Texas' 35th Congressional District elections, 2012
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The 35th Congressional District of Texas is a new district created during the recent redistricting cycle as a result of the 2010 Census. It held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012.
Lloyd Doggett (D) was re-elected to the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. He decided to run for Texas' 35 district seat, after redistricting, instead of his old 25th District seat.[1]
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Primary: Texas 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. Texas also scheduled a primary runoff for July 31, 2012.
Voter registration: Voters had to register to vote in the primary by April 30.[2] For the July 31, 2012, the vote registration deadline was July 2. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 9.[3]
- See also: Texas elections, 2012
Incumbent: There was no incumbent prior to this election, as the district was newly created following the 2010 Census
This was the first election using district maps based on data from the 2010 Census. Texas' 35th Congressional District was located in the central portion of the state, and included portions of Travis, Hayes, Caldwell, Comal, and Bexar counties.[4]
* Redistricting note: Due to legal turmoil in the redistricting process, filing deadlines were changed twice and the primary was changed once. The original filing deadline was December 12th.[5] That deadline was first moved to December 15th and then December 19th by a federal court due to delays caused by redistricting legal challenges. When a final map was issued, the December 19th deadline was once again moved to March 9 to allow candidates more time to file in light of the delays and map ambiguities. The primary date was first moved from March 6 to April 3, 2012 before finally settling on May 29.[6]
Politico listed the 35th District race as one of the five primaries to watch in 2012.[7]
Candidates
General election candidates
May 29, 2012, primary results
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Election results
General election
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic |  Lloyd Doggett Incumbent |
63.9% | 105,626 | |
| Republican | Susan Narvaiz | 32% | 52,894 | |
| Libertarian | Ross Lynn Leone | 2.5% | 4,082 | |
| Green | Meghan Owen | 1.5% | 2,540 | |
| Write-in | Simon Alvarado | 0% | 37 | |
| Total Votes | 165,179 | |||
| Source: Texas Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
Impact of redistricting
- See also: Redistricting in Texas
The 35th District was created after the 2010 Census. The new district is composed of the following percentages of voters of the old congressional districts.[11][12]
- 2 percent from the 10th Congressional District
- 21 percent from the 20th Congressional District
- 20 percent from the 21st Congressional District
- 13 percent from the 23rd Congressional District
- 38 percent from the 25th Congressional District
- 5 percent from the 28th Congressional District
District partisanship
FairVote's Monopoly Politics 2012
- 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. Texas' 35th District became more Democratic as a result of redistricting.[13]
- 2012: 60D / 40R
- 2010: 56D / 44R
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. Texas' 35th Congressional District has a PVI of D+9, which is the 111th most Democratic district in the country. In 2008, this district was won by Barack Obama (D), 64-36 percent over John McCain (R). In 2004, John Kerry (D) won the district 57-43 percent over George W. Bush.[14]
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.
Lloyd Doggett
| Lloyd Doggett (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] | April 15, 2012 | $3,382,349.30 | $150,419 | $(349,848.07) | $3,182,920.23 | ||||
| Pre-Primary[16] | May 17, 2012 | $3,182,920.23 | $123,541.64 | $(412,156.72) | $2,894,305.15 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $273,960.64 | $(762,004.79) | ||||||||
Susan Narvaiz
| Susan Narvaiz (2012) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[17] | April 14, 2012 | $3,752.77 | $32,691 | $(25,587.96) | $10,855.81 | ||||
| Pre-Primary[18] | May 17, 2012 | $10,311.88 | $20,408.05 | $(23,537.76) | $7,182.17 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $53,099.05 | $(49,125.72) | ||||||||
Texas' 35th Congressional District was ranked by the National Journal as one of the ten most contorted congressional districts, as a result of redistricting.[19]
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, 2012
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2012
- United States Senate elections in Texas, 2012
External links
- Texas Democrats - candidate list (dead link)
- Texas GOP - candidate list
- Texas Libertarian Party - candidate list (dead link)
- Texas Green Party - candidate list
- Texas Secretary of State - Independent candidate list (dead link)
Footnotes
- ↑ ABC News, "2012 General Election Results," accessed November 6, 2012
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2012 Primary Election Calendar," accessed July 27, 2012
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "You Must Register By...," accessed July 27, 2012
- ↑ Texas Redistricting Map, "Map" accessed July 24, 2012
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Important 2012 Election Dates," accessed July 15, 2011
- ↑ Washington Post, "Federal court orders May 29 primary date for Texas in redistricting case
- ↑ Politico, "5 primaries to watch" accessed April 18, 2012
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Star-Telegram, "Castro To Take On Doggett for New Congressional Seat", June 24, 2011
- ↑ Democratic candidate list
- ↑ Republican candidates for U.S. House
- ↑ Moonshadow Mobile's CensusViewer, "Texas's congressional districts 2001-2011 comparison"
- ↑ Labels & Lists, "VoterMapping software voter counts"
- ↑ FairVote, "2011 Redistricting and 2012 Elections in Texas," September 2012
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "Partisan Voting Index Districts of the 113th Congress: 2004 & 2008" accessed October 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Lloyd Doggett April Quarterly," accessed July 17, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Lloyd Doggett Pre-Primary," accessed July 17, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Susan Narvaiz April Quarterly," accessed July 17, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Susan Narvaiz Pre-Primary," accessed July 17, 2012
- ↑ National Journal, "Modern Gerrymanders: 10 Most Contorted Congressional Districts—MAPS," accessed March 31, 2012
