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04/28/2004 Archived Entry: "Specter in narrow win"

Posted by steve @ 02:07 AM EST [Link]

PITY: On Monday Doug Patton worried in these very pages that Arlen Specter would win in his Pennsylvania GOP primary over more conservative challenger Rep. Pat Toomey and it has come to pass.

With 97 percent of the precincts reporting early Wednesday, Specter, a leading Republican moderate, had 513,041 votes, or 51 percent, to Toomey's 496,567 votes, or 49 percent.

Shortly after the results, Toomey -- a three-term congressman from Allentown -- conceded defeat, saying he had called Specter to congratulate him on the win.