Certified returns for every federal race in Pennsylvania in 2008, as published by the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. 19 of 19 congressional races match the totals printed in the Clerk's own recapitulation.
President
Presidential electors — votes by party line
Party line
Votes
Share
Democratic
3,276,363
54.5%
Republican
2,655,885
44.2%
Independent
42,977
0.7%
Libertarian
19,912
0.3%
Write-in
9,955
0.2%
Scattering
8,180
0.1%
Total
6,013,272
The Clerk reports presidential returns by the party line of each slate of electors. Candidate-level results are on the 2008 election page.
U.S. House of Representatives
District 1
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Robert A. Brady
Democrat
242,799
90.8%
Mike Muhammad
Republican
24,714
9.2%
Total
267,513
District 2
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Chaka Fattah
Democrat
276,870
88.9%
Adam A. Lang
Republican
34,466
11.1%
Total
311,336
District 3
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Kathy Dahlkemper
Democrat
146,846
51.2%
Phil English
Republican
139,707
48.8%
Total
286,553
The FEC's published figures for this race differ from the Clerk's.
District 4
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Jason Altmire
Democrat
186,536
55.9%
Melissa Hart
Republican
147,411
44.1%
Total
333,947
District 5
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Glenn W. Thompson
Republican
155,513
56.7%
Mark B. McCracken
Democrat
112,509
41.0%
James Fryman
Libertarian
6,155
2.2%
Total
274,177
District 6
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Jim Gerlach
Republican
179,423
52.1%
Bob Roggio
Democrat
164,952
47.9%
Total
344,375
District 7
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Joe Sestak
Democrat
209,955
59.6%
W. Craig Williams
Republican
142,362
40.4%
Total
352,317
District 8
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Patrick J. Murphy
Democrat
197,869
56.8%
Tom Manion
Republican
145,103
41.6%
Tom Lingenfelter
Independent
5,543
1.6%
Total
348,515
District 9
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Bill Shuster
Republican
174,951
63.9%
Tony Barr
Democrat
98,735
36.1%
Total
273,686
District 10
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Christopher P. Carney
Democrat
160,837
56.3%
Chris Hackett
Republican
124,681
43.7%
Total
285,518
District 11
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Paul E. Kanjorski
Democrat
146,379
51.6%
Lou Barletta
Republican
137,151
48.4%
Total
283,530
District 12
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
John P. Murtha
Democrat
155,268
57.9%
William Russell
Republican
113,120
42.1%
Total
268,388
District 13
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Allyson Y. Schwartz
Democrat
196,868
62.8%
Marina Kats
Republican
108,271
34.5%
John P. McDermott
Constitution
8,374
2.7%
Total
313,513
District 14
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Michael F. Doyle
Democrat
242,326
91.3%
Titus North
Green
23,214
8.7%
Total
265,540
District 15
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Charles W. Dent
Republican
181,433
58.6%
Sam Bennett
Democrat
128,333
41.4%
Total
309,766
District 16
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Joseph R. Pitts
Republican
170,329
55.8%
Bruce A. Slater
Democrat
120,193
39.4%
John A. Murphy
Independent
11,768
3.9%
Daniel Frank
Constitution
2,877
0.9%
Total
305,167
District 17
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Tim Holden
Democrat
192,699
63.7%
Toni Gilhooley
Republican
109,909
36.3%
Total
302,608
District 18
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Tim Murphy
Republican
213,349
64.1%
Steve O’Donnell
Democrat
119,661
35.9%
Total
333,010
District 19
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Todd Russell Platts
Republican
218,862
66.6%
Philip J. Avillo, Jr.
Democrat
109,533
33.4%
Total
328,395
Source
Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election, 2008 — Official source · Archived copy SHA-256 ca9fea3dc2259cee9ead5e92c78f577f1309b28e07428164121a40521d91c333
Shares are of all votes listed for the race, including write-ins and, where a state reports them, blank and void ballots.