Pennsylvania state elections, 2016

Pennsylvania's state elections were held on November 8, 2016. Necessary primary elections were held on April 26.[1]

All 203 seats of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 25 seats (half) of the Pennsylvania Senate, as well as the offices of Pennsylvania Treasurer, Pennsylvania Auditor General, and Pennsylvania Attorney General were up for election.[2]

Federal elections

United States President

United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, 2016
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Donald Trump and Mike Pence 2,970,733 48.18
Democratic Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine 2,926,441 47.46
Libertarian Gary Johnson and William Weld 146,715 2.38
n/a Write-ins 50,076 0.81
Green Jill Stein and Ajamu Baraka 49,941 0.81
Constitution Darrell Castle and Scott Bradley 21,572 0.35
Total votes 6,165,478 100.0
Republican win

United States House of Representatives

United States Senate

United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 2016 [3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Pat Toomey (incumbent) 2,951,702 48.77
Democratic Katie McGinty 2,865,012 47.34
Libertarian Edward T. Clifford III 235,142 3.89
Total votes 6,051,941 100.0
Republican hold

Statewide elections

Attorney General

Pennsylvania Attorney General election, 2016
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Josh Shapiro 3,057,010 51.4
Republican John Rafferty 2,891,325 48.6
Total votes 5,948,335 100.0
Democratic hold

Auditor

Pennsylvania Auditor General election, 2016
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Eugene DePasquale (incumbent) 2,958,818 50.0
Republican John Brown 2,667,318 45.0
Green John Sweeney 158,942 2.7
Libertarian Roy Minet 131,853 2.2
Total votes 5,916,931 100.0
Democratic hold

Treasurer

Pennsylvania State Treasurer election, 2016
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joseph Torsella 2,991,404 50.7
Republican Otto Voit 2,610,811 44.2
Green Kristin Combs 170,275 2.9
Libertarian James Babb 132,654 2.2
Total votes 5,905,144 100.0
Democratic hold

Pennsylvania General Assembly

See: Pennsylvania House of Representatives elections, 2016 and Pennsylvania Senate elections, 2016.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2016 Election Calendar" (PDF). Pennsylvania Department of State. Retrieved May 23, 2017.
  2. ↑ 2016 Voter resources, WTAE-TV, November 8, 2016, retrieved May 23, 2017
  3. ↑ http://www.electionreturns.pa.gov/ENR_NEW
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