The Pennsylvania Democratic Party is highlighting the party’s success last week in swing and red counties that voted for Trump in 2024, arguing it can build upon off-year election results in the upcoming midterms, the party chairman wrote in a memo published today.
Pennsylvania Democrats pointed to substantial victories in three judicial retention races, as well as downballot elections in 15 counties, including key swing counties such as Bucks, Erie, Luzerne and Northampton, as well as wins from traditionally Republican areas such as Lancaster and Beaver counties.
“This is bad news for the Pennsylvania Republicans who have completely embraced Trump and the most unpopular elements of Washington politics — from higher costs and taxes, to rampant corruption and attacks on our democracy,” Pennsylvania Democratic Party Chair Eugene DePasquale wrote in a memo. “Whether it’s Stacy Garrity, Doug Mastriano, Ryan Mackenzie, Rob Bresnahan, Scott Perry, or Brian Fitzpatrick, the GOP candidates up in 2026 have championed an agenda of chaos and high prices, and they will be held responsible for it with Pennsylvania voters.”
Democratic judges won by 3 to 15 points in Beaver, Berks, Columbia, Cumberland, Lancaster, Luzerne, Montour, Pike, Union, Washington and Westmoreland counties — all places Trump has won three times — in last week’s off-year elections (elections that have been more favorable to Democrats in recent cycles).
Some of those counties will host competitive U.S. House races next year that will be key to determining congressional control, with DePasquale going after GOP Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick, Scott Perry, Rob Bresnahan and Ryan Mackenzie in the memo.