On May 19, Pittsburgh voters delivered a decisive Democratic primary in Allegheny County, backing incumbent Gov. Josh Shapiro and Democrats in 26 of 27 key races. Turnout was low, but the results set up a November general election dominated by incumbents and a
For a second term, Josh Shapiro starts from a strong position. By the morning of May 20, with 1,322 of 1,327 precincts reporting, Pittsburgh-area voters had already made their choice in the Democratic primary for statewide leadership.
Democrats won 26 of 27 key races in Allegheny County, signaling a party momentum that could carry into the fall. The county also reported relatively low turnout: 22.7% of Allegheny’s 915,194 registered voters cast ballots, totaling 207,755 votes.
Incumbent Democratic Governor Josh Shapiro won his primary and will seek a second term in the November general election. Shapiro’s support came alongside a slate of Democratic incumbents and, in several state races, newcomers who unseated sitting representatives.
In the governor’s race, Shapiro (D, incumbent) received 151,505 votes, compared with Stacy Garrity (R), who earned 41,257.
Lt. Governor Austin Davis (D, incumbent) won with 149,271 votes, defeating Jason Richey (R), who recorded 37,342. In the U.S. House race for Pennsylvania’s 12th District, incumbent Summer Lee (D) took 67,818 votes. Her opponent, William Parker (D), received 15,393, while James Hayes (R) tallied 381.
The U.S. House contest for Pennsylvania’s 17th District followed a similar incumbent-led outcome. Chris Deluzio (D, incumbent) won with 69,904 votes. Jesse James Vodvarka (R) received 15,940, and Tony Guy (R) earned 10,772.
Democrats also scored wins in the state Senate. In Pennsylvania’s Senate District 38, Lindsey Williams (D, incumbent) led with 239,547 votes over Thomas West (R), who had 11,266. In Senate District 42, Wayne D. Fontana (D, incumbent) won with 23,888 votes; Paul Steenkiste (D) received 9,192.
State Representative races showed the same broad Democratic dominance across multiple districts. In Pennsylvania’s 19th District, Aerion Andrew Abney (D, incumbent) earned 6,285 votes. In District 20, Emily Kinkead (D, incumbent) collected 7,723. In District 21, Lindsay Powell (D, incumbent) won with 8,149. Dan Frankel (D, incumbent) took District 23 with 9,766.
In District 24, La’Tasha D. Mayes (D, incumbent) won with 8,860, while Will Anderson (D) received 1,202. In District 25, Brandon J. Markosek (D, incumbent) received 6,870; Amy Noone (R) tallied 2,383.
Districts 27 and 30 also went to Democratic incumbents: Dan Deasy (D. incumbent) won District 27 with 7. 163. while Arvind Venkat (D. incumbent) captured District 30 with 7. 002. In District 28, Jeremy Shaffer (R, incumbent) received 4,057 votes, while Jeremy Ferderber (D) finished with 3,838 and Robert Bertha (D) recorded 1,880.
Other contests included Joe McAndrew (D, incumbent) winning District 32 with 8,600, and Mandy Steele (D, incumbent) taking District 33 with 6,304. Mike Hammill (R) earned 2,439 in District 34, where Abigail Salisbury (D, incumbent) won with 10,373. Jim Edwards (R) received 1,563 in District 35, with Dan Goughnour (D, incumbent) winning 6,521.
In District 36, Jessican Benham (D, incumbent) earned 6,783 votes, while Timothy McCune (R) recorded 1,071. District 38 showed John Inglis (D, incumbent) winning with 7,303 against Dylan Altemara (D) at 3,062. In District 39. Andrew Kuzma (R. incumbent) got 2. 742. but Dylan Altemara’s total appeared elsewhere; in this race’s line. Kellianne Frketic (D) recorded 1. 780.
District 40 featured Jon Lloyd (D) winning with 4,699 and Natalie Mihalek (R, incumbent) earning 2,919. District 42 went to Jen Mazzocco (D, incumbent), who collected 8,775 votes, while Hadley Haas (D, incumbent) won District 44 with 5,864; Valerie Gaydos (R, incumbent) received 3,424.
District 45 was won by Brittany Bloam (D) with 5,142 votes, followed by Patrick J. Catena, Jr. (D) at 2,994 and James Julius (R) at 2,334. In District 46, Mike Crossey (D, incumbent) recorded 1,548, while Jason Ortitay (R, incumbent) earned 766.
Beyond these high-profile races, voters also selected members for the state Democrat and Republican committees and hundreds of members for local committees. Full election results are available through Allegheny County’s website.
The numbers tell a clear story even before all margins settle: with 207. 755 ballots cast and Democrats carrying 26 of 27 key races. the primary outcome gives the state’s Democratic bench a smoother path into November—while leaving Republicans to regroup after falling short across multiple levels of Pennsylvania’s government.
As precinct reporting continued through the morning of May 20, the overall message was already hard to miss. In Allegheny County. the political center of gravity leaned strongly toward incumbents and their party. with Pittsburgh voters effectively turning the page toward the next general-election chapter.
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22% turnout is wild, like nobody cares until November I guess.
So wait Shapiro won again… but it says Democrats swept 26 of 27. Doesn’t that mean Republicans basically gave up? Or is that just fake news math?
I don’t trust “incumbents dominated” like that automatically means it’s good. Low turnout plus people voting out of habit… and then we’re stuck in fall with the same names. Also William Parker got more votes than I expected for a loss, idk.
The headline says Shapiro wins again and Democrats sweep Allegheny races, but then it’s like half the races are “key” and the other part gets cut off. I saw somewhere Stacey Garrity was gonna shock it?? And what’s up with the House race where the other dude is listed like James Hayes (R) only 381 votes—did they maybe mean thousand? Seems off.