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New Jersey's 2nd Congressional District elections, 2012
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The 2nd Congressional District of New Jersey held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Incumbent Frank LoBiondo won the election.[1]
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Primary: New Jersey had a mostly closed primary system, in which registered Republicans and Democrats could only vote in their own party's primary, but voters who have never voted in a primary before could choose either party.
Voter registration: Voters had to register to vote in the primary by March 11, 2012. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 16, 2012.[2]
- See also: New Jersey elections, 2012
Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent was Frank LoBiondo (R), who was first elected to the House in 1994.
This was the first election using district maps based on data from the 2010 Census. New Jersey's 2nd Congressional District was located in the southern portion of the state and included the counties of Salem, Cumberland, Cape May, and Atlantic, and portions of Gloucester, Camden, Burlington, and Ocean counties.[3]
Candidates
Note: Election results were added on election night as races were called. Vote totals were added after official election results had been certified. Click here for more information about Ballotpedia's election coverage plan. Please contact us about errors in this list.
General election candidates
June 5, 2012, primary results
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Election results
General Election
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic | Cassandra Shober | 40.3% | 116,462 | |
| Republican |  Frank LoBiondo Incumbent |
57.7% | 166,677 | |
| Libertarian | John Ordille | 0.9% | 2,699 | |
| Independent | David Bowen Sr. | 0.3% | 1,010 | |
| Independent | Charles Lukens | 0.5% | 1,329 | |
| Independent | Frank Faralli Jr. | 0.3% | 892 | |
| Total Votes | 289,069 | |||
| Source: New Jersey Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
Democratic Primary
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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Cassandra Shober |
64.9% | 9,810 |
| Viola Hughes | 26.3% | 3,971 |
| Gary Stein | 8.8% | 1,327 |
| Total Votes | 15,108 | |
Republican Primary
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
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Frank LoBiondo Incumbent |
87.6% | 20,551 |
| Michael Assad | 12.4% | 2,914 |
| Total Votes | 23,465 | |
Race background
NJ Spotlight News said that while the 2nd was one of the most politically balanced between Democrats and Republicans. John Weingart, associate director of the Eagleton Institute for Politics at Rutgers University, said, "That’s the one district that would be most likely to change parties if the incumbent decided not to run."[8]
Republican primary
Michael Assad, 24-year-old Absecon school board member and Tea Party activist, challenged incumbent Frank LoBiondo.[9]
Impact of redistricting
- See also: Redistricting in New Jersey
New Jersey lost a congressional seat following the results of the 2010 Census, bringing its number of representatives down to 12. A new map was approved on December 23, 2011.
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.[10][11]
- 1 percent from the 1st Congressional District
- 92 percent from the 2nd Congressional District
- 7 percent from the 3rd Congressional District
Registration statistics
As of October 25, 2012, District 2 had the following partisan registration breakdown according to the New Jersey Secretary of State:
| New Jersey Congressional District 2[12] | |||||||
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| Congressional District | District Total | Democrats | Republicans | Other & Unaffiliated | Advantage | Party Advantage | Change in Advantage from 2010 |
| District 2 | 459,790 | 125,197 | 116,528 | 218,065 | Democratic | 7.44% | -4.76% |
| "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. New Jersey's 2nd District became slightly more republican because of redistricting.[13]
- 2012: 50D / 50R
- 2010: 51D / 49R
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. New Jersey's 2nd Congressional District had an even PVI, which was the 239th most Republican district in the country. In 2008, this district was won by Barack Obama (D), 54-46 percent over John McCain (R). In 2004, George W. Bush (R) won the district 51-49 percent over John Kerry (D).[14]
Campaign donors
Cassandra Shober
| Cassandra Shober Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| Pre-primary[15] | May 24 | $0.00 | $17,044.00 | $(8,159.00) | $8,885.00 | ||||
| July Quarterly[16] | July 15 | $8,885.00 | $16,371.99 | $(16,429.92) | $8,827.07 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $33,415.99 | $(24,588.92) | ||||||||
Frank LoBiondo
| Frank LoBiondo Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[17] | April 15 | $709,260.23 | $63,803.32 | $(76,737.68) | $696,325.87 | ||||
| Pre-primary[18] | May 24 | $696,325.87 | $120,392.24 | $(73,456.73) | $743,261.38 | ||||
| July Quarterly[19] | July 15 | $743,261.38 | $153,610.23 | $(53,761.34) | $843,110.27 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $337,805.79 | $(203,955.75) | ||||||||
District history
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2010
On November 2, 2010, Frank LoBiondo was re-elected to the United States House for a ninth term. He defeated Gary Stein (D), Peter F. Boyce (Constitution), Mark Lovett (marklovett.us), and Vitov Valdes-Munoz (American Labor).[20]
| United States House, New Jersey General Election, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Frank LoBiondo Incumbent |
65.5% | 109,460 | |
| Democratic | Gary Stein | 30.9% | 51,690 | |
| Constitution | Peter F. Boyce | 2.5% | 4,120 | |
| marklovett.us | Mark Lovett | 0.7% | 1,123 | |
| American Labor | Vitov Valdes-Munoz | 0.4% | 727 | |
| Total Votes | 167,120 | |||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, 2012
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2012
- United States Senate elections in New Jersey, 2012
Footnotes
- ↑ Politico, "2012 House Race Results," accessed November 6, 2012
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Voter Registration Information," accessed June 30, 2012
- ↑ New Jersey Redistricting Map, "Map" accessed September 25, 2012
- ↑ The Press of Atlantic City "Gary Stein set to challenge Rep. Frank LoBiondo; but he doesn't expect to win," December 19, 2011
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 NJ.gov "U.S. Senate Primary Candidates," accessed April 2, 2012
- ↑ Press of Atlantic City "Absecon man announces challenge of LoBiondo for New Jersey House seat," accessed December 22, 2011
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 NJ.gov "Candidate List" accessed September 19, 2012
- ↑ New Jersey Spotlight, "U.S. Congressional Race: District 2," May 23, 2012
- ↑ Gloucester County Times, "Candidates in Second Congressional District primaries discuss economy, taxes," May 25, 2012
- ↑ Moonshadow Mobile's CensusViewer, "New Jersey's congressional districts 2001-2011 comparison"
- ↑ Labels & Lists, "VoterMapping software voter counts"
- ↑ New Jersey Secretary of State, "Congressional Voter Registration Statistics," May 22, 2012
- ↑ FairVote, "2011 Redistricting and 2012 Elections in New Jersey," September 2012
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "Partisan Voting Index Districts of the 113th Congress: 2004 & 2008" accessed October 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Pre-primary," accessed September 26, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "July Quarterly," accessed September 26, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "April Quarterly," accessed September 26, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Pre-primary" accessed September 26, 2012
- ↑ Election Commission, "July Quarterly" accessed September 26, 2012
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
