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2022 Pennsylvania elections

Elections were held in Pennsylvania on November 8, 2022. On that date, the state held elections for Governor and Lieutenant Governor (on one ticket), U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, Pennsylvania State Senate, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and various other government leadership positions.

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November 8, 2022 (2022-11-08)

As a result of the 2020 Census, Pennsylvania's congressional, State Senate, and State House districts would all be redrawn. Summary 2020 census data released by the United States Census Bureau in April 2021 announced that Pennsylvania would lose one congressional seat.

Incumbent Republican senator Pat Toomey announced he would retire at the end of his term and not seek re-election in 2022. Democratic lieutenant governor John Fetterman defeated Republican nominee celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz in the general election, making it the only Senate seat to change party control in 2022.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
	Democratic	2,751,012	51.25%	+3.91%
	Republican	2,487,260	46.33%	−2.44%
	Libertarian	72,887	1.36%	−2.53%
	Green	30,434	0.57%	N/A
	Keystone	26,428	0.49%	N/A
5,368,021	100.0%	N/A
	Democratic gain from Republican

The general election was held on November 8. Following the 2020 Census, reapportionment led to Pennsylvania's House delegation shrinking from 18 seats to 17 seats; redistricting determined the new district lines.

Incumbent Democratic governor Tom Wolf was term-limited and was not allowed by law to seek re-election for a third term. Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman was eligible for re-election to a second term, but instead chose to run for the United States Senate to replace retiring Sen. Pat Toomey.

The Democratic ticket of state attorney general Josh Shapiro and State Representative Austin Davis defeated the Republican ticket of State Senator Doug Mastriano and State Representative Carrie DelRosso.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	3,031,137	56.49%	−1.28%
	Republican	2,238,477	41.71%	+1.01%
	Libertarian	51,611	0.96%	−0.02%
	Green	24,436	0.46%	−0.09%
	Keystone	20,518	0.38%	N/A
5,366,179	100.0%	N/A
8,864,831

25 of 50 seats (even-numbered districts) in the Pennsylvania Senate were up for election in Pennsylvania's general election.

Party	Leader	Before	After	Change
Republican	Jake Corman (retired)	28	28
Democratic	Jay Costa	21	22	1
Independent	John Yudichak (retired)	1	0	1
Total	50	50

All 203 seats in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives were up for election in the general election. Democrats won a majority of seats for the first time since 2008.

Party	Leader	Before	After	Change
Democratic	Joanna McClinton	90	102	12
Republican	Bryan Cutler	113	101	12
Total	203	203

Five Philadelphia City Council seats were up for election in Pennsylvania's general election due to resignations from the incumbents to run for mayor.

No statewide ballot measures were on the ballot in 2022.

Elections in Pennsylvania
Electoral reform in Pennsylvania
Bilingual elections requirement for Pennsylvania (per Voting Rights Act Amendments of 2006)
Political party strength in Pennsylvania
Politics of Pennsylvania

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