2012 Pennsylvania Auditor General election
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The Pennsylvania Auditor General election of 2012 was held on November 6, 2012. The primary election was held on April 24, 2012.
Candidates
[edit]John Maher, State Representative for the 40th district defeated Frank Pinto, a former banking lobbyist, in the Republican primary. Eugene DePasquale, State Representative for the 95th district, ran unopposed in the Democratic primary.[1] Betsy Elizabeth Summers was the Libertarian candidate.[2]
Results
[edit]On November 6, 2012, Eugene DePasquale defeated John Maher to be elected Auditor General of Pennsylvania.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Eugene DePasquale | 2,729,565 | 49.73 | |
Republican | John Maher | 2,548,767 | 46.43 | |
Libertarian | Betsy Elizabeth Summers | 210,876 | 3.84 | |
Total votes | 5,489,208 | 100.00 | ||
Margin of victory | 180,798 | 3.30 | ||
Democratic hold |
By congressional district
[edit]Despite losing the state, Maher won 13 of the 18 congressional districts.[3]
District | DePasquale | Maher | Representative |
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1st | 80% | 18% | Bob Brady |
2nd | 89% | 10% | Chaka Fattah |
3rd | 41% | 54% | Mike Kelly |
4th | 41% | 55% | Jason Altmire |
Scott Perry | |||
5th | 38% | 56% | Glenn Thompson |
6th | 43% | 53% | Jim Gerlach |
7th | 43% | 54% | Pat Meehan |
8th | 46% | 51% | Mike Fitzpatrick |
9th | 37% | 58% | Bill Shuster |
10th | 35% | 59% | Tom Marino |
11th | 42% | 52% | Lou Barletta |
12th | 43% | 53% | Mark Critz |
Keith Rothfus | |||
13th | 64% | 35% | Allyson Schwartz |
14th | 68% | 28% | Mike Doyle |
15th | 45% | 52% | Charlie Dent |
16th | 41% | 54% | Joe Pitts |
17th | 53% | 42% | Tim Holden |
Matt Cartwright | |||
18th | 42% | 54% | Tim Murphy |
References
[edit]- ^ "2012 General Primary - Auditor General". Pennsylvania Department of State. Retrieved November 20, 2012.
- ^ a b "2012 General Election - Auditor General". Pennsylvania Department of State. Archived from the original on November 16, 2012. Retrieved November 20, 2012.
- ^ "Pennsylvania 2012 auditor-by-cd". Daily Kos. Retrieved July 13, 2024.