The Green Papers: Pennsylvania 2011 Off-Year Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
Governor:1 
2000 Census:12,300,670 (4.36% of 281,998,273)
2002, 2008 Electoral Votes:21(3.90% of 538)
2002-2010 Representatives:19(4.37% of 435)
2010 Census:12,734,905 (4.11% of 309,785,186)
2012, 2016, 2020 Electoral Votes:20(3.72% of 538)
2012-2020 Representatives:18(4.14% of 435)
Capital:Harrisburg
 

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Pennsylvania State and Local Government

Pennsylvania 2012 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats, Republicans, Third Parties


Pennsylvania lost 1 U.S. House seat in the 2010 Census and will elected 18 Representatives in 2012.

 
           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 112th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1 Democratic Senator Robert P. "Bob" Casey, Jr.
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
  Candidate Democratic     Senator Robert P. "Bob" Casey, Jr.
FEC S6PA00217; 30 Sep 11; Tot $3,566,130; Dsb $1,135,395
  Candidate Democratic     Brian Kelly
  Candidate Democratic     Joseph John "Joe" Vodvarka
FEC S4PA00196; 30 Sep 11; Tot $180; Dsb $180
  Candidate Republican     Timothy Raymond "Tim" Burns
FEC S2PA00240
  Candidate Republican     David A. "Dave" Christian
FEC S2PA00216; 30 Sep 11; Tot $53,415; Dsb $555
  Candidate Republican     Laureen A. Cummings
Scranton Tea Party
  Candidate Republican     John Daniel Kensinger, II
FEC S0PA00459
  Candidate Republican     Robert Allen Mansfield
FEC S2PA00257
    Republican     state Senator Dominic Pileggi - apparently not a candidate
5 December 2011: "After a great deal of careful consideration, I have decided not to enter the race for the United States Senate."
  Candidate Republican     Sam Rohrer
  Candidate Republican     Marc Anthony Scaringi
FEC S0PA00491; 30 Sep 11; Tot $74,150; Dsb $78,945
  Candidate Republican     Tom Smith
FEC S2PA00224; 30 Sep 11; Tot $874,431; Dsb $100,615
  Candidate Republican     John D. Vernon
FEC S2PA00208; 30 Sep 11; Tot $135,705; Dsb $83,708
  Candidate Republican     Steven D. "Steve" Welch
FEC S2PA00232; 30 Sep 11; Tot $0; Dsb $2,475

Class 3 Republican Senator Patrick Joseph "Pat" Toomey
First elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 8 November 2016

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

  Republican Governor Tom Corbett
First elected: 2010
Chair up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Elected on a ticket with (but nominated separately by partisan primary from) the Governor

  Republican Lieutenant Governor James F. "Jim" Cawley
First elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014

112th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2010, 2012. No Term Limit. 112th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
7 Democratic (7 Undetermined);
12 Republican (12 Undetermined)

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 1 Democratic Congressman Robert A. "Bob" Brady
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Robert A. "Bob" Brady
FEC H8PA01153; 30 Sep 11; Tot $181,568; Dsb $194,978
  Candidate Democratic     retired Philadelphia Municipal Court Judge Jimmie See Moore
FEC H2PA01073; 30 Sep 11; Tot $81,740; Dsb $78,374

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 2 Democratic Congressman Chaka Fattah
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Democratic     Devon Cade
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Chaka Fattah
FEC H2PA02055; 30 Sep 11; Tot $188,871; Dsb $115,782

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 3 Republican Congressman George J. "Mike" Kelly, Jr.
First elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Republican     Congressman George J. "Mike" Kelly, Jr.
FEC H0PA03271; 30 Sep 11; Tot $365,147; Dsb $155,935

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 4 Democratic Congressman Jason Altmire
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Jason Altmire
FEC H6PA04110; 30 Sep 11; Tot $952,802; Dsb $225,823
  Candidate Democratic     state Representative Jim Christiana
  Candidate Republican     Keith J. Rothfus
FEC H0PA04220; 30 Sep 11; Tot $196,034; Dsb $56,550

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 5 Republican Congressman Glenn W. "G.T." Thompson
First elected: 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Glenn W. "G.T." Thompson
FEC H8PA05071; 30 Sep 11; Tot $480,842; Dsb $399,230
  Candidate Write-in     Jeremy "Jed" Siple

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 6 Republican Congressman Jim Gerlach
First elected: 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Democratic     Manan Trivedi
FEC H0PA06084; 30 Sep 11; Tot $102,990; Dsb $16,493
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Jim Gerlach
FEC H2PA06114; 30 Sep 11; Tot $788,286; Dsb $395,342

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 7 Republican Congressman Patrick L. "Pat" Meehan, Jr.
First elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Patrick L. "Pat" Meehan, Jr.
FEC H0PA07082; 30 Sep 11; Tot $974,353; Dsb $285,027

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 8 Republican Congressman Michael G. "Mike" Fitzpatrick
First elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Michael G. "Mike" Fitzpatrick
FEC H4PA08074; 30 Sep 11; Tot $772,193; Dsb $290,811
  Candidate Independent     Steven Robert "Steve" Davidson
FEC H2PA08094

