United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, 2012

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	2012 U.S. Senate Elections

The 2012 U.S. House of Representatives elections in Virginia took place on November 6, 2012. Voters elected 11 candidates to serve in the U.S. House, one from each of the state's 11 congressional districts.

Candidate Filing Deadline	Primary Election	General Election
March 29, 2012	June 12, 2012	November 6, 2012

Primary: Virginia has an open primary system, in which any registered voter may choose which party's primary to vote in.

Voter registration: Voters had to register to vote in the primary by May 21. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 15.^[1]

See also: Virginia elections, 2012

According to the New York Times race ratings in October 2012, one of the 11 districts was considered to be in play, District 2.^[2]

The Center for Voting and Democracy (Fairvote) projected that Democrats would win three districts while Republicans would win six seats. It did not make a projection for the remaining two districts.^[3]

Primary competitiveness

See also: National contested primary average during the 2012 U.S. congressional elections

Virginia had the 43rd most competitive congressional primaries in 2012, with 27.27% of major party primaries having been contested (6 out of 22). The national average was 54.31%.

Eleven U.S. House incumbents sought re-election in Virginia in 2012. 4 of those 11 (36.36%) faced a primary challenger. Nationwide, 200 out of the 386 incumbents seeking re-election faced a primary challenger (51.81%).

Partisan breakdown

Heading into the November 6 election, the Republican Party held eight of the 11 congressional seats from Virginia.

Members of the U.S. House from Virginia -- Partisan Breakdown
Party		As of November 2012	After the 2012 Election
	Democratic Party	3	3
	Republican Party	8	8
Total		11	11

Incumbents

Heading into the 2012 election, the incumbents for the 11 congressional districts were:

Name	Party	District
Bob Goodlatte	Republican	6
Eric Cantor	Republican	7
Frank Wolf	Republican	10
Gerry Connolly	Democratic	11
Jim Moran	Democratic	8
Morgan Griffith	Republican	9
Randy Forbes	Republican	4
Bobby Scott	Democratic	3
Robert Hurt	Republican	5
Rob Wittman	Republican	1
Scott Rigell	Republican	2

Margin of victory for winners

There were a total of 11 seats up for election in 2012 in Virginia. The following table shows the margin of victory for each district winner, which is calculated by examining the percentage difference between the top-two vote getters. If the race was uncontested, the margin of victory is listed as 100%.

District	Winner	Margin of Victory	Total Vote	Top Opponent
Virginia, District 10	Frank Wolf	19.7%	366,444	Kristin Cabral
Virginia, District 11	Gerald Connolly	25.5%	332,243	Chris Perkins
Virginia, District 1	Robert J. Wittman	15.1%	356,806	Adam Cook
Virginia, District 2	Scott Rigell	7.7%	309,222	Paul Hirschbiel
Virginia, District 3	Robert C. Scott	62.8%	318,936	Dean Longo
Virginia, District 4	Randy Forbes	14%	350,046	Ella P. Ward
Virginia, District 5	Robert Hurt	12.6%	348,111	John Douglass
Virginia, District 6	Bob Goodlatte	30.7%	323,893	Andy Schmookler
Virginia, District 7	Eric Cantor	17%	381,909	E. Wayne Powell
Virginia, District 8	Jim Moran	34%	351,187	Patrick Murray
Virginia, District 9	Morgan Griffith	22.7%	301,658	Anthony Flaccavento

General election candidates

This is a map of the congressional districts of Virginia before and after the 2010 redistricting. The image also includes the partisan breakdown of the districts that are close in registration figures.

District	General Election Candidates	Incumbent	2012 Winner	Partisan Switch?
1st	Adam Cook Robert J. Wittman Gail Parker	Rob Wittman	Robert J. Wittman	No
2nd	Paul Hirschbiel Scott Rigell	Scott Rigell	Scott Rigell	No
3rd	Robert C. Scott Dean Longo	Bobby Scott	Robert C. Scott	No
4th	Ella P. Ward Randy Forbes	Randy Forbes	Randy Forbes	No
5th	John Douglass Robert Hurt Kenneth Hildebrandt	Robert Hurt	Robert Hurt	No
6th	Andy Schmookler Bob Goodlatte	Bob Goodlatte	Bob Goodlatte	No
7th	E. Wayne Powell Eric Cantor	Eric Cantor	Eric Cantor	No
8th	Jim Moran Patrick Murray Janet Murphy Jason Howell	Jim Moran	Jim Moran	No
9th	Anthony Flaccavento Morgan Griffith	Morgan Griffith	Morgan Griffith	No
10th	Kristin Cabral Frank Wolf Kevin Chisholm	Frank Wolf	Frank Wolf	No
11th	Gerald Connolly Chris Perkins Joe Galdo Peter Marchetti Chris DeCarlo Mark Gibson	Gerry Connolly	Gerald Connolly	No

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