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.

Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania

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

1960s

Philadelphia district attorney election, 1965:[1]

  • Jim Crumlish (D) (inc.) – 289,522 (46.90%)
  • Arlen Specter (R) – 327,787 (53.10%)

Philadelphia mayoral election, 1967:[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%)

Philadelphia district attorney election, 1969:[3]

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

1970s

Philadelphia district attorney election, 1973:[4]

  • Emmett Fitzpatrick (D) – 231,505 (53.48%)
  • Arlen Specter (R) (inc.) – 201,342 (46.52%)

Republican primary for the United States Senate from Pennsylvania, 1976:[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 Governor of Pennsylvania, 1978:[6]

1980s

Republican primary for the United States Senate from Pennsylvania, 1980:[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%)

United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 1980:[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 United States Senate from Pennsylvania, 1986:[9]

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

United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 1986:[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 United States Senate from Pennsylvania, 1992:[11]

  • Arlen Specter (inc.) – 683,118 (65.08%)
  • Stephen F. Freind – 366,608 (34.92%)

United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 1992:[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%)

Iowa Republican straw poll, 1995:[13]

1996 Republican presidential primaries:[14]

(* – write-in)

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

Republican primary for the United States Senate from Pennsylvania, 1998:[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%)

United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 1998:[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 United States Senate from Pennsylvania, 2004:[17]

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

United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 2004:[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 United States Senate from Pennsylvania, 2010[19]

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