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Arlen Specter is the senior [[United States]] Senator from [[Pennsylvania]]. He was first elected in 1980, and has been reelected five times since then. Senator Specter is widely regarded as a moderate [[Republican]], disagreeing with the [[Bush Administration]] on numerous issues. His moderate views have affected his political career as a Republican. For example, his status as the Chairman of the [[Senate Judiciary Committee]] (a position he held from January, 2005 through January, 2007) was in question when he made comments hinting that he would oppose candidates who would overturn [[Roe v. Wade]]. In addition, in the 2004 Republican Senate Primary Election, he only received 51% of the vote when the conservative [[Patrick Toomey]] challenged him. However, in the 2004 General Election, he succeeded with ease, beating [[Joseph Hoeffel]] by nine percentage points.

Arlen Specter is the senior [[United States]] Senator from [[Pennsylvania]]. He was first elected in 1980, and has been reelected five times since then. Senator Specter is widely regarded as a moderate [[Republican]], disagreeing with the [[Bush Administration]] on numerous issues. His moderate views have affected his political career as a Republican. For example, his status as the Chairman of the [[Senate Judiciary Committee]] (a position he held from January, 2005 through January, 2007) was in question when he made comments hinting that he would oppose candidates who would overturn [[Roe v. Wade]]. In addition, in the 2004 Republican Senate Primary Election, he only received 51% of the vote when the conservative [[Patrick Toomey]] challenged him. However, in the 2004 General Election, he succeeded with ease, beating [[Joseph Hoeffel]] by nine percentage points.

 

[[Category:Political people]]

[[Category:Political people]]