Pennsylvania Total Vote Turnout '90-'94
Year Registered Voting
1998 7,258,822 3,025,152 41.6755%
1994 5,879,093 3,585,526 60.9877%
1,379,729 (560,374) -19.3122%
Pa. Gov. 98 Tom Ridge (R) Ivan Itkin (D) Peg Luksik (C) Krawchuk (Lib) Write-in Governor 98
1,736,844 938,745 315,761 33,591 211 3,025,152
57.4134% 31.0313% 10.4379% 1.1104% 0.0070% 349,563
Pa. Gov. 94 Ridge (R) Singel (D) Luksik (Const) Fallon (Lib) (211) Write-in Governor 94 (560,374)
1,627,976 1,430,099 460,269 33,602 33,235 345 3,585,526
45.4041% 39.8853% 12.8369% 0.9372% 0.9269% 0.0096% Ind. total 527,451
Difference 108,868 (491,354) (144,508) (11) (33,024) (345)
Pa. Sen. 98 Specter (R) Bill Lloyd (D) Dean Snyder (C) Innantuono (L) Write-in Senate 98
1,814,180 1,028,839 68,377 46,103 273 0 2,957,772
61.3360% 34.7843% 2.3118% 1.5587% 0.0092% 0.0000% Ind. total 114,753
Pa. Sen. 94 Santorum (R) Wofford (D) Blough (Pat) Ernsberger (Lib) Write-in Senate 94
1,735,691 1,648,481 69,825 59,115 249 0 3,513,361
49.4026% 46.9203% 1.9874% 1.6826% 0.0071% 0.0000% Ind. total 129,189
Difference 78,489 (619,642) (1,448) (13,012) 24 0
Pa. House 1-98 Harrison (R) Brady (Dem) Featherman (L) Cole (SWC) Race Total
15,898 77,788 1,198 964 95,848
16.5867% 81.1577% 1.2499% 1.0058%
Pa. House 1-94 Gordon (R) Foglietta (D) (26,416)
22,595 99,669 122,264
18.4805% 81.5195%
(6,697) (21,881)
Pa. House 2-98 Mulligan (R) Fattah (D) Race Total
16,001 102,763 118,764
13.4729% 86.5271%
Pa. House 2-94 Watson (R) Fattah (D) (21,613)
19,824 120,553 140,377
14.1220% 85.8780%
(3,823) (17,790)
Pa. House 3-98 Dougherty (R) Borski (D)
45,390 66,270 111,660
40.6502% 59.3498%
Pa. House 3-94 Hasher (R) Borski (D) (36,251)
55,209 92,702 147,911
37.3258% 62.6742%
(9,819) (26,432)
Pa. House 4-98 Mike Turzai (R) Klink (D) Write-in Race Total
58,485 103,183 17 161,685
36.1722% 63.8173% 0.0105%
Pa. House 4-94 Peglow (R) Klink (D) (23,939)
66,509 119,115 185,624
35.8300% 64.1700%
(8,024) (15,932)
Pa. House 5-98 Peterson (R) No Democrat Belitskus (G) Write-in Race Total
99,502 0 17,734 87 117,323
84.8103% 0.0000% 15.1155% 0.0742%
Pa. House 5-94 Clinger (R) No Democrat Write-in (28,108)
145,335 0 96 145,431
99.9340% 0.0000% 0.0660%
(45,833) 0 17,638
Pa. House 6-98 Meckley (R) Holden (D) Race Total
54,579 85,374 139,953
38.9981% 61.0019%
Pa. House 6-94 Levering (R) Holden (D) (18,680)
68,610 90,023 158,633
43.2508% 56.7492%
(14,031) (4,649)
Pa. House 7-98 Weldon (R) D'Urso (D) Race Total
119,491 46,920 166,411
71.8047% 28.1953%
Pa. House 7-94 Weldon (R) Nichols (D) (30,914)
137,480 59,845 197,325
