Minnesota's 1st Congressional District elections, 2012
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The 1st Congressional District of Minnesota held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012.
Tim Walz won re-election on November 6, 2012.[1]
| Candidate Filing Deadline | Primary Election | General Election |
|---|---|---|
Primary: Minnesota has an open primary system, meaning any registered voter can vote in any party's primary.
Voter registration: Voters had to register to vote in the primary by July 24, 2012. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 16, 2012. Voters could also register at the polls on Election Day, provided they brought requisite proof of residency.[2]
- See also: Minnesota elections, 2012
Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent was Tim Walz (D), who assumed office in 2007.
This was the first election that used new district maps based on 2010 Census data. Minnesota's 1st Congressional District extended across southern Minnesota from the border with South Dakota to the border with Wisconsin. It included Pipestone, Murray, Cottonwood, Rock, Nobles, Jackson, Martin, Blue Earth, Le Seur, Brown, Freeborn, Steele, Mower, Olmsted, Fillmore, Winona, Wabasha, and Houston counties.[3]
Candidates
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General election candidates
Democratic Primary
Republican Primary
- Mike Parry: state senator[5]
- Allen Quist: former state representative
[6]
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |  Tim Walz Incumbent |
57.5% | 193,211 | |
| Republican | Allen Quist | 42.3% | 142,164 | |
| NA | Write-in | 0.2% | 505 | |
| Total Votes | 335,880 | |||
| Source: Minnesota Secretary of State, "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" (dead link) | ||||
Issues
Media
Republican candidate Allen Quist released the campaign ad below on October 7, 2012.[7]
Allen Quist, "Martha's Parents and the Marriage Penalty"[8] |
Democratic candidate Tim Walz released his first campaign ad on September 24, 2012.[9]
Time Walz, "Goals"[10] |
Impact of Redistricting
- See also: Redistricting in Minnesota
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. Minnesota's 1st District saw no change in partisanship due to redistricting.[11]
- 2012: 48D / 52R
- 2010: 48D / 52R
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. Minnesota's 1st Congressional District had a PVI of R+1, which was the 228th most Republican district in the country. In 2008, this district was won by Barack Obama (D), 52-48 percent over John McCain (R). In 2004, George W. Bush (R) won the district 52-48 percent over John Kerry (D).[12]
District history
2010
On November 2, 2010, Walz won re-election to the United States House of Representatives. He defeated Randy Demmer (R), Steven Wilson (I), and Lars Johnson (Party Free) in the general election.[13]
| U.S. House of Representatives, Minnesota's 1st Congressional District, General Election, 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Tim Walz Incumbent |
49.3% | 122,365 | |
| Republican | Randy Demmer | 44% | 109,242 | |
| Independent | Steven Wilson | 5.3% | 13,242 | |
| Party Free | Lars Johnson | 1.2% | 3,054 | |
| Independent | Write-In | 0% | 102 | |
| Total Votes | 248,005 | |||
Campaign donors
Tim Walz
| Tim Walz (2012) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[14] | March 31, 2012 | $617,176.28 | $217,744.61 | $(126,661.69) | $708,259.20 | ||||
| July Quarterly[15] | June 30, 2012 | $708,259.20 | $237,921.02 | $(137,536.18) | $808,644.04 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $455,665.63 | $(264,197.87) | ||||||||
Mike Parry
| Mike Parry (2012) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[16] | March 31, 2012 | $29,182.86 | $17,109.09 | $(9,881.83) | $36,410.12 | ||||
| July Quarterly[17] | June 30, 2012 | $36,410.12 | $52,611.20 | $(58,412.86) | $30,608.46 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $69,720.29 | $(68,294.69) | ||||||||
Allen Quist
| Allen Quist (2012) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[18] | March 31, 2012 | $5,459.08 | $58,710.00 | $(4,770.70) | $59,398.38 | ||||
| July Quarterly[19] | June 30, 2012 | $59,398.38 | $178,230.00 | $(72,414.06) | $165,214.32 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $236,940 | $(77,184.76) | ||||||||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, 2012
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2012
- United States Senate elections in Minnesota, 2012
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ ABC News, "General Election Results 2012-Minnesota," November 7, 2012
- ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "Registering to Vote," accessed July 25, 2012
- ↑ Minnesota Redistricting Map, "Map" accessed August 30, 2012
- ↑ CBS Minnesota "Walz Raises $210,000 For Re-Election Fight" accessed February 7, 2012
- ↑ Post-Bulletin "State senator says he'll run against Walz in Minn.," October 7, 2011
- ↑ CBS Minnesota "2012 Primary Results" August 14, 2012
- ↑ Allen Quist's Campaign Website
- ↑ YouTube channel
- ↑ Tim Walz, "Media," accessed October 9, 2012
- ↑ YouTube channel
- ↑ , "2011 Redistricting and 2012 Elections in Minnesota," 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 Accessed December 3, 2011
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Tim Walz April Quarterly," accessed August 1, 2012
- ↑ "Federal Election Commission, "Tim Walz July Quarterly," accessed August 1, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Mike Parry April Quarterly," accessed August 1, 2012
- ↑ "Federal Election Commission, "Mike Parry July Quarterly," accessed August 1, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Allen Quist April Quarterly," accessed August 1, 2012
- ↑ "Federal Election Commission, "Allen Quist July Quarterly," accessed August 1, 2012
