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Parents > United States > Pennsylvania > Senate Class III
OfficeSenate
TypeGeneral Election
Filing Deadline August 02, 2010 - 05:00pm
Polls Open November 02, 2010 - 06:00am
Polls Close November 02, 2010 - 07:00pm
Term Start January 03, 2011 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 2017 - 12:00pm
ContributorScott³
Last ModifiedRBH December 04, 2010 12:11pm
Data Sources[Link]
DescriptionSignature Requirements for 3rd party candidates: 19,082
Due by August 2, 2010
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
PartyRepublican Won11/02/2004
NameArlen Specter Votes2,925,080 (52.62%)
Term01/03/2005 - 04/28/2009 Margin590,954 (+10.63%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Apr 28, 2009 PA US Senate - Party Switch Arlen Specter
May 18, 2010 PA US Senate - D Primary Joseph A. Sestak
May 18, 2010 PA US Senate - R Primary Pat Toomey
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 9.2500000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Joseph A. Sestak
Strong 1
Lean 3
Slight 11
Pat Toomey
Safe 3
Strong 2
Lean 12
Slight 35
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

01/06/2010 10/31/2010

CANDIDATES
Photo
Name Rep. Pat Toomey Rep. Joseph A. Sestak
PartyRepublican Democratic
Votes2,028,945 (51.01%) 1,948,716 (48.99%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -80,229 (-2.02%)
Predict Avg.50.40% 48.75%
Finances$4,654,522.00 $2,086,724.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Public Policy Polling 
10/30-10/31		 49.00% (+4.0) 46.00% (+0.0)
YouGov 
10/28-10/31		 47.60% (-1.9) 43.50% (-0.7)
Muhlenberg College 
10/28-10/31		 48.00% (+0.0) 44.00% (+4.0)
Quinnipiac University 
10/25-10/30		 50.00% (+2.0) 45.00% (-1.0)
Marist Institute 
10/26-10/28		 52.00% (+1.0) 45.00% (+3.0)
Rasmussen Reports 
10/28-10/28		 50.00% (+2.0) 46.00% (+2.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
LBT Smart
AENM Angry Russian
  To Protect Our Heritage PAC
  Doylestown (PA) Intelligencer
S Zackatron
  Daily Pennsylvanian
  Delaware County Times
  Pocono Record

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Nov 02, 2010 03:00pm News Dems say Philly turnout beating expectations  Article Some say... 
Oct 25, 2010 11:00am Speculative Hot Questions: Is Christine O'Donnell Hurting the GOP in Pennsylvania?  Article Brandonius Maximus 
Oct 24, 2010 07:00pm News Pat Toomey sidesteps questions about Sarah Palin endorsement of him  Article The Sunset Provision 
Oct 20, 2010 02:00pm General Pennsylvania Senate race moves back to "Toss Up"  Article COSDem 
Oct 15, 2010 05:00am News (PA) Absentee ballot requests favoring GOP  Article Scott³ 
Sep 28, 2010 02:00am News Cash Crunch: Senate Dems Scale Back Ad Campaign in Pennsylvania  Article Scott³ 

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