Pennsylvania Primary Election Results: May 2026

Pennsylvania Primary Election Results: Commitment 2026

NOW ON PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS. FOUR PENNSYLVANIANS HITTING THE VOTING POLLS TODAY, AND THE RESULTS ARE IN. FROM LOCAL ELECTIONS TO THE GOVERNOR’S RACE. HOW TODAY’S PRIMARY WILL DICTATE OUR STATE’S POLITICAL FUTURE. OH, WELL, WE’RE GOING TO BE TRAPPED. SWISSHELM PARK RESIDENTS RELY ON COMMERCIAL STREET AND THE PARKWAY TO GET OUT OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. TONIGHT, THEIR WORRIES AND THE PROBLEMS THEY’RE ALREADY DEALING WITH AHEAD OF THE PARKWAY CLOSURE. THIS CASE IS NOW AT A COMPLETE STATUS, SO WE CAN BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU GUYS SOME UPDATES. LONG AWAITED ANSWERS. MONTHS AFTER A CAR PLUNGED INTO THE MONONGAHELA RIVER TONIGHT, WHAT PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE SAY THE DRIVER WAS DOING IN THE HOURS LEADING UP TO THE DEADLY CRASH. IT’S AN IMPACT DAY TOMORROW. I’LL LET YOU KNOW HOW LONG RAIN WILL BE STAYING IN THE AREA AND WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FOR THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND FORECAST. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR AT 11 STARTS NOW. GOOD EVENING. IT IS PRIMARY ELECTION NIGHT HERE IN PENNSYLVANIA, AND THE RESULTS CONTINUE TO COME IN. THANKS FOR JOINING US. I’M MIKE CLARK AND I’M KRISTEN POWERS. VOTERS ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH WENT TO THE POLLS TODAY CASTING THEIR BALLOT. RACE IS TAKING SHAPE AT BOTH THE STATE AND LOCAL LEVELS. WE DO HAVE LIVE RACE RESULTS SCROLLING AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN THERE. OUR COMMITMENT 2026 COVERAGE BEGINS WITH THE RACE FOR GOVERNOR. GOVERNOR JOSH SHAPIRO IS THE PROJECTED WINNER FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY. HE’S VYING FOR A SECOND TERM. HE’S NOW OFFICIALLY SET TO FACE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY WINNER AND STATE TREASURER STACY GARRITY IN THE NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION. BOTH CANDIDATES RUNNING UNCONTESTED. AND RYAN RECKER JOINS US WITH REACTION FROM BOTH CANDIDATES ON TONIGHT’S VICTORY. RYAN. KRISTEN AND MIKE, AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS WAS AN UNCONTESTED RACE. BOTH CANDIDATES NOW LOOK AHEAD TO THE GENERAL ELECTION IN NOVEMBER. AS FOR GOVERNOR JOSH SHAPIRO, HE WAS IN BUCKS COUNTY TONIGHT WHERE HE ADDRESSED CONSTITUENTS. I STAND BEFORE YOU TONIGHT TO AGAIN ACCEPT THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION FOR GOVERNOR OF THE GREAT COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA. WE’VE SHOWN THAT WE CAN GET STUFF DONE AND DO IT IN A WAY THAT RESPECTS ALL PENNSYLVANIANS, NO MATTER WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE OR WHERE YOU COME FROM, WHO YOU LOVE, OR WHO YOU PRAY TO, OR CHOOSE NOT TO PRAY TO. SHAPIRO SUCCEEDED TOM WOLF BACK IN 2023, WHICH MADE SHAPIRO THE FIRST PENNSYLVANIA GOVERNOR ELECTED TO REPLACE A