2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania
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The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania were held on November 8, 2016, to elect the 18 U.S. Representatives from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, one from each of the state's 18 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. The primaries were held on April 26.
Overview
District 1
The 1st district included central and South Philadelphia, the City of Chester, the Philadelphia International Airport and other small sections of Delaware County.
Democratic primary
The incumbent was Democrat Bob Brady, who had represented the district since 1998. He was re-elected with 83% of the vote in 2014 and the district had a PVI of D+28.
Brady was unopposed for the Democratic nomination. Bryan Leib had filed with the FEC and announced his intention to challenge Brady for the Democratic nomination in July 2015, but did not file to run.[1][2]
Primary results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Bob Brady (incumbent) | 108,233 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 108,233 | 100.0 |
Republican primary
Debbie Williams ran unopposed for the Republican nomination.[4]
Primary results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Debbie Williams | 19,042 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 19,042 | 100.0 |
General election
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Bob Brady (incumbent) | 245,791 | 82.2 | |
Republican | Debbie Williams | 53,219 | 17.8 | |
Total votes | 299,010 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 2
The 2nd district includes parts of West Philadelphia, North Philadelphia and Northwest Philadelphia in addition to Lower Merion Township in Montgomery County.
Special election
On June 23, 2016, two days after being convicted of 22 corruption charges, Democratic incumbent Chaka Fattah, who had represented the district since 1995, resigned his seat in Congress. On July 1, 2016, Governor Tom Wolf announced that a special election would be held on November 8, concurrently with the regularly-scheduled election, to fill Fattah's seat for the final eight weeks of the 114th United States Congress.[6]
Candidates
- Democrats
- Dwight E. Evans, state representative, candidate for governor in 1994 and candidate for Mayor of Philadelphia in 1999 and 2007[6][7]
- Republicans
- Independents
- Milton Street, former state senator and candidate for Mayor of Philadelphia in 2007, 2011 and 2015[6]
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Dwight E. Evans | 280,439 | 90.4 | |
Republican | James Jones | 29,661 | 9.6 | |
Total votes | 310,100 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Democratic primary
Fattah was re-elected with 88% of the vote in 2014 and the district has a PVI of D+38.
Fattah was defeated in the Democratic primary by state Representative Dwight E. Evans.
Candidates
- Declared
- Dwight E. Evans, state representative, candidate for governor in 1994 and candidate for Mayor of Philadelphia in 1999 and 2007[8]
- Chaka Fattah, incumbent U.S. Representative[9]
- Brian Gordon, Lower Merion Township commissioner and candidate for PA-06 in 2010[10]
- Dan Muroff, Philadelphia's 9th Ward Democratic Leader and former congressional aide[11]
- Withdrawn
- Brian Sims, state representative[12][13]
Primary results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Dwight E. Evans | 75,515 | 42.3 | |
Democratic | Chaka Fattah (incumbent) | 61,518 | 34.4 | |
Democratic | Brian Gordon | 23,655 | 13.2 | |
Democratic | Dan Muroff | 18,016 | 10.1 | |
Total votes | 178,704 | 100.0 |
Republican primary
James Jones ran unopposed for the Republican nomination.
Primary results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | James Jones | 11,838 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 11,838 | 100.0 |
General election
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Dwight E. Evans | 322,514 | 90.2 | |
Republican | James Jones | 35,131 | 9.8 | |
Total votes | 357,645 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 3
The 3rd district was in Northwestern Pennsylvania and included the cities of Erie, Sharon, Hermitage, Butler and Meadville.
Republican primary
The incumbent was Republican Mike Kelly, who had represented the district since 2011. He was re-elected with 61% of the vote in 2014 and the district had a PVI of R+8.
Kelly ran unopposed for the Republican nomination.
Primary results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Mike Kelly (incumbent) | 88,964 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 88,964 | 100.0 |
General election
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Mike Kelly (incumbent) | 244,893 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 244,893 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 4
The 4th district is in South Central Pennsylvania and includes all of Adams and York counties and parts of Cumberland County.
Democratic primary
Josh Burkholder is running for the Democratic nomination.[4]
Republican primary
The incumbent is Republican Scott Perry, who has represented the district since 2013. He was elected with 75% of the vote in 2014 and the district has a PVI of R+9.
Perry is running unopposed for the Republican nomination.
