PA-Senate Class I Seat

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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 Class I U.S. Senate seat, currently filled by Robert Casey, is part of the RaceTracker project.



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Next election: 2012

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Race status


Incumbent: Robert Casey
Incumbent running? Yes
Primary challenge? No primary challenge for incumbent.

Candidates

Name Party Status Reference URL Reference date Reference note
Robert Casey Democratic Confirmed candidate Source August 31, 2011
Tim Murphy Republican Out of race Source August 31, 2011 Current U.S. Rep. for PA-18.
Patrick Meehan Republican Considering candidate Source September 20, 2011 Current U.S. Rep. for PA-07.
Steve Welch Republican Confirmed candidate Source September 15, 2011
John Vernon Republican Confirmed candidate Source September 15, 2011
Sam Rohrer Republican Considering candidate Source September 12, 2011
Tom Smith Republican Considering candidate Source September 12, 2011
Tim Burns Republican Considering candidate Source August 15, 2011
David Christian Republican Considering candidate Source July 12, 2011
Jake Corman Republican Out of race Source July 6, 2011
Jim Cawley Republican Potential candidate Source June 9, 2011 Current Lt. Governor
Keith Loiselle Republican Potential candidate Source June 9, 2011
Charles Dent Republican Considering candidate Source June 9, 2011
Jim Gerlach Republican Considering candidate Source June 9, 2011

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Results

Primary winners:
General election winner: TBD

Last election: 2006

Incumbent: Rick Santorum

Candidates

Name Party Status Reference URL Reference date Reference note
Robert Casey Democratic Confirmed candidate (source needed)
Rick Santorum Republican Confirmed candidate (source needed)

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Results

Primary winners: Robert Casey, Rick Santorum
General election winner: Robert Casey

Pennsylvania congressional districts and the incumbent's district offices

Robert Casey's district offices
  • 555 Walnut Street, First Floor, Harrisburg, PA 17101
    (717) 231-7540, (866) 461-9159 (Phone) (Fax)

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