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DescriptionPA Constitution -- ARTICLE IV, Section 3. The Governor shall hold his office during
four years from the third Tuesday of January next ensuing his election.

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Date Type Results
Nov 08, 2022 General Election
 Joshua "Josh" Shapiro
3,031,137
56.49% 		 Douglas V. "Doug" Mastriano
2,238,477
41.71% 		 Matt Hackenburg
51,611
0.96% 		 Christina Digiulio
24,436
0.46% 		 Joseph P. Soloski
20,518
0.38% 		 Candace Wagner (W)
0
0.00% 		  Write-In (W)
0
0.00%
Nov 06, 2018 General Election
 Thomas W. Wolf(I)
2,895,662
57.77% 		 Scott Wagner
2,039,899
40.70% 		 Kenneth V. Krawchuk
49,229
0.98% 		 Paul Glover
27,792
0.55%
Nov 04, 2014 General Election
 Thomas W. Wolf
1,920,355
54.93% 		 Tom Corbett(I)
1,575,511
45.07% 		 Tom Lineaweaver (W)
0
0.00%
Nov 02, 2010 General Election
 Tom Corbett
2,172,763
54.49% 		 Daniel "Dan" Onorato
1,814,788
45.51%
Nov 07, 2006 General Election
 Ed Rendell(I)
2,470,517
60.31% 		 Lynn Swann
1,622,135
39.60% 		 Unidentified Scattering
3,425
0.08%
Nov 05, 2002 General Election
 Ed Rendell
1,913,235
53.41% 		 Mike Fisher
1,589,408
44.37% 		 Kenneth V. Krawchuk
40,923
1.14% 		 Michael W. Morrill
38,423
1.07%
Oct 05, 2001 Appointment
 Mark Schweiker
1
100.00%
Sep 13, 2001 Appointment
 Mark Schweiker
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1998 General Election
 Tom Ridge(I)
1,736,844
57.42% 		 Ivan Itkin
938,745
31.03% 		 Peg Luksik
315,761
10.44% 		 Kenneth V. Krawchuk
33,591
1.11%
Nov 08, 1994 General Election
 Tom Ridge
1,627,976
45.40% 		 Mark Singel
1,430,099
39.89% 		 Peg Luksik
460,269
12.84% 		 Patrick "Pat" Fallon
33,602
0.94% 		 Timothy E. Holloway
33,235
0.93% 		  Others (W)
345
0.01%
Jun 14, 1993 Appointment
 Mark Singel
1
100.00%
Nov 06, 1990 General Election
 Robert P. Casey Sr.(I)
2,065,281
67.65% 		 Barbara Hafer
987,516
32.35% 		  Others (W)
0
0.00%
Nov 04, 1986 General Election
 Robert P. Casey Sr.
1,717,484
50.69% 		 William W. "Bill" Scranton III
1,638,268
48.35% 		 Heidi Hoover
32,523
0.96%
Nov 02, 1982 General Election
 Richard L. "Dick" Thornburgh(I)
1,872,784
50.84% 		 Allen E. Ertel
1,772,353
48.11% 		 Mark Zola
15,495
0.42% 		 Lee Frissell
13,101
0.36% 		 Richard D. Fuerle
10,252
0.28%
Nov 07, 1978 General Election
 Richard L. "Dick" Thornburgh
1,966,042
52.54% 		 Peter F. Flaherty
1,737,888
46.44% 		 Mark Zola
20,062
0.54% 		 Lee Frissell
17,593
0.47% 		  Others (W)
384
0.01%
Nov 05, 1974 General Election
 Milton J. Shapp(I)
1,878,252
53.66% 		 Andrew Lindsay "Drew" Lewis Jr.
