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November 4, 2008 Election

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President | State Executive | US Legislature | State Senate | State House | State Referendums |
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    • President

    President of the United StatesClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Barack Obama/Joe Biden, Democratic
      3,276,363 votes 54.7%
    • John McCain/Sarah Palin, Republican
      2,655,885 votes 44.3%
    • Ralph Nader/Matt Gonzales, Independent
      42,977 votes 0.7%
    • Bob Barr/Wayne A. Root, Libertarian
      19,912 votes 0.3%

    State Executive

    Attorney General; State of PennsylvaniaClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    Auditor General; State of PennsylvaniaClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    State Treasurer; State of PennsylvaniaClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Robert McCord, Democratic
      3,104,242 votes 55.0%
    • Tom Ellis, Republican
      2,422,608 votes 42.9%
    • Berlie Etzel, Libertarian
      119,748 votes 2.1%

    US Legislature

    US Representative; District 4Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    US Representative; District 12Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • John P. Murtha, Democratic
      155,268 votes 57.9%
    • William Russell, Republican
      113,120 votes 42.1%

    US Representative; District 14Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Mike Doyle, Democratic
      242,326 votes 91.3%
    • Titus North, Green
      23,214 votes 8.7%

    US Representative; District 18Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    State Senate

    State Senator; District 37Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • John Pippy, Republican
      88,770 votes 65.8%
    • Amy Jude Schmotzer, Democratic
      46,152 votes 34.2%

    State Senator; District 43Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Jay Costa, Jr., Democratic
      101,482 votes 100.0%

    State Senator; District 45Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Sean Logan, Democratic
      85,334 votes 100.0%

    State Senator; District 47Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Elder Vogel, Jr., Republican
      60,047 votes 56.7%
    • Jason Petrella, Democratic
      45,857 votes 43.3%

    State House

    State Representative; District 16Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Robert F. Matzie, Democratic
      22,435 votes 100.0%

    State Representative; District 19Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Jake Wheatley, Democratic
      22,913 votes 100.0%

    State Representative; District 20Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Don Walko, Democratic
      22,151 votes 85.6%
    • Jim Barr, Constitution
      3,741 votes 14.4%

    State Representative; District 21Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Dom Costa, Democratic
      20,650 votes 78.7%
    • Dan Mahon, Independent
      3,695 votes 14.1%
    • Jonah Yon McAllister-Erickson, Green
      1,891 votes 7.2%

    State Representative; District 22Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Chelsa Wagner, Democratic
      24,280 votes 100.0%

    State Representative; District 23Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Dan B. Frankel, Democratic
      25,793 votes 86.7%
    • Mary E. Hughes, Green
      3,948 votes 13.3%

    State Representative; District 24Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Joseph Preston, Jr., Democratic
      26,342 votes 100.0%

    State Representative; District 25Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Joseph F. Markosek, Democratic, Republican
      28,916 votes 100.0%

    State Representative; District 27Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Daniel J. Deasy, Jr., Democratic
      19,251 votes 80.3%
    • Frank J. Liberatore, Reform
      4,736 votes 19.7%

    State Representative; District 28Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Mike Turzai, Republican
      27,268 votes 74.1%
    • Brad Cline, Democratic
      9,521 votes 25.9%

    State Representative; District 30Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Randy Vulakovich, Republican
      28,942 votes 100.0%

    State Representative; District 32Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Anthony M. Deluca, Democratic
      22,083 votes 73.2%
    • Joseph F. O'Connor, Republican
      8,066 votes 26.8%

    State Representative; District 33Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Frank Dermody, Democratic
      14,601 votes 51.0%
    • Jason Davidek, Republican
      14,013 votes 49.0%

    State Representative; District 34Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Paul Costa, Democratic
      25,137 votes 100.0%

    State Representative; District 35Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Marc J. Gergely, Democratic
      20,318 votes 88.9%
    • David Posipanka, Libertarian
      2,549 votes 11.1%

    State Representative; District 36Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Harry Readshaw, Democratic
      23,951 votes 100.0%

    State Representative; District 38Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Bill Kortz, Democratic
      20,089 votes 72.3%
    • Daniel Davis, Republican
      7,700 votes 27.7%

    State Representative; District 39Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • David Levdansky, Democratic
      15,824 votes 52.8%
    • Monica Douglas, Republican
      14,143 votes 47.2%

    State Representative; District 40Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • John Maher, Republican
      28,753 votes 100.0%

    State Representative; District 42Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    State Representative; District 44Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    State Representative; District 45Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Nick Kotik, Democratic
      24,442 votes 100.0%

    State Representative; District 46Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Jesse White, Democratic
      18,459 votes 63.1%
    • Frank Yuvan, Republican
      10,787 votes 36.9%

    State Referendums

    Referendum Act-64 Water and Sewer Improvements Bond Referendum
    Pass: 2,879,592 / 62.3% Yes votes ...... 1,744,555 / 37.7% No votes
    Do you favor the incurring of indebtedness by the Commonwealth of $400,000,000 for grants and loans to municipalities and public utilities for the cost of all labor, materials, necessary operational machinery and equipment, lands, property, right and easements, plans and specifications, surveys, estimates of costs and revenues, prefeasibility studies, engineering and legal services and all other expenses necessary or incident to the acquisition, construction, improvement, expansion, extension, repair or rehabilitation of all or part of drinking water system, storm water, nonpoint source projects, nutrient credits and wastewater treatment system projects?

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