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2002 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania|
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Majority party
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Minority party
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Party
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Republican
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Democratic
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Last election
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11
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10
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Seats won
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12
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7
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Seat change
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1
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3
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Popular vote
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1,859,270
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1,348,665
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Percentage
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56.19%
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40.76%
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Republican
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
90>%
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Democratic
50–60%
70–80%
80–90%
90>%
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The 2002 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 5, 2002.[1]
The election between George Gekas and Tim Holden was described as "PA's most exciting match-up" by the political website PoliticsPA.[2]
District
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Party
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Incumbent
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Status
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Party
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Candidate
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Votes
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%
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1
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Democratic
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Robert A. Brady
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re-elected
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Democratic
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Robert A. Brady
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121,076
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86.4
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Republican
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Marie G. Delany
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17,444
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12.5
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Green
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Mike Ewall
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1,570
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1.1
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2
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Democratic
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Chaka Fattah
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re-elected
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Democratic
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Chaka Fattah
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150,623
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87.2
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Republican
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Thomas G. Dougherty
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20,988
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12.2
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3
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Republican
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Phil English
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re-elected
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Republican
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Phil English
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116,763
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77.7
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Green
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Anndrea M. Benson
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33,554
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22.3
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4
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Republican
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Melissa Hart
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re-elected
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Republican
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Melissa Hart
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130,534
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64.6
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Democratic
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Stevan Drobac, Jr.
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71,674
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35.4
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5
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Republican
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John E. Peterson
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re-elected
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Republican
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John E. Peterson
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124,942
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87.4
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Libertarian
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Thomas A. Martin
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18,078
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12.6
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6
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Democratic
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Robert Borski
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retiring
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Republican
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Jim Gerlach
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103,648
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51.4
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Democratic
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Dan Wofford
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98,128
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48.6
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7
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Republican
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Curt Weldon
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re-elected
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Republican
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Curt Weldon
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146,296
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66.1
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Democratic
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Peter A. Lennon
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75,055
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33.8
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8
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Republican
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Jim Greenwood
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re-elected
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Republican
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Jim Greenwood
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127,475
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62.6
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Democratic
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Timothy T. Reece
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76,178
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37.4
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9
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Republican
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Bill Shuster
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re-elected
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Republican
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Bill Shuster
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124,184
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71.1
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Democratic
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John R. Henry
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50,558
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29.8
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10
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Republican
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Don Sherwood
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re-elected
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Republican
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Don Sherwood
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152,017
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92.9
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Green
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Kurt J. Shotko
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11,613
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7.1
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11
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Democratic
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Paul E. Kanjorski
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re-elected
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Democratic
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Paul E. Kanjorski
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93,758
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55.6
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Republican
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Louis J. Barletta
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71,543
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42.4
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Reform
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Thomas J. Mclaughlin
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3,304
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2.0
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12
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Democratic
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John P. Murtha
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re-elected
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Democratic
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John P. Murtha
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124,201
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73.5
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Republican
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Bill Choby
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44,818
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26.5
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13
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Democratic
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Joseph M. Hoeffel
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re-elected
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Democratic
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Joseph M. Hoeffel
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107,945
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50.9
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Republican
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Melissa Brown
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100,295
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47.3
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Constitution
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John P. McDermott
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3,627
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1.7
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14
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Democratic
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Mike Doyle
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re-elected
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Democratic
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Mike Doyle
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123,323
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100.0
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15
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Republican
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Pat Toomey
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re-elected
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Republican
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Pat Toomey
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98,493
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57.4
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Democratic
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Edward J. O'Brien
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73,212
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42.6
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16
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Republican
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Joseph R. Pitts
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re-elected
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Republican
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Joseph R. Pitts
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119,046
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88.5
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Green
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Will Todd
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8,720
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6.5
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Constitution
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Kenneth Brenneman
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6,766
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5.0
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17
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Democratic
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Tim Holden
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re-elected
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Democratic
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Tim Holden
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103,483
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51.4
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Republican
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George W. Gekas
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97,802
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48.6
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18
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Democratic
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Frank Mascara
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ran for 12th district
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Republican
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Tim Murphy
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119885
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60.1
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Democratic
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Jack Machek
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79,451
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39.9
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19
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Republican
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Todd Platts
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re-elected
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Republican
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Todd Platts
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143,097
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91.1
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Green
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Ben Price
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7,900
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5.0
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Libertarian
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Michael Mickey Paoletta
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6,008
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3.8
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