Pennsylvania 2012 General Election

The Green Papers: Pennsylvania 2012 General Election

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Pennsylvania
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 24 April 2012
General Election: Tuesday 6 November 2012

Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
Governor:	1
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)
2000 Census:	12,300,670	(4.36% of 281,998,273)
2004, 2008 Electoral Votes:	21	(3.90% of 538)
2002-2010 Representatives:	19	(4.37% of 435)
Capital:	Harrisburg
Tuesday 24 April 2012 polling hours 7:00a EDT (1100 UTC) to 8:00p EDT (0000 UTC).
Tuesday 6 November 2012 polling hours 7:00a EST (1200 UTC) to 8:00p EST (0100 UTC).

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Pennsylvania State and Local Government

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

SB 1282, introduced on 30 September 2011 by Senator Dominic Pileggi (Republican) would change the way Pennsylvania casts its electoral votes from winner take all to 1 to the highest vote getter in each Congressional District and 2 to the highest vote getter statewide.

24 April 2012 primary returns from an official source.

6 November 2012 candidate list and Post-Primary Withdrawals from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of State.

6 November 2012 returns from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of State.



President 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 20 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place, Duly Appointed Presidential Electors, List of Presidential Candidates.


		Democratic	2,990,274	51.97%	President Barack Hussein Obama (20 Electoral Votes) • Vice President: Vice President Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr. • FEC P80003338; 26 Nov 12; Tot $732,741,988; Dsb $729,647,987

		Republican	2,680,434	46.59%	former Massachusetts Governor Willard "Mitt" Romney • Vice President: Wisconsin Congressman Paul D. Ryan • FEC P80003353; 26 Nov 12; Tot $478,704,347; Dsb $465,787,141

		Libertarian	49,991	0.87%	former New Mexico Governor Gary Earl Johnson • Vice President: James P. "Jim" Gray • FEC P20002671; 26 Nov 12; Tot $2,575,529; Dsb $2,572,585

		Green	21,341	0.37%	Jill E. Stein • Vice President: Cheri Honkala • FEC P20003984; 26 Nov 12; Tot $1,005,788; Dsb $1,093,022

		Write-in	11,219	0.19%	Write-in • 11,630 = 11,219 (others) + 383 (former Congressman Virgil Hamlin Goode, Jr.) + 28 (Thomas "Tom" Hoefling)
		Write-in	383	0.01%	former Congressman Virgil Hamlin Goode, Jr. • FEC P20004685
		Write-in	28	0.00%	Thomas "Tom" Hoefling • FEC P20005260
Total			5,753,670	100.00%

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

Class 1		Democratic	Senator Robert P. "Bob" Casey, Jr. • Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012 • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 • Renominated - 24 April 2012 Primary

		Democratic	3,021,364	53.69%	Senator Robert P. "Bob" Casey, Jr. • FEC S6PA00217; 26 Nov 12; Tot $11,094,346; Dsb $12,136,155

		Republican	2,509,132	44.59%	Tom Smith • FEC S2PA00224; 26 Nov 12; Tot $21,794,855; Dsb $21,098,045

		Libertarian	96,926	1.72%	Rayburn Douglas Smith • FEC S2PA00273

		Write-in; (Socialist Workers Party)			Osborne Hart
Total			5,627,422	100.00%

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.

		Democratic			former Public Utility Commissioner John Hanger

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

112^th U.S. House of Representatives 2-year term. Election Cycle 2010, 2012. No Term Limit. 112^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 7 Democratic (5 Renominated, 2 Lost / No longer running); 12 Republican (11 Renominated, 1 Open)

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 1		Democratic	Congressman Robert A. "Bob" Brady • Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 • Renominated - 24 April 2012
	Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment

		Democratic	235,394	84.95%	Congressman Robert A. "Bob" Brady • FEC H8PA01153; 26 Nov 12; Tot $743,217; Dsb $854,697