69.6719% 30.3281%
(17,989) (12,925)
Pa. House 8-98 Greenwood (R) Tuthill (D) Wolfertz (CST) Blair (Ref) Boyce (NLP) Write-in Race Total
93,697 48,320 3,917 1,229 1,022 15 148,200
63.2233% 32.6046% 2.6430% 0.8293% 0.6896% 0.0101%
Pa. House 8-94 Greenwood (R) Murray (D) Russell (Lib) Cash (CFC) (18,974)
110,499 44,559 7,925 4,191 167,174
66.0982% 26.6543% 4.7406% 2.5070%
(16,802) 3,761 (4,008) (2,962)
Race Total
Pa. House 9-98 Schuster (R) No Democrat Write-in
125,409 0 618 126,027
99.5096% 0.0000% 0.4904%
Pa. House 9-94 Schuster (R) No Democrat Write-in (21,176)
146,688 0 515 147,203
99.6501% 0.0000% 0.3499%
(21,279) 0 103
Pa. House 10-98 Sherwood (R) Casey (D) McLaughlin (Ref) Write-in Race Total
84,275 83,760 4,998 23 173,056
48.6981% 48.4005% 2.8881% 0.0133%
Pa. House 10-94 McDade (R) Bolus (D) Smith (Lib) Write-in 10,166
106,992 50,635 5,196 67 162,890
65.6836% 31.0854% 3.1899% 0.0411%
(22,717) 33,125 (198) (44)
Pa. House 11-98 Urban (R) Kanjorski (D) Write-in Race Total
44,123 88,933 9 133,065
33.1590% 66.8343% 0.0068%
Pa. House 11-94 Podolak (R) Kanjorski (D) Write-in (20,212)
51,295 101,966 16 153,277
33.4656% 66.5240% 0.0104%
(7,172) (13,033) (7)
Pa. House 12-98 Holloway (R) Murtha (D) Write-in Race Total
46,239 100,528 13 146,780
31.5022% 68.4889% 0.0089%
Pa. House 12-94 Choby (R) Murtha (D) Write-in (24,225)
53,147 117,825 33 171,005
31.0792% 68.9015% 0.0193%
(6,908) (17,297) (20)
Pa. House 13-98 Jon Fox (R) Hoeffel (D) Burke (Lib) Write-in Race Total
85,915 95,105 3,470 0 184,490
46.5689% 51.5502% 1.8809% 0.0000%
Pa. House 13-94 Fox (R) Margolies (D) Hustead (Lib) Szabo (CWS) (10,298)
D to R (lost '92) 96,254 88,073 7,183 3,278 194,788
49.4147% 45.2148% 3.6876% 1.6829%
(10,339) 7,032 (3,713) (3,278)
Pa. House 14-98 Ravotti (R) Coyne (D) Kolis (SWP) Write-in Race Total
52,745 83,355 1,625 11 137,736
38.2943% 60.5179% 1.1798% 0.0080%
Pa. House 14-94 Clark (R) Coyne (D) Stewart (Pat) Scherrer (WKL) Write-in Gray (26,474)
53,221 105,310 3,826 1,819 34 164,210
32.4103% 64.1313% 2.3299% 1.1077% 0.0207%
(476) (21,955) (2,201) (1,808) (34)
Pa. House 15-98 Toomey (R) Afflerbach (D) Write-in Race Total
81,755 66,930 21 148,706
54.9776% 45.0083% 0.0141%
Pa. House 15-94 Yeager (R) McHale (D) Mazziotti (Pat) Write-in (2,203)
71,602 72,073 7,227 7 150,909
47.4471% 47.7592% 4.7890% 0.0046%
10,153 (5,143) (7,206) (7)
Pa. House 16-98 Pitts (R) Yorczyk (D) Write-in
95,979 40,092 14 136,085
70.5287% 29.4610% 0.0103%
Pa. House 16-94 Walker (R) Chertok (D) Write-in (21,370)
109,759 47,680 16 0 157,455
69.7082% 30.2817% 0.0102% 0.0000%
