Electoral history of Arlen Specter explained
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.
Originally a Democrat, Specter switched to the Republican Party in 1965 and to the Democrats again in 2009.
1960s
1965 Pennsylvania Attorney General election
[1]
1967 Philadelphia mayoral election
[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%)
1969 Pennsylvania Attorney General election
[3]
- David Berger (D) – 244,544 (40.96%)
- Arlen Specter (R) (inc.) – 346,294 (58.00%)
- Richard Ash (Consumer) – 6,189 (1.04%)
1970s
1973 Philadelphia District Attorney election
[4]
Republican primary for the 1976 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania:[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 the 1978 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election:[6]
1980s
Republican primary for the 1980 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania:[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%)
1980 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania
[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 1986 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania:[9]
- Arlen Specter (inc.) – 434,623 (76.21%)
- Richard A. Stokes – 135,673 (23.79%)
1986 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania
[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 1992 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania:[11]
1992 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania
[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%)
1995 Iowa Republican straw poll
[13]
1996 Republican Party presidential primaries
[14]
- Bob Dole – 9,024,742 (58.82%)
- Pat Buchanan – 3,184,943 (20.76%)
- Steve Forbes – 1,751,187 (11.41%)
- Lamar Alexander – 495,590 (3.23%)
- Alan Keyes – 471,716 (3.08%)
- Richard Lugar – 127,111 (0.83%)
- Unpledged delegates – 123,278 (0.80%)
- Phil Gramm – 71,456 (0.47%)
- Bob Dornan – 42,140 (0.28%)
- Morry Taylor – 21,180 (0.14%)
- Charles E. Collins – 2,092 (0.01%)
- Bill Clinton* – 1,972 (0.01%)
- Susan Ducey – 1,783 (0.01%)
- Ralph Nader* – 1,537 (0.01%)
- Isabell Masters – 1,052 (0.01%)
- Mary LeTulle – 940 (0.01%)
- Colin Powell* – 655 (0.00%)
- Billy Joe Clegg – 415 (0.00%)
- Richard P. Bosa – 216 (0.00%)
- Georgiana H. Doerschuck – 154 (0.00%)
- Pat Paulsen* – 144 (0.00%)
- Richard D. Skillen – 80 (0.00%)
- Paul Steven Jensen – 73 (0.00%)
- Jimmy McMillan – 70 (0.00%)
- Jack Kemp* – 62 (0.00%)
- Tim Kalemkarian – 59 (0.00%)
- William James Flanagan – 48 (0.00%)
- Charles Levens – 44 (0.00%)
- Russell J. Fornwalt – 37 (0.00%)
- Michael S. Levinson – 35 (0.00%)
- Jack Fellure – 34 (0.00%)
- John B. Hurd – 26 (0.00%)
- Gerald J. McManus – 20 (0.00%)
- Hubert David Patty – 17 (0.00%)
- Tennie Rogers – 12 (0.00%)
- Arlen Specter* – 10 (0.00%)
- Newt Gingrich* – 4 (0.00%)
(* – write-in)
Specter withdrew from the race before first primaries and endorsed Dole.
Republican primary for the 1998 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania:[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%)
1998 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania
[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 2004 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania:[17]
- Arlen Specter (inc.) – 530,839 (50.82%)
- Pat Toomey – 513,693 (49.18%)
2004 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania
[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 2010 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania[19]
- Joe Sestak – 565,342 (53.9%)
- Arlen Specter (inc.) – 482,980 (46.1%)
Notes and References
- Web site: Our Campaigns - Philadelphia District Attorney Race - Nov 02, 1965.
- Web site: Our Campaigns - Philadelphia Mayor Race - Nov 07, 1967.
- Web site: Our Campaigns - Philadelphia District Attorney Race - Nov 04, 1969.
- Web site: Our Campaigns - Philadelphia District Attorney Race - Nov 06, 1973.
- Web site: Our Campaigns - PA US Senate - R Primary Race - Apr 27, 1976.
- Web site: Our Campaigns - PA Governor - R Primary Race - May 16, 1978.
- Web site: Our Campaigns - PA US Senate - R Primary Race - Apr 22, 1980.
- Web site: Our Campaigns - PA US Senate Race - Nov 04, 1980.
- Web site: Our Campaigns - PA US Senate- R Primary Race - May 20, 1986.
- Web site: Our Campaigns - PA US Senate Race - Nov 04, 1986.
- Web site: Our Campaigns - PA US Senate - R Primary Race - Apr 28, 1992.
- Web site: Our Campaigns - PA US Senate Race - Nov 03, 1992.
- Web site: Our Campaigns - Iowa GOP Presidential Straw Poll Race - Aug 19, 1995.
- Web site: Our Campaigns - US President - R Primaries Race - Jul 07, 1996.
- Web site: Our Campaigns - PA US Senate - R Primary Race - May 19, 1998.
- Web site: Our Campaigns - PA US Senate Race - Nov 03, 1998.
- Web site: Our Campaigns - PA US Senate - R Primary Race - Apr 27, 2004.
- Web site: Our Campaigns - PA US Senate Race - Nov 02, 2004.
- Web site: 2010 General Primary. Pennsylvania Department of State. May 21, 2010.