Pennsylvania results for every midterm race
Pennsylvania voters are going to the polls to decide races for governor, US Senate, and a bunch of important House races under a newly redrawn congressional map.
Sen. Bob Casey (D) has a challenger in Rep. Lou Barletta (R), and Gov. Tom Wolf (D) is running for reelection with businessman Scott Wagner (R) competing for his seat. Both Democrats are favored to win.
Pennsylvania is hugely important to Democrats’ hopes of retaking the House; there are nine House seats in play, according to the nonpartisan Cook Political Report. And there’s important context for the 2018 House elections; the state’s electoral map was redrawn earlier this year after the state Supreme Court ruled the old maps were an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander by Republicans. The new districts are much more competitive for Democrats than they’ve been in past years.
Some of the House races to watch include Pennsylvania’s Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and 17th Congressional Districts, all of which were Republican-held but are now rated by Cook as Likely or Lean Democratic. This is in part because of some Republican House members are retiring and in part because of the new maps. The state’s First Congressional District is also one to watch: Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R), who currently represents the Eighth District, is being challenged by Scott Wallace (D) for control of the newly redrawn First District. Rep. Conor Lamb (D), who narrowly won a special election earlier this year in Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District, is expected to sail to victory in his new district, the 17th.
There is one bright spot for Republicans, who control both of the state legislature’s chambers. Daily Kos rates them as likely to keep both.
Even though Trump narrowly won Pennsylvania in 2016, his approval rating has taken a dive of late. Morning Consult finds his disapproval rating is over 50 percent.
Pennsylvania US Senate
DEM | Bob Casey, Jr | 2,745,018 | 56% | |
GOP | Lou Barletta | 2,109,023 | 43% | |
LIB | Dale Kerns, Jr | 50,368 | 1% | |
GRN | Neal Gale | 30,710 | 1% |
Pennsylvania US House 1
GOP | Brian Fitzpatrick | 168,841 | 51% | |
DEM | Henry Wallace | 160,098 | 49% |
Pennsylvania US House 2
DEM | Brendan Boyle | 155,955 | 79% | |
GOP | David Torres | 41,540 | 21% |
Pennsylvania US House 3
DEM | Dwight Evans | 277,885 | 93% | |
GOP | Bryan Leib | 19,687 | 7% |
Pennsylvania US House 4
DEM | Madeleine Dean Cunnane | 210,219 | 63% | |
GOP | Daniel David | 121,117 | 37% |
Pennsylvania US House 5
DEM | Mary Scanlon | 191,571 | 65% | |
GOP | Pearl Kim | 102,815 | 35% |
Pennsylvania US House 6
DEM | Christina Houlahan | 175,516 | 59% | |
GOP | Greg McCauley | 122,896 | 41% |
Pennsylvania US House 7
DEM | Susan Wild | 137,122 | 53% | |
GOP | Martin Nothstein | 111,862 | 44% | |
LIB | Tim Silfies | 7,899 | 3% |
Pennsylvania US House 8
DEM | Matt Cartwright | 134,519 | 55% | |
GOP | John Chrin | 111,640 | 45% |
Pennsylvania US House 9
GOP | Daniel Meuser | 146,675 | 60% | |
DEM | Dennis Wolff | 98,232 | 40% |
Pennsylvania US House 10
GOP | Scott Perry | 148,790 | 51% | |
DEM | George Scott | 140,956 | 49% |
Pennsylvania US House 11
GOP | Lloyd Smucker | 162,835 | 59% | |
DEM | Jessica King | 114,831 | 41% |
Pennsylvania US House 12
GOP | Thomas Marino | 159,947 | 65% | |
DEM | Marc Friedenberg | 86,386 | 35% | |
IND | Gerald Kairnes | 0 | 0% |
Pennsylvania US House 13
GOP | John Joyce | 175,835 | 70% | |
DEM | Brent Ottaway | 73,788 | 30% |
Pennsylvania US House 14
GOP | Guy Reschenthaler | 149,147 | 58% | |
DEM | Bibiana Boerio | 108,179 | 42% |
Pennsylvania US House 15
GOP | Glenn Thompson | 162,386 | 68% | |
DEM | Susan Boser | 76,769 | 32% |
Pennsylvania US House 16
GOP | George Kelly | 132,088 | 51% | |
DEM | Ronald Dinicola | 121,585 | 47% | |
LIB | Ebert Beeman | 2,902 | 1% |
Pennsylvania US House 17
DEM | Conor Lamb | 181,187 | 56% | |
GOP | Keith Rothfus | 141,145 | 44% |
Pennsylvania US House 18
DEM | Mike Doyle | 229,098 | 100% |
Pennsylvania Governor
DEM | Tom Wolf | 2,850,210 | 58% | |
GOP | Scott Wagner | 2,015,311 | 41% | |
LIB | Ken Krawchuk | 48,615 | 1% | |
GRN | Paul Glover | 27,301 | 1% |
Pennsylvania Other- 0
GOP | Martin Nothstein | 11,794 | 61% | |
DEM | Susan Wild | 7,000 | 36% | |
LIB | Tim Silfies | 587 | 3% |