MEMBER OF HIS PARTY SINCE 1966. MEANWHILE, REPUBLICAN STATE TREASURER STACY GARRITY WAS IN HARRISBURG TONIGHT, WHERE SHE WATCHED ELECTION RESULTS WITH HER CAMPAIGN TEAM AND FAMILY. SHE RELEASED THIS STATEMENT SAYING, IN PART, WHEN I DECLARED MY CANDIDACY TO SERVE AS PENNSYLVANIA’S NEXT GOVERNOR, I PROMISED, HELP IS ON THE WAY. THAT STATEMENT RANG TRUE THEN, AND EVEN MORE SO TODAY WITH THE OVERWHELMING SUPPORT OF REPUBLICAN VOTERS FROM ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH. THE RESPONSIBILITY THAT PENNSYLVANIA REPUBLICANS ENTRUSTED ME WITH TODAY IS NOT ONE THAT I TAKE LIGHTLY. GARRITY, A RETIRED ARMY RESERVE COLONEL AND THREE TOURS IRAQ VETERAN, DEFEATED INCUMBENT TREASURER JOE TORSELLA BY LESS THAN ONE PERCENTAGE POINT BACK IN THE 2020 ELECTION. NOW TO THE RACE FOR PENNSYLVANIA LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, INCUMBENT AUSTIN DAVIS IS THE PROJECTED WINNER ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE. HE ALSO RAN UNOPPOSED AND WAS ALSO IN BUCKS COUNTY WITH THE SHAPIRO ADMINISTRATION. TONIGHT. AND TONIGHT, I’M DEEPLY HUMBLED AND PROUD TO ACCEPT THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION FOR REELECTION AS YOUR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. WHILE I STAND HERE TONIGHT FILLED WITH GRATITUDE, I’M ALSO CLEAR EYED ABOUT THE MOMENT WE’RE IN. BECAUSE THIS ISN’T JUST A CELEBRATION. IT’S A CALL TO ACTION. ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE, VOTERS DECIDED BETWEEN ATTORNEY JASON RICHEY AND FORMER UPS EXECUTIVE JOHN VENTRY RICHEY IS THE PROJECTED WINNER IN THIS RACE, AND WE HEARD FROM HIM DURING A GOP WATCH PARTY IN GREENTREE TODAY. TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PENNSYLVANIANS COME OUT AND VOTE FOR YOU IS EVEN MORE HUMBLING WHEN YOU COME FROM A PLACE LIKE I DO, WHICH IS ALIQUIPPA, PENNSYLVANIA. I ALSO WANT TO MENTION SOME OTHER NOTABLE RACES ON THE BALLOT. ALL 17 U.S. REPRESENTATIVE SEATS, AS WELL AS ALL OF THE 203 STATE REPRESENTATIVE SEATS AND HALF OF THE STATE SENATE SEATS AS WELL. MIKE AND KRISTEN, WE’LL SEND IT BACK TO YOU. ALL RIGHT. RYAN, THANK YOU. AND OUTSIDE OF THE STATE’S EXECUTIVE BRANCH, THERE’S A NUMBER OF OTHER LOCAL RACES ON THE BALLOT TONIGHT. THAT’S RIGHT, CONGRESSWOMAN SUMMER LEE FACING DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGER WILLIAM PARKER TODAY. LIN WIN LEE WINS THE NOMINATION. SHE’LL FACE REPUBLICAN JAMES HAYS IN THE GENERAL ELECTION IN NOVEMBER. THE RACE TO REPLACE OUTGOING STATE REPRESENTATIVE ANITA KULIK IN DISTRICT 45, LONGTIME MEMBER OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAT CATENA, RUNNING AGAINST BRITTANY BLOOM. BLOOM IS THE PROJECTED WINNER TONIGHT AND IS SET TO FACE OFF AGAINST REPUBLICAN NOMINEE JAMES JULIUS IN NOVEMBER. AND INCUMBENT REPUBLICAN STATE SENATOR CAMERA BARTOLOTTA, FACING CHALLENGER AL BUCHANAN FOR THE REPUBLICAN PA SENATE DISTRICT 46 NOMINATION. ALMOST ALL OF THE PRECINCTS REPORTING. AND BARTOLOTTA HOLDS A NARROW LEAD RIGHT NOW. YOU CAN FIND THE FULL LIST OF

