Missouri's 3rd Congressional District elections, 2012
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The 3rd Congressional District of Missouri held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012.
Blaine Luetkemeyer was re-elected on November 6, 2012.[1]
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Primary: Missouri 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 11. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 10.[2]
- See also: Missouri elections, 2012
Incumbent: District 3 was an open seat heading into the November general election, as incumbent Russ Carnahan (D), who was first elected to the House in 2004, ran against Lacy Clay (D) in the primary for Missouri's 1st District.[3]
This was the first election which used new district maps based on 2010 Census data. Missouri's 3rd Congressional District was located in the eastern portion of the state and included Lincolnm St. Charles, Franklin, Jefferson, Warren, Montgomery, Callaway, Osage, Gasconade, Maries, Cole, Miller, and Camden counties.[4]
Candidates
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General election candidates
August 7, 2012, primary results
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Election results
General Election
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic | Eric C. Mayer | 32.9% | 111,189 | |
| Republican |  Blaine Luetkemeyer Incumbent |
63.5% | 214,843 | |
| Libertarian | Steven Wilson | 3.7% | 12,353 | |
| Total Votes | 338,385 | |||
| Source: Missouri Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
Impact of redistricting
- See also: Redistricting in Missouri
Missouri lost a congressional seat following the results of the 2010 Census, bringing its number of representatives down to eight. The new third district contained much of the eliminated 9th District, represented by Blaine Luetkemeyer.[7]
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. Missouri's 3rd District became more Republican because of redistricting.[8]
- 2012: 40D / 60R
- 2010: 41D / 59R
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. Missouri's 3rd Congressional District had a PVI of R+9, which was the 117th most Republican district in the country. In 2008, this district was won by John McCain (R), 57-43 percent over Barack Obama (D). In 2004, George W. Bush (R) won the district 60-40 percent over John Kerry (D).[9]
District history
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2010
On November 2, 2010, Russ Carnahan was re-elected to the United States House for a fourth term. He defeated Ed Martin (R), Steven R. Hedrick (Libertarian), Nicholas J. ‘‘Nick Ivanovich (Constitution), and Brian Wallner (Write-in).[10]
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Russ Carnahan Incumbent |
48.9% | 99,398 | |
| Republican | Ed Martin | 46.7% | 94,757 | |
| Libertarian | Steven R. Hedrick | 2.8% | 5,772 | |
| Constitution | Nicholas J. Nick Ivanovich | 1.6% | 3,155 | |
| Write-in | Brian Wallner | 0% | 3 | |
| Total Votes | 203,085 | |||
Campaign donors
Blaine Luetkemeyer
| Blaine Luetkemeyer (2012) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[11] | March 31, 2012 | $773,037.14 | $87,384.60 | $(32,689.98) | $827,731.76 | ||||
| July Quarterly[12] | June 30, 2012 | $827,731.76 | $105,701.00 | $(94,204.35) | $839,228.41 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $193,085.6 | $(126,894.33) | ||||||||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2012
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2012
- United States Senate elections in Missouri, 2012
Footnotes
- ↑ ABC News, "2012 General Election Results," accessed November 6, 2012
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "2012 Elections Calendar," accessed July 25, 2012
- ↑ FlorissantPatch, "Carnahan, Clay Both File in 1st District" March 28, 2012 (dead link)
- ↑ Missouri Redistricting Map, "Map" accessed August 29, 2012
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Missouri Secretary of State "Candidate Filing List" March 28, 2012
- ↑ Roll Call "Luetkemeyer Passes on Missouri Senate Bid," accessed December 15, 2011
- ↑ FairVote.org, "No More Gerrymanders: Missouri's Partisan Plan versus the Fair Voting Alternative," accessed September 24, 2024
- ↑ "2011 Redistricting and 2012 Elections in Missouri," 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
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Blaine Luetkemeyer April Quarterly," accessed August 1, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Blaine Luetkemeyer July Quarterly," accessed August 1, 2012
