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Edward Clifford III
Edward Clifford III (Libertarian Party) ran for election to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to represent District 166. Clifford lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Elections
2022
See also: Pennsylvania House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 166
Incumbent Gregory Vitali defeated Kimberly Razzano and Edward Clifford III in the general election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 166 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Gregory Vitali (D) | 65.5 | 22,941 | |
| Kimberly Razzano (R) | 33.5 | 11,758 | ||
| Edward Clifford III (L) | 1.0 | 350 | ||
| Total votes: 35,049 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 166
Incumbent Gregory Vitali defeated David Brown in the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 166 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Gregory Vitali | 58.2 | 5,986 | |
| David Brown | 41.8 | 4,298 | ||
| Total votes: 10,284 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 166
Kimberly Razzano advanced from the Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 166 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kimberly Razzano | 100.0 | 6,564 | |
| Total votes: 6,564 | ||||
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2016
The race for Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate seat was one of nine competitive battleground races in 2016 that helped Republicans keep control of the upper chamber after the November 8 general election. Incumbent Pat Toomey (R), who began serving in the Senate in 2011, defeated Katie McGinty (D), Edward Clifford III (L), and write-in candidate Everett Stern (I) in the general election.
Toomey ran his campaign separately from Donald Trump, and he did not tell people who he would vote for on Election Day. Toomey said, “You know, I’m not campaigning with Donald Trump. He’s running his campaign. I’m running mine.”[1][2][3]
Hillary Clinton, who campaigned with McGinty in October, criticized Toomey for not rejecting Trump as his party’s nominee. She said, “How much does he have to hear or to see? If he doesn’t have the courage to stand up against Donald Trump after all of this, then how will he stand up to special interests and powerful forces that are going to be trying to have their way in Washington?”[3]
Speaking about his campaign strategy, Toomey said, “I am convinced that Pennsylvania voters are going to make a complete separation in their minds. … There’s a presidential race going on, quite obviously, lots of attention, lots of focus, everybody’s got their opinion about it, and then there’s a totally separate thing happening in the Senate race — an incumbent senator most people know and an opponent. Totally separate campaign and totally separate judgment.”[3] Toomey stated on Election Day that he voted for Trump.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |  Pat Toomey Incumbent |
48.8% | 2,951,702 | |
| Democratic | Katie McGinty | 47.3% | 2,865,012 | |
| Libertarian | Edward Clifford | 3.9% | 235,142 | |
| Total Votes | 6,051,856 | |||
| Source: Pennsylvania Department of State | ||||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Katie McGinty |
42.5% | 669,774 | ||
| Joe Sestak | 32.6% | 513,221 | ||
| John Fetterman | 19.5% | 307,090 | ||
| Joseph Vodvarka | 5.4% | 85,837 | ||
| Total Votes | 1,575,922 | |||
| Source: Pennsylvania Department of State |
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Edward Clifford III did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Real Clear Politics, "Pennsylvania: Trump vs. Clinton vs. Johnson vs. Stein," accessed October 24, 2016
- ↑ Real Clear Politics, "Pennsylvania Senate - Toomey vs. McGinty," accessed October 24, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 The Los Angeles Times, "A Republican Senator's strategy to save his seat in one of the country's tightest races: Avoid Trump," accessed October 24, 2016
- ↑ The New York Times, "Patrick Toomey Wins Re-election in Pennsylvania Senate Race," accessed November 11, 2016
