Pennsylvania 2026 live election results

Voters in Pennsylvania are going to the polls to vote in primaries for governor, House, and other races, in a battleground state that has swung between supporting Democrats and supporting Republicans in the past few presidential cycles.

Polls in the state open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. Eastern time.

State significance

At the top of the ballot are primaries for governor. Incumbent Gov. Josh Shapiro, a Democrat and rumored future presidential candidate, hopes to vie for a second term; he faces no primary opponents. Republican Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity, who is also unopposed in her own primary, hopes to unseat him in November.

Down the ballot, voters across the state are deciding Democratic and Republican nominees for House races that could play a critical role in which party holds the majority in the chamber following the November midterms.

Democrats are targeting four House districts held by Republicans in Pennsylvania, but they first have to get through contested primaries in three of them. Republicans, meanwhile, will have to defend those seats in November but don’t face contested primaries in those districts.

Separately, in Philadelphia, Democratic voters are deciding in the 3rd District primary who they want to nominate to replace retiring longtime Rep. Dwight Evans. No Republicans are running for the seat.