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Pennsylvania's 8th Congressional District election, 2022
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| Pennsylvania's 8th Congressional District |
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| Election details |
| Filing deadline: March 15, 2022 |
| Primary: May 17, 2022 General: November 8, 2022 |
| How to vote |
| Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voting in Pennsylvania |
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Incumbent Matt Cartwright (D) defeated Jim Bognet (R) in the general election in Pennsylvania's 8th Congressional District on November 8, 2022.
Cartwright, an attorney, was first elected to the U.S. House from the 17th Congressional District in 2012. After the Pennsylvania Supreme Court adopted a new congressional district map in 2018, Cartwright was elected to the 8th Congressional District in 2018 and 2020. Cartwright said he was "a fighter for all hardworking northeastern Pennsylvanians, standing up to corporate special interests and Washington insiders to lower prices, protect and expand access to health care, and grow our local economy."[1]
Bognet, the owner of a political consulting and communications, worked in President Trump's administration. Trump endorsed Bognet over Mike Marsicano in the district's 2022 Republican primary. Bognet said on his campaign website that he was running "to empower American families and small businesses, unleash American energy independence, and create good jobs at good wages."[2]
Emily Wilkins wrote in Bloomberg Government that Cartwright's "district not only supported [Donald] Trump in 2016 and 2020, but Cartwright won it in 2016, 2018 and 2020 — the only Democratic lawmaker running this year who can make that claim. While other candidates in purple districts look to Cartwright as an example, he isn’t taking his past success for granted this year."[3]
Wilkins also wrote, "Bognet is working to capitalize on Biden’s low poll numbers. His ads blame Biden for high inflation and highlight Cartwright’s record of voting with Biden’s policies 100% of the time."[3]
This was one of 18 U.S. House districts in 2022 where the same candidates ran against each other in consecutive election cycles. Cartwright defeated Bognet in 2020, 52% to 48%. This is also one of 13 U.S. House districts Democrats were defending that Donald Trump (R) won in 2020.
The outcome of this race affected the partisan balance of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 118th Congress. All 435 House districts were up for election.
Republicans won a 222-213 majority in the U.S. House in 2022.
Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 48.0% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 50.9%.[4] As of October 2022, 47% of the district's active voters were registered Democrats, 38% were registered Republicans, and 15% were either registered with some other party or unaffiliated.[5]
For more information about the Democratic primary, click here.
For more information about the Republican primary, click here.
Election News
- November 9, 2022: Matt Cartwright (D) was projected as the winner over Jim Bognet (R) in the November 8, 2022, general election in Pennsylvania's 8th Congressional District.
- October 15, 2022: Quarterly campaign finance filings were due. Cartwright reported raising $4.7 million and spending $3.6 million and Kistner reported raising $2.1 million and spending $1.6 million over the election cycle.[6][7]
Candidates and election results
General election
General election for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 8
Incumbent Matt Cartwright defeated Jim Bognet in the general election for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 8 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Matt Cartwright (D) | 51.2 | 146,956 |
 | Jim Bognet (R) | 48.8 | 139,930 | |
| Total votes: 286,886 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 8
Incumbent Matt Cartwright advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 8 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Matt Cartwright | 100.0 | 68,696 |
| Total votes: 68,696 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Brian Kelly (D)
- Jon Lanzaro-Fisher (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 8
Jim Bognet defeated Mike Marsicano in the Republican primary for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 8 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jim Bognet | 68.7 | 47,097 |
 | Mike Marsicano | 31.3 | 21,436 | |
| Total votes: 68,533 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Teddy Daniels (R)
Voting information
- See also: Voting in Pennsylvania
Candidate comparison
Candidate profiles
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Party: Democratic Party
Incumbent: Yes
Political Office:
- U.S. House of Representatives, District 8 (Assumed office: 2019)
- U.S. House of Representatives, District 17 (2013-2019)
Biography: Cartwright received a bachelor's degree from Hamilton College and a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Before his election to the U.S. House, Cartwright worked as an attorney at Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, LLP, and Munley, Munley & Cartwright, PC, and as an on-air legal analyst with Nexstar Broadcasting Group.
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Party: Republican Party
Incumbent: No
Political Office: None
Biography: Bognet received a bachelor's degree from Penn State University, an M.B.A. from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Management, and a J.D. from the UCLA School of Law. Bognet founded JRB Strategies, a political and business consulting firm, and worked in President Trump's administration and as an economic advisor to the governor of California.
