Republican Party primaries in Pennsylvania, 2024

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Republican Party primaries, 2024

Primary Date

April 23, 2024

Federal elections

Republican primaries for U.S. House

State party

Republican Party of Pennsylvania

State political party revenue

This page focuses on the Republican primaries that took place in Pennsylvania on April 23, 2024.

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.

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

Federal elections

U.S. Senate

See also: United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 2024 (April 23 Republican primary)

A Republican Party primary took place on April 23, 2024, in Pennsylvania to determine which Republican candidate would run in the state's general election on November 5, 2024.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Pennsylvania

David McCormick advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Pennsylvania on April 23, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David McCormick	98.2	878,320
		Other/Write-in votes	1.8	16,539

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Joseph Vodvarka (R)
• Cory Widmann (R)
• Tariq Parvez (R)
• Brandi Tomasetti (R)

U.S. House

See also: United States House elections in Pennsylvania, 2024 (April 23 Republican primaries)

The U.S. House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania were on November 5, 2024. Voters elected 17 candidates to serve in the U.S. House from each of the state's 17 U.S. House districts. The primary was April 23, 2024. The filing deadline was February 13, 2024. To see a full list of candidates in the primary in each district, click "Show more" below.

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District 1

 Republican primary candidates

• Brian Fitzpatrick (Incumbent) ✔
• Mark Houck 

Did not make the ballot:

• Quincy Richardson

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District 2

 Republican primary candidates

• Aaron Bashir ✔

District 3

 Republican primary candidates

No candidates filed for the Republican Party primary.

District 4

 Republican primary candidates

• David Winkler ✔

District 5

 Republican primary candidates

• Alfe Goodwin ✔ 

Did not make the ballot:

• Dasha Pruett 

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District 6

 Republican primary candidates

• Neil Young ✔

District 7

 Republican primary candidates

• Kevin Dellicker
• Ryan Mackenzie ✔
• Maria Montero 

Did not make the ballot:

• Allen Issa

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District 8

 Republican primary candidates

• Rob Bresnahan Jr. ✔

District 9

 Republican primary candidates

• Dan Meuser (Incumbent) ✔

District 10

 Republican primary candidates

• Scott Perry (Incumbent) ✔

District 11

 Republican primary candidates

• Lloyd Smucker (Incumbent) ✔

Did not make the ballot:

• Jeffrey Wilder

District 12

 Republican primary candidates

• James Hayes ✔ 
• Paul Bryant (Write-in) 

Did not make the ballot:

• Laurie MacDonald (Write-in)

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District 13

 Republican primary candidates

• John Joyce (Incumbent) ✔

District 14

 Republican primary candidates

• Guy Reschenthaler (Incumbent) ✔

Did not make the ballot:

• George Karpacs

District 15

 Republican primary candidates

• Glenn Thompson (Incumbent) ✔

District 16

 Republican primary candidates

• Mike Kelly (Incumbent) ✔

Did not make the ballot:

• Tim Kramer

District 17

 Republican primary candidates

• Rob Mercuri ✔

Did not make the ballot:

• James Nelson
• Jesse Vodvarka

State elections

State Senate

See also: Pennsylvania State Senate elections, 2024

Elections for the Pennsylvania State Senate took place in 2024. The general election was on November 5, 2024. The primary was April 23, 2024. The filing deadline was February 13, 2024. To see a full list of state Senate candidates in the Republican primaries, click "Show more" below.

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Pennsylvania State Senate elections, 2024
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Office	Democratic	Republican	Other
District 1	Nikil Saval (i) Did not make the ballot: Allen King	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
District 3	Sharif Street (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
District 5	Jimmy Dillon (i)	Joe Picozzi
District 7	Vincent Hughes (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
District 9	John Kane (i)	Mike Woodin
District 11	Judy Schwank (i)	Lisha Rowe   Miguel Vasquez
District 13	Trex Proffitt (Write-in)	Scott Martin (i)
District 15	Patty Kim   Alvin Taylor	Nick DiFrancesco Ken Stambaugh
District 17	Amanda Cappelletti (i)	Greg Harris (Write-in)
District 19	Carolyn Comitta (i)	Duane Milne
District 21	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Scott Hutchinson (i)
District 23	Denitra Moffett (Write-in)	Gene Yaw (i)
District 25	William McGill (Write-in)	Cris Dush (i)
District 27	Patricia Lawton	Lynda Schlegel Culver (i)
District 29	John Zugarek	David Argall (i)
District 31	Mark Temons	Dawn Keefer
District 33	Cameron Schroy	Doug Mastriano (i)
District 35	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Wayne Langerholc (i)
District 37	Nicole Ruscitto	Devlin Robinson (i)
District 39	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Kim Ward (i)
District 41	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Joe Pittman (i)
District 43	Jay Costa (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
District 45	Nick Pisciottano Makenzie White   Did not make the ballot: Nickole Nesby	Jen Dintini   Kami Stulginskas
District 47	Elder Vogel (i) (Write-in) Kate Lennen (Write-in)	Elder Vogel (i)
District 49	Selena King Jim Wertz	Daniel Laughlin (i)

