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Pennsylvania Voter Guide 2026

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State Snapshot

Primary ElectionMay 19, 2026
General ElectionNov. 3, 2026
StatePennsylvania
Places Listed31
Profiles233

2026 Statewide & Congressional Races

Candidates The Ballot Brief is tracking for Pennsylvania's statewide contests. Tap a name for their bio and campaign link, or enter your address for the full ballot with finance data.

Governor

3 candidates
  • Josh Shapiro (D)Incumbent
    Josh Shapiro
    Josh Shapiro is Pennsylvania's incumbent governor and the Democratic nominee for a second term, running on the ticket with Lieutenant Governor Austin Davis. A former state attorney general, his campaign theme is a governor for all Pennsylvanians, and his first term is known for the 12-day rebuild of collapsed I-95 in Philadelphia, increased public school funding, and bipartisan budget deals.
    Priorities: Keep delivering on infrastructure, like the rapid I-95 rebuild · Increase public school funding and expand economic opportunity · Build a Pennsylvania for everyone across party lines
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  • Stacy Garrity (R)
    Stacy Garrity
    Stacy Garrity is the Republican nominee for Pennsylvania governor, running with Jason Richey for lieutenant governor. Pennsylvania's state treasurer, a retired Army Reserve colonel twice awarded the Bronze Star, and a former tungsten-industry executive, her campaign theme is raising hope, not taxes, pointing to nearly $200 million in waste eliminated and more than $1 billion in unclaimed property returned at the Trea
    Priorities: Cut waste and fraud, as she did saving taxpayers nearly $200 million at the Treasury · Hold the line on taxes while protecting benefits for vulnerable Pennsylvanians · Bring transparency and ethics to Harrisburg
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  • Tony Dastra (G)
    Tony Dastra is the Green Party candidate for Pennsylvania governor, running with Philadelphia Green Party chair Craig Bolton for lieutenant governor. He filed his ballot paperwork with the Department of State on August 3, per LancasterOnline. A 29-year-old administrative assistant for Lancaster Township public works, he ran for mayor of Lancaster in 2017 and 2025 and won a seat on the city's Home Rule Study Commissio
    Priorities: Impose a statewide moratorium on new data centers · Eliminate working-class property taxes · Increase municipal powers
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U.S. House - PA-1

2 candidates
  • Bob Harvie (Democratic)
    Bucks County Commissioner and chair of the county board, Harvie spent 26 years as a public school social studies teacher at Bucks County Technical High School and previously led the Falls Township Board of Supervisors, per his campaign site.
    Priorities: Tackling corruption in Washington, per his campaign site · Lowering costs for working families, from childcare to housing, per his campaign site · Holding corporations accountable to the working class, per his campaign site
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  • Brian Fitzpatrick (Republican)Incumbent
    Brian Fitzpatrick is the sitting U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 1st District, a former FBI agent first elected in 2016. He won the May 19, 2026 Republican primary unopposed, per Pennsylvania's official primary returns.

U.S. House - PA-2

2 candidates
  • Brendan F. Boyle (Democratic)Incumbent
    Brendan Boyle is the sitting U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 2nd District, serving since 2015 and the ranking Democrat on the House Budget Committee. He won the May 19, 2026 Democratic primary unopposed, per Pennsylvania's official primary returns.
  • Jessica Arriaga (Republican)
    Operating room technician with more than 20 years in surgical settings, Arriaga is a North Philadelphia native who has also worked in community health coordination and served as a ward leader, per her campaign site and Al Dia News.
    Priorities: Lowering costs for Philadelphia families, per her campaign site · Improving public safety, per her campaign site · Expanding opportunity for working people, per her campaign site
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U.S. House - PA-3

1 candidate
  • Chris Rabb (Democratic)
    Five-term Pennsylvania state representative for the 200th District in Northwest Philadelphia, first elected in 2016, Rabb won the Democratic nomination for the seat being vacated by retiring Rep. Dwight Evans, per his campaign site and the Pennsylvania Capital-Star.
    Priorities: Guaranteeing access to healthcare and housing, per his campaign site · Strengthening workers' rights, per his campaign site · Expanding democracy and confronting concentrated wealth, per his campaign site
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U.S. House - PA-4

