2002 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania

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2002 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania
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  2000 November 5, 2002 (2002-11-05) 2004  

All 19 Pennsylvania seats to the United States House of Representatives
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Last election1110
Seats won127
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 3
Popular vote1,859,2701,348,665
Percentage56.19%40.76%

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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]

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The election between George Gekas and Tim Holden was described as "PA's most exciting match-up" by the political website PoliticsPA. [2]

General election

DistrictPartyIncumbentStatusPartyCandidateVotes %
1 Democratic Robert A. Brady re-elected Democratic Robert A. Brady 121,07686.4
Republican Marie G. Delany17,44412.5
Green Mike Ewall1,5701.1
2 Democratic Chaka Fattah re-elected Democratic Chaka Fattah 150,62387.2
Republican Thomas G. Dougherty20,98812.2
3 Republican Phil English re-elected Republican Phil English 116,76377.7
Green Anndrea M. Benson33,55422.3
4 Republican Melissa Hart re-elected Republican Melissa Hart 130,53464.6
Democratic Stevan Drobac, Jr.71,67435.4
5 Republican John E. Peterson re-elected Republican John E. Peterson 124,94287.4
Libertarian Thomas A. Martin18,07812.6
6 Democratic Robert Borski retiring Republican Jim Gerlach 103,64851.4
Democratic Dan Wofford98,12848.6
7 Republican Curt Weldon re-elected Republican Curt Weldon 146,29666.1
Democratic Peter A. Lennon75,05533.8
8 Republican Jim Greenwood re-elected Republican Jim Greenwood 127,47562.6
Democratic Timothy T. Reece76,17837.4
9 Republican Bill Shuster re-elected Republican Bill Shuster 124,18471.1
Democratic John R. Henry50,55829.8
10 Republican Don Sherwood re-elected Republican Don Sherwood 152,01792.9
Green Kurt J. Shotko11,6137.1
11 Democratic Paul E. Kanjorski re-elected Democratic Paul E. Kanjorski 93,75855.6
Republican Louis J. Barletta 71,54342.4
Reform Thomas J. Mclaughlin3,3042.0
12 Democratic John P. Murtha re-elected Democratic John P. Murtha 124,20173.5
Republican Bill Choby44,81826.5
13 Democratic Joseph M. Hoeffel re-elected Democratic Joseph M. Hoeffel 107,94550.9
Republican Melissa Brown 100,29547.3
Constitution John P. McDermott3,6271.7
14 Democratic Mike Doyle re-elected Democratic Mike Doyle 123,323100.0
15 Republican Pat Toomey re-elected Republican Pat Toomey 98,49357.4
Democratic Edward J. O'Brien73,21242.6
16 Republican Joseph R. Pitts re-elected Republican Joseph R. Pitts 119,04688.5
Green Will Todd8,7206.5
Constitution Kenneth Brenneman6,7665.0
17 Democratic Tim Holden re-elected Democratic Tim Holden 103,48351.4
Republican George W. Gekas 97,80248.6
18 Democratic Frank Mascara ran for 12th district Republican Tim Murphy 11988560.1
Democratic Jack Machek79,45139.9
19 Republican Todd Platts re-elected Republican Todd Platts 143,09791.1
Green Ben Price7,9005.0
Libertarian Michael Mickey Paoletta6,0083.8

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References

  1. "Representative in Congress, 2002 General Election". Commonwealth of PA - Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. 2004. Archived from the original on October 30, 2008. Retrieved May 21, 2008.
  2. "2002 Congressional Election Preview". PoliticsPA . The Publius Group. Archived from the original on August 3, 2002. Retrieved February 10, 2010.