House of Representatives

See also: Pennsylvania House of Representatives elections, 2024

Elections for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives took place in 2024. The general election was on November 5, 2024. The primary was April 23, 2024. The filing deadline was February 13, 2024. To see a full list of state House candidates in the Republican primaries, click "Show more" below.

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Pennsylvania House of Representatives elections, 2024
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Office	Democratic	Republican	Other
District 1	Patrick Harkins (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
District 2	Robert Merski (i)	Matt Strupczewski
District 3	Ryan Bizzarro (i)	Micah Goring
District 4	Joe Cancilla	Jake Banta (i)
District 5	Heather Hanna	Eric Weaknecht
District 6	Michael Walker	Bradley Roae (i)
District 7	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Parke Wentling (i)
District 8	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Aaron Bernstine (i)
District 9	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Marla Gallo Brown (i) Did not make the ballot: Bill Messner
District 10	Amen Brown (i) Sajda Blackwell Cass Green	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
District 11	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Marci Mustello (i) Ryan Covert
District 12	Robert Vigue	Stephenie Scialabba (i)
District 13	Cristian Luna	John Lawrence (i) Carmela Ciliberti
District 14	Kenya Johns	Roman Kozak
District 15	Ashlee Caul	Joshua Kail (i)
District 16	Robert Matzie (i)	Michael Perich
District 17	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Tim Bonner (i)
District 18	Anand Patel	K.C. Tomlinson (i)
District 19	Aerion Abney (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
District 20	Emily Kinkead (i)	Matt Kruth
District 21	Lindsay Powell (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
District 22	Joshua Siegel (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
District 23	Dan Frankel (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
District 24	La'Tasha Mayes (i) Did not make the ballot: William Anderson	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
District 25	Brandon Markosek (i)	John Ritter
District 26	Paul Friel (i)	Shawn Blickley (Write-in)
District 27	Daniel Deasy Jr. (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
District 28	William Petulla	Jeremy Shaffer
District 29	Tim Brennan (i)	Steve Mekanik
District 30	Arvind Venkat (i)	Nathan Wolfe
District 31	Perry Warren (i)	Bernie Sauer (Write-in)
District 32	Joe McAndrew (i) Pauline Calabrese	Joe McAndrew (i) (Write-in)
District 33	Mandy Steele (i)	Gary Lotz
District 34	Abigail Salisbury (i) Ashley Comans	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
District 35	Matthew Gergely (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
District 36	Jessica Benham (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
District 37	John George	Mindy Fee (i)
District 38	John Inglis   A.J. Olasz Victoria Schmotzer	Stone Sobieralski
District 39	Angela Girol	Andrew Kuzma (i)
District 40	Peter Kohnke (Write-in)	Natalie Mihalek (i)
District 41	Brad Chambers	Brett Miller (i) Did not make the ballot: Brad Witmer
District 42	Dan Miller (i)	Joseph Leckenby (Write-in)
District 43	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Keith Greiner (i)
District 44	Hadley Haas	Valerie Gaydos (i)
District 45	Anita Astorino Kulik (i)	James Julius (Write-in)
District 46	Alex Taylor	Jason Ortitay (i)
District 47	Edward Ritter (Write-in)	Joe D'Orsie (i)
District 48	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Timothy O'Neal (i)
District 49	Ismail Smith-Wade-El (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
District 50	Stephanie Waggett (Write-in) Did not make the ballot: Randy Barli	Bud Cook (i) Stephanie Waggett
District 51	George Rattay	Charity Grimm Krupa (i)
District 52	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Ryan Warner (i)
District 53	Steven Malagari (i)	Cheryl Bonavita
District 54	Greg Scott (i)	Martin Dickerson (Write-in)
District 55	Davon Magwood (Write-in)	Jill Cooper (i) Jamie Lingg
District 56	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Brian Rasel
District 57	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Eric Nelson (i)
District 58	Cherri Rogers	Eric Davanzo (i)
District 59	Margie Zelenak	Leslie Baum Rossi (i)
District 60	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Abby Major (i)
District 61	Liz Hanbidge (i)	Michelle Rupp
District 62	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	James Struzzi II (i)
District 63	Pat Ritchie	Josh Bashline Clay Kennemuth Lisa Kerle Darlene Smail Did not make the ballot: Sonia Cangelo
District 64	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	R. Lee James (i)
District 65	Erin Willman (Write-in)	Kathy Rapp (i)
District 66	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Brian Smith (i)
District 67	Rajeev Pradhan	Martin Causer (i)
District 68	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Clint Owlett (i)
District 69	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Carl Metzgar (i)
District 70	Matthew Bradford (i)	Ed Moye (Write-in)
District 71	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Jim Rigby (i)
District 72	Frank Burns (i)	Amy Bradley
District 73	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Dallas Kephart (i)
District 74	Dan Williams (i)	Dale Hensel
District 75	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Mike Armanini (i)
District 76	Denise Maris	Stephanie Borowicz (i)
District 77	H. Scott Conklin (i)	Marie Librizzi
District 78	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Jesse Topper (i)
District 79	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Louis Schmitt Jr. (i)
District 80	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	James Gregory (i) Scott Barger
District 81	Sean Steeg	Richard Irvin (i)
District 82	Paul Takac (i)	Therese Hollen
District 83	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Jamie Flick (i)
District 84	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Joe Hamm (i)
District 85	Nick Jacobson   Did not make the ballot: Jared Hoffman  (Write-in)	David Rowe (i)
District 86	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Perry Stambaugh (i)
District 87	John Flood	Thomas Kutz (i)
District 88	Sara Agerton	Sheryl Delozier (i)
District 89	Noah Kreischer	Rob Kauffman (i)
District 90	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Janon Gray   Chad Reichard
District 91	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Dan Moul (i)
District 92	Dan Almoney	Marc Anderson Matthew Davis   Holly Kelley Zachary Kile Chris Wyatt
District 93	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Mike Jones (i)
District 94	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Wendy Fink (i)
District 95	Carol Hill-Evans (i)	Jasmine Rivera
District 96	P. Michael Sturla (i)	Eric Beezer
District 97	Bob Rudy	Steven Mentzer (i)
District 98	Lynn McCleary (Write-in)	Tom Jones (i)
District 99	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	David H. Zimmerman (i)
District 100	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Bryan Cutler (i) Dave Nissley
District 101	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	John Schlegel (i)
District 102	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary Did not make the ballot: Laura Quick	Russell Diamond (i)   Rachel Moyer
