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Arlen Specter (February 12, 1930 – October 14, 2012) was an American lawyer, author and politician who served as a United States Senator from Pennsylvania from 1981 to 2011. Specter was a Democrat from 1951 to 1965, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] then a Republican from 1965 until 2009, when he switched back to the Democratic Party.
Booknotes interview with Arlen Specter on Passion for Truth, January 28, 2001, C-SPAN Specter, Arlen (2000). Passion for Truth: From Finding JFK's Single Bullet to Questioning Anita Hill to Impeaching Clinton .
Specter during the 110th Congress. Electoral history of Arlen Specter, former United States Senator from Pennsylvania (1981–2011), Chairman of the Senate Committees on Intelligence (1995–1997), Veterans' Affairs (1997–2001, 2001 and 2003–2005) and Judiciary (2005–2007), as well as a candidate for the 1996 Republican presidential nomination.
After trailing behind Arlen Specter for the entire primary campaign, Joe Sestak narrowed that lead during the final weeks of the race. With only two weeks remaining before the primary, a Quinnipiac University poll released May 4 showed Specter's lead against Sestak had significantly narrowed, dropping from 53 to 32 percent in the previous month ...
Specter hoped to carry his hometown of Philadelphia, despite the Democrats' 7-2 voter registration advantage there. To this end, Specter sought endorsements among city Democratic leadership, including future mayor John F. Street. Specter hoped that, with wins in suburban areas and the heavily Republican central portion of the state in addition ...
Incumbent Republican Senator Arlen Specter won re-election to a fifth term. As of 2025, this is the last time a Republican statewide candidate won Montgomery and Delaware Counties and won more than 25% of the vote in Philadelphia. Specter later lost renomination in 2010 as a Democrat, having joined the party in April 2009.
Arlen Specter was Pennsylvania's longest-serving senator (1981–2011). List of senators. Class 1. Class 1 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has ...
On Election Day, Yeakel captured by large numbers the traditional Democratic strongholds of the state, [15] [16] [17] such as Pittsburgh, Scranton, and Erie; however, Specter undercut Yeakel's support in the state's most critical Democratic county: Philadelphia. Specter campaigned hard in black neighborhoods and received the endorsement of the ...