| The Green Papers: Pennsylvania 2009 General Election |
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Pennsylvania
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress |
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| U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 111th Senate Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
| Class 1 | Democratic | Senator Robert P. "Bob" Casey, Jr. • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 |
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| Class 3 | Democratic | Senator Arlen Specter • First elected: as a Republican 1980; re-elected: 1986, 1992, 1998, 2004; changed party affiliation to Democratic 30 April 2009. • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors | |||||
| Democratic | Governor Edward G. "Ed" Rendell • First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006 • Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. • Open Chair - At term limit |
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| Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Elected on a ticket with (but nominated separately by partisan primary from) the Governor | |||||
| Republican | Lieutenant Governor Joseph B. "Joe" Scarnati, III • Entered office (was Senate President Pro Tempore): 13 November 2008 upon the passing of Lieutenant Governor Catherine Baker Knoll. • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| 111th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 111th House | |||||
| Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 12 Democratic (11 Undetermined, 1 Open); 7 Republican (6 Undetermined, 1 Open) | |||||
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Democratic | Congressman Robert A. Brady • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Democratic | Congressman Chaka Fattah • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Democratic | Congressman Kathleen Ann "Kathy" Dahlkemper • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Democratic | Congressman Jason Altmire • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Republican | Congressman Glenn W. "G.T." Thompson • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Republican | Congressman Jim Gerlach • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • Open Seat - December 2008: Announced that he will not run for re-election in 2010. 5 February 2009: Filed to run for Governor in 2010. |
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Democratic | Congressman Joseph A. "Joe" Sestak, Jr. • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • Open Seat - Candidate for the Senate Class 3 seat in 2010. |
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Democratic | Congressman Patrick J. Murphy • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Republican | Congressman William Franklin "Bill" Shuster • First elected 15 May 2001 to fill the seat vacated by the resignation of Bud Shuster. • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Democratic | Congressman Christopher P. "Chris" Carney • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Democratic | Congressman Paul E. Kanjorski • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Democratic | Congressman John P. Murtha • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Democratic | Congressman Allyson Y. Schwartz • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Democratic | Congressman Mike Doyle • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Republican | Congressman Charles W. "Charlie" Dent • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Republican | Congressman Joseph R. "Joe" Pitts • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Democratic | Congressman T. Timothy "Tim" Holden • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Republican | Congressman Tim Murphy • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Republican | Congressman Todd R. Platts • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: 2 terms | |||||
| Republican | Attorney General Tom Corbett • First elected: 2004; re-elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 • The current Attorney General is unaffected by the State's term limit. • Open Seat - 16 March 2009: Filed paperwork to form an exploratory committee to run for Governor |
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| Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: 2 terms | |||||
| Democratic | Treasurer Robert "Rob" McCord • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 • The current Treasurer is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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| Auditor General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012 | |||||
| Democratic | Auditor General Jack Wagner • First elected: 2004; re-elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 • Open Seat - Candidate for Governor in 2010 |
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| Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such. |