The Green Papers: General Election 2000

Copyright www.flags.net/UNST.htm Pennsylvania
Primary: Tuesday, April 4, 2000
2000 Electoral Votes:23(4.28% of 538)
Governor:1(Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms)
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
2000 Representatives:21(4.83% of 435)
1990 Census: 11,882,842(4.78% of 248,765,170)
Registered Voters (Nov 98): 6,966,461
Estimated Voting age population (Jan 98): 9,118,000 
Tuesday, November 7, 2000 Polls Close: 8 PM EST (0100 UTC)
Candidates seeking office
Constitution:1
Democrat:21
Green:1
Libertarian:6
Reform:5
Republican:21
(scatter):1
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President  Electoral votes: 23, Term limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime; Electors: How Appointed, Meeting Place, How they voted; Total Popular Vote: 4,913,119; List of States: Short, Long
 CandidateRepublican 2,281,127 46.43% Governor George W. Bush
 WinnerDemocrat 2,485,967 50.60% Vice President Albert A. "Al" Gore, Jr.
(23 Electoral Votes)
 CandidateConstitution 14,428 0.29% Howard Phillips
 CandidateLibertarian 11,248 0.23% Harry Browne
 CandidateGreen103,392 2.10% Ralph Nader
 CandidateReform 16,023 0.33% Pat Buchanan
 Candidate(scatter)934 0.02% Write-In
Governor  Term limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, Current Governors  
 Republican  Tom Ridge
First Elected: 1994; re-elected: 1998
Chair up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002. (The current Governor is affected by a term limit and CANNOT run in the next election for Governor).
Senate  6-year term, Current Senate  Senate Electoral Classes
Class 1Republican  Rick Santorum
First elected: 1994; re-elected 2000
Renominated - Tuesday 4 April 2000 Primary
 CandidateReform  Bob Domske
 CandidateLibertarian  John Featherman
 CandidateDemocrat  Congressman Ron Klink
 WinnerRepublican  Senator Rick Santorum
Class 3Republican  Arlen Specter
First elected: 1980; re-elected: 1986, 1992, 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 2, 2004.
House of Representatives  2 year term, Current House  
11 Democrats
10 Republicans
CD 1Democrat  Robert A. Brady
Renominated - Tuesday 4 April 2000 Primary
 WinnerDemocrat  Congressman Robert A. Brady
 CandidateRepublican  Steven N. Kush
CD 2Democrat  Chaka Fattah
Renominated - Tuesday 4 April 2000 Primary
 WinnerDemocrat  Congressman Chaka Fattah
CD 3Democrat  Robert A. Borski
Renominated - Tuesday 4 April 2000 Primary
 WinnerDemocrat  Congressman Robert A. Borski
 CandidateRepublican  Charles F. Dougherty
CD 4Democrat  Ron Klink
Open Seat. Congressman Klink sought and won the Democratic nomination to be a candidate for the U.S. Senate.
 WinnerRepublican  Melissa Hart
 CandidateDemocrat  Terry E. Van Horne
CD 5Republican  John E. Peterson
Renominated - Tuesday 4 April 2000 Primary
 CandidateLibertarian  Tom Martin
 WinnerRepublican  Congressman John E. Peterson
CD 6Democrat  Tim Holden
Renominated - Tuesday 4 April 2000 Primary
 WinnerDemocrat  Congressman Tim Holden
 CandidateRepublican  Thomas G. Kopel
CD 7Republican  Curt Weldon
Renominated - Tuesday 4 April 2000 Primary
 CandidateDemocrat  Peter A. Lennon
 WinnerRepublican  Congressman Curt Weldon
CD 8Republican  Jim Greenwood
Renominated - Tuesday 4 April 2000 Primary
 WinnerRepublican  Congressman Jim Greenwood
 CandidateLibertarian  Philip Holmen
 CandidateDemocrat  Ronald L. Strouse
CD 9Republican  Bud Shuster
Renominated - Tuesday 4 April 2000 Primary
 CandidateReform  John Henry
 WinnerRepublican  Congressman Bud Shuster
CD 10Republican  Don Sherwood
Renominated - Tuesday 4 April 2000 Primary
 CandidateDemocrat  Pat Casey
 CandidateReform  Tom McLaughlin
 WinnerRepublican  Congressman Don Sherwood
CD 11Democrat  Paul E. Kanjorski
Renominated - Tuesday 4 April 2000 Primary
 WinnerDemocrat  Congressman Paul E. Kanjorski
 CandidateRepublican  Stephen A. Urban
CD 12Democrat  John P. Murtha
Renominated - Tuesday 4 April 2000 Primary
 CandidateRepublican  Bill Choby
 WinnerDemocrat  Congressman John P. Murtha
 CandidateReform  James O'Neil
CD 13Democrat  Joseph M. Hoeffel
Renominated - Tuesday 4 April 2000 Primary
 CandidateLibertarian  Ken Cavanaugh
 CandidateRepublican  Stewart J. Greenleaf
 WinnerDemocrat  Congressman Joseph M. Hoeffel
CD 14Democrat  William J. Coyne
Renominated - Tuesday 4 April 2000 Primary
 WinnerDemocrat  Congressman William J. Coyne
 No other candidate from any other party listed: Congressman Coyne will apparently run unopposed.
CD 15Republican  Pat Toomey
Renominated - Tuesday 4 April 2000 Primary
 CandidateDemocrat  Ed O'Brien
 WinnerRepublican  Congressman Pat Toomey
CD 16Republican  Joseph R. Pitts
Renominated - Tuesday 4 April 2000 Primary
 WinnerRepublican  Congressman Joseph R. Pitts
 CandidateDemocrat  Bob Yorczyk
CD 17Republican  George W. Gekas
Renominated - Tuesday 4 April 2000 Primary
 WinnerRepublican  Congressman George W. Gekas
 CandidateDemocrat  Leslye Hess Herrmann
 CandidateLibertarian  Ray "Doc" Ondrusek
CD 18Democrat  Mike Doyle
Renominated - Tuesday 4 April 2000 Primary
 WinnerDemocrat  Congressman Mike Doyle
 CandidateRepublican  Craig C. Stephens
CD 19Republican  Bill Goodling
Open Seat. Congressman Goodling did not seek re-election.
 WinnerRepublican  Todd Platts
 CandidateDemocrat  Jeff Sanders
CD 20Democrat  Frank Mascara
Renominated - Tuesday 4 April 2000 Primary
 CandidateRepublican  Ronald J. Davis
 WinnerDemocrat  Congressman Frank Mascara
CD 21Republican  Phil English
Renominated - Tuesday 4 April 2000 Primary
 WinnerRepublican  Congressman Phil English
 CandidateDemocrat  Marc A. Flitter
Congressional District

