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
edit1965 Pennsylvania Attorney General election:[1]
- James C. Crumlish Jr. (D) (inc.) – 289,522 (46.90%)
- Arlen Specter (R) – 327,787 (53.10%)
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
edit1973 Philadelphia District Attorney election:[4]
- Emmett Fitzpatrick (D) – 231,505 (53.48%)
- Arlen Specter (R) (inc.) – 201,342 (46.52%)
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]
- Dick Thornburgh – 325,376 (34.55%)
- Arlen Specter – 206,802 (21.96%)
- Bob Butera – 190,653 (20.24%)
- David W. Marston – 161,813 (17.18%)
- Henry Hager – 57,119 (6.07%)
1980s
editRepublican 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
editRepublican primary for the 1992 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania:[11]
- Arlen Specter (inc.) – 683,118 (65.08%)
- Stephen F. Freind – 366,608 (34.92%)
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]
- Bob Dole – 2,582 (24.38%)
- Phil Gramm – 2,582 (24.38%)
- Pat Buchanan – 1,922 (18.15%)
- Lamar Alexander – 1,156 (10.91%)
- Alan Keyes – 804 (7.59%)
- Morry Taylor – 803 (7.58%)
- Richard Lugar – 466 (4.40%)
- Pete Wilson – 123 (1.16%)
- Bob Dornan – 87 (0.82%)
- Arlen Specter – 67 (0.63%)
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
editRepublican 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
editDemocratic primary for the 2010 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania[19]
- Joe Sestak – 565,342 (53.9%)
- Arlen Specter (inc.) – 482,980 (46.1%)
References
edit- ^ "Our Campaigns - Philadelphia District Attorney Race - Nov 02, 1965".
- ^ "Our Campaigns - Philadelphia Mayor Race - Nov 07, 1967".
- ^ "Our Campaigns - Philadelphia District Attorney Race - Nov 04, 1969".
- ^ "Our Campaigns - Philadelphia District Attorney Race - Nov 06, 1973".
- ^ "Our Campaigns - PA US Senate - R Primary Race - Apr 27, 1976".
- ^ "Our Campaigns - PA Governor - R Primary Race - May 16, 1978".
- ^ "Our Campaigns - PA US Senate - R Primary Race - Apr 22, 1980".
- ^ "Our Campaigns - PA US Senate Race - Nov 04, 1980".
- ^ "Our Campaigns - PA US Senate- R Primary Race - May 20, 1986".
- ^ "Our Campaigns - PA US Senate Race - Nov 04, 1986".
- ^ "Our Campaigns - PA US Senate - R Primary Race - Apr 28, 1992".
- ^ "Our Campaigns - PA US Senate Race - Nov 03, 1992".
- ^ "Our Campaigns - Iowa GOP Presidential Straw Poll Race - Aug 19, 1995".
- ^ "Our Campaigns - US President - R Primaries Race - Jul 07, 1996".
- ^ "Our Campaigns - PA US Senate - R Primary Race - May 19, 1998".
- ^ "Our Campaigns - PA US Senate Race - Nov 03, 1998".
- ^ "Our Campaigns - PA US Senate - R Primary Race - Apr 27, 2004".
- ^ "Our Campaigns - PA US Senate Race - Nov 02, 2004".
- ^ "2010 General Primary". Pennsylvania Department of State. Retrieved May 21, 2010.