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Democratic Party primaries, 2026

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Primary Date
May 19, 2026

Federal elections
Democratic primaries for U.S. House

State party
Democratic Party of Pennsylvania
State political party revenue

This page focuses on the Democratic primaries that will take place in Pennsylvania on May 19, 2026.

A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Pennsylvania utilizes a closed primary process. Voters are required to register with a political party to vote in the primary election.[1]

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

Federal elections

U.S. House

See also: United States House elections in Pennsylvania, 2026 (May 19 Democratic primaries)
The U.S. House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania are scheduled on November 3, 2026. Voters will elect 17 candidates to serve in the U.S. House from each of the state's 17 U.S. House districts. The primary is May 19, 2026. The filing deadline was March 10, 2026. To see a full list of candidates in the primary in each district, click "Show more" below.
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District 1

Democratic Party Democratic primary candidates

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District 2

Democratic Party Democratic primary candidates

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District 3

Democratic Party Democratic primary candidates

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District 4

Democratic Party Democratic primary candidates

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District 5

Democratic Party Democratic primary candidates

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District 6

Democratic Party Democratic primary candidates

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District 7

Democratic Party Democratic primary candidates

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District 8

Democratic Party Democratic primary candidates

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District 9

Democratic Party Democratic primary candidates

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District 10

Democratic Party Democratic primary candidates

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District 11

Democratic Party Democratic primary candidates

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District 12

Democratic Party Democratic primary candidates

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District 13

Democratic Party Democratic primary candidates

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District 14

Democratic Party Democratic primary candidates

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District 15

Democratic Party Democratic primary candidates

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District 16

Democratic Party Democratic primary candidates

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District 17

Democratic Party Democratic primary candidates

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State elections

State Senate

See also: Pennsylvania State Senate elections, 2026
Elections for the Pennsylvania State Senate will take place in 2026. The general election is on November 3, 2026. The primary is May 19, 2026. The filing deadline was March 10, 2026. To see a full list of state Senate candidates in the Democratic primaries, click "Show more" below.
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Pennsylvania State Senate elections, 2026

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Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
District 2

Christine Tartaglione (i)


District 4

Art Haywood (i)
Michael Cogbill

Todd Johnson

District 6

Eileen Hartnett Albillar

Frank Farry (i)

District 8

Anthony Williams (i)
David Goldsmith Jr.


District 10

Steve Santarsiero (i)

Gregory Bankos Jr.

District 12

Maria Collett (i)

Robert Costello III

District 14

Nick Miller (i)

Omy Maldonado

District 16

Wayne Codner
Bradley Merkl-Gump
Mark Pinsley

Jarrett Coleman (i)

District 18

Lisa Boscola (i)
Taiba Sultana

Scott Janney  Candidate Connection

District 20

Jaclyn Baker

Lisa Baker (i)
Tyler Meyers

District 22

Martin Flynn (i)
Jeffrey Lake

Sharon Soltis

District 24

Christopher Thomas

Tracy Pennycuick (i)  Candidate Connection

District 26

Timothy Kearney (i)

Alfe Goodwin

District 28

Thomas Johnson

Kristin Phillips-Hill (i)

District 30

Sean Steeg

Judith Ward (i)

District 32

Jacob Cecil

Patrick Stefano (i)
Harry Cochran

District 34

Richard Forsman II
Nathan Wood

Greg Rothman (i)

District 36

James Malone (i)

Tom Jones
Jere Swarr

District 38

Lindsey Williams (i)

Thomas West

District 40

Brian Wrightson

Rosemary Brown (i)

District 42

Wayne Fontana (i)
Paul Steenkiste


District 44

Katie Muth (i)

Melissa Dicranian

District 46

Evan Snyder

Camera Bartolotta (i)
Albert Buchtan

District 48


Chris Gebhard (i)
Clovis Crane  Candidate Connection

District 50


Michele Brooks (i)


