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Election 1966 Results

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1966 Pennsylvania governor election

Raymond P. Shafer (Republican) beat Milton J. Shapp (Democrat) in Pennsylvania in 1966, 52.1% to 46.1%, a margin of 6.0 points and 241,630 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1962, when William W. Scranton won.

Republicans led in 55 of the 67 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 12. The largest, Philadelphia, cast 740,364 votes and went to the Democrat by 14.8 points. The closest was Elk, where 280 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
Raymond P. Shafer won Republican 2,110,349 52.1%
Milton J. Shapp Democratic 1,868,719 46.1%
All other candidates 71,600 1.8%
Total4,050,668

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Philadelphia 419,656 56.7% 309,840 41.8% 10,868 740,364 D+14.8
Allegheny 310,449 52.5% 274,577 46.4% 6,568 591,594 D+6.1
Delaware 74,418 33.7% 140,225 63.4% 6,464 221,107 R+29.8
Montgomery 67,597 33.1% 131,746 64.6% 4,742 204,085 R+31.4
Luzerne 64,850 49.7% 62,145 47.6% 3,463 130,458 D+2.1
Westmoreland 70,497 56.2% 53,013 42.3% 1,849 125,359 D+13.9
Lackawanna 53,497 50.3% 52,581 49.4% 327 106,405 D+0.9
Bucks 42,063 40.0% 57,525 54.7% 5,541 105,129 R+14.7
Berks 42,838 46.6% 47,303 51.5% 1,723 91,864 R+4.9
Lancaster 23,494 26.5% 62,458 70.4% 2,779 88,731 R+43.9
Erie 45,598 52.0% 41,273 47.1% 757 87,628 D+4.9
Lehigh 33,565 43.0% 43,292 55.5% 1,209 78,066 R+12.5
York 32,832 42.6% 42,842 55.6% 1,385 77,059 R+13.0
Chester 23,919 31.5% 49,920 65.7% 2,122 75,961 R+34.2
Dauphin 22,953 30.2% 49,406 65.1% 3,547 75,906 R+34.8
Washington 41,574 57.5% 29,953 41.5% 724 72,251 D+16.1
Schuylkill 30,672 42.5% 40,966 56.8% 496 72,134 R+14.3
Cambria 34,318 48.0% 36,847 51.5% 325 71,490 R+3.5
Beaver 39,298 56.3% 29,737 42.6% 720 69,755 D+13.7
Northampton 35,649 52.5% 31,203 46.0% 1,003 67,855 D+6.6
Fayette 30,190 57.5% 21,809 41.5% 532 52,531 D+16.0
Cumberland 13,796 31.4% 28,396 64.7% 1,712 43,904 R+33.3
Mercer 19,448 46.5% 21,630 51.7% 742 41,820 R+5.2
Blair 15,855 38.1% 24,817 59.6% 935 41,607 R+21.5
Northumberland 15,947 39.9% 23,432 58.6% 634 40,013 R+18.7
Butler 15,281 40.6% 21,784 57.9% 551 37,616 R+17.3
Lawrence 17,135 46.4% 19,650 53.3% 115 36,900 R+6.8
Lycoming 14,256 39.2% 20,934 57.5% 1,197 36,387 R+18.4
Franklin 11,024 37.1% 17,566 59.1% 1,157 29,747 R+22.0
Somerset 11,507 39.9% 17,112 59.4% 199 28,818 R+19.4
Lebanon 9,467 33.0% 18,402 64.1% 822 28,691 R+31.1
Clearfield 12,309 44.7% 14,984 54.4% 265 27,558 R+9.7
Armstrong 12,497 45.5% 14,663 53.4% 322 27,482 R+7.9
Crawford 9,703 37.5% 15,671 60.6% 502 25,876 R+23.1
Indiana 10,411 40.5% 15,063 58.6% 243 25,717 R+18.1
Centre 9,176 38.7% 14,289 60.3% 246 23,711 R+21.6
Columbia 7,941 39.5% 11,654 57.9% 516 20,111 R+18.5
Carbon 9,416 46.9% 10,404 51.8% 257 20,077 R+4.9
Venango 7,226 37.9% 11,655 61.1% 194 19,075 R+23.2
Bradford 5,007 29.4% 11,868 69.7% 158 17,033 R+40.3
Adams 6,054 36.1% 10,470 62.4% 256 16,780 R+26.3
Jefferson 6,484 38.8% 10,099 60.4% 135 16,718 R+21.6
Bedford 5,796 36.2% 10,079 63.0% 134 16,009 R+26.8
Monroe 6,111 40.4% 8,669 57.4% 331 15,111 R+16.9
McKean 5,144 36.1% 9,027 63.3% 85 14,256 R+27.2
Warren 5,123 38.3% 8,104 60.6% 139 13,366 R+22.3
Clarion 5,321 39.9% 7,851 58.9% 159 13,331 R+19.0
Susquehanna 4,548 34.4% 8,553 64.7% 109 13,210 R+30.3
Greene 7,350 55.8% 5,731 43.5% 98 13,179 D+12.3
Mifflin 4,847 38.6% 7,595 60.4% 128 12,570 R+21.9
Elk 6,296 50.9% 6,016 48.6% 59 12,371 D+2.3
Tioga 3,643 30.0% 8,429 69.5% 59 12,131 R+39.5
Huntingdon 4,248 35.4% 7,521 62.7% 230 11,999 R+27.3
Clinton 5,022 42.8% 6,565 56.0% 143 11,730 R+13.2
Wayne 3,092 27.5% 7,908 70.5% 224 11,224 R+42.9
Perry 3,586 34.0% 6,536 62.0% 413 10,535 R+28.0
Snyder 2,156 25.7% 6,014 71.7% 220 8,390 R+46.0
Union 2,055 25.0% 5,906 71.9% 251 8,212 R+46.9
Wyoming 2,020 27.3% 5,337 72.1% 44 7,401 R+44.8
Juniata 2,630 38.8% 4,037 59.6% 103 6,770 R+20.8
Potter 1,949 32.9% 3,936 66.4% 43 5,928 R+33.5
Montour 2,124 39.0% 3,239 59.5% 84 5,447 R+20.5
Pike 1,364 27.2% 3,533 70.5% 114 5,011 R+43.3
Fulton 1,755 45.4% 2,058 53.2% 54 3,867 R+7.8
Sullivan 1,077 38.8% 1,670 60.2% 29 2,776 R+21.4
Cameron 988 36.4% 1,695 62.4% 32 2,715 R+26.0
Forest 607 34.6% 1,136 64.7% 13 1,756 R+30.1

Counties as they stood in 1966; 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