(13,780) (7,588) (2) (0)
Pa. House 17-98 Gekas (R) No Democrat Write-in
114,931 0 176 115,107
99.8471% 0.0000% 0.1529%
Pa. House 17-94 Gekas (R) No Democrat Write-in (18,868)
133,788 0 187 0 133,975
99.8604% 0.0000% 0.1396% 0.0000%
(18,857) 0 (11) (0)
Pa. House 18-98 Walker (R) Doyle (D) Write-in
46,945 98,363 29 145,337
32.3008% 67.6793% 0.0200%
Pa. House 18-94 McCarty (R) Doyle (D) Write-in (40,413)
R to D 83,881 101,784 85 0 185,750
45.1580% 54.7962% 0.0458% 0.0000%
(36,936) (3,421) (56) (0)
Pa. House 19-98 Goodling (R) Linda Ropp (D) Shoemaker (L) Write-in
96,336 40,674 5,444 87 142,541
67.5848% 28.5349% 3.8193% 0.0610%
Pa. House 19-94 Goodling (R) No Democrat Write-in 17,424
124,496 0 621 0 125,117
99.5037% 0.0000% 0.4963% 0.0000%
(28,160) 40,674 4,823 87
Pa. House 20-98 No Republican Mascara (D) Write-in
0 97,885 190 98,075
0.0000% 99.8063% 0.1937%
Pa. House 20-94 McCormick (R) Mascara (D) Write-in (81,344)
84,156 95,251 12 0 179,419
46.9047% 53.0886% 0.0067% 0.0000%
(84,156) 2,634 178 (0)
Pa. House 21-98 English (R) Klemens (D) Write-ins
94,518 54,591 6 149,115
63.3860% 36.6100% 0.0040%
Pa. House 21-94 English (R) Leavens (D) Drew (Ind) Write-in (31,714)
89,439 84,796 6,588 6 180,829
49.4605% 46.8929% 3.6432% 0.0033%
5,079 (30,205) (6,582) (6)
House 88
1,119,483 1,089,321 33,634 2,314 1,022 15 House 98
352,730 291,513 5,845 87 0 0 2,895,964
Total Penn. 98 1,472,213 1,380,834 39,479 2,401 1,022 15
1,315,019 1,210,028 32,033 9,362 34 0 0
515,760 281,831 7,493 6 0 0 0
Total Penn. 94 1,830,779 1,491,859 39,526 9,368 34 0 0 House 94 (475,602)
3,371,566
(358,566) (111,025) (47) (6,967) 988 15 0
Pennsylvania Republicans Democrats Unopposed Reps Unopposed Dems Total Unopposed
House 1998 10 11 5 1 6 28.5714%
House 1994 10 11 4 0 4 19.0476%
0 0 1 1 2 9.5238%
Referenda Yes No
Pa. Ref. 1 Disallow bail when presumption great in crime carrying life imprisonment. 1,620,567 72.9318% 601,463 2,222,030 0.5
Pa. Ref. 2 State shall have same right to trial by jury as does the accused 1,496,894 68.6303% 684,204 2,181,098 1
#1 issue in 1994, $25 million for loans to volunteer fire and ambulance service. 1,854,826 79.2078% 486,896 2,341,722
Legislature Republicans Democrats Unopposed Reps Unopposed Dems Total Unopposed
Pa. Senate 98 15 10 3 5 8 32.0000%
Pa. Senate 94 15 10 3 2 5 20.0000%
0 0 0 3 3 12.0000%
Republicans Democrats Unopposed Reps Unopposed Dems Total Unopposed
Pa. House 98 103 100 53 31 84 41.3793%
Pa. House 94 101 102 45 29 74 36.4532%
2 -2 8 2 10 4.9261%

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