Pennsylvania elections, 2014

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The state of Pennsylvania held elections in 2014. Below are the dates of note:

2014 elections and events in Pennsylvania
State House special election January 28, 2014 Red padlock.png
Filing deadline for primary election candidates March 11, 2014 Red padlock.png
State Senate special election March 18, 2014 Red padlock.png
Voter registration deadline for primary election April 20, 2014 Red padlock.png
Primary election date May 20, 2014 Red padlock.png
Local ballot measure election (1) May 20, 2014 Red padlock.png
Filing deadline for general election candidates August 1, 2014 Red padlock.png
Voter registration deadline for general election October 6, 2014 Red padlock.png
General election date November 4, 2014 Red padlock.png

Below are the types of elections that were scheduled in Pennsylvania in 2014:

On the 2014 ballot
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U.S. Senate Unscheduled electiond
U.S. House Scheduled electiona
State Executives Scheduled electiona
State Senate Scheduled electiona
State House Scheduled electiona
Statewide ballot measures (0 measures) Unscheduled electiond
Local ballot measures Scheduled electiona
School boards Unscheduled electiond

2014 elections

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Races to watch in Pennsylvania

State Executive Officials


See also: Pennsylvania state executive official elections, 2014

By the summer of 2013, The New York Times, The Washington Post and Governing all rated Republican incumbent Tom Corbett as one of the most vulnerable governors facing re-election in 2014.[1] Their reports reflected the Republican governor's increasingly weak position heading into the 2014 election season, when his abysmal job approval ratings showed that the position was rabid for an ousting after years under a Republican trifecta.[2]

Several Democratic hopefuls -- Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Secretary John Hanger's predecessor Kate McGinty, York businessman Tom Wolf and State Treasurer Rob McCord -- competed in the May 20, 2014 primary, with Wolf emerging as the victor.[3][4][5][6] Conservative activist Bob Guzzardi was mentioned as a potential primary opponent of Governor Corbett.[7][8] Guzzardi filed for the Republican primary and initially survived a challenge to his campaign's signatures but the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ultimately removed him from the ballot.[9][10]

Corbett, along with Lt. Gov. Jim Cawley, faced the Democratic ticket of Wolf and Mike Stack, as well as independent write-in candidate Tom Lineaweaver. Wolf and Stack won the election to a four year term in office.


Pennsylvania State Legislature


See also: Pennsylvania State Senate elections, 2014 and Pennsylvania House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Pennsylvania State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 20, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in that election was March 11, 2014. Heading into the election, the Republican Party controlled the chamber. The following table details the 10 districts with the smallest margin of victory in the November 6, 2012, general election.

Elections for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 20, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 11, 2014. Heading into the election, the Republican Party controlled the chamber. The following table details the 10 districts with the smallest margin of victory in the November 6, 2012, general election.

Elections by type

U.S. House

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U.S. House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania

See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, 2014 and United States House of Representatives elections, 2014

The 2014 U.S. House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania took place on November 4, 2014. Voters elected 18 candidates to serve in the U.S. House, one from each of the state's 18 congressional districts.

Candidate Filing Deadline Primary Election General Election
March 11, 2014
May 20, 2014
November 4, 2014

Primary: A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Pennsylvania utilizes a closed primary process. Voters are required to register with a political party to vote in the primary election.[11][12]

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

Voter registration: To vote in the primary, voters had to register by April 20, 2014. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 6, 2014 (at least 30 days prior to election).[13]

See also: Pennsylvania elections, 2014


Partisan breakdown


Heading into the November 4 election, the Republican Party held 13 of the 18 congressional seats from Pennsylvania.

Members of the U.S. House from Pennsylvania -- Partisan Breakdown
Party As of November 2014 After the 2014 Election
     Democratic Party 5 5
     Republican Party 13 13
Total 18 18

Incumbents


Heading into the 2014 election, the incumbents for the 18 congressional districts were:

Name Party District
Robert Brady Electiondot.png Democratic 1
Chaka Fattah Electiondot.png Democratic 2
Mike Kelly Ends.png Republican 3
Scott Perry Ends.png Republican 4
Glenn Thompson Ends.png Republican 5
Jim Gerlach Ends.png Republican 6
Patrick Meehan Ends.png Republican 7
Michael G. Fitzpatrick Ends.png Republican 8
Bill Shuster Ends.png Republican 9
Tom Marino Ends.png Republican 10
Lou Barletta Ends.png Republican 11
Keith Rothfus Ends.png Republican 12
Allyson Schwartz Electiondot.png Democratic 13
Michael F. Doyle Electiondot.png Democratic 14
Charlie Dent Ends.png Republican 15
Joseph R. Pitts Ends.png Republican 16
Matt Cartwright Electiondot.png Democratic 17
Tim Murphy Ends.png Republican 18