District 103	Nate Davidson   Mercedes Evans   Laura Harding Jesse Monoski   Tina Nixon	Cindi Ward
District 104	Dave Madsen (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
District 105	Justin Fleming (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
District 106	Anju Singh (Write-in)   Did not make the ballot: Anju Singh	Thomas Mehaffie (i) Did not make the ballot: Bobby Jeffries
District 107	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Joanne Stehr (i)
District 108	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Michael Stender (i) Did not make the ballot: Tom Webb
District 109	Nick McGaw	Robert Leadbeter (i) Matt Yoder
District 110	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Tina Pickett (i) Matthew Wayman
District 111	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Jonathan Fritz (i)
District 112	Kyle Mullins (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
District 113	Kyle Donahue (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
District 114	Bridget Malloy Kosierowski (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
District 115	Maureen Madden (i) Did not make the ballot: Anna Lopez	Matt Long
District 116	Deborah Adoff	Dane Watro Jr. (i)
District 117	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Michael Cabell (i) Jamie Walsh
District 118	James Haddock (i)	McKayla Kathio
District 119	Megan Kocher	Alec Ryncavage (i)
District 120	Fern Leard John Morgan	Lee Ann McDermott Patrick Musto Brenda Pugh
District 121	Eddie Day Pashinski (i)	Donald Disler (Write-in)
District 122	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Doyle Heffley (i)
District 123	Michael Zvalaren	Tim Twardzik (i)
District 124	Tina Burns	Jamie Barton (i)
District 125	Gene Stilp	Joe Kerwin (i)
District 126	Jacklyn Rusnock Did not make the ballot: Joshua Caltagirone  Winston Dilone	James Oswald (Write-in) Did not make the ballot: James Oswald
District 127	Manuel Guzman (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
District 128	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Mark Gillen (i)
District 129	Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz (i)	Susan Larkin (Write-in)
District 130	Rayne Reitnauer	David Maloney (i)
District 131	Meriam Sabih   Jay Santos	Milou Mackenzie (i)
District 132	Michael Schlossberg (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
District 133	Jeanne McNeill (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
District 134	Peter Schweyer (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
District 135	Steve Samuelson (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
District 136	Robert Freeman (i) Taiba Sultana	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
District 137	Anna Thomas	Joe Emrick (i)
District 138	Jared Bitting	Ann Flood (i)
District 139	Robin Schooley Skibber	Jeff Olsommer (i) Matthew Contreras
District 140	Jim Prokopiak (i)	Candace Cabanas
District 141	Tina Davis (i)	Noah Boyd
District 142	Anna Payne	Joseph Hogan (i)
District 143	Eleanor Breslin	Shelby Labs (i)
District 144	Brian Munroe (i)	Daniel McPhillips
District 145	Vera Cole	Craig Staats (i)
District 146	Joseph Ciresi (i)	Michael J. McCloskey III
District 147	Al Leach	Donna Scheuren (i)
District 148	Mary Jo Daley (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
District 149	Tim Briggs (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
District 150	Joseph Webster (i)	Simone Collins
District 151	Melissa Cerrato (i)	Allen Anderson
District 152	Nancy Guenst (i)	Tim Bertman (Write-in)
District 153	Ben Sanchez (i)	Joe Rooney
District 154	Napoleon Nelson (i)	Thomas Estilow (Write-in)
District 155	Danielle Friel Otten (i) Did not make the ballot: Erica Deuso	Rodney Simon II
District 156	Christopher Pielli (i)	Kris R. Vollrath
District 157	Melissa Shusterman (i)	Regina Mauro
District 158	Christina Sappey (i)	Tina Ayala
District 159	Carol Kazeem (i) Darren A. Laws Sr.	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
District 160	Elizabeth Moro	Craig Williams (i)
District 161	Leanne Krueger (i)	John Mancinelli
District 162	David Delloso (i)	Gabriella Mendez
District 163	Heather Boyd (i)	Jeffrey Jones (Write-in) Did not make the ballot: Jeffrey Jones
District 164	Gina Curry (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
District 165	Jennifer O'Mara (i)	Liz Piazza
District 166	Gregory Vitali (i)	Kay Dugery
District 167	Kristine Howard (i)	Melissa Dicranian
District 168	Lisa Borowski (i)	Kathryn Buckley
District 169	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Kate Klunk (i)
District 170	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Martina White (i)
District 171	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Kerry Benninghoff (i)
District 172	Kevin Boyle (i) Sean Dougherty	Aizaz Gill Patrick Gushue
District 173	Patrick Gallagher (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
District 174	Ed Neilson (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
District 175	MaryLouise Isaacson (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
District 176	Hope Christman	Jack Rader (i)
District 177	Joseph Hohenstein (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
District 178	Emma Rosenthal	Kristin Marcell (i)
District 179	Jason Dawkins (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
District 180	Jose Giral (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
District 181	Malcolm Kenyatta (i) Naderah Griffin Lewis Nash Sr. Did not make the ballot: Jon Hankins	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
District 182	Benjamin Waxman (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
District 183	Joe Lenzi	Zachary Mako (i) Zach Halkias
District 184	Elizabeth Fiedler (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
District 185	Regina Young (i) Did not make the ballot: Joe Sackor	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
District 186	Jordan Harris (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
District 187	Stefanie Rafes	Gary Day
District 188	Rick Krajewski (i) Tony Dphax King	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
District 189	Tarah Probst (i)	Lisa Vanwhy
District 190	G. Roni Green (i) James Jackson	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
District 191	Joanna McClinton (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
District 192	Morgan Cephas (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
District 193	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Torren Ecker (i)
District 194	Tarik Khan (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
District 195	Donna Bullock (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
District 196	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Seth Grove (i)
District 197	Danilo Burgos (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
District 198	Darisha Parker (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
District 199	Rick Christie   Montana Hartman	Barbara Gleim (i)
District 200	Christopher Rabb (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
District 201	Andre Carroll (i) Did not make the ballot: Johnny J. Patterson  Selena V. Hodge	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
District 202	Jared Solomon (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary Did not make the ballot: Aaron Bashir
District 203	Anthony Bellmon (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary

State executive offices

See also: Pennsylvania state executive official elections, 2024

Three state executive offices were up for election in Pennsylvania in 2024:

Attorney General
Auditor
Treasurer

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

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Attorney General

Republican primary candidates

• Dave Sunday ✔
• Craig Williams

Did not make the ballot:

• Katayoun Copeland

Auditor

Republican primary candidates

• Timothy DeFoor (Incumbent) ✔

Treasurer

Republican primary candidates

• Stacy Garrity (Incumbent) ✔ 

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Voting information

See also: Voting in Pennsylvania

Election information in Pennsylvania: April 23, 2024, election.

What was the voter registration deadline?

• In-person: April 8, 2024
• By mail: Received by April 8, 2024
• Online: April 8, 2024

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

N/A

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

• In-person: April 16, 2024
• By mail: Received by April 16, 2024
• Online: April 16, 2024

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

• In-person: April 23, 2024
• By mail: Received by April 23, 2024

Was early voting available to all voters?

N/A

What were the early voting start and end dates?

N/A to April 16, 2024

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

N/A

When were polls open on Election Day?

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

Context of the 2024 elections

Pennsylvania Party Control: 1992-2025
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
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
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
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	_

State party overview

Republican Party of Pennsylvania

See also: Republican Party of Pennsylvania

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 Republican 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.

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.

