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Elections in Pennsylvania elect the five state-level offices, the Pennsylvania General Assembly, including the senate and
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are held every four years in
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...
. The state is one of the most competitive nationally, with narrow victories that alternate between the parties across all major offices. On the presidential level, the state has been considered a
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throughout its entire history as it only voted for the nationwide loser on only 10 occasions (1824, 1884, 1892, 1912, 1916, 1932, 1948, 1968, 2000, and 2004). Meaning it has voted for the national winner 83% of the time, as of 2020. In a 2020 study, Pennsylvania was ranked by the ''
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'' as the 19th hardest state for citizens to vote in.


House of Representatives

Pennsylvania's congressional delegation is composed of nine Democrats and eight Republicans, since the 2022 elections. The five most recent House elections: * 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania *
2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania The 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the 18 U.S. representatives from the state of Pennsylvania, one from each of the state's 18 congressional districts. The state's p ...
* 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania *
2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania were held on November 8, 2016, to elect the 18 United States House of Representatives, U.S. representatives from the Pennsylvania, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, one from ...
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2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, to elect the 18 U.S. representatives from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, one from each of the state's 18 congressional districts ...


Presidential elections

Below is a table of the last eleven presidential elections in Pennsylvania, as well as national electoral college results. On the presidential level, the state has been considered a
swing state In American politics, the term swing state (also known as battleground state or purple state) refers to any state that could reasonably be won by either the Democratic or Republican candidate in a statewide election, most often referring to pres ...
throughout its entire history as it only voted for the nationwide loser on only 10 occasions (1824, 1884, 1892, 1912, 1916, 1932, 1948, 1968, 2000, and 2004). Meaning it has voted for the national winner 83% of the time, as of 2020. However, since the 1992 election, the state has leaned Democratic, voting that way in seven of the eight elections since then, although mostly by margins under 10 points.


United States Senate elections


Class I Senate elections

The five most recent elections: * 2018 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania *
2012 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania The 2012 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on November 6, 2012, alongside a presidential election, other elections to the United States Senate in other states, as well as elections to the United States House of Representati ...
* 2006 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania *
2000 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania The 2000 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Rick Santorum won re-election to a second term. , this was the last time the Republicans won the Class 1 Senate seat from Penn ...
* 1994 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania


Class III Senate elections

The five most recent elections: *
2022 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania The 2022 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Democratic lieutenant governor John Fetterman won his first term ...
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2016 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania The 2016 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania took place on November 8, 2016, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well a ...
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2010 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania The 2010 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania took place on November 2, 2010, during the 2010 midterm elections. Incumbent Republican-turned-Democrat U.S. Senator Arlen Specter ran for reelection to a sixth term, but lost in the Democ ...
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2004 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania The 2004 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on November 2, 2004. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Arlen Specter won re-election to a fifth term. As of 2022, this is the last time a Republican statewide candidate won Montgome ...
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1998 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania The 1998 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held November 3, 1998. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Arlen Specter won re-election to a fourth term. General election Candidates *Jack Iannantuono (Libertarian) * William R. Lloyd ...
Senator
Bob Casey Jr. Robert Patrick Casey Jr. (born April 13, 1960) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Pennsylvania, a seat he has held since 2007. A member of the Democratic Party, Casey previously served as Penn ...
(serving since 2007) is the first Democrat to be popularly elected as a senator by Pennsylvania voters to more than two terms. Democratic senator
John Fetterman John Karl Fetterman (born August 15, 1969) is an American politician who is the United States senator-elect from Pennsylvania. A member of the Democratic Party, he has also served as the 34th lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania since 2019. Fe ...
entered office in January 2023, succeeding Republican
Pat Toomey Patrick Joseph Toomey Jr. (born November 17, 1961) is an American businessman and politician serving as the junior United States senator for Pennsylvania since 2011. A member of the Republican Party, he served three terms as the U.S. representa ...
who retired after two terms.


