Pennsylvania

PENNSYLVANIA	21 Electoral Votes
	Pennsylvania went from 23 electoral votes to 21 as a result of the 2000 Census

Population
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Pennsylvania Department of State)

Total Population, July 1, 2004 est.	12,406,292
Total Registration, Nov. 2004	8,366,663

Dem. 3,985,486 (47.64%) Rep. 3,405,278 (40.70%) Lib. 34,258 (0.41%) Grn. 15,788 (0.19%) Other Parties 925,853 (11.07%)
Pennsylvania has: 67 counties.
Largest counties: Philadelphia, Allegheny, Montgomery, Bucks, Delaware.
Largest cities: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Erie, Allentown.

Government
Governor: Ed Rendell (D) elected in 2002.
State Legislature: Pennsylvania General Assembly House: 203 seats Senate: 50 seats
Local: Counties, Cities, Townships... NACO Counties
U.S. House: 12R,7D - 1. B.Brady (D) | 2. C.Fattah (D) | 3. P.English (R) | 4. M.Hart (R) | 5. J.Peterson (R) | 6. J.Gerlach (R) | 7. C.Weldon (R) | 8. J.Greenwood (R) | 9. B.Shuster (R) | 10. D.Sherwood (R) | 11. P.Kanjorski (D) | 12. J.Murtha (D) | 13. J.Hoeffel (D) | 14. M.Doyle (D) | 15. P.Toomey (R) | 16. J.Pitts (R) | 17. T.Holden (D) | 18. T.Murphy (R) | 19. T.Platts (R) *lost 2 seats in 2002 as a result of the 2000 Census.
U.S. Senate: Rick Santorum (R) re-elected in 2000, Arlen Specter (R) re-elected in 2004.

Sen. Arlen Specter (R) def. Rep. Joe Hoeffel (D) by 52.62% to 41.99% with 3.96% going to Constitution Party candidate James Clymer and 1.43% to Libertarian candidate Betsy Summers. None of the three open U.S. House seats changed hands. In the 8th, Michael G. Fitzpatrick (R) def. Virginia Waters Schrader (D); in the 13th, Allyson Schwartz (D) def. Melissa Brown (R); and in the 15th, Charles W. Dent (R) def. Joe Driscoll (D). In the closely fought 6th CD Rep. Jim Gerlach (R) def. Lois Murphy (D) by 160,348 votes to 153,977 votes.

State of Pennsylvania
Department of State

Constitution Party of PA
Libertarian Party of PA
Natural Law Party-PA
PA Democratic Party
PA Green Party
PA Reform Party
Republican State Comm. of PA

Inquirer/Daily News
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Media (Newsp.)
Media (TV)

Politics1-PA
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The Keystone State

General Election -- Tuesday, November 2, 2004

Last Day to Register: October 4, 2004.

+Kerry/Edwards (Dem.)	2,938,095	(50.92)
Bush/Cheney (Rep.)	2,793,847	(48.42)
Badnarik/Campagna (Lib.)	21,185	(0.37)
Cobb/LaMarche (Grn.)	6,319	(0.11)
Peroutka/Baldwin (Const.)	6,318	(0.11)
Ralph Nader (write-in)	2,656	(0.05)
Scattered (write-in)	1,170	(0.02)
Total........5,769,570

2004 Overview
854,451 more votes were cast in the presidential race in 2004 compared to 2000. The Kerry-Edwards ticket carried the state, but Bush trimmed the Democratic plurality to 144,248 votes (2.50 percentage points) and the Republican ticket also carried five more counties than it had in 2000, or 54 counties to 13 for Kerry.
General Election Details | Photos
Kerry/Allies | Bush/Cheney '04

Past Results

1996

Clinton (Dem.).....2,215,819	(49.17)
Dole (Rep.)..........1,801,169	(39.97)
Perot (Ref.)............430,984	(9.56)
Others (3+w/ins).......58,146	(1.29)
Total........4,506,118

1992

Clinton (Dem.).....2,239,164
(45.15)

Bush (Rep.).........1,791,841
(36.13)

Perot (PfP).............902,667
(18.20)

Others (2)................26,138
(0.52)

Total........4,959,810

2000

Bush/Cheney (Rep.)	2,281,127	(46.43)
+Gore/Lieberman (Dem.)	2,485,967	(50.60)
Phillips/Frazier (Const.)	14,428	(0.29)
Browne/Olivier (Lib.)	11,248	(0.23)
Nader/LaDuke (Grn.)	103,392	(2.10)
Buchanan/Foster (Ref.)	16,023	(0.33)
Write-ins	934	(0.02)
Total........4,913,119

2000 Overview
Pennsylvania, with 23 electoral votes, was a battleground state from beginning to end, drawing much attention and resources from both campaigns. Before the race even got underway, both parties considered holding their nominating conventions in Philadelphia. On Election Night itself, when networks prematurely called Florida for Bush, Pennsylvania was for a time seen as a must-win for Bush. As it was, Gore-Lieberman carried the state with a plurality of 204,840 votes (4.17 percentage points). Bush carried 49 counties to 18 for Gore, but Gore won in the five most populous counties, including a plurality of 348,223 votes in Philadelphia County.
General Election Activity

Notes: In Pennsylvania the Republicans and Democrats are major parties, while the Constitution Party and the Libertarian Party qualify as minor parties. Others are referred to as "political bodies." Minor party and other presidential candidates wishing to appear on the ballot in the general election needed to obtain signatures from 21,739 registered electors (2% of the highest showing by a candidate in the last statewide election) in the period from Jan. 26-Aug. 1, 2000.
Last day to register before the November election: Oct. 10, 2000.

Other races: Incumbents won several closely fought House races. 10th District. Don Sherwood (R) defeated Pat Casey (D) 52.1% to 47.9% (124,830 to 112,580). 13th District. Joe Hoeffel (D) defeated Stewart Greenleaf (R) 52.8% to 45.7% (146,026 to 126,501 with 4,224 votes going to the Libertarian). 15th District. Pat Toomey (R) fended off a challenge from Ed O'Brien (D) 53.3 to 46.7% (118,307 to 103,864).

General Primary -- Tuesday, April 27, 2004

Democratic
178 Delegates (Pledged 151, Unpledged 27)
and 28 Alternates.

official results

	Votes	Percent
Howard Dean	79,799	%
Dennis J. Kucinich	30,110	%
John Edwards	76,762	%
Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.	17,528	%
+John F. Kerry	585,683	%
.
George W. Bush	861,555	%