Senate election in Pennsylvania, 2016

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| Half Poll [http://worldsimulations.com/USGS/index.php?s=&showtopic=11949&view=findpost&p=157582]
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| 2016
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|colspan="2"| 45%
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|colspan="2"| 43%
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| Pre Poll [http://worldsimulations.com/USGS/index.php?s=&showtopic=11949&view=findpost&p=154545]
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| 2016
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|colspan="2"| 45%
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|colspan="2"| 41%
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| Pop Poll [http://worldsimulations.com/USGS/index.php?showtopic=11365]
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| 2016
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|colspan="2"| 54%
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|colspan="2"| 33%<sup>1</sup>
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| Pop Poll [http://worldsimulations.com/USGS/index.php?s=&showtopic=1746&view=findpost&p=19568]
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| 2013
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|colspan="2"| 63%
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|colspan="2"| 34%<sup>1</sup>
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* <sup>1</sup> Percentage of voters who disapproved of Spencer
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Revision as of 04:55, 9 December 2007

The Pennsylvania Senate election of 2016 was held on November 8, 2016. Kathryn Spencer was elected to serve between 2017 and 2022. Spencer, a Democrat, defeated her Republican challenger, Hillam Warren, 55% to 45%. The margin of victory was roughly the same as when Spencer was last elected in the 2010 election. Both candidates ran unopposed in their respective party's primary.

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Election results
2016 Senate election, Pennsylvania
Party Candidate Votes  % ±%
Democratic Kathryn Spencer (I) 3,572,216 54.83% +0.21%
Republican Hillam Warren 2,943,414 45.17% +0.15%
Majority 628,802 9.65%
Turnout 6,515,630
Democratic hold Swing +0.04%

Candidates

Republican Party

Democratic Party

Factors in the election

Fundraising

Spencer raised more money than Warren, raising $24 million to his $18.6 million. Of that, Spencer received $5.7 million from the Democratic Party or other Democrats and $5.6 million from PACs and SIGs, while Warren received $2 million from the Republican Party and $6.2 million from PACs and SIGs. Even when these amounts are stripped from the totals, Spencer still had a slightly larger warchest than Warren, albeit small. Also, Spencer spent her entire warchest during the election, while Warren had some cash on hand at the end of the campaign.


Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Kathryn Spencer $24,053,000 $24,053,000 $0
Hillam Warren $18,592,800 $18,000,000 $592,800

Pittsburgh

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The campaign

Spencer's campaign

TBC

Warren's campaign

TBC

Polling
Type Date Spencer Warren
Half Poll [1] 2016 45% 43%
Pre Poll [2] 2016 45% 41%
Pop Poll [3] 2016 54% 33%1
Pop Poll [4] 2013 63% 34%1

Footnotes

  • 1 Percentage of voters who disapproved of Spencer

External links

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