Pennsylvania has 67 counties and 21 congressional districts: 48 counties are wholly within a given congressional district; 19 counties are divided among more than one congressional district.

UNDIVIDED COUNTIES (wholly within one Congressional District)

  • CD # 4: Beaver, Lawrence
  • CD # 5: Cameron, Clinton, Elk, Forest, Jefferson, McKean, Potter, Tioga, Union, Venango and Warren
  • CD # 6: Berks and Schuylkill
  • CD # 8: Bucks
  • CD # 9: Bedford, Blair, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin and Snyder
  • CD # 10: Bradford, Lackawanna, Pike, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Wayne and Wyoming
  • CD # 11: Carbon, Columbia, Luzerne and Montour
  • CD # 12: Cambria, Indiana and Somerset
  • CD # 15: Lehigh and Northampton
  • CD # 17: Dauphin and Lebanon
  • CD # 19: Adams and York
  • CD # 20: Greene and Washington
  • CD # 21: Erie and Mercer

DIVIDED COUNTIES (split between more than one Congressional District):

  • Allegheny: CDs 4, 14, 18 and 20
  • Armstrong: CDs 5 and 12
  • Butler: CDs 4 and 21
  • Centre: CDs 5 and 9
  • Chester: CDs 7 and 16
  • Clarion: CDs 5 and 12
  • Clearfield: CDs 5 and 9
  • Crawford: CDs 5 and 21
  • Cumberland: CDs 17 and 19
  • Delaware: CDs 1, 2 and 7
  • Fayette: CDs 12 and 20
  • Lancaster: CDs 16 and 17
  • Lycoming: CDs 5 and 10
  • Monroe: CDs 10 and 11
  • Montgomery: CDs 6, 7, 8, 13 and 15
  • Northumberland: CDs 6 and 11
  • Perry: CDs 9 and 17
  • Philadelphia (coterminous with the City of Philadelphia): CDs 1, 2 and 3
  • Westmoreland: CDs 4, 12 and 20

CD # 3 wholly within the City and County of Philadelphia
CD # 13 wholly within Montgomery County
CDs # 14 and # 18 wholly within Allegheny County