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This profile of Pennsylvania's Class III U.S. Senate seat, currently filled by Arlen Specter, is part of the RaceTracker project.

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Contents 1 Next election: 2016 2 Last election: 2004 3 Pennsylvania congressional districts and the incumbent's district offices 4 Articles and resources 4.1 See also 4.2 External resources 4.3 External articles

Next election: 2016

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Race status

Incumbent:	Arlen Specter
Incumbent running?	Unconfirmed. [set incumbent status with form]
Primary challenge?	Unknown. [set incumbent party with form]

Candidates

Name	Party	Status	Reference URL	Reference date	Reference note
Arlen Specter	Democratic		Source	March 12, 2010
Joseph Sestak	Democratic	Confirmed candidate	Source	March 12, 2010
Joseph Vod Varka	Democratic	Confirmed candidate	Source	March 12, 2010	auto body mechanic, successfully filed for primary
Pat Toomey	Republican	Confirmed candidate	Source	March 12, 2010	http://www.toomeyforsenate.com/
Margaret K. "Peg" Luksik	Republican	Confirmed candidate	Source	March 12, 2010
Mel Packer	Green	Confirmed candidate	(source needed)	March 12, 2010	no website
Mike Yilit	Independent	Confirmed candidate	Source	March 12, 2010	running on the platform of kicking all politicians out of office and starting over

(Candidate classification criteria)

Results

Primary winners:	Joe Sestak, Pat Toomey
General election winner:	TBD

Last election: 2004

Incumbent:

Candidates

Name	Party	Status	Reference URL	Reference date	Reference note
Arlen Specter	Republican	Confirmed candidate	(source needed)
Joe Hoeffel	Democratic	Confirmed candidate	(source needed)

(Candidate classification criteria)

Results

Primary winners:	Arlen Specter, Joe Hoeffel
General election winner:	Arlen Specter

Pennsylvania congressional districts and the incumbent's district offices

Arlen Specter's district offices

Suite 3814, Federal Building, 504 West Hamilton, Allentown, PA 18101 610-434-1444 (Phone) (Fax) Federal Building, Suite B-120, 17 South Park Row, Erie, PA 16501 814-453-3010 (Phone) (Fax) Room 1104, Federal Building, 228 Walnut Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101 717-782-3951 (Phone) (Fax) 600 Arch Street, Suite 9400, Philadelphia, PA 19106 215-597-7200 (Phone) (Fax) Regional Enterprise Tower, 425 Sixth Avenue, Suite 1450, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 412-644-3400 (Phone) (Fax) 310 Spruce Street, Suite 201, Scranton, PA 18503 570-346-2006 (Phone) (Fax) 7 North WIlkes Barre Boulevard, Stegmaier Building, Room 377M, Wilkes Barre, PA 18702 570-826-6265 (Phone) (Fax)

Articles and resources

See also

• Index for all the Pennsylvania congressional districts and candidates.
• The full U.S. Senate elections report.
• The RaceTracker homepage.

External resources

Blogs	Other Wiki sites
Swing State Project: Swing State Project: http://www.swingstateproject.com/tag.do?tag=PA-Sen Daily Kos: http://www.dailykos.com/tag/PA-Sen MyDD: http://www.mydd.com/tag/PA-Sen The Next Right: http://www.thenextright.com/category/blog-tags/PA-Sen OpenLeft: http://www.openleft.com/tag.do?tag=PA-Sen RedState: http://www.redstate.com/tags/tag/PA-Sen	dKosopedia: http://www.dkosopedia.com/wiki/PA-Sen Left.Wikia: http://left.wikia.com/wiki/PA-Sen

External articles

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