2002 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania

2002 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania

November 5, 2002 (2002-11-05)
All 19 Pennsylvania seats to the United States House of Representatives
Majority party Minority party   Party Republican Democratic Last election 11 10 Seats won 12 7 Seat change 1 3 Popular vote 1,859,270 1,348,665 Percentage 56.19% 40.76%
Republican   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%   90>% Democratic   50–60%   70–80%   80–90%   90>%

The 2002 United States House elections in Pennsylvania was an election for Pennsylvania's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 5, 2002.

The election between George Gekas and Tim Holden was described as "PA's most exciting match-up" by the political website PoliticsPA.

General election

District	Party		Incumbent	Status	Party		Candidate	Votes	%
1		Democratic	Robert A. Brady	re-elected		Democratic	Robert A. Brady	121,076	86.4
						Republican	Marie G. Delany	17,444	12.5
						Green	Mike Ewall	1,570	1.1
2		Democratic	Chaka Fattah	re-elected		Democratic	Chaka Fattah	150,623	87.2
						Republican	Thomas G. Dougherty	20,988	12.2
3		Republican	Phil English	re-elected		Republican	Phil English	116,763	77.7
						Green	Anndrea M. Benson	33,554	22.3
4		Republican	Melissa Hart	re-elected		Republican	Melissa Hart	130,534	64.6
						Democratic	Stevan Drobac, Jr.	71,674	35.4
5		Republican	John E. Peterson	re-elected		Republican	John E. Peterson	124,942	87.4
						Libertarian	Thomas A. Martin	18,078	12.6
6		Democratic	Robert Borski	retiring		Republican	Jim Gerlach	103,648	51.4
						Democratic	Dan Wofford	98,128	48.6
7		Republican	Curt Weldon	re-elected		Republican	Curt Weldon	146,296	66.1
						Democratic	Peter A. Lennon	75,055	33.8
8		Republican	Jim Greenwood	re-elected		Republican	Jim Greenwood	127,475	62.6
						Democratic	Timothy T. Reece	76,178	37.4
9		Republican	Bill Shuster	re-elected		Republican	Bill Shuster	124,184	71.1
						Democratic	John R. Henry	50,558	29.8
10		Republican	Don Sherwood	re-elected		Republican	Don Sherwood	152,017	92.9
						Green	Kurt J. Shotko	11,613	7.1
11		Democratic	Paul E. Kanjorski	re-elected		Democratic	Paul E. Kanjorski	93,758	55.6
						Republican	Louis J. Barletta	71,543	42.4
						Reform	Thomas J. Mclaughlin	3,304	2.0
12		Democratic	John P. Murtha	re-elected		Democratic	John P. Murtha	124,201	73.5
						Republican	Bill Choby	44,818	26.5
13		Democratic	Joseph M. Hoeffel	re-elected		Democratic	Joseph M. Hoeffel	107,945	50.9
						Republican	Melissa Brown	100,295	47.3
						Constitution	John P. McDermott	3,627	1.7
14		Democratic	Mike Doyle	re-elected		Democratic	Mike Doyle	123,323	100.0
15		Republican	Pat Toomey	re-elected		Republican	Pat Toomey	98,493	57.4
						Democratic	Edward J. O'Brien	73,212	42.6
16		Republican	Joseph R. Pitts	re-elected		Republican	Joseph R. Pitts	119,046	88.5
						Green	Will Todd	8,720	6.5
						Constitution	Kenneth Brenneman	6,766	5.0
17		Democratic	Tim Holden	re-elected		Democratic	Tim Holden	103,483	51.4
						Republican	George W. Gekas	97,802	48.6
18		Democratic	Frank Mascara	ran for 12th district		Republican	Tim Murphy	119885	60.1
						Democratic	Jack Machek	79,451	39.9
19		Republican	Todd Platts	re-elected		Republican	Todd Platts	143,097	91.1
						Green	Ben Price	7,900	5.0
						Libertarian	Michael Mickey Paoletta	6,008	3.8

See also

• United States congressional delegations from Pennsylvania
• 108th United States Congress