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RaceTracker 2012 Congressional Election Dashboard
2012 House report  · 2012 Senate report

	House: 435 seats			Senate: 33 seats
	GOP	Dems	Total	GOP	Dems	Total
Confirmed primary challenges	5	2	7	5	5	10
Possible primary challenges	0	0	0	0	0	0
Open seats*	16	21	41	3	6	102

1. Includes Joe Lieberman, who is retiring from his Conn. senate seat.

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  Contents 1 2012 election 2 2010 election 3 2008 election 4 2008 Presidential election results 5 Articles and resources

  
  

  2012 election

  (Methodology)
  Race status [edit race status]

  
  

  Incumbent:	Todd Platts
  Incumbent running?	No
  Primary challenge?	N/a

  Candidates [edit candidate list]
  Links to names in blue have existing profiles, red links need someone to start one.

  Name	Party	Status	Reference URL	Reference date	Reference note
  Todd Platts	Republican	Out of race	Roll Call Source	January 18, 2012	Retiring
  Ryan Sanders	Democratic	Out of race	Media Story Source	January 19, 2012	2010 Candidate May Run in PA-04
  Eric Maloney	Republican	Out of race	Congressional District Maps Source	January 2, 2012	Running in PA-04
  Ted Waga	Republican	Out of race	Congressional District Maps Source	January 2, 2012	Running in PA-04
  This District Has Been Abolished			(source needed)

  (Candidate classification criteria)

  
  Results [edit election results]
  

  2012 primary winners	2012 general election winner
  TBD	TBD

  
  

  
  

  2010 election

  [edit 2010 election info with form]

  Candidates

  Name	Party	Status	Reference URL	Reference date	Reference note
  Todd Platts	Republican	Confirmed candidate	Campaign Website Source	April 18, 2009
  Phillip Avillo	Democratic	Out	(source needed)	March 9, 2009	2008 Candidate
  Ryan Sanders	Democratic	Confirmed candidate	Campaign Website Source	October 14, 2009
  Michael Smeltzer	Republican	Out	PA SOS Source	June 1, 2010	Lost Primary

  (Candidate classification criteria)

  
  Results

  2010 primary election winners	2010 general election winner
  Ryan Sanders, Todd Platts	Todd Platts

  
  

  2008 election

  [2008 election edit info with form]
  Incumbent: Todd Platts

  
  Candidates

  Name	Party	Status	Reference URL	Reference date	Reference note
  Todd Platts	Republican	Confirmed candidate	(source needed)	March 9, 2009
  Phillip Avillo	Democratic	Confirmed candidate	(source needed)	March 9, 2009

  (Candidate classification criteria)

  
  Results

  2008 primary election winners	2008 general election winner
  Phillip Avillo, Todd Platts	Todd Platts

  2008 Presidential election results

  	Republican	Democratic
  2000	61% George W. Bush	36% Al Gore
  2004	64% George W. Bush	36% John Kerry
  2008	% John McCain	% Barack Obama

  
  

  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

  Elections.DailyKos posts tagged "PA-19" (link)

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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.

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