House of Representatives

See also: Pennsylvania House of Representatives elections, 2026
Elections for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives will take place in 2026. The general election is on November 3, 2026. The primary is May 19, 2026. The filing deadline was March 10, 2026. To see a full list of state House candidates in the Democratic primaries, click "Show more" below.
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Pennsylvania House of Representatives elections, 2026

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Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
District 1

Patrick Harkins (i)


District 2

Robert Merski (i)


District 3

Ryan Bizzarro (i)

Donna Reese

District 4

Kathryn Divittorio

Jake Banta (i)

District 5

Andres Ruben Flammer Santiago

Eric Weaknecht (i)

District 6

Michael Walker

Bradley Roae (i)

District 7


Parke Wentling (i)

District 8

Richard Telesz

Aaron Bernstine (i)

District 9

Justin Byers  Candidate Connection
Shay Micco

Marla Gallo Brown (i)

District 10

Amen Brown (i)
Marcus Roberts-DeLoach  Candidate Connection


District 11


Marci Mustello (i)

District 12

Brandon Dukes

Ethan Nicholas
Scott Timko

District 13

Madelyn Alvarino

John Lawrence (i)

District 14


Roman Kozak (i)

District 15

Sydney Speicher

Joshua Kail (i)

District 16

Robert Matzie (i)

John Costanza

District 17


Tim Bonner (i)

District 18


K.C. Tomlinson (i)

District 19

Aerion Abney (i)


District 20

Emily Kinkead (i)


District 21

Lindsay Powell (i)


District 22

Cecilia Gerlach
Ana Tiburcio

Robert Smith

District 23

Dan Frankel (i)


District 24

La'Tasha Mayes (i)
William Anderson


District 25

Brandon Markosek (i)

Amy Noone

District 26

Paul Friel (i)


District 27

Daniel Deasy Jr. (i)


District 28

Robert Bertha
Jeremy Ferderber

Jeremy Shaffer (i)

District 29

Tim Brennan (i)

Sean Patrick Duffy

District 30

Arvind Venkat (i)

Ehab Akkary

District 31

Perry Warren (i)


District 32

Joe McAndrew (i)


District 33

Mandy Steele (i)

Michael Hammill

District 34

Abigail Salisbury (i)
Todd Koger


District 35

Dan Goughnour (i)

James Edwards

District 36

Jessica Benham (i)

Timothy McCune

District 37

Chad Gleissl

Mindy Fee (i)

District 38

John Inglis (i)


District 39

Dylan Altemara
Kellianne Frketic

Andrew Kuzma (i)

District 40

Jonathan Lloyd

Natalie Mihalek (i)

District 41

Brad Chambers

Brett Miller (i)

District 42

Jennifer Mazzocco


District 43

Bryan Peirson

Keith Greiner (i)

District 44

Hadley Haas

Valerie Gaydos (i)

District 45

Brittany Bloam
Patrick Catena
Frederick Coleman
Cameron Grosh

Rocco Cozza
James Julius

District 46

Mike Crossey

Jason Ortitay (i)

District 47

Edward Ritter

Joe D'Orsie (i)

District 48

Rebecca MacTaggart

Timothy O'Neal (i)

District 49

Ismail Smith-Wade-El (i)

Vanessa Acosta

District 50

Lois Bower-Bjornson

Bud Cook (i)
Ben Humble

District 51


Charity Grimm Krupa (i)

District 52


Ryan Warner (i)

District 53

Steven Malagari (i)


District 54

Greg Scott (i)


District 55

Davon Magwood

Jill Cooper (i)

District 56


Brian Rasel (i)

District 57

Robert Francis

Eric Nelson (i)

District 58

Cherri Rogers

Eric Davanzo (i)

District 59

Lisa Gephart
Jordan Omlor

Leslie Baum Rossi (i)

District 60

Dustyn Dorn

Abby Major (i)

District 61

Liz Hanbidge (i)


District 62

Trajan Jones

James Struzzi II (i)

District 63

Andrew Harbaugh

Josh Bashline (i)

