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2000 Pennsylvania U.S. House District 5 Election

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Who won the 2000 Pennsylvania U.S. House District 5 Election?

John E. Peterson won the 2000 Pennsylvania U.S. House District 5 Election. John E. Peterson received 147,570 popular votes (85.57%). The main challenger was William M. Belitskus (8.04%).

See the full head-to-head between Peterson and Belitskus

Peterson +77.5 pts · won by 133,713 votes
John E. PetersonRepublicanWINNER85.57%
147,570 votes
William M. BelitskusGreen8.04%
13,857 votes
Thomas A. MartinLibertarian6.39%
11,020 votes
Popular-vote totals for U.S. House elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).

Data last verified July 28, 2026.