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2000 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania
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All 21 Pennsylvania seats to the United States House of Representatives
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Party
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Democratic
Last election
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11
Seats won
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Seat change
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Republican
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70–80%
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Democratic
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
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The 2000 United States House elections in Pennsylvania was an election for Pennsylvania 's delegation to the United States House of Representatives , which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 7, 2000.
General election
1st Congressional district
2nd Congressional District
3rd Congressional district
4th Congressional district
Prior to the 2000 election, Democratic Congressman Ron Klink vacated Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district to challenge Republican Rick Santorum for the United States Senate . Pennsylvania State Senator Melissa Hart won the Republican nomination unopposed. State Representative Terry Van Horne won an 8-way primary election to win the Democratic nomination. Van Horne's victory was He defeated the state and national party's preferred candidate, Matthew Mangino, the Lawrence County, Pennsylvania district attorney. Shortly after Van Horne's victory, the National Republican Congressional Committee began re-circulating 1994 newspaper accounts alleging that he had been overheard using a racial slur in the halls of the Pennsylvania State Capitol to describe fellow State Representative Dwight E. Evans , who was opposing reduction in welfare.
The race was expected to be a close one, with accusations of illegal phone calls, stolen signs, and misleading mailers sent to constituents. Surrogates for both candidates, funded with soft money , aired television advertisements throughout the Western Pennsylvania district. National dignitaries, including Republican Senator John McCain and Democratic Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy of Rhode Island visited the area to advocate for their party's candidates. In the end, Hart won the district with 59% of the vote.
5th Congressional district
6th Congressional district
7th Congressional district
8th Congressional district
9th Congressional district
10th Congressional district
11th Congressional district
12th Congressional district
13th Congressional district
14th Congressional district
15th Congressional district
16th Congressional district
17th Congressional district
18th Congressional district
19th Congressional district
20th Congressional district
21st Congressional district
References
"Representative in Congress, 2000 General Election" . Commonwealth of PA - Elections Information . Pennsylvania Department of State. 2004. Archived from the original on January 30, 2012. Retrieved November 3, 2010.
Ayred, Jr., B. Drummond (April 6, 2000). "Primaries in Pennsylvania Put Focus on Congressional Races" . The New York Times .
Bair, Jeffrey (April 6, 2000). "GOP makes issue out of 1994 racial slur" . Pittsburgh Post Gazette . PG Publishing Co.
Norman, Tony (April 11, 2000). "A race to play the race card" . Pittsburgh Post Gazette . PG Publishing Co.
^ Roddy, Dennis (November 5, 2000). "Election 2000: It's more fun when every vote counts" . Pittsburgh Post Gazette . PG Publishing Co.
Roddy, Dennis (September 20, 2000). "Hart, Van Horne debate 'soft money'" . Pittsburgh Post Gazette . PG Publishing Co.
See also
(1999 ← ) 2000 United States elections (→ 2001 ) President
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