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Ohio's 10th Congressional District elections, 2012
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The 10th Congressional District of Ohio held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012.
Republican Mike Turner won the election.[1]
| Candidate Filing Deadline | Primary Election | General Election |
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Primary: Ohio has a mostly closed primary system, in which voters must vote in the same party's primary as in the previous election, or register with the other party to switch.
Voter registration: Voters had to register to vote in the primary by February 5. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 7.[2]
- See also: Ohio elections, 2012
Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent was Dennis J. Kucinich (D), though because of redistricting, he will run in the 9th District in 2012. Kucinich has represented the 10th District since 1997.[3]
This was the first election using district maps based on data from the 2010 Census. Ohio's 10th Congressional District is located in the southern portion of the state and includes Montgomery, Greene, and Fayette counties.[4]
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
March 6, 2012 primary results
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Election results
General Election
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic | Sharen Swartz Neuhardt | 37.5% | 131,097 | |
| Republican |  Mike Turner |
59.5% | 208,201 | |
| Libertarian | David Harlow | 3% | 10,373 | |
| Total Votes | 349,671 | |||
| Source: Ohio Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
Democratic Primary
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
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Sharen Neuhardt |
35.7% | 7,705 |
| Olivia Freeman | 25.6% | 5,530 |
| David Esrati | 13.7% | 2,952 |
| Tom McMaster's | 10.3% | 2,212 |
| Ryan Steele | 7.6% | 1,644 |
| Mack VanAllen | 7.1% | 1,530 |
| Total Votes | 21,573 | |
Republican Primary
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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Mike Turner Incumbent |
80.1% | 65,574 |
| John Anderson | 17.6% | 14,435 |
| Edward Breen | 2.2% | 1,839 |
| Total Votes | 81,848 | |
Race background
The Washington Post listed the House of Representatives elections in Ohio in 2012 as one of the 10 states that could determine whether Democrats would retake the House or Republicans would hold their majority in 2013.[13] Ohio tied with Pennsylvania for 9th on the list.[13]
Impact of Redistricting
- See also Redistricting in Ohio
The 10th District was re-drawn after the 2010 Census. The new district is composed of the following percentages of voters of the old congressional districts.[14][15]
- 63 percent from the 3rd Congressional District
- 25 percent from the 7th Congressional District
- 11 percent from the 8th Congressional District
Registration statistics
As of October 29, 2012, District 10 had the following partisan registration breakdown according to the Ohio Secretary of State:
| Ohio Congressional District 10[16] | |||||||
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| Congressional District | District Total | Democrats | Republicans | Other & Unaffiliated | Advantage | Party Advantage | Change in Advantage from 2010 |
| District 10 | 506,759 | 47,650 | 106,762 | 352,347 | Republican | 124.05% | N/A |
| "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. Ohio's 10th District became less Republican because of redistricting.[17]
- 2012: 46D / 54R
- 2010: 44D / 56R
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. Ohio's 10th Congressional District has a PVI of R+2, which is the 212th most Republican district in the country. In 2008, this district was won by Barack Obama (D), 50-50 percent (rounded the totals are even, but Obama garnered more votes) over John McCain (R). In 2004, George W. Bush (R) won the district 52-48 percent over John Kerry (D).[18]
Campaign contributions
Candidates for Congress were required to file up to seven main reports with the Federal Election Commission during the 2012 elections season. Below are candidate reports.
Michael R. Turner
| Michael Turner (2012) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[19] | March 31, 2012 | $355,853.96 | $94,283 | $(28,183.81) | $421,953.15 | ||||
| July Quarterly[20] | July 15 | $421,953.15 | $145,830 | $(117,633.53) | $450,149.62 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $240,113 | $(145,817.34) | ||||||||
| Sharen Swartz Neuhardt (2012) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| Aprll Quarterly[21] | March 31, 2012 | $81,266.11 | $127,093.05 | $(21,649.82) | $186,709.34 | ||||
| July Quarterly[22] | July 15 | $186,709.34 | $115,354.23 | $(83,627.41) | $218,436.16 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $242,447.28 | $(105,277.23) | ||||||||
District history
2010
On November 2, 2010, Kucinich won re-election to the United States House of Representatives. He defeated Peter J. Corrigan and Jeff Goggins in the general election.[23]
| U.S. House of Representatives, Ohio Congressional District 10 Election, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Dennis J. Kucinich Incumbent |
53.1% | 101,343 | |
| Republican | Peter J. Corrigan | 43.9% | 83,809 | |
| Libertarian | Jeff Goggins | 3.1% | 5,874 | |
| Total Votes | 191,026 | |||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, 2012
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2012
- United States Senate elections in Ohio, 2012
Footnotes
- ↑ Politico, "2012 Election Map, Ohio," accessed November 11, 2012
- ↑ Ohio Secretary of State, "FAQ," accessed June 29, 2012
- ↑ Fox 8 Cleveland Kucinich seeks re-election in new Ohio district December 6, 2011 (dead link)
- ↑ Ohio Redistricting Map, "Map" accessed August 9, 2012
- ↑ wyso.org Neuhardt announces candidacy for Ohio's 10th Congressional District January 4, 2012
- ↑ Dayton Daily News Candidate removed from local congressional race January 4, 2012
- ↑ Kettering-Oakwood Times Two GOP incumbents, One Dem to run for 10th District January 4, 2012
- ↑ wdtn.com "Beavercreek man running in 10th Congressional District" accessed February 4, 2012
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Secretary of State of Ohio "Candidates for US Representative Primary," Created February 7, 2012
- ↑ Kettering-Oakwood Times "Two GOP incumbents, one Dem to run for 10th District" accessed January 16, 2012
- ↑ WOSU NPR "Filing Deadline Brings Surprises Along With Candidates," December 8, 2011
- ↑ Dayton Daily News "Voters to face crowded ballot in 2012" accessed January 16, 2012
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Washington Post, "The 10 states that will determine control of the House in 2012," accessed April 25, 2012
- ↑ Moonshadow Mobile's CensusViewer, "Ohio's congressional districts 2001-2011 comparison"
- ↑ Labels & Lists, "VoterMapping software voter counts"
- ↑ Ohio Secretary of State, "Precinct-By-Precinct Data," March 6, 2012
- ↑ "2011 Redistricting and 2012 Elections in Ohio," September 2012
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "Partisan Voting Index Districts of the 113th Congress: 2004 & 2008" accessed October 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Michael Turner's April Quarterly," accessed July 14, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Michael Turner's July Quarterly," accessed October 5, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Sharen Swartz Neuhardt April Quarterly," accessed July 14, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Sharen Swartz Neuhardt July Quarterly," accessed October 5, 2012
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
