Pennsylvania has voted in the 2026 primary elections. Congress, the office of governor, the state House and half of the state Senate are on the ballot this midterm.
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More than 99% of precincts in Allegheny County have reported results and the Associated Press has declared a winner in each of Allegheny County’s contested primaries. Those results are below.
The county Return Board will be sworn in Friday and begin processing provisional ballots. The county Board of Elections will meet in the County Courthouse at 11:30 a.m. June 8 to certify the primary results.
For primaries that had no names on the ballot, write-in votes will be tallied in the coming weeks, and any winners will be notified and have the opportunity to accept the relevant party’s nomination.
U.S. Rep. Summer Lee, a Swissvale Democrat, won her party’s primary as she seeks a third term in Congress. She will face Republican James Hayes in the November election.
State Sen. Wayne Fontana, a Democrat from Pittsburgh’s Brookline neighborhood, won his party’s nod for a sixth term in office.
In the four contested state House primaries in Allegheny County:
- Democratic Rep. La’Tasha Mayes won renomination in the 24th district
- Jeremy Ferderber won the Democratic nomination in the 28th district
- Dylan Altemara prevailed in the 39th district Democratic race
- Brittany Bloam won the Democratic primary in the 45th House district.
Congressional primaries
The 12th District includes all of Pittsburgh, some suburbs and part of Westmoreland County. Lee, a Democrat, faced a primary challenge. The Republican primary was uncontested.
The 17th District includes Pittsburgh suburbs in Allegheny County and all of Beaver County. Rep. Chris Deluzio, a Democrat, was unopposed in the primary. There were two candidates for the Republican nomination.
Below are the congressional primary results for other regions of Pennsylvania, plus statewide office results.
State Senate primaries
The 42nd Pa. Senate District includes parts of Pittsburgh and some South Hills and Ohio River communities. Sen. Wayne Fontana, a Democrat, easily survived a primary challenge and there are no candidates on the Republican primary ballot.
The 46th Pa. Senate District includes part of Beaver County and all of Greene and Washington Counties. Sen. Camera Bartolotta, a Republican, faced a primary challenge. The Democratic primary was uncontested.
Below are results from contested state Senate primaries outside of Southwestern Pennsylvania.
State House primaries
Four of the Democratic primaries for Allegheny County state House seats were contested. None of the Republican primaries were contested. The 24th District featured a challenge to an incumbent Democrat, the 28th and 39th districts had contested Democratic primaries in Republican-held seats, and the 45th District primary was a race to succeed a retiring Democrat.
Below are results from contested state House primaries outside of Southwestern Pennsylvania.
Ballot Referendum
Pittsburgh voters decided to amend the home rule charter to allow the city to advertise public hearings on the city’s website and digital news outlets in the event that the city has no print newspaper of general circulation.
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