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| 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 |
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-07
available when OpenSecrets.org updates for 2012.Race status
Incumbent: Patrick Meehan Incumbent running? Yes Primary challenge? No primary challenge for incumbent. Candidates
Name Party Status Reference URL Reference date Reference note Patrick Meehan Republican Confirmed candidate FEC Source August 2, 2011 Bryan Lentz Democratic Out of race FEC Source August 2, 2011 2010 Candidate Jack Stollsteimer Democratic Out of race Politics PA Source August 2, 2011 Running For State Auditor Joseph Sestak Democratic Considering candidate Politics PA Source January 18, 2012 2010 US Senate Candidate & Fmr Congressman Arlin Green Democratic Potential candidate Politics PA Source January 18, 2012 Doug Pike Democratic Out of race Politics PA Source January 18, 2012 2010 PA-06 Primary Candidate (Candidate classification criteria)
Results2012 primary winners 2012 general election winner TBD TBD
2010 election
Candidates
Name Party Status Reference URL Reference date Reference note Joseph Sestak Democratic Out Media Story Source August 11, 2009 Running For Senate Craig Williams Republican Out PA SOS Source June 1, 2010 2008 Candidate, Did Not File Bryan Lentz Democratic Confirmed candidate Campaign Website Source August 28, 2009 Steven Welch Republican Out Media Story Source September 17, 2009 Patrick Meehan Republican Confirmed candidate Campaign Website Source August 12, 2009 Greg Vitali Democratic Out PA SOS Source June 1, 2010 Did Not File Gail Conner Democratic Out Campaign Website Source June 1, 2010 Did Not File Teresa Touey Democratic Out PA SOS Source June 1, 2010 Did Not File (Candidate classification criteria)
Results2010 primary election winners 2010 general election winner Bryan Lentz, Patrick Meehan Patrick Meehan
2008 election
Incumbent: Joseph Sestak
CandidatesName Party Status Reference URL Reference date Reference note Joseph Sestak Democratic Confirmed candidate (source needed) March 9, 2009 Craig Williams Republican Confirmed candidate (source needed) March 9, 2009 (Candidate classification criteria)
Results2008 primary election winners 2008 general election winner Joseph Sestak, Craig Williams Joseph Sestak 2008 Presidential election results
Republican Democratic 2000 47% George W. Bush 51% Al Gore 2004 47% George W. Bush 53% John Kerry 2008 % John McCain % Barack Obama District map and incumbent offices
Patrick Meehan's district offices - No district office information entered.
District map layers graciously provided by GovTrack.Us.
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Articles and resources
See also
- Index for all the Pennsylvania congressional districts and candidates.
- The full House 2012 elections report.
- The RaceTracker homepage.
External articles
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Campaign contribution methodology: Information is updated daily from the Center for Responsive Politics (OpenSecrets.org), which downloads their data from the Federal Election Commission on the first weekday of each work week. Candidates must have filed a report with the FEC to show up in the widget and inactive candidates are screened out by CRP.
