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1918 Pennsylvania governor election

William Cameron Sproul (Republican) beat Eugene C. Bonniwell (Democrat) in Pennsylvania in 1918, 61.1% to 33.7%, a margin of 27.3 points and 247,222 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1914, when Martin Grove Brumbaugh won.

Republicans led in 58 of the 67 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 9. The largest, Philadelphia, cast 216,040 votes and went to the Republican by 44.2 points. The closest was Fulton, where 9 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
William Cameron Sproul won Republican 552,537 61.1%
Eugene C. Bonniwell Democratic 305,315 33.7%
All other candidates 47,183 5.2%
Total905,035

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Philadelphia 56,421 26.1% 151,964 70.3% 7,655 216,040 R+44.2
Allegheny 27,328 31.6% 50,537 58.4% 8,655 86,520 R+26.8
Luzerne 15,119 45.9% 16,391 49.8% 1,405 32,915 R+3.9
Schuylkill 11,167 45.5% 12,378 50.4% 1,001 24,546 R+4.9
Montgomery 7,228 30.2% 15,829 66.1% 903 23,960 R+35.9
Lackawanna 10,886 46.8% 11,717 50.3% 677 23,280 R+3.6
York 9,731 42.0% 12,186 52.7% 1,225 23,142 R+10.6
Lancaster 4,572 19.9% 17,496 76.3% 854 22,922 R+56.4
Berks 11,930 52.5% 8,444 37.1% 2,357 22,731 D+15.3
Westmoreland 8,206 38.4% 10,940 51.3% 2,200 21,346 R+12.8
Dauphin 5,027 24.5% 13,593 66.3% 1,878 20,498 R+41.8
Delaware 3,791 19.6% 14,606 75.7% 904 19,301 R+56.0
Lehigh 7,903 49.0% 7,340 45.5% 888 16,131 D+3.5
Fayette 5,556 35.4% 9,253 59.0% 880 15,689 R+23.6
Cambria 5,830 38.4% 8,214 54.1% 1,140 15,184 R+15.7
Northampton 6,644 46.0% 6,340 43.9% 1,457 14,441 D+2.1
Washington 4,034 29.3% 8,707 63.3% 1,011 13,752 R+34.0
Northumberland 5,912 43.3% 6,961 51.0% 781 13,654 R+7.7
Erie 5,216 38.5% 6,721 49.6% 1,611 13,548 R+11.1
Bucks 4,645 36.2% 7,728 60.2% 455 12,828 R+24.0
Chester 2,935 23.3% 9,172 72.7% 510 12,617 R+49.4
Blair 4,074 32.7% 7,557 60.7% 814 12,445 R+28.0
Lycoming 4,009 37.3% 5,142 47.9% 1,593 10,744 R+10.5
Clearfield 3,536 36.0% 5,135 52.3% 1,146 9,817 R+16.3
Mercer 2,702 27.7% 4,897 50.1% 2,171 9,770 R+22.5
Cumberland 2,745 31.9% 5,046 58.6% 824 8,615 R+26.7
Crawford 2,801 33.4% 4,553 54.2% 1,041 8,395 R+20.9
Somerset 1,581 19.0% 6,098 73.4% 633 8,312 R+54.3
Beaver 2,350 28.9% 4,819 59.3% 963 8,132 R+30.4
Franklin 2,681 34.7% 4,607 59.7% 432 7,720 R+24.9
Butler 2,014 27.9% 4,179 57.9% 1,026 7,219 R+30.0
Lebanon 1,661 24.0% 4,891 70.6% 376 6,928 R+46.6
Columbia 3,746 54.3% 2,823 40.9% 328 6,897 D+13.4
Bradford 1,404 20.6% 4,933 72.5% 466 6,803 R+51.9
Centre 2,287 34.6% 3,965 60.0% 353 6,605 R+25.4
Carbon 3,142 48.2% 3,077 47.3% 293 6,512 D+1.0
Indiana 993 16.1% 4,310 69.9% 866 6,169 R+53.8
Adams 2,620 43.6% 3,160 52.5% 234 6,014 R+9.0
Armstrong 1,414 23.7% 4,098 68.6% 462 5,974 R+44.9
Venango 1,525 26.3% 3,218 55.5% 1,053 5,796 R+29.2
Lawrence 1,269 21.9% 3,574 61.7% 945 5,788 R+39.8
Bedford 1,547 28.6% 3,549 65.5% 319 5,415 R+37.0
Jefferson 1,372 25.4% 3,546 65.6% 485 5,403 R+40.2
McKean 1,544 28.7% 3,257 60.4% 588 5,389 R+31.8
Warren 1,187 23.2% 3,025 59.0% 915 5,127 R+35.8
Greene 2,677 55.5% 2,009 41.6% 140 4,826 D+13.8
Tioga 666 14.1% 3,801 80.5% 254 4,721 R+66.4
Susquehanna 1,368 30.0% 2,896 63.5% 299 4,563 R+33.5
Huntingdon 997 21.9% 3,340 73.4% 214 4,551 R+51.5
Clinton 1,471 35.8% 2,364 57.5% 274 4,109 R+21.7
Clarion 1,461 36.0% 1,942 47.8% 658 4,061 R+11.8
Perry 1,244 31.5% 2,465 62.5% 234 3,943 R+31.0
Wayne 1,205 31.3% 2,335 60.6% 310 3,850 R+29.4
Elk 1,552 46.0% 1,536 45.5% 288 3,376 D+0.5
Mifflin 884 27.4% 2,137 66.2% 209 3,230 R+38.8
Monroe 1,339 48.0% 1,073 38.5% 377 2,789 D+9.5
Potter 725 26.3% 1,792 65.1% 236 2,753 R+38.8
Union 645 23.8% 1,892 69.9% 171 2,708 R+46.0
Snyder 607 24.5% 1,742 70.2% 133 2,482 R+45.7
Juniata 785 34.7% 1,355 59.9% 121 2,261 R+25.2
Montour 905 45.9% 942 47.8% 124 1,971 R+1.9
Wyoming 534 27.7% 1,278 66.4% 114 1,926 R+38.6
Fulton 774 48.8% 783 49.3% 30 1,587 R+0.6
Sullivan 615 40.5% 771 50.7% 134 1,520 R+10.3
Pike 511 53.7% 370 38.9% 71 952 D+14.8
Forest 234 25.3% 527 57.0% 164 925 R+31.7
Cameron 234 26.1% 597 66.6% 66 897 R+40.5