District 64

Amanda Shaffer

R. Lee James (i)

District 65

Destiny Howard

Kathy Rapp (i)

District 66

Lisa Gourley

Brian Smith (i)

District 67

Zach Ware

Martin Causer (i)

District 68

Quentin Gee

Clint Owlett (i)

District 69


Carl Metzgar (i)

District 70

Matthew Bradford (i)


District 71


Jim Rigby (i)

District 72

Frank Burns (i)

Philip Rice

District 73


Dallas Kephart (i)

District 74

Dan Williams (i)

Lorenzo Kelley

District 75

Kimberly Kohlhepp

Mike Armanini (i)

District 76

Sara Eggler

Stephanie Borowicz (i)

District 77

H. Scott Conklin (i)

Michelle Schellberg

District 78


Jesse Topper (i)

District 79

Caleb McCoy

Andrea Verobish

District 80

Sarah Holland

Scott Barger (i)

District 81

Caleb Donahue

Richard Irvin (i)

District 82

Paul Takac (i)

Matthew Hilbert
Kirsten McTernan

District 83


Jamie Flick (i)

District 84


Joe Hamm (i)

District 85


David Rowe (i)

District 86

Wendy Morgan

Perry Stambaugh (i)

District 87

Jessica St. Clair

Thomas Kutz (i)

District 88

Sara Agerton
Adam Trone

Savannah Beeler
Jeffrey Clark

District 89

Shannon Jackson

Rob Kauffman (i)

District 90


Chad Reichard (i)

District 91

Jose Nunez-Guzman
Kathleen Pratt
Darian Sundberg

Dan Moul (i)
Lindsay Krug
Nick Lovell

District 92

Krista Anderson

Marc Anderson (i)

District 93

Melissa Barnes

Mike Jones (i)

District 94

Konnor Grimek

Wendy Fink (i)

District 95

Carol Hill-Evans (i)

Jasmine Rivera

District 96

Nikki Rivera (i)

Babita Rusyn

District 97

Jess Branas

Steven Mentzer (i)

District 98

Hugh Hyder-Darlington

Danielle Lindemuth
Nicky Woods

District 99

Ethan Gabrick

David H. Zimmerman (i)

District 100


Dave Nissley
Kelly Osborne

District 101


John Schlegel (i)

District 102


Russell Diamond (i)

District 103

Nate Davidson (i)


District 104

Dave Madsen (i)
Shane Steele


District 105

Justin Fleming (i)


District 106

Ryan Hazel  Candidate Connection
Anju Singh

Thomas Mehaffie (i)

District 107

Ryan Coleman

Joanne Stehr (i)

District 108

Amber Neidig

Michael Stender (i)

District 109

Justin Hummel

Robert Leadbeter (i)

District 110

Pamela Hemann

Tina Pickett (i)

District 111

Kyle Devlin

Jonathan Fritz (i)

District 112

Kyle Mullins (i)

Joseph Sabia Jr.

District 113

Kyle Donahue (i)

Lucas O'Brien

District 114

Bridget Malloy Kosierowski (i)

David Burgerhoff
Logan Lombardo

District 115

Maureen Madden (i)
Anna Lopez

Rich Szabo

District 116


Dane Watro Jr. (i)

District 117

Jeremy Benscoter

Jamie Walsh (i)
Bill Jones

District 118

James Haddock (i)

John Lombardo

District 119

Lauren McCurdy

Alec Ryncavage (i)

District 120

Joanna Bryn Smith
Fern Leard

Brenda Pugh (i)

District 121

Jessica McClay
Michael Stadulis

Mike Harostock

District 122


Doyle Heffley (i)

District 123

John Deatrich

Tim Twardzik (i)

District 124

Tina Burns

Jamie Barton (i)

District 125

Kathryn Waters

Joe Kerwin (i)

District 126

Jacklyn Rusnock (i)
Joshua Caltagirone

Miguel Vasquez

District 127

Manuel Guzman (i)


