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  PA Lt. Governor - D Primary
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Parents > United States > Pennsylvania > Lieutenant Governor
OfficeLieutenant Governor
HonorificLieutenant Governor - Abbr: Lt. Gov.
TypeDemocratic Primary Election
Filing Deadline January 01, 1978 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open May 16, 1978 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close May 16, 1978 - 07:00pm Central
Term Start January 04, 1979 - 12:00pm
Term End January 04, 1983 - 12:00pm
ContributorRBH
Last ModifiedRBH March 09, 2010 01:21am
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LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/05/1974
NameErnest P. Kline Votes1,878,252 (53.66%)
Term01/20/1975 - 01/20/1979 Margin299,335 (+8.55%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/07/1978
NameWilliam W. "Bill" Scranton III Votes1,966,042 (52.54%)
Term01/20/1979 - 01/20/1983 Margin228,154 (+6.10%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
RacePA Lt. Governor 11/07/1978

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Name Robert P. Casey Register of Wills Thomas Leonard C. Delores Tucker Helen Gillette Peter C. Wambach, Sr. John Dellafiora Wayne Kelly
PartyDemocratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic
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Certified Votes 346,941 (29.46%) 219,129 (18.61%) 162,899 (13.83%) 85,878 (7.29%) 76,378 (6.49%) 68,938 (5.85%) 53,047 (4.51%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -127,812 (-10.85%) -184,042 (-15.63%) -261,063 (-22.17%) -270,563 (-22.98%) -278,003 (-23.61%) -293,894 (-24.96%)
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Name William A. "Bill" Spingler Dennis Stevens Ronald Lench David R. Wright William J. Richardson Leonard Desmet Peter Atigan
PartyDemocratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic
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Certified Votes 47,508 (4.04%) 32,012 (2.72%) 28,448 (2.42%) 21,317 (1.81%) 16,364 (1.39%) 9,641 (0.82%) 9,035 (0.77%)
Margin-299,433 (-25.43%) -314,929 (-26.74%) -318,493 (-27.05%) -325,624 (-27.65%) -330,577 (-28.07%) -337,300 (-28.64%) -337,906 (-28.70%)
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