Pennsylvania congressional districts and candidates

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RaceTracker 2010 Congressional Election Dashboard
2010 House report · 2010 Senate report
	House			Senate
	GOP	Dems	Total	GOP	Dems	Total
Confirmed primary challenges	27	18	45	2	3	5
Possible primary challenges	9	8	17	1	1	2
Open seats*	12	7	20¹	7	1	8²

1. Includes 3 special elections (no 2010 party yet). 2. Doesn't include DE, NY special elections.

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U.S. Senate

Select seat for race details	Incumbent	Photo	Party	Next election	Incumbent running	Primary challenge
PA-Senate Class I Seat	Robert Casey		Democratic	2012	Maybe	No
PA-Senate Class III Seat	Arlen Specter		Democratic	2010	Yes	Maybe

Select seat for race details	Incumbent	Party	Incumbent running	Primary challenge
PA-01	Robert Brady	Democratic	Maybe	No
PA-02	Chaka Fattah	Democratic	Yes	No
PA-03	Kathy Dahlkemper	Democratic	Yes	No
PA-04	Jason Altmire	Democratic	Yes	No
PA-05	Glenn Thompson	Republican	Maybe	No
PA-06	Jim Gerlach	Republican	No	Yes
PA-07	Joseph Sestak	Democratic	No	Yes
PA-08	Patrick Murphy	Democratic	Maybe	No
PA-09	Bill Shuster	Republican	Yes	No
PA-10	Christopher Carney	Democratic	Yes	No
PA-11	Paul Kanjorski	Democratic	Yes	Yes
PA-12	John Murtha	Democratic	Yes	Yes
PA-13	Allyson Schwartz	Democratic	Yes	No
PA-14	Michael Doyle	Democratic	Maybe	No
PA-15	Charles Dent	Republican	Maybe	No
PA-16	Joseph Pitts	Republican	Yes	No
PA-17	Tim Holden	Democratic	Maybe	No
PA-18	Tim Murphy	Republican	Yes	No
PA-19	Todd Platts	Republican	Yes	No