Pennsylvania's 10th Congressional District elections, 2012

From Ballotpedia
Jump to: navigation, search
2014



CongressLogo.png

Pennsylvania's 10th Congressional District

General Election Date
November 6, 2012

Primary Date
April 24, 2012

November 6 Election Winner:
Tom Marino Republican Party
Incumbent prior to election:
Tom Marino Republican Party
Tom Marino.jpg

Pennsylvania U.S. House Elections
District 1District 2District 3District 4District 5District 6District 7District 8District 9District 10District 11District 12District 13District 14District 15District 16District 17District 18

2012 U.S. Senate Elections

Flag of Pennsylvania.png

The 10th Congressional District of Pennsylvania held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Incumbent Tom Marino won the election.[1]

Candidate Filing Deadline Primary Election General Election
February 14, 2012
April 24, 2012
November 6, 2012

Primary: Pennsylvania has a closed primary system, meaning only registered members of a particular party may vote in that party's primary.

Voter registration: Voters had to register to vote in the primary by March 25. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 7.[2]

See also: Pennsylvania elections, 2012

Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent was Tom Marino, (R), who assumed office in 2011. Chris Carney (D), who represented the district from 2007 to 2011, was rumored as a possible challenger to Marino in 2012.[3]

This was the first election using district maps based on data from the 2010 Census. Pennsylvania's 10th Congressional District is located in the northeastern portion of Pennsylvania and includes Monroe, Pike, Lackawanna, Wayne, Susquehanna, Bradford, Tioga, Sullivan, Lycoming, Union, Columbia, Snyder, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry counties.[4]

This is the 10th Congressional District prior to the 2010 redistricting.

Candidates

General election candidates

Democratic Party Philip Scollo
Republican Party Tom Marino Green check mark transparent.png


April 24, 2012, primary results

Democratic Party Democratic Primary

Republican Party Republican Primary

Election results

U.S. House, Pennsylvania District 10 General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Philip Scollo 34.4% 94,227
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngTom Marino Incumbent 65.6% 179,563
Total Votes 273,790
Source: Pennsylvania Department of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

Race background

The Washington Post listed the House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania in 2012 as one of the 10 states that could determine whether Democrats would retake the House or Republicans would hold their majority in 2013.[6] Ohio tied with Pennsylvania for 9th on the list.[6]

Impact of Redistricting

See also Redistricting in Pennsylvania

The 10th District was re-drawn after the 2010 Census. The new district is composed of the following percentages of voters of the old congressional districts.[7][8]

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. Pennsylvania's 10th District became more Republican because of redistricting.[9]

  • 2012: 39D / 61R
  • 2010: 42D / 58R

Cook Political Report's PVI

See also: Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

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. Pennsylvania's 10th Congressional District has a PVI of R+12, which is the 90th 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 64-36 percent over John Kerry (D).[10]

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 candidate reports.

Tom Marino

Tom Marino (2012) Campaign Finance Reports
ReportDate FiledBeginning BalanceTotal Contributions
for Reporting Period
ExpendituresCash on Hand
April Quarterly[11]March 31, 2012$9,184.36$60,234.38$(31,823.76)$37,594.98
Pre Primary[12]April 12, 2012$194,781.74$158,670.00$(62,710.61)$290,741.13
July Quarterly[13]July 15, 2012$290,741.13$99,977.76$(88,530.05)$302,188.84
Running totals
$318,882.14$(183,064.42)

Philip Scollo

Philip Scollo (2012) Campaign Finance Reports
ReportDate FiledBeginning BalanceTotal Contributions
for Reporting Period
ExpendituresCash on Hand
July Quarterly[14]July 15, 2012$10,142.00$60,543.00$(35,014.71)$35,670.29
Running totals
$60,543$(35,014.71)

District history

2010

On November 2, 2010, Marino won election to the United States House of Representatives. He defeated Christopher P. Carney in the general election.[15]

U.S. House, Pennsylvania District 10 General Election, 2010
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngTom Marino 55.2% 110,599
     Democratic Christopher P. Carney 44.8% 89,846
Total Votes 200,445

See also

External links

Footnotes


Senators
Representatives
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 7
District 8
District 9
District 10
District 11
District 12
District 13
District 14
District 15
District 16
District 17
Republican Party (11)
Democratic Party (8)