Virginia's 4th Congressional District elections, 2012
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The 4th Congressional District of Virginia held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012.
Randy Forbes was re-elected on November 6, 2012.[1]
| Candidate Filing Deadline | Primary Election | General Election |
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Primary: Virginia has an open primary system, in which any registered voter may choose which party's primary to vote in.
Voter registration: Voters had to register to vote in the primary by May 21, 2012. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 15, 2012.[2]
- See also: Virginia elections, 2012
Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent was Randy Forbes (R), who was first elected to the House in a special election in 2001.
This was the first election which used new district maps based on 2010 Census data. Virginia's 4th Congressional District is located in the southern portion of the state, and includes Chesapeake City, Isle of Wright, Sussex, Emporia City, Dinwiddie, Norroway, Amelia, Powhatan, Chestfield, and Colonial Heights counties.[3]
Candidates
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General election candidates
June 12, 2012, primary results
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Election results
General Election
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic | Ella Ward | 42.9% | 150,190 | |
| Republican |  Randy Forbes Incumbent |
56.9% | 199,292 | |
| Write-In | N/A | 0.2% | 564 | |
| Total Votes | 350,046 | |||
| Source: Virginia State Board of Elections "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
Impact of redistricting
- See also: Redistricting in Virginia
Following the results of the 2010 Census, Virginia was redistricted in order to more evenly distribute representation among the population. The newly redrawn 7th District is even more conservative than it was prior to redistricting.[5]
The 4th 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]
- 1 percent from the 3rd Congressional District
- 96 percent from the 4th Congressional District
- 3 percent from the 7th Congressional District
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. Virginia's 4th District became more Republican because of redistricting.[8]
- 2012: 46D / 54R
- 2010: 47D / 53R
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. Virginia's 4th Congressional District has a PVI of R+6, which is the 164th most Republican district in the country. In 2008, this district was won by John McCain (R), 51-49 percent over Barack Obama (D). In 2004, George W. Bush (R) won the district 59-41 percent over John Kerry (D).[9]
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 the candidate's reports.
Ella P. Ward
| Ella P. Ward Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[10] | April 15, 2012 | $0 | $16,395.24 | $(6,691.69) | $9,703.55 | ||||
| July Quarterly[11] | July 15, 2012 | $6,540.49 | $11,280 | $(8,612.89) | $9,207.60 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $27,675.24 | $(15,304.58) | ||||||||
Randy Forbes
| Randy Forbes Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[12] | April 13, 2012 | $382,943.35 | $168,519.87 | $(101,682.87) | $449,780.35 | ||||
| July Quarterly[13] | July 13, 2012 | $427,245.55 | $77,420.66 | $(83,871.01) | $420,795.20 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $245,940.53 | $(185,553.88) | ||||||||
District history
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2010
On November 2, 2010, Randy Forbes won re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives, defeating Wynne V. E. LeGrow (D) and a write-in.[14]
| U.S. House of Representatives General Election, Virginia, Congressional District 4, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | J. Randy Forbes Incumbent |
62.3% | 123,659 | |
| Democratic | Wynne V. E. LeGrow | 37.5% | 74,298 | |
| Write-in | Unnamed | 0.2% | 432 | |
| Total Votes | 198,389 | |||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, 2012
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2012
- United States Senate elections in Virginia, 2012
Footnotes
- ↑ ABC News, "2012 General Election Results," accessed November 6, 2012
- ↑ Virginia State Board of Elections, "2012 November Election Calendar," accessed July 7, 2012
- ↑ Virginia Redistricting Map, "Map" accessed July 24, 2012
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Virginia State Board of Elections "Election Results" accessed June 12, 2012
- ↑ Washington Post, "Congressional primaries bring little buzz after 2 straight groundbreaking Va House elections," June 2, 2012
- ↑ Moonshadow Mobile's CensusViewer, "Virginia's congressional districts 2001-2011 comparison"
- ↑ Labels & Lists, "VoterMapping software voter counts"
- ↑ "2011 Redistricting and 2012 Elections in Virginia," September 2012
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "Partisan Voting Index Districts of the 113th Congress: 2004 & 2008" accessed October 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, Ella P. Ward's April Quarterly report," accessed September 20, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Ella P. Ward's July Quarterly report," accessed September 20, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, Randy Forbes' April Quarterly report," accessed September 20, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Randy Forbes' July Quarterly report," accessed September 20, 2012
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
