2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut

2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut
All 5 Connecticut seats to the United States House of Representatives
	Democratic 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
	Democratic 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%

The 2012 U.S. House of Representatives elections in Connecticut were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012, to elect the five congressional representatives from the state, one from each of the state's five congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including a quadrennial presidential election, a U.S. Senate election, and state legislature races.

Primaries to select Republican and Democratic candidates in some districts were held on Tuesday, August 14, 2012.^[1]

The Democratic Party candidate won in each of the five districts on Election Day.

Overview[]

The table below shows the total number and percentage of votes, as well as the number of seats gained and lost by each political party in the election for the United States House of Representatives in Connecticut. In addition, the voter turnout and the number of votes not valid will be listed below.

United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut, 2012^[2]
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats
	Democratic	951,281*	64.87%	5
	Republican	490,490	33.45%	0
	Green	9,115	0.62%	0
	Libertarian	3,511	0.24%	0
	Others	12,022	0.82%	0
Total		1,466,419	100%	5

*Includes 66,883 votes received on the line of the Connecticut Working Families Party, which cross-endorsed

District 1[]

Democratic incumbent John Larson, who has represented the 1st district since 1999, sought re-election^[3] John Decker, a financial planner,^[4] and Mike McDonald, a member of the Windsor Town Council,^[5] sought the Republican nomination to challenge Larson. Decker won the nomination^[6] at the Republican state convention on May 18, garnering 69% of available delegates. Decker lost to Larson in the general election.

General election[]

Connecticut's 1st congressional district, 2012 ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John B. Larson (incumbent)^[8]	206,973	69.7
	Republican	John Henry Decker	82,321	27.7
	Green	S. Michael DeRosa	5,477	1.8
	Independent	Matthew M. Corey	2,290	0.8
Total votes			297,061	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 2[]

Democratic incumbent Joe Courtney, who has represented the 2nd district since 2007, said in February 2011 that he would not run for the U.S. Senate seat to be vacated by Joe Lieberman.^[9] Courtney ran for re-election.^[3]

Doug Dubitsky, a lawyer who ran unsuccessfully in the Republican primary for the 2nd district in 2010; Paul Formica, the First selectman of the East Lyme Board of Selectmen; and Daria Novak, a business consultant and former State Department employee who also ran unsuccessfully in the Republican primary in 2010, all sought the Republican nomination to challenge Courtney. State Representative Christopher Coutu had also planned to run, but dropped out of the race in May 2012.^[10]^[11]

At the Republican state convention on May 18, delegates in the second district endorsed Formica. Formica and Novak took part in the August 14 primary, which Formica won.^[12]

Formica lost to Courtney in the general election.

Republican primary[]

Primary results[]

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul M. Formica	14,256	66.9
	Republican	Daria Novak	7,050	33.1
Total votes			21,306	100.0

General election[]

Results[]

Connecticut's 2nd congressional district, 2012 ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Courtney (incumbent)^[13]	204,708	68.2
	Republican	Paul M. Formica	88,103	29.4
	Green	Colin D. Bennett	3,638	1.2
	Libertarian	Daniel J. Reale	3,511	1.2
Total votes			299,960	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 3[]

Democratic incumbent Rosa DeLauro, who has represented the 3rd district since 1991 ran for re-election.^[3] Motivational speaker Wayne Winsley sought the Republican nomination to challenge DeLauro.^[14] Steve Packard also sought the Republican nomination.^[15] At the Republican state convention on May 18, delegates in the third district endorsed Winsley.^[16] Following the Republican state convention, Steve Packard announced his intention to run for the office as an independent.^[17] DeLauro was subsequently re-elected in November, beating Packard and Winsley.

