2010 Florida's 12th congressional district election

Florida's 12th congressional district
Representative	Dennis A. Ross R–Bartow
Distribution	84.25% urban 15.75% rural
Population (2000)	639,296
Median household income	37,396
Ethnicity	72.1% White 13.0% Black 12.0% Hispanic 1.1% Asian 0.3% Native American 0.1% other
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.

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 join in the election as the nominee from the Tea Party.

Primary results

Republican primary

Republican Primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dennis A. Ross	33,070	69.0
	Republican	John W. Lindsey Jr.	14,871	31.0
Total votes			47,941	100

Democratic primary

Democratic Primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lori Edwards	24,727	75.2
	Democratic	Doug Tudor	8,158	24.8
Total votes			32,885	100

Source: Politico.com

General election

General Election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dennis A. Ross	101,245	48.1
	Democratic	Lori Edwards	86,515	41.1
	Republican	Randy Wilkinson	22,668	10.8
Total votes			210,428	100

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

Fundraising

Candidate (Party)	Receipts	Disbursements	Cash On Hand	Debt
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