1,578,917
45.11% 		 Stephen Depue
33,691
0.96% 		 Frederick W. Stanton
8,980
0.26% 		  Others (W)
374
0.01%
Nov 03, 1970 General Election
 Milton J. Shapp
2,043,029
55.22% 		 Raymond J. Broderick
1,542,854
41.70% 		 Andrew J. Watson
83,406
2.25% 		 Francis McGeever
21,647
0.59% 		 George S. Taylor
3,588
0.10% 		 Clarissa Cain
2,988
0.08% 		 Pearl Chertov
2,400
0.06%
   Others (W)
153
0.00%
Nov 08, 1966 General Election
 Raymond P. Shafer
2,110,349
52.10% 		 Milton J. Shapp
1,868,719
46.13% 		 Edward S. Swartz
57,073
1.41% 		 George S. Taylor
14,527
0.36%
Nov 06, 1962 General Election
 William W. Scranton
2,424,918
55.39% 		 Richardson Dilworth
1,938,627
44.28% 		 George S. Taylor
14,340
0.33% 		  Others (W)
182
0.00%
Nov 04, 1958 General Election
 David Leo Lawrence
2,024,852
50.79% 		 Arthur T. McGonigle
1,948,769
48.88% 		 Herman A. Johansen
8,677
0.22% 		 Herbert Lewin
4,556
0.11% 		  Others (W)
64
0.00%
Nov 02, 1954 General Election
 George M. Leader
1,996,266
53.66% 		 Lloyd H. Wood
1,717,070
46.15% 		 Henry Beitscher
4,471
0.12% 		 Louis Dirle
2,650
0.07% 		 Richard R. Blews (W)
4
0.00% 		  Scattering (W)
2
0.00%
Nov 07, 1950 General Election
 John S. Fine
1,796,119
50.74% 		 Richardson Dilworth
1,710,355
48.31% 		 Richard R. Blews
12,282
0.35% 		 Reginald B. Naugle
7,715
0.22% 		 Thomas J. Fitzpatrick
6,097
0.17% 		 Robert Z. Wilson Mozer
5,005
0.14% 		 George S. Taylor
1,645
0.05%
  Herbert Lewin
841
0.02%
Jan 02, 1947 Appointment
 John C. Bell, Jr.
1
100.00%
Nov 05, 1946 General Election
 James H. "Jim" Duff
1,828,462
58.53% 		 John S. Rice
1,270,947
40.68% 		 James A. W. Killip
13,838
0.44% 		 George S. Taylor
10,747
0.34%
Nov 03, 1942 General Election
 Edward Martin
1,367,531
53.67% 		 F. Clair Ross
1,149,897
45.13% 		 Dale H. Learn
17,385
0.68% 		 John J. Haluska
7,911
0.31% 		 Joseph Pirincin
5,310
0.21% 		  Others (W)
37
0.00%
Nov 08, 1938 General Election
 Arthur H. James
2,035,340
53.39% 		 Charles Alvin Jones
1,756,192
46.07% 		 Jesse H. Holmes
12,635
0.33% 		 Robert G. Burnham
6,438
0.17% 		 Ella Reeve Bloor Omholt
1,273
0.03% 		  Others (W)
89
0.00%
Nov 06, 1934 General Election
 George H. Earle
1,476,467
50.04% 		 William A. Schnader
1,410,138
47.79% 		 Jesse H. Holmes
42,417
1.44% 		 Herbert T. Ames
13,521
0.46% 		 Emmett Patrick Cush
5,584
0.19% 		 Bess Gyekis
2,272
0.08% 		  Others (W)
47
0.00%
Nov 04, 1930 General Election
 Gifford Pinchot
1,068,874
50.77% 		 John M. Hemphill
1,010,204
47.98% 		 James Hudson Maurer
21,036
1.00% 		 Frank Mozer
5,267
0.25% 		  Others (W)
64
0.00%
Nov 02, 1926 General Election
 John S. Fisher
1,102,823
73.34% 		 Eugene C. Bonniwell
365,280
24.29% 		 George L. Pennock
19,524
1.30% 		 John W. Slayton
11,795
0.78% 		 H. W. Hicks
3,256
0.22% 		 Julian P. Hickok
922
0.06% 		  Others (W)
68
0.00%
Nov 07, 1922 General Election
 Gifford Pinchot
831,696
56.78% 		 John A. McSparran
581,625
39.71% 		 Lilith Martin Wilson
31,748
2.17% 		 William Repp
14,151
0.97% 		 William H. Thomas
3,137
0.21% 		 John W. Dix
2,246
0.15% 		 Unidentified Scattering (W)
69
0.00%
Nov 05, 1918 General Election
 William Cameron Sproul
552,537
61.05% 		 Eugene C. Bonniwell
305,315
33.74% 		 Edwin J. Fithian
27,359
3.02% 		 Charles Sehl
18,714
2.07% 		 Robert C. Macauley Jr.
1,077
0.12% 		  Others (W)
33
0.00%
Nov 03, 1914 General Election
 Martin G. Brumbaugh
588,705
52.98% 		 Vance C. McCormick
453,880
40.84% 		 Joseph B. Allen
40,115
3.61% 		 Matthew H. Stevenson
17,467
1.57% 		 William Draper Lewis
6,503
0.59% 		 Charles N. Brumm
4,031
0.36% 		 Caleb Harrison
533
0.05%
  Unidentified Scattering (W)
18
0.00%
Nov 08, 1910 General Election
 John Kinley "J.K." Tener
415,614
41.63% 		 William H. Berry
382,127
38.27% 		 Webster Grim
129,395
12.96% 		 John W. Slayton
53,055
5.31% 		 Madison F. Larkin
17,445
1.75% 		 George G. Anton
802
0.08% 		  Others (W)
10
0.00%
Nov 06, 1906 General Election
 Edwin Sydney Stuart
506,418
50.31% 		 Lewis Emery, Jr.
