2010 Florida's 12th congressional district election

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Florida's 12th congressional district
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Representative
  Dennis A. Ross
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Distribution
  • 84.25% urban
  • 15.75% rural
Population (2000)639,296
Median household
income
37,396
Ethnicity
Cook PVI R+6

Florida's 12th District consists of the majority of Polk County, Florida and parts of Hillsborough and Osceola Counties. It is currently represented by five-term congressman Adam Putnam. In February 2009, Putnam decided to run for the Commissioner of Agriculture, and finish his term in Congress.

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In the 2010 primary election, the Republican Party nominated the former Member of the Florida House of Representatives Dennis A. Ross and the Democratic Party nominated the Polk County Supervisor of elections Lori Edwards. Polk County Commissioner Randy Wilkinson will also[ when? ] join in the election as the nominee from the Tea Party.

Primary results

Republican primary

Republican Primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dennis A. Ross33,07069.0
Republican John W. Lindsey Jr.14,87131.0
Total votes47,941 100

Democratic primary

Democratic Primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Lori Edwards24,72775.2
Democratic Doug Tudor8,15824.8
Total votes32,885 100

Source: Politico.com [1]

General election

General Election results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dennis A. Ross101,24548.1
Democratic Lori Edwards86,51541.1
Republican Randy Wilkinson22,66810.8
Total votes210,428 100

http://www.thegreenpapers.com/G10/NoMajorityContests.phtml

Fundraising

Candidate (Party)ReceiptsDisbursementsCash On HandDebt
Dennis Ross (R)$1,063,314$853,161$210,153$0
Lori Edwards (D)$550,383$359,581$190,802$0
Randy Wilkinson (R)$46,067$46,859$2,351$0
Source: Federal Election Commission [2]

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References

  1. "Primary Results". politico.com. Retrieved October 27, 2010.
  2. "2010 House and Senate Campaign Finance for Florida". fec.gov. Retrieved October 27, 2010.[ permanent dead link ]