District 128

Andy Wagner

Mark Gillen (i)
David Hughes

District 129

Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz (i)


District 130

Erik Bonnett

Melissa Brewer
Mitch Micale

District 131

Meriam Sabih

Milou Mackenzie (i)

District 132

Michael Schlossberg (i)

Caren Lowrey

District 133

Jeanne McNeill (i)


District 134

Peter Schweyer (i)

Miriam Maldonado

District 135

Steve Samuelson (i)

Joe Poplawski

District 136

Robert Freeman (i)

Pilar Cavallo-Campisi

District 137

Jeff Warren

Joe Emrick (i)

District 138

Jared Bitting

Ann Flood (i)

District 139

Dominique Azzollini

Jeff Olsommer (i)

District 140

Jim Prokopiak (i)

Michael Gettis

District 141

Tina Davis (i)

Ken Velez

District 142

Kristin Egan

Joseph Hogan (i)

District 143

Tim Hayes

Shelby Labs (i)

District 144

Brian Munroe (i)

Mike Murphy

District 145

Les Mavus

Craig Staats (i)

District 146

Joseph Ciresi (i)


District 147

Margaret Burke

Donna Scheuren (i)

District 148

Andrea Deutsch
Megan Griffin-Shelley
Jason Landau Goodman
Leo Solga


District 149

Tim Briggs (i)


District 150

Joseph Webster (i)


District 151

Melissa Cerrato (i)


District 152

Nancy Guenst (i)


District 153

Ben Sanchez (i)

Cory Toner

District 154

Napoleon Nelson (i)


District 155

Danielle Friel Otten (i)


District 156

Christopher Pielli (i)

Kris R. Vollrath

District 157

Melissa Shusterman (i)

Justin Pak

District 158

Christina Sappey (i)


District 159

Carol Kazeem (i)
Brian Kirkland


District 160

Elizabeth Moro

Craig Williams (i)

District 161

Leanne Krueger (i)


District 162

David Delloso (i)

Mike Murphy

District 163

Heather Boyd (i)


District 164

Gina Curry (i)


District 165

Jennifer O'Mara (i)

Deirdre McCleary

District 166

Gregory Vitali (i)
Judy Trombetta

Joe Walker

District 167

Kristine Howard (i)

Joe Lewis

District 168

Lisa Borowski (i)

Kathryn Buckley

District 169

Austin Graham  Candidate Connection

Kate Klunk (i)

District 170

Rob Gurtcheff II

Martina White (i)

District 171

John Zangari

Kerry Benninghoff (i)

District 172

Sean Dougherty (i)

Wallace Quinlan

District 173

Patrick Gallagher (i)

Bill Griffin

District 174

Ed Neilson (i)


District 175

MaryLouise Isaacson (i)


District 176


Jack Rader (i)

District 177

Joseph Hohenstein (i)
Mark LaVelle

Robyn Bird

District 178

Monica Weninger

Kristin Marcell (i)

District 179

Jason Dawkins (i)


District 180

Jose Giral (i)


District 181

Malcolm Kenyatta (i)
Naderah Griffin


District 182

Benjamin Waxman (i)


District 183

Deirdre Kamber Todd

Zachary Mako (i)

District 184

Elizabeth Fiedler (i)


District 185

Regina Young (i)
Joe Sackor  Candidate Connection


District 186

Jordan Harris (i)


District 187

Rachel Cuevas
Geoffrey Whitcomb

Gary Day (i)

District 188

Rick Krajewski (i)
Tony Dphax King


District 189

Tarah Probst (i)

Danica Hartenfels

District 190

G. Roni Green (i)


District 191

Joanna McClinton (i)


District 192

Morgan Cephas (i)
D'Angelo Virgo

Tiffany Brown

District 193

Todd Crawley

Catherine Wallen

District 194

Tarik Khan (i)


District 195

Keith S. Harris (i)
Sierra McNeil
Kenneth Walker, Jr.


