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Election 1926 Results

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1926 Pennsylvania governor election

John Stuchell Fisher (Republican) beat Eugene C. Bonniwell (Democrat) in Pennsylvania in 1926, 73.3% to 24.3%, a margin of 49.0 points and 737,543 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1922, when Gifford Pinchot won.

Republicans led in 67 of the 67 counties as they stood then. The largest, Philadelphia, cast 385,383 votes and went to the Republican by 63.7 points. The closest was Monroe, where 24 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
John Stuchell Fisher won Republican 1,102,823 73.3%
Eugene C. Bonniwell Democratic 365,280 24.3%
All other candidates 35,565 2.4%
Total1,503,668

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Philadelphia 66,942 17.4% 312,492 81.1% 5,949 385,383 R+63.7
Allegheny 29,473 18.3% 125,063 77.5% 6,885 161,421 R+59.2
Luzerne 16,616 25.1% 46,862 70.7% 2,779 66,257 R+45.6
Lackawanna 13,500 29.4% 31,673 68.9% 794 45,967 R+39.5
Schuylkill 15,912 37.4% 24,944 58.7% 1,639 42,495 R+21.3
Lancaster 10,562 25.5% 30,240 72.9% 677 41,479 R+47.4
Westmoreland 7,188 18.7% 29,491 76.7% 1,761 38,440 R+58.0
Montgomery 7,923 21.1% 28,888 76.9% 773 37,584 R+55.8
Berks 14,486 41.8% 17,161 49.5% 3,029 34,676 R+7.7
Delaware 5,910 17.2% 27,555 80.2% 885 34,350 R+63.0
Dauphin 5,944 18.1% 25,632 78.0% 1,289 32,865 R+59.9
Cambria 10,258 34.4% 17,169 57.6% 2,387 29,814 R+23.2
Northampton 11,883 42.8% 15,202 54.8% 661 27,746 R+12.0
York 8,747 31.6% 18,284 66.0% 668 27,699 R+34.4
Lehigh 10,358 39.9% 14,938 57.6% 635 25,931 R+17.7
Washington 4,802 20.8% 17,048 73.9% 1,222 23,072 R+53.1
Northumberland 8,191 37.5% 12,815 58.7% 816 21,822 R+21.2
Chester 3,662 16.9% 17,426 80.5% 566 21,654 R+63.6
Fayette 4,623 23.7% 14,105 72.3% 773 19,501 R+48.6
Blair 4,245 22.2% 13,640 71.4% 1,224 19,109 R+49.2
Bucks 4,671 27.1% 12,125 70.2% 465 17,261 R+43.2
Erie 2,438 15.6% 12,476 79.6% 751 15,665 R+64.1
Beaver 2,766 18.3% 11,641 76.8% 742 15,149 R+58.6
Lycoming 3,586 24.4% 10,082 68.6% 1,037 14,705 R+44.2
Clearfield 3,440 23.9% 10,001 69.5% 953 14,394 R+45.6
Carbon 5,452 38.0% 8,443 58.9% 437 14,332 R+20.9
Cumberland 4,050 28.5% 9,699 68.3% 447 14,196 R+39.8
Mercer 2,136 16.9% 9,856 78.0% 647 12,639 R+61.1
Lawrence 2,216 19.7% 8,497 75.4% 562 11,275 R+55.7
Jefferson 1,908 17.4% 8,217 75.0% 832 10,957 R+57.6
Indiana 928 8.8% 9,100 86.7% 462 10,490 R+77.9
Columbia 3,967 38.5% 5,997 58.1% 352 10,316 R+19.7
Bradford 1,543 15.2% 8,107 79.8% 504 10,154 R+64.6
Butler 2,196 21.7% 7,467 73.9% 447 10,110 R+52.1
Franklin 2,497 25.3% 7,113 72.2% 246 9,856 R+46.8
Armstrong 1,533 15.7% 7,865 80.7% 350 9,748 R+65.0
Centre 2,512 26.6% 6,647 70.4% 288 9,447 R+43.8
Venango 1,424 16.7% 6,611 77.4% 501 8,536 R+60.8
Crawford 2,071 24.3% 5,931 69.7% 512 8,514 R+45.3
Adams 3,303 41.0% 4,628 57.4% 126 8,057 R+16.4
Somerset 1,160 14.9% 6,255 80.2% 384 7,799 R+65.3
McKean 1,682 21.6% 5,467 70.3% 629 7,778 R+48.7
Lebanon 1,778 23.5% 5,562 73.4% 241 7,581 R+49.9
Clarion 2,633 35.0% 4,541 60.4% 339 7,513 R+25.4
Wayne 1,929 27.7% 4,837 69.4% 202 6,968 R+41.7
Elk 940 14.5% 5,308 81.9% 237 6,485 R+67.4
Warren 1,145 18.0% 4,688 73.6% 533 6,366 R+55.7
Perry 1,875 29.8% 4,285 68.1% 133 6,293 R+38.3
Greene 2,442 39.1% 3,598 57.6% 205 6,245 R+18.5
Clinton 1,801 29.6% 4,019 66.0% 270 6,090 R+36.4
Huntingdon 941 16.1% 4,598 78.6% 308 5,847 R+62.5
Tioga 799 13.9% 4,488 78.3% 446 5,733 R+64.3
Susquehanna 1,417 25.1% 3,963 70.3% 258 5,638 R+45.2
Bedford 1,388 25.0% 3,943 70.9% 227 5,558 R+46.0
Monroe 2,631 48.6% 2,655 49.0% 128 5,414 R+0.4
Mifflin 953 21.2% 3,364 74.8% 178 4,495 R+53.6
Wyoming 847 19.9% 3,254 76.5% 153 4,254 R+56.6
Union 478 13.1% 3,099 85.1% 65 3,642 R+72.0
Juniata 905 26.6% 2,400 70.6% 95 3,400 R+44.0
Montour 1,382 42.0% 1,808 54.9% 101 3,291 R+12.9
Potter 674 22.8% 2,127 72.0% 153 2,954 R+49.2
Snyder 452 18.0% 1,997 79.7% 58 2,507 R+61.6
Pike 1,135 46.2% 1,252 50.9% 71 2,458 R+4.8
Fulton 1,113 45.5% 1,301 53.2% 32 2,446 R+7.7
Sullivan 425 27.3% 1,061 68.2% 69 1,555 R+40.9
Cameron 219 15.3% 1,175 82.1% 38 1,432 R+66.8
Forest 128 14.9% 647 75.2% 85 860 R+60.3

Counties as they stood in 1926; 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