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- The 2010 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania took place on November 2, 2010, during the 2010 midterm elections. Incumbent Republican-turned-Democrat U.S. Senator Arlen Specter ran for reelection to a sixth term, but lost in the Democratic primary to Joe Sestak. Republican nominee Pat Toomey then won the seat. Toomey had previously run for United States Senate in 2004, challenging Specter for the Republican nomination, but was narrowly defeated in the primary. Specter went on to be reelected to his fifth term, defeating the Democratic nominee, Congressman Joe Hoeffel. Toomey announced on April 15, 2009, that he would again seek the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in the 2010 election. The primary season was marked by Specter's decision in early 2009 to switch from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party due to his disagreement with the increasingly conservative positions of the party, pitting him against Sestak in the Democratic primary. The contest, characterized by attacks between the two Democratic candidates, was one of the most-watched primary races of the 2010 election cycle. Sestak ultimately defeated Specter in the May 18 primary, garnering 53.9% of the vote, to Specter's 46.1%. Pat Toomey easily defeated challenger Peg Luksik for the Republican nomination. Toomey received 81.5% of the vote, to Luksik's 18.5%. Toomey defeated Sestak in the general election on November 2, 2010. Toomey garnered 2,028,945 votes (51.01%) to Sestak's 1,948,716 (48.99%), a margin of 80,229 votes (2.02%). The race was called by the Associated Press shortly before midnight. Not long thereafter, Sestak officially conceded the election to Toomey. Toomey's winning margin made this election the third-closest race of the 2010 Senate election cycle, behind only the elections in Illinois and Colorado. As of 2022, this is the last time that Lehigh County and Monroe County voted Republican. (en)
- A eleição para o senado do estado americano da Pensilvânia em 2010 foi realizada em 2 de novembro de 2010. O senador Arlen Specter foi membro republicano durante 43 anos, mas no início de 2009 tornou-se um democrata, concorreu contra Joe Sestak na primária democrata, mas foi derrotado. Pat Toomey venceu a primária republicana com 81,49% dos votos. As pesquisas mostravam um empate técnico durante boa parte da campanha, a situação só mudou em outubro quando Toomey tinha 8% de vantagem. Nesta campanha (incluindo a primária) foram gastos 36,158,222 milhões de dólares. Pat Toomey foi eleito em 2 de novembro de 2010 com mais de 2 milhões de votos. (pt)
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- I passionately disagree with his ideas, and you're going to see us talking about that, but there will never be anything of a personal nature. At the end of the game, let's have had a great debate and then go out and have a beer. That's how they did it in the old days. (en)
- Both candidates have decided to go negative and go negative early because both are trying to win by making the other candidate unacceptable and therefore, not the choice of the voters. (en)
- We're going to win this election because when you give people a choice between prosperity and stagnation, they'll choose prosperity. We're on the side of the people who pay all the bills. I believe they will choose to return to the principles of this great party. (en)
- As this disastrous recession worsens, I have become increasingly concerned about the future of our state and national economy. Unfortunately, the recent extraordinary response of the federal government – more corporate bailouts, unprecedented spending and debt, higher taxes – is likely to make things worse. I think we are on a dangerously wrong path. Pennsylvanians want a US Senator focused on real and sustainable job creation that gets our economy growing again. That is why I am considering becoming a candidate for the U.S. Senate. (en)
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- The 2010 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania took place on November 2, 2010, during the 2010 midterm elections. Incumbent Republican-turned-Democrat U.S. Senator Arlen Specter ran for reelection to a sixth term, but lost in the Democratic primary to Joe Sestak. Republican nominee Pat Toomey then won the seat. (en)
- A eleição para o senado do estado americano da Pensilvânia em 2010 foi realizada em 2 de novembro de 2010. O senador Arlen Specter foi membro republicano durante 43 anos, mas no início de 2009 tornou-se um democrata, concorreu contra Joe Sestak na primária democrata, mas foi derrotado. Pat Toomey venceu a primária republicana com 81,49% dos votos. As pesquisas mostravam um empate técnico durante boa parte da campanha, a situação só mudou em outubro quando Toomey tinha 8% de vantagem. Nesta campanha (incluindo a primária) foram gastos 36,158,222 milhões de dólares. (pt)
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