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New Jersey's 6th Congressional District elections, 2012
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The 6th Congressional District of New Jersey held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Incumbent Frank Pallone Jr. won the election.[1]
| Candidate Filing Deadline | Primary Election | General Election |
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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 had 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 was incumbent Frank Pallone Jr. (D), who was first elected to the House in 1992.
This was the first election using district maps based on data from the 2010 Census. New Jersey's 6th Congressional Districtwas located in the eastern portion of the state and included parts of Monmouth and Middlesex counties.[3]
Candidates
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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 |  Frank Pallone Incumbent |
63.3% | 151,782 | |
| Republican | Anna Little | 35.2% | 84,360 | |
| Libertarian | Len Flynn | 0.6% | 1,392 | |
| Independent | Mac Dara Lyden | 0.3% | 830 | |
| Independent | Herbert Tarbous | 0.2% | 406 | |
| Independent | Karen Zaletel | 0.4% | 868 | |
| Total Votes | 239,638 | |||
| Source: New Jersey Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
Republican Primary
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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Anna Little |
70.1% | 7,692 |
| Ernesto Cullari | 29.9% | 3,277 |
| Total Votes | 10,969 | |
Race background
Despite the new shape of New Jersey's 6th Congressional District, the 2012 race strongly resembled the match-up two years ago between Republican Anna Little and Democratic incumbent Frank Pallone Jr.. In the redistricting, the 6th District was shifted to the east, but maintained its political demographics: the ratio of registered Democrats to Republicans was nearly 3 to 1. Despite tea-party support, Little lost to Pallone by 11 points in 2010.[6]
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.
Following redistricting, the district remained solidly Democratic.[7][8]
The 6th District was re-drawn after the 2010 Census. The new district was composed of the following percentages of voters of the old congressional districts.[9][10]
- 64 percent from the 6th Congressional District
- 20 percent from the 7th Congressional District
- 7 percent from the 12th Congressional District
- 9 percent from the 13th Congressional District
Registration statistics
As of October 25, 2012, District 6 had the following partisan registration breakdown according to the New Jersey Secretary of State:
| New Jersey Congressional District 6[11] | |||||||
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| Congressional District | District Total | Democrats | Republicans | Other & Unaffiliated | Advantage | Party Advantage | Change in Advantage from 2010 |
| District 6 | 408,028 | 143,714 | 54,326 | 209,988 | Democratic | 164.54% | 17.64% |
| "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 6th District became more Republican because of redistricting.[12]
- 2012: 55D / 45R
- 2010: 57D / 43R
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 6th Congressional District had a PVI of D+6, which was the 137th most Democratic district in the country. In 2008, this district was won by Barack Obama (D), 59-41 percent over John McCain (R). In 2004, John Kerry (D) won the district 55-45 percent over George W. Bush (R).[13]
Campaign donors
Frank Pallone
| Frank Pallone Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[14] | April 15 | $3,361,978.13 | $207,081.33 | $(197,957.35) | $3,371,102.11 | ||||
| Pre-primary[15] | May 24 | $3,371,102.11 | $64,529.58 | $(75,963.76) | $3,359,667.93 | ||||
| July Quarterly[16] | July 15 | $3,360,317.93 | $181,070.61 | $(133,968.16) | $3,407,420.38 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $452,681.52 | $(407,889.27) | ||||||||
Anna Little
| Anna Little 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 | $0.00 | $161,151.95 | $(147,317.46) | $13,834.49 | ||||
| Pre-primary[18] | May 16 | $13,834.49 | $10,075.00 | $(10,102.54) | $13,806.95 | ||||
| July Quarterly[19] | July 15 | $−8,381.33 | $14,175.00 | $(17,114.75) | $−11,321.08 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $185,401.95 | $(174,534.75) | ||||||||
District history
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2010
On November 2, 2010, Frank Pallone was re-elected to the United States House. He defeated Anna C. Little (R), Jack Freudenheim (Independent), and Karen Anne Zaletel (Green Tea Patriots).[20]
| United States House, New Jersey General Election, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Frank Pallone Incumbent |
54.7% | 81,933 | |
| Republican | Anna C. Little | 43.7% | 65,413 | |
| Independent | Jack Freudenheim | 0.9% | 1,299 | |
| Green Tea Patriots | Karen Anne Zaletel | 0.7% | 1,017 | |
| Total Votes | 149,662 | |||
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
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 NJ.gov "U.S. Senate Primary Candidates," accessed April 2, 2012
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 NJ.gov "Candidate List" accessed September 19, 2012
- ↑ NJ Spotlight, "Race in New-Look 6th Congressional District Features Familiar Foes" accessed October 12, 2012
- ↑ New Jersey Spotlight, "U.S. Congressional Race: District 6," May 25, 2012
- ↑ Sabato Crystal Ball, "2012 House," May 9, 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, "April Quarterly," accessed September 27, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Pre-primary," accessed September 27, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "July Quarterly," accessed September 27, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "April Quarterly," accessed September 27, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Pre-primary," accessed September 27, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "July Quarterly," accessed September 27, 2012
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
