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List of Pennsylvania gubernatorial elections

List of Pennsylvania gubernatorial elections

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The election of the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania occurs when voters in the U.S. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania select the Governor and Lieutenant Governor for the ensuing four years beginning at noon on the third Tuesday of January following the election.[1] Pennsylvania gubernatorial elections were held triennially beginning with the first election in 1790 until 1878. Gubernatorial elections have been held quadrennially since the election of 1882. Gubernatorial general elections are held on Election Day, coinciding with various other federal, statewide, and local races.

Per Article II of the 1790 Pennsylvania Constitution, gubernatorial elections were held triennially on the second Tuesday of October, with the three-year term commencing on the third Tuesday of December immediately following the election. Incumbents were permitted to serve for a maximum of nine years out of any period of twelve years. Ties were to be resolved, pursuant to the same document, by a joint vote of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate.[2] The 1874 Pennsylvania Constitution mandated the date of gubernatorial elections to be likewise that of the general election on Election Day in November and extended the term to four years, beginning on the third Tuesday of January following the election.[3] In the original text of the 1874 Constitution, an incumbent governor was prohibited from running for a second successive term, but this was amended in 1967 to permit an incumbent to do so.[4] The next gubernatorial election in Pennsylvania is scheduled to be held on November 3, 2026.

The list below contains election returns from all sixty-seven gubernatorial elections in Pennsylvania sorted by year, beginning with the first in 1790 and ending with the most recent in 2022. Incumbent governors are listed as well as elected governors and runner(s)-up in each election, including major third-party candidates (garnering 5% or more of the popular vote). Parties are color-coded to the left of a Governor's or candidate's name according to the key below. The popular vote and percentage margins listed in the "Margin" column are the differences between the total votes received and percentage of the popular vote received by the top two finishers in the corresponding election (i.e. the margin-of-victory of an elected governor over the nearest competitor).

List of elections

Parties[note 1]

  Independent   Federalist   Democratic-Republican   Democratic   Whig   Republican   National Republican   Anti-Masonic   Know Nothing/American   Prohibition   Constitution

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See also

Notes

  1. [N 1]
    As listed on the ballot and in election returns.
  2. [N 2]
    As speaker of the state senate, Johnston filled the unexpired term following the death of Francis Shunk, and was subsequently elected governor in his own right.
  3. [N 3]
    This was the first Pennsylvania gubernatorial election to be held in the modern quadrennial cycle.
  4. [N 4]
    Pattison was elected for his second, non-contiguous term as Governor in 1890.
  5. [N 5]
    Former Governor Pattison ran for a third non-consecutive term.
  6. [N 6]
    Berry appeared on the ballot as the candidate of the Keystone Party.
  7. [N 7]
    Pinchot was elected for his second, non-contiguous term as Governor in 1930.
  8. [N 8]
    Governor Martin resigned to assume a seat in the United States Senate. Accordingly, Lt. Gov. Bell finished the remainder of the term.
  9. [N 9]
    Governor Ridge resigned in October 2001 to become Homeland Security Advisor to President George W. Bush. Lt. Gov. Schweiker filled the unexpired term and did not seek election to a full term.

References

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    "EXECUTIVE BRANCH". Pennsylvania General Assembly. Archived from the original on 22 May 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
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    "Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 1790". Duquesne University Law School. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
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    "Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 1874, Article 4". Wikisource. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
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    "Section 3: Terms of Office of Governor; Number of Terms". Wikisource. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
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    "Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election Returns 1790". Wilkes University. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
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    "Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election Returns 1796". Wilkes University. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
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    "Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election Returns 1799". Wilkes University. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
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    "Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election Returns 1802". Wilkes University. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
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    "Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election Returns 1805". Wilkes University. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
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    "Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election Returns 1808". Wilkes University. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
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    "2010 General Election: Governor". Pennsylvania Department of State. Archived from the original on 21 May 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
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    "2018 General Election: Governor". Pennsylvania Department of State. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
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