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2018 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election

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2018 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election
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The 2018 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, concurrently with the election of Pennsylvania's Class I U.S. Senate seat, as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various local elections. Incumbent Governor Tom Wolf won re-election to a second term by a double-digit margin, defeating Republican challenger Scott Wagner and two third-party candidates from the Green Party, Paul Glover and Libertarian Party, Ken Krawchuk.[1][2] The primary elections were held on May 15.[3] This was the only Democratic-held governorship up for election in a state that Donald Trump won in the 2016 presidential election.

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Republicans flipped the counties of Lawrence, Greene, Fayette, Cambria, Clinton, Northumberland, Carbon, and Schuylkill. Meanwhile, this was the first time since Bob Casey Jr.'s landslide State Treasurer win in 2004 that Cumberland County voted for the Democrat in a statewide election.

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Democratic primary

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Lieutenant governor

Incumbent Lieutenant Governor Mike Stack faced several controversies during his term, including mistreatment of state police officers assigned as his security detail.[4] As a result, he faced several challengers in the primary, including 2016 Senate candidate John Fetterman. Stack was ultimately defeated by Fetterman, placing fourth overall.

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Kathi Cozzone

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Madeleine Dean (withdrawn)
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John Fetterman
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Mike Stack
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Results by county:
  Fetterman—70–80%
  Fetterman—60–70%
  Fetterman—50–60%
  Fetterman—40–50%
  Fetterman—<40%
  Ahmad—40–50%
  Ahmad—<40%
  Cozzone—60–70%
  Cozzone—<40%
  Stack—<40%
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Republican primary

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Laura Ellsworth

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Paul Mango

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Scott Wagner

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Mike Turzai (withdrawn)
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Results by county:
  Wagner—60–70%
  Wagner—50–60%
  Wagner—40–50%
  Mango—40–50%
  Mango—50–60%
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Lieutenant governor

Candidates

Nominated
  • Jeff Bartos, businessman (running with Scott Wagner)[67]

Eliminated in the primary

  • Kathy Coder, political activist[68]
  • Peg Luksik, political activist[69]
  • Diana Irey Vaughan, Washington County commissioner (running with Paul Mango)[70]
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Results by county:
  Bartos—60–70%
  Bartos—50–60%
  Bartos—40–50%
  Bartos—<40%
  Coder—40–50%
  Coder—<40%
  Vaughan—70–80%
  Vaughan—50–60%
  Vaughan—40–50%
  Luksik—50–60%
  Luksik—<40%
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Green Party

Governor

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Lieutenant governor

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  • Jocolyn Bowser-Bostick

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Paul Glover

Libertarian Party

Governor

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  • Ken Krawchuk, technology consultant and nominee for governor in 1998, 2002, and 2014[84]

Lieutenant governor

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  • Kathleen Smith, entrepreneur (running with Ken Krawchuk)

General election

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Scott Wagner (R)

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Tom Wolf (D)
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  1. The Fox News Midterm Power Rankings uniquely does not contain a category for Safe/Solid races
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Results

The election was not close, with Wolf defeating Wagner by about 17 percentage points. Wolf won by running up large margins in Allegheny County, including Pittsburgh, and Philadelphia County, including Philadelphia. Wolf's victory can also be attributed to his strong performance in Philadelphia suburbs.

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Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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By congressional district

Wolf won 12 of 18 congressional districts, including 3 that elected Republicans.[140]

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