 by mail or October 26, 2012 in-person.[2]
- See also: Nebraska elections, 2012
Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent was Adrian Smith (R), who was first elected to the House in 2006.
This was the first election using district maps based on data from the 2010 Census. Nebraska's 3rd Congressional District was located in the western portion of the state and included Saline, Jefferson, Thayer, Fillmore, York, Polk, Nuckolls, Clay, Hamilton, Merrick, Platte, Nance, Boone, Antelope, Pierce, Cedar, Knox, Boyd, Holt, Wheeler, Garfield, Valley, Greeley, Howard, Sherman, Hall, Buffalo, Adams, Webster, Franklin, Kearney, Phelps, Harlan, Furnas, Gosper, Red Willow, Frontier, Dawson, Lincoln, Custer, Logan, Blaine, Thomas, Blaine, Loup, Rock, Brown, Keya Paha, Cherry, Hooker, Grant, Arthur, McPherson, Keith, Perkins, Chase, Hayes, Hitchcock, Dundy, Deuel, Garden, Cheyenne, Morrill, Sheridan, Box Butte, Dawes, Sioux, Scotts Bluff, Banner,and Kimball counties.[3]
Candidates
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General election candidates
Democratic Primary
- Mark Sullivan: Farmer[4]
- Mark Sullivan: Farmer[4]
Republican Primary
- Adrian Smith: Incumbent[5]
- Bob Lingenfelter: Farmer and former NFL player[4]
- Adrian Smith: Incumbent[5]
Election results
General Election
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Mark Sullivan | 25.8% | 65,266 | |
| Republican |  Adrian Smith Incumbent |
74.2% | 187,423 | |
| Total Votes | 252,689 | |||
| Source: Nebraska Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
Primary Election
The primary was held on May 15, 2012.[6]
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
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Adrian Smith |
81.4% | 62,645 |
| Bob Lingenfelter | 18.6% | 14,297 |
| Total Votes | 76,942 | |
Impact of redistricting
- See also: Redistricting in Nebraska
Nebraska was redistricted following the 2010 Census but did not gain or lose a seat.
The 3rd 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]
- 14 percent from the 1st Congressional District
- 86 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. Nebraska's 3rd District became less Republican because of redistricting.[9]
- 2012: 28D / 72R
- 2010: 27D / 73R
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. Nebraska's 3rd Congressional District had a PVI of R+23, which was the 13th most Republican district in the country. In 2008, this district was won by John McCain (R), 68-32 percent over Barack Obama (D). In 2004, George W. Bush (R) won the district 74-26 percent over John Kerry (D).[10]
District history
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2010
On November 2, 2010, Adrian Smith was re-elected to the United States House for a seventh term. He defeated Rebekah Davis (D) and Dan Hill (By Petition).[11]
| United States House, Nebraska General Election, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Adrian Smith Incumbent |
70.1% | 117,275 | |
| Democratic | Rebekah Davis | 17.9% | 29,932 | |
| By Petition | Dan Hill | 12% | 20,036 | |
| Total Votes | 167,243 | |||
Campaign donors
Adrian Smith
| Adrian Smith (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 | $515,943.26 | $97,637.77 | $(67,934.52) | $545,646.51 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $97,637.77 | $(67,934.52) | ||||||||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska, 2012
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2012
- United States Senate elections in Nebraska, 2012
Footnotes
- ↑ Politico, "2012 House Race Results," accessed November 6, 2012
- ↑ Nebraska Secretary of State, "Voter Information," accessed July 25, 2012
- ↑ Nebraska Redistricting Map, "Map" accessed August 29, 2012
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Nebraska Secretary of State "2012 Primary Candidates List," accessed March 3, 2012
- ↑ Journal Star "Nebraska Rep. Adrian Smith files for re-election" accessed February 4, 2012
- ↑ http://www.sos.ne.gov/elec/2012/pdf/canvass-report-2012-primary.pdf
- ↑ Moonshadow Mobile's CensusViewer, "Nebraska's congressional districts 2001-2011 comparison"
- ↑ Labels & Lists, "VoterMapping software voter counts"
- ↑ "2011 Redistricting and 2012 Elections in Nebraska," 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, "Adrian Smith April Quarterly," accessed July 2, 2012