2016 Presidential Results by state House District '
District	Obama	Romney	2012 Margin	Clinton	Trump	2016 Margin	Party Control
1	74.23%	24.51%	D+49.7	62.96%	33.11%	D+29.8	D
2	64.16%	34.60%	D+29.6	54.43%	40.91%	D+13.5	D
3	52.42%	46.30%	D+6.1	45.74%	49.76%	R+4	D
4	47.98%	50.56%	R+2.6	34.90%	60.52%	R+25.6	R
5	39.20%	59.23%	R+20	30.95%	64.64%	R+33.7	R
6	41.46%	56.84%	R+15.4	33.98%	61.68%	R+27.7	R
7	58.14%	40.56%	D+17.6	44.84%	51.68%	R+6.8	D
8	31.90%	66.60%	R+34.7	24.28%	71.25%	R+47	R
9	47.63%	51.12%	R+3.5	36.69%	60.36%	R+23.7	D
10	45.01%	53.45%	R+8.4	35.93%	59.86%	R+23.9	R
11	34.69%	63.96%	R+29.3	28.50%	66.88%	R+38.4	R
12	29.48%	69.55%	R+40.1	31.88%	64.41%	R+32.5	R
13	43.63%	55.27%	R+11.6	42.73%	53.04%	R+10.3	R
14	38.01%	60.67%	R+22.7	32.28%	64.15%	R+31.9	R
15	37.23%	61.54%	R+24.3	31.00%	65.48%	R+34.5	R
16	53.92%	44.73%	D+9.2	46.00%	50.52%	R+4.5	D
17	42.32%	56.30%	R+14	29.47%	66.56%	R+37.1	R
18	57.88%	40.91%	D+17	52.85%	44.12%	D+8.7	R
19	86.11%	12.84%	D+73.3	83.38%	13.65%	D+69.7	D
20	61.01%	37.46%	D+23.6	60.52%	34.84%	D+25.7	D
21	57.83%	40.46%	D+17.4	59.05%	36.62%	D+22.4	D
22	76.43%	22.64%	D+53.8	72.60%	24.54%	D+48.1	D
23	73.62%	24.04%	D+49.6	80.06%	16.36%	D+63.7	D
24	90.72%	8.31%	D+82.4	90.51%	7.00%	D+83.5	D
25	51.85%	47.12%	D+4.7	50.07%	46.87%	D+3.2	D
26	45.47%	53.34%	R+7.9	43.50%	52.49%	R+9	R
27	63.70%	34.87%	D+28.8	60.79%	35.34%	D+25.5	D
28	36.63%	62.52%	R+25.9	43.46%	52.61%	R+9.2	R
29	45.87%	53.06%	R+7.2	46.10%	50.52%	R+4.4	R
30	40.91%	58.24%	R+17.3	44.48%	51.61%	R+7.1	R
31	50.76%	48.04%	D+2.7	55.20%	41.17%	D+14	D
32	60.05%	38.99%	D+21.1	59.16%	37.83%	D+21.3	D
33	49.03%	49.75%	R+0.7	45.55%	50.80%	R+5.3	D
34	68.62%	30.16%	D+38.5	68.78%	28.17%	D+40.6	D
35	63.94%	35.20%	D+28.7	57.89%	39.41%	D+18.5	D
36	60.88%	37.46%	D+23.4	56.42%	39.30%	D+17.1	D
37	28.95%	69.66%	R+40.7	26.19%	69.00%	R+42.8	R
38	50.42%	48.41%	D+2	46.28%	50.58%	R+4.3	D
39	40.59%	58.52%	R+17.9	36.49%	60.37%	R+23.9	R
40	36.83%	62.34%	R+25.5	41.12%	55.57%	R+14.4	R
41	42.46%	56.09%	R+13.6	41.74%	53.32%	R+11.6	R
42	55.31%	43.47%	D+11.8	60.20%	35.63%	D+24.6	D
43	36.53%	62.17%	R+25.6	36.27%	58.57%	R+22.3	R
44	41.51%	57.51%	R+16	43.16%	53.29%	R+10.1	R
45	51.33%	47.58%	D+3.7	49.81%	46.66%	D+3.2	D
46	44.33%	54.63%	R+10.3	39.68%	56.72%	R+17	R
47	40.06%	58.68%	R+18.6	34.74%	60.75%	R+26	R
48	45.49%	53.23%	R+7.7	40.70%	55.39%	R+14.7	D
49	49.95%	48.61%	D+1.3	37.74%	58.75%	R+21	R
50	46.33%	52.50%	R+6.2	33.66%	63.80%	R+30.1	D
