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Election 1982 Results

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1982 Pennsylvania governor election

Richard Thornburgh (Republican) beat Allen E. Ertel (Democrat) in Pennsylvania in 1982, 50.8% to 48.1%, a margin of 2.7 points and 100,431 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1978, when Richard Thornburgh also won.

Republicans led in 46 of the 67 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 21. The largest, Philadelphia, cast 552,186 votes and went to the Democrat by 27.2 points. The closest was Montour, where 41 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 1,872,784 50.8%
Allen E. Ertel Democratic 1,772,353 48.1%
All other candidates 38,848 1.1%
Total3,683,985

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Philadelphia 347,129 62.9% 196,998 35.7% 8,059 552,186 D+27.2
Allegheny 244,391 48.5% 250,836 49.8% 8,361 503,588 R+1.3
Montgomery 63,644 31.8% 134,685 67.4% 1,557 199,886 R+35.5
Delaware 67,874 34.3% 127,584 64.5% 2,246 197,704 R+30.2
Bucks 57,019 37.7% 93,023 61.5% 1,161 151,203 R+23.8
Westmoreland 61,450 51.4% 56,645 47.4% 1,416 119,511 D+4.0
Luzerne 63,327 57.1% 47,021 42.4% 549 110,897 D+14.7
Chester 28,111 31.1% 61,616 68.2% 635 90,362 R+37.1
Lancaster 25,939 28.8% 63,637 70.5% 628 90,204 R+41.8
Erie 41,439 46.8% 45,830 51.7% 1,311 88,580 R+5.0
Berks 36,930 43.6% 46,830 55.3% 925 84,685 R+11.7
York 31,853 39.4% 48,364 59.8% 650 80,867 R+20.4
Lackawanna 42,270 56.7% 31,529 42.3% 704 74,503 D+14.4
Beaver 45,408 61.0% 28,473 38.2% 596 74,477 D+22.7
Lehigh 31,413 42.3% 42,137 56.7% 723 74,273 R+14.4
Dauphin 37,538 52.8% 32,796 46.1% 799 71,133 D+6.7
Washington 39,398 57.0% 29,322 42.4% 451 69,171 D+14.6
Cambria 33,992 55.0% 27,539 44.6% 249 61,780 D+10.4
Northampton 29,038 47.6% 31,252 51.3% 685 60,975 R+3.6
Schuylkill 32,706 58.9% 22,527 40.6% 279 55,512 D+18.3
Cumberland 21,931 39.9% 32,743 59.5% 347 55,021 R+19.7
Butler 21,029 45.6% 24,489 53.1% 614 46,132 R+7.5
Fayette 27,739 63.0% 15,791 35.9% 474 44,004 D+27.2
Blair 17,033 42.1% 23,180 57.4% 202 40,415 R+15.2
Mercer 20,043 51.6% 18,217 46.9% 607 38,867 D+4.7
Lawrence 20,967 57.3% 15,345 41.9% 295 36,607 D+15.4
Lycoming 18,009 53.3% 15,578 46.1% 206 33,793 D+7.2
Centre 12,610 39.2% 19,117 59.4% 476 32,203 R+20.2
Northumberland 19,890 62.6% 11,562 36.4% 299 31,751 D+26.2
Lebanon 12,442 43.2% 16,107 55.9% 269 28,818 R+12.7
Franklin 11,496 40.8% 16,552 58.8% 115 28,163 R+18.0
Indiana 12,761 47.0% 14,191 52.3% 172 27,124 R+5.3
Crawford 11,511 43.5% 14,654 55.4% 269 26,434 R+11.9
Somerset 13,052 49.5% 13,195 50.0% 117 26,364 R+0.5
Armstrong 12,563 52.9% 11,010 46.4% 165 23,738 D+6.5
Clearfield 12,517 52.9% 10,983 46.4% 161 23,661 D+6.5
Columbia 10,164 52.6% 9,108 47.2% 38 19,310 D+5.5
Adams 7,217 38.6% 11,346 60.8% 113 18,676 R+22.1
Venango 7,659 42.2% 10,399 57.3% 78 18,136 R+15.1
Monroe 7,905 43.8% 9,947 55.1% 187 18,039 R+11.3
Carbon 9,816 57.5% 7,107 41.6% 143 17,066 D+15.9
Bradford 5,489 35.2% 10,029 64.4% 63 15,581 R+29.1
Bedford 6,200 43.4% 8,034 56.2% 53 14,287 R+12.8
Jefferson 6,037 44.6% 7,435 54.9% 76 13,548 R+10.3
Clarion 6,119 48.1% 6,515 51.2% 90 12,724 R+3.1
Greene 7,463 61.8% 4,557 37.8% 50 12,070 D+24.1
Huntingdon 4,659 38.8% 7,287 60.7% 52 11,998 R+21.9
Warren 4,716 39.7% 7,049 59.3% 116 11,881 R+19.6
McKean 4,335 36.8% 7,352 62.5% 84 11,771 R+25.6
Elk 5,917 51.2% 5,564 48.2% 65 11,546 D+3.1
Mifflin 4,948 43.0% 6,391 55.6% 155 11,494 R+12.6
Susquehanna 4,313 37.8% 6,999 61.4% 95 11,407 R+23.5
Tioga 4,233 37.4% 6,998 61.8% 99 11,330 R+24.4
Perry 4,978 45.3% 5,942 54.1% 69 10,989 R+8.8
Clinton 5,629 56.6% 4,227 42.5% 89 9,945 D+14.1
Wayne 3,264 33.5% 6,396 65.7% 78 9,738 R+32.2
Snyder 3,483 37.9% 5,675 61.8% 24 9,182 R+23.9
Union 3,564 42.5% 4,791 57.1% 40 8,395 R+14.6
Wyoming 2,851 37.4% 4,737 62.1% 35 7,623 R+24.7
Juniata 3,172 49.5% 3,221 50.2% 20 6,413 R+0.8
Pike 2,385 41.2% 3,325 57.5% 77 5,787 R+16.2
Montour 2,496 49.5% 2,537 50.3% 12 5,045 R+0.8
Potter 1,890 38.9% 2,929 60.3% 35 4,854 R+21.4
Fulton 1,753 49.2% 1,794 50.3% 17 3,564 R+1.2
Cameron 1,239 47.7% 1,353 52.0% 8 2,600 R+4.4
Sullivan 1,187 47.0% 1,332 52.8% 5 2,524 R+5.7
Forest 810 43.3% 1,050 56.1% 10 1,870 R+12.8

Counties as they stood in 1982; 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