General election[]

Connecticut's 3rd congressional district, 2012 ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rosa DeLauro (incumbent)^[18]	217,573	74.7
	Republican	Wayne Winsley	73,726	25.3
	Independent	Hector W. Concepcion (write-in)	1	0.0
	Independent	Stephen "Steve" Packard (write-in)	1	0.0
Total votes			291,301	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 4[]

Democratic incumbent Jim Himes, who has represented the 4th district since 2009, said in December 2010 that he would not run for the U.S. Senate in 2012.^[19] Himes ran for re-election.^[3]

Chris Meek, the founder of START Now!, a non-profit organization;^[20] Steve Obsitnik, the chair and chief executive of Quintel Technology;^[21] David Orner, an executive with CIT Group;^[22] and Richard Wieland, a retired businessman,^[23] sought the Republican nomination to challenge Himes. Former state senator Dan Debicella, who unsuccessfully challenged Himes as the Republican nominee in 2010, did not run.^[24]

At the Republican state convention on May 18, delegates in the fourth district endorsed Obsitnik. Meek met the threshold required to force a primary, but decided not to challenge the endorsed candidate.^[25] Obsitnik lost to Himes.

General election[]

Connecticut's 4th congressional district, 2012 ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Himes (incumbent)	175,929	60.0
	Republican	Steve Obsitnik	117,503	40.0
Total votes			293,432	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 5[]

Incumbent Democrat Chris Murphy has represented the 5th district since 2007. Murphy announced that he will not seek re-election for a fourth term. He instead ran for the U.S. Senate to replace Independent Democrat Joe Lieberman, who retired from the Senate. Murphy won election to the Senate.

Democratic primary[]

Prior to the Democratic primary, Donovan received the endorsement of the Connecticut Working Families Party and was granted placement on its ballot line for the general election.^[26] On August 30, Donovan withdrew his name from the Working Families line to allow the minor party to endorse Elizabeth Esty, the primary winner.^[27]

Candidates[]

Declared

Chris Donovan, speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives^[28]
Elizabeth Esty, former state representative^[29]
Daniel Roberti, public relations firm worker^[30]

Disqualified

Randy Yale, insurance underwriter^[31]^[32]

Withdrew

Mike Williams, advisor to Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign^[33]

Primary results[]

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Elizabeth Etsy	12,717	44.6
	Democratic	Chris Donovan	9,216	32.3
	Democratic	Dan Roberti	6,582	23.1
Total votes			28,515	100.0

Republican primary[]

At the Republican state convention on May 18, delegates in the fifth district endorsed Roraback. Roraback, Wilson-Foley, Bernier, and Greenberg took part in the August 14 primary. Roraback lost to Esty.

Candidates[]

Declared

Justin Bernier, former member of Governor Jodi Rell's cabinet^[34]
Mark Greenberg, businessman^[30]
Andrew Roraback, state senator^[35]
Lisa Wilson-Foley, businesswoman^[36]

Withdrew

Mike Clark, chair of the Farmington Town Council and a former FBI agent^[37]^[38]

Declined

Sam Caligiuri, former state senator and Republican nominee for CT-05 in 2010^[39]

Primary results[]

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Andrew Roraback	9,536	32.1
	Republican	Mark Greenberg	8,033	27.0
	Republican	Justin Bernier	6,167	20.8
	Republican	Lisa Wilson-Foley	5,966	20.1
Total votes			29,702	100.0

General election[]

Results[]

Connecticut's 5th congressional district, 2012 ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Elizabeth Esty^[40]	146,098	51.3
	Republican	Andrew Roraback^[41]	138,637	48.7
	Independent	John Pistone (write-in)	12	0.0
	Independent	Russ Jaeger (write-in)	10	0.0
Total votes			284,757	100.0
	Democratic hold

References[]