51	41.10%	57.87%	R+16.8	30.84%	66.70%	R+35.9	R
52	40.85%	57.93%	R+17.1	30.15%	67.36%	R+37.2	R
53	48.81%	49.75%	R+0.9	48.69%	46.74%	D+2	R
54	36.11%	62.89%	R+26.8	34.91%	61.80%	R+26.9	R
55	39.89%	58.83%	R+18.9	31.43%	65.24%	R+33.8	D
56	34.08%	64.90%	R+30.8	31.32%	65.45%	R+34.1	R
57	36.37%	62.35%	R+26	33.60%	62.73%	R+29.1	R
58	43.41%	55.41%	R+12	34.02%	63.22%	R+29.2	R
59	31.93%	66.81%	R+34.9	26.42%	70.50%	R+44.1	R
60	30.82%	67.77%	R+37	24.08%	72.85%	R+48.8	R
61	51.45%	47.61%	D+3.8	56.68%	39.73%	D+16.9	R
62	43.10%	55.21%	R+12.1	34.47%	61.69%	R+27.2	R
63	29.59%	68.69%	R+39.1	22.17%	74.25%	R+52.1	R
64	34.96%	63.20%	R+28.2	26.01%	69.72%	R+43.7	R
65	39.55%	58.80%	R+19.3	27.22%	68.57%	R+41.4	R
66	27.05%	71.53%	R+44.5	18.49%	78.42%	R+59.9	R
67	32.35%	65.98%	R+33.6	22.32%	74.12%	R+51.8	R
68	31.27%	66.99%	R+35.7	20.98%	74.62%	R+53.6	R
69	25.99%	72.68%	R+46.7	18.90%	78.57%	R+59.7	R
70	63.08%	35.97%	D+27.1	63.15%	33.72%	D+29.4	D
71	42.84%	55.39%	R+12.5	34.58%	62.24%	R+27.7	D
72	37.01%	61.10%	R+24.1	26.49%	70.36%	R+43.9	D
73	38.10%	60.27%	R+22.2	24.79%	72.19%	R+47.4	R
74	62.76%	36.10%	D+26.7	60.37%	35.55%	D+24.8	R
75	36.38%	62.06%	R+25.7	24.79%	71.59%	R+46.8	R
76	39.88%	58.53%	R+18.6	29.08%	67.03%	R+37.9	D
77	59.83%	37.36%	D+22.5	60.78%	33.56%	D+27.2	D
78	22.54%	76.40%	R+53.9	16.03%	81.71%	R+65.7	R
79	39.22%	59.27%	R+20	30.70%	65.55%	R+34.9	R
80	26.47%	72.45%	R+46	20.96%	76.10%	R+55.1	R
81	35.33%	63.30%	R+28	30.25%	66.04%	R+35.8	R
82	26.74%	72.05%	R+45.3	19.62%	77.01%	R+57.4	R
83	38.82%	59.70%	R+20.9	32.82%	62.88%	R+30.1	R
84	26.66%	72.04%	R+45.4	18.99%	77.66%	R+58.7	R
85	35.45%	62.97%	R+27.5	31.55%	64.64%	R+33.1	R
86	33.17%	65.18%	R+32	25.57%	69.93%	R+44.4	R
87	41.20%	57.38%	R+16.2	41.82%	53.91%	R+12.1	R
88	41.23%	57.13%	R+15.9	41.39%	53.53%	R+12.1	R
89	34.19%	64.52%	R+30.3	29.92%	66.31%	R+36.4	R
90	28.09%	70.61%	R+42.5	22.85%	73.48%	R+50.6	R
91	37.65%	60.93%	R+23.3	32.20%	63.86%	R+31.7	R
92	31.91%	66.77%	R+34.9	28.03%	67.52%	R+39.5	R
93	34.53%	63.91%	R+29.4	31.05%	64.67%	R+33.6	R
94	35.78%	62.70%	R+26.9	28.86%	66.88%	R+38	R
95	65.14%	33.21%	D+31.9	61.43%	33.92%	D+27.5	D
96	74.86%	23.26%	D+51.6	73.28%	21.55%	D+51.7	D
97	40.15%	58.50%	R+18.4	42.36%	52.82%	R+10.5	R
98	37.73%	60.63%	R+22.9	32.52%	61.78%	R+29.3	R
99	28.97%	69.60%	R+40.6	25.97%	68.75%	R+42.8	R
100	34.03%	64.51%	R+30.5	28.29%	67.35%	R+39.1	R
101	39.74%	58.92%	R+19.2	37.40%	58.74%	R+21.3	R
102	31.56%	66.91%	R+35.3	24.88%	71.23%	R+46.3	R