Primary results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Scott Perry (incumbent) | 100,552 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 100,552 | 100.0 |
General election
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Scott Perry (incumbent) | 220,628 | 66.1 | |
Democratic | Josh Burkholder | 113,372 | 33.9 | |
Total votes | 334,000 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 5
The 5th district, the state's largest and most sparsely populated, was in North Central Pennsylvania and included all of Cameron, Centre, Clarion, Clinton, Elk, Forest, Huntingdon, Jefferson, McKean and Potter counties and parts of Clearfield, Crawford, Erie, Tioga, Warren and Venango counties.
Democratic primary
Attorney Kerith Strano Taylor, who was the Democratic nominee in 2014, ran again.[14]
Primary results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Kerith Strano Taylor | 56,696 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 56,696 | 100.0 |
Republican primary
The incumbent was Republican Glenn Thompson, who had represented the district since 2009. He was re-elected with 64% of the vote in 2014 and the district had a PVI of R+8.
Thompson ran for re-election.[15]
Primary results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Glenn Thompson (incumbent) | 89,000 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 89,000 | 100.0 |
General election
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Glenn Thompson (incumbent) | 206,761 | 67.2 | |
Democratic | Kerith Strano Taylor | 101,082 | 32.8 | |
Total votes | 307,843 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 6
The 6th district included communities north and west of the City of Philadelphia.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Withdrawn
Endorsements
- Elected officials
- Bob Brady, U.S. Representative and Chairman of the Philadelphia Democratic City Committee[19]
- Matt Cartwright, U.S. Representative (PA-17)[20]
- Mike Honda, U.S. Representative (CA-17)[19]
- Ted Lieu, U.S. Representative (CA-33)[19]
- Grace Meng, U.S. Representative (NY-06)[19]
- Jonathan Saidel, former Philadelphia Controller and candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 2010[19]
- Other individuals
- Ruth Damsker, Pennsylvania State Democratic Committee member, former Montgomery County Commissioner and State Senate candidate in 2010 and 2014[19]
- Brad Kirsch, Senior Caucus Chair of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party[19]
- Candace Stitzman-Duley, Women’s Caucus Chair of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party[19]
- Organizations
- Elected officials
- Tim Briggs, state representative[21]
- David Burton, Mayor of Malvern[21]
- Kathi Cozzone, Chester County Commissioner[21]
- Mary Jo Daley, state representative[21]
- Madeleine Dean, state representative[21]
- Andy Dinniman, State Senator and former Chester County Commissioner[21][22]
- Paul Drucker, former state representative[21]
- Joe Hoeffel, former U.S. Representative[21]
- Tom Houghton, former state representative and nominee for PA-16 seat in 2014[21]
- Vincent Hughes, state senator[21]
- Daylin Leach, State Senator and candidate for PA-13 in 2014[21][23]
- Josh Maxwell, Mayor of Downingtown[21]
- Steve McCarter, state representative[21]
- Barbara McIlvaine Smith, former state representative[21]
- Mark Painter, former state representative[21]
- Jackie Parker, former Mayor of Lebanon[21]
- Wiley P. Parker, President of the Lebanon City Council[21]
- Ed Rendell, former Governor of Pennsylvania[21][24]
- Bob Roggio, candidate for this seat in 2008[21]
- Mark Rozzi, state representative[21]
- Leo Scoda, former Mayor of Phoenixville[21]
- Josh Shapiro, Chairman of the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners and former state representative[21][25]
- Mike Speck, Mayor of Phoenixville[21]
- Dan Weand, President of the Pottstown Borough Council[21]
- Cornell Wilson, Lebanon City Council Member[21]
- Other Individuals
- Joe Foster, Chairman of the Montgomery County Democratic Committee[21]
- Lani Frank, Chair of the Pennsylvania State Democratic Committee Progressive Caucus and Vice Chair of the Chester County Democratic Committee[21]
- Tom Herman, former Chairman of the Berks County Democratic Committee[21]
- Alan Kennedy-Shaffer, Chair of the Pennsylvania State Democratic Committee Veterans Caucus[21]
- Brian McGinnis, Chairman of the Chester County Democratic Committee[21][24]
- Chris Tarsa, former Chair of the Lebanon County Democratic Committee[21]
- Michele Vaughn, former Chair of the Chester County Democratic Committee[21]
- Organizations
- Chester County Democratic Committee[26]
- Montgomery County Democratic Committee[27]
Primary results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Mike Parrish | 62,732 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 62,732 | 100.0 |
Republican primary
The incumbent was Republican Ryan Costello, who had represented the district since 2015. He was elected with 56% of the vote in 2014, succeeding retiring Republican Jim Gerlach, and the district had a PVI of R+2.