^ "Candidate Committees, Exploratory Committees, and Durational Political Committees Organized for the November 6, 2012 Election" (PDF). State of Connecticut, State Elections Enforcement Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 17, 2012. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
^ "USSenCD". Archived from the original on 2014-11-13. Retrieved 2012-12-22.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Lewis, Charles J. (February 14, 2012). "Himes has commanding fundraising lead". The Stamford Advocate. Retrieved February 20, 2012.
^ Collins, Steve (March 19, 2012). "John Decker to run for Larson's 1st District seat". The Bristol Press. Retrieved May 15, 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ McKinley, Julian (January 5, 2012). "McDonald to Run for Congress". Windsor Patch. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
^ Martel, Allen (May 18, 2012). "John Decker Wins GOP Endorsement to Face Larson for US Congress". The Hartford Courant. Retrieved May 18, 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/SOTS/ElectionServices/ElectionResults/2012/2012ElectionResultspdf.pdf?la=en
^ Includes 14,133 votes received on the line of the Connecticut Working Families Party, which cross-endorsed
^ "Joe Courtney: Not Running For U.S. Senate". Hartford Courant. February 21, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
^ "Republican declares 2nd run for Congress". Norwich Bulletin. April 22, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
^ Altimari, Daniela (May 14, 2012). "Two More Republicans Jump Into CT2". Hartford Courant. Archived from the original on May 18, 2012. Retrieved May 15, 2012.
^ Mark Pazniokas; Jacqueline Rabe Thomas; Aroosa Masroor (August 14, 2012). "Esty, Roraback emerge as victors in 5th District race". Archived from the original on August 22, 2012. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
^ Includes 15,264 votes received on the line of the Connecticut Working Families Party, which cross-endorsed
^ Malik, Alia (October 18, 2011). "Motivational speaker from Naugatuck to take on DeLauro". Republican-American. Archived from the original on October 22, 2011. Retrieved October 21, 2011.
^ "Statement of Organization" (PDF). Federal Election Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 3, 2016. Retrieved May 2, 2012.
^ Christopher Keating; Daniela Altimari (18 May 2012). "Roraback Wins GOP Endorsement In 5th District But Primary Assured". Hartford Courant. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
^ Packard, Steve. "Steve Packard 2012". Archived from the original on 15 April 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
^ Includes 20,410 votes received on the line of the Connecticut Working Families Party, which cross-endorsed
^ House, Dennis (December 10, 2010). "Himes Rules out Running for Lieberman Seat in 2012". The Hartfordite. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
^ Altimari, Daniela (November 17, 2011). "Republican Chris Meek Formally Announces His Run for Congress in CT-4". Hartford Courant. Retrieved November 19, 2011.
^ Lockhart, Brian (November 16, 2011). "Westport businessman running for Congress". Connecticut Post. Retrieved November 19, 2011.
^ Vigdor, Neil (October 6, 2011). "Himes faces growing field of challengers". Connecticut Post. Retrieved October 26, 2011.
^ Vigdor, Neil (March 9, 2012). "Greenwich Tea Party event sparsely attended". Connecticut Post. Retrieved March 13, 2012.
^ Vigdor, Neil (January 16, 2012). "Debicella to GOP: Not your fella in 2012". Hearst Connecticut Media Group. Retrieved January 19, 2012.
^ Vigdor, Neil (May 26, 2012). "Obsitnik won't face primary for GOP House nod". Retrieved June 3, 2012.
^ Altimari, Daniela (December 20, 2011). "Endorsements Boost 2 Democrats In 5th District Race". Hartford Courant. Retrieved May 15, 2012.
^ Jacqueline Rabe Thomas; Keith M. Phaneuf (August 30, 2012). "It's official, Donovan drops out of race". CTMirror.org. Retrieved September 1, 2012.
^ Connors, Bob (May 23, 2011). "Donovan Running for Congress". NBC Connecticut. Retrieved May 24, 2011.
^ Turmelle, Luther (March 29, 2011). "Wife of DEP Commissioner May Get in Fifth District Race". Litchfield County Times. Retrieved May 24, 2011.
^ ^a ^b Boughton, Kathryn (April 13, 2011). "Kent Democrat Dan Roberti Entering 5th District Race". Litchfield County Times. Retrieved May 24, 2011.
^ Pazniokas, Mark (February 26, 2012). "Donovan tries to bar negative ads in 5th CD primary". The Connecticut Mirror. Archived from the original on February 29, 2012. Retrieved March 13, 2012.
^ Godin, Mary Ellen (May 14, 2012). "Donovan easily wins nomination, but two opponents to primary". Record-Journal. Archived from the original on April 12, 2015. Retrieved May 15, 2012.
^ Tuz, Susan (May 12, 2011). "New Preston man seeks 5th District seat". Connecticut Post. Retrieved May 24, 2011.
^ Miller, Robert (January 26, 2011). "Bernier announces he'll run in 5th District". The News-Times. Retrieved May 24, 2011.
^ Thomason, Rick (October 21, 2011). "Roraback officially in the running for 5th District seat". The Register Citizen. Retrieved October 22, 2011.
^ Campbell, Ricky (June 24, 2011). "Fifth Congressional District GOP candidates bat around the issues at meeting". The Register Citizen. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
^ Sposato, Jennifer (April 5, 2011). "Former FBI Agent Running for Congress". NBC Connecticut. Retrieved May 24, 2011.
^ Stuart, Christine (May 16, 2012). "Clark Drops Bid, Endorses Roraback". CT News Junkie. Retrieved May 17, 2012.
^ D'Aprile, Shane (February 1, 2011). "Caligiuri passes on another run for Rep. Murphy's seat". The Hill. Retrieved May 24, 2011.
^ Includes 8,609 votes received on the line of the Connecticut Working Families Party, which cross-endorsed
^ Includes 9,710 votes as listed as an Independent on the ballot.

