Nevada's 1st Congressional District elections, 2012
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The 1st Congressional District of Nevada held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012.
Dina Titus (D) won election to the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012, having defeated three challengers with 63% of the vote.[1]
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Primary: Nevada 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 May 12, 2012. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 6, 2012.[2]
- See also: Nevada elections, 2012
Incumbent: Incumbent Shelley Berkley (D), who had occupied her seat since 1998, did not seek re-election to the House. She instead pursued a bid for the U.S. Senate.[3]
This was the first election using district maps based on data from the 2010 Census. Nevada's 1st Congressional District was located in the southern portion of the state and was centered around Las Vegas in Clark County.[4]
Candidates
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General election candidates
June 12, 2012, primary results
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Election results
General Election
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic |  Dina Titus |
63.6% | 113,967 | |
| Republican | Chris Edwards | 31.5% | 56,521 | |
| Libertarian | William Pojunis | 2.6% | 4,645 | |
| Independent American Party of Nevada | Stan Vaughan | 2.3% | 4,145 | |
| Total Votes | 179,278 | |||
| Source: Nevada Secretary of State "U.S. House of Representatives Results" | ||||
Republican Primary
The primary was held on June 12.[7]
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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Chris Edwards |
48.2% | 4,786 |
| Brian Landsberger | 18.1% | 1,800 |
| Charmaine Guss | 15.5% | 1,534 |
| Miguel Rodrigues | 11.7% | 1,163 |
| Herb Peters | 6.5% | 643 |
| Total Votes | 9,926 | |
Impact of redistricting
- See also: Redistricting in Nevada
Nevada gained a congressional seat following the 2010 Census, bringing its total representatives to four. After the 2011 redistricting, the 1st District still covered the Las Vegas area.
Registration statistics
As of October 25, 2012, District 1 had the following partisan registration breakdown according to the Nevada Secretary of State:
| Nevada Congressional District 1[8] | |||||||
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| Congressional District | District Total | Democrats | Republicans | Other & Unaffiliated | Advantage | Party Advantage | Change in Advantage from 2010 |
| District 1 | 204,425 | 105,290 | 53,692 | 45,443 | Democratic | 96.10% | 16.75% |
| "Party advantage" is the percentage gap between the two major parties in registered voters. "Change in advantage" is the spread in difference of party advantage between 2010 and 2012 based on the congressional district number only. | |||||||
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. Nevada's 1st District became more Democratic because of redistricting.[9]
- 2012: 62D / 38R
- 2010: 61D / 39R
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. Nevada's 1st Congressional District had a PVI of D+11, which was the 92nd most Democratic district in the country. In 2008, this district was won by Barack Obama (D), 66-34 percent over John McCain (R). In 2004, John Kerry (D) won the district 59-41 percent over George W. Bush (R).[10]
District history
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2010
On November 2, 2010, Shelley Berkley was re-elected to the United States House for a sixth term. She defeated Kenneth A. Wegner (R), Jonathan J. Hansen (Independent American), and Edward George Klapproth (Libertarian).[11]
| United States House, Nevada General Election, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Shelley Berkley Incumbent |
61.7% | 103,246 | |
| Republican | Kenneth A. Wegner | 35.3% | 58,995 | |
| Independent American | Jonathan J. Hansen | 1.7% | 2,847 | |
| Libertarian | Edward George Klapproth | 1.3% | 2,118 | |
| Total Votes | 167,206 | |||
Campaign donors
Dina Titus
| Dina Titus (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 | $326,197.70 | $244,706.32 | $(156,856.49) | $414,047.53 | ||||
| Pre-primary[13] | May 31, 2012 | $415,047.53 | $88,922.91 | $(158,160.42) | $345,810.02 | ||||
| July Quarterly[14] | July 15, 2012 | $345,810.02 | $106,534.59 | $(82,082.80) | $370,261.81 | ||||
| October Quarterly[15] | October 15, 2012 | $370,261.81 | $215,865.52 | $(451,041.73) | $135,085.60 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $656,029.34 | $(848,141.44) | ||||||||
Chris Edwards
| Chris Edwards (2012) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[16] | March 31, 2012 | $0.00 | $142,920.00 | $(18,549.50) | $124,370.50 | ||||
| Pre-primary[17] | May 31, 2012 | $124,370.50 | $2,311.00 | $(24,033.70) | $102,647.80 | ||||
| July Quarterly[18] | July 15, 2012 | $102,647.80 | $1,370.00 | $(12,582.07) | $91,435.73 | ||||
| October Quarterly[19] | October 15, 2012 | $91,435.73 | $24,306.00 | $(21,693.38) | $94,048.35 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $170,907 | $(76,858.65) | ||||||||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada, 2012
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2012
- United States Senate elections in Nevada, 2012
Footnotes
- ↑ Politico, "2012 Election Map, Nevada," accessed November 7, 2012
- ↑ Nevada Secretary of State, "Important Election Dates," accessed July 26, 2012
- ↑ The Hill, "Rep. Berkley to run for the Senate," accessed December 16, 2011
- ↑ Nevada Redistricting Map, "Map" accessed September 25, 2012
- ↑ Las Vegas Review-Journal "Titus to announce new bid for Congress," accessed December 16, 2011
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 Clark County Website "Candidate Filing" March 19, 2012
- ↑ Nevada Secretary of State, "Official Results of the 2012 Primary Election," accessed October 7, 2014
- ↑ Nevada Secretary of State, "Congressional Voter Registration Statistics," May 18, 2012
- ↑ "2011 Redistricting and 2012 Elections in Nevada," 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, "Dina Titus April Quarterly," accessed July 2, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Dina Titus Pre-primary," accessed October 18, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Dina Titus July Quarterly," accessed October 18, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Dina Titus October Quarterly," accessed October 18, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Chris Edwards April Quarterly," accessed July 2, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Chris Edwards Pre-primary," accessed October 18, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Chris Edwards July Quarterly," accessed October 18, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Chris Edwards October Quarterly," accessed October 18, 2012
