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  PA - District 06
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OfficeHouse of Representatives
HonorificRepresentative - Abbr: Rep.
Type General Election
Filing Deadline August 01, 2006 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open November 07, 2006 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close November 07, 2006 - 07:00pm Central
Term Start January 03, 2007 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 2009 - 12:00pm
Turnout 57.34% Registered 36.97% Total Population
ContributorUser 490
Last ModifiedBarack O-blame-a January 08, 2007 12:39pm
Data SourcesPA Election Board [Link]

CNN [Link]
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/02/2004
NameJim Gerlach Votes160,348 (51.01%)
Term01/03/2005 - 01/03/2007 Margin6,371 (+2.03%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/04/2008
NameJim Gerlach Votes179,423 (52.10%)
Term01/03/2009 - 01/03/2011 Margin14,471 (+4.20%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
May 16, 2006 PA - District 06 - R Primary
Jim Gerlach
R 30,088
May 16, 2006 PA - District 06 - D Primary
Lois Murphy
D 29,203
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
03/18/2005 11/07/2006
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Lois Murphy 31 5 ----
Jim Gerlach 12 ------
Leaning Call: Lois Murphy (77.36%)
Weighted Call: Lois Murphy (98.62%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

07/27/2006 10/29/2006

CANDIDATES
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Name (I) Rep. Jim Gerlach Lois Murphy  
PartyRepublican Democratic  
Campaign Logo  
Certified Votes 121,047 (50.66%) 117,892 (49.34%)  
Margin0 (0.00%) -3,155 (-1.32%)  
Predict Avg.42.65% 44.85%  
Cash On Hand $-- $--  
Website [Website] [Website]  
Entry Date 00/00/2005 00/00/2005  
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MATCHUP POLLS (11 from 7 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg45.10%-- 45.09%--  
Reuters/Zogby 
10/24/06-10/29/06
44.00% -- 49.00% --
Constituent Dynamics 
10/24/06-10/26/06
46.00% -- 51.00% 1.0
Garin-Hart-Yang Research (D) 
10/22/06-10/23/06
44.00% 3.0 47.00% 5.0
Constituent Dynamics 
10/08/06-10/10/06
46.00% -- 52.00% --
the polling company™ (R) 
10/02/06-10/04/06
42.00% -- 43.00% --
Reuters/Zogby 
09/25/06-10/02/06
41.00% -- 43.00% --
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NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Oct 24, 2006 02:00pm Endorsement Lois Murphy for Congress  Article COSDem 
Sep 27, 2006 10:00pm Analysis In Closely Fought House Race, Trash May Be Tipping Point  Article RP 
Aug 13, 2006 11:00pm News For GOP, Bad Gets Worse in Northeast  Article New York Democrat 
Jul 30, 2006 09:00pm Commentary [PA-06] Jim Gerlach’s chances are looking better  Article Scott³ 
Jul 18, 2006 10:00pm Endorsement [PA-06] Key teachers' group backs Gerlach over Democrat  Article Scott³ 
Aug 30, 2005 11:00pm News [PA-06] In a 'purple' district, recess is no time to relax  Article Scott³ 

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