683,118 (65.08%) Stephen F. Freind – 366,608 (34.92%) United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 1992: Arlen Specter (R) (inc.) – 2,358,125 (48.90%) Lynn Yeakel (D) – 2,244,966 (46.55%) John F. Perry (LBT) – 219,319 (4.55%) Iowa Republican straw poll, 1995: Bob Dole – 2,582 (24.38%) Phil Gramm – 2,582 (24.38%) Pat Buchanan – 1,922 (18.15%) Lamar Alexander – 1,156 (10.91%) Alan Keyes – 804 (7.59%) Morry Taylor – 803 (7.58%) Richard Lugar – 466 (4.40%) Pete Wilson – 123 (1.16%) Bob Dornan – 87 (0.82%) Arlen Specter – 67 (0.63%) 1996 Republican presidential primaries: Bob Dole – 9,024,742 (58.82%) Pat Buchanan – 3,184,943 (20.76%) Steve Forbes – 1,751,187 (11.41%) Lamar Alexander – 495,590 (3.23%) Alan Keyes – 471,716 (3.08%) Richard Lugar – 127,111 (0.83%) Unpledged delegates – 123,278 (0.80%) Phil Gramm – 71,456 (0.47%) Bob Dornan – 42,140 (0.28%) Morry Taylor – 21,180 (0.14%) Charles E. Collins – 2,092 (0.01%) Bill Clinton* – 1,972 (0.01%) Susan Ducey – 1,783 (0.01%) Ralph Nader* – 1,537 (0.01%) Isabell Masters – 1,052 (0.01%) Mary LeTulle – 940 (0.01%) Colin Powell* – 655 (0.00%) Billy Joe Clegg – 415 (0.00%) Richard P. Bosa – 216 (0.00%) Georgiana H. Doerschuck – 154 (0.00%) Pat Paulsen* – 144 (0.00%) Richard D. Skillen – 80 (0.00%) Paul Steven Jensen – 73 (0.00%) Jimmy McMillan – 70 (0.00%) Jack Kemp* – 62 (0.00%) Tim Kalemkarian – 59 (0.00%) William James Flanagan – 48 (0.00%) Charles Levens – 44 (0.00%) Russell J. Fornwalt – 37 (0.00%) Michael S. Levinson – 35 (0.00%) Jack Fellure – 34 (0.00%) John B. Hurd – 26 (0.00%) Gerald J. McManus – 20 (0.00%) Hubert David Patty – 17 (0.00%) Tennie Rogers – 12 (0.00%) Arlen Specter* – 10 (0.00%) Newt Gingrich* – 4 (0.00%) (* – write-in) Specter withdrew from the race before first primaries and endorsed Dole. Republican primary for the United States Senate from Pennsylvania, 1998: Arlen Specter (inc.) – 376,322 (67.21%) Larry G. Murphy – 101,120 (18.06%) Tom Lingenfelter – 82,168 (14.67%) Scattering – 328 (0.06%) United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 1998: Arlen Specter (R) (inc.) – 1,814,180 (61.34%) Bill Lloyd (D) – 1,028,839 (34.79%) Dean L. Snyder (Constitution) – 68,377 (2.31%) Jack Iannantuono (Libertarian) – 46,103 (1.56%) 2000s Republican primary for the United States Senate from Pennsylvania, 2004: Arlen Specter (inc.) – 530,839 (50.82%) Pat Toomey – 513,693 (49.18%) United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 2004: Arlen Specter