The 2018 Pennsylvania state elections took place on November 6, 2018. On that date, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania held elections for the following offices: Governor and Lieutenant Governor (on one ticket), U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, Pennsylvania State Senate, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and various others. Primary elections took place on May 15, 2018.
On Election Day, Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf was re-elected with new Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, as was incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Bob Casey Jr. Democrats gained five seats in Pennsylvania's congressional delegation, bringing the delegation to a 9–9 split. Democrats also broke a Republican supermajority in the Pennsylvania State Senate by gaining five seats, and gained eleven seats in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
See main article: 2018 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania. Incumbent Democratic Senator Bob Casey Jr. sought reelection against Republican Congressman Lou Barletta in the general election. He won with 56% of the vote.
See main article: 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania.
See also: League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
In January 2018, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court struck down the state's congressional map, ruling it had been unfairly gerrymandered to favor Republicans.[1] [2] New maps were subsequently adopted in February 2018, for use in 2018's elections and taking effect with representation in 2019.[3]
See main article: 2018 Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district special election. A special election for Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district was held on March 13, 2018, following the resignation of Republican Rep. Tim Murphy.[4]
See main article: 2018 Pennsylvania's 7th and 15th congressional district special elections. Along with the general election, special elections were also held on November 6, following the resignations of Republican Reps. Pat Meehan (PA-7) and Charlie Dent (PA-15).
Voters in Pennsylvania elected 18 candidates to serve in the U.S. House, one from each of the 18 congressional districts.[5]
| District 1 | Scott Wallace | Brian Fitzpatrick, incumbent | ||
| District 2 | Brendan Boyle, incumbent | David Torres | ||
| District 3 | Dwight Evans, incumbent | Bryan E. Leib | ||
| District 4 | Madeleine Dean | Dan David | ||
| District 5 | Mary Gay Scanlon | Pearl Kim | ||
| District 6 | Chrissy Houlahan | Greg McCauley | ||
| District 7 | Susan Wild | Marty Nothstein | Tim Silfies | |
| District 8 | Matt Cartwright, incumbent | John Chrin | ||
| District 9 | Denny Wolff | Dan Meuser | ||
| District 10 | George Scott | Scott Perry, incumbent | ||
| District 11 | Jess King | Lloyd Smucker, incumbent | ||
| District 12 | Marc Friedenburg | Tom Marino, incumbent | ||
| District 13 | Brent Ottaway | John Joyce | ||
| District 14 | Bibiana Boerio | Guy Reschenthaler | ||
| District 15 | Susan Boser | Glenn Thompson, incumbent | ||
| District 16 | Ronald DiNicola | Mike Kelly, incumbent | Ebert "Bill" Beeman | |
| District 17 | Conor Lamb, incumbent | Keith Rothfus, incumbent | ||
| District 18 | Michael Doyle, incumbent |
See main article: 2018 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election. One-term Governor Tom Wolf and Lt. Governor Mike Stack were both eligible for re-election. Stack was defeated in his primary by Braddock mayor John Fetterman. Wolf and Fetterman went on to defeat the Republican ticket of State Senator Scott Wagner and businessman Jeff Bartos.
See main article: 2018 Pennsylvania Senate election. 25 of 50 seats (even-numbered districts) in the Pennsylvania Senate were up for election in Pennsylvania's general election.[6]
See main article: 2018 Pennsylvania House of Representatives election.
Special elections were held for the 35th, 48th, 68th, and 178th districts prior to the general election.
All 203 seats in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives were up for election in the general election.[7]
There were no statewide ballot measures up for election in this general election; however, there were local ballot measures in Allengeny and Philadelphia Counties.[8]