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Election 1974 Results

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1974 Pennsylvania governor election

Milton J. Shapp (Democrat) beat Andrew L. Lewis (Republican) in Pennsylvania in 1974, 53.8% to 45.2%, a margin of 8.6 points and 299,335 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1970, when Milton J. Shapp also won.

Republicans led in 40 of the 67 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 27. The largest, Philadelphia, cast 562,475 votes and went to the Democrat by 39.6 points. The closest was Clearfield, where 4 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
Milton J. Shapp won Democratic 1,878,252 53.8%
Andrew L. Lewis Republican 1,578,917 45.2%
All other candidates 34,065 1.0%
Total3,491,234

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Philadelphia 391,272 69.6% 168,532 30.0% 2,671 562,475 D+39.6
Allegheny 268,636 56.1% 204,045 42.6% 6,332 479,013 D+13.5
Delaware 103,276 49.2% 104,860 50.0% 1,699 209,835 R+0.8
Montgomery 101,433 49.0% 103,625 50.1% 1,755 206,813 R+1.1
Bucks 63,768 54.2% 51,740 44.0% 2,183 117,691 D+10.2
Luzerne 59,733 55.7% 47,015 43.8% 477 107,225 D+11.9
Westmoreland 57,951 55.3% 45,550 43.5% 1,241 104,742 D+11.8
Berks 47,359 56.9% 34,788 41.8% 1,115 83,262 D+15.1
Lackawanna 47,212 56.8% 35,666 42.9% 202 83,080 D+13.9
Chester 35,835 45.1% 42,948 54.1% 636 79,419 R+9.0
Lancaster 28,474 35.9% 49,871 62.8% 1,035 79,380 R+27.0
Erie 34,576 46.6% 38,833 52.3% 800 74,209 R+5.7
York 36,444 50.0% 35,799 49.1% 675 72,918 D+0.9
Lehigh 38,150 55.6% 29,753 43.4% 699 68,602 D+12.2
Dauphin 31,885 50.7% 30,337 48.3% 650 62,872 D+2.5
Washington 35,330 56.2% 26,721 42.5% 793 62,844 D+13.7
Beaver 36,152 58.1% 25,095 40.4% 941 62,188 D+17.8
Cambria 34,017 55.4% 26,946 43.9% 404 61,367 D+11.5
Schuylkill 30,174 52.3% 26,606 46.1% 949 57,729 D+6.2
Northampton 32,622 59.4% 21,690 39.5% 588 54,900 D+19.9
Cumberland 20,863 45.9% 24,047 53.0% 504 45,414 R+7.0
Fayette 22,604 55.0% 18,084 44.0% 414 41,102 D+11.0
Blair 16,045 40.4% 23,216 58.5% 409 39,670 R+18.1
Mercer 17,518 47.4% 18,808 50.9% 593 36,919 R+3.5
Butler 16,577 45.7% 19,117 52.6% 616 36,310 R+7.0
Northumberland 17,075 50.2% 16,757 49.2% 214 34,046 D+0.9
Lycoming 13,106 40.5% 18,794 58.1% 455 32,355 R+17.6
Lawrence 15,838 49.7% 15,655 49.1% 374 31,867 D+0.6
Centre 12,891 49.5% 12,950 49.7% 196 26,037 R+0.2
Armstrong 12,566 50.1% 12,372 49.3% 158 25,096 D+0.8
Franklin 12,261 49.1% 12,377 49.5% 347 24,985 R+0.5
Lebanon 11,198 45.4% 13,233 53.6% 235 24,666 R+8.3
Indiana 11,990 48.7% 12,473 50.7% 141 24,604 R+2.0
Somerset 10,880 44.7% 13,319 54.7% 167 24,366 R+10.0
Clearfield 11,301 49.7% 11,297 49.7% 152 22,750 level
Crawford 8,701 39.8% 12,830 58.7% 311 21,842 R+18.9
Columbia 8,846 49.7% 8,615 48.4% 334 17,795 D+1.3
Carbon 9,038 54.4% 7,408 44.6% 156 16,602 D+9.8
Venango 6,040 36.8% 10,221 62.2% 162 16,423 R+25.5
Adams 7,247 45.3% 8,682 54.2% 76 16,005 R+9.0
Bradford 5,457 35.4% 9,815 63.7% 126 15,398 R+28.3
Jefferson 6,145 42.2% 8,320 57.1% 96 14,561 R+14.9
Monroe 6,520 48.6% 6,761 50.4% 129 13,410 R+1.8
Bedford 5,136 39.2% 7,928 60.4% 53 13,117 R+21.3
McKean 4,774 37.4% 7,883 61.8% 105 12,762 R+24.4
Clarion 5,303 43.5% 6,792 55.7% 109 12,204 R+12.2
Susquehanna 4,345 35.7% 7,569 62.2% 249 12,163 R+26.5
Tioga 3,866 34.4% 7,274 64.8% 92 11,232 R+30.3
Greene 5,588 50.1% 5,448 48.9% 107 11,143 D+1.3
Warren 4,285 38.6% 6,669 60.1% 134 11,088 R+21.5
Mifflin 6,023 55.4% 4,793 44.1% 55 10,871 D+11.3
Huntingdon 4,448 40.9% 6,338 58.3% 83 10,869 R+17.4
Elk 4,794 46.4% 5,444 52.7% 101 10,339 R+6.3
Clinton 5,554 55.8% 4,350 43.7% 57 9,961 D+12.1
Perry 4,521 47.1% 5,008 52.2% 61 9,590 R+5.1
Wayne 3,121 32.7% 6,204 65.1% 209 9,534 R+32.3
Snyder 2,739 34.8% 5,053 64.1% 89 7,881 R+29.4
Union 2,434 32.8% 4,905 66.2% 75 7,414 R+33.3
Wyoming 2,476 33.7% 4,817 65.6% 50 7,343 R+31.9
Juniata 3,112 50.8% 2,978 48.6% 35 6,125 D+2.2
Montour 2,345 46.4% 2,655 52.6% 50 5,050 R+6.1
Potter 2,200 43.8% 2,792 55.6% 29 5,021 R+11.8
Pike 1,756 37.3% 2,898 61.6% 51 4,705 R+24.3
Fulton 1,603 50.0% 1,576 49.2% 25 3,204 D+0.8
Sullivan 1,085 41.1% 1,546 58.5% 10 2,641 R+17.5
Cameron 983 40.2% 1,447 59.2% 13 2,443 R+19.0
Forest 755 43.2% 979 56.0% 13 1,747 R+12.8

Counties as they stood in 1974; 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