Democrats sweep Pittsburgh, oust Republican incumbents in PA election

Pittsburgh residents cast their votes in Pennsylvania’s primary election on May 19, electing numerous incumbents and making way for several new leaders in state positions.

Democrats overwhelming took the vote, winning 26 of 27 key races in Allegheny County. Most notably, voters backed Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro, who will attempt to win a second term this fall, while several newcomers unseated incumbents as state representatives.

Voter turnout was relatively low, with 22.7% of Allegheny’s 915,194 registered voters casting their votes, according to the county. In total, there were 207,755 ballots cast.

Here are the unofficial results in key races in Allegheny County as of May 20 morning, with 1,322 of 1,327 precincts reporting.

Governor

Josh Shapiro (D, incumbent) – 151,505

Stacy Garrity (R) – 41,257

Lt. Governor

Austin Davis (D, incumbent) – 149,271

Jason Richey (R) – 37,342

U.S. Representative, 12th District

Summer Lee (D, incumbent) – 67,818

William Parker (D) – 15,393

U.S. Representative, 17th District

Chris Deluzio (D, incumbent) – 69,904

Jesse James Vodvarka (R) – 15,940

PA Senate, District 38

Lindsey Williams (D, incumbent) – 239,547

PA Senate, District 42

Wayne D. Fontana (D, incumbent) – 23,888

Paul Steenkiste (D) – 9,192

PA Representative, District 19

Aerion Andrew Abney (D, incumbent) – 6,285

PA Representative, District 20

Emily Kinkead (D, incumbent) – 7,723

PA Representative, District 21

Lindsay Powell (D, incumbent) – 8,149

PA Representative, District 23

Dan Frankel (D, incumbent) – 9,766

PA Representative, District 24

La’Tasha D. Mayes (D, incumbent) – 8,860

Will Anderson (D) – 1,202

PA Representative, District 25

Brandon J. Markosek (D, incumbent) – 6,870

PA Representative, District 27

Dan Deasy (D, incumbent) – 7,163

PA Representative, District 28

Jeremy Shaffer (R, incumbent) – 4,057

Jeremy Ferderber (D) – 3,838

Robert Bertha (D) – 1,880

PA Representative, District 30

Arvind Venkat (D, incumbent) – 7,002

PA Representative, District 32

Joe McAndrew (D, incumbent) – 8,600

PA Representative, District 33

Mandy Steele (D, incumbent) – 6,304

PA Representative, District 34

Abigail Salisbury (D, incumbent) – 10,373

PA Representative, District 35

Dan Goughnour (D, incumbent) – 6,521

PA Representative, District 36

Jessican Benham (D, incumbent) – 6,783

Timothy McCune (R) – 1,071

PA Representative, District 38

John Inglis (D, incumbent) – 7,303

PA Representative, District 39

Dylan Altemara (D) – 3,062

Andrew Kuzma (R, incumbent) – 2,742

Kellianne Frketic (D) – 1,780

PA Representative, District 40

Natalie Mihalek (R, incumbent) – 2,919

PA Representative, District 42

Jen Mazzocco (D, incumbent) – 8,775

PA Representative, District 44

Valerie Gaydos (R, incumbent) – 3,424

PA Representative, District 45

Brittany Bloam (D) – 5,142

Patrick J. Catena, Jr. (D) – 2,994

PA Representative, District 46

Jason Ortitay (R, incumbent) – 766

Voters also selected members for the state Democrat and Republican committees, as well as hundreds of members for local committees. Full election results can be viewed on Allegheny County’s website.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Democrats win big in Pittsburgh in PA primary election 2026