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Joe Pitts
 
170,329 votes
55.8%
- Party: Republican
 - Occupation: Member of Congress
 - Teacher
 - Landscape Nursery Owner & Operator
 - Air Force Operator
 - Member of PA State Legislature
  
Priorities:
- Rebuilding our Economy
 - Financial Security for Every Family
 - Reducing America's Dependence on Imported Fossil Fuels
  
Bruce A. Slater
 
120,193 votes
39.4%
- Party: Democratic
 - Occupation: Restoration contractor
 - US Navy Veteran
 - Committee Person, Lancaster County Democratic Committee
 - Lifelong Democrat and community activist
 - Avid outdoors-man
  
Priorities:
- End the war in Iraq.
 - Focus on the US
 - Reform Healthcare
  
John A. Murphy
 
11,768 votes
3.9%
- Party: Independent
 - Occupation: Retired Management Consultant
 - BA political science, St. Joe's 1968
 - MBA Drexel University, 1978
 - Founding member Pennsylvania Ballot Access Coalition
 - Past President American Marketing Association Philadelphia Chapter
  
Priorities:
- Immediate end to occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan
 - Elimination of federal income tax for Americans making less than $100,000 per year
 - Creation of secure sustainable jobs through investment in renewable energy sources
  
Daniel Frank
 
2,877 votes
0.9%
- Party: Constitution
 - Occupation: IT Consultant
 - BS, University of Maryland
 - Vice-Chairman Lancaster Committee, Constitution Party
  
Priorities:
- Keep Jobs in America
 - Reduce Government Spending
 - American Sovereignty (Secure Our Borders Immediately!)
  
  
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