RESULTS: MAIN PAGE | GOVERNOR’S RACE | ALLEGHENY COUNTY | ARMSTRONG COUNTY | BEAVER COUNTY | BUTLER COUNTY | CLARION COUNTY | FAYETTE COUNTY | GREENE COUNTY | INDIANA COUNTY | LAWRENCE COUNTY | WASHINGTON COUNTY | WESTMORELAND COUNTYSee the results in Western Pennsylvania above. An Uncontested Governor’s Race While the Pennsylvania governor’s race was uncontested, the primary leads into a battle between incumbent Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro and state Treasurer Stacy Garrity, a Republican who was reelected to her position in 2024.Shapiro ran as Pennsylvania Attorney General and won the 2022 gubernatorial election. He succeeded the term-limited Tom Wolf, making Shapiro the first Pennsylvania governor elected to replace a member of his party since 1966.Garrity, a retired Army Reserve colonel and three-tour Iraq veteran, was serving as vice president of a tungsten smelting plant when she beat Democratic Treasurer Joe Torsella by less than 1 percentage point in the 2020 election. Information & Links on Voting UPDATING VOTER REGISTRATIONFILE ELECTIONS COMPLAINT/ISSUESIGN UP AS AN ELECTION POLL WORKER Problem at the Polls? The Department of State urges voters to call 1-877-VOTESPA (1-877-868-3772) if you experience a problem at the polls.The problems listed by the state include:If you suspect voting rules are being violated, report it to alert the Judge of Elections at your polling location. You can also report it to the Department through our election complaint form or contact your county election office directly.If you need help voting or cannot use the voting system because of a disability, ask the poll workers at your polling location about accessible voting options.If you need help voting or using the voting system because of your ability to speak or read English, you may have language support.If a poll worker determines you are not eligible to vote on the county’s voting system, you may ask to vote a provisional ballot. Your county’s elections officials will later determine if your provisional ballot can be counted.

RESULTS: MAIN PAGE | GOVERNOR’S RACE | ALLEGHENY COUNTY | ARMSTRONG COUNTY | BEAVER COUNTY | BUTLER COUNTY | CLARION COUNTY | FAYETTE COUNTY | GREENE COUNTY | INDIANA COUNTY | LAWRENCE COUNTY | WASHINGTON COUNTY | WESTMORELAND COUNTY

See the results in Western Pennsylvania above.

An Uncontested Governor’s Race

While the Pennsylvania governor’s race was uncontested, the primary leads into a battle between incumbent Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro and state Treasurer Stacy Garrity, a Republican who was reelected to her position in 2024.

Shapiro ran as Pennsylvania Attorney General and won the 2022 gubernatorial election. He succeeded the term-limited Tom Wolf, making Shapiro the first Pennsylvania governor elected to replace a member of his party since 1966.

Garrity, a retired Army Reserve colonel and three-tour Iraq veteran, was serving as vice president of a tungsten smelting plant when she beat Democratic Treasurer Joe Torsella by less than 1 percentage point in the 2020 election.

Information & Links on Voting
Problem at the Polls?

The Department of State urges voters to call 1-877-VOTESPA (1-877-868-3772) if you experience a problem at the polls.

The problems listed by the state include:

If you suspect voting rules are being violated, report it to alert the Judge of Elections at your polling location. You can also report it to the Department through our election complaint form or contact your county election office directly.If you need help voting or cannot use the voting system because of a disability, ask the poll workers at your polling location about accessible voting options.If you need help voting or using the voting system because of your ability to speak or read English, you may have language support.If a poll worker determines you are not eligible to vote on the county’s voting system, you may ask to vote a provisional ballot. Your county’s elections officials will later determine if your provisional ballot can be counted.