Tennessee's 7th Congressional District elections, 2012
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The 7th Congressional District of Tennessee held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Marsha Blackburn was re-elected on November 6, 2012.[1]
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Primary: Tennessee has an open primary system, in which any registered voter can choose which party's primary to vote in, without having to be a member of that party.
Voter registration: Voters had to register to vote in the primary by July 3, 2012. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 8, 2012.[2]
- See also: Tennessee elections, 2012
Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent was Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R), who assumed office in 2003.
This was the first election which used new district maps based on 2010 Census data. The seventh district is located in the southwestern and middle regions of Tennessee. It borders the states of Kentucky in the north and Missouri and Alabama in the south. The district also includes portions of Nashville, Memphis and Collierville. Montgomery, Stewart, Houston, Humphreys, Benton, Perry, Hickman, Williamson, Lewis, Maury, Giles, Lawrence, Wayne, Hardin, McNairy, Chester, Henderson, and Hardeman Counties are included in the district.
Candidates
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General election candidates
August 2, 2012, primary results
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Note: Chris Martin did not appear on the primary ballot.[3] |
Election results
General Election
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic | Credo Amouzouvik | 24% | 61,679 | |
| Republican |  Marsha Blackburn Incumbent |
71% | 182,730 | |
| Green | Howard Switzer | 1.8% | 4,640 | |
| Independent | William Akin | 1.1% | 2,740 | |
| Independent | Jack Arnold | 1.7% | 4,256 | |
| Independent | Lenny Ladner | 0.5% | 1,261 | |
| Total Votes | 257,306 | |||
| Source: Tennessee Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
Impact of Redistricting
- See also Redistricting in Tennessee
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. Tennessee's 7th District became less Republican because of redistricting.[4]
- 2012: 33D / 67R
- 2010: 31D / 69R
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. Tennessee's 7th Congressional District had a PVI of R+13, which was the 69th most Republican district in the country. In 2008, this district was won by John McCain (R), 63-37 percent over Barack Obama (D). In 2004, George W. Bush (R) won the district 61-39 percent over John Kerry (D).[5]
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.
Marsha Blackburn
Candidates for Congress were required to file up to seven main reports with the Federal Election Commission during the 2012 elections season. Below are Blackburn's reports.[6]
| Marsha Blackburn (2012) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[7] | April 15, 2012 | $1,249,975.64 | $146,353.25 | $(117,627.46) | $1,278,701.43 | ||||
| July Quarterly[8] | July 15, 2012 | $1,278,701.43 | $269,113.24 | $(325,944.35) | $1,221,870.32 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $415,466.49 | $(443,571.81) | ||||||||
Jack Arnold
| Jack Arnold (2012) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[9] | April 15, 2012 | $1,330.27 | $4,502.20 | $(4,571.36) | $1,259.11 | ||||
| July Quarterly[10] | July 15, 2012 | $1,330.27 | $4,502.20 | $(4,571.36) | $1,259.11 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $9,004.4 | $(9,142.72) | ||||||||
Credo Amouzouvik
As of August 10, 2012, Amouzouvik did not have any contribution reports on file with the Federal Election Commission.
District history
2010
On November 2, 2010, Blackburn won re-election to the United States House of Representatives. She defeated Greg Rabidoux and J.W. "Bill" Stone in the general election.[11]
| U.S. House of Representatives, Tennessee Congressional District 7 Election, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Marsha Blackburn Incumbent |
72.4% | 158,916 | |
| Democratic | Greg Rabidoux | 24.8% | 54,347 | |
| Independent | J.W. "Bill" Stone | 2.9% | 6,320 | |
| Total Votes | 219,583 | |||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee, 2012
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2012
- United States Senate elections in Tennessee, 2012
Footnotes
- ↑ ABC News, "2012 General Election Results," accessed November 6, 2012
- ↑ Tennessee Secretary of State, "Elections Calendar," accessed July 27, 2012
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 TN.gov "Unofficial U.S. Filings," April 5, 2012
- ↑ "2011 Redistricting and 2012 Elections in Tennessee," September 2012
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "Partisan Voting Index Districts of the 113th Congress: 2004 & 2008" accessed October 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Marsha Blackburn Summary Report," accessed August 10, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Marsha Blackburn April Quarterly," accessed August 3, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Marsha Blackburn July Quarterly," accessed August 10, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Jack Arnold April Quarterly," accessed August 10, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Jack Arnold Quarterly," accessed August 10, 2012
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
