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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.
This profile of Pennsylvania's 17th Congressional District is part of the RaceTracker project.
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    Contents


    2012 election

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    2012 fundraising data for PA-17
    available when OpenSecrets.org updates for 2012.

    Race status

    Incumbent: Tim Holden
    Incumbent running? Yes
    Primary challenge? Incumbent has primary challenger.

    Candidates

    Name Party Status Reference URL Reference date Reference note
    Tim Holden Democratic Confirmed candidate Politics PA Source August 2, 2011
    David Argall Republican Out of race FEC Source August 2, 2011 2010 Candidate
    Sheila Dow Ford Democratic Considering candidate Politics PA Source August 2, 2011 2010 Primary Candidate
    Matt Cartwright Democratic Confirmed candidate FEC Source January 23, 2012

    (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
    Tim Holden Democratic Confirmed candidate Campaign Website Source November 29, 2009
    Toni Gilhooley Republican Out (source needed) March 9, 2009 2008 Candidate
    Frank Ryan Republican Out PA SOS Source June 1, 2010 Lost Primary
    Josh First Republican Out Campaign Website Source June 1, 2010 Lost Primary
    David Argall Republican Confirmed candidate Campaign Website Source January 10, 2010
    Sheila Dow-Ford Democratic Out PA SOS Source June 1, 2010 Lost Primary
    Allen Griffith Republican Out PA SOS Source June 1, 2010 Lost Primary

    (Candidate classification criteria)


    Results

    2010 primary election winners 2010 general election winner
    Tim Holden, David Argall Tim Holden

    2008 election

    Incumbent: Tim Holden


    Candidates

    Name Party Status Reference URL Reference date Reference note
    Tim Holden Democratic Confirmed candidate (source needed) March 9, 2009
    Toni Gilhooley Republican Confirmed candidate (source needed) March 9, 2009

    (Candidate classification criteria)


    Results

    2008 primary election winners 2008 general election winner
    Tim Holden, Toni Gilhooley Tim Holden

    2008 Presidential election results

    Republican Democratic
    2000 56% George W. Bush 41% Al Gore
    2004 58% George W. Bush 42% John Kerry
    2008 51% John McCain 48% Barack Obama

    District map and incumbent offices

    Tim Holden's district offices
    • 1721 North Front Street, Harrisburg, PA 17102
      717-234-5904 (Phone) (Fax)
    • 758 Cumberland Street, Lebanon, PA 17042
      717-270-1395 (Phone) (Fax)
    • 101 North Centre Street, Suite 303, Pottsville, PA 17901
      570-622-4212 (Phone) (Fax)
    • 4918 Kutztown Road, Temple, PA 19560
      610-921-3502 (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-17" (link)

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