		Republican	41,708	15.05%	John J. Featherman • FEC H8PA01187; 26 Nov 12; Tot $8,932; Dsb $8,932

		Write-in; (Socialist Workers Party)			Chris Hoeppner
Total			277,102	100.00%

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 2		Democratic	Congressman Chaka Fattah • Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 • Renominated - 24 April 2012
	Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment

		Democratic	318,176	89.28%	Congressman Chaka Fattah • FEC H2PA02055; 26 Nov 12; Tot $549,538; Dsb $506,107

		Republican	33,381	9.37%	Robert Allen Mansfield • FEC H2PA02139; 26 Nov 12; Tot $12,186; Dsb $11,274

		Independent	4,829	1.35%	James "Jim" Foster • Philadelphia Party • FEC H2PA02147
Total			356,386	100.00%

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 3		Republican	Congressman George J. "Mike" Kelly, Jr. • Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012 • First elected: 2010 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 • Renominated - 24 April 2012
	Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment

		Republican	165,826	54.82%	Congressman George J. "Mike" Kelly, Jr. • FEC H0PA03271; 26 Nov 12; Tot $1,146,626; Dsb $1,111,799

		Democratic	123,933	40.97%	Melissa Ann "Missa" Eaton • FEC H2PA03111; 26 Nov 12; Tot $250,997; Dsb $241,650

		Independent	12,755	4.22%	Steven Clark "Steve" Porter • FEC H4PA03075; 26 Nov 12; Tot $7,482; Dsb $6,032
Total			302,514	100.00%

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 4 Lost		Democratic	Congressman Jason Altmire • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 • Lost Primary / No Longer Running - Congressman Altmire was a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 12.
			Open Seat (no incumbent)
	Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment

		Republican	181,603	59.74%	state Representative Scott Perry • FEC H2PA04135; 26 Nov 12; Tot $512,705; Dsb $509,701

		Democratic	104,643	34.42%	Harry Ebiff Perkinson, Jr. • FEC H2PA04143; 26 Nov 12; Tot $88,971; Dsb $88,971

		Independent	11,524	3.79%	Wayne W. Wolff • FEC H2PA04218

		Libertarian	6,210	2.04%	Michael Bryant "Mike" Koffenberger • FEC H2PA19109; 26 Nov 12; Tot $4,470; Dsb $4,251
Total			303,980	100.00%

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 5		Republican	Congressman Glenn W. "G.T." Thompson • Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012 • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 • Renominated - 24 April 2012
	Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment

		Republican	177,740	62.92%	Congressman Glenn W. "G.T." Thompson • FEC H8PA05071; 26 Nov 12; Tot $1,262,885; Dsb $1,260,831

		Democratic	104,725	37.08%	Charles Dumas • FEC H2PA05058; 31 Dec 12; Tot $35,822; Dsb $36,394

		Write-in			Jeremy "Jed" Siple
Total			282,465	100.00%

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 6		Republican	Congressman Jim Gerlach • Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012 • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 • Renominated - 24 April 2012
	Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment

		Republican	191,725	57.14%	Congressman Jim Gerlach • FEC H2PA06114; 26 Nov 12; Tot $2,227,879; Dsb $2,079,140

		Democratic	143,803	42.86%	Manan M. Trivedi • FEC H0PA06084; 26 Nov 12; Tot $1,331,847; Dsb $1,299,146
Total			335,528	100.00%

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 7		Republican	Congressman Patrick L. "Pat" Meehan, Jr. • Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012 • First elected: 2010 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 • Renominated - 24 April 2012
	Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment

		Republican	209,942	59.40%	Congressman Patrick L. "Pat" Meehan, Jr. • FEC H0PA07082; 26 Nov 12; Tot $2,608,563; Dsb $1,611,934

		Democratic	143,509	40.60%	George J. Badey, III • FEC H2PA07070; 26 Nov 12; Tot $561,855; Dsb $555,672
Total			353,451	100.00%

