Electoral history of Arlen Specter

Electoral history of Arlen Specter, former United States Senator from Pennsylvania (1981–2011), Chairman of the Senate Committees on Intelligence (1995–1997), Veterans' Affairs (1997–2001, 2001 and 2003–2005) and Judiciary (2005–2007), as well as a candidate for the 1996 Republican presidential nomination.

Specter during the 110th Congress

Originally a Democrat, Specter switched to the Republican Party in 1965 and to the Democrats again in 2009.

1960s

1965 Pennsylvania Attorney General election:[1]

1967 Philadelphia mayoral election:[2]

  • James Tate (D) (inc.) – 353,326 (48.97%)
  • Arlen Specter (R) – 342,578 (47.48%)
  • Joseph J. Frieri (Constitution) – 9,931 (1.38%)
  • Cecil B. Moore (Political Freedom Rights) – 9,031 (1.25%)
  • Leonard L. Smalls (Conservative) – 6,675 (0.93%)

1969 Pennsylvania Attorney General election:[3]

  • David Berger (D) – 244,544 (40.96%)
  • Arlen Specter (R) (inc.) – 346,294 (58.00%)
  • Richard Ash (Consumer) – 6,189 (1.04%)

1970s

1973 Philadelphia District Attorney election:[4]

Republican primary for the 1976 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania:[5]

  • John Heinz III – 358,715 (37.84%)
  • Arlen Specter – 332,513 (35.08%)
  • George R. Packard – 160,379 (16.92%)
  • C. Homer Brown – 46,828 (4.94%)
  • Mary E. Folts – 29,160 (3.08%)
  • Francis Worley – 20,421 (2.15%)

Republican primary for the 1978 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election:[6]

1980s

Republican primary for the 1980 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania:[7]

  • Arlen Specter – 419,372 (36.40%)
  • Bud Haabestad – 382,281 (33.18%)
  • Edward L. Howard – 148,200 (12.86%)
  • Norman Bertasavage – 52,408 (4.55%)
  • Andrew J. Watson – 43,992 (3.82%)
  • Warren R. Williams – 38,164 (3.31%)
  • Lewis C. Richards – 36,982 (3.21%)
  • Francis Worley – 30,660 (2.66%)

1980 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania:[8]

  • Arlen Specter (R) – 2,230,404 (50.48%)
  • Pete Flaherty (D) – 2,122,391 (48.04%)
  • Linda Mohrbacher (Socialist Workers) – 27,229 (0.62%)
  • David K. Walter (Libertarian) – 18,595 (0.42%)
  • Lee Frissell (Consumer) – 16,089 (0.36%)
  • Frank Kinces (Communist) – 3,334 (0.08%)

Republican primary for the 1986 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania:[9]

  • Arlen Specter (inc.) – 434,623 (76.21%)
  • Richard A. Stokes – 135,673 (23.79%)

1986 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania:[10]

  • Arlen Specter (R) (inc.) – 1,906,537 (56.44%)
  • Bob Edgar (D) – 1,448,219 (42.87%)
  • Lance Haver (Consumer) – 23,470 (0.70%)

1990s

Republican primary for the 1992 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania:[11]

1992 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania:[12]

  • Arlen Specter (R) (inc.) – 2,358,125 (48.90%)
  • Lynn Yeakel (D) – 2,244,966 (46.55%)
  • John F. Perry (LBT) – 219,319 (4.55%)

1995 Iowa Republican straw poll:[13]

1996 Republican Party presidential primaries:[14]

(* – write-in)

Specter withdrew from the race before first primaries and endorsed Dole.

Republican primary for the 1998 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania:[15]

  • Arlen Specter (inc.) – 376,322 (67.21%)
  • Larry G. Murphy – 101,120 (18.06%)
  • Tom Lingenfelter – 82,168 (14.67%)
  • Scattering – 328 (0.06%)

1998 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania:[16]

  • Arlen Specter (R) (inc.) – 1,814,180 (61.34%)
  • Bill Lloyd (D) – 1,028,839 (34.79%)
  • Dean L. Snyder (Constitution) – 68,377 (2.31%)
  • Jack Iannantuono (Libertarian) – 46,103 (1.56%)

2000s

Republican primary for the 2004 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania:[17]

  • Arlen Specter (inc.) – 530,839 (50.82%)
  • Pat Toomey – 513,693 (49.18%)
Results of 2004 election by counties

2004 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania:[18]

  • Arlen Specter (R) (inc.) – 2,925,080 (52.62%)
  • Joe Hoeffel (D) – 2,334,126 (41.99%)
  • James N. Clymer (Constitution) – 220,056 (3.96%)
  • Elizabeth Summers (Libertarian) – 79,263 (1.43%)
  • Scattering – 580 (0.01%)

2010s

Democratic primary for the 2010 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania[19]

  • Joe Sestak – 565,342 (53.9%)
  • Arlen Specter (inc.) – 482,980 (46.1%)

References
  1. "Our Campaigns - Philadelphia District Attorney Race - Nov 02, 1965".
  2. "Our Campaigns - Philadelphia Mayor Race - Nov 07, 1967".
  3. "Our Campaigns - Philadelphia District Attorney Race - Nov 04, 1969".
  4. "Our Campaigns - Philadelphia District Attorney Race - Nov 06, 1973".
  5. "Our Campaigns - PA US Senate - R Primary Race - Apr 27, 1976".
  6. "Our Campaigns - PA Governor - R Primary Race - May 16, 1978".
  7. "Our Campaigns - PA US Senate - R Primary Race - Apr 22, 1980".
  8. "Our Campaigns - PA US Senate Race - Nov 04, 1980".
  9. "Our Campaigns - PA US Senate- R Primary Race - May 20, 1986".
  10. "Our Campaigns - PA US Senate Race - Nov 04, 1986".
  11. "Our Campaigns - PA US Senate - R Primary Race - Apr 28, 1992".
  12. "Our Campaigns - PA US Senate Race - Nov 03, 1992".
  13. "Our Campaigns - Iowa GOP Presidential Straw Poll Race - Aug 19, 1995".
  14. "Our Campaigns - US President - R Primaries Race - Jul 07, 1996".
  15. "Our Campaigns - PA US Senate - R Primary Race - May 19, 1998".
  16. "Our Campaigns - PA US Senate Race - Nov 03, 1998".
  17. "Our Campaigns - PA US Senate - R Primary Race - Apr 27, 2004".
  18. "Our Campaigns - PA US Senate Race - Nov 02, 2004".
  19. "2010 General Primary". Pennsylvania Department of State. Retrieved May 21, 2010.
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