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  PA District 17
  RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > Pennsylvania > PA - District 17
OfficeHouse of Representatives
TypeGeneral Election
Filing Deadline June 01, 2002 - 12:00am
Polls Open November 05, 2002 - 06:00am
Polls Close November 05, 2002 - 08:00pm
Term Start January 04, 2003 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 2005 - 12:00pm
ContributorBarack O-blame-a
Last Modifiedbudgeteer August 13, 2016 12:52pm
Data SourcesPa. Secretary of State
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
PartyRepublican Won11/07/2000
NameGeorge W. Gekas Votes166,236 (71.51%)
Term01/03/2001 - 01/03/2003 Margin100,046 (+43.04%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 0.0000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
T. Timothy "Tim" Holden
Lean 6
Slight 8
George W. Gekas
Slight 1
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

09/19/2002 09/21/2002

CANDIDATES
Photo
Name (I) Rep. T. Timothy "Tim" Holden (I) Rep. George W. Gekas
PartyDemocratic Republican
Votes103,483 (51.41%) 97,802 (48.59%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -5,681 (-2.82%)
Predict Avg.53.07% 46.93%
Finances$0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Cooper & Secrest Associates (D) 
09/19-09/21
48.00% (+0.0) 38.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
D Joe Trippi
  Allentown Morning Call
  Harrisburg Patriot-News

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Oct 24, 2002 08:14pm General Liberal Label Dogs Pa. Candidate  Article RP 
Oct 17, 2002 01:13pm General Pennsylvania 17th - Incumbents, Politics And Polka  Article RP 
Oct 16, 2002 05:41pm General Gekas-Holden Race Tests GOP's Remap Art  Article RP 
Oct 14, 2002 04:45pm General Pennsylvania Incumbents Clash in Key House Race  Article RP 

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