Primary results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Ryan Costello (incumbent) | 88,349 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 88,349 | 100.0 |
General election
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Ryan Costello (incumbent) | 207,469 | 57.2 | |
Democratic | Mike Parrish | 155,000 | 42.8 | |
Total votes | 362,469 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 7
The 7th district was in the Philadelphia suburbs, including most of Delaware County along with portions of Chester, Montgomery, Berks and Lancaster counties.
Democratic primary
Candidates
- Declared
- Mary Ellen Balchunis, college professor and nominee in 2014[28]
- Bill Golderer, pastor and founder of Broad Street Ministry[29]
- Withdrawn
- Lindy Li, financial analyst (running for PA-06)
- Dave Naples, database administrator, 2007 candidate for Skippack Township Board of Supervisors and 2014 write-in candidate for governor (running for state house)[30][31]
Endorsements
- Organizations
- Chester County Democratic Committee[26]
- Montgomery County Democratic Committee[27]
Primary results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Mary Ellen Balchunis | 52,792 | 74.0 | |
Democratic | Bill Golderer | 18,509 | 26.0 | |
Total votes | 71,301 | 100.0 |
Republican primary
The incumbent was Republican Pat Meehan, who had represented the district since 2011. He was re-elected with 62% of the vote in 2014 and the district had a PVI of R+2.
Stan Casacio, a businessman and former Cheltenham Town Councilman, challenged Meehan for the Republican nomination.[32]
Primary results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Pat Meehan (incumbent) | 86,178 | 76.4 | |
Republican | Stan Casacio | 26,674 | 23.6 | |
Total votes | 112,852 | 100.0 |
General election
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Pat Meehan (incumbent) | 225,678 | 59.5 | |
Democratic | Mary Ellen Balchunis | 153,824 | 40.5 | |
Total votes | 379,502 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 8
The 8th district was in Southeastern Pennsylvania and included Bucks County, along with portions of Montgomery County.
Democratic primary
State Representative Steve Santarsiero sought the Democratic nomination for the seat.[33] Other potential Democratic candidates included former U.S. Representative Patrick Murphy, Bucks County Commissioner Diane Marseglia, businesswoman and 2014 candidate Shaughnessy Naughton, and United States Army Ranger and 2014 nominee Kevin Strouse.[34][35][36][37]
Candidates
- Declared
- Shaughnessy Naughton, chemist, businesswoman and candidate in 2014[38]
- Steve Santarsiero, state representative[39]
- Declined
- Diane Marseglia, Bucks County Commissioner[34][40]
- Patrick Murphy, former U.S. Representative and candidate for attorney general in 2012[34]
Endorsements
- Individuals
- Matt Cartwright, U.S. Representative (PA-17)[41]
- Ed Rendell, former Governor of Pennsylvania[38]
- Organizations
- Individuals
- Det Ansinn, President of the Doylestown Borough Council[40]
- Kathy Boockvar, nominee in 2012[40]
- Matt Bradford, state representative[40]
- Bob Brady, U.S. Representative and Chairman of the Philadelphia Democratic City Committee[40]
- Tina Davis, state representative[40]
- Madeleine Dean, state representative[40]
- Eugene DePasquale, Pennsylvania Auditor General[45]
- John Galloway, state representative[40]
- Joe Hoeffel, former U.S. Representative[45]
- Peter H. Kostmayer, former U.S. Representative[40]
- Diane Marseglia, Bucks County Commissioner[40]
- Jonathan Saidel, former Philadelphia Controller and candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 2010[40]
- Josh Shapiro, Chairman of the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners[40]
- Matt Smith, former state senator[40]
- Kevin Strouse, nominee in 2014[40]
- Ron Strouse, Mayor of Doylestown[40]
- Organizations
- Bristol Township Democratic Committee[40]
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 269[46]
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 98[46]
- Laborers’ District Council of the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area[46]
- Laborers’ Union, Local 57[46]
- Montgomery County Democratic Committee[27]
- Pennsylvania Association of Nurses And Practitioners (PASNAP)[46]
- Plumbers Union Local 690[46]
- Sheet Metal Workers, Local 19[46]
- Solebury Democrats[45]
- Union of Food and Commercial Workers Local 1776[45]
- Union of Roofers, Waterproofers, and Allied Workers, Local 30[46]
Primary results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Steve Santarsiero | 50,416 | 59.82 | |
Democratic | Shaughnessy Naughton | 33,864 | 40.18 | |
Total votes | 84,280 | 100 |
Republican primary
The incumbent was Republican Mike Fitzpatrick, who had represented the district since 2011, and previously represented it from 2005 to 2007. He was re-elected with 62% of the vote in 2014 and the district had a PVI of R+1.
