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2012 Pennsylvania elections
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Elections were held in Pennsylvania on November 6, 2012. Necessary primary elections were held on April 24.
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All 203 seats of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 25 seats of the Pennsylvania Senate, as well as the offices of Pennsylvania Treasurer, Pennsylvania Auditor General, and Pennsylvania Attorney General were up for election.
Presidential election
2012 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
Democratic primary
Pennsylvania Democratic primary, 2012
As the incumbent president, Barack Obama faced token opposition in the primary election. President Obama cemented his status as the Democratic presumptive nominee on April 3, 2012, by securing the minimum number of pledged delegates needed to clinch the nomination,Jackson, David (April 4, 2012)"It's official: Obama clinches Democratic nomination", USA Today. Retrieved April 10, 2012.(April 4, 2012) "Obama Clinches Democratic Nomination" https://web.archive.org/web/20201005225424/http://whitehouse.blogs.cnn.com/2012/04/04/obama-clinches-democratic-nomination/ 2020-10-05 , CNN. Retrieved April 12, 2012. thus making the Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primaries a non-factor in the nomination.
Republican primary
Pennsylvania Republican primary, 2012
Although Texas Congressman Ron Paul, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney all appeared on the ballot, Romney had all but secured the Republican nomination by the time of the Pennsylvania primaries.Bailey Holly https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/romney-win-pennsylvania-primary-november/story?id=16203496#.UKWLa4fAcZc Romney will win the Pennsylvania primary. But what about November? - ABC News Abcnews.go.com 2012-04-24 2012-11-16 Though Romney had not yet clinched the minimum number of delegates needed to secure the nomination, Gingrich, Santorum, and Paul were too far behind in the delegates count to mount a serious comeback, and had subsequently stopped actively campaigning.Pennsylvania Republican Primary - Election Results - NYTimes.com http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/primaries/states/pennsylvania 2012-11-16 The New York Times
Constitutional officers
Treasurer
Pennsylvania State Treasurer election, 2012
Attorney General
Pennsylvania Attorney General election, 2012
Auditor General
Pennsylvania Auditor General election, 2012
Pennsylvania General Assembly
See: Pennsylvania House of Representatives elections, 2012 and Pennsylvania Senate elections, 2012.
Federal elections
United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 2012
United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, 2012
References
Category:2012 elections in the United States by state or territory