Pennsylvania 2005 Off Year Elections

The Green Papers: Pennsylvania 2005 Off Year Elections

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Pennsylvania
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress

Electoral Votes:	21	(3.90% of 538)
Governor:	1
Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
2002-2010 Representatives:	19	(4.37% of 435)
2000 Census:	12,300,670	(4.36% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):	9,155,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):	7,781,997
Capital:	Harrisburg

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Pennsylvania State and Local Government



U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 109^th Senate Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1	Republican	Senator Rick Santorum • First elected: 1994; re-elected 2000 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
	Democratic	(pending) • Possible candidate: State Treasurer Bob Casey, Jr.

Class 3	Republican	Senator Arlen Specter • First elected: 1980; re-elected: 1986, 1992, 1998, 2004. • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • 16 February 2005: Diagnosed with Hodgkins lymphoma

Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

	Democratic	Governor Ed Rendell • First elected: 2002 • Chair up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Elected on a ticket with the Governor

	Democratic	Lieutenant Governor Catherine Baker Knoll • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

109^th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 109^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 7 Democratic (7 Undetermined); 12 Republican (12 Undetermined)

CD 1	Democratic	Congressman Robert A. Brady • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 2	Democratic	Congressman Chaka Fattah • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 3	Republican	Congressman Phil English • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 4	Republican	Congressman Melissa Hart • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 5	Republican	Congressman John E. Peterson • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 6	Republican	Congressman Jim Gerlach • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 7	Republican	Congressman Curt Weldon • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 8	Republican	Congressman Michael G. "Mike" Fitzpatrick • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 9	Republican	Congressman Bill Shuster • First elected 15 May 2001 to fill the seat vacated by the resignation of Bud Shuster. • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 10	Republican	Congressman Don Sherwood • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 11	Democratic	Congressman Paul E. Kanjorski • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 12	Democratic	Congressman John P. Murtha • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 13	Democratic	Congressman Allyson Schwartz • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 14	Democratic	Congressman Mike Doyle • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 15	Republican	Congressman Charles W. Dent • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 16	Republican	Congressman Joseph R. Pitts • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 17	Democratic	Congressman Tim Holden • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 18	Republican	Congressman Tim Murphy • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 19	Republican	Congressman Todd Platts • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008

	Republican	Attorney General Tom Corbett • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008

	Democratic	Treasurer Robert P. "Bob" Casey, Jr. • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

Auditor General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008

	Democratic	Auditor General Jack Wagner • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

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.

	• America First
	• Constitution
	• Democratic
	• Green
	• Healthcare
	• Independence
	• Libertarian
	• Not readily classifiable
	• Republican
	• Socialist Party USA