2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi

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.

2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi

← 2010 November 6, 2012 (2012-11-06) 2014 →
All 4 Mississippi seats to the United States House of Representatives
Majority party Minority party Third party   Party Republican Democratic Reform Last election 3 1 0 Seats won 3 1 0 Seat change Popular vote 703,635 411,398 64,581 Percentage 58.24% 34.05% 5.35% Swing 4.53% 10.42% 4.81%
District results County results Republican   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90% Democratic   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%

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

2012 Mississippi's 1st congressional district election

← 2010 2014 →

Nominee Alan Nunnelee Brad Morris Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 186,760 114,076 Percentage 60.4% 36.9%

Results by county Nunnelee:      40-50%      50-60%      60-70%      70-80% Morris:      40-50%      50-60%

U.S. Representative before election Alan Nunnelee Republican Elected U.S. Representative Alan Nunnelee Republican

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Withdrawn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

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[7]	Safe R	November 5, 2012
Rothenberg[8]	Safe R	November 2, 2012
Roll Call[9]	Safe R	November 4, 2012
Sabato's Crystal Ball[10]	Safe R	November 5, 2012
NY Times[11]	Safe R	November 4, 2012
RCP[12]	Safe R	November 4, 2012
The Hill[13]	Safe R	November 4, 2012

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

2012 Mississippi's 2nd congressional district election

← 2010 2014 →

Nominee Bennie Thompson Bill Marcy Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 214,978 99,160 Percentage 67.1% 31.0%

Results by county Thompson:      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%      80-90% Marcy:      50-60%      60-70%

U.S. Representative before election Bennie Thompson Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Bennie Thompson Democratic

Democrat Bennie Thompson, who had represented Mississippi's 2nd congressional district since 1993, ran for re-election.^[14]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Bennie Thompson, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

• Heather McTeer, Mayor of Greenville^[15]

Primary results

Democratic primary results^[16]

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][14][15]

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[7]	Safe D	November 5, 2012
Rothenberg[8]	Safe D	November 2, 2012
Roll Call[9]	Safe D	November 4, 2012
Sabato's Crystal Ball[10]	Safe D	November 5, 2012
NY Times[11]	Safe D	November 4, 2012
RCP[12]	Safe D	November 4, 2012
The Hill[13]	Safe D	November 4, 2012

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

← 2010 2014 →

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.^[14]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Gregg Harper, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

• Robert Allen, Tea Party activist^[6][14]

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.^[17]

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report	Safe R	November 5, 2012
Rothenberg[8]	Safe R	November 2, 2012
Roll Call[9]	Safe R	November 4, 2012
Sabato's Crystal Ball[10]	Safe R	November 5, 2012
NY Times[11]	Safe R	November 4, 2012
RCP[12]	Safe R	November 4, 2012
The Hill[13]	Safe R	November 4, 2012

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

← 2010 2014 →

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.^[18]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Steven Palazzo, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

• Cindy Burleson, political activist;^[19]
• Ron Vincent, Tea Party activist and retired engineer^[19][20]

Declined

• Chris McDaniel, state senator^[21]
• Brian Sanderson, lawyer^[22]
• Michael Watson, state Senator^[22][21]

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^[23]

Primary results

Democratic primary results^[16]

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^[24]

General election

Campaign

Herrington dropped out of the race in September 2012 because of his mother's illness and financial concerns.^[17][18][19] He was replaced as Democratic nominee by Matthew Moore, an honours student at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report	Safe R	November 5, 2012
Rothenberg[8]	Safe R	November 2, 2012
Roll Call[9]	Safe R	November 4, 2012
Sabato's Crystal Ball[10]	Safe R	November 5, 2012
NY Times[11]	Safe R	November 4, 2012
RCP[12]	Safe R	November 4, 2012
The Hill[13]	Safe R	November 4, 2012

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