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  PA US Senate - R Primary
  RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > Pennsylvania > Senate Class III
OfficeSenate
TypePrimary Election
Filing Deadline March 09, 2010 - 05:00pm
Polls Open May 18, 2010 - 06:00am
Polls Close May 18, 2010 - 07:00pm
Term Start January 03, 2011 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 2017 - 12:00pm
ContributorMcCord 2014
Last Modifiedev August 19, 2010 12:09am
Data Sources[Link]
DescriptionElections Bureau [Link]
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
PartyRepublican Won11/02/2004
NameArlen Specter Votes2,925,080 (52.62%)
Term01/03/2005 - 04/28/2009 Margin590,954 (+10.63%)
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 8.7500000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Pat Toomey
Safe 34
Strong 1
Slight 3
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

12/08/2008 05/13/2010

CANDIDATES
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Name Rep. Pat Toomey Peg Luksik
PartyRepublican Republican
Votes671,591 (81.43%) 153,154 (18.57%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -518,437 (-62.86%)
Predict Avg.88.70% 11.27%
Finances$0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Suffolk University 
05/11-05/13
60.00% (+0.0) 9.00% (+0.0)
Quinnipiac University 
05/05-05/10
60.00% (+13.0) 9.00% (+3.0)
Franklin & Marshall College 
05/03-05/09
28.00% (-2.0) 1.00% (-3.0)
Franklin & Marshall College 
03/15-03/21
30.00% (+0.0) 4.00% (+0.0)
Quinnipiac University 
07/14-07/19
47.00% (+9.0) 6.00% (+3.0)
Quinnipiac University 
05/20-05/26
38.00% (+0.0) 3.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
  Wilkes-Barre Citizens' Voice
  Harrisburg Patriot-News
  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
  Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Veg Thomas Walker

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
May 13, 2010 02:00am General The other Senate primary in Pa.: Toomey vs. Luksik  Article Jason 
Apr 05, 2010 11:00pm Blog Entry Toomey: $2.3M in one quarter  Article ScottĀ³ 
Jul 09, 2009 11:00am News Orie pondering Toomey challenge  Article COSDem 
Jun 24, 2009 02:00pm Statement Gerlach: Senate run off the table  Article RP 
May 14, 2009 05:00pm Endorsement Dent endorses Toomey  Article ScottĀ³ 
May 07, 2009 12:00pm News Ridge won't challenge Specter for Pa. Senate seat   Article COSDem 

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