Pennsylvania's 2nd Congressional District elections, 2012
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The 2nd Congressional District of Pennsylvania held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Chaka Fattah won the election.[1]
| Candidate Filing Deadline | Primary Election | General Election |
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Primary: Pennsylvania has a closed primary system, meaning only registered members of a particular party may vote in that party's primary.
Voter registration: Voters had to register to vote in the primary by March 25. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 7.[2]
- See also: Pennsylvania elections, 2012
Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent was Chaka Fattah, (D), who assumed office in 1995.
This was the first election which used new district maps based on 2010 Census data. Pennsylvania's 2nd Congressional District is located in the southeast region of Pennsylvania and includes most of the city of Philadelphia.[3]
Candidates
General election candidates
April 24, 2012, primary results
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Election results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic |  Chaka Fattah Incumbent |
89.3% | 318,176 | |
| Republican | Robert Mansfield | 9.4% | 33,381 | |
| Independent | James Foster | 1.4% | 4,829 | |
| Total Votes | 356,386 | |||
| Source: Pennsylvania Department of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
Race background
The Washington Post listed the House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania 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.[5] Ohio tied with Pennsylvania for 9th on the list.[5]
Impact of Redistricting
- See also Redistricting in Pennsylvania
The 2nd District was re-drawn after the 2010 Census. The new district is composed of the following percentages of voters of the old congressional districts.[6][7]
- 17 percent from the 1st Congressional District
- 73 percent from the 2nd Congressional District
- 10 percent from the 6th Congressional District
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.
Chaka Fattah
| Chaka Fattah (2012) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[8] | March 31, 2012 | $1,182.48 | $37,658.42 | $(15,601.13) | $23,239.7 | ||||
| July Quarterly[9] | July 15, 2012 | $91,057.42 | $81,102.50 | $(79,024.04) | $93,135.88 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $118,760.92 | $(94,625.17) | ||||||||
Robert Mansfield
| Robert Mansfield (2012) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| July Quarterly[10] | July 15, 2012 | $693.53 | $3,076.00 | $(3,108.42) | $661.11 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $3,076 | $(3,108.42) | ||||||||
District history
2010
On November 2, 2010, Fattah won re-election to the United States House of Representatives. He defeated Rick Hellberg in the general election.[11]
| U.S. House, Pennsylvania District 2 General Election, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Chaka Fattah Incumbent |
89.3% | 182,800 | |
| Republican | Rick Hellberg | 10.7% | 21,907 | |
| Total Votes | 204,707 | |||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, 2012
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2012
- United States Senate elections in Pennsylvania, 2012
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Politico, "2012 House Race Results," accessed November 6, 2012
- ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "Registration Deadlines," accessed June 28, 2012
- ↑ Pennsylvania Redistricting Map, "Map" accessed July 30, 2012
- ↑ Bryn Mawr-Gladwyne Patch "All Major Republicans Make Presidential Primary; New GOP Challenger for Fattah" accessed April 15, 2012
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Washington Post, "The 10 states that will determine control of the House in 2012," accessed April 25, 2012
- ↑ Moonshadow Mobile's CensusViewer, "Pennsylvania's congressional districts 2001-2011 comparison"
- ↑ Labels & Lists, "VoterMapping software voter counts"
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Chaka Fattah April Quarterly," accessed July 18, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Chaka Fattah July Quarterly," accessed July 18, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Robert Mansfield April Quarterly," accessed July 18, 2012
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