2 candidates
  • Madeleine Dean (Democratic)Incumbent
    Madeleine Dean is the sitting U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 4th District, serving since 2019. She won the May 19, 2026 Democratic primary unopposed, per Pennsylvania's official primary returns.
  • Aurora Stuski (Republican)
    Founder and owner of AAS Appraisal Lab, a jewelry and estate appraisal business serving Montgomery County since 1989, Stuski is a Graduate Gemologist and West Norriton Republican Committee chair, per her campaign site.
    Priorities: Reducing the tax burden on homeowners and seniors, per her campaign site · Standing with law enforcement, per her campaign site · Protecting children and families, per her campaign site
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U.S. House - PA-5

2 candidates
  • Mary Gay Scanlon (Democratic)Incumbent
    Mary Gay Scanlon is the sitting U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 5th District, serving since 2018. She won the May 19, 2026 Democratic primary unopposed, per Pennsylvania's official primary returns.
  • Nick Manganaro (Republican)
    Finance professional from Haverford whose career included work for J.P. Morgan Chase, Merrill Lynch, BlackRock, and Glenmede Trust; he holds a math degree from Reed College and a graduate finance degree from MIT, per Broad + Liberty.

U.S. House - PA-6

2 candidates
  • Chrissy Houlahan (Democratic)Incumbent
    Chrissy Houlahan is the sitting U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 6th District, an Air Force veteran and engineer serving since 2019. She won the May 19, 2026 Democratic primary unopposed, per Pennsylvania's official primary returns.
  • Marty Young (Republican)
    Corporate restructuring executive and U.S. Army veteran, Young is a 1993 West Point graduate who served as an infantry officer and now serves as a lieutenant colonel and chaplain in the Army National Guard, per his campaign site.
    Priorities: Fixing healthcare, per his campaign site · Fixing housing affordability, per his campaign site · Fixing personal debt, per his campaign site
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U.S. House - PA-7

2 candidates
  • Bob Brooks (Democratic)
    President of the Pennsylvania Professional Fire Fighters Association and a 20-year City of Bethlehem firefighter, Brooks won the May Democratic contest with backing from Gov. Josh Shapiro and Sen. Bernie Sanders, per his campaign site and Spotlight PA.
    Priorities: Higher wages and benefits for workers, per his campaign site · Better, more affordable healthcare, per his campaign site · Making Washington work for working families, per his campaign site
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  • Ryan Mackenzie (Republican)Incumbent
    Ryan Mackenzie is the sitting U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 7th District, elected in 2024 after serving in the state House. He won the May 19, 2026 Republican primary unopposed, per Pennsylvania's official primary returns.

U.S. House - PA-8

2 candidates
  • Paige Cognetti (Democratic)
    Scranton Mayor since 2020, Cognetti first won the office as an independent in a campaign against local machine corruption and says she balanced the city's books as mayor, per her campaign site.
    Priorities: Taking on corruption and special interests in Washington, per her campaign site · Lowering costs for northeastern Pennsylvania families, per her campaign site · Rooting out government waste, fraud, and abuse, per her campaign site
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  • Rob Bresnahan Jr. (Republican)Incumbent
    Rob Bresnahan is the sitting U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 8th District, a businessman elected in 2024. He won the May 19, 2026 Republican primary unopposed, per Pennsylvania's official primary returns.

U.S. House - PA-9

2 candidates
  • Rachel Wallace (Democratic)
    Former federal official who served in the U.S. Senate, at the State Department, and as chief of staff at the White House Office of Management and Budget, Wallace is a Pottsville native and tenth-generation Pennsylvanian, per her campaign site and WVIA.
    Priorities: Fixing health care, per her campaign site · Lowering the cost of living, per her campaign site · Keeping promises to farmers, per her campaign site
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  • Dan Meuser (Republican)Incumbent
    Dan Meuser is the sitting U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 9th District, serving since 2019. He won the May 19, 2026 Republican primary unopposed, per Pennsylvania's official primary returns.

