2008 general · November 4, 2008
2008 Pennsylvania election results
Every race on Pennsylvania's ballot in the 2008 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.
Races248
Changed party13
Unopposed40%98 races
Incumbents defeated5
President
D 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | Barack H. Obama (D) | 10.3 |
U.S. House
D 12 · R 7 · 1 changed party
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| PA-1 | Robert A. Brady (D) | 81.5 | |
| PA-2 | Chaka Fattah (D) | 77.9 | |
| PA-3 | Kathleen Dahlkemper (D) | 2.5 | Flipped |
| PA-4 | Jason Altmire (D) | 11.7 | |
| PA-5 | Glenn Thompson (R) | 15.7 | |
| PA-6 | Jim Gerlach (R) | 4.2 | |
| PA-7 | Joe Sestak (D) | 19.2 | |
| PA-8 | Patrick Murphy (D) | 15.1 | |
| PA-9 | Bill Shuster (R) | 27.8 | |
| PA-10 | Christopher Carney (D) | 12.7 | |
| PA-11 | Paul Kanjorski (D) | 3.3 | |
| PA-12 | John Murtha (D) | 15.7 | |
| PA-13 | Allyson Y. Schwartz (D) | 28.3 | |
| PA-14 | Michael F. Doyle (D) | 82.5 | |
| PA-15 | Charles W. Dent (R) | 17.1 | |
| PA-16 | Joseph R. Pitts (R) | 16.4 | |
| PA-17 | Tim Holden (D) | 27.4 | |
| PA-18 | Tim Murphy (R) | 28.1 | |
| PA-19 | Todd Russell Platts (R) | 33.3 |
Pennsylvania State Senate
D 10 · R 15 · 2 changed party
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-1 | Lawrence M. Farnese Jr. (D) | 61.7 | |
| SD-3 | Shirley M. Kitchen (D) | 76.8 | |
| SD-5 | Michael J. Stack III (D) | 43.9 | |
| SD-7 | Vincent Hughes (D) | 70.9 | |
| SD-9 | Dominic F. Pileggi (R) | 16.3 | |
| SD-11 | Michael A. Opake (D) | 42.5 | |
| SD-13 | Lloyd Smucker (R) | 13.8 | |
| SD-15 | Jeffrey E. Piccola (R) | 3.8 | |
| SD-17 | Daylin Leach (D) | 22.9 | |
| SD-19 | Andrew E. Dinniman (D) | 15.5 | Flipped |
| SD-21 | Martina White (R) | 69.2 | |
| SD-23 | Gene Yaw (R) | 31.2 | |
| SD-25 | Joseph B. Scarnati III (R) | 33.4 | |
| SD-27 | John R. Gordner (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-29 | James J. Rhoades (R) | 27.8 | |
| SD-31 | Patricia H. Vance (R) | 42.6 | |
| SD-33 | Richard Alloway II (R) | 37.1 | |
| SD-35 | John N. Wozniak (D) | 31.6 | |
| SD-37 | John R. Pippy (R) | 31.6 | |
| SD-39 | Kim Ward (R) | 8.2 | |
| SD-41 | Don White (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-43 | Jay Costa (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-45 | Sean F. Logan (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-47 | Elder Vogel (R) | 13.4 | Flipped |
| SD-49 | Jane M. Earll (R) | 16.1 |
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
D 104 · R 99 · 10 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: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner; MIT Election Data and Science Lab