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2018 Senate elections · Pennsylvania history

Pennsylvania U.S. Senate election 2018

Robert P. Casey Jr. DEM +13.1 · Class I seat · held 11/6/18

Votes counted
5,009,400
Margin
13.1 pts
Seat held by
Democraticheld

General election 11/6/18

CandidatePartyVotesShareBar
Robert P. Casey Jr. WonDEM2,792,43755.74%
Lou BarlettaREP2,134,84842.62%
Dale R. KernsLIB50,9071.02%
Neal Taylor GaleGRE31,2080.62%
Total5,009,400

Official source: Election-Statistics

Other Pennsylvania Senate races

YearSeatWinnerMargin
2024Class IDave McCormick0.2
2022Class IIIJohn Fetterman4.9
2018Class IRobert P. Casey Jr.13.1
2016Class IIIPatrick J. Toomey1.4
2012Class IRobert P. Casey Jr.9.1
2010Class IIIPatrick J. Toomey2.0
2006Class IRobert P. Casey Jr.17.4
2004Class IIIArlen Specter10.6
2000Class IRick Santorum6.9
1998Class IIIArlen Specter26.6
1994Class IRick Santorum2.5
1992Class IIIArlen Specter2.8

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Questions and answers

Who won the 2018 Pennsylvania Senate race?

Robert P. Casey Jr. (DEM) won with 55.7% of the vote, ahead of Lou Barletta (42.6%), a margin of 13.1 points.

Did the Pennsylvania Senate seat change party in 2018?

No. The Democratic Party held it.

How many votes were cast in the 2018 Pennsylvania Senate race?

5,009,400 votes were counted for the candidates in the general election.

Compiled by FiveThirtyEight from the official source linked above.