External links[]

Elections and Voting from the Connecticut Secretary of State
United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut, 2012 at Ballotpedia
Campaign contributions at OpenSecrets.org
Outside spending at the Sunlight Foundation

Preceded by 2010 elections	United States House elections in Connecticut 2012	Succeeded by 2014 elections

[1] "Candidate Committees, Exploratory Committees, and Durational Political Committees Organized for the November 6, 2012 Election" (PDF). State of Connecticut, State Elections Enforcement Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 17, 2012. Retrieved August 13, 2011.

[2] "USSenCD". Archived from the original on 2014-11-13. Retrieved 2012-12-22.

[sa-3] Lewis, Charles J. (February 14, 2012). "Himes has commanding fundraising lead". The Stamford Advocate. Retrieved February 20, 2012.

[4] Collins, Steve (March 19, 2012). "John Decker to run for Larson's 1st District seat". The Bristol Press. Retrieved May 15, 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}

[5] McKinley, Julian (January 5, 2012). "McDonald to Run for Congress". Windsor Patch. Retrieved January 12, 2012.

[6] Martel, Allen (May 18, 2012). "John Decker Wins GOP Endorsement to Face Larson for US Congress". The Hartford Courant. Retrieved May 18, 2012.

[ConnSS-7] ttps://portal.ct.gov/-/media/SOTS/ElectionServices/ElectionResults/2012/2012ElectionResultspdf.pdf?la=en

[8] Includes 14,133 votes received on the line of the Connecticut Working Families Party, which cross-endorsed

[9] "Joe Courtney: Not Running For U.S. Senate". Hartford Courant. February 21, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.

[nb-10] "Republican declares 2nd run for Congress". Norwich Bulletin. April 22, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.

[11] Altimari, Daniela (May 14, 2012). "Two More Republicans Jump Into CT2". Hartford Courant. Archived from the original on May 18, 2012. Retrieved May 15, 2012.

[Primary-12] Mark Pazniokas; Jacqueline Rabe Thomas; Aroosa Masroor (August 14, 2012). "Esty, Roraback emerge as victors in 5th District race". Archived from the original on August 22, 2012. Retrieved August 15, 2012.

[13] Includes 15,264 votes received on the line of the Connecticut Working Families Party, which cross-endorsed

[14] Malik, Alia (October 18, 2011). "Motivational speaker from Naugatuck to take on DeLauro". Republican-American. Archived from the original on October 22, 2011. Retrieved October 21, 2011.

[15] "Statement of Organization" (PDF). Federal Election Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 3, 2016. Retrieved May 2, 2012.