Fitzpatrick, a supporter of term limits,[47][48] had pledged to limit himself to four terms in the House and did not run for re-election.[49] Dr. Marc Duome, a clinical psychologist and businessman declared his candidacy for the seat. Potential Republican candidates included State Senator Chuck McIlhinney, State Representatives Gene DiGirolamo and Scott Petri and Bucks County Commissioner Rob Loughery.[34][50][51] Former Lieutenant Governor Jim Cawley had been speculated to run,[34] but he instead became president and CEO of the United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey.[52]
Candidates
- Declared
- Marc Duome, psychologist and businessman[53]
- Brian Fitzpatrick, retired FBI agent and brother of Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick[54]
- Andy Warren, former Bucks County Commissioner[55]
- Withdrawn
- Dean Malik, former Bucks County Assistant District Attorney and candidate in 2010[56][57]
- Scott Petri, state representative[58][59]
- Brian Thomas, marketing consultant[60][61]
- Declined
- Jim Cawley, former lieutenant governor[34]
- Gene DiGirolamo, state representative[62][63]
- Mike Fitzpatrick, incumbent U.S. Representative[34]
- Rob Loughery, Bucks County Commissioner[34]
- Tom Manion, businessman and nominee in 2008[64]
Primary results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Brian Fitzpatrick | 74,150 | 78.4 | |
Republican | Andy Warren | 11,828 | 12.5 | |
Republican | Marc Duome | 8,641 | 9.1 | |
Total votes | 94,619 | 100.0 |
General election
Polling
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Brian Fitzpatrick (R) |
Steve Santarsiero (D) |
Undecided |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Communication Concepts | September 6–7, 2016 | 416 | ± 5% | 50% | 38% | 12% |
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Brian Fitzpatrick | 207,263 | 54.4 | |
Democratic | Steve Santarsiero | 173,555 | 45.6 | |
Total votes | 380,818 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 9
The 9th district was in South Central Pennsylvania and included Cambria, Blair, Huntingdon, Franklin, Fulton, Bedford, Somerset, Fayette, Greene and Washington counties.
Republican primary
The incumbent was Republican Bill Shuster, who had represented the district since 2001. He was re-elected with 64% of the vote in 2014 and the district had a PVI of R+14.
Shuster, the chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, was challenged in the 2014 Republican primary by two candidates, Art Halvorson and Travis Schooley, unhappy with his support for earmarks that bring projects to the district.[65][66] Halvorson and Schooley both were considering running again.[67]
On April 24, 2015, The Hill reported that businessman Tom Smith, who self-funded a 2012 U.S. Senate campaign, was considering a primary challenge of Shuster.[68] Halvorson had pledged that he would not run if Smith did and would support him.[68] In July, Smith announced he would not run, citing unexpected health concerns.[69] After Smith declined to run, Halvorson announced he would run again.[70] On October 17, 2015, Smith died.[71]
Endorsements
- Individuals
- Mark Meadows, U.S. Representative (NC-11)[72]
Primary results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Bill Shuster (incumbent) | 49,393 | 50.6 | |
Republican | Arthur L Halvorson | 48,166 | 49.4 | |
Total votes | 97,559 | 100.0 |
Democratic primary
While no Democrat appeared on the ballot, Arthur Halvorson, who lost in the Republican primary, received enough Democratic write-in votes to be the Democratic nominee; Halvorson vowed to caucus as a conservative Republican if elected.[73]
General election
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Bill Shuster (incumbent) | 186,580 | 63.3 | |
Democratic | Arthur L Halvorson | 107,985 | 36.7 | |
Total votes | 294,565 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 10
The 10th district was in Northeastern Pennsylvania and included Monroe, Pike, Lackawanna, Wayne, Susquehanna, Bradford, Tioga, Sullivan, Lycoming, Union, Columbia, Snyder, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry counties.
