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Democrats sweep Pittsburgh, oust Republican incumbents in PA election
Finch Walker, USA TODAY NETWORK
Updated Wed, May 20, 2026


Democrats sweep Pittsburgh, oust Republican incumbents in PA election

Pittsburgh residents cast their votes in Pennsylvania's primary election on May 19, electing numerous incumbents and making way for several new leaders in state positions.

Democrats overwhelming took the vote, winning 26 of 27 key races in Allegheny County. Most notably, voters backed Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro, who will attempt to win a second term this fall, while several newcomers unseated incumbents as state representatives.

Voter turnout was relatively low, with 22.7% of Allegheny's 915,194 registered voters casting their votes, according to the county. In total, there were 207,755 ballots cast.

Here are the unofficial results in key races in Allegheny County as of May 20 morning, with 1,322 of 1,327 precincts reporting. Not every race had both a Democratic and Republican candidate.

Governor
Josh Shapiro (D, incumbent) - 151,505
Stacy Garrity (R) - 41,257

Lt. Governor
Austin Davis (D, incumbent) - 149,271
Jason Richey (R) - 37,342
John Ventre (R) - 7,600

U.S. Representative, 12th District
Summer Lee (D, incumbent) - 67,818
William Parker (D) - 15,393
James Hayes (R) - 381

U.S. Representative, 17th District
Chris Deluzio (D, incumbent) - 69,904
Jesse James Vodvarka (R) - 15,940
Tony Guy (R) - 10,772

PA Senate, District 38
Lindsey Williams (D, incumbent) - 239,547
Thomas West (R) - 11,266

PA Senate, District 42
Wayne D. Fontana (D, incumbent) - 23,888
Paul Steenkiste (D) - 9,192

PA Representative, District 19
Aerion Andrew Abney (D, incumbent) - 6,285

PA Representative, District 20
Emily Kinkead (D, incumbent) - 7,723
PA Representative, District 21
Lindsay Powell (D, incumbent) - 8,149

PA Representative, District 23
Dan Frankel (D, incumbent) - 9,766

PA Representative, District 24
La'Tasha D. Mayes (D, incumbent) - 8,860
Will Anderson (D) - 1,202PA 

Representative, District 25
Brandon J. Markosek (D, incumbent) - 6,870
Amy Noone (R) - 2,383

PA Representative, District 27
Dan Deasy (D, incumbent) - 7,163

PA Representative, District 28
Jeremy Shaffer (R, incumbent) - 4,057
Jeremy Ferderber (D) - 3,838
Robert Bertha (D) - 1,880

PA Representative, District 30
Arvind Venkat (D, incumbent) - 7,002 

PA Representative, District 32
Joe McAndrew (D, incumbent) - 8,600

PA Representative, District 33
Mandy Steele (D, incumbent) - 6,304
Mike Hammill (R) - 2,439

PA Representative, District 34
Abigail Salisbury (D, incumbent) - 10,373

PA Representative, District 35
Dan Goughnour (D, incumbent) - 6,521
Jim Edwards (R) - 1,563 

PA Representative, District 36
Jessican Benham (D, incumbent) - 6,783
Timothy McCune (R) - 1,071

PA Representative, District 38
John Inglis (D, incumbent) - 7,303

PA Representative, District 39
Dylan Altemara (D) - 3,062
Andrew Kuzma (R, incumbent) - 2,742
Kellianne Frketic (D) - 1,780 

PA Representative, District 40
Jon Lloyd (D) - 4,699
Natalie Mihalek (R, incumbent) - 2,919

PA Representative, District 42
Jen Mazzocco (D, incumbent) - 8,775

PA Representative, District 44
Hadley Haas (D) - 5,864
Valerie Gaydos (R, incumbent) - 3,424

PA Representative, District 45
Brittany Bloam (D) - 5,142
Patrick J. Catena, Jr. (D) - 2,994
James Julius (R) - 2,334

 PA Representative, District 46
Mike Crossey (D) - 1,548
Jason Ortitay (R, incumbent) - 766

Voters also selected members for the state Democrat and Republican committees, as well as hundreds of members for local committees. Full election results can be viewed on Allegheny County's website.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Democrats win big in Pittsburgh in PA primary election 2026