United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, 2002
The 2002 United States House elections in Pennsylvania was an election for Pennsylvania's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 5, 2002.[1]
The election between George Gekas and Tim Holden was described as "PA's most exciting match-up" by the political website PoliticsPA.[2]
General election
| District | Party | Incumbent | Status | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Democratic | Robert A. Brady | re-elected | Democratic | Robert A. Brady | 121,076 | 86.4 | ||
| Republican | Marie G. Delany | 17,444 | 12.5 | ||||||
| Green | Mike Ewall | 1,570 | 1.1 | ||||||
| 2 | Democratic | Chaka Fattah | re-elected | Democratic | Chaka Fattah | 150,623 | 87.2 | ||
| Republican | Thomas G. Dougherty | 20,988 | 12.2 | ||||||
| 3 | Republican | Phil English | re-elected | Republican | Phil English | 116,763 | 77.7 | ||
| Green | Anndrea M. Benson | 33,554 | 22.3 | ||||||
| 4 | Republican | Melissa Hart | re-elected | Republican | Melissa Hart | 130,534 | 64.6 | ||
| Democratic | Stevan Drobac, Jr. | 71,674 | 35.4 | ||||||
| 5 | Republican | John E. Peterson | re-elected | Republican | John E. Peterson | 124,942 | 87.4 | ||
| Libertarian | Thomas A. Martin | 18,078 | 12.6 | ||||||
| 6 | Democratic | Robert Borski | retiring | Republican | Jim Gerlach | 103,648 | 51.4 | ||
| Democratic | Dan Wofford | 98,128 | 48.6 | ||||||
| 7 | Republican | Curt Weldon | re-elected | Republican | Curt Weldon | 146,296 | 66.1 | ||
| Democratic | Peter A. Lennon | 75,055 | 33.8 | ||||||
| 8 | Republican | Jim Greenwood | re-elected | Republican | Jim Greenwood | 127,475 | 62.6 | ||
| Democratic | Timothy T. Reece | 76,178 | 37.4 | ||||||
| 9 | Republican | Bill Shuster | re-elected | Republican | Bill Shuster | 124,184 | 71.1 | ||
| Democratic | John R. Henry | 50,558 | 29.8 | ||||||
| 10 | Republican | Don Sherwood | re-elected | Republican | Don Sherwood | 152,017 | 92.9 | ||
| Green | Kurt J. Shotko | 11,613 | 7.1 | ||||||
| 11 | Democratic | Paul E. Kanjorski | re-elected | Democratic | Paul E. Kanjorski | 93,758 | 55.6 | ||
| Republican | Louis J. Barletta | 71,543 | 42.4 | ||||||
| Reform | Thomas J. Mclaughlin | 3,304 | 2.0 | ||||||
| 12 | Democratic | John P. Murtha | re-elected | Democratic | John P. Murtha | 1,242,01 | 73.5 | ||
| Republican | Bill Choby | 44,818 | 26.5 | ||||||
| 13 | Democratic | Joseph M. Hoeffel | re-elected | Democratic | Joseph M. Hoeffel | 107,945 | 50.9 | ||
| Republican | Melissa Brown | 100,295 | 47.3 | ||||||
| Constitution | John P. McDermott | 3,627 | 1.7 | ||||||
| 14 | Democratic | Mike Doyle | re-elected | Democratic | Mike Doyle | 123,323 | 100.0 | ||
| 15 | Republican | Pat Toomey | re-elected | Republican | Pat Toomey | 98,493 | 57.4 | ||
| Democratic | Edward J. O'Brien | 73,212 | 42.6 | ||||||
| 16 | Republican | Joseph R. Pitts | re-elected | Republican | Joseph R. Pitts | 119,046 | 88.5 | ||
| Green | Will Todd | 8,720 | 6.5 | ||||||
| Constitution | Kenneth Brenneman | 6,766 | 5.0 | ||||||
| 17 | Democratic | Tim Holden | re-elected | Democratic | Tim Holden | 103,483 | 51.4 | ||
| Republican | George W. Gekas | 97,802 | 48.6 | ||||||
| 18 | Democratic | Frank Mascara | ran for 12th district | Republican | Tim Murphy | 119885 | 60.1 | ||
| Democratic | Jack Machek | 79,451 | 39.9 | ||||||
| 19 | Republican | Todd Platts | re-elected | Republican | Todd Platts | 143,097 | 91.1 | ||
| Green | Ben Price | 7,900 | 5.0 | ||||||
| Libertarian | Michael Mickey Paoletta | 6,008 | 3.8 | ||||||
See also
References
- ↑ "Representative in Congress, 2002 General Election". Commonwealth of PA - Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. 2004. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
- ↑ "2002 Congressional Election Preview". PoliticsPA. The Publius Group. Archived from the original on 2002-08-03.
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