1998 general · November 3, 1998
1998 Pennsylvania election results
Every race on Pennsylvania's ballot in the 1998 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.
Races251
Changed party8
Unopposed35%88 races
Incumbents defeated0
U.S. Senate
R 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | Arlen Specter (R) | 26.6 |
Governors
R 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | Thomas Ridge (R) | 26.4 |
U.S. House
D 11 · R 10 · 2 changed party
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| PA-1 | Robert A. Brady (D) | 64.6 | |
| PA-2 | Chaka Fattah (D) | 73.1 | |
| PA-3 | Robert Borski (D) | Unopposed | |
| PA-4 | Ron Klink (D) | 27.6 | |
| PA-5 | John Peterson (R) | 69.7 | |
| PA-6 | Tim Holden (D) | 22.0 | |
| PA-7 | Curt Weldon (R) | 43.6 | |
| PA-8 | James Greenwood (R) | 30.6 | |
| PA-9 | Bud Shuster (R) | Unopposed | |
| PA-10 | Donald Sherwood (R) | 0.3 | |
| PA-11 | Paul Kanjorski (D) | 33.7 | |
| PA-12 | John Murtha (D) | 37.0 | |
| PA-13 | Joseph Hoeffel (D) | 5.0 | Flipped |
| PA-14 | William Coyne (D) | 22.2 | |
| PA-15 | Patrick J. Toomey (R) | 10.0 | Flipped |
| PA-16 | Joseph R. Pitts (R) | 41.1 | |
| PA-17 | George Gekas (R) | Unopposed | |
| PA-18 | Michael F. Doyle (D) | 35.4 | |
| PA-19 | William Goodling (R) | 39.0 | |
| PA-20 | Frank Mascara (D) | Unopposed | |
| PA-21 | Philip English (R) | 26.8 |
Pennsylvania State Senate
D 10 · R 15 · 2 changed party
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-2 | Christine Tartaglione (D) | 52.4 | |
| SD-4 | Allyson Y. Schwartz (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-6 | Robert Tommy Tomlinson (R) | 25.0 | |
| SD-8 | Tony Williams (D) | 74.8 | |
| SD-10 | Joe Conti (R) | 31.4 | |
| SD-12 | Stewart Greenleaf Jr. (R) | 35.7 | |
| SD-14 | Raphael Musto (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-16 | Charles W. Dent (R) | 18.9 | Flipped |
| SD-18 | Lisa Boscola (D) | 10.9 | Flipped |
| SD-20 | Charles D. J. Lemmond (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-22 | Robert J. Mellow (D) | 51.9 | |
| SD-24 | Edwin G. Holl (R) | 8.0 | |
| SD-26 | F. Joseph Loeper (R) | 41.8 | |
| SD-28 | Michael L. Waugh (R) | 27.2 | |
| SD-30 | Robert C. Jubelirer (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-32 | Richard A. Kasunic (D) | 35.7 | |
| SD-34 | Jacob D. Corman III (R) | 4.2 | |
| SD-36 | Noah W. Wenger (R) | 62.3 | |
| SD-38 | Leonard Bodack (D) | 85.3 | |
| SD-40 | Melissa Hart (R) | 37.0 | |
| SD-42 | Jack Wagner (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-44 | Jim Gerlach (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-46 | J. Barry Stout (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-48 | David J. Brightbill (R) | 39.0 | |
| SD-50 | Robert D. Robbins (R) | 36.5 |
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
D 100 · R 103 · 4 changed party
Pennsylvania
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: English Wikipedia; Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner; MIT Election Data and Science Lab