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RaceTracker 2012 Congressional Election Dashboard
2012 House report  ยท 2012 Senate report
House1: 435 seats Senate: 33 seats
GOP Dems Total GOP Dems Total
Confirmed primary challenges 63 32 95 4 4 8
Possible primary challenges 13 5 18 1 0 1
Open seats* 7 15 26 2 6 92
1. Does not include the special election in OR-01.
2. Includes Joe Lieberman, who is retiring from his Conn. senate seat.
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    Contents


    2012 election

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    2012 fundraising data for PA-02
    available when OpenSecrets.org updates for 2012.

    Race status

    Incumbent: Chaka Fattah
    Incumbent running? Yes
    Primary challenge? No primary challenge for incumbent.

    Candidates

    Name Party Status Reference URL Reference date Reference note
    Chaka Fattah Democratic Confirmed candidate FEC Source August 2, 2011
    Rick Hellberg Republican Potential candidate (source needed) August 2, 2011 2010 Candidate
    Devon Cade Democratic Out of race Facebook Source January 2, 2012 Running for State Auditor

    (Candidate classification criteria)


    Results

    2012 primary winners 2012 general election winner
    TBD TBD

    2010 election

    Candidates

    Name Party Status Reference URL Reference date Reference note
    Chaka Fattah Democratic Confirmed candidate Campaign Website Source April 4, 2009
    Adam Lang Republican Out (source needed) March 9, 2009 2008 Candidate
    Rick Hellberg Republican Confirmed candidate Campaign Website Source June 1, 2010

    (Candidate classification criteria)


    Results

    2010 primary election winners 2010 general election winner
    Chaka Fattah, Rick Hellberg Chaka Fattah

    2008 election

    Incumbent: Chaka Fattah


    Candidates

    Name Party Status Reference URL Reference date Reference note
    Chaka Fattah Democratic Confirmed candidate (source needed) March 9, 2009
    Adam Lang Republican Confirmed candidate (source needed) March 9, 2009

    (Candidate classification criteria)


    Results

    2008 primary election winners 2008 general election winner
    Chaka Fattah, Adam Lang Chaka Fattah

    2008 Presidential election results

    Republican Democratic
    2000 12% George W. Bush 87% Al Gore
    2004 12% George W. Bush 87% John Kerry
    2008 9% John McCain 91% Barack Obama

    District map and incumbent offices

    Chaka Fattah's district offices
    • 4104 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
      215-387-6404 (Phone) (Fax)
    • 6632 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19119
      215-848-9386 (Phone) (Fax)
    District map layers graciously provided by GovTrack.Us.
    See the incumbent's page for more contact info.


    Articles and resources

    See also

    External articles

    Elections.DailyKos posts tagged "PA-02" (link)

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