103	81.25%	17.74%	D+63.5	78.28%	18.44%	D+59.8	D
104	46.98%	51.71%	R+4.7	42.83%	53.30%	R+10.5	R
105	45.32%	53.34%	R+8	44.00%	51.91%	R+7.9	R
106	43.98%	54.60%	R+10.6	43.80%	51.46%	R+7.7	R
107	42.37%	55.71%	R+13.3	28.98%	66.96%	R+38	R
108	34.84%	63.47%	R+28.6	26.52%	69.44%	R+42.9	R
109	42.93%	55.31%	R+12.4	32.18%	63.26%	R+31.1	R
110	38.40%	59.80%	R+21.4	25.85%	69.59%	R+43.7	R
111	39.36%	59.14%	R+19.8	28.62%	67.57%	R+39	R
112	69.10%	29.74%	D+39.4	55.53%	41.46%	D+14.1	D
113	67.49%	31.46%	D+36	56.83%	40.31%	D+16.5	D
114	58.64%	40.26%	D+18.4	44.66%	52.39%	R+7.7	D
115	64.27%	34.56%	D+29.7	58.15%	38.28%	D+19.9	D
116	40.79%	57.87%	R+17.1	31.33%	66.07%	R+34.7	R
117	41.83%	56.50%	R+14.7	30.66%	66.00%	R+35.3	R
118	55.83%	43.08%	D+12.8	40.74%	56.46%	R+15.7	D
119	51.23%	47.10%	D+4.1	35.40%	61.77%	R+26.4	D
120	53.79%	44.76%	D+9	42.55%	54.62%	R+12.1	R
121	61.17%	37.18%	D+24	47.71%	48.91%	R+1.2	D
122	44.86%	53.22%	R+8.4	30.76%	65.46%	R+34.7	R
123	51.65%	46.75%	D+4.9	31.73%	65.03%	R+33.3	D
124	37.56%	60.67%	R+23.1	25.51%	70.74%	R+45.2	R
125	36.51%	62.03%	R+25.5	23.43%	72.95%	R+49.5	R
126	63.45%	34.97%	D+28.5	57.62%	38.36%	D+19.3	D
127	80.68%	18.33%	D+62.4	77.08%	19.95%	D+57.1	D
128	41.43%	57.06%	R+15.6	38.02%	57.47%	R+19.5	R
129	41.67%	56.89%	R+15.2	37.61%	57.86%	R+20.3	R
130	42.78%	55.70%	R+12.9	35.25%	60.10%	R+24.9	R
131	44.49%	54.03%	R+9.5	41.91%	53.76%	R+11.9	R
132	65.53%	33.25%	D+32.3	64.10%	32.82%	D+31.3	D
133	59.02%	39.41%	D+19.6	52.89%	42.75%	D+10.1	D
134	43.39%	55.42%	R+12	41.92%	54.04%	R+12.1	R
135	64.54%	34.06%	D+30.5	61.91%	34.09%	D+27.8	D
136	59.36%	39.16%	D+20.2	53.35%	42.48%	D+10.9	D
137	46.66%	52.14%	R+5.5	40.33%	56.02%	R+15.7	R
138	43.63%	55.31%	R+11.7	39.52%	56.92%	R+17.4	R
139	39.33%	59.34%	R+20	30.73%	66.15%	R+35.4	R
140	63.59%	35.05%	D+28.5	54.38%	41.60%	D+12.8	D
141	62.97%	35.53%	D+27.4	52.82%	43.31%	D+9.5	D
142	49.07%	49.78%	R+0.7	46.32%	50.25%	R+3.9	R
143	45.51%	53.19%	R+7.7	47.61%	48.14%	R+0.5	R
144	44.70%	54.17%	R+9.5	45.34%	50.70%	R+5.4	R
145	44.16%	54.36%	R+10.2	39.59%	55.70%	R+16.1	R
146	50.85%	47.96%	D+2.9	48.37%	47.29%	D+1.1	R
147	43.65%	54.97%	R+11.3	41.16%	54.54%	R+13.4	R
148	60.73%	38.33%	D+22.4	67.12%	29.75%	D+37.4	D
149	60.45%	38.56%	D+21.9	66.82%	29.98%	D+36.8	D
150	49.69%	49.13%	D+0.6	51.73%	44.27%	D+7.5	R
151	50.81%	48.28%	D+2.5	55.25%	41.23%	D+14	R
152	52.27%	46.64%	D+5.6	54.58%	41.63%	D+12.9	R
153	63.65%	35.32%	D+28.3	66.36%	30.20%	D+36.2	D
154	74.52%	24.59%	D+49.9	77.91%	19.15%	D+58.8	D
