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Virginia's 3rd Congressional District elections, 2014
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November 4, 2014 |
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Cook Political Report: Solid Democratic[1] Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe D[2] |
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The 3rd Congressional District of Virginia held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Bobby Scott had an easy path to re-election. He did not face a primary challenger, and he ran unopposed in the general election.
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Primary: A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Virginia utilizes an open primary process in which registered voters do not have to be members of a party to vote in that party's primary.[3][4]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
Voter registration: Voters had to register to vote in the primary by February 10, 2014. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 14, 2014 (22 days before election).[5]
- See also: Virginia elections, 2014
Incumbent: Heading into the election was incumbent Robert C. Scott (D), who was first elected in 1992.
Virginia's 3rd Congressional District is located in the eastern portion of the state and includes Charles City and Surry counties and portions of Henrico, Isle of Wight, James City, and Prince George counties. Petersburg city and Portsmouth city along with portions of Hampton city, Newport News city, Norfolk city, Richmond city, and Suffolk city also lie within the district.[6]
Candidates
General election candidates
- Robert C. Scott - Incumbent
Failed to file
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic |  Robert C. Scott Incumbent |
94.4% | 139,197 | |
| N/A | Write-in | 5.6% | 8,205 | |
| Total Votes | 147,402 | |||
| Source: Virginia Department of Elections | ||||
Race background
Racial gerrymandering
Three voters--Dawn Curry Page, Gloria Personhuballah and James Farkas--in Virginia’s 3rd Congressional District have accused Virginia's General Assembly of “racial gerrymandering," according to the Times Dispatch.[10]
Page, Personhuballah and Farkas "allege that the district’s current boundaries make adjacent districts safer for Republican incumbents by diminishing the influence of African-American voters in these areas. The complaint also alleges that by increasing the black voting-age population in the district from 53.1 percent to 56.3 percent, the General Assembly decreased the black population in the surrounding districts, diluting minority influence there.” A judge began hearing arguments May 21, 2014.[10]
Redistricting
On October 8, 2014, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered that Virginia's 3rd Congressional District be redrawn by April 1. Quentin Kidd, a political analyst at Christopher Newport University called the redistricting “potentially pretty dramatic." He explained, “They’re going to have to pull 40,000 to 45,000 African-American voters out of the 3rd District." The voters will be moved into the surrounding districts.[11]
Campaign contributions
Robert Scott
Candidates for Congress were required to file up to seven main reports with the Federal Election Commission during the 2014 elections season. Below are Scott's reports.[12]
| Robert C. Scott (2014) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[13] | April 15, 2013 | $62,943.83 | $2,166.91 | $(27,577.30) | $37,533.44 | ||||
| July Quarterly[14] | June 15, 2013 | $37,533.44 | $53,440.31 | $(24,852.87) | $66,120.88 | ||||
| October Quarterly[15] | October 15, 2013 | $66,120.88 | $19,842.48 | $(41,857.23) | $44,106.13 | ||||
| Year-end[16] | January 31, 2014 | $44,106 | $32,512 | $(21,155) | $55,463 | ||||
| April Quarterly[17] | April 15, 2014 | $55,463.59 | $50,829.00 | $(41,313.59) | $64,979.00 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $158,790.7 | $(156,755.99) | ||||||||
District history
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2012
The 3rd Congressional District of Virginia held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Incumbent Robert C. Scott won re-election in the district.[18]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic | Robert C. Scott Incumbent |
81.3% | 259,199 | |
| Republican | Dean Longo | 18.5% | 58,931 | |
| Write-In | N/A | 0.3% | 806 | |
| Total Votes | 318,936 | |||
| Source: Virginia State Board of Elections "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
2010
On November 2, 2010, Robert C. Scott won re-election to the United States House. He defeated C.L. "Chuck" Smith, Jr. (R), John D. Kelly (I) and James J. Quigley (L) in the general election.[19]
| U.S. House, Virginia District 3 General Election, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Robert C. Scott incumbent |
70% | 114,754 | |
| Republican | C.L. "Chuck" Smith, Jr. | 27.2% | 44,553 | |
| Independent | John D. Kelly | 1.2% | 2,039 | |
| Libertarian | James J. Quigley | 1.5% | 2,383 | |
| N/A | Write-in | 0.1% | 171 | |
| Total Votes | 163,900 | |||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, 2014
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2014
- United States Senate elections in Virginia, 2014
- Virginia elections, 2014
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "2014 HOUSE RACE RATINGS FOR AUGUST 8, 2014," accessed August 21, 2014
- ↑ Sabato's Crystal Ball, "2014 House Races," accessed August 21, 2014
- ↑ NCSL,"State Primary Election Types," accessed October 7, 2024
- ↑ Virginia Department of Elections,"Casting a Ballot," accessed October 7, 2024
- ↑ Virginia State Board of Elections Website, "Become a Registered Voter," accessed January 3, 2014
- ↑ United States Census Bureau, "Counties by Congressional Districts," accessed June 8, 2016
- ↑ FreedomOutpost.com, "Virginia Libertarian Party has Recruited Candidates for each of the State’s 11 Congressional Districts," accessed June 2, 2014
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Elections, "List of Candidates," accessed July 24, 2014
- ↑ GSforCongress.com, "Home," accessed June 2, 2014
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Times Dispatch, "Suit seeks to redraw Scott’s congressional district," accessed May 21, 2014
- ↑ Stafford County Sun, "Federal court throws out boundaries of Virginia's 3rd District," accessed October 20, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Scott 2014 Summary reports," accessed July 23, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "April Quarterly," accessed July 23, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "July Quarterly," accessed July 23, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "October Quarterly," accessed October 29, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Year-end Report," accessed February 17, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "April Quarterly," accessed April 21, 2014
- ↑ Politico, "2012 Election Map, Virginia"
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
