Congressional Electoral History
| Year | Democrat | Votes | Pct | Republican | Votes | Pct | 3rd Party | Party | Votes | Pct | 3rd Party | Party | Votes | Pct | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Joseph M. Hoeffel | 120,220 | 49% | Jon D. Fox | 120,304 | 49% | Thomas Patrick Burke | Libertarian | 4,930 | 2% | Bill Ryan | Natural Law | 525 | <1% | |||||
| 1998 | Joseph M. Hoeffel | 95,105 | 52% | Jon D. Fox | 85,915 | 47% | Thomas Patrick Burke | Libertarian | 3,470 | 2% | |||||||||
| 2000 | Joseph M. Hoeffel | 146,026 | 53% | Stewart J. Greenleaf | 126,501 | 46% | Ken Cavanaugh | Libertarian | 4,224 | 2% | |||||||||
| 2002 | Joseph M. Hoeffel | 107,945 | 51% | Melissa Brown | 100,295 | 47% | John P. McDermott | Constitution | 3,627 | 2% |
| Year | Democrat | Votes | Pct | Republican | Votes | Pct | 3rd Party | Party | Votes | Pct | 3rd Party | Party | Votes | Pct | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Joseph M. Hoeffel | 2,334,126 | 42% | Arlen Specter | 2,925,080 | 53% | James Clymer | Constitution | 220,056 | 4% | Betsy Summers | Libertarian | 79,263 | 1% | * |
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