ELECTION 2012: A guide to key state races
By CPBJ Staff November 02. 2012 3:00AM
On Nov. 6, voters will head to the polls to choose more than just the next president. Here's a look at the contested races you'll see on local ballots.
U.S. House Seats
4th District
Political experience: Pa. state representative
Political experience: None
Political experience: None
Political experience: None
Political experience: Pa. state representative, Pa. state senator; elected to Congress in 2002
Political experience: None
Patrick Meehan (incumbent)
Political experience: Delaware County district attorney; elected to Congress in 2010
Political experience: Radnor Democratic Committee chairman
Political experience: Hazleton City Council member, Hazleton mayor
Political experience: House designee to the Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board; former legislative aide
Political experience: Pa. state representative, Pa. state senator; elected to Congress in 2004
Political experience: administrator for former Congressman Paul McHale
Joseph R. Pitts (incumbent)
Political experience: Pa. state representative
Political experience: none
Political experience: none
Political experience: Manheim Township School Board member
U.S. Senate Seats
Bob Casey Jr. (incumbent)
Political experience: Pa. auditor general, Pa. treasurer
Political experience: none
Political experience: none
State Senate Seats
13th District
Political experience: Manheim Township School Board, Manheim Township Democratic Club chairman
Lloyd Smucker (incumbent)
Political experience: West Lampeter Township supervisor
Political experience: chief counsel and policy director with Pa. Auditor General's office
Political experience: Dauphin County Republican Party chairman, 2008 delegate to the Republican National Convention, secretary of the Republican Party of Pennsylvania
Political experience: elected to Senate in 2008
Political experience: Adams County Democratic committee
Political experience: Wellsboro School Board, Adams County Republican Committee treasurer, Adams County Republican Club president, Republican State Committee member, elected in 2008
Political experience: none
Political experience: Republican State Committee member, Republican National Convention delegate, Dauphin County Council of Republican Women president, Dauphin County Republican Committee first vice chairwoman, elected in 2006
Political experience: Millersburg Borough Council
Political experience: elected in 1988
Political experience: Dauphin County Democratic Party secretary
Political experience: Derry Township supervisor, Dauphin County commissioner
Political experience: Dauphin County Democratic Committee legislative district leader
Political experience: none
Political experience: Manheim Republican committee
Political experience: Lancaster County clerk of courts, chief of staff for state Rep. Bryan Cutler
Political experience: Hempfield Area Democratic Committee
Political experience: none
Political experience: Upper Leacock Township supervisor, Lancaster County controller
Political experience: Lancaster City Council, elected to House in 1991
Political experience: none
Political experience: Lancaster City School Board member
Keith Gillespie (incumbent)
Political experience: York County Republican Club former president, York County Republican Committee, elected to House in 2002
Political experience: Pennsylvania Democratic Committee delegate
Political experience: Northern York County School Board
Political experience: State deputy inspector general
Ronald Miller (incumbent)
Political experience: York County Republican Committee, elected to House in 1998
Political experience: None
Editor's note: This story has been modified from a previous version to correct the party affiliations of Mike Sturla and Thomas Garman Jr. in the 96th state House District race.