District 196

Ron Ruman

George Margetas

District 197

Danilo Burgos (i)


District 198

Darisha Parker (i)


District 199

Rick Christie
TaWanda Hunter Stallworth

Barbara Gleim (i)

District 200

Chris Johnson
Qasim Rashad
Deshawnda Williams


District 201

Andre Carroll (i)
Jasmine Brown


District 202

Jared Solomon (i)
Robert Rudnitsky


District 203

Anthony Bellmon (i)



State executive offices

See also: Pennsylvania state executive official elections, 2026

Two state executive offices are up for election in Pennsylvania in 2026:

Governor
Lieutenant Governor


To see a full list of candidates in the Democratic primaries, click "Show more" below.
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Governor of Pennsylvania

Democratic primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania

Democratic primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

Voting information

See also: Voting in Pennsylvania

Election information in Pennsylvania: May 19, 2026, election.

What is the voter registration deadline?

  • In-person: May 4, 2026
  • By mail: Received by May 4, 2026
  • Online: May 4, 2026

Is absentee/mail-in voting available to all voters?

Yes

What is the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline?

  • In-person: May 12, 2026
  • By mail: Received by May 12, 2026
  • Online: May 12, 2026

What is the absentee/mail-in ballot return deadline?

  • In-person: May 19, 2026
  • By mail: Received by May 19, 2026

Is early voting available to all voters?

Yes

What are the early voting start and end dates?

Varies to May 12, 2026

Are all voters required to present ID at the polls? If so, is a photo or non-photo ID required?

N/A

When are polls open on Election Day?

7:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (ET)


Context of the 2026 elections

Pennsylvania Party Control: 1992-2026
One year of a Democratic trifecta  •  Twelve years of Republican trifectas
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Year 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
Governor D D D R R R R R R R R D D D D D D D D R R R R D D D D D D D D D D D D
Senate R D R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
House D D D R R R R R R R R R R R R D D D D R R R R R R R R R R R R D D D D

State party overview

Democratic Party of Pennsylvania

See also: Democratic Party of Pennsylvania

Party control
in Pennsylvania
GovernorDemocratic
SenateRepublican
HouseDemocratic
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Pennsylvania has a divided government. The Democratic Party controls the office of governor and the lower chamber of the state legislature, while the Republican Party controls the offices of attorney general, secretary of state, and the upper chamber of the state legislature.



State political party revenue

See also: State political party revenue and State political party revenue per capita

State political parties typically deposit revenue in separate state and federal accounts in order to comply with state and federal campaign finance laws.

The Democratic Party and the Republican Party maintain state affiliates in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and select U.S. territories. The following map displays total state political party revenue per capita for the Democratic state party affiliates.


Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

Three of 67 Pennsylvania counties—4.5 percent—are pivot counties. These are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 pivot counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008
County Trump margin of victory in 2016 Obama margin of victory in 2012 Obama margin of victory in 2008
Erie County, Pennsylvania 1.56% 16.03% 19.88%
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania 19.31% 4.81% 8.41%
Northampton County, Pennsylvania 3.78% 4.71% 12.30%

In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won Pennsylvania with 48.2 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 47.5 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Pennsylvania cast votes for the winning presidential candidate 76.7 percent of the time. In that same time frame, Pennsylvania supported Republican candidates for president more often than Democratic candidates, 53.3 to 43.3 percent. The state, however, favored Democrats in every presidential election between 2000 and 2012, but voted Republican in 2016.

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Pennsylvania. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[2][3]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 89 out of 203 state House districts in Pennsylvania with an average margin of victory of 37.4 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 84 out of 203 state House districts in Pennsylvania with an average margin of victory of 37.3 points. Clinton won 19 districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections.
In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 114 out of 203 state House districts in Pennsylvania with an average margin of victory of 20 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 119 out of 203 state House districts in Pennsylvania with an average margin of victory of 28.2 points. Trump won 17 districts controlled by Democrats heading into the 2018 elections.


See also


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