| The Green Papers: Pennsylvania 2007 Off Year 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. 110th 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 | 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 |
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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 | |||||
| Democratic | Lieutenant Governor Catherine Baker Knoll • First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| 110th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 110th House | |||||
| Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 11 Democratic (11 Undetermined); 8 Republican (8 Undetermined) | |||||
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Democratic | Congressman Robert A. Brady • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 • 2007 Candidate for Mayor of Philadelphia |
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Democratic | Congressman Chaka Fattah • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 • 2007 Philadelphia mayoral candidate |
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Republican | Congressman Philip S. "Phil" English • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Democratic | Congressman Jason Altmire • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Republican | Congressman John E. Peterson • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Republican | Congressman Jim Gerlach • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Democratic | Congressman Joseph A. "Joe" Sestak, Jr. • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Democratic | Congressman Patrick J. Murphy • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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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 4 November 2008 |
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Democratic | Congressman Christopher P. "Chris" Carney • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Democratic | Congressman Paul E. Kanjorski • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Democratic | Congressman John P. Murtha • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Democratic | Congressman Allyson Y. Schwartz • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Democratic | Congressman Mike Doyle • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Republican | Congressman Charles W. "Charlie" Dent • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Republican | Congressman Joseph R. "Joe" Pitts • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Democratic | Congressman T. Timothy "Tim" Holden • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Republican | Congressman Tim Murphy • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Republican | Congressman Todd R. Platts • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008. Term Limit: 2 terms | |||||
| Republican | Attorney General Tom Corbett • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 • The current Attorney General is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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| Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008. Term Limit: 2 terms | |||||
| Democratic | State Treasurer Robin L. Wiessmann • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 • The current Treasurer is unaffected by the State's term limit. • Open Seat - Retiring in 2008 |
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On 30 April 2007 the Pennsylvania Senate confirmed, by a vote of 49-0, Robin Wiessmann as State Treasurer to fill the remainder of the term of former Treasurer Robert P. Casey, Jr. Robert P. "Bob" Casey, Jr., who was first elected in 2004 to a 4 year term as Treasurer, ran for and won the Pennsylvania Class 1 Senate Seat in 2006. Following the resignation of Mr. Casey, Executive Deputy State Treasurer Tony Wagner became Acting Treasurer. | |||||
| 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 |
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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. |