2010 Pennsylvania elections

none February 2026 September 2023 Elections were held in Pennsylvania on November 2, 2010. These included elections for U.S. Senate, Governor, Pennsylvania Senate, and Pennsylvania House of Representatives. 2010 11 2 2010 Pennsylvania elections Pennsylvania presidential Yes 2009 Pennsylvania elections 2009 2011 Pennsylvania elections 2011 Federal United States Senate United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 2010 Former Republican, now Democratic, Senator Arlen Specter was defeated in a primary election to Joe Sestak, who then faced Republican Pat Toomey. In a narrow race, Pat Toomey was victorious over Sestak. United States House Twelfth District special election Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district special election, 2010 A special election was held on May 18, 2010 to fill the seat left vacant by the death of Democratic U.S. Representative John Murtha.https://www.politico.com/story/2010/02/murtha-special-election-set-033100 Murtha special election set February 17, 2010 February 17, 2010 Politico David Catanese On March 8, 2010, the Pennsylvania Democratic Party's Executive Committee nominated Mark Critz, Murtha's former district director.http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/08/dems-choose-nominee-for-murtha-seat/ Dems Choose Nominee for Murtha Seat March 8, 2010 March 9, 2010 The New York Times Bernie Becker On March 11, a convention of Republicans from the 12th district nominated businessman Tim Burns.http://www.tribune-democrat.com/local/local_story_071000335.html GOP chooses Burns for special election in 12th March 12, 2010 March 12, 2010 The Tribune-Democrat Mike Faher March 14, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100314131456/http://www.tribune-democrat.com/local/local_story_071000335.html dead The Democrats held the seat in the special election, with Critz defeating Burns.https://www.politico.com/story/2010/05/dem-critz-holds-murthas-pa-seat-037466 Dem Critz holds Murtha's Pa. seat May 18, 2010 July 9, 2010 Politico Both would face each other again in November's general election, with Critz winning again.http://tribune-democrat.com/local/x712212343/Critz-to-face-Burns-again-in-November Critz to face Burns again in November May 18, 2010 July 9, 2010 The Tribune-Democrat Associated Press General election United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, 2010 All 19 seats will face an election. Pennsylvania is expected to lose one congressional seat after the 2010 census. State Governor Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, 2010 A new governor was elected(incumbent Governor Ed Rendell (D) is term limited), Tom Corbett, the Republican, won the general election with 55% of the vote against the Democrat, Dan Onorato, who carried 45% of the final vote. State Senate Pennsylvania Senate elections, 2010 State House of Representatives Pennsylvania House of Representatives elections, 2010 Judicial positions Pennsylvania holds judicial elections in odd-numbered years. Pennsylvania judicial elections, 2010 at Judgepedia Ballot measures At least one statewide ballot question has been proposed for the November 2 ballot: 1. Call for a Constitutional Convention Pennsylvania 2010 ballot measures at Ballotpedia See also Elections in Pennsylvania References External links Voting and Elections at the Pennsylvania Department of State Candidates for Pennsylvania State Offices at Project Vote Smart Pennsylvania Polls at Pollster.com Pennsylvania at Rasmussen Reports Pennsylvania Congressional Races in 2010 campaign finance data from OpenSecrets Pennsylvania 2010 campaign finance data from Follow the Money Pennsylvania