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Office

Senate

Honorific

Senator - Abbr: Sen.

Type

General Election

Filing Deadline

August 02, 2010 - 05:00pm Central

Polls Open

November 02, 2010 - 06:00am Central

Polls Close

November 02, 2010 - 07:00pm Central

Term Start

January 03, 2011 - 12:00pm

Term End

January 03, 2017 - 12:00pm

Contributor

Scott³

Last Modified

RBH December 04, 2010 12:11pm

Data Sources

[Link]

Description

Signature Requirements for 3rd party candidates: 19,082
Due by August 2, 2010

LAST GENERAL ELECTION
	Party	Democratic	Won	04/28/2009
	Name	Arlen Specter	Votes	1 (100.00%)
	Term	04/28/2009 - 01/03/2011	Margin	1 (+100.00%)

NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
	Party	Republican	Won	11/08/2016
	Name	Pat Toomey	Votes	2,951,702 (48.77%)
	Term	01/03/2017 - 01/03/2023	Margin	86,690 (+1.43%)

PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE

May 18, 2010

PA US Senate - D Primary

Joseph A. Sestak

D 1,055,780

May 18, 2010

PA US Senate - R Primary

Pat Toomey

R 824,745

MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

01/06/2010	10/31/2010

CANDIDATES

Photo

Name

Rep. Pat Toomey

Rep. Joseph A. Sestak

Party

Republican

Democratic

Campaign Logo

Certified Votes

2,028,945 (51.01%)

1,948,716 (48.99%)

Margin

0 (0.00%)

-80,229 (-2.02%)

Predict Avg.

50.40%

48.75%

Cash On Hand

6/30 $4,654,522.00

6/30 $2,086,724.00

Website

[Website]

Entry Date

00/00/2010

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MATCHUP POLLS (67 from 20 pollsters)