Counties as they stood in 1918; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Pennsylvania governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Josh Shapiro (D) D+14.8
2018 Thomas W Wolf (D) D+17.1
2014 Thomas W. Wolf (D) D+9.9
2010 Tom Corbett (R) R+9.0
2006 Edward G. Rendell (D) D+20.7
2002 Edward G. Rendell (D) D+9.0
1998 Tom Ridge (R) R+26.4
1994 Tom Ridge (R) R+5.5
1990 Robert Casey (D) D+35.3
1986 Robert Casey (D) D+2.3
1982 Richard Thornburgh (R) R+2.7
1978 Richard Thornburgh (R) R+6.1
1974 Milton J. Shapp (D) D+8.6
1970 Milton J. Shapp (D) D+13.5
1966 Raymond P. Shafer (R) R+6.0
1962 William W. Scranton (R) R+11.1
1958 David L. Lawrence (D) D+1.9
1954 George M. Leader (D) D+7.5
1950 John S. Fine (R) R+2.4
1946 James H. Duff (R) R+17.8
1942 Edward Martin (R) R+8.5
1938 Arthur H. James (R) R+7.6
1934 George H. Earle (D) D+2.2
1930 Gifford Pinchot (R) R+2.8
1926 John Stuchell Fisher (R) R+49.0
1922 Gifford Pinchot (R) R+17.1
1918 William Cameron Sproul (R) R+27.3
1914 Martin Grove Brumbaugh (R) R+12.2
1910 John K. Tener (R) R+28.7
1906 Edwin Sydney Stuart (R) R+4.8
1902 Samuel W. Pennypacker (R) R+13.0
1898 William A. Stone (R) R+12.1
1894 Daniel H. Hastings (R) R+25.3
1890 Robert E. Pattison (D) D+1.8
1886 James A. Beaver (R) R+5.2
1882 Robert E. Pattison (D) D+5.4
1878 Henry Martyn Hoyt (R) R+3.2
1875 John Frederick Hartranft (R) R+2.0
1872 John Frederick Hartranft (R) R+5.3
1869 John White Geary (R) R+0.8
1866 John White Geary (R) R+2.9