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Wisconsin's 3rd Congressional District elections, 2012
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The 3rd Congressional District of Wisconsin held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Incumbent Ron Kind won the election.[1]
| Candidate Filing Deadline | Primary Election | General Election |
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Primary: Wisconsin 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: Voter registration requirements may vary by municipality, although voters with valid ID must be granted a provisional ballot at the polls.[2]
- See also: Wisconsin elections, 2012
Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent was Ron Kind (D), who was first elected to the House in 1996.
This was the first election using district maps based on data from the 2010 Census. Wisconsin's 3rd Congressional District encompasses Lafayette, Grant, Crawford, Iowa, Sauk, Richland, Vernon, Juneau, Jackson, Monroe, La Crosse, Trempealeau, Clark, Eau Claire, Buffalo, Pepin, Pierce, St. Croix, and Dunn counties.[3]
Candidates
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General election candidates
August 14, 2012, primary results
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Election results
General Election
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic |  Ron Kind Incumbent |
64.1% | 217,712 | |
| Republican | Ray Boland | 35.8% | 121,713 | |
| Miscellaneous | N/A | 0.1% | 339 | |
| Total Votes | 339,764 | |||
| Source: Wisconsin Government Accountability Board "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" (dead link) | ||||
Impact of redistricting
- See also: Redistricting in Wisconsin
Following the 2010 Census, Wisconsin kept its 8 congressional seats. In redistricting, the Wisconsin Legislature sought to even out the districts, which due to the census information, required making the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Districts smaller, and making the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 8th larger. The new district map was signed into law on August 9, 2011.
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. Wisconsin's 3rd District became more Democratic because of redistricting.[5]
- 2012: 56D / 44R
- 2010: 55D / 45R
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. Wisconsin's 3rd Congressional District had a PVI of D+6, which was the 139th most Democratic district in the country. In 2008, this district was won by Barack Obama (D), 60-40 percent over John McCain (R). In 2004, John Kerry (D) won the district 53-47 percent over George W. Bush (R).[6]
District history
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2010
On November 2, 2010, Ron Kind won re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives, defeating Dan Kapanke (R) and Michael Krsiean (Independent Citizen for Constitutional Government).[7]
| U.S. House of Representatives General Election, Wisconsin, Congressional District 3, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Ron Kind Incumbent |
50.3% | 126,380 | |
| Republican | Dan Kapanke | 46.5% | 116,838 | |
| Independent | Michael Krsiean | 3.2% | 8,001 | |
| Total Votes | 251,219 | |||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin, 2012
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2012
- United States Senate elections in Wisconsin, 2012
Footnotes
- ↑ Politico, "2012 House Race Results," accessed November 6, 2012
- ↑ Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, "Registration and Voting," accessed July 27, 2012
- ↑ Wisconsin Redistricting Map, "Map" accessed July 24, 2012
- ↑ Lacrosse Tribune "Former state vet secretary to take on Kind," December 7, 2011
- ↑ "2011 Redistricting and 2012 Elections in Wisconsin," September 2012
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "Partisan Voting Index Districts of the 113th Congress: 2004 & 2008" accessed October 2012
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
