2024 Election Results: Democrats Retain Control of Pennsylvania House of Representatives by Just 1 Seat

Democrats will retain their majority in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, maintaining the narrow margin the party achieved in Tuesday’s elections.

With the re-election of Frank Burns, the incumbent Democrat from Cambria County, located east of Pittsburgh, the party maintain control 102-101 over Republicans. None of the seats — all 203 of which were up for election — ultimately flipped the election, despite Republican gains in other parts of the state.

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The Republican Party swept several elections in Pennsylvania, winning races for attorney general, treasurer and auditor general. President-elect Donald Trump also picked up the state’s electoral votes, turning Pennsylvania red after a 2020 blue wave.

2024 Election Results: Pennsylvania House of Representatives

Republicans maintained a 28–22 majority in the state Senate.

House Democratic leaders attributed their victory to working “on the issues that people care about,” such as cutting prescription costs for seniors and property taxes and rent relief.

“The people returned our caucus to the majority, a vindication of our agenda and a credit to the pragmatic and moderate leadership of House Democrats and Governor Josh Shapiro,” the leaders said in a statement. “We are grateful for this opportunity and look forward to continuing to help our neighbors.”

However, U.S. Senate elections in Pennsylvania remain murky and contentious. The Associated Press called the race for Republican businessman Dave McCormick late Thursday, but Democratic incumbent Bob Casey did not concede, citing that “tens of thousands of ballots across the commonwealth remain to be counted.” If candidates finish within 0.5% of each other, the state will conduct an automatic recount.

last digits gave McCormick the lead with 0.6% of the votes counted, 49% to Casey’s 48.4%. Republican filed lawsuits at the end of this week v. Philadelphia Board of Elections to stop the counting of provisional ballots for voters whose mail-in ballots were found to be invalid. Casey’s campaign believes these votes will break his path.

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