The Green Papers: Pennsylvania 2019 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
✓ Special Election House CD 12: Tuesday 21 May 2019
Monday 1 April 2019 - Filing Deadline - CD 12 Special Primary .
Tuesday 21 May 2019 - Special Election House CD 12. Polling hours 7:00a-8:00p EDT (1100-0000 UTC).
 
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
Governor:1 
2010 Census:12,734,905 (4.11% of 309,785,186)
2012, 2016, 2020 Electoral Votes:20(3.72% of 538)
2012-2020 Representatives:18(4.14% of 435)
Capital:Harrisburg
 

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Pennsylvania State and Local Government

Pennsylvania 2020 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats   Republicans


In Pennsylvania Special Elections, there are no primaries. Local party delegates pick their nominees.

Special Election Calendar 12th Congressional District from the Pennsylvania Department of State.

 
           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 116th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1 Democratic Senator Robert P. "Bob" Casey, Jr.
First elected: 2006; re-elected: 2012, 2018.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (1)
  Candidate Democratic     Senator Robert P. "Bob" Casey, Jr.
FEC S6PA00217

Class 3 Republican Senator Patrick Joseph "Pat" Toomey
First elected: 2010; re-elected: 2016.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

  Democratic Governor Thomas W. "Tom" Wolf
First elected: 2014; re-elected: 2018.
Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election.
Open Chair
 24 February 2016: Governor Thomas W. "Tom" Wolf Announced that he has prostate cancer which was detected early and is treatable.

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Elected on a ticket with (but nominated separately by partisan primary from) the Governor

  Democratic Lieutenant Governor John K. Fetterman
First elected: 2018.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022

116th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2020, 2021. No Term Limit. 116th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
9 Republican (9 Undetermined);
9 Democratic (9 Undetermined)

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 1 Republican Congressman Brian K. Fitzpatrick
First elected: 2016.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
 Candidate list (6) - 117th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Ivyland Borough Councilmember Christina "Chris" Finello
FEC H0PA01325; 30 Sep 19; Tot $60,807; Dsb $28,423
  Candidate Democratic     Skylar Hurwitz
FEC H0PA01333
  Candidate Democratic     Bucks County Prothonotary Judith "Judi" Reiss
FEC H0PA01291; 30 Sep 19; Tot $111,401; Dsb $44,884
  Candidate Democratic     Pennsbury School Board Member Debbie Wachspress
FEC H0PA01309; 30 Sep 19; Tot $216,112; Dsb $25,371
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Brian K. Fitzpatrick
FEC H6PA08277; 30 Sep 19; Tot $1,330,705; Dsb $356,666
  Candidate Republican     Andrew "Andy" Meehan
FEC H0PA01317; 30 Sep 19; Tot $9,660; Dsb $6,286

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 2 Democratic Congressman Brendan F. Boyle
First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
 Candidate list (3) - 117th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Brendan F. Boyle
FEC H4PA13199; 30 Sep 19; Tot $618,564; Dsb $232,703
  Candidate Democratic     Joanne Marie Cempron Mantilla
FEC H0PA02083
  Candidate Democratic     Salem Snow

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 3 Democratic Congressman Dwight Evans
First elected in a concurrent Special and General Election: 8 November 2016.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
 Candidate list (1) - 117th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Dwight Evans
FEC H6PA02171; 30 Sep 19; Tot $366,868; Dsb $293,142

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 4 Democratic Congressman Madeleine Dean Cunnane
First elected: 2018.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
aka Madeleine Dean
 Candidate list (2, 1 write-in) - 117th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Madeleine Dean Cunnane
FEC H8PA04116; 30 Sep 19; Tot $427,228; Dsb $330,684
  Candidate Republican     Renee L. Beadencup
FEC H0PA04261
  Candidate Not readily classifiable     Kalen Spencer
Alliance Party

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 5 Democratic Congressman Mary Gay Scanlon
First elected in a concurrent General and Special Election: 6 November 2018.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
 Candidate list (3) - 117th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Louis "Lou" Lanni
FEC H0PA05086; 30 Sep 19; Tot $0; Dsb $0
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Mary Gay Scanlon
FEC H8PA07200; 30 Sep 19; Tot $442,866; Dsb $274,622
  Candidate Republican     Joe Billie

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 6 Democratic Congressman Christina Jampoler "Chrissy" Houlahan
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
 Candidate list (5) - 117th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Christina Jampoler "Chrissy" Houlahan
FEC H8PA06087; 30 Sep 19; Tot $1,278,726; Dsb $389,741
  Candidate Republican     John Emmons
FEC H0PA06167; 30 Sep 19; Tot $152,224; Dsb $19,174
  Candidate Republican     Coatesville School Board Member Thomas "Tom" Siedenbuehl
FEC H0PA06142; 30 Sep 19; Tot $103,487; Dsb $38,530
  Candidate Republican     Everett Stern
FEC H0PA06159; 30 May 19; Tot $0; Dsb $0
  Candidate Independent     Honey Brook Township Supervisor John H. McHugh
FEC H0PA06175

