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  PA - District 05 - R Primary
RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > Pennsylvania > PA - District 05
OfficeHouse of Representatives
HonorificRepresentative - Abbr: Rep.
TypeRepublican Primary Election
Filing Deadline February 12, 2008 - 05:00pm Central
Polls Open April 22, 2008 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close April 22, 2008 - 07:00pm Central
Term Start January 03, 2009 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 2011 - 12:00pm
Turnout 38.32% Registered 11.28% Total Population
ContributorScott³
Last ModifiedScott³ August 13, 2008 01:43pm
Data Sources[Link]
Description Rep. John Peterson will not seek re-election
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/07/2006
NameJohn E. Peterson Votes115,126 (60.09%)
Term01/03/2007 - 01/03/2009 Margin38,670 (+20.18%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/04/2008
NameGlenn W. "G.T." Thompson Jr. Votes155,513 (56.72%)
Term01/03/2009 - 01/03/2011 Margin43,004 (+15.68%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
RacePA - District 05 11/04/2008
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
04/21/2008 04/22/2008
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Matt Shaner 4 1 ----
Derek A. Walker 1 ------
Leaning Call: Matt Shaner (85.71%)
Weighted Call: Matt Shaner (99.93%)

CANDIDATES
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Name Glenn W. "G.T." Thompson Jr. Derek A. Walker Matt Shaner Jeffrey J. "Jeff" Stroehmann Keith Richardson Louis A. "Lou" Radkowski John Rea Stroup
PartyRepublican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican
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Certified Votes 13,988 (19.18%) 13,153 (18.03%) 12,860 (17.63%) 9,921 (13.60%) 7,094 (9.73%) 5,083 (6.97%) 4,550 (6.24%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -835 (-1.14%) -1,128 (-1.55%) -4,067 (-5.58%) -6,894 (-9.45%) -8,905 (-12.21%) -9,438 (-12.94%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Cash On Hand 4/2 $718.00 4/2 $8,362.00 4/2 $350,421.00 4/2 $50,122.00 4/2 $2,127.00 $-- 4/2 $10,757.00
Website [Website] [Website]
Entry Date 00/00/2008 01/14/2008 01/09/2008 01/21/2008 00/00/2008 00/00/2008 01/16/2008
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MATCHUP POLLS (0 from 0 pollsters)
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R John E. Peterson 🔗
R William F. Clinger, Jr. 🔗
R Samuel H. Smith 🔗
  Club for Growth
MORE CANDIDATES
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Name C. Chris Exarchos John T. Krupa  
PartyRepublican Republican  
Campaign Logo  
Certified Votes 4,376 (6.00%) 1,916 (2.63%)  
Margin-9,612 (-13.18%) -12,072 (-16.55%)  
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00%  
Cash On Hand $-- $--  
Website [Website] [Website]  
Entry Date 01/12/2008 00/00/2008  
MATCHUP POLLS (0 from 0 pollsters)
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Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Apr 19, 2008 06:00pm Advertisement House candidate in Pa. charged with burglary [PA-05]  Article Chronicler 
Jan 22, 2008 08:00am News [PA-05] Business owner throws hat in ring  Article hillman_pa 
Jan 16, 2008 02:00pm News [PA-05] Clarion mayor Stroup to seek Peterson's seat in Congress  Article hillman_pa 
Jan 16, 2008 01:00pm News [PA-05] Two more launch bids for Congress  Article hillman_pa 
Jan 15, 2008 08:00am News [PA-05] More join race for Peterson seat  Article hillman_pa 
Jan 10, 2008 06:10pm News [PA-05] New US House candidate admits he may have been drunk before crash  Article hillman_pa 
Jan 08, 2008 01:50pm Announcement Corman won't seek Congressional seat [PA-5]  Article RP 
Jan 04, 2008 09:00am Analysis [PA-05] Attention focuses on who might replace Peterson in U.S. House seat  Article hillman_pa 

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