List of candidates by district


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1st Congressional District

General election candidates


May 20, 2014, primary results

Democratic Party Democratic Primary

Republican Party Republican Primary

2nd Congressional District

General election candidates


May 20, 2014, primary results

Democratic Party Democratic Primary

Republican Party Republican Primary

3rd Congressional District

General election candidates


May 20, 2014, primary results

Republican Party Republican Primary

Democratic Party Democratic Primary

Withdrew from race


4th Congressional District

General election candidates


May 20, 2014, primary results

Republican Party Republican Primary

Democratic Party Democratic Primary

5th Congressional District

General election candidates


May 20, 2014, primary results

Republican Party Republican Primary

Democratic Party Democratic Primary

Did not run


6th Congressional District

General election candidates


May 20, 2014, primary results

Republican Party Republican Primary

Democratic Party Democratic Primary

Withdrew prior to primary


7th Congressional District

General election candidates


May 20, 2014, primary results

Republican Party Republican Primary

Democratic Party Democratic Primary

8th Congressional District

General election candidates


May 20, 2014, primary results

Republican Party Republican Primary

Democratic Party Democratic Primary

9th Congressional District

General election candidates


May 20, 2014, primary results

Republican Party Republican Primary

Democratic Party Democratic Primary

10th Congressional District

General election candidates


May 20, 2014, primary results

Republican Party Republican Primary

Democratic Party Democratic Primary

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11th Congressional District

General election candidates


May 20, 2014, primary results

Republican Party Republican Primary

Democratic Party Democratic Primary

Declined to run


12th Congressional District

General election candidates


May 20, 2014, primary results

Republican Party Republican Primary

Democratic Party Democratic Primary

Withdrew

Declined to run

13th Congressional District

General election candidates


May 20, 2014, primary results

Republican Party Republican Primary

Democratic Party Democratic Primary

Withdrew

14th Congressional District

General election candidates


May 20, 2014, primary results
Democratic Party Democratic Primary

15th Congressional District

General election candidates


May 20, 2014, primary results
Republican Party Republican Primary

16th Congressional District

General election candidates


May 20, 2014, primary results

Republican Party Republican Primary

Democratic Party Democratic Primary

17th Congressional District

General election candidates


May 20, 2014, primary results

Democratic Party Democratic Primary

Republican Party Republican Primary

18th Congressional District

General election candidates


May 20, 2014, primary results
Republican Party Republican Primary

State Executives

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State executive official elections in Pennsylvania

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See also: Pennsylvania state executive official elections, 2014 and State executive official elections, 2014

Two state executive positions were up for election in 2014 in the state of Pennsylvania.

The following offices were elected in 2014 in Pennsylvania:

List of candidates by office

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Governor and Lieutenant Governor


General election

Governor candidates are listed first, followed by lieutenant governor candidates after the slash.
Republican Party Tom Corbett/Jim Cawley - Incumbents[49]
Democratic Party Tom Wolf/Mike Stack Green check mark transparent.png[50]
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Failed to qualify

Gubernatorial

Green Party Paul Glover - Community organizer[54][55]
Libertarian Party Ken Krawchuk - Information technology entrepreneur and 2002 Libertarian candidate for governor[56][55]

Lieutenant gubernatorial

Libertarian Party Henry Haller - businessman[57]
Green Party Wendy Lynne Lee - professor[58]

Lost in the primary

Gubernatorial

Democratic Party Allyson Schwartz - U.S. House Rep., 13th District
Democratic Party Kate McGinty - Former Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Secretary[59]
Democratic Party Rob McCord - Pennsylvania State Treasurer[60]

Lieutenant gubernatorial

Democratic Party Mark Critz - Former U.S. Rep[61]
Democratic Party Brad Koplinski - Harrisburg city councilman[62]
Democratic Party Mark Smith - Bradford County Commissioner[63]
Democratic Party Brandon Neuman - State Representative[64][65]

Removed from ballot

Republican Party Bob Guzzardi - Conservative activist[66][67]

Withdrawn

Gubernatorial

Democratic Party Ed Pawlowski - Mayor of Allentown, Pennsylvania[68][69][70]
Democratic Party H. Scott Conklin - State House rep.[71][72]
Democratic Party Jo Ellen Litz - Lebanon County Commissioner[73][74]
Democratic Party Josh Shapiro - Chairman, Montgomery County Board of Commissioners[59][52]
Democratic Party Max Myers - Cumberland County minister[4][52]
Democratic Party Jack Wagner - former Pennsylvania Auditor General and a former member of the Pennsylvania State Senate[75][76]
Democratic Party John Hanger - Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Secretary[4][77]

Lieutenant gubernatorial

Democratic Party Mike Crossey - President of the Pennsylvania State Education Association[78][79]
Democratic Party Brenda Alton - Harrisburg's Parks and Recreation director[80]
Democratic Party John Wozniak - State Senator[81]
Democratic Party Larry Farnese - State Senator[82]
Democratic Party John Galloway - State representative[83]
Democratic Party John Morganelli - Northampton County District Attorney[84]
Democratic Party Jay Paterno - nonprofit executive and son of famous football coach Joe Paterno[85][86]

Declined

Gubernatorial

Republican Party Bruce Castor - Montgomery County Commissioner[87]
Democratic Party Mike Stack - State Senator[59][88]
Democratic Party Bob Casey, Jr. - U.S. Senator[89]
Democratic Party Joe Sestak - Former U.S. Rep, 7th District (2007-2011)[68]

Lieutenant gubernatorial

Democratic Party Margo Davidson - state representative[90]


State Senate

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State Senate election in Pennsylvania

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See also: Pennsylvania State Senate elections, 2014, Pennsylvania state legislative special elections, 2014 and State legislative elections, 2014

There were both regular elections and special elections scheduled for the Pennsylvania State Senate in 2014.

