Pennsylvania 2018 Election Results

Pennsylvania held its general election on November 6, 2018, deciding 228 legislative seats and 2 statewide offices led by the governorship. No chamber changed party control.

Highlights

• Democrats gained five Senate seats and cut into the Republican House majority, powered by the Philadelphia suburbs, but the GOP kept the General Assembly, so Gov. Tom Wolf (D), re-elected the same night, will again face divided government.
• In the Senate, Katie Muth (D) unseated Sen. John Rafferty (R) in SD-44, and Tim Kearney (D) unseated Sen. Thomas McGarrigle (R) by about 9 points in SD-26. Democrats also took open Republican seats: Steve Santarsiero (D) in SD-10; Maria Collett (D) in SD-12, where voters declined to keep retiring Sen. Stewart Greenleaf's seat in the family by electing her over his son and namesake; and Lindsey Williams (D), who edged Jeremy Shaffer (R) by fewer than 800 votes in SD-38 in Allegheny County.
• In the House, Democrats' gains were concentrated in Southeast Pennsylvania, while Republicans picked up a few Democratic seats of their own.
  • Republican incumbents defeated: Kate Harper (R) (HD-61), Thomas Quigley (R) (HD-146), Becky Corbin (R) (HD-155), Warren Kampf (R) (HD-157), Eric Roe (R) (HD-158), and Duane Milne (R) (HD-167). In Delaware County, Alexander Charlton (R) (HD-165) lost to Jenn O'Mara (D) by about 530 votes, and James Santora (R) (HD-163) was ousted by attorney Michael Zabel (D).
  • Open Republican seats Democrats took: HD-53 (Steve Malagari (D)), HD-74 (Dan Williams (D)), HD-143 (Wendy Ullman (D)), HD-150 (Joe Webster (D)), HD-162 (Dave Delloso (D)), and Philadelphia's HD-177 (Joe Hohenstein (D)).
  • Republican pickups: Jim Rigby (R) unseated Bryan Barbin (D) in HD-71; Wendi Thomas (R) ousted Helen Tai (D), who had held HD-178 since a May special election; and Stephanie Borowicz (R) won HD-76, left open by a retiring Democrat.
• Wolf won a second term over former state Sen. Scott Wagner (R) by about 17 points, carrying running mate John Fetterman (D) into the lieutenant governor's office.
• In all, 22 legislative seats changed parties, nearly all toward Democrats. Beyond the flips, 5 more races finished inside two points. The two closest were Republican incumbents who barely held on: Bud Cook (R) kept HD-49 by 11 votes, and Robert Tomlinson (R) held SD-6 by 74 votes over state Rep. Tina Davis (D). The Republican leaders Democrats had targeted all held on: House Speaker Mike Turzai (R) won HD-28 by about 9 points, and Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman (R) won SD-34 by about 12. Another 77 races drew a single candidate.

Legislature

• House (203 seats): 82 D, 120 R, 1 other or vacant before the election, 91 D, 110 R, 2 other or vacant after; control stayed with Republicans.
• Senate (50 seats): 16 D, 33 R, 1 other or vacant before the election, 21 D, 29 R after; control stayed with Republicans.

Statewide races

Legislative races