Electoral history of Arlen Specter

Philadelphia district attorney election, 1965:[1]

• Jim Crumlish (D) (inc.) – 289,522 (46.90%)
• Arlen Specter (R) – 327,787 (53.10%)

Philadelphia mayoral election, 1967:[2]

• James Tate (D) (inc.) – 353,326 (48.97%)
• Arlen Specter (R) – 342,578 (47.48%)
• Joseph J. Frieri (Constitution) – 9,931 (1.38%)
• Cecil B. Moore (Political Freedom Rights) – 9,031 (1.25%)
• Leonard L. Smalls (Conservative) – 6,675 (0.93%)

Philadelphia district attorney election, 1969:[3]

• David Berger (D) – 244,544 (40.96%)
• Arlen Specter (R) (inc.) – 346,294 (58.00%)
• Richard Ash (Consumer) – 6,189 (1.04%)

Philadelphia district attorney election, 1973:[4]

• Emmett Fitzpatrick (D) – 231,505 (53.48%)
• Arlen Specter (R) (inc.) – 201,342 (46.52%)

Republican primary for the United States Senate from Pennsylvania, 1976:[5]

• John Heinz III – 358,715 (37.84%)
• Arlen Specter – 332,513 (35.08%)
• George R. Packard – 160,379 (16.92%)
• C. Homer Brown – 46,828 (4.94%)
• Mary E. Folts – 29,160 (3.08%)
• Francis Worley – 20,421 (2.15%)

Republican primary for Governor of Pennsylvania, 1978:[6]

• Dick Thornburgh – 325,376 (34.55%)
• Arlen Specter – 206,802 (21.96%)
• Bob Butera – 190,653 (20.24%)
• David W. Marston – 161,813 (17.18%)
• Henry Hager – 57,119 (6.07%)

Republican primary for the United States Senate from Pennsylvania, 1980:[7]

• Arlen Specter – 419,372 (36.40%)
• Bud Haabestad – 382,281 (33.18%)
• Edward L. Howard – 148,200 (12.86%)
• Norman Bertasavage – 52,408 (4.55%)
• Andrew J. Watson – 43,992 (3.82%)
• Warren R. Williams – 38,164 (3.31%)
• Lewis C. Richards – 36,982 (3.21%)
• Francis Worley – 30,660 (2.66%)

United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 1980:[8]

• Arlen Specter (R) – 2,230,404 (50.48%)
• Pete Flaherty (D) – 2,122,391 (48.04%)
• Linda Mohrbacher (Socialist Workers) – 27,229 (0.62%)
• David K. Walter (Libertarian) – 18,595 (0.42%)
• Lee Frissell (Consumer) – 16,089 (0.36%)
• Frank Kinces (Communist) – 3,334 (0.08%)

Republican primary for the United States Senate from Pennsylvania, 1986:[9]

• Arlen Specter (inc.) – 434,623 (76.21%)
• Richard A. Stokes – 135,673 (23.79%)

United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 1986:[10]

• Arlen Specter (R) (inc.) – 1,906,537 (56.44%)
• Bob Edgar (D) – 1,448,219 (42.87%)
• Lance Haver (Consumer) – 23,470 (0.70%)

Republican primary for the United States Senate from Pennsylvania, 1992:[11]

• Arlen Specter (inc.) – 683,118 (65.08%)
• Stephen F. Freind – 366,608 (34.92%)

United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 1992:[12]

• Arlen Specter (R) (inc.) – 2,358,125 (48.90%)
• Lynn Yeakel (D) – 2,244,966 (46.55%)
• John F. Perry (LBT) – 219,319 (4.55%)

Iowa Republican straw poll, 1995:[13]

• Bob Dole – 2,582 (24.38%)
• Phil Gramm – 2,582 (24.38%)
• Pat Buchanan – 1,922 (18.15%)
• Lamar Alexander – 1,156 (10.91%)
• Alan Keyes – 804 (7.59%)
• Morry Taylor – 803 (7.58%)
• Richard Lugar – 466 (4.40%)
• Pete Wilson – 123 (1.16%)
• Bob Dornan – 87 (0.82%)
• Arlen Specter – 67 (0.63%)

1996 Republican presidential primaries:[14]

• Bob Dole – 9,024,742 (58.82%)
• Pat Buchanan – 3,184,943 (20.76%)
• Steve Forbes – 1,751,187 (11.41%)
• Lamar Alexander – 495,590 (3.23%)
• Alan Keyes – 471,716 (3.08%)
• Richard Lugar – 127,111 (0.83%)
• Unpledged delegates – 123,278 (0.80%)
• Phil Gramm – 71,456 (0.47%)
• Bob Dornan – 42,140 (0.28%)
• Morry Taylor – 21,180 (0.14%)
• Charles E. Collins – 2,092 (0.01%)
• Bill Clinton* – 1,972 (0.01%)
• Susan Ducey – 1,783 (0.01%)
• Ralph Nader* – 1,537 (0.01%)
• Isabell Masters – 1,052 (0.01%)
• Mary LeTulle – 940 (0.01%)
• Colin Powell* – 655 (0.00%)
• Billy Joe Clegg – 415 (0.00%)
• Richard P. Bosa – 216 (0.00%)
• Georgiana H. Doerschuck – 154 (0.00%)
• Pat Paulsen* – 144 (0.00%)
• Richard D. Skillen – 80 (0.00%)
• Paul Steven Jensen – 73 (0.00%)
• Jimmy McMillan – 70 (0.00%)
• Jack Kemp* – 62 (0.00%)
• Tim Kalemkarian – 59 (0.00%)
• William James Flanagan – 48 (0.00%)
• Charles Levens – 44 (0.00%)
• Russell J. Fornwalt – 37 (0.00%)
• Michael S. Levinson – 35 (0.00%)
• Jack Fellure – 34 (0.00%)
• John B. Hurd – 26 (0.00%)
• Gerald J. McManus – 20 (0.00%)
• Hubert David Patty – 17 (0.00%)
• Tennie Rogers – 12 (0.00%)
• Arlen Specter* – 10 (0.00%)
• Newt Gingrich* – 4 (0.00%)

(* – write-in)

Specter withdrew from the race before first primaries and endorsed Dole.

Republican primary for the United States Senate from Pennsylvania, 1998:[15]

• Arlen Specter (inc.) – 376,322 (67.21%)
• Larry G. Murphy – 101,120 (18.06%)
• Tom Lingenfelter – 82,168 (14.67%)
• Scattering – 328 (0.06%)

United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 1998:[16]

• Arlen Specter (R) (inc.) – 1,814,180 (61.34%)
• Bill Lloyd (D) – 1,028,839 (34.79%)
• Dean L. Snyder (Constitution) – 68,377 (2.31%)
• Jack Iannantuono (Libertarian) – 46,103 (1.56%)

Republican primary for the United States Senate from Pennsylvania, 2004:[17]

• Arlen Specter (inc.) – 530,839 (50.82%)
• Pat Toomey – 513,693 (49.18%)

Results of 2004 election by counties

United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 2004:[18]

• Arlen Specter (R) (inc.) – 2,925,080 (52.62%)
• Joe Hoeffel (D) – 2,334,126 (41.99%)
• James N. Clymer (Constitution) – 220,056 (3.96%)
• Elizabeth Summers (Libertarian) – 79,263 (1.43%)
• Scattering – 580 (0.01%)

Democratic primary for the United States Senate from Pennsylvania, 2010[19]

• Joe Sestak – 565,342 (53.9%)
• Arlen Specter (inc.) – 482,980 (46.1%)