Adj Poll Avg

50.64%

45.64%

Public Policy Polling
10/30/10-10/31/10

51.00%

6.0

46.00%

YouGov
10/28/10-10/31/10

47.60%

1.9

43.50%

0.7

Muhlenberg College
10/28/10-10/31/10

48.00%

44.00%

4.0

Quinnipiac University
10/25/10-10/30/10

50.00%

2.0

45.00%

1.0

Marist Institute
10/26/10-10/28/10

52.00%

1.0

45.00%

3.0

Rasmussen Reports
10/28/10-10/28/10

50.00%

2.0

46.00%

2.0

YouGov
10/25/10-10/28/10

49.50%

44.20%

Susquehanna Polling & Research (SP&R)
10/24/10-10/27/10

46.00%

1.0

44.00%

2.0

Muhlenberg College
10/24/10-10/27/10

48.00%

2.0

40.00%

3.0

Opinion Research Corporation (CNN)
10/20/10-10/26/10

49.00%

45.00%

1.0

Ipsos-Public Affairs
10/22/10-10/24/10

46.00%

1.0

46.00%

9.0

Franklin & Marshall College
10/18/10-10/24/10

48.00%

2.0

40.00%

6.0

Muhlenberg College
10/20/10-10/23/10

46.00%

5.0

43.00%

1.0

Rasmussen Reports
10/21/10-10/21/10

48.00%

1.0

44.00%

5.0

Muhlenberg College
10/16/10-10/19/10

41.00%

5.0

44.00%

5.0

Public Policy Polling
10/17/10-10/18/10

45.00%

46.00%

10.0

Quinnipiac University
10/13/10-10/17/10

48.00%

2.0

46.00%

3.0

Rasmussen Reports
10/12/10-10/12/10

49.00%

39.00%

1.0

Garin-Hart-Yang Research (D)
10/08/10-10/10/10

44.00%

2.0

47.00%

3.0

ccAdvertising (R)
10/07/10-10/07/10

47.74%

40.18%

Bennett, Petts & Normington (D)
10/04/10-10/06/10

46.00%

45.00%

Muhlenberg College
09/28/10-10/04/10

46.00%

39.00%

Rasmussen Reports
09/29/10-09/29/10

49.00%

40.00%

1.0

Marist Institute
09/26/10-09/28/10

51.00%

42.00%

Suffolk University
09/23/10-09/27/10

45.00%

40.00%

Susquehanna Polling & Research (SP&R)
09/23/10-09/26/10

45.00%

3.0

42.00%

Franklin & Marshall College
09/20/10-09/26/10

46.00%

6.0

34.00%

3.0

Muhlenberg College
09/18/10-09/23/10

46.00%

13.0

39.00%

17.0

Magellan Data & Mapping Strategies (R)
09/21/10-09/21/10

49.40%

40.60%

Opinion Research Corporation (CNN)
09/17/10-09/21/10

49.00%

44.00%

Quinnipiac University
09/15/10-09/19/10

50.00%

43.00%

Pulse Opinion Research
09/18/10-09/18/10

48.00%

1.0

40.00%

1.0

Municipoll Research
09/15/10-09/16/10

45.00%

36.00%

Critical Insights
09/14/10-09/16/10

40.00%

36.00%

Rasmussen Reports
09/13/10-09/13/10

49.00%

1.0

41.00%

1.0

Pulse Opinion Research
09/11/10-09/11/10

47.00%

41.00%

Rasmussen Reports
08/30/10-08/30/10

48.00%

42.00%

2.0

Ipsos-Public Affairs
08/27/10-08/29/10

47.00%

37.00%

Franklin & Marshall College
08/16/10-08/23/10

40.00%

31.00%

Rasmussen Reports
08/16/10-08/16/10

48.00%

3.0

40.00%

1.0

Public Policy Polling
08/14/10-08/16/10

45.00%

36.00%

Garin-Hart-Yang Research (D)
08/12/10-08/15/10

46.00%

6.0

44.00%

3.0

We Ask America
08/04/10-08/04/10

47.55%

34.93%

Rasmussen Reports
07/28/10-07/28/10

45.00%

39.00%

1.0

Rasmussen Reports
07/14/10-07/14/10

45.00%

38.00%

1.0

Quinnipiac University
07/06/10-07/11/10

43.00%

1.0

43.00%

3.0

Rasmussen Reports
06/29/10-06/29/10

45.00%

39.00%

1.0

Public Policy Polling
06/19/10-06/21/10

41.00%

1.0

41.00%

5.0

Rasmussen Reports
06/02/10-06/02/10

45.00%

3.0

38.00%

8.0

Research 2000
05/24/10-05/26/10

40.00%

5.0

43.00%

3.0

Garin-Hart-Yang Research (D)
05/21/10-05/23/10

40.00%

47.00%

Rasmussen Reports
05/19/10-05/19/10

42.00%

46.00%

6.0

Research 2000
05/10/10-05/12/10

45.00%

3.0

40.00%

1.0

Quinnipiac University
05/04/10-05/10/10

42.00%

40.00%

6.0

Franklin & Marshall College
05/03/10-05/09/10

29.00%

2.0

28.00%

9.0

Rasmussen Reports
05/06/10-05/06/10

42.00%

5.0

40.00%

4.0

Rasmussen Reports
04/12/10-04/12/10

47.00%

5.0

36.00%

1.0

Susquehanna Polling & Research (SP&R)
04/07/10-04/12/10

48.00%

6.0

0.00%

Muhlenberg College
03/29/10-04/07/10

33.00%

22.00%

Quinnipiac University
03/30/10-04/05/10

42.00%

34.00%

Public Policy Polling
03/29/10-04/01/10

42.00%

36.00%

Franklin & Marshall College
03/15/10-03/21/10

27.00%

19.00%

Rasmussen Reports
03/15/10-03/15/10

42.00%

5.0

37.00%

1.0

Research 2000
03/08/10-03/10/10

42.00%

39.00%

Susquehanna Polling & Research (SP&R)
03/03/10-03/06/10

42.00%

0.00%

Rasmussen Reports
02/05/10-02/05/10

47.00%

38.00%

ENDORSEMENTS

Endorsements

	Daily Pennsylvanian
	Delaware County Times
	Pocono Record
	Swarthmore College Phoenix
	Philadelphia City Paper
	Penn State Daily Collegian
	Lancaster Intelligencer Journal
	York Dispatch
	York Daily Record
	Scranton (PA) Times-Tribune
	Philadelphia Daily News
	Washington (PA) Observer-Reporter
	Wilkes-Barre Times Leader
	Harrisburg Patriot-News
	Erie Times-News
	Philadelphia Inquirer
	Sunbury (PA) Daily Item
I	Mr Independent
	Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
D	Some say...
R	Chuck Hagel 🔗
D	Michael R. "Mike" Bloomberg 🔗
D	Qbanito
	eQualityGiving
D	Bob
D	DFWDem
D	Brandonius Maximus
IND	Monsieur
I	smm
D	Jason
D	Sarnstrom
G	Guy
IndP	6921
Laf-W	Craverguy
D	COSDem
LBR	Old LW
I	McCord 2014

EVENTS

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VIDEO ADVERTISEMENTS

Start Date	Candidate	Category	Ad Tone	Lng	Title	Run Time	Contributor

10/15/2010	Joseph A. Sestak	TVAd	Issue	eng	Belle	00:00:32	RP
08/16/2010		TVAd	Attack	eng	Rockets	00:00:31	Scott³
08/16/2010	Joseph A. Sestak	TVAd	Attack	eng	Toomey's Erie	00:00:41	Scott³

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