2024 Pennsylvania elections
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The 2024 Pennsylvania elections took place on November 5, 2024. On that date, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania held elections for the following offices: President of the United States, U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, Pennsylvania State Senate, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and various others.
The Pennsylvania Republican Party had a highly successful election, winning every statewide race at both the state and federal levels. They also defeated two Democratic incumbents, Susan Wild and Matt Cartwright, in the 7th and 8th congressional districts, respectively, securing a 10-7 majority in Pennsylvania's House delegation. However, while Republicans retained control of the state Senate, Democrats maintained control of the state House.
The Philadelphia, Montgomery and Bucks counties voted to count hundreds of misdated or undated ballots despite court ruling to the contrary. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court enforced the rare King's Bench power to intervene.[1]
Federal offices
[edit]President and Vice President of the United States
[edit]Democratic Vice-President Kamala Harris and Governor of Minnesota Tim Walz were defeated by the Republican ticket, former President of the United States Donald Trump and United States Senator and Marine Corps Veteran JD Vance. Trump won Pennsylvania by 1.7 pts, after losing in the 2020 presidential race to Joe Biden by 1.15 pts.
Trump's victory comes after he was successfully able to flip key counties in the state, including Bucks County, Erie County, Northampton County and Monroe County. He is furthermore the first presidential candidate to have the most votes cast for him in the Commonwealth, overcoming the record held by President Joe Biden.
Electors are set to gather at the State Capitol in Harrisburg at 12:00pm on Tuesday, December 17th, to cast their official votes for President.
U.S. Senate
[edit]Republican Dave McCornick defeated incumbent Democratic senator Bob Casey Jr. in an upset victory. McCornick was able to flip the Senate seat after narrowly carrying the states by a margin of 16, 217 votes (0.24%), as of November 30th.
This was Pennsylvania's closest Senate election since the passage of the Seventeenth Amendment, as well as the closest Senate election of the 2024 cycle. Most polls showed Casey to be the slight favorite to win.
U.S. House of Representatives
[edit]All 17 congressional districts in the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania were up for election in 2024, in which the Republican party was successfully able to flip two congressional districts.
Republican First-time challenger Rob Bresnahan was successful in defeating six term Democratic representative Matt Cartwright in the 8th congressional district. In the 7th congressional district, Democratic representative Susan Wild was defeated by Republican state representative Ryan Mackenzie. The two defeats has resulted in the Pennsylvania Republicans flipping control of the state delegation to Congress in favor of Republicans.
State offices
[edit]Executive offices
[edit]Attorney general
[edit]Attorney General Josh Shapiro, who was re-elected in 2020, was ineligible to seek a third term in 2024 due to term limits. However, Shapiro was elected governor in 2022 and resigned as Attorney General upon being sworn in.[2][3] Michelle Henry was confirmed by the Pennsylvania State Senate on March 8, 2023 to serve out the remainder of Shapiro's term, and has indicated she will not seek election to a full term.[4] On April 23, 2024, Democrat Eugene DePasquale and Republican Dave Sunday won their respective primaries to advance to the general election.
Treasurer
[edit]Incumbent Republican treasurer Stacy Garrity was elected in 2020 and will seek a second term. On April 23, 2024, Garrity and Democrat Erin McClelland won their respective primaries to advance to the general election.
Auditor General
[edit]Incumbent Republican Auditor General Timothy DeFoor was elected in 2020 and will seek a second term.[5] On April 23, 2024, state representative Malcolm Kenyatta and DeFoor won their respective primaries to advance to the general election.
Pennsylvania Senate
[edit]In the 2024 general election, 25 of 50 seats (the odd-numbered districts) in the Pennsylvania Senate will be up for election.
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
[edit]In the 2024 general election, all 203 seats in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives will be up for election.
Ballot measures
[edit]There are no statewide ballot measures in 2024. [6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4996749-pennsylvania-supreme-court-undated-mail-ballots/amp/
- ^ Glueck, Katie (November 9, 2022). "Shapiro defeats Mastriano, an election denier, for Pennsylvania governor". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 14, 2022. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
- ^ Benshoff, Laura (November 9, 2022). "Josh Shapiro secures Pa. governor's office, beating election-denier Doug Mastriano". NPR. Archived from the original on November 14, 2022. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
- ^ Parish, Marley (March 9, 2023). "Pa. Senate votes to confirm Henry as attorney general, Paris as police commissioner". Pennsylvania Capital-Star. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
- ^ Williams, Stephen (November 28, 2023). "Pa. Auditor General announces plans to run for re-election". The Philadelphia Tribune. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
- ^ "Pennsylvania 2024 ballot measures". Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 25, 2024.