| Area |
46,058 square miles |
| Population |
12,281,054 |
| Major Cities and their Mayors |
Philadelphia - 1517550 Michael Nutter
Pittsburgh - 334563 Luke Ravenstahl
Harrisburg - 48950 Linda D. Thompson
Lancaster - 56348 Rick Gray
Erie - 103717 Joseph Sinnott
Allentown - 106632 Ed Pawlowski
King of Prussia - 18511
Gettysburg - 7490 William Troxell
York - 40862 C. Kim Bracey
State College - 38420 Elizabeth A. Goreham |
| Major Industries |
Steel, farming (corn, oats, soybeans, mushrooms), mining (iron, portland cement, lime, stone), electronics equipment, cars, pharmaceuticals |
| State Capitol (Seat of government) |
Harrisburg |
| Governor |
Edward G. Rendell |
| U.S. Senators |
Casey, Robert P., Jr. - (D)
Specter, Arlen - (D) |
| U.S. House of Representatives |
Robert A. Brady (D)
Chaka Fattah (D)
Philip S. English (R)
Jason Altmire (D)
John E. Peterson (R)
Jim Gerlach (R)
Joe Sestak (D)
Patrick Murphy (D)
Bill Shuster (R)
Christopher Carney (D)
Paul E. Kanjorski (D)
John P. Murtha (D)
Allyson Y. Schwartz (D)
Mike Doyle (D)
Charles W. Dent (R)
Joseph R. Pitts (R)
Tim Holden (D)
Timothy F. Murphy (R)
Todd R. Platts (R)
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| Secretary of State |
Pedro A. Cortes |
| Attorney General |
Tom Corbett |
State Assembly
Representatives |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_House_of_Representatives
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Senate |
| State Counties |
Adams, Allegheny, Armstrong
Beaver, Bedford, Berks, Blair, Bradford
Bucks, Butler Cambria, Cameron, Carbon
Centre, Chester, Clarion, Clearfield, Clinton
Columbia, Crawford, Cumberland, Dauphin
Delaware, Elk, Erie, Fayette, Forest
Franklin, Fulton, Greene, Huntingdon
Indiana, Jefferson, Juniata, Lackawanna
Lancaster, Lawrence, Lebanon, Lehigh
Luzerne, Lycoming, McKean, Mercer
Mifflin, Monroe, Montgomery, Montour
Northampton, Northumberland, Perry, Philadelphia
Pike, Potter, Schuylkill, Snyder, Somerset
Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Union, Venango
Warren, Washington, Wayne, Westmoreland, Wyoming, York |
| State Supreme Court |
Chief Justice: Ronald D. Castille
Justices: Thomas G. Saylor
J. Michael Eakin, Max Baer, Debra McCloskey Todd
Seamus P. McCaffery, Joan Orie Melvin |
Third Circuit Court of Appeals (Philadelphia) |
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Theodore A. McKee, Chief Justice,
Justices: Dolores Korman Sloviter, Anthony Joseph Scirica, Marjorie O. Rendell, Maryanne Trump Barry
Thomas L. Ambro, Julio M. Fuentes
D. Brooks Smith, D. Michael Fisher
Michael Chagares, Kent A. Jordan
Thomas M. Hardiman, Joseph A. Greenaway
Thomas I. Vanaskie
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| Major Newspapers |
Philadelphia - Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia Weekly
Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Business Times, Pittsburgh City Paper, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Harrisburg - Patriot News
Erie - Erie Daily Times/Morning News
Allentown - Allentown Times
Gettysburg - Gettysburg Times
York - York Daily Record, York Dispatch |
| Major television networks |
WTAM ABC Altoona/ Johnstown,
WWCP FOX 8 Altoona/ Johnstown/Johns,
WJAC NBC Altoona/ Johnstown,
WJET ABC Erie, WFXP FOX 66 Erie,
WICU NBC Erie,
WHTM ABC Harrisburg,
WPMT FOX 43 Harrisburg,
WGAL & WGAL NBC Lancaster,
WPVI ABC Philadelphia,
WPSG UPN 57 Philadelphia,
WTXF FOX 29 Philadelphia,
KYW CBS Philadelphia,
WCAU NBC Philadelphia,
WTAE ABC Pittsburgh,
WNPA UPN Pittsburgh,
KDKA CBS Pittsburgh,
WPXI NBC Pittsburgh,
WPGH FOX 53 Pittsburgh,
WCWB WB 22 Pittsburgh,
WNEP ABC Scranton,
WBRE NBC Wilkes-Barre,
WOLF FOX 56 Wilkes-Barre/Plains |
| Local issues |
[To be poste.] |
| Landmarks/images |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_State_Capitol
(William Penn formed the first government of the then-Province of Pennsylvania on October 28, 1682, in Chester, Pennsylvania.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Taylor_House
(a signer of the Declaration of Independence)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_Forge_National_Historical_Park
(From December 19, 1777 to June 19, 1778, the main body of the Continental Army (approximately 12,000 troops) was encamped at Valley Forge. The site was chosen because it was between the Continental Congress in York, Supply Depots in Reading, and British forces in Philadelphia 18 miles (29 km) away, which fell after the Battle of Brandywine. This was a time of great suffering for the army, but it was also a time of retraining and rejuvenation. The shared hardship of the Officers and Soldiers of the Army, combined with Baron Friedrich von Steuben's professional military training program are considered key to the subsequent success of the Continental Army and marks a turning point in the American Revolution.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington%27s_Crossing
(Washington's Crossing is the location of Washington's crossing of the Delaware on the Delaware River in Titusville, New Jersey, and Yardley, Pennsylvania.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Hall
(Independence Hall is a U.S. national landmark located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Chestnut Street between 5th and 6th Streets. Known primarily as the location where both the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution were debated and adopted, the building was completed in 1753 as the Pennsylvania State House for the Province of Pennsylvania. It became the principal meeting place of the Second Continental Congress from 1775 to 1783 and was the site of the Constitution Convention in the summer of 1787. The building is part of Independence National Historical Park and is listed as a World Heritage Site.[1])
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The Liberty Bell, in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania, is one of the most prominent symbols of the American Revolutionary War. It is a familiar symbol of independence within the United States and has been described as an icon of liberty and justice.[1]
According to tradition, its most famous ringing occurred on July 8, 1776, to summon citizens of Philadelphia for the reading of the Declaration of Independence. Historians today consider this highly doubtful, as the steeple in which the bell was hung had deteriorated significantly by that time.[2] The bell had also been rung to announce the opening of the First Continental Congress in 1774 and after the Battle of Lexington and Concord in 1775. |
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| 2010 Senate and House races |
[To be posted] |
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