Democratic primary
After no candidate stepped forward initially to run for the seat, three write in candidates announced to vie for the Democratic nomination. Former Lewisburg Mayor and environmental consultant, Mike Molesevich, Bucknell graduate student, Steve Belskie, and Justin Sheare all sought the Democratic nomination.[74][75]
Republican primary
The incumbent was Republican Tom Marino, who had represented the district since 2011. He was re-elected with 63% of the vote in 2014.
Primary results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Tom Marino (incumbent) | 95,321 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 95,321 | 100.0 |
Jerry Kaines, a Lycoming County building materials salesman, had formed an exploratory committee for a potential Independent campaign.[76]
General election
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Tom Marino (incumbent) | 211,282 | 70.2 | |
Democratic | Mike Molesevich | 89,823 | 29.8 | |
Total votes | 301,105 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 11
The 11th district was in Northeastern Pennsylvania and included Wyoming, Luzerne, Columbia, Carbon, Northumberland, Dauphin, Perry and Cumberland counties.
Democratic primary
Former Hazleton Mayor Michael Marsicano ran as a Democrat.[77]
Primary results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Michael Marsicano | 58,117 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 58,117 | 100.0 |
Republican primary
The incumbent was Republican Lou Barletta, who had represented the district since 2011. He was re-elected with 66% of the vote in 2014 and the district had a PVI of R+6.
Barletta ran for re-election.[78]
Primary results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Lou Barletta (incumbent) | 92,342 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 92,342 | 100.0 |
General election
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Lou Barletta (incumbent) | 199,421 | 63.7 | |
Democratic | Michael Marsicano | 113,800 | 36.3 | |
Total votes | 313,221 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 12
The 12th district was in Southwestern Pennsylvania and included all of Beaver County and parts of Allegheny, Cambria, Lawrence, Somerset and Westmoreland counties.
Democratic primary
2014 Democratic nominee Erin McClelland announced that she would run again in 2016.[79] Attorney and renewable energy business owner Steve Larchuk, who ran in 2004 in the 4th district on a healthcare platform in support of Universal Healthcare for the United States, also ran for the Democratic nomination.[80]
Endorsements
- Organizations
- Pittsburgh Regional Building and Construction Trades Council[81]
- Organizations
- Pittsburgh Regional Building and Construction Trades Council[82]
- United Steelworkers Local 1211[83]
Primary results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Erin Mcclelland | 73,326 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 73,326 | 100.0 |
Republican primary
The incumbent was Republican Keith Rothfus, who had represented the district since 2013. He was re-elected with 59% of the vote in 2014. The district had a PVI of R+9.
Primary results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Keith Rothfus (incumbent) | 87,270 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 87,270 | 100.0 |
General election
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Keith Rothfus (incumbent) | 221,851 | 61.8 | |
Democratic | Erin Mcclelland | 137,353 | 38.2 | |
Total votes | 359,204 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 13
The 13th district was in Southeastern Pennsylvania, covering eastern Montgomery County and Northeast Philadelphia.
Democratic primary
The incumbent was Democrat Brendan Boyle, who had represented the district since 2015. He was elected with 67% of the vote in 2014, succeeding retiring Democrat Allyson Schwartz, and the district had a PVI of D+13.
Primary results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Brendan Boyle (incumbent) | 90,512 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 90,512 | 100.0 |
Republican primary
Armond James ran unopposed for the Republican nomination.
General election
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Brendan Boyle (incumbent) | 239,316 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 239,316 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 14
The 14th district included the entire city of Pittsburgh and parts of surrounding suburbs.
Democratic primary
The incumbent was Democrat Michael F. Doyle, who had represented the district since 2003, and previously represented the 18th district from 1995 to 2003. He was re-elected with 84% of the vote in the primary and unopposed in the general in 2014; the district had a PVI of D+15.
Doyle was challenged for the Democratic nomination by Janis Brooks, who ran against him in 2012 and 2014.
Primary results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Michael F. Doyle (incumbent) | 103,710 | 76.6 | |
Democratic | Janis Brooks | 31,659 | 23.4 | |
Total votes | 135,369 | 100.0 |
General election
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Michael F. Doyle (incumbent) | 255,293 | 74.4 | |
Republican | Lenny McAllister | 87,999 | 25.6 | |
Total votes | 343,292 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 15
The 15th district was in Eastern Pennsylvania and included Lehigh County and parts of Berks, Dauphin, Lebanon and Northampton counties.