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 7 Democratic Congressman Susan Ellis Wild
First elected in a concurrent General and Special Election: 6 November 2018.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
 Candidate list (4) - 117th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Darryl P. Hendricks
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Susan Ellis Wild
FEC H8PA15229; 30 Sep 19; Tot $917,664; Dsb $299,532
  Candidate Republican     former Lehigh Commissioner Dean Napier Browning
FEC H8PA15260; 30 Sep 19; Tot $243,251; Dsb $22,350
  Candidate Republican     former Lehigh County Commissioner Lisa Scheller
FEC H0PA07132

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 8 Democratic Congressman Matthew Alton "Matt" Cartwright
First elected: 2012
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
 Candidate list (3) - 117th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Matthew Alton "Matt" Cartwright
FEC H2PA17079; 30 Sep 19; Tot $873,529; Dsb $255,663
  Candidate Republican     Teddy Daniels
  Candidate Republican     Luzerne County Councilor Harry Haas
FEC H0PA08189

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 9 Republican Congressman Daniel P. "Dan" Meuser
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 10 Republican Congressman Scott G. Perry
First elected: 2012
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
 Candidate list (4) - 117th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Thomas F. Brier, Jr.
FEC H0PA10102; 30 Sep 19; Tot $301,491; Dsb $104,363
  Candidate Democratic     Auditor General Eugene A. DePasquale
FEC H0PA10110; 30 Sep 19; Tot $359,799; Dsb $73,809
  Candidate Republican     Robert "Bobby" Jeffries
FEC H0PA10128; 30 Sep 19; Tot $21,120; Dsb $2,178
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Scott G. Perry
FEC H2PA04135; 30 Sep 19; Tot $615,797; Dsb $162,084

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 11 Republican Congressman Lloyd K. Smucker
First elected: 2016
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
 Candidate list (3) - 117th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Sarah Hammond
FEC H0PA11183
  Candidate Democratic     Adam Charles Nesbitt
FEC H0PA11175
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Lloyd K. Smucker
FEC H6PA16320; 30 Sep 19; Tot $441,191; Dsb $148,977

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 12 Republican Congressman Fred Keller
First elected in a Special Election: 21 May 2019 [re: resignation of Congressman Thomas Anthony "Tom" Marino (Republican)]
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
 
17 January 2019: Congressman Thomas Anthony "Tom" Marino (Republican) announced his resignation effective 23 January. He was first elected in 2010. "Having spent over two decades serving the public, I have chosen to take a position in the private sector ...."
21 May 2019: State Representative Fred Keller (Republican) is elected in a Special Election.

Special Election - 116th Congress
CD 12
Seat up for special election
Special Election
Republican
Seat up for special election: Tuesday 21 May 2019
Special Election - There is no primary. Local party delegates pick their nominees.
 Candidate list (2)
  Elected Republican 90,000 68.08% state Representative Fred Keller
FEC H0PA12181; 30 Sep 19; Tot $795,992; Dsb $568,306
  Candidate Democratic 42,195 31.92% Marc Friedenberg
FEC H8PA05204; 30 Jun 19; Tot $209,046; Dsb $230,037
Total 132,195 100.00%  
 
17 January 2019: Congressman Thomas Anthony "Tom" Marino (Republican) resigned effective 23 January. He was first elected in 2010. "Having spent over two decades serving the public, I have chosen to take a position in the private sector ...."
23 January 2019: Congressman Thomas Anthony "Tom" Marino (Republican) resigns.
24 January 2019: Governor Thomas W. "Tom" Wolf (Democratic) calls a Special Election for Tuesday 21 May 2019 to fill this seat. There are no primaries. Local party delegates pick the nominees.
circa 12 February 2019: The Democratic Party has selected Marc Friedenberg as their nominee.
2 March 2019: The Republican Party has selected state Representative Fred Keller as their nominee.
Special Election Candidate List - 12th Congressional District from the Pennsylvania Department of State.
21 May 2019: Returns from the Pennsylvania Department of State and results from The New York Times.
21 May 2019: State Representative Fred Keller (Republican) is elected in a Special Election.

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 13 Republican Congressman John Joyce
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
 Candidate list (2) - 117th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Todd Rowley
  Candidate Republican     Congressman John Joyce
FEC H8PA13125; 30 Sep 19; Tot $389,933; Dsb $86,137

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 14 Republican Congressman Guy L. Reschenthaler
First Elected: 2018.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
 Candidate list (2) - 117th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Logan David Howard
FEC H0PA14120
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Guy L. Reschenthaler
FEC H8PA18199; 30 Sep 19; Tot $526,872; Dsb $423,159

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 15 Republican Congressman Glenn William "G.T." Thompson
First elected: 2008
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
 Candidate list (1) - 117th Congress
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Glenn William "G.T." Thompson
FEC H8PA05071; 30 Sep 19; Tot $616,310; Dsb $471,269