Regularly scheduled elections


Elections for the Pennsylvania State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 20, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in that election was March 11, 2014.

Majority control

See also: Partisan composition of state senates

Heading into the November 4 election, the Republican Party held the majority in the Pennsylvania State Senate:

Pennsylvania State Senate
Party As of November 3, 2014 After November 4, 2014
     Democratic Party 22 20
     Republican Party 27 30
     Vacancy 1 0
Total 50 50

List of candidates by district

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District 2District 4District 6District 8District 10District 12District 14District 16District 18District 20District 22District 24District 26District 28District 30District 32District 34District 36District 38District 40District 42District 44District 46District 48District 50

Special elections by date


March 18, 2014



State House

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State House elections in Pennsylvania

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See also: Pennsylvania House of Representatives elections, 2014, State legislative special elections, 2014 and State legislative elections, 2014

There were both regular elections and special elections scheduled for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 2014.

Regularly scheduled elections


Elections for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 20, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 11, 2014.

Majority control

See also: Partisan composition of state senates

Heading into the November 4 election, the Republican Party held the majority in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives:

Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Party As of November 3, 2014 After November 4, 2014
     Democratic Party 91 84
     Republican Party 111 119
     Vacancy 1 0
Total 203 203

List of candidates by district

Red padlock.png Note: The filing deadline for candidates was March 11, 2014.

District 1District 2District 3District 4District 5District 6District 7District 8District 9District 10District 11District 12District 13District 14District 15District 16District 17District 18District 19District 20District 21District 22District 23District 24District 25District 26District 27District 28District 29District 30District 31District 32District 33District 34District 35District 36District 37District 38District 39District 40District 41District 42District 43District 44District 45District 46District 47District 48District 49District 50District 51District 52District 53District 54District 55District 56District 57District 58District 59District 60District 61District 62District 63District 64District 65District 66District 67District 68District 69District 70District 71District 72District 73District 74District 75District 76District 77District 78District 79District 80District 81District 82District 83District 84District 85District 86District 87District 88District 89District 90District 91District 92District 93District 94District 95District 96District 97District 98District 99District 100District 101District 102District 103District 104District 105District 106District 107District 108District 109District 110District 111District 112District 113District 114District 115District 116District 117District 118District 119District 120District 121District 122District 123District 124District 125District 126District 127District 128District 129District 130District 131District 132District 133District 134District 135District 136District 137District 138District 139District 140District 141District 142District 143District 144District 145District 146District 147District 148District 149District 150District 151District 152District 153District 154District 155District 156District 157District 158District 159District 160District 161District 162District 163District 164District 165District 166District 167District 168District 169District 170District 171District 172District 173District 174District 175District 176District 177District 178District 179District 180District 181District 182District 183District 184District 185District 186District 187District 188District 189District 190District 191District 192District 193District 194District 195District 196District 197District 198District 199District 200District 201District 202District 203

Special elections by date


January 28, 2014



Local ballot measures

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Local ballot measure elections in Pennsylvania

See also: Local ballot measures, Pennsylvania and Local ballot measure elections in 2014

Elections by date


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Voting in Pennsylvania

See also: Voting in Pennsylvania

Important voting information

  • A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Pennsylvania utilizes a closed primary process. Voters are required to register with a political party to vote in the primary election.[11][98]

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

  • Pennsylvania does not permit online voter registration.

Voting absentee

See also: Absentee voting by state

For information about eligibility, deadlines, military and overseas voting and updates to the voting laws in Pennsylvania, please visit our absentee voting by state page.

Voting early

See also: Early voting

Pennsylvania is one of 14 states that do not have any form of early voting.[99]

Elections Performance Index

See also: Pew Charitable Trusts' Elections Performance Index

Pennsylvania ranked 27th out of the 50 states and District of Columbia in the Pew Charitable Trusts' Elections Performance Index (EPI), based on the 2012 elections. The EPI examined election administration performance and assigned an average percentage score based on 17 indicators of election performance. These indicators were chosen in order to determine both the convenience and integrity of these three phases of an election: registration, voting and counting. Pennsylvania received an overall score of 64 percent.[100]

See also

Footnotes

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  9. TribLive, "Judge says Corbett primary challenger can stay on ballot, appeal planned," April 16, 2014
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