Louisiana's 5th Congressional District elections, 2012
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The 5th Congressional District of Louisiana held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Incumbent Rodney Alexander won the election.[1]
| Candidate Filing Deadline | Primary Election | General Election |
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Primary: At the time of this election, Louisiana used the Louisiana majority-vote system. In this system, all candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50% of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.
Voter registration: Voters were required to register to vote in the November 6 election by October 9; for the December 8 general election, the voter registration deadline was November 7.[2]
- See also: Louisiana elections, 2012
Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent was Rodney Alexander (R), who was first elected in 2002.
This was the first election using district maps based on data from the 2010 Census. Louisiana's 5th Congressional District included the northeastern portion of the state. Morehouse, W Carroll, E Carroll, Madison, Tensas, Franklin, Richland, Ouachita, Lincoln, Jackson, Winn, La Salle, Catahoula, Concordia, Caldwell, Grant, Rapides, Avoyelles, St. Landry, W Feldana, E Feldana, St. Helena, Washington and Tangipahoa parishes were included in the district.[3]
Candidates
Primary candidates
- Rodney Alexander: Incumbent
Clay Steven Grant[4]
Ron Ceasar[4]
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Rodney Alexander Incumbent |
77.8% | 202,536 | |
| None | Ron Ceasar | 14.4% | 37,486 | |
| Libertarian | Clay Steven Grant | 7.8% | 20,194 | |
| Total Votes | 260,216 | |||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
Impact of redistricting
- See also: Redistricting in Louisiana
The boundaries of the 5th District were similar before and after redistricting. The redrawn map merged the coastal districts of incumbents Charles Boustany of the now defunct 7th District and Jeff Landry of the 3rd District, while extending the 1st District south from Metairie toward into the state’s Gulf coast.[5][6]
Registration statistics
As of October 24, 2012, District 5 had the following partisan registration breakdown according to the Louisiana Secretary of State:
| Louisiana Congressional District 5[7] | |||||||
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| Congressional District | District Total | Democrats | Republicans | Other & Unaffiliated | Advantage | Party Advantage | Change in Advantage from 2010 |
| District 5 | 480,847 | 245,406 | 129,370 | 106,071 | Democratic | 89.69% | 91.48% |
| "Party advantage" is the percentage gap between the two major parties in registered voters. "Change in advantage" is the spread in difference of party advantage between 2010 and 2012 based on the congressional district number only. | |||||||
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. Louisiana's 5th District saw no change in partisanship due to redistricting.[8]
- 2012: 34D / 66R
- 2010: 34D / 66R
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. Louisiana's 5th Congressional District had a PVI of R+14, which was the 67th most Republican district in the country. In 2008, this district was won by John McCain (R), 62-38 percent over Barack Obama (D). In 2004, George W. Bush (R) won the district 62-38 percent over John Kerry (D).[9]
Campaign donors
Rodney Alexander
Candidates for Congress were required to file up to seven main reports with the Federal Election Commission during the 2012 elections season. Below are Alexander's reports.
| Rodney Alexander (2012)[10] Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[11] | April 14, 2012 | $89,850.82 | $134,200 | $(109,566.57) | $114,484.25 | ||||
| July Quarterly[12] | July 14, 2012 | $114,484.25 | $220,936.95 | $(104,955.11) | $230,466.09 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $355,136.95 | $(214,521.68) | ||||||||
District history
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2010
On November 2, 2010, Alexander won re-election to the United States House of Representatives. He defeated Tom Gibbs, Jr. (I) in the primary election.[13]
| U.S. House, Louisiana District 5 Primary Election, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Rodney Alexander Incumbent |
78.6% | 122,033 | |
| Independent | Tom Gibbs, Jr. | 21.4% | 33,279 | |
| Total Votes | 155,312 | |||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana, 2012
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2012
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Politico, "2012 House Race Results," accessed November 6, 2012
- ↑ 2012 Elections Schedule, "Voter Registration," accessed July 25, 2012 (dead link)
- ↑ Louisiana Redistricting Map, "Map," accessed July 24, 2012
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedla15 - ↑ Roll Call, "Race Ratings: Primaries Are What to Watch in Louisiana," accessed February 28, 2012
- ↑ Politico, "Louisiana map sets up incumbent clash," accessed February 28, 2012
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Congressional Voter Registration Statistics," July 1, 2012
- ↑ , "2011 Redistricting and 2012 Elections in Louisiana," September 2012
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "Partisan Voting Index Districts of the 113th Congress: 2004 & 2008," accessed October 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Rodney Alexander Summary Report," accessed October 1, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "April Quarterly," accessed October 1, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "July Quarterly," accessed October 1, 2012
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
