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Ohio's 4th Congressional District elections, 2012
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The 4th Congressional District of Ohio held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012.
Incumbent Jim Jordan 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 Jim Jordan (R), who has served since 2007.
This was the first election using district maps based on data from the 2010 Census. Ohio's 4th Congressional District is located in the northwestern portion of the state and includes Allen, Auglaize, Shelby, Logan, Union, Champaign, Marion, Crawford, Senecca, Sandusky, Erie, Huron, and Lorain 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
Jim Slone- Jim Jordan Incumbent
Chris Kalla
March 6, 2012 primary results
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Election results
General Election
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic | Jim Slone | 36.5% | 114,214 | |
| Republican | Jim Jordan Incumbent |
58.4% | 182,643 | |
| Libertarian | Chris Kalla | 5.2% | 16,141 | |
| Total Votes | 312,998 | |||
| Source: Ohio Secretary of State, "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
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.[6] Ohio tied with Pennsylvania for 9th on the list.[6]
Impact of Redistricting
- See also Redistricting in Ohio
After redistricting, the new map split the northern city of Toledo three ways among current districts. One-third of the city was added to Jordan's district.[7]
The 4th District was re-drawn after the 2010 Census. The new district is composed of the following percentages of voters of the old congressional districts.[8][9]
- 48 percent from the 4th Congressional District
- 25 percent from the 5th Congressional District
- 9 percent from the 9th Congressional District
- 10 percent from the 13th Congressional District
- 7 percent from the 15th Congressional District
Registration statistics
As of October 29, 2012, District 4 had the following partisan registration breakdown according to the Ohio Secretary of State:
| Ohio Congressional District 4[10] | |||||||
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| Congressional District | District Total | Democrats | Republicans | Other & Unaffiliated | Advantage | Party Advantage | Change in Advantage from 2010 |
| District 4 | 474,310 | 50,467 | 108,925 | 314,918 | Republican | 115.83% | 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 4th District became less Republican because of redistricting.[11]
- 2012: 41D / 59R
- 2010: 35D / 65R
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 4th Congressional District has a PVI of R+9, which is the 122nd most Republican district in the country. In 2008, this district was won by John McCain (R), 55-45 percent over Barack Obama (D). In 2004, George W. Bush (R) won the district 60-40 percent over John Kerry (D).[12]
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.
Jim Jordan
| Jim Jordan (2012) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[13] | March 31, 2012 | $1,095,268.84 | $52,006.00 | $(37,994.02) | $1,109,280.82 | ||||
| July Quarterly[14] | July 15 | $1,109,280.82 | $121,481.00 | $(124,722.65) | $1,106,039.17 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $173,487 | $(162,716.67) | ||||||||
Jim Slone
| Jim Slone (2012) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[15] | March 31, 2012 | $0.00 | $2,650.00 | $(692.00) | $1,958.00 | ||||
| July Quarterly[16] | July 15 | $1,958.00 | $18,487.14 | $(8,602.89) | $11,842.25 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $21,137.14 | $(9,294.89) | ||||||||
Chris Kalla
As of July 13, 2012, Kalla did not have any contribution reports on file with the Federal Election Commission
District history
2010
On November 2, 2010, Jim Jordan (R) won re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives, defeating Democrat Doug Litt and Libertarian Donald Kissick.[17]
| U.S. House, Ohio District 4 General Election, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Jim Jordan Incumbent |
71.5% | 146,029 | |
| Democratic | Doug Litt | 24.7% | 50,533 | |
| Libertarian | Donald Kissick | 3.8% | 7,708 | |
| Total Votes | 204,270 | |||
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
- ↑ Ohio Redistricting Map, "Map" accessed August 9, 2012
- ↑ The Chronicle Telegram "Elyrian files to run for 4th District seat" accessed Febraury 3, 2012
- ↑ aclpo.org "Libertarians on the 2012 ballot in Allen County" accessed February 3, 2012
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Washington Post, "The 10 states that will determine control of the House in 2012," accessed April 25, 2012
- ↑ Toledoblade.com December 2, 2011
- ↑ 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, "Jim Jordan April Quarterly," accessed July 13, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Jim Jordan July Quarterly," accessed October 4, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Jim Slone April Quarterly," accessed July 13, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Jim Slone July Quarterly," accessed October, 2012
- ↑ Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010