Gubernatorial elections

The ten most recent elections: *
2022 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election The 2022 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the governor of Pennsylvania and lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania. Democratic state attorney general Josh Shapiro easily defeated Republican state senator ...
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2018 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election The 2018 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, concurrently with the election of Pennsylvania's Class I U.S. Senate seat, as well as elections to the ...
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2014 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election The 2014 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 2014, to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania, concurrently with elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States ...
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2010 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election The 2010 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 2010, to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, concurrently with elections to the United States Senate in Pennsylvania and other states and elections to th ...
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2006 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election The 2006 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 2006 and included the races for the Governor of Pennsylvania and Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania. Incumbent Democratic Governor Ed Rendell successfully ran for re-election. ...
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2002 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election The 2002 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 2002, to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania. Incumbent Republican governor Mark Schweiker, who took office in 2001 when Tom Ridge resigned to become Home ...
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1998 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election The 1998 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1998. It was between incumbent Republican Tom Ridge, Democrat Ivan Itkin, Constitutionalist Peg Luksik and Libertarian Ken Krawchuk. Ridge, a popular moderate, won with 57% of ...
* 1994 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election * 1990 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election *
1986 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election The 1986 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1986. Democratic Party (United States), Democrat Robert P. Casey, Bob Casey narrowly defeated Republican Party (United States), Republican William Scranton III, Bill Scranton I ...
Democrats and Republicans have alternated in the governorship of Pennsylvania every eight years from 1950 to 2010. This has been referred to as "the cycle", but it was broken with a Democratic Party win in 2014. Pennsylvania has also voted against the party of the sitting president in 19 of the last 21 gubernatorial contests dating back to 1938; Democrats lost 16 of the previous 18 Pennsylvania gubernatorial races with a Democratic president in the White House, a pattern begun in 1860.


Pennsylvania General Assembly elections

The Pennsylvania General Assembly is a bicameral legislature, consisting of the Pennsylvania State Senate (the upper house) and the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (lower house). Republicans have controlled the state House for all but four years since 1995, and they have controlled the state Senate uninterrupted since 1993.


Senate

The five most recent elections: * 2022 Pennsylvania Senate election * 2020 Pennsylvania Senate election *
2018 Pennsylvania Senate election The 2018 elections for the Pennsylvania State Senate were held on November 6, 2018, with 25 of 50 districts being contested. Primary elections were held on May 15, 2018. The term of office for those elected in 2018 began when the Senate convene ...
* 2016 Pennsylvania Senate election *
2014 Pennsylvania Senate election The 2014 elections for the Pennsylvania State Senate were held on November 4, 2014, with all even-numbered districts being contested. Primary elections were held on May 20, 2014. Background The term of office for those elected in 2014 began ...


House of Representatives

The five most recent elections: *
2022 Pennsylvania House of Representatives election The 2022 elections for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives were held on , with all districts currently being decided. The term of office for those elected in 2022 will begin when the House of Representatives convenes in January 2023. Pen ...
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2020 Pennsylvania House of Representatives election The 2020 elections for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives was held on November 3, 2020, with all districts being decided. The term of office for those that were elected in 2020 began when the House of Representatives convened in January ...
* 2018 Pennsylvania House of Representatives election *
2016 Pennsylvania House of Representatives election The 2016 elections for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives were held on November 8, 2016, with all districts being contested. The primary elections were held on April 26, 2016. The term of office for those elected in 2016 began when the ...
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2014 Pennsylvania House of Representatives election The 2014 elections for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives were held on November 4, 2014, with all districts being contested. The primary elections were held on May 20, 2014. The term of office for those elected in 2014 began when the Hous ...


See also

* Electoral reform in Pennsylvania *
Political party strength in Pennsylvania Partisan identification in the electorate the Pennsylvania Department of State reports that there are approximately 4,000,000 (46%) registered Democrats, 3,450,000 (39%) registered Republicans, 911,000 (10%) registered unaffiliated, and 377,000 ...
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Politics of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania has swung from being a Republican Party (United States), Republican-leaning state during much of the 20th century to being a notable Swing state, battleground state in presidential elections. Pennsylvania backed the Democratic Party ...
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2020 Pennsylvania elections A general election was held in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania on November 3, 2020. The office of the Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth oversees the election process, including voting and vote counting. To vote by mail, registered Pe ...
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Women's suffrage in Pennsylvania Women's suffrage in Pennsylvania was an outgrowth of the Abolitionism, abolitionist movement in the state. Early women's suffrage advocates in Pennsylvania not only wanted equal suffrage for white women, but for all African Americans. The first Pen ...


References


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