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 9 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 6 November 2012
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Republican     Congressman William Franklin "Bill" Shuster
FEC H2PA09035; 30 Sep 11; Tot $383,932; Dsb $264,897

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 10 Republican Congressman Thomas Anthony "Tom" Marino
First elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Democratic     former Congressman Christopher Paul "Chris" Carney
FEC H6PA10109; 30 Sep 11; Tot $4,000; Dsb $2,795
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Thomas Anthony "Tom" Marino
FEC H0PA10078; 30 Sep 11; Tot $253,603; Dsb $90,121

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 11 Republican Congressman Louis J. "Lou" Barletta
First elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Democratic     Bill Vinsko
FEC H2PA11106; 30 Sep 11; Tot $84,972; Dsb $18,180
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Louis J. "Lou" Barletta
FEC H2PA11098; 30 Sep 11; Tot $483,181; Dsb $270,880

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 12 Democratic Congressman Mark S. Critz
First elected 18 May 2010 in a special election to fill seat vacated by the passing of John Patrick Murtha, Jr.
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Mark S. Critz
FEC H0PA12132; 30 Sep 11; Tot $702,013; Dsb $288,288

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 13 Democratic Congressman Allyson Y. Schwartz
First elected: 2004
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Allyson Y. Schwartz
FEC H4PA13124; 30 Sep 11; Tot $1,112,653; Dsb $541,891
  Candidate Republican     Joseph James "Joe" Rooney
FEC H2PA13110

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 14 Democratic Congressman Mike Doyle
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Mike Doyle
FEC H4PA18131; 30 Sep 11; Tot $255,007; Dsb $128,801

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 15 Republican Congressman Charles W. "Charlie" Dent
First elected: 2004
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Democratic     Richard D. "Rick" Daugherty
FEC H2PA15099
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Charles W. "Charlie" Dent
FEC H4PA15087; 30 Sep 11; Tot $519,062; Dsb $300,166
  Candidate No Party Affiliation     Jake Towne
FEC H0PA15093; 30 Sep 11; Tot $399; Dsb $1,542

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 16 Republican Congressman Joseph R. "Joe" Pitts
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Joseph R. "Joe" Pitts
FEC H6PA16197; 30 Sep 11; Tot $498,765; Dsb $290,323

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 17 Democratic Congressman Timothy T. "Tim" Holden
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Timothy T. "Tim" Holden
FEC H2PA06080; 30 Sep 11; Tot $372,087; Dsb $120,735

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 18 Republican Congressman Tim Murphy
First elected: 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Republican     Evan Feinberg
FEC H2PA18176
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Tim Murphy
FEC H2PA18143; 30 Sep 11; Tot $674,769; Dsb $185,738

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - Seat lost in 2010 apportionment - No election in 2012 - map
CD 19 Republican Congressman Todd R. Platts
 Candidate list to be moved to another district once redistricting is complete
  Candidate Republican     Eric Maloney
FEC H2PA19091
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Todd R. Platts
FEC H0PA19053; 30 Sep 11; Tot $49,260; Dsb $25,960
  Candidate Republican     Theadore "Ted" Waga, III
FEC H2PA19117
  Candidate Libertarian     Michael Bryant "Mike" Koffenberger
FEC H2PA19109; 30 Sep 11; Tot $1,560; Dsb $385

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: 2 terms

  Republican Attorney General Linda L. Kelly
Appointed: 2011 re: Attorney General Tom Corbett elected as Governor in 2010.
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
The current Attorney General is unaffected by the State's term limit.
  Candidate Democratic     prosecutor Kathleen Granahan Kane
  Candidate Democratic     former prosecutor Dan McCaffery
  Candidate Democratic     former Congressman Patrick J. Murphy
  Candidate Republican     state Senator John C. Rafferty, Jr.
 Attorney General Tom Corbett (Republican), who was first elected in 2004 and re-elected in 2008, ran for and won the Governor's Chair in 2010. On 19 January 2011, William H. Ryan, Jr. became the state's Acting Attorney General when Mr. Corbett resigned to take the oath of office as Governor. Mr. Ryan will serve until the Governor nominates and the Pennsylvania Senate confirms a person to serve for the remainder of the current term which expires in January 2013. On 8 February 2011 Governor Corbett nominated former Assistant U.S. Attorney Linda Kelly to become the next Attorney General. Her nomination was unanimously confirmed by the Pennsylvania Senate on 23 May and she took the oath of office on 27 May 2011.

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.

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
  Candidate Democratic     state Representative Eugene DePasquale
  Candidate Republican     Ann Duke
 

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.

Major Parties
  Democratic (affiliates): 10 incumbents, 21 candidates
  Republican: 16 incumbents, 29 candidates
Major Third Parties
  Libertarian: 1 candidate
Independents
  Independent: 1 candidate
  No Party Affiliation: 1 candidate
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
  Write-in: 1 candidate
 
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.

"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.


 


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