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1 Introduction
2 Congressional Delegation
3 State Government
4 Cities & Counties
5 Elections
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8 External Links
9 See also

Introduction

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, nicknamed "The Keystone State", was the second state to join the Union on Dec. 12, 1787. With 12.6 million residents, it is the 6th most populous state.

Ed Rendell's Political Strategy for Statewide Offices in Pennsylvania. Rendell believes that the way for Democrats to win statewide office in Pennsylvania is for them to hold their own in Allegheny County (Pittsburgh) and to overwhelm the Republican candidate in Philadelphia and its surrounding counties (Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery). Rendell proved his strategy with his 2002 gubernatorial election when he won only 18 of Pennsylvania's 67 counties. However, he won Philadelphia by a 280,000 vote margin and Philadelphia's surrounding four counties by almost 235,000 votes. Ed cruised to victory by close to 333,000 votes, 53.6% to 44.2% over his Republican opponent Mike Fisher.

James Carville famously describes Pennsylvania as "Philadelphia and Pittsburgh with Alabama in between."

To date 104 Pennsylvanians have been killed in the War in Iraq.

Congressional Delegation

U.S. Senators

Senator	In Office Since	Next Election	Candidates / Notes
Arlen Specter (R)	1981	2010	Specter won a 5th term in 2004 over Democratic opponent Joe Hoeffel.
Bob Casey, Jr (D)	2007	2012	Defeated Rick Santorum

U.S. Representatives (Click on District to see district details including election results.)

District	Representative	In Office Since
PA-01	Bob Brady (D)	1999
PA-02	Chaka Fattah (D)	1995
PA-03	Phil English (R)	1995
PA-04	Jason Altmire (D)	2007
PA-05	John Peterson (R)	1997
PA-06	Jim Gerlach (R)	2003
PA-07	Joe Sestak (D)	2007
PA-08	Patrick Murphy (D)	2007
PA-09	Bill Shuster (R)	2001
PA-10	Chris Carney (D)	2007
PA-11	Paul Kanjorski (D)	1985
PA-12	John Murtha (D)	1975
PA-13	Allyson Schwartz (D)	2005
PA-14	Mike Doyle (D)	1995
PA-15	Charles Dent (R)	2005
PA-16	Joe Pitts (R)	1997
PA-17	Tim Holden (D)	1993
PA-18	Tim Murphy (R)	2003
PA-19	Todd Platts (R)	2001

US Congressional Delegations from (Wikipedia)

State Government

Executive Branch

Office	Office Holder	In Office Since	Next Election	Candidates / Notes
Governor	Ed Rendell (D)	2003	2010	Possible 2010 candidates: Dem: Allegheny County Chief Executive Dan Onorato, ex-Treasurer Barbara Hafer, Auditor General Jack Wagner Rep: former Lt. Gov. Bill Scranton, Attorney General Tom Corbett, ex-US Rep Pat Toomey, US Rep Jim Gerlach, State Sen Jeff Piccola, 2006 candidate Lynn Swann, ex-Senator Rick Santorum, ex-US Rep Melissa Hart. Pennsylvania has a history of giving its governors 2 terms, then turning this post over to the other party: Shapp (D) elected in '70 & '74; Thornburgh (R) '78 & '82, Casey (D) '86 & '90, Ridge (R) '94 & '98, Rendell (D) '02 & '06.
Lt. Governor	Catherine Baker Knoll (D)	2003	2010
Attorney General	Tom Corbett (R)	2005	2008	Since 1980, when this office became an elected one, no Democrat has ever succeeded in winning this post.
Treasurer	Bob Casey, Jr (D)	2005	2008	Casey is US Senator-elect.
Auditor General	Jack Wagner (D)	2005	2008