Electoral History
| Year | Democrat | Votes | Pct | Republican | Votes | Pct | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Roy C. Afflerbach | 66,930 | 45% | Patrick J. Toomey | 81,755 | 55% | ||
| 2000 | Edward O'Brien | 103,864 | 47% | Patrick J. Toomey | 118,307 | 53% | ||
| 2002 | Edward O'Brien | 73,212 | 43% | Patrick J. Toomey | 98,493 | 57% |
| United States Senate Republican primary election in Pennsylvania, 2004 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | Arlen Specter | 530,839 | 50.82 | ||
| Republican | Pat Toomey | 513,693 | 49.18 | ||
| United States Senate Republican primary election in Pennsylvania, 2010 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | Pat Toomey | 667,614 | 81.5 | ||
| Republican | Peg Luksik | 151,901 | 18.5 | ||
| United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 2010 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | Pat Toomey | 2,028,945 | 51.01% | -1.61% | |
| Democratic | Joe Sestak | 1,948,716 | 48.99% | +7.00% | |
| Majority | 80,229 | 2.02% | |||
| Total votes | 3,977,661 | 100.0% | |||
| Republican gain from Democratic | Swing | ||||
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