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  RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > Pennsylvania > Senate Class I
OfficeSenate
TypePrimary Election
Filing Deadline February 14, 2012 - 05:00pm
Polls Open April 24, 2012 - 06:00am
Polls Close April 24, 2012 - 07:00pm
Term Start January 03, 2013 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 2019 - 12:00pm
ContributorMcCord 2014
Last ModifiedRP April 06, 2017 12:45pm
Data Sources[Link]
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Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
PartyDemocratic Won11/07/2006
NameBob Casey Jr. Votes2,392,984 (58.64%)
Term01/03/2007 - 01/03/2013 Margin708,206 (+17.35%)
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 0.0000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Steve Welch
Slight 2
Samuel E. Rohrer
Safe 2
Lean 1
Slight 4
Tom Smith
Slight 4
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

01/03/2011 04/17/2012

CANDIDATES
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Name Tom Smith St. Rep. Samuel E. Rohrer Steve Welch David A. Christian Marc A. Scaringi
PartyRepublican Republican Republican Republican Republican
Votes299,726 (39.52%) 169,118 (22.30%) 158,181 (20.85%) 79,581 (10.49%) 51,908 (6.84%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -130,608 (-17.22%) -141,545 (-18.66%) -220,145 (-29.02%) -247,818 (-32.67%)
Predict Avg.22.00% 26.00% 14.00% 20.00% 18.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
McLaughlin & Associates (R) 
04/15-04/17		 35.00% (+6.0) 16.00% (+2.0) 10.00% (+1.0) 5.00% (-2.0) 3.00% (+1.0)
McLaughlin & Associates (R) 
04/09-04/11		 29.00% (+7.0) 14.00% (-1.0) 9.00% (-1.0) 7.00% (+0.0) 2.00% (-2.0)
Wenzel Strategies (R) 
03/26-03/27		 25.70% (+0.0) 17.90% (+0.0) 2.20% (+0.0) 4.30% (+0.0) 1.70% (+0.0)
Franklin & Marshall College 
03/20-03/25		 9.00% (+0.0) 7.00% (+0.0) 1.00% (+0.0) 1.00% (+0.0) 1.00% (+0.0)
Public Policy Polling 
03/08-03/11		 12.00% (+9.0) 16.00% (-9.0) 5.00% (+4.0) 10.00% (+0.0) 8.00% (+8.0)
Susquehanna Polling & Research (SP&R) 
02/02-02/06		 8.00% (+0.0) 10.00% (+0.0) 1.00% (+0.0) 1.00% (+0.0) 1.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
R William E. "Bill" Ames Jr. [L]
R Joseph E. "Joe" Kantz [L]
R Mike Folmer [L]
R Donald C. "Don" White [L]
R Herman Cain [L]
R Michele Bachmann [L]
  Gun Owners of America
  Pennsylvania Republican Party
R Tom Corbett [L]
R Tom Hogan [L]
LBT Daniel Truitt [L]
LBT Smart
LBT Jed
  Republican Liberty Caucus

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Sep 16, 2011 07:00am General GOP wooing U.S. Rep. Pat Meehan to seek nod to run against Sen. Casey  Article Jason 
Aug 12, 2011 12:00pm News Former PA-12 Candidate Tim Burns Mulling Run Against Casey  Article RBH 
Mar 21, 2011 10:20am Speculative Roarty: Dicks Sporting Goods CEO Ed Stack Mulling Challenge to Casey  Article 00 
Dec 09, 2010 06:00pm General State Senator Kim Ward Emerges as Potential Challenger to Bob Casey  Article COSDem 
Nov 23, 2010 02:00pm Announcement Ex-Santorum aide to challenge Casey  Article Monsieur 

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