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Election 1986 Results

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1986 Pennsylvania governor election

Robert Casey (Democrat) beat William W. Scranton (Republican) in Pennsylvania in 1986, 50.7% to 48.4%, a margin of 2.3 points and 79,216 votes.

Pennsylvania changed party: in 1982 it went Republican, for Richard Thornburgh.

Republicans led in 43 of the 67 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 24. The largest, Philadelphia, cast 485,112 votes and went to the Democrat by 27.7 points. The closest was Venango, where 50 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
Robert Casey won Democratic 1,717,484 50.7%
William W. Scranton Republican 1,638,268 48.4%
All other candidates 32,523 1.0%
Total3,388,275

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Philadelphia 307,233 63.3% 172,718 35.6% 5,161 485,112 D+27.7
Allegheny 242,296 56.6% 181,562 42.4% 4,521 428,379 D+14.2
Montgomery 66,823 33.7% 129,771 65.4% 1,777 198,371 R+31.7
Delaware 75,218 39.5% 113,628 59.7% 1,596 190,442 R+20.2
Bucks 55,729 39.6% 83,492 59.3% 1,532 140,753 R+19.7
Westmoreland 63,473 60.3% 40,719 38.7% 1,100 105,292 D+21.6
Luzerne 66,790 63.6% 37,572 35.8% 610 104,972 D+27.8
Lancaster 27,247 28.2% 68,736 71.0% 788 96,771 R+42.9
Chester 28,572 32.5% 58,518 66.6% 821 87,911 R+34.1
Lackawanna 55,979 67.5% 26,775 32.3% 140 82,894 D+35.2
Berks 36,147 44.6% 43,849 54.1% 1,038 81,034 R+9.5
York 30,301 39.4% 45,733 59.5% 788 76,822 R+20.1
Erie 35,727 47.8% 37,583 50.3% 1,385 74,695 R+2.5
Lehigh 31,174 43.9% 38,984 54.9% 799 70,957 R+11.0
Dauphin 29,116 43.3% 37,641 56.0% 502 67,259 R+12.7
Washington 37,308 61.3% 23,033 37.9% 481 60,822 D+23.5
Beaver 39,216 66.5% 19,232 32.6% 526 58,974 D+33.9
Northampton 29,482 51.0% 27,723 47.9% 628 57,833 D+3.0
Cambria 39,239 69.0% 17,158 30.2% 475 56,872 D+38.8
Cumberland 19,591 36.8% 33,285 62.5% 355 53,231 R+25.7
Schuylkill 25,854 51.6% 23,824 47.5% 459 50,137 D+4.0
Fayette 26,540 68.7% 11,704 30.3% 412 38,656 D+38.4
Butler 17,697 46.7% 19,750 52.1% 459 37,906 R+5.4
Mercer 19,406 54.8% 15,577 44.0% 398 35,381 D+10.8
Blair 15,135 45.8% 17,509 53.0% 380 33,024 R+7.2
Lawrence 19,235 60.6% 12,189 38.4% 307 31,731 D+22.2
Centre 13,029 42.6% 17,294 56.5% 273 30,596 R+13.9
Northumberland 16,337 55.9% 12,660 43.3% 236 29,233 D+12.6
Lycoming 13,505 46.8% 15,080 52.2% 277 28,862 R+5.5
Lebanon 12,154 43.1% 15,815 56.1% 218 28,187 R+13.0
Somerset 14,297 54.9% 11,471 44.1% 272 26,040 D+10.9
Indiana 13,369 54.6% 10,911 44.5% 220 24,500 D+10.0
Franklin 9,429 38.8% 14,750 60.6% 148 24,327 R+21.9
Crawford 10,859 46.0% 12,546 53.2% 183 23,588 R+7.2
Clearfield 13,316 56.7% 10,030 42.7% 155 23,501 D+14.0
Armstrong 11,635 54.8% 9,376 44.2% 225 21,236 D+10.6
Adams 7,277 40.5% 10,511 58.4% 200 17,988 R+18.0
Venango 8,480 49.3% 8,530 49.6% 200 17,210 R+0.3
Monroe 7,800 45.4% 9,272 54.0% 109 17,181 R+8.6
Columbia 9,069 53.7% 7,709 45.7% 95 16,873 D+8.1
Carbon 8,839 56.7% 6,617 42.4% 144 15,600 D+14.2
Bedford 6,874 45.3% 8,180 53.9% 127 15,181 R+8.6
Bradford 5,547 37.5% 9,100 61.5% 141 14,788 R+24.0
Jefferson 6,947 48.8% 7,171 50.4% 122 14,240 R+1.6
Warren 5,527 41.6% 7,641 57.4% 134 13,302 R+15.9
Clarion 6,022 47.7% 6,464 51.2% 149 12,635 R+3.5
Elk 7,523 60.4% 4,818 38.7% 110 12,451 D+21.7
Susquehanna 5,237 43.8% 6,668 55.7% 60 11,965 R+12.0
McKean 4,579 39.2% 6,976 59.8% 113 11,668 R+20.5
Huntingdon 4,974 43.5% 6,348 55.6% 103 11,425 R+12.0
Tioga 4,835 42.6% 6,392 56.3% 125 11,352 R+13.7
Greene 7,476 66.1% 3,748 33.2% 78 11,302 D+33.0
Wayne 4,886 45.7% 5,718 53.5% 92 10,696 R+7.8
Mifflin 4,683 44.3% 5,788 54.8% 95 10,566 R+10.5
Perry 3,819 38.4% 6,005 60.4% 126 9,950 R+22.0
Snyder 3,150 34.1% 6,000 64.9% 99 9,249 R+30.8
Clinton 4,373 50.5% 4,196 48.5% 85 8,654 D+2.0
Union 2,810 36.1% 4,882 62.7% 93 7,785 R+26.6
Wyoming 3,583 46.9% 4,002 52.4% 59 7,644 R+5.5
Juniata 2,952 44.2% 3,683 55.2% 40 6,675 R+11.0
Pike 2,304 39.2% 3,529 60.1% 39 5,872 R+20.9
Potter 2,297 45.6% 2,683 53.3% 56 5,036 R+7.7
Montour 2,429 52.6% 2,171 47.0% 20 4,620 D+5.6
Fulton 1,618 47.1% 1,794 52.2% 23 3,435 R+5.1
Sullivan 1,194 48.3% 1,263 51.1% 13 2,470 R+2.8
Cameron 1,109 46.9% 1,245 52.7% 10 2,364 R+5.8
Forest 813 45.2% 966 53.8% 18 1,797 R+8.5

Counties as they stood in 1986; 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