2010 Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district election

Pennsylvania 7th congressional district election, 2010 was an election held to determine who would represent Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives during the 112th Congress. The district was based in the western and northwestern suburbs of Philadelphia. It included the majority of Delaware County, and portions of Chester and Montgomery counties.

Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district election, 2010
November 2, 2010
 
Candidate Pat Meehan Bryan Lentz
Party Republican Democratic
District Map
Incumbent Representative

Joe Sestak
Democratic

Incumbent Democratic U.S. Congressman Joe Sestak retired to run for the U.S. Senate, leaving an open seat. The district was Democratic-leaning as Obama carried the district with 56% of the vote and it had a PVI of D+3, but Republican Pat Meehan ended up winning the general election on Nov 2, 2010 by a 55% to 44% margin over Democrat Bryan Lentz.

Candidates

Democratic

Republican

U.S. Constitution Party
  • Jim Schneller, businessman

Campaign
Elections in Pennsylvania

Both major party nominees were unopposed in their primaries.

Meehan was a U.S. Attorney for eastern Pennsylvania. He is also a former District Attorney for Delaware County. Bryan Lentz is a State Representative, who represents District 161 (Delaware County). He is also a U.S. Army veteran, who served in the Iraq War. Jim Schneller is a former businessman.

Polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Bryan Lentz (D) Pat Meehan (R) Undecided
The Hill October 2-7, 2010 405 ± 4.9% 39% 40% 20%
Monmouth University October 4-6, 2010 670 ± 3.8% 45% 49% 7%

Debates

Five debates were scheduled. The first four debates included only Bryan Lentz and Pat Meehan, the two major party candidates. The fifth debate included independent candidate Jim Schneller; Pat Meehan pulled out of the debate, however, citing Schneller's inclusion.

Debates 2, 3 and 5 were broadcast on PCN-TV. They can be viewed on the PCN website's Election 2010 section.

Predictions

CQ Politics had the election as a toss up.[7] Sabato's Crystal Ball had the election as a toss up.[8] Stuart Rothenberg had the election as a toss up.[9] The Cook Political Report had the election as a toss up.[10] Real Clear Politics had the election as leaning Republican.[11]

Results
Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district election, 2010
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Pat Meehan 134,751 54.9
Democratic Bryan Lentz 108,197 44.1
Independent Jim Schneller 2,670 1.1
Total votes 245,618 100
Turnout
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See also

United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, 2010#District 7

References
  1. http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/city/20100820_First_debate_of_Pennsylvania_7th_District_contenders_Lentz_and_Meehan.html
  2. http://www.delcotimes.com/articles/2010/08/27/news/doc4c77318e0cc08480474429.txt
  3. http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/harrisburg_politics/Testy_Debate_in_Seventh_Congressional_District.html
  4. http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/politics/NBC10___ISSUE___U_S__House_7th_District_Race_Philadelphia.html
  5. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/pa/20101005_Meehan_bows_out_of_debate__cites_3d-party_candidate.html
  6. http://dtcampaign10.blogspot.com/2010/10/meehan-lentz-to-square-off-in-5th.html
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-02-24. Retrieved 2010-08-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/articles/category/2010-house/
  9. http://rothenbergpoliticalreport.blogspot.com/
  10. http://www.cookpolitical.com/races/house/chart.php#belowMap Archived 2010-10-05 at the Wayback Machine
  11. http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2010/house/2010_elections_house_map.html
Official campaign sites
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