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 8		Republican	Congressman Michael G. "Mike" Fitzpatrick • Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012 • First elected: 2010 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 • Renominated - 24 April 2012
	Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment

		Republican	199,379	56.60%	Congressman Michael G. "Mike" Fitzpatrick • FEC H4PA08074; 26 Nov 12; Tot $2,669,002; Dsb $2,558,833

		Democratic	152,859	43.40%	Kathryn "Kathy" Boockvar • FEC H2PA08102; 26 Nov 12; Tot $1,450,505; Dsb $1,439,177
Total			352,238	100.00%

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 9		Republican	Congressman William Franklin "Bill" Shuster • Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012 • First elected 15 May 2001 to fill the seat vacated by the resignation of Bud Shuster. • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 • Renominated - 24 April 2012
	Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment

		Republican	169,177	61.67%	Congressman William Franklin "Bill" Shuster • FEC H2PA09035; 26 Nov 12; Tot $1,620,275; Dsb $1,415,466

		Democratic	105,128	38.33%	Karen Lynn Ramsburg • 4 May 2012: Won the 24 April 2012 Democratic primary with over 1,400 write-in votes. • FEC H2PA09084; 26 Nov 12; Tot $15,015; Dsb $14,974
Total			274,305	100.00%

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 10		Republican	Congressman Thomas Anthony "Tom" Marino • Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012 • First elected: 2010 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 • Renominated - 24 April 2012
	Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment

		Republican	179,563	65.58%	Congressman Thomas Anthony "Tom" Marino • FEC H0PA10078; 26 Nov 12; Tot $826,373; Dsb $817,310

		Democratic	94,227	34.42%	Philip "Phil" Scollo • FEC H2PA10090; 17 Oct 12; Tot $160,271; Dsb $145,237
Total			273,790	100.00%

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 11		Republican	Congressman Louis J. "Lou" Barletta • Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012 • First elected: 2010 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 • Renominated - 24 April 2012
	Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment

		Republican	166,967	58.54%	Congressman Louis J. "Lou" Barletta • FEC H2PA11098; 26 Nov 12; Tot $1,330,717; Dsb $1,316,617

		Democratic	118,231	41.46%	Gene Stilp • FEC H6PA17120; 17 Oct 12; Tot $84,079; Dsb $54,198
Total			285,198	100.00%

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 • Renominated - 24 April 2012 Primary
	Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment

		Republican	175,352	51.74%	Keith J. Rothfus • FEC H0PA04220; 26 Nov 12; Tot $1,902,090; Dsb $1,878,498

		Democratic	163,589	48.26%	Congressman Mark S. Critz • FEC H0PA12132; 26 Nov 12; Tot $2,696,914; Dsb $2,697,734
Total			338,941	100.00%

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 13		Democratic	Congressman Allyson Y. Schwartz • Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012 • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 • Renominated - 24 April 2012
	Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment

		Democratic	209,901	69.09%	Congressman Allyson Y. Schwartz • FEC H4PA13124; 26 Nov 12; Tot $2,905,376; Dsb $1,158,891

		Republican	93,918	30.91%	Joseph James "Joe" Rooney • FEC H2PA13110; 26 Nov 12; Tot $171,597; Dsb $170,910
Total			303,819	100.00%

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 14		Democratic	Congressman Mike Doyle • Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 • Renominated - 24 April 2012 Primary
	Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment

		Democratic	251,932	76.89%	Congressman Mike Doyle • FEC H4PA18131; 26 Nov 12; Tot $856,151; Dsb $726,674

		Republican	75,702	23.11%	Hans F. Lessmann • FEC H2PA14084; 26 Nov 12; Tot $38,920; Dsb $29,439
Total			327,634	100.00%

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 15		Republican	Congressman Charles W. "Charlie" Dent • Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012 • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 • Renominated - 24 April 2012
	Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment

		Republican	168,960	56.75%	Congressman Charles W. "Charlie" Dent • FEC H4PA15087; 26 Nov 12; Tot $1,699,917; Dsb $1,483,261