458,054
45.51% 		 Homer L. Castle
24,793
2.46% 		 James Hudson Maurer
15,169
1.51% 		 John Desmond
2,109
0.21% 		  Others (W)
22
0.00% 		 J. D. Harris (W)
14
0.00%
Nov 04, 1902 General Election
 Samuel Whitaker Pennypacker
593,328
54.20% 		 Robert Emory Pattison
450,978
41.19% 		 Silas C. Swallow
23,327
2.13% 		 John W. Slayton
21,910
2.00% 		 William Adams
5,155
0.47% 		  Others (W)
58
0.01% 		 John P. Elkin (W)
15
0.00%
Nov 08, 1898 General Election
 William Alexis Stone
476,206
49.01% 		 George A. Jenks
358,300
36.87% 		 Silas C. Swallow
132,931
13.68% 		 J. Mahlon Barnes
4,273
0.44% 		  Others (W)
12
0.00% 		 John Wanamaker (W)
11
0.00% 		 R. A. Thompson (W)
9
0.00%
Nov 06, 1894 General Election
 Daniel Hartman Hastings
574,801
60.31% 		 William M. Singerly
333,404
34.98% 		 Charles L. Hawley
23,433
2.46% 		 Jerome T. Ailman
19,464
2.04% 		 Thomas H. Grundy
1,733
0.18% 		 James B. Corey (W)
122
0.01% 		  Others (W)
60
0.01%
Nov 04, 1890 General Election
 Robert Emory Pattison
464,209
50.01% 		 George W. Delamater
447,655
48.23% 		 John E. Gill
16,108
1.74% 		 Theodore P. Rynder
224
0.02% 		  Scattering (W)
3
0.00%
Nov 02, 1886 General Election
 James Addams Beaver
412,285
50.33% 		 Chauncey F. Black
369,634
45.12% 		 Charles S. Wolf
32,458
3.96% 		 Robert J. Houston
4,835
0.59% 		  Scattering
1
0.00%
Nov 07, 1882 General Election
 Robert Emory Pattison
355,791
47.83% 		 James Addams Beaver
315,589
42.43% 		 John Stewart
43,743
5.88% 		 Thomas A. Armstrong
23,484
3.16% 		 Alfred C. Petit
5,196
0.70% 		  Scattering
1
0.00%
Oct 08, 1878 General Election
 Henry Martyn Hoyt
319,567
45.52% 		 Andrew H. Dill
297,060
42.31% 		 Samuel R. Mason
81,758
11.65% 		 Franklin H. Lane
3,653
0.52%
Oct 12, 1875 General Election
 John F. Hartranft(I)
304,175
49.90% 		 Cyrus L. Pershing
292,145
47.93% 		 R. Audley Brown
13,244
2.17%
Oct 08, 1872 General Election
 John F. Hartranft
353,287
52.55% 		 Charles R. Buckalew
317,700
47.26% 		 Salmon B. Chase
1,250
0.19% 		 Winthrop W. Ketchum (W)
1
0.00%
Oct 12, 1869 General Election
 John White Geary(I)
290,552
50.40% 		 Asa Packer
285,956
49.60%
Oct 09, 1866 General Election
 John White Geary
307,274
51.44% 		 Hiester Clymer
290,096
48.56%
Oct 13, 1863 General Election
 Andrew G. Curtin(I)
269,506
51.46% 		 George W. Woodward
254,171
48.54% 		  Others (W)
2
0.00%
Oct 09, 1860 General Election
 Andrew G. Curtin
262,346
53.26% 		 Henry D. Foster
230,230
46.74%
Nov 03, 1857 General Election
 William Fisher Packer
188,846
52.00% 		 David Wilmot
146,139
40.24% 		 Isaac Hazlehurst
28,168
7.76% 		  Others (W)
12
0.00%
Nov 07, 1854 General Election
 James Pollock
203,822
54.64% 		 William Bigler(I)
166,991
44.76% 		 B. Rush Bradford
2,194
0.59% 		  Others (W)
33
0.01%
Nov 04, 1851 General Election
 William Bigler
186,489
50.89% 		 William Freame Johnston(I)
178,034
48.58% 		 Kimber Cleaver
1,850
0.50% 		 William Elder (W)
60
0.02% 		  Others (W)
5
0.00% 		 Francis Julius Lemoyne (W)
2
0.00%
Nov 07, 1848 General Election