Democratic primary
Democratic candidates who planned to run included former Lehigh County Democratic Committee Chairman and 2012 nominee Rick Daugherty, Laura Quick, and David A. Clark.[84]
Archie Follweiler, a former Kutztown Borough councilman and state house candidate in 2006, filed paperwork with the FEC to run as a Democrat in June 2015, but had not made any announcement on whether he would run.[85]
Primary results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Rick Daugherty | 59,475 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 59,475 | 100.0 |
Republican primary
The incumbent was Republican Charlie Dent, who had represented the district since 2005. He was re-elected unopposed in 2014 and the district had a PVI of R+2.
Primary results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Charlie Dent (incumbent) | 75,821 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 75,821 | 100.0 |
General election
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Charlie Dent (incumbent) | 190,618 | 58.4 | |
Democratic | Rick Daugherty | 124,129 | 38.0 | |
Libertarian | Paul Rizzo | 11,727 | 3.6 | |
Total votes | 326,474 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 16
The 16th district was in Southeastern Pennsylvania, just west of Philadelphia and included a large portion of southern Chester County, most of Lancaster County and a sliver of Berks County, including the city of Reading.
Democratic primary
Candidates
- Declared
- Withdrawn
Endorsements
- Individuals
- Aryanna Berringer, nominee for this seat in 2012[90]
- Norman Bristol Colon, Chair, Latino Democratic Caucus of Lancaster County[90]
- Eugene DePasquale, Pennsylvania Auditor General[90]
- John Graupera, Lancaster City Council President[90]
- Lois Herr, Mount Gretna Borough Councilwoman and nominee for this seat in 2004, 2006 and 2010[90]
- Tom Houghton, former state representative and nominee for this seat in 2014[90]
- James Reichenbach, Lancaster City Councilman[90]
- Mark Rizzo, state representative[90]
- Judy Schwank, state senator[90]
- Pete Soto, Lancaster City Councilman[90]
- Mike Sturla, state representative[90]
- Kathy Wasong, Lancaster Township Supervisor[90]
- Barbara Wilson, Lancaster City Councilwoman[90]
- Organizations
- Chester County Democratic Committee[26]
- Organizations
- Lancaster County Democratic Committee[91]
Primary results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Christina Hartman | 51,588 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 51,588 | 100.0 |
Republican primary
The incumbent was Republican Joe Pitts, who had represented the district since 1997. He was re-elected with 58% of the vote in 2014 and the district had a PVI of R+4. Pitts did not run for re-election.[92]
Candidates
- Declared
- Jeffrey Bartos[93]
- Chet Beiler, former chair of the Lancaster County Republican Committee, candidate for lieutenant governor in 2010 and nominee for auditor general in 2008[94]
- Craig Davis[93]
- Lloyd Smucker, state senator[95]
- Thomas Wentzel[93]
- Brad Witmer[93]
Primary results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Lloyd Smucker | 49,716 | 54.1 | |
Republican | Chet Beiler | 42,246 | 45.9 | |
Total votes | 91,641 | 100.0 |
General election
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Lloyd Smucker | 168,669 | 53.8 | |
Democratic | Christina Hartman | 134,586 | 42.9 | |
Libertarian | Shawn Patrick House | 10,518 | 3.3 | |
Total votes | 313,773 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 17
The 17th district was in Eastern Pennsylvania and included Schuylkill, Carbon, Monroe, Luzerne and Lackawanna counties.
Democratic primary
The incumbent was Democrat Matt Cartwright, who had represented the district since 2013. He was re-elected with 57% of the vote in 2014 and the district had a PVI of D+4.
Primary results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Matt Cartwright (incumbent) | 73,648 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 73,648 | 100.0 |
Republican primary
Northampton County Councilman Glenn Geissinger and 2014 candidate Matt Connolly ran for the Republican nomination.[96][97]
Primary results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Matt Connolly | 34,263 | 62.7 | |
Republican | Glenn Geissinger | 20,399 | 37.3 | |
Total votes | 54,662 | 100.0 |
General election
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Matt Cartwright (incumbent) | 157,734 | 53.8 | |
Republican | Matt Connolly | 135,430 | 46.2 | |
Total votes | 293,164 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 18
The 18th district was in the southern suburbs of Pittsburgh and included parts of Allegheny, Washington, Greene and Westmoreland counties.
Republican primary
The incumbent was Republican Tim Murphy, who had represented the district since 2003. He was re-elected unopposed in 2014 and the district had a PVI of R+10.
Primary results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Tim Murphy (incumbent) | 88,266 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 88,266 | 100.0 |
General election
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Tim Murphy (incumbent) | 293,684 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 293,684 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
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