2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi

2012 Mississippi's 2nd congressional district election
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U.S. Representative before election; Bennie Thompson; Democratic	Elected U.S. Representative ; Bennie Thompson; Democratic

2012 Mississippi's 1st congressional district election
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U.S. Representative before election; Alan Nunnelee; Republican	Elected U.S. Representative ; Alan Nunnelee; Republican

The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012 and elected the four U.S. representatives from the state of Mississippi. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including a quadrennial presidential election and an election to the U.S. Senate.

Overview

United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi, 2012^[1]
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats	+/–
	Republican	703,635	58.24%	3
	Democratic	411,398	34.05%	1
	Reform	64,581	5.35%	0
	Libertarian	21,566	1.79%	0
	Constitution	2,390	0.20%	0
	Independents	4,605	0.38%	0
Totals		1,208,175	100.00%	4

District 1

Republican Alan Nunnelee, who has represented Mississippi's 1st congressional district since January 2011, ran for re-election.^[2]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Alan Nunnelee, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

Robert Estes, owner of Estes Grading and Trucking
Henry Ross, former mayor of Eupora and candidate for this seat in 2010^[3]

Primary results

Republican primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Alan Nunnelee (incumbent)	43,518	57.4
	Republican	Henry Ross	22,067	28.9
	Republican	Robert Estes	10,394	13.7
Total votes			75,979	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Brad Morris, attorney and former chief of staff to former representative Travis Childers

Withdrawn

Mark DuVall, former state Representative^[5]

Primary results

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brad Morris	11,120	100.0
Total votes			11,120	100.0

Reform primary

Candidates

Nominee

Chris Potts^[6]

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee

Danny Bedwell

Constitution primary

Candidates

Nominee

Jim Bourland

General election

Results

Mississippi's 1st congressional district, 2012 ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Alan Nunnelee (incumbent)	186,760	60.4
	Democratic	Brad Morris	114,076	36.9
	Libertarian	Danny Bedwell	3,584	1.2
	Constitution	Jim R. Bourland	2,390	0.8
	Reform	Chris Potts	2,367	0.8
Total votes			309,177	100.0
	Republican hold

District 2

Democrat Bennie Thompson, who had represented Mississippi's 2nd congressional district since 1993, ran for re-election.^[7]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Bennie Thompson, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

Heather McTeer, Mayor of Greenville^[8]

Primary results

Democratic primary results^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bennie Thompson (incumbent)	49,083	87.5
	Democratic	Heather McTeer	7,040	12.5
Total votes			56,123	100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Bill Marcy, nominee for this seat in 2010^[6]

Primary results

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Marcy	26,041	100.0
Total votes			26,041	100.0

Reform primary

Candidates

Nominee

Lajena Williams

Independents

Cobby Williams, motivational speaker^[6]^[7]^[8]

General election

Results

Mississippi's 2nd congressional district, 2012 ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bennie Thompson (incumbent)	214,978	67.1
	Republican	Bill Marcy	99,160	31.0
	Independent	Cobby Mondale Williams	4,605	1.4
	Reform	Lajena Williams	1,501	0.5
Total votes			320,244	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 3

2012 Mississippi's 3rd congressional district election

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Nominee	Gregg Harper	John Luke Pannell
Party	Republican	Reform
Popular vote	209,490	58,605
Percentage	80.0%	20.0%

Results by county
Harper: 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90%

U.S. Representative before election

Gregg Harper
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Gregg Harper
Republican

Republican Gregg Harper, who has represented Mississippi's 3rd congressional district since 2009, ran for re-election.^[7]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Gregg Harper, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

Robert Allen, Tea Party activist^[6]^[7]

Primary results

Republican primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gregg Harper (incumbent)	78,735	91.8
	Republican	Robert Allen	7,027	8.2
Total votes			85,762	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Crystal Biggs

Primary results

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Crystal Biggs	15,291	100.0
Total votes			15,291	100.0

Reform primary

Candidates

Nominee

John "Luke" Pannell^[6]

General election

Campaign

Crystal Biggs, who had received the Democratic nomination unopposed, dropped out of the race in September 2012 because of an illness.^[10]

Results

Mississippi's 3rd congressional district, 2012 ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gregg Harper (incumbent)	234,717	80.0
	Reform	John Luke Pannell	58,605	20.0
Total votes			293,322	100.0
	Republican hold

District 4

2012 Mississippi's 4th congressional district election

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Nominee	Steven Palazzo	Matthew Moore	Ron Williams
Party	Republican	Democratic	Libertarian
Popular vote	182,998	82,344	17,982
Percentage	64.1%	28.9%	6.3%

Results by county

Palazzo: 50-60% 60-70% 70-80%

Moore: 50-60%

U.S. Representative before election

Steven Palazzo
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Steven Palazzo
Republican

Republican Steven Palazzo, who has represented Mississippi's 4th congressional district since January 2011, ran for re-election.^[11]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Steven Palazzo, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

Cindy Burleson, political activist;^[12]
Ron Vincent, Tea Party activist and retired engineer^[12]^[13]

Declined

Chris McDaniel, state senator^[14]
Brian Sanderson, lawyer^[15]
Michael Watson, state Senator^[15]^[14]

Primary results

Republican primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steven Palazzo (incumbent)	60,897	73.9
	Republican	Ron Vincent	15,391	18.7
	Republican	Cindy Burleson	6,100	7.4
Total votes			82,388	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Michael Herrington, service manager

Eliminated in primary

Jason Vitosky, businessman

Declined

Gene Taylor, former U.S. Representative^[16]

Primary results

Democratic primary results^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael Herrington	8,988	83.8
	Democratic	Jason Vitosky	1,743	16.2
Total votes			10,731	100.0

Reform primary

Candidates

Nominee

Robert Claunch^[6]

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee

Ron Williams, businessman and Republican candidate for governor in 2011^[17]

General election

Campaign

Herrington dropped out of the race in September 2012 because of his mother's illness and financial concerns.^[10]^[11]^[12] He was replaced as Democratic nominee by Matthew Moore, an honours student at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College.

Results

Mississippi's 4th congressional district, 2012 ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steven Palazzo (incumbent)	182,998	64.1
	Democratic	Matthew Moore	82,344	28.9
	Libertarian	Ron Williams	17,982	6.3
	Reform	Robert Claunch	2,108	0.7
Total votes			285,432	100.0
	Republican hold

References

External links

Elections from the Mississippi Secretary of State
United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi, 2012 at Ballotpedia
Mississippi U.S. House at OurCampaigns.com
Campaign contributions for U.S. Congressional races in Mississippi at OpenSecrets
Outside spending at the Sunlight Foundation

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