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2000 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania
Majority party
Minority party
Party
Republican
Democratic
Last election
10
11
Seats won
11
10
Seat change
Republican
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
90>%
Democratic
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
90>%
The 2000 United States House elections in Pennsylvania was an election for Pennsylvania 's delegation to the United States House of Representatives , which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 7, 2000.[ 1]
1st Congressional district [ edit ] 2nd Congressional District [ edit ] 3rd Congressional district [ edit ] 4th Congressional district [ edit ] Prior to the 2000 election, Democratic Congressman Ron Klink vacated Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district to challenge Republican Rick Santorum for the United States Senate . Pennsylvania State Senator Melissa Hart won the Republican nomination unopposed. State Representative Terry Van Horne won an 8-way primary election to win the Democratic nomination. Van Horne's victory was He defeated the state and national party's preferred candidate, Matthew Mangino, the Lawrence County, Pennsylvania district attorney.[ 2] National Republican Congressional Committee began re-circulating 1994 newspaper accounts alleging that he had been overheard using a racial slur in the halls of the Pennsylvania State Capitol to describe fellow State Representative Dwight E. Evans , who was opposing reduction in welfare.[ 3] [ 4]
The race was expected to be a close one, with accusations of illegal phone calls, stolen signs, and misleading mailers sent to constituents.[ 5] soft money , aired television advertisements throughout the Western Pennsylvania district.[ 6] John McCain and Democratic Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy of Rhode Island visited the area to advocate for their party's candidates.[ 5]
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^ "Representative in Congress, 2000 General Election" . Commonwealth of PA - Elections Information . Pennsylvania Department of State. 2004. Archived from the original on January 30, 2012. Retrieved November 3, 2010 .^ Ayred, Jr., B. Drummond (April 6, 2000). "Primaries in Pennsylvania Put Focus on Congressional Races" . The New York Times . ^ Bair, Jeffrey (April 6, 2000). "GOP makes issue out of 1994 racial slur" . Pittsburgh Post Gazette . PG Publishing Co. ^ Norman, Tony (April 11, 2000). "A race to play the race card" . Pittsburgh Post Gazette . PG Publishing Co. ^ a b Roddy, Dennis (November 5, 2000). "Election 2000: It's more fun when every vote counts" . Pittsburgh Post Gazette . PG Publishing Co. ^ Roddy, Dennis (September 20, 2000). "Hart, Van Horne debate 'soft money' . Pittsburgh Post Gazette . PG Publishing Co.
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