155	47.56%	51.25%	R+3.7	51.80%	43.97%	D+7.8	R
156	49.44%	49.46%	R+0	54.28%	41.62%	D+12.7	D
157	52.13%	46.72%	D+5.4	58.80%	37.01%	D+21.8	R
158	48.38%	50.45%	R+2.1	52.99%	42.96%	D+10	R
159	83.68%	15.63%	D+68	77.53%	20.25%	D+57.3	D
160	46.71%	52.30%	R+5.6	49.20%	47.16%	D+2	R
161	55.77%	43.14%	D+12.6	53.41%	43.19%	D+10.2	D
162	57.37%	41.38%	D+16	49.64%	46.80%	D+2.8	R
163	55.33%	43.45%	D+11.9	54.70%	41.57%	D+13.1	R
164	82.20%	16.96%	D+65.2	81.93%	15.75%	D+66.2	D
165	48.98%	50.02%	R+1	51.81%	44.91%	D+6.9	R
166	61.53%	37.33%	D+24.2	67.49%	28.93%	D+38.6	D
167	48.42%	50.53%	R+2.1	55.67%	40.48%	D+15.2	R
168	47.78%	51.08%	R+3.3	51.51%	44.79%	D+6.7	R
169	34.04%	64.45%	R+30.4	27.83%	67.92%	R+40.1	R
170	56.95%	42.17%	D+14.8	49.20%	48.35%	D+0.9	R
171	40.68%	57.64%	R+17	39.86%	55.53%	R+15.7	R
172	59.28%	39.77%	D+19.5	55.26%	41.93%	D+13.3	D
173	64.49%	34.35%	D+30.1	56.90%	40.57%	D+16.3	D
174	61.67%	37.38%	D+24.3	57.06%	40.39%	D+16.7	D
175	79.87%	18.59%	D+61.3	81.59%	15.10%	D+66.5	D
176	50.90%	47.71%	D+3.2	41.51%	54.94%	R+13.4	R
177	65.38%	33.22%	D+32.2	56.98%	39.92%	D+17.1	R
178	42.85%	56.21%	R+13.4	46.82%	50.00%	R+3.2	R
179	92.03%	7.63%	D+84.4	89.49%	8.95%	D+80.5	D
180	91.88%	7.78%	D+84.1	90.18%	8.68%	D+81.5	D
181	94.57%	4.54%	D+90	92.34%	5.28%	D+87.1	D
182	80.77%	17.83%	D+62.9	85.13%	12.25%	D+72.9	D
183	46.31%	52.33%	R+6	37.34%	58.86%	R+21.5	R
184	74.15%	24.62%	D+49.5	68.00%	29.12%	D+38.9	D
185	81.50%	18.03%	D+63.5	77.31%	21.01%	D+56.3	D
186	92.45%	6.89%	D+85.6	90.67%	7.27%	D+83.4	D
187	41.65%	56.98%	R+15.3	39.49%	56.43%	R+16.9	R
188	92.78%	5.93%	D+86.9	93.67%	3.86%	D+89.8	D
189	52.75%	45.91%	D+6.8	45.71%	51.06%	R+5.4	R
190	97.49%	2.19%	D+95.3	95.73%	2.77%	D+93	D
191	97.46%	2.39%	D+95.1	95.90%	3.11%	D+92.8	D
192	96.72%	3.08%	D+93.6	95.06%	3.68%	D+91.4	D
193	32.78%	65.92%	R+33.1	27.49%	68.67%	R+41.2	R
194	70.09%	28.46%	D+41.6	72.03%	24.29%	D+47.7	D
195	92.86%	6.25%	D+86.6	92.54%	5.33%	D+87.2	D
196	35.76%	62.90%	R+27.1	28.34%	67.63%	R+39.3	R
197	97.04%	2.75%	D+94.3	95.62%	3.52%	D+92.1	D
198	97.73%	1.99%	D+95.7	96.12%	2.54%	D+93.6	D
199	39.71%	58.82%	R+19.1	37.16%	58.63%	R+21.5	R
200	94.69%	4.79%	D+89.9	94.29%	3.97%	D+90.3	D
201	98.24%	1.52%	D+96.7	96.47%	2.17%	D+94.3	D
202	80.92%	18.39%	D+62.5	78.97%	19.01%	D+60	D
203	96.00%	3.80%	D+92.2	94.44%	4.23%	D+90.2	D
Total	52.08%	46.68%	D+5.4	47.85%	48.58%	R+0.7	-
Source: Daily Kos

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