[GOP_endorsements-16] Christopher Keating; Daniela Altimari (18 May 2012). "Roraback Wins GOP Endorsement In 5th District But Primary Assured". Hartford Courant. Retrieved 14 January 2013.

[17] Packard, Steve. "Steve Packard 2012". Archived from the original on 15 April 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2012.

[18] Includes 20,410 votes received on the line of the Connecticut Working Families Party, which cross-endorsed

[19] House, Dennis (December 10, 2010). "Himes Rules out Running for Lieberman Seat in 2012". The Hartfordite. Retrieved April 23, 2011.

[20] Altimari, Daniela (November 17, 2011). "Republican Chris Meek Formally Announces His Run for Congress in CT-4". Hartford Courant. Retrieved November 19, 2011.

[21] Lockhart, Brian (November 16, 2011). "Westport businessman running for Congress". Connecticut Post. Retrieved November 19, 2011.

[ctp-22] Vigdor, Neil (October 6, 2011). "Himes faces growing field of challengers". Connecticut Post. Retrieved October 26, 2011.

[23] Vigdor, Neil (March 9, 2012). "Greenwich Tea Party event sparsely attended". Connecticut Post. Retrieved March 13, 2012.

[24] Vigdor, Neil (January 16, 2012). "Debicella to GOP: Not your fella in 2012". Hearst Connecticut Media Group. Retrieved January 19, 2012.

[25] Vigdor, Neil (May 26, 2012). "Obsitnik won't face primary for GOP House nod". Retrieved June 3, 2012.

[26] Altimari, Daniela (December 20, 2011). "Endorsements Boost 2 Democrats In 5th District Race". Hartford Courant. Retrieved May 15, 2012.

[27] Jacqueline Rabe Thomas; Keith M. Phaneuf (August 30, 2012). "It's official, Donovan drops out of race". CTMirror.org. Retrieved September 1, 2012.

[28] Connors, Bob (May 23, 2011). "Donovan Running for Congress". NBC Connecticut. Retrieved May 24, 2011.

[29] Turmelle, Luther (March 29, 2011). "Wife of DEP Commissioner May Get in Fifth District Race". Litchfield County Times. Retrieved May 24, 2011.

[lct-30] Boughton, Kathryn (April 13, 2011). "Kent Democrat Dan Roberti Entering 5th District Race". Litchfield County Times. Retrieved May 24, 2011.

[31] Pazniokas, Mark (February 26, 2012). "Donovan tries to bar negative ads in 5th CD primary". The Connecticut Mirror. Archived from the original on February 29, 2012. Retrieved March 13, 2012.

[32] Godin, Mary Ellen (May 14, 2012). "Donovan easily wins nomination, but two opponents to primary". Record-Journal. Archived from the original on April 12, 2015. Retrieved May 15, 2012.

[33] Tuz, Susan (May 12, 2011). "New Preston man seeks 5th District seat". Connecticut Post. Retrieved May 24, 2011.

[34] Miller, Robert (January 26, 2011). "Bernier announces he'll run in 5th District". The News-Times. Retrieved May 24, 2011.

[35] Thomason, Rick (October 21, 2011). "Roraback officially in the running for 5th District seat". The Register Citizen. Retrieved October 22, 2011.

[36] Campbell, Ricky (June 24, 2011). "Fifth Congressional District GOP candidates bat around the issues at meeting". The Register Citizen. Retrieved June 28, 2011.

[nbc-37] Sposato, Jennifer (April 5, 2011). "Former FBI Agent Running for Congress". NBC Connecticut. Retrieved May 24, 2011.

[38] Stuart, Christine (May 16, 2012). "Clark Drops Bid, Endorses Roraback". CT News Junkie. Retrieved May 17, 2012.

[39] D'Aprile, Shane (February 1, 2011). "Caligiuri passes on another run for Rep. Murphy's seat". The Hill. Retrieved May 24, 2011.

[ReferenceA-40] Includes 8,609 votes received on the line of the Connecticut Working Families Party, which cross-endorsed

[41] Includes 9,710 votes as listed as an Independent on the ballot.

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