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Divided. In the 2008 election the state voted for President Obama. The State General Assembly has the Republicans holding the Senate and the Democrats with a slight majority in the House. They have a Democrat as the Governor and a Republican as the Lieutenant Governor. Representation in the US House is split 12 to 7 in favor of the Democrats who picked up one seat in 2008. Both US Senators are Democrats however Senator Arlen Specter crossed the aisle to become a Democrat in 2009.
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What has the author Stanton Ling Davis written?
Stanton Ling Davis has written: 'Pennsylvania politics, 1860-1863' -- subject(s): Politics and government
What has the author Philip Shriver Klein written?
Philip Shriver Klein has written: 'A history of Pennsylvania' -- subject(s): History 'President James Buchanan' -- subject(s): Biography, Presidents 'Pennsylvania politics, 1817-1832' -- subject(s): Politics and government
What has the author John Paul Selsam written?
John Paul Selsam has written: 'The Pennsylvania constitution of 1776' -- subject(s): Constitutional history, Pennsylvania, Politics and government
What has the author Frank McKetta written?
Frank McKetta has written: 'Police, politics, corruption' -- subject(s): Law enforcement, Pennsylvania State Police, Police corruption, Politics and government
What has the author Constitutional mechanic written?
Constitutional mechanic. has written: 'Friends, countrymen and fellow-citizens!' -- subject(s): Elections, 1787, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania. General Assembly, Politics and government
What has the author Thomas I Wharton written?
Thomas I. Wharton has written: 'A discourse, delivered on the twenty-fourth of October, 1826, before the Society for the Commemoration of the Landing of William Penn. ..' -- subject(s): Politics and government, History 'A digest of the reported cases adjudged in the several courts held in Pennsylvania' -- subject(s): United States, Law reports, digests, United States. District Court (Pennsylvania), United States. Circuit court (3d circiut), Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania. Courts 'A letter to Robert Toland and Isaac Elliott, esqr's' -- subject(s): Politics and government, Pennsylvania Railroad
What has the author William A Cornell written?
William A. Cornell has written: 'Understanding Pennsylvania civics' -- subject(s): Politics and government, Civics, Local government
What has the author Robert Levere Brunehouse written?
Robert Levere Brunehouse has written: 'The counter-Revolution in Pennsylvania, 1776-1790' -- subject(s): Politics and government
Why do you think william penn wanted religious freedom in pennsylvania?
William Penn was a Quaker that believed strongly that all humans had the right to religious freedom. He wanted religious freedom in Pennsylvania so that all people, regardless of their stand on politics or whether they were colonists or Native Americans could worship.
Where did John Dickinson live?
John Dickinson lived in Pennsylvania and Delaware during the colonial era. He was born in Maryland but spent most of his life in Pennsylvania and Delaware, where he was involved in politics and played a significant role in shaping the early American government.
What has the author Richard Ruch written?
Richard Ruch has written: 'Reflections upon the administration of justice in Pennsylvania' -- subject(s): Administration of Justice, Justice, Administration of, Politics and government
What has the author Isaac Norris written?
Isaac Norris has written: 'The following paper was wrote, about the year 1710, by Isaac Norris, Esq. deceased, by order, as was said, of the Yearly-Meeting, published by the printer under their direction, and occasion'd by the wild management of an assembly led by a lawyer, their speaker ... Friendly advice to the in' -- subject(s): Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania. General Assembly, Politics and government 'A confutation of the Reply to the speech, &c' -- subject(s): Politics and government