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Campaign advertisements
This section includes a selection of up to three campaign advertisements per candidate released in this race, as well as links to candidates' YouTube, Vimeo, and/or Facebook video pages. If you are aware of other links that should be included, please email us.
Matt Cartwright
| October 3, 2022 |
| August 29, 2022 |
| August 29, 2022 |
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Jim Bognet
| October 4, 2022 |
| August 31, 2022 |
| May 5, 2022 |
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Election competitiveness
Polls
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Polls are conducted with a variety of methodologies and have margins of error or credibility intervals.[8] The Pew Research Center wrote, "A margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points at the 95% confidence level means that if we fielded the same survey 100 times, we would expect the result to be within 3 percentage points of the true population value 95 of those times."[9] For tips on reading polls from FiveThirtyEight, click here. For tips from Pew, click here.
The links below show polls for this race aggregated by FiveThirtyEight and RealClearPolitics, where available. Click here to read about FiveThirtyEight's criteria for including polls in its aggregation.
General election race ratings
- See also: Race rating definitions and methods
Ballotpedia provides race ratings from four outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and DDHQ/The Hill. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:
- Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
- Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
- Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.[10]
- Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.
Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.[11][12][13]
| Race ratings: Pennsylvania's 8th Congressional District election, 2022 | |||||||||
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| Race tracker | Race ratings | ||||||||
| November 8, 2022 | November 1, 2022 | October 25, 2022 | October 18, 2022 | ||||||
| The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter | Toss-up | Toss-up | Toss-up | Toss-up | |||||
| Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales | Toss-up | Toss-up | Toss-up | Toss-up | |||||
| Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball | Lean Republican | Toss-up | Toss-up | Toss-up | |||||
| Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week. | |||||||||
Election spending
Campaign finance
| Name | Party | Receipts* | Disbursements** | Cash on hand | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Cartwright | Democratic Party | $5,362,080 | $5,480,325 | $52,620 | As of December 31, 2022 |
| Jim Bognet | Republican Party | $3,017,515 | $3,054,919 | $96,083 | As of December 31, 2022 |
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Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2022. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." |
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Satellite spending
- See also: Satellite spending
Satellite spending describes political spending not controlled by candidates or their campaigns; that is, any political expenditures made by groups or individuals that are not directly affiliated with a candidate. This includes spending by political party committees, super PACs, trade associations, and 501(c)(4) nonprofit groups.[14][15][16]
If available, links to satellite spending reports by the Federal Election Commission and OpenSecrets.org are linked below. Any satellite spending reported in other resources is displayed in a table. This table may not represent the actual total amount spent by satellite groups in the election. Satellite spending for which specific amounts, dates, or purposes are not reported are marked "N/A." To help us complete this information, or to notify us of additional satellite spending, email us.
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District analysis
Click the tabs below to view information about voter composition, past elections, and demographics in both the district and the state.
- District map - A map of the district before and after redistricting.
- Effect of redistricting - How districts in the state changed as a result of redistricting following the 2020 census.
- Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2022 U.S. House elections in the state.
- Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
- Demographics - Information about the state's demographics and how they compare to the country as a whole.
- State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
District map
Below was the map in use at the time of the election, enacted as part of the 2020 redistricting cycle, compared to the map in place before the election.
