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Oregon's 2nd Congressional District elections, 2012
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The 2nd Congressional District of Oregon held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012.
Incumbent Greg Walden (R) won re-election on November 6, 2012. He defeated two challengers in the general election: Democrat Joyce Segers and Libertarian Joe Tabor. Walden was first elected in 1998 and was the only Republican representative from Oregon serving in Congress at the time of the election.[1]
| Candidate Filing Deadline | Primary Election | General Election |
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Primary: Oregon 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 April 24. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 16.[2]
- See also: Oregon elections, 2012
Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent was Greg Walden (R), who first took office in 1999 and won re-election on November 6, 2012.
This was the first election using district maps based on data from the 2010 Census. Oregon's 2nd Congressional District is located in the eastern portion of the state and includes Wallowa, Union, Baker, Umatilla, Morrow, Grant, Malheur, Harney, Lake, Klamath, Jackson, Deschutes, Crook, Wheeler, Wasco, Sherman and Gilliam counties.[3]
Candidates
General election candidates
May 15, 2012, primary results
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Race background
Competitiveness
In August, 2012, Sabato's Crystal Ball, The Cook Report, and The New York Times rated Oregon's 2nd Congressional District as safe Republican.[5][6][7]
Campaign contributions
| Joyce Segers[8] Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly | April 16, 2012 | $0 | $9,699 | $(8,523) | $1,175 | ||||
| Pre-Primary | May 10, 2012 | $1,175 | $1,590 | $(1,310) | $1,455 | ||||
| July Quarterly | July 13, 2012 | $1,455 | $5,183 | $(4,952) | $1,685 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $16,472 | $(14,785) | ||||||||
| Greg Walden[9] Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly | April 15, 2012 | $1,465,216 | $309,185 | $(116,450) | $1,657,952 | ||||
| Pre-Primary | May 3, 2012 | $1,657,952 | $59,683 | $(71,872) | $1,645,762 | ||||
| July Quarterly | July 15, 2012 | $1,645,762 | $368,920 | $(96,101) | $1,918,582 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $737,788 | $(284,423) | ||||||||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Joyce Segers | 29.1% | 96,741 | |
| Republican |  Greg Walden Incumbent |
68.6% | 228,043 | |
| Libertarian | Joe Tabor | 2.1% | 7,025 | |
| Write-In | N/A | 0.1% | 446 | |
| Total Votes | 332,255 | |||
| Source: Oregon Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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Joyce Segers |
77.9% | 31,157 |
| John Sweeney | 22.1% | 8,825 |
| Total Votes | 39,982 | |
Impact of Redistricting
- See also Redistricting in Oregon
The 2nd District was re-drawn after the 2010 Census. The new district is composed of entirely of voters of the old 2nd District.[10][11]
Registration statistics
As of October 30, 2012, District 2 had the following partisan registration breakdown according to the Oregon Secretary of State:
| Oregon 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 | 406,826 | 126,449 | 168,788 | 111,589 | Republican | 33.48% | 6.66% |
| "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. Oregon's 2nd District's partisan advantage did not change because of redistricting.[13]
- 2012: 41D / 59R
- 2010: 41D / 59R
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. Oregon's 2nd Congressional District has a PVI of R + 10, which is the 114th 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 62-38 percent over John Kerry (D).[14]
District history
2010
On November 2, 2010, Walden won re-election to the United States House of Representatives. He defeated Joyce B. Segers in the general election.[15]
| U.S. House, Oregon District 2 General Election, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Greg Walden Incumbent |
74.1% | 206,245 | |
| Democratic | Joyce B. Segers | 25.9% | 72,173 | |
| Total Votes | 278,418 | |||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon, 2012
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2012
Footnotes
- ↑ CNN "Oregon Districts Race - 2012 Election Center"
- ↑ OregonVotes, "Important Election Dates," accessed July 26, 2012
- ↑ Oregon Redistricting Map, "Map" accessed August 9, 2012
- ↑ Mail Tribune Democrat Segers will take on Rep. Walden again December 8, 2011
- ↑ Center for Politics, "Sabato's Crystal Ball," August 28, 2012
- ↑ The New York Times, "House Race Ratings," accessed September 10, 2012
- ↑ The Cook Report, "House Race Ratins," August 15, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Joyce Segers 2012 Summary reports," accessed October 1, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Greg Walden 2014 Summary reports," accessed October 10, 2012
- ↑ Moonshadow Mobile's CensusViewer, "Oregon's congressional districts 2001-2011 comparison"
- ↑ Labels & Lists, "VoterMapping software voter counts"
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "Voter Registration Reports, 2012," May, 2012
- ↑ "2011 Redistricting and 2012 Elections in Oregon," 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
