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Election 1946 Results

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1946 Pennsylvania governor election

James H. Duff (Republican) beat John S. Rice (Democrat) in Pennsylvania in 1946, 58.5% to 40.7%, a margin of 17.8 points and 557,515 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1942, when Edward Martin won.

Republicans led in 60 of the 67 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 7. The largest, Philadelphia, cast 778,172 votes and went to the Republican by 13.6 points. The closest was Fulton, where 96 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
James H. Duff won Republican 1,828,462 58.5%
John S. Rice Democratic 1,270,947 40.7%
All other candidates 24,585 0.8%
Total3,123,994

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Philadelphia 334,165 42.9% 440,286 56.6% 3,721 778,172 R+13.6
Allegheny 227,354 45.3% 271,348 54.0% 3,501 502,203 R+8.8
Delaware 31,748 27.7% 81,930 71.6% 768 114,446 R+43.8
Luzerne 46,099 40.7% 66,138 58.3% 1,123 113,360 R+17.7
Montgomery 24,949 24.3% 76,943 75.0% 694 102,586 R+50.7
Lackawanna 46,089 49.0% 47,610 50.7% 273 93,972 R+1.6
Westmoreland 43,272 49.6% 42,916 49.2% 1,035 87,223 D+0.4
Dauphin 20,986 32.3% 43,498 66.9% 520 65,004 R+34.6
Schuylkill 23,485 36.2% 41,056 63.3% 355 64,896 R+27.1
Washington 32,054 53.2% 27,748 46.0% 505 60,307 D+7.1
Berks 27,333 45.7% 31,599 52.9% 849 59,781 R+7.1
York 28,962 50.0% 28,543 49.2% 466 57,971 D+0.7
Cambria 27,737 49.2% 28,265 50.1% 413 56,415 R+0.9
Lancaster 15,237 28.2% 38,324 70.9% 475 54,036 R+42.7
Northampton 24,617 50.5% 23,770 48.7% 376 48,763 D+1.7
Lehigh 18,668 40.5% 27,014 58.6% 413 46,095 R+18.1
Fayette 23,389 51.6% 21,356 47.1% 562 45,307 D+4.5
Erie 16,978 37.6% 27,713 61.4% 456 45,147 R+23.8
Beaver 18,501 44.7% 22,369 54.1% 500 41,370 R+9.3
Bucks 12,723 33.3% 25,173 65.9% 296 38,192 R+32.6
Chester 9,565 27.3% 25,292 72.1% 204 35,061 R+44.9
Northumberland 15,592 45.0% 18,746 54.2% 276 34,614 R+9.1
Blair 8,831 30.1% 20,172 68.8% 321 29,324 R+38.7
Lawrence 9,350 34.5% 17,395 64.1% 372 27,117 R+29.7
Lycoming 9,097 34.4% 16,600 62.8% 750 26,447 R+28.4
Mercer 9,211 35.0% 16,756 63.7% 322 26,289 R+28.7
Cumberland 9,541 38.0% 15,404 61.3% 182 25,127 R+23.3
Butler 7,271 30.4% 16,368 68.4% 301 23,940 R+38.0
Lebanon 8,195 36.3% 14,233 63.0% 158 22,586 R+26.7
Clearfield 9,702 44.7% 11,651 53.7% 355 21,708 R+9.0
Somerset 6,720 34.3% 12,770 65.1% 123 19,613 R+30.8
Crawford 5,321 29.0% 12,794 69.7% 246 18,361 R+40.7
Indiana 6,042 34.0% 11,494 64.6% 250 17,786 R+30.7
Carbon 8,225 46.7% 9,260 52.6% 129 17,614 R+5.9
Franklin 6,664 38.2% 10,702 61.3% 84 17,450 R+23.1
Armstrong 5,915 34.7% 10,962 64.2% 190 17,067 R+29.6
Venango 3,595 22.7% 11,697 74.0% 523 15,815 R+51.2
Columbia 7,298 47.1% 8,063 52.1% 119 15,480 R+4.9
Centre 5,634 39.1% 8,635 59.9% 158 14,427 R+20.8
Bradford 3,120 22.9% 10,281 75.5% 219 13,620 R+52.6
Jefferson 4,135 30.7% 9,149 67.9% 183 13,467 R+37.2
Adams 5,876 46.0% 6,876 53.8% 35 12,787 R+7.8
McKean 2,887 24.4% 8,776 74.1% 175 11,838 R+49.7
Tioga 2,117 19.3% 8,779 80.0% 76 10,972 R+60.7
Susquehanna 3,094 28.4% 7,737 71.0% 62 10,893 R+42.6
Greene 5,742 55.4% 4,540 43.8% 82 10,364 D+11.6
Bedford 3,755 36.4% 6,493 62.9% 76 10,324 R+26.5
Warren 2,540 24.7% 7,477 72.8% 259 10,276 R+48.0
Clarion 3,688 36.2% 6,372 62.6% 114 10,174 R+26.4
Elk 4,459 45.2% 5,288 53.6% 126 9,873 R+8.4
Clinton 3,580 38.3% 5,652 60.5% 108 9,340 R+22.2
Monroe 4,006 43.2% 5,204 56.1% 72 9,282 R+12.9
Huntingdon 2,781 30.2% 6,320 68.7% 95 9,196 R+38.5
Wayne 2,041 22.7% 6,853 76.3% 86 8,980 R+53.6
Mifflin 3,211 38.7% 5,028 60.6% 63 8,302 R+21.9
Perry 2,602 33.4% 5,133 66.0% 48 7,783 R+32.5
Snyder 1,585 25.5% 4,599 74.0% 29 6,213 R+48.5
Union 1,468 25.7% 4,185 73.4% 51 5,704 R+47.6
Juniata 2,446 44.6% 3,021 55.1% 20 5,487 R+10.5
Wyoming 1,588 29.2% 3,796 69.7% 63 5,447 R+40.5
Potter 1,234 25.8% 3,484 72.9% 58 4,776 R+47.1
Montour 1,665 41.0% 2,385 58.7% 12 4,062 R+17.7
Fulton 1,838 51.1% 1,742 48.4% 17 3,597 D+2.7
Pike 1,084 31.2% 2,363 68.0% 28 3,475 R+36.8
Sullivan 1,116 40.8% 1,605 58.7% 13 2,734 R+17.9
Cameron 567 26.9% 1,528 72.5% 12 2,107 R+45.6
Forest 607 32.8% 1,203 65.1% 39 1,849 R+32.2

Counties as they stood in 1946; 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