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(Elections Office, local League of Women Voters, links to other county election sites)

President/Vice President of the United States

• Barack Obama/Joseph Biden, Democratic
  2,990,274 votes 52.1%
• Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan, Republican
  2,680,434 votes 46.7%
• Gary Johnson/James P. Gray, Libertarian
  49,991 votes 0.9%
• Jill Stein/Cheri Honkala, Green
  21,341 votes 0.4%

State Executive

Attorney General

• Kathleen G. Kane, Democratic
  3,125,557 votes 56.1%
• David J. Freed, Republican
  2,313,506 votes 41.6%
• Marakay Rogers, Libertarian
  128,140 votes 2.3%

Auditor General

• Eugene A. Depasquale, Democratic
  2,729,565 votes 49.7%
• John Maher, Republican
  2,548,767 votes 46.4%
• Betsy Summers, Libertarian
  210,876 votes 3.8%

State Treasurer

• Robert M. McCord, Democratic
  2,872,344 votes 52.5%
• Diana Irey Vaughan, Republican
  2,405,654 votes 44.0%
• Patricia Fryman, Libertarian
  190,406 votes 3.5%

United States Senator

• Bob Casey, Jr., Democratic
  3,021,364 votes 53.7%
• Tom Smith, Republican
  2,509,132 votes 44.6%
• Rayburn Smith, Libertarian
  96,926 votes 1.7%

US Representative; Pennsylvania Congressional District; District 1

• Robert A. Brady, Democratic
  235,394 votes 85.0%
• John Featherman, Republican
  41,708 votes 15.1%

State Legislature

State Senator; Pennsylvania State Senate; District 1

• Lawrence M. Farnese, Jr., Democratic
  95,612 votes 82.4%
• Alfonso Gambone, Jr., Republican
  20,421 votes 17.6%

State Representative; Pennsylvania State House of Representatives; District 177

• John J. Taylor, Republican
  12,249 votes 56.8%
• William F. Dunbar, Democratic
  9,336 votes 43.3%

Question 1 Home Rule Charter Questions -- City of Philadelphia (Majority Approval Required)

(1) Shall The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter be amended to allow for the establishment of an independent rate-making body for fixing and regulating water and sewer rates and charges and to prescribe open and transparent processes and procedures for fixing and regulating said rates and charges?

(2) Shall The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter be amended to authorize the creation by ordinance of requirements for additional information to be submitted with the annual operating budget, annual capital budget, and capital program, including, but not limited to, information about the cost of performing specific functions, the effectiveness of such functions, and the costs versus benefits of proposed expenditures, and to require the Finance Director to provide such information?

(3 ) Shall The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter - which allows for a preference in the civil service regulations for the children of Philadelphia firefighters or police officers who were killed or who died in the line of duty - be amended to further allow for a preference for the grandchildren of such firefighters or police officers?

(4) Should the City of Philadelphia borrow ONE HUNDRED TWENTY THREE MILLION SIX HUNDRED SEVENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($123,670,000) to be spent for and toward capital purposes as follows: Transit; Streets and Sanitation; Municipal Buildings; Parks, Recreation and Museums; and Economic and Community Development?