U.S. House - PA-10

2 candidates
  • Janelle Stelson (Democratic)
    Former television news anchor who reported for WGAL and covered Central Pennsylvania for more than 30 years, Stelson came within roughly 5,100 votes of unseating Rep. Scott Perry in 2024 and won the May nomination for a rematch, per her campaign site and the Pennsylvania Capital-Star.
    Priorities: Protecting Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, per her campaign site · Lowering costs, including housing and child care, per her campaign site · Term limits and banning insider stock trading in Congress, per her campaign site
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  • Scott Perry (Republican)Incumbent
    Scott Perry is the sitting U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 10th District, an Army National Guard veteran serving since 2013. He won the May 19, 2026 Republican primary unopposed, per Pennsylvania's official primary returns.

U.S. House - PA-11

2 candidates
  • Nancy Mannion (Democratic)
    Former emergency nurse with more than 40 years in healthcare who holds a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree, Mannion served as Director of Emergency and Trauma Services at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, per her campaign site and Fox43.
    Priorities: Lowering costs, per her campaign site · Safer communities, per her campaign site · Real results for working families, per her campaign site
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  • Lloyd K. Smucker (Republican)Incumbent
    Lloyd Smucker is the sitting U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 11th District, serving since 2017. He won the May 19, 2026 Republican primary unopposed, per Pennsylvania's official primary returns.

U.S. House - PA-12

2 candidates
  • Summer Lee (Democratic)Incumbent
    Summer Lee is the sitting U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 12th District, first elected in 2022 and re-elected in 2024. She won the May 19, 2026 Democratic primary with 81 percent over William Parker, per Pennsylvania's official primary returns.
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  • James Hayes (Republican)
    James Hayes is an economist and the son of a steelworker, with a career that includes work at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond; he has lived in the Pittsburgh area since 2005, per his campaign site. The 2024 Republican nominee in this district, he won the May 19, 2026 Republican primary unopposed, per Pennsylvania's official primary returns.
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U.S. House - PA-13

2 candidates
  • Beth Farnham (Democratic)
    Former credit analyst and Conewago Valley school board member in Adams County, Farnham was the 2024 Democratic nominee in this district and is challenging Rep. John Joyce again, per her campaign site and Fox43.
    Priorities: Affordability for everyday families, per her campaign site · Universal healthcare, per her campaign site · Public education, per her campaign site
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  • John Joyce (Republican)Incumbent
    John Joyce is the sitting U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 13th District, a physician serving since 2019. He won the May 19, 2026 Republican primary unopposed, per Pennsylvania's official primary returns.

U.S. House - PA-14

2 candidates
  • Alan Bradstock (Democratic)
    Retired FBI special agent who served two decades in the Bureau, including as a counterterrorism supervisor and Deputy Legal Attache in Ottawa, Bradstock is also a U.S. Army aviation officer and Desert Storm veteran, per his campaign site.
    Priorities: Restoring integrity in Washington, per his campaign site · Lowering costs for working families, per his campaign site · Protecting healthcare, per his campaign site
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  • Guy Reschenthaler (Republican)Incumbent
    Guy Reschenthaler is the sitting U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 14th District, a Navy veteran and former judge serving since 2019. He won the May 19, 2026 Republican primary unopposed, per Pennsylvania's official primary returns.

U.S. House - PA-15

2 candidates
  • Ray Bilger (Democratic)
    Retired intelligence analyst and security officer whose 35-year career spanned the Air Force, National Security Agency, and State Department, including a stint as NSA Technical Director for Cyber Analysis, Bilger is a Bellefonte native and Desert Storm veteran, per his campaign site.
    Priorities: Rebuilding rural Pennsylvania by bringing back opportunity and hope, per his campaign site
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  • Glenn Thompson (Republican)Incumbent
    Glenn "GT" Thompson is the sitting U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 15th District, chair of the House Agriculture Committee, serving since 2009. He won the May 19, 2026 Republican primary unopposed, per Pennsylvania's official primary returns.

