Dan Muroff
Dan Muroff (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Pennsylvania's 5th Congressional District. He did not appear on the ballot for the Democratic primary on May 15, 2018.
Elections
2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 5
Mary Gay Scanlon defeated Pearl Kim in the general election for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 5 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mary Gay Scanlon (D)  | 65.2 | 198,639 |
 | Pearl Kim (R) | 34.8 | 106,075 | |
| Total votes: 304,714 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 5
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 5 on May 15, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mary Gay Scanlon | 28.4 | 17,220 |
 | Ashley Lunkenheimer | 15.3 | 9,291 | |
 | Richard Lazer | 15.0 | 9,095 | |
 | Molly Sheehan | 10.2 | 6,216 | |
 | Gregory Vitali | 9.4 | 5,726 | |
 | Lindy Li | 7.0 | 4,236 | |
 | Theresa Wright | 5.2 | 3,149 | |
 | Thaddeus Kirkland | 4.0 | 2,420 | |
 | Margo Davidson | 4.0 | 2,413 | |
| Larry Arata | 1.5 | 925 | ||
| Total votes: 60,691 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- George Badey (D)
- David Wertime (D)
- Dan Muroff (D)
- Shelly Chauncey (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 5
Pearl Kim advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 5 on May 15, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Pearl Kim | 100.0 | 34,352 |
| Total votes: 34,352 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Paul Addis (R)
2016
Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Dwight Evans (D) defeated James Jones (R) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Evans defeated incumbent Chaka Fattah, Dan Muroff, and Brian Gordon to win the Democratic nomination in the primary. Fattah was the first congressional incumbent to lose a primary election in 2016.[1][2]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |  Dwight Evans |
90.2% | 322,514 | |
| Republican | James Jones | 9.8% | 35,131 | |
| Total Votes | 357,645 | |||
| Source: Pennsylvania Department of State | ||||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Dwight Evans |
42.3% | 75,515 | ||
| Chaka Fattah Incumbent | 34.4% | 61,518 | ||
| Brian Gordon | 13.2% | 23,655 | ||
| Dan Muroff | 10.1% | 18,016 | ||
| Total Votes | 178,704 | |||
| Source: Pennsylvania Department of State |
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Campaign themes
2016
The following issues were listed on Muroff's campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.
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| —Dan Muroff's campaign website, https://muroffforcongress.com/issues | ||
Campaign finance summary
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See also
- United States House of Representatives
- Pennsylvania's 5th Congressional District election, 2018
- Pennsylvania's 2nd Congressional District election, 2016
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "Unofficial Candidate Listing – Pre Ballot Lottery," accessed February 17, 2016
- ↑ The New York Times, "Pennsylvania Primary Results," April 26, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