 William Freame Johnston(I)
168,522
50.03% 		 Morris Longstreth
168,225
49.95% 		 Edward B. Gazzam (W)
48
0.01% 		  Others (W)
11
0.00% 		 Thomas Earle (W)
7
0.00% 		 Francis Julius Lemoyne (W)
6
0.00%
Jul 26, 1848 Appointment
 William Freame Johnston
1
100.00%
Nov 02, 1847 General Election
 Francis Rawn Shunk(I)
146,081
50.84% 		 James Irvin
128,148
44.60% 		 Eman C. Reigart
11,247
3.91% 		 Francis Julius Lemoyne
1,861
0.65% 		 Abijah Morrison (W)
3
0.00% 		  Others (W)
3
0.00%
Nov 05, 1844 General Election
 Francis Rawn Shunk
160,322
50.27% 		 Joseph Markle
156,040
48.93% 		 Francis Julius Lemoyne
2,566
0.80% 		  Others (W)
4
0.00%
Nov 02, 1841 General Election
 David R. Porter(I)
136,504
54.44% 		 John Banks
113,473
45.25% 		 Francis Julius Lemoyne
763
0.30% 		 George F. Horton (W)
18
0.01% 		 Samuel L. Carpenter (W)
4
0.00% 		 Ellis Lewis (W)
1
0.00%
Nov 06, 1838 General Election
 David R. Porter
127,821
51.10% 		 Joseph Ritner(I)
122,325
48.90%
Nov 03, 1835 General Election
 Joseph Ritner
94,023
46.91% 		 George Wolf(I)
65,804
32.83% 		 Henry Augustus Philip Muhlenberg
40,586
20.25%
Nov 06, 1832 General Election
 George Wolf(I)
91,335
50.88% 		 Joseph Ritner
88,165
49.12%
Nov 03, 1829 General Election
 George Wolf
78,219
60.17% 		 Joseph Ritner
51,776
39.83% 		  Others (W)
12
0.01%
Nov 07, 1826 General Election
 John Andrew Schulze(I)
72,710
96.87% 		 John Sergeant
1,175
1.57% 		  Others (W)
1,174
1.56%
Nov 04, 1823 General Election
 John Andrew Schulze
89,928
58.34% 		 Andrew Gregg
64,211
41.66% 		 John Glossender (W)
4
0.00% 		  Others (W)
4
0.00%
Nov 07, 1820 General Election
 Joseph Hiester
67,905
50.59% 		 William Findlay(I)
66,300
49.39% 		  Others (W)
21
0.02%
Nov 04, 1817 General Election
 William Findlay
66,331
52.81% 		 Joseph Hiester
59,272
47.19% 		  Others (W)
11
0.01%
Nov 08, 1814 General Election
 Simon Snyder(I)
51,099
62.63% 		 Isaac Wayne
29,566
36.24% 		 George Latimer
910
1.12% 		  Others (W)
18
0.02%
Nov 05, 1811 General Election
 Simon Snyder(I)
52,319
90.83% 		 William Tilghman
3,609
6.27% 		  Others (W)
1,675
2.91%
Nov 08, 1808 General Election
 Simon Snyder
67,975
60.93% 		 James Ross
39,575
35.47% 		 John Spayd
4,006
3.59% 		  Others (W)
8
0.01%
Nov 05, 1805 General Election
 Thomas McKean(I)
43,644
53.14% 		 Simon Snyder
38,483
46.86%
Nov 02, 1802 General Election
 Thomas McKean(I)
47,879
73.65% 		 James Ross
17,037
26.21% 		  Others (W)
94
0.14%
Nov 05, 1799 General Election
 Thomas McKean
37,244
53.29% 		 James Ross
32,643
46.71%
Nov 08, 1796 General Election
 Thomas Mifflin(I)
30,020
96.31% 		 Frederick A.C. Muhlenberg
1,011
3.24% 		 "Mad" Anthony Wayne
139
0.45%
Nov 05, 1793 General Election
 Thomas Mifflin(I)
20,479
65.43% 		 Frederick A.C. Muhlenberg
10,803
34.51% 		  Others (W)
11
0.04% 		 Alexander McDowell (W)
8
0.03%
Nov 02, 1790 General Election
 Thomas Mifflin
27,974
90.71% 		 Arthur St. Clair
2,864
9.29% 		 Charles Thomson (W)
2
0.01%

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