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 16 Republican Congressman George J. "Mike" Kelly, Jr.
First elected: 2010
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
 Candidate list (5) - 117th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Edward J. DeSantis
FEC H0PA16042
  Candidate Democratic     Kristy Gnibus
FEC H0PA16034
  Candidate Democratic     Daniel B. Smith, Jr.
FEC H0PA16026; 30 Sep 19; Tot $24,396; Dsb $14,216
  Candidate Republican     Tom Irwin
  Candidate Republican     Congressman George J. "Mike" Kelly, Jr.
FEC H0PA03271; 30 Sep 19; Tot $1,083,452; Dsb $327,146

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 17 Democratic Congressman Conor James Lamb
First elected in a Special Election 13 March 2018 [re: resignation of Congressman Timothy "Tim" Murphy (Republican) on 21 October 2017].
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
 Candidate list (4) - 117th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Conor James Lamb
FEC H8PA18181; 30 Sep 19; Tot $746,127; Dsb $421,336
  Candidate Republican     Richard Sean "Sean" Parnell
FEC H0PA17115
  Candidate Republican     Brian Thomsen
FEC H0PA17107
  Candidate Republican     Scott Richard Timko
FEC H0PA17099; 30 Sep 19; Tot $23,865; Dsb $18,805

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 18 Democratic Congressman Michael F. "Mike" Doyle
First elected: 1994
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
 Candidate list (4) - 117th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Gerald "Jerry" Dickinson
FEC H0PA18097; 30 Sep 19; Tot $128,255; Dsb $36,075
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Michael F. "Mike" Doyle
FEC H4PA18131; 30 Sep 19; Tot $392,458; Dsb $170,268
  Candidate Republican     Kimberly "Kim" Mack
FEC H8PA18280
  Candidate Independent     Donald Raymond "Don" Nevills
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FEC H0PA18089

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020. Term Limit: 2 terms

  Democratic Attorney General Joshua D. "Josh" Shapiro
First elected: 2016
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
The current Attorney General is unaffected by the State's term limit.
 Candidate list (1)
  Candidate Republican     former Allegheny County Councilmember Heather Heidelbaugh

Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020. Term Limit: 2 terms

  Democratic Treasurer Joseph M. "Joe" Torsella
First elected: 2016
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
The current Treasurer is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Auditor General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020

  Democratic Auditor General Eugene A. DePasquale
First elected: 2012; re-elected: 2016.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
Open Seat - At term limit.
Running for U.S. Congress CD 10 in 2019.
 Candidate list (2)
  Candidate Democratic     Nina Ahmad
  Candidate Democratic     Christina Hartman
 

Political Parties    Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties   Those parties which received electoral votes through winning a plurality of a state's [or the District of Columbia's] popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
  Democratic (affiliates): 15 incumbents, 31 candidates
  Republican: 11 incumbents, 25 candidates
Major Third Parties   Any Party, other than a Major Party, receiving a minimum of 15/100ths of 1 percent of the nationwide popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
  Constitution (affiliates)
  Green (affiliates)
  Libertarian
Other Third Parties
  America First
  Conservative USA
  Right to Life
  Unity
Independents
  Independent: 2 candidates
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
  Not readily classifiable: 1 candidate
 
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.


Links Links to other web sites

Constitution   Links to State Constitutions
  Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Election Authority
  Pennsylvania Department of State - Bureau of Commissions, Elections, and Legislation
  VotesPA.com - The Pennsylvania Department of State's online voting information center
Legislature   Links to State Legislatures
  Pennsylvania General Assembly
  Pennsylvania House of Representatives
  Pennsylvania Senate
Democratic
  Pennsylvania Democratic Party
  Pennsylvania House Democratic Caucus
  Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Caucus
Republican
  Pennsylvania House Republican Caucus
  Pennsylvania Senate Republican News
  Republican Party of Pennsylvania
Third Party
  America First Party of Pennsylvania
  Conservative Party USA Pennsylvania
  Green Party of Pennsylvania
  Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania
  Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation
  The Constitution Party of Pennsylvania
  The Unity Party of Pennsylvania
Media & others
  Altoona.com - State College
  City & State Pennsylvania
  Gettysburg Times
  Jewish Exponent - Philadelphia
  Keystone Report - Pennslyvania
  KYW AM - Newsradio - Philadelphia
  LancasterOnline.com
  PennLive.com - Harrisburg
  Pennsylvania Ballot Access Coalition
  Philadelphia Daily News
  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
  Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
  Politics1.com - Pennsylvania
  PoliticsPA.com
  Reading Eagle
  The Citizens Voice - Wilkes-Barre
  The Daily Item - Sunbury
  The Daily Local News - West Chester
  The Daily Pennsylvanian - University of Pennsylvania
  The Herald - Sharon
  The Herald Standard -Uniontown
  The Meadville Tribune - Meadville
  The Mercury - Pottstown
  The Morning Call - Allentown
  The Sentinel - Carlisle - Shippensburg
  The Times-Tribune - Scranton
  Times Leader - Wilkes-Barre
  Times News - Lehighton

 


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