Pennsylvania District 8
until January 2, 2023
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Pennsylvania District 8
starting January 3, 2023
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Effect of redistricting
The table below details the results of the 2020 presidential election in each district at the time of the 2022 election and its political predecessor district.[17] This data was compiled by Daily Kos Elections.[18]
| 2020 presidential results by Congressional district, Pennsylvania | ||||
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| Joe Biden
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Donald Trump
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Joe Biden
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Donald Trump
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| Pennsylvania's 1st | 51.8% | 47.2% | 52.4% | 46.6% |
| Pennsylvania's 2nd | 71.0% | 28.3% | 70.1% | 29.1% |
| Pennsylvania's 3rd | 90.2% | 9.3% | 91.3% | 8.1% |
| Pennsylvania's 4th | 58.9% | 40.0% | 61.5% | 37.4% |
| Pennsylvania's 5th | 65.7% | 33.4% | 65.1% | 34.0% |
| Pennsylvania's 6th | 56.8% | 42.0% | 56.9% | 41.9% |
| Pennsylvania's 7th | 49.7% | 49.1% | 51.8% | 47.0% |
| Pennsylvania's 8th | 48.0% | 50.9% | 47.3% | 51.7% |
| Pennsylvania's 9th | 31.0% | 67.5% | 34.1% | 64.5% |
| Pennsylvania's 10th | 47.2% | 51.3% | 47.8% | 50.7% |
| Pennsylvania's 11th | 38.6% | 59.9% | 38.3% | 60.2% |
| Pennsylvania's 12th | 59.4% | 39.5% | 64.5% | 34.4% |
| Pennsylvania's 13th | 26.8% | 72.0% | 27.2% | 71.6% |
| Pennsylvania's 14th | 33.7% | 65.2% | 35.7% | 63.2% |
| Pennsylvania's 15th | 30.8% | 67.8% | 27.5% | 71.2% |
| Pennsylvania's 16th | 39.0% | 59.7% | 40.0% | 58.7% |
| Pennsylvania's 17th | 52.3% | 46.5% | 50.7% | 48.0% |
Competitiveness
This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Pennsylvania.
Post-filing deadline analysis
The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Pennsylvania in 2022. Information below was calculated on May 9, 2022, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.
Forty-eight candidates filed to run for Pennsylvania’s 17 U.S. House districts, including 23 Democrats and 25 Republicans. That’s 2.82 candidates per district, slightly less than the 2.83 candidates per district in 2020, and less than the 4.66 in 2018.
This was the first election to take place under new district lines following the 2020 census, which resulted in Pennsylvania losing one U.S. House district. The 48 candidates who ran this year were the lowest number of candidates running for Pennsylvania's U.S. House seats since 2016, when a total of 44 candidates filed.
Two seats — the 12th and the 17th — were open, meaning no incumbents filed to run. That’s two more than in 2020, when there were no open seats. There were seven open seats in 2018, two in both 2016 and 2014, and no open seats in 2012.
Rep. Fred Keller (R), who represented the 12th district, retired, and Rep. Conor Lamb (D), who represented the 17th district, ran for the U.S. Senate. Six candidates — one Republican and five Democrats — ran in the 12th district, the most running for one seat this year. Five candidates — three Republicans and two Democrats — ran in the 17th district.
There were five contested Democratic primaries this year, the lowest number since 2016. There were six contested Republican primaries, one more than in 2020, but two less than in 2018.
There were 13 districts where incumbents did not face primary challengers. One district — the 3rd — was guaranteed to Democrats because no Republicans filed. Two districts — the 13th and the 14th — were guaranteed to Republicans because no Democrats filed.
Presidential elections
Partisan Voter Index
Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+4. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 4 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Pennsylvania's 8th the 196th most Republican district nationally.[19]
2020 presidential election results
The table below shows what the vote in the 2020 presidential election would have been in this district. The presidential election data was compiled by Daily Kos.
| 2020 presidential results in Pennsylvania's 8th based on 2022 district lines | ||||
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| Joe Biden
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Donald Trump
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| 48.0% | 50.9% | |||
Presidential voting history
Pennsylvania presidential election results (1900-2020)
- 14 Democratic wins
- 16 Republican wins
- 1 other win
| Year | 1900 | 1904 | 1908 | 1912 | 1916 | 1920 | 1924 | 1928 | 1932 | 1936 | 1940 | 1944 | 1948 | 1952 | 1956 | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 |
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| Winning Party | R | R | R | P[20] | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | R | R | R | D | D | D | R | D | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | D |
Demographics
The table below details demographic data in Pennsylvania and compares it to the broader United States as of 2019.
| Demographic Data for Pennsylvania | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | United States | |
| Population | 12,702,379 | 308,745,538 |
| Land area (sq mi) | 44,742 | 3,531,905 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White | 80.5% | 72.5% |
| Black/African American | 11.2% | 12.7% |
| Asian | 3.4% | 5.5% |
| Native American | 0.2% | 0.8% |
| Pacific Islander | 0% | 0.2% |
| Other (single race) | 2.2% | 4.9% |
| Multiple | 2.5% | 3.3% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 7.3% | 18% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate | 90.5% | 88% |
| College graduation rate | 31.4% | 32.1% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income | $61,744 | $62,843 |
| Persons below poverty level | 12.4% | 13.4% |
| Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2010). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2014-2019). | ||
| **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
State party control
Congressional delegation
The table below displays the partisan composition of Pennsylvania's congressional delegation as of November 2022.
| Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Pennsylvania, November 2022 | |||
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| Party | U.S. Senate | U.S. House | Total |
| Democratic | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| Republican | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vacancies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 18 | 20 |
State executive
The table below displays the officeholders in Pennsylvania's top four state executive offices as of November 2022.
| State executive officials in Pennsylvania, November 2022 | |
|---|---|
| Office | Officeholder |
| Governor | Tom Wolf
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| Lieutenant Governor | John Fetterman
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| Secretary of State | Leigh Chapman
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| Attorney General | Josh Shapiro
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State legislature
The tables below highlight the partisan composition of the Pennsylvania General Assembly as of November 2022.
Pennsylvania State Senate
| Party | As of November 2022 | |
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| Democratic Party | 21 | |
| Republican Party | 28 | |
| Independent | 1 | |
| Vacancies | 0 | |
| Total | 50 | |
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
| Party | As of November 2022 | |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 88 | |
| Republican Party | 113 | |
| Vacancies | 2 | |
| Total | 203 | |
Trifecta control
As of November 2022, Pennsylvania was a divided government, with Democrats controlling the governorship and Republican majorities in both chambers of the state legislature. The table below displays the historical trifecta status of the state.
Pennsylvania Party Control: 1992-2022
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 |
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| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
Election context
Ballot access requirements
The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Pennsylvania in the 2022 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Pennsylvania, click here.
| Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2022 | ||||||
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| State | Office | Party | Signatures required | Filing fee | Filing deadline | Source |
| Pennsylvania | U.S. House | Ballot-qualified party | 1,000 | $150.00 | 3/15/2022 | Source |
| Pennsylvania | U.S. House | Unaffiliated | 2% of largest entire vote cast for a candidate in the district in the last election | $150.00 | 8/1/2022 | Source |
District history
2020
See also: Pennsylvania's 8th Congressional District election, 2020
Pennsylvania's 8th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 2 Democratic primary)
Pennsylvania's 8th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 2 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 8
Incumbent Matt Cartwright defeated Jim Bognet in the general election for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 8 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Matt Cartwright (D) | 51.8 | 178,004 |
| Jim Bognet (R) | 48.2 | 165,783 | |
| Total votes: 343,787 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 8
Incumbent Matt Cartwright advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 8 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Matt Cartwright | 100.0 | 75,101 |
| Total votes: 75,101 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 8
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 8 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jim Bognet | 28.4 | 16,281 |
 | Teddy Daniels | 23.7 | 13,560 | |
| Earl Granville | 23.2 | 13,283 | ||
| Mike Marsicano | 12.9 | 7,404 | |
 | Harry Haas | 9.4 | 5,369 | |
| Mikel Cammisa | 2.4 | 1,367 | ||
| Total votes: 57,264 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 8
Incumbent Matt Cartwright defeated John Chrin in the general election for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 8 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Matt Cartwright (D) | 54.6 | 135,603 |
 | John Chrin (R) | 45.4 | 112,563 | |
| Total votes: 248,166 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 8
Incumbent Matt Cartwright advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 8 on May 15, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Matt Cartwright | 100.0 | 36,189 |
| Total votes: 36,189 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 8
John Chrin defeated Joe Peters and Robert Kuniegel in the Republican primary for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 8 on May 15, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Chrin | 48.5 | 15,221 |
 | Joe Peters | 34.9 | 10,951 | |
 | Robert Kuniegel | 16.7 | 5,233 | |
| Total votes: 31,405 | |||
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Results prior to 2018 redistricting
On February 19, 2018, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court adopted a new congressional district map after ruling that the original map constituted an illegal partisan gerrymander. District locations and numbers were changed by the new map. Click here for more information about the ruling.
2016
Pennsylvania's 8th Congressional District was a battleground district in 2016. Incumbent Michael G. Fitzpatrick (R), who served in Congress from 2005 to 2007 and was elected once again in 2010, chose not to seek re-election in 2016, leaving the seat open. Fitzpatrick decided not to run in 2016 because of self-imposed term limits.
