2024 Pennsylvania elections explained

The 2024 Pennsylvania elections will take place on . On that date, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will hold 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.

Federal offices

President and Vice President of the United States

See main article: 2024 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania. Incumbent Democratic Vice-President Kamala Harris and Governor of Minnesota Tim Walz are running.

U.S. Senate

See main article: 2024 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania. Incumbent Democratic senator Bob Casey Jr. will seek a fourth term.[1]

U.S. House of Representatives

See main article: 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania. All 17 congressional districts in the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania are up for election in 2024.

State offices

Executive offices

Attorney general

See main article: 2024 Pennsylvania Attorney General election. 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 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

See main article: 2024 Pennsylvania State Treasurer election. 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

See main article: 2024 Pennsylvania Auditor General election. 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

See main article: 2024 Pennsylvania Senate election. 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

See main article: 2024 Pennsylvania House of Representatives election. In the 2024 general election, all 203 seats in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives will be up for election.

Ballot measures

, there are no statewide ballot measures scheduled to run in 2024.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Concepcion . Summer . 2023-04-10 . Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania announces re-election bid for fourth term . 2023-04-12 . . en.
  2. News: Glueck. Katie. November 9, 2022. Shapiro defeats Mastriano, an election denier, for Pennsylvania governor. The New York Times. live. November 14, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221114135127/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/09/us/politics/shapiro-wins-pennsylvania-governor.html. November 14, 2022.
  3. News: Benshoff. Laura. November 9, 2022. Josh Shapiro secures Pa. governor's office, beating election-denier Doug Mastriano. NPR. live. November 14, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221114133524/https://www.npr.org/2022/11/09/1134831808/pennsylvania-governor-results-midterms-shapiro-mastriano. November 14, 2022.
  4. Web site: Parish . Marley . 2023-03-09 . Pa. Senate votes to confirm Henry as attorney general, Paris as police commissioner . 2023-04-12 . . en-US.
  5. News: Williams . Stephen . Pa. Auditor General announces plans to run for re-election . November 28, 2023 . . November 28, 2023 . en.