		Democratic	128,764	43.25%	Richard D. "Rick" Daugherty • FEC H2PA15099; 26 Nov 12; Tot $45,806; Dsb $43,783
Total			297,724	100.00%

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 16		Republican	Congressman Joseph R. "Joe" Pitts • Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 • Renominated - 24 April 2012
	Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment

		Republican	156,192	54.85%	Congressman Joseph R. "Joe" Pitts • FEC H6PA16197; 26 Nov 12; Tot $1,305,722; Dsb $1,192,446

		Democratic	111,185	39.04%	Aryanna C. Strader • FEC H2PA16063; 26 Nov 12; Tot $85,076; Dsb $77,257

		Independent	12,250	4.30%	John Andrew Murphy • FEC H6PA16288; 17 Oct 12; Tot $12,186; Dsb $14,291
		Independent	5,154	1.81%	James F. "Jim" Bednarski • Ballot label: BFC = Bednarski For Congress • FEC H2PA16071
Total			284,781	100.00%

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 17 Lost		Democratic	Congressman Timothy T. "Tim" Holden • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 • Lost Primary / No Longer Running
			Open Seat (no incumbent)
	Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment

		Democratic	161,393	60.31%	Matthew A. "Matt" Cartwright • FEC H2PA17079; 26 Nov 12; Tot $1,319,452; Dsb $1,273,583

		Republican	106,208	39.69%	Laureen A. Cummings • Withdrew from U.S. Senate Class 1 Seat on 14 January 2012. • FEC H2PA17087; 26 Nov 12; Tot $35,485; Dsb $26,472
Total			267,601	100.00%

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 18		Republican	Congressman Tim Murphy • Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012 • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 • Renominated - 24 April 2012 Primary
	Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment

		Republican	216,727	63.96%	Congressman Tim Murphy • FEC H2PA18143; 26 Nov 12; Tot $2,386,175; Dsb $2,584,623

		Democratic	122,146	36.04%	Washington County Commissioner Lawrence Owen "Larry" Maggi • FEC H2PA18150; 26 Nov 12; Tot $690,205; Dsb $678,401
Total			338,873	100.00%

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - Seat lost in 2010 apportionment - No election in 2012 - map
CD 19		Republican	Congressman Todd R. Platts • First elected: 2000 • Open Seat - 17 January 2012: Announced retirement

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

Open		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. • Open Seat
			Open Office (no incumbent)

		Democratic	3,125,557	56.14%	Prosecutor Kathleen Granahan Kane

		Republican	2,313,506	41.56%	David J. "Dave" Freed • Received his party's nomination.

		Libertarian	128,140	2.30%	Marakay J. Rogers
Total			5,567,203	100.00%
	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 M. "Rob" McCord • Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012 • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 • The current Treasurer is unaffected by the State's term limit. • Renominated - 24 April 2012

		Democratic	2,872,344	52.53%	Treasurer Robert M. "Rob" McCord

		Republican	2,405,654	43.99%	Washington County Commissioner Diana Irey Vaughan • Received her party's nomination.

		Libertarian	190,406	3.48%	Patricia M. Fryman
Total			5,468,404	100.00%

Auditor General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012

Open		Democratic	Auditor General Jack Wagner • First elected: 2004; re-elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 • Open Seat
			Open Office (no incumbent)

		Democratic	2,729,565	49.73%	state Representative Eugene A. DePasquale

		Republican	2,548,767	46.43%	state Representative John A. Maher • Received his party's nomination.

		Libertarian	210,876	3.84%	Elizabeth "Betsy" Summers
Total			5,489,208	100.00%

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, 24 candidates
	• Republican: 16 incumbents, 23 candidates
Major Third Parties
	• Green (affiliates): 1 candidate
	• Libertarian: 6 candidates
Other Third Parties
	• Socialist Workers Party: 2 candidates
Independents
	• Independent: 5 candidates
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
	• Write-in: 6 candidates
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.