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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
NDP BigZuck08
  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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