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Election 1978 Results

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1978 Pennsylvania governor election

Richard Thornburgh (Republican) beat Peter Flaherty (Democrat) in Pennsylvania in 1978, 52.5% to 46.4%, a margin of 6.1 points and 228,154 votes.

Pennsylvania changed party: in 1974 it went Democratic, for Milton J. Shapp.

Republicans led in 50 of the 67 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 17. The largest, Philadelphia, cast 719,641 votes and went to the Democrat by 4.8 points. The closest was Forest, where 2 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
Richard Thornburgh won Republican 1,966,042 52.5%
Peter Flaherty Democratic 1,737,888 46.4%
All other candidates 38,039 1.0%
Total3,741,969

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Philadelphia 371,646 51.6% 336,771 46.8% 11,224 719,641 D+4.8
Allegheny 258,981 51.1% 241,111 47.6% 6,378 506,470 D+3.5
Delaware 80,468 38.6% 125,744 60.3% 2,233 208,445 R+21.7
Montgomery 70,272 33.9% 135,304 65.3% 1,719 207,295 R+31.4
Bucks 53,394 41.3% 74,446 57.7% 1,287 129,127 R+16.3
Westmoreland 76,049 65.4% 39,398 33.9% 835 116,282 D+31.5
Luzerne 52,513 48.1% 56,054 51.4% 522 109,089 R+3.2
Chester 25,935 30.5% 58,481 68.8% 596 85,012 R+38.3
Lancaster 21,768 26.6% 59,416 72.6% 659 81,843 R+46.0
Berks 36,252 45.1% 43,286 53.9% 794 80,332 R+8.8
Lackawanna 35,411 44.7% 43,558 54.9% 307 79,276 R+10.3
Erie 35,899 45.6% 41,670 52.9% 1,184 78,753 R+7.3
York 28,621 38.7% 44,759 60.5% 625 74,005 R+21.8
Lehigh 28,516 41.0% 40,509 58.2% 578 69,603 R+17.2
Washington 44,491 65.9% 22,796 33.8% 250 67,537 D+32.1
Beaver 44,094 66.5% 21,887 33.0% 318 66,299 D+33.5
Dauphin 21,426 33.1% 42,546 65.8% 732 64,704 R+32.6
Cambria 37,771 62.2% 22,427 37.0% 481 60,679 D+25.3
Schuylkill 24,183 41.8% 33,407 57.8% 245 57,835 R+15.9
Northampton 24,909 43.9% 31,024 54.7% 749 56,682 R+10.8
Cumberland 14,798 29.3% 35,311 69.9% 425 50,534 R+40.6
Fayette 28,225 66.7% 13,843 32.7% 269 42,337 D+34.0
Butler 23,027 57.1% 17,003 42.2% 302 40,332 D+14.9
Blair 18,678 46.7% 20,976 52.4% 378 40,032 R+5.7
Mercer 17,119 49.5% 17,052 49.3% 420 34,591 D+0.2
Lawrence 21,051 63.6% 11,874 35.9% 157 33,082 D+27.7
Lycoming 11,815 37.6% 19,371 61.6% 254 31,440 R+24.0
Northumberland 12,513 39.9% 18,264 58.2% 614 31,391 R+18.3
Centre 11,343 37.5% 18,529 61.3% 337 30,209 R+23.8
Franklin 9,014 34.0% 17,323 65.3% 173 26,510 R+31.3
Lebanon 9,066 34.9% 16,652 64.2% 232 25,950 R+29.2
Somerset 14,720 57.9% 10,578 41.6% 127 25,425 D+16.3
Indiana 11,911 49.5% 11,986 49.8% 150 24,047 R+0.3
Armstrong 14,263 59.4% 9,665 40.2% 86 24,014 D+19.1
Clearfield 12,619 53.2% 10,989 46.3% 108 23,716 D+6.9
Crawford 10,185 43.0% 13,214 55.8% 278 23,677 R+12.8
Columbia 8,122 42.4% 10,907 57.0% 111 19,140 R+14.6
Venango 8,479 49.7% 8,515 49.9% 62 17,056 R+0.2
Adams 6,034 36.6% 10,386 62.9% 87 16,507 R+26.4
Carbon 7,180 44.3% 8,862 54.7% 163 16,205 R+10.4
Monroe 6,398 40.8% 9,100 58.1% 174 15,672 R+17.2
Bradford 3,629 25.3% 10,637 74.1% 89 14,355 R+48.8
Jefferson 7,289 51.1% 6,896 48.4% 69 14,254 D+2.8
Bedford 5,690 41.0% 8,147 58.6% 57 13,894 R+17.7
Clarion 6,833 54.4% 5,677 45.2% 46 12,556 D+9.2
Warren 4,584 37.3% 7,561 61.5% 147 12,292 R+24.2
Susquehanna 3,763 31.7% 8,054 67.9% 47 11,864 R+36.2
Elk 6,893 58.8% 4,781 40.8% 43 11,717 D+18.0
Greene 7,215 63.9% 4,029 35.7% 52 11,296 D+28.2
Tioga 2,827 25.2% 8,371 74.5% 37 11,235 R+49.3
Huntingdon 4,224 38.2% 6,781 61.3% 59 11,064 R+23.1
McKean 3,586 33.1% 7,106 65.7% 126 10,818 R+32.5
Mifflin 4,406 40.9% 6,266 58.2% 92 10,764 R+17.3
Perry 3,200 30.8% 7,120 68.6% 53 10,373 R+37.8
Wayne 2,584 26.7% 7,016 72.5% 74 9,674 R+45.8
Clinton 3,703 39.4% 5,563 59.3% 121 9,387 R+19.8
Snyder 2,039 24.3% 6,324 75.3% 35 8,398 R+51.0
Union 1,944 24.0% 6,079 75.1% 71 8,094 R+51.1
Wyoming 2,108 28.0% 5,389 71.5% 40 7,537 R+43.5
Juniata 2,389 38.4% 3,814 61.2% 24 6,227 R+22.9
Pike 1,789 33.4% 3,516 65.7% 46 5,351 R+32.3
Potter 1,904 35.8% 3,391 63.8% 23 5,318 R+28.0
Montour 1,782 38.1% 2,870 61.4% 24 4,676 R+23.3
Fulton 1,458 44.1% 1,827 55.3% 18 3,303 R+11.2
Sullivan 936 38.6% 1,482 61.1% 9 2,427 R+22.5
Cameron 982 41.5% 1,377 58.2% 5 2,364 R+16.7
Forest 972 49.7% 974 49.8% 9 1,955 R+0.1

Counties as they stood in 1978; 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