Brian Fitzpatrick (R), a former FBI agent and the brother of the retiring incumbent, defeated state Rep. Steve Santarsiero (D) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Fitzpatrick defeated former Bucks County Commissioner Andy Warren and clinical psychologist and neuropsychologist Marc Duome in the Republican primary. Santarsiero defeated business owner Shaughnessy Naughton to win the Democratic nomination. The primary elections took place on April 26, 2016.[21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |  Brian Fitzpatrick |
54.4% | 207,263 | |
| Democratic | Steve Santarsiero | 45.6% | 173,555 | |
| Total Votes | 380,818 | |||
| Source: Pennsylvania Department of State | ||||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Steve Santarsiero |
59.8% | 50,416 | ||
| Shaughnessy Naughton | 40.2% | 33,864 | ||
| Total Votes | 84,280 | |||
| Source: Pennsylvania Department of State |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Brian Fitzpatrick |
78.4% | 74,150 | ||
| Andy Warren | 12.5% | 11,828 | ||
| Marc Duome | 9.1% | 8,641 | ||
| Total Votes | 94,619 | |||
| Source: Pennsylvania Department of State |
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2014
Michael G. Fitzpatrick won re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. He defeated Kevin Strouse in the general election.
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Michael G. Fitzpatrick Incumbent |
61.9% | 137,731 | |
| Democratic | Kevin Strouse | 38.1% | 84,767 | |
| Total Votes | 222,498 | |||
| Source: Pennsylvania Department of State | ||||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Kevin Strouse |
51.1% | 18,428 | ||
| Shaughnessy Naughton | 48.9% | 17,610 | ||
| Total Votes | 36,038 | |||
| Source: Results via Associated Press |
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Democratic-held U.S. House district that Trump won
This is one of 13 U.S. House districts Democrats were defending that Donald Trump (R) won in 2020. The map below highlights those districts. Hover over or click a district to see information such as the incumbent and the presidential vote counts.
2022 battleground elections
- See also: Battlegrounds
This election was a battleground race. Other 2022 battleground elections included:
- Kansas' 3rd Congressional District election, 2022
- Nevada's 3rd Congressional District election, 2022
- New York's 17th Congressional District election, 2022 (August 23 Democratic primary)
- Texas' 15th Congressional District election, 2022
- United States Senate election in Alabama, 2022 (May 24 Republican primary)
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ Cartwright for Congress, "Meet Matt," accessed October 10, 2022
- ↑ Bognet for Congress, "Meet Jim," accessed October 10, 2022
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bloomberg Government, "Pennsylvania Democrat Uses Tried and True Playbook in Tough Race," September 7, 2022
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
- ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "Voter registration statistics by Congressional District," accessed October 13, 2022
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Matthew A. Cartwright-Financial summary," accessed October 20, 2022
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Jim Bognet-Financial summary," accessed October 20, 2022
- ↑ For more information on the difference between margins of error and credibility intervals, see explanations from the American Association for Public Opinion Research and Ipsos.
- ↑ Pew Research Center, "5 key things to know about the margin of error in election polls," September 8, 2016
- ↑ Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018
- ↑ OpenSecrets.org, "Outside Spending," accessed December 12, 2021
- ↑ OpenSecrets.org, "Total Outside Spending by Election Cycle, All Groups," accessed December 12, 2021
- ↑ National Review.com, "Why the Media Hate Super PACs," December 12, 2021
- ↑ Political predecessor districts are determined primarily based on incumbents and where each chose to seek re-election.
- ↑ Daily Kos Elections, "Daily Kos Elections 2020 presidential results by congressional district (old CDs vs. new CDs)," accessed May 12, 2022
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed February 6, 2023
- ↑ Progressive Party
- ↑ Roll Call, "Democrat Kicks Off Race for Open Pennsylvania Seat," accessed January 12, 2014
- ↑ Politics PA, "PA-8: Warren to Run in 2016," June 24, 2015
- ↑ Politics PA, "PA-8: Petri Officially Jumps into Congressional Race," October 2, 2015
- ↑ Ballotpedia Staff, "Email correspondence with Marc Duome," January 11, 2016
- ↑ Philly.com, "Fitzpatrick's brother aims to succeed him in U.S. House," January 22, 2016
- ↑ Roll Call, "Democrat Kicks Off Race for Open Pennsylvania Seat," accessed January 12, 2014
- ↑ Philly.com, "GOP's Petri drops out of Bucks County congressional race," February 1, 2016
- ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "Unofficial Candidate Listing – Pre Ballot Lottery," accessed February 17, 2016
- ↑ The New York Times, "Pennsylvania Primary Results," April 26, 2016
