Certified returns for every federal race in Pennsylvania in 1998, as published by the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. 22 of 22 congressional races match the totals printed in the Clerk's own recapitulation.
U.S. Senate
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Arlen Specter
Republican
1,814,180
61.3%
Bill Lloyd
Democrat
1,028,839
34.8%
Dean Snyder
Constitutional
68,377
2.3%
Jack Iannantuono
Libertarian
46,103
1.6%
Total
2,957,499
U.S. House of Representatives
District 1
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Robert A. Brady
Democrat
77,788
81.2%
William M. Harrison
Republican
15,898
16.6%
John Featherman
Libertarian
1,198
1.2%
Nancy Cole
Socialist Workers Campaign
964
1.0%
Total
95,848
District 2
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Chaka Fattah
Democrat
102,763
86.5%
Anne Marie Mulligan
Republican
16,001
13.5%
Total
118,764
District 3
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Robert A. Borski
Democrat
66,270
59.3%
Charles F. Dougherty
Republican
45,390
40.7%
Total
111,660
District 4
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ron Klink
Democrat
103,183
63.8%
Mike Turzai
Republican
58,485
36.2%
Write-in
17
0.0%
Total
161,685
District 5
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
John E. Peterson
Republican
99,502
84.8%
William M. Belitskus
Green
17,734
15.1%
Write-in
87
0.1%
Total
117,323
District 6
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Tim Holden
Democrat
85,374
61.0%
John Meckley
Republican
54,579
39.0%
Total
139,953
District 7
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Curt Weldon
Republican
119,491
71.8%
Martin J. D’Urso
Democrat
46,920
28.2%
Total
166,411
District 8
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
James C. Greenwood
Republican
93,697
63.2%
Bill Tuthill
Democrat
48,320
32.6%
Scott Wolfertz
Constitutional
3,917
2.6%
James R. Blair
Reform
1,229
0.8%
Carolyn Boyce
Natural Law
1,022
0.7%
Write-in
15
0.0%
Total
148,200
District 9
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Bud Shuster
Republican
125,409
99.5%
Write-in
618
0.5%
Total
126,027
District 10
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Don Sherwood
Republican
84,275
48.7%
Patrick Casey
Democrat
83,760
48.4%
Thomas J. McLaughlin
Reform
4,998
2.9%
Write-in
23
0.0%
Total
173,056
District 11
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Paul E. Kanjorski
Democrat
88,933
66.8%
Stephen A. Urban
Republican
44,123
33.2%
Write-in
9
0.0%
Total
133,065
District 12
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
John P. Murtha
Democrat
100,528
68.5%
Timothy E. Holloway
Republican
46,239
31.5%
Write-in
13
0.0%
Total
146,780
District 13
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Joseph M. Hoeffel
Democrat
95,105
51.6%
Jon D. Fox
Republican
85,915
46.6%
Thomas Patrick Burke
Libertarian
3,470
1.9%
Total
184,490
District 14
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
William J. Coyne
Democrat
83,355
60.5%
Bill Ravotti
Republican
52,745
38.3%
Dorothy L. Kolis
Socialist Workers
1,625
1.2%
Write-in
11
0.0%
Total
137,736
District 15
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Pat Toomey
Republican
81,755
55.0%
Roy C. Afflerbach
Democrat
66,930
45.0%
Write-in
21
0.0%
Total
148,706
District 16
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Joseph R. Pitts
Republican
95,979
70.5%
Robert S. Yorczyk
Democrat
40,092
29.5%
Write-in
14
0.0%
Total
136,085
District 17
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
George W. Gekas
Republican
114,931
99.8%
Write-in
176
0.2%
Total
115,107
District 18
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Michael F. Doyle
Democrat
98,363
67.7%
Dick Walker
Republican
46,945
32.3%
Write-in
29
0.0%
Total
145,337
District 19
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
William F. Goodling
Republican
96,284
67.6%
Linda G. Ropp
Democrat
40,674
28.5%
Gary M. Shoemaker
Libertarian
5,444
3.8%
Write-in
87
0.1%
Total
142,489
District 20
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Frank Mascara
Democrat
97,885
99.8%
Write-in
190
0.2%
Total
98,075
District 21
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Phil English
Republican
94,518
63.4%
Larry Klemens
Democrat
54,591
36.6%
Write-in
6
0.0%
Total
149,115
Source
Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election, 1998 — Official source · Archived copy SHA-256 4424a7d1a5954439ffb09f1de5f11a45fe06c6cc7cd2885c7e7beb0ee4ff4b58
Shares are of all votes listed for the race, including write-ins and, where a state reports them, blank and void ballots.