U.S. House - PA-16

2 candidates
  • Justin Wagner (Democratic)
    Senior automation engineer whose work has included projects for NASA, Boeing, and Ford, Wagner is a U.S. Army combat veteran who deployed to Iraq in 2006 and is a past UAW and IBEW member, per his campaign site and the New Castle News.
    Priorities: Fighting for veterans and labor, per his campaign site · Affordability and opportunity for working families, per his campaign site · Access to healthcare, per his campaign site
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  • Mike Kelly (Republican)Incumbent
    Mike Kelly is the sitting U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 16th District, serving since 2011. He won the May 19, 2026 Republican primary unopposed, per Pennsylvania's official primary returns.

U.S. House - PA-17

2 candidates
  • Chris Deluzio (Democratic)Incumbent
    Chris Deluzio is the sitting U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 17th District, a Navy veteran and attorney serving since 2023. He won the May 19, 2026 Democratic primary unopposed, per Pennsylvania's official primary returns.
  • Tony Guy (Republican)
    Beaver County Sheriff since 2016 and a 26-year veteran of the Pennsylvania State Police, Guy is a lifelong Beaver County resident, per his campaign site; he won the May Republican contest over Jesse James Vodvarka, per WESA and CBS Pittsburgh.
    Priorities: Backing law enforcement and first responders, per his campaign site · Securing the border and stopping fentanyl, per his campaign site · Pro-growth economic and energy policies, per his campaign site
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Places We’re Tracking

Open a local guide to preview candidate profiles by county, city, or jurisdiction. A ZIP code lookup is the fastest way to narrow this to a specific ballot.

Chester County

39 candidates
  • 39 tracked candidate profiles
  • 20 office types represented

Philadelphia

34 candidates
  • 34 tracked candidate profiles
  • 4 office types represented

Pittsburgh city

17 candidates
  • 17 tracked candidate profiles
  • 7 office types represented

Crawford County

16 candidates
  • 16 tracked candidate profiles
  • 8 office types represented

Upper Darby township

13 candidates
  • 13 tracked candidate profiles
  • 10 office types represented

Mercer County

12 candidates
  • 12 tracked candidate profiles
  • 10 office types represented

Columbia

8 candidates
  • 8 tracked candidate profiles
  • 1 office type represented

Ephrata Area

8 candidates
  • 8 tracked candidate profiles
  • 1 office type represented

Erie County

8 candidates
  • 8 tracked candidate profiles
  • 5 office types represented

Hempfield

8 candidates
  • 8 tracked candidate profiles
  • 1 office type represented

Montgomery County

8 candidates
  • 8 tracked candidate profiles
  • 4 office types represented

Conestoga Valley

7 candidates
  • 7 tracked candidate profiles
  • 1 office type represented

Elizabethtown Area

7 candidates
  • 7 tracked candidate profiles
  • 1 office type represented

Manheim Township

7 candidates
  • 7 tracked candidate profiles
  • 1 office type represented

Beaver County

6 candidates
  • 6 tracked candidate profiles
  • 6 office types represented

Manheim Central

6 candidates
  • 6 tracked candidate profiles
  • 1 office type represented

Lampeter Strasburg

5 candidates
  • 5 tracked candidate profiles
  • 1 office type represented

Lower Merion township

4 candidates
  • 4 tracked candidate profiles
  • 1 office type represented

Cumberland County

3 candidates
  • 3 tracked candidate profiles
  • 1 office type represented

Fayette County

3 candidates
  • 3 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 office types represented

Allegheny County

2 candidates
  • 2 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 office types represented

Octorara Area

2 candidates
  • 2 tracked candidate profiles
  • 1 office type represented

Philadelphia County

2 candidates
  • 2 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 office types represented

Armstrong County

1 candidates
  • 1 tracked candidate profile
  • 1 office type represented

Berks County

1 candidates
  • 1 tracked candidate profile
  • 1 office type represented

Blair County

1 candidates
  • 1 tracked candidate profile
  • 1 office type represented

Columbia County

1 candidates
  • 1 tracked candidate profile
  • 1 office type represented

Indiana County

1 candidates
  • 1 tracked candidate profile
  • 1 office type represented

Lebanon County

1 candidates
  • 1 tracked candidate profile
  • 1 office type represented

Lycoming County

1 candidates
  • 1 tracked candidate profile
  • 1 office type represented

Reading city

1 candidates
  • 1 tracked candidate profile
  • 1 office type represented
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