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Election 2006 Results

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2006 Pennsylvania governor election

Edward G. Rendell (Democrat) beat Lynn Swann (Republican) in Pennsylvania in 2006, 60.3% to 39.6%, a margin of 20.7 points and 848,382 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 2002, when Edward G. Rendell also won.

Republicans led in 34 of the 67 counties and Democrats in 33. The largest, Allegheny, cast 459,945 votes and went to the Democrat by 19.8 points. The closest was Sullivan, where 11 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
Edward G. Rendell won Democratic 2,470,517 60.3%
Lynn Swann Republican 1,622,135 39.6%
All other candidates 3,425 0.1%
Total4,096,077

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Allegheny 275,227 59.8% 184,063 40.0% 655 459,945 D+19.8
Philadelphia 383,339 89.4% 45,502 10.6% 428,841 D+78.8
Montgomery 211,651 71.7% 83,718 28.3% 18 295,387 D+43.3
Bucks 163,739 70.1% 69,798 29.9% 67 233,604 D+40.2
Delaware 154,249 73.9% 54,403 26.1% 144 208,796 D+47.8
Chester 112,960 65.1% 60,437 34.9% 173,397 D+30.3
Lancaster 62,934 41.7% 87,668 58.1% 240 150,842 R+16.4
Westmoreland 60,145 46.2% 69,854 53.7% 193 130,192 R+7.5
York 55,276 43.8% 70,592 56.0% 253 126,121 R+12.1
Berks 66,837 57.2% 50,096 42.8% 6 116,939 D+14.3
Luzerne 64,628 67.5% 31,051 32.4% 18 95,697 D+35.1
Lehigh 59,338 62.8% 34,692 36.7% 409 94,439 D+26.1
Dauphin 39,711 45.6% 47,294 54.4% 87,005 R+8.7
Erie 50,042 58.1% 36,059 41.8% 78 86,179 D+16.2
Northampton 53,007 63.8% 30,081 36.2% 13 83,101 D+27.6
Cumberland 32,737 41.3% 46,189 58.3% 325 79,251 R+17.0
Lackawanna 56,966 73.0% 21,095 27.0% 78,061 D+46.0
Washington 38,422 52.7% 34,440 47.2% 87 72,949 D+5.5
Beaver 35,510 54.9% 29,069 44.9% 100 64,679 D+10.0
Butler 24,936 39.2% 38,613 60.7% 80 63,629 R+21.5
Cambria 31,856 60.8% 20,506 39.2% 52,362 D+21.7
Schuylkill 26,327 55.7% 20,886 44.2% 13 47,226 D+11.5
Centre 23,415 53.8% 20,051 46.1% 69 43,535 D+7.7
Franklin 16,945 39.4% 26,043 60.5% 70 43,058 R+21.1
Lebanon 16,813 42.4% 22,775 57.4% 65 39,653 R+15.0
Blair 15,435 39.8% 23,295 60.1% 35 38,765 R+20.3
Mercer 19,888 52.1% 18,237 47.8% 31 38,156 D+4.3
Fayette 22,603 59.3% 15,492 40.6% 17 38,112 D+18.7
Lycoming 14,777 41.1% 21,116 58.7% 62 35,955 R+17.6
Monroe 21,430 60.4% 14,071 39.6% 35,501 D+20.7
Lawrence 17,557 55.1% 14,329 44.9% 31,886 D+10.1
Adams 13,034 43.3% 17,084 56.7% 4 30,122 R+13.4
Crawford 11,695 41.9% 16,202 58.0% 16 27,913 R+16.1
Somerset 12,499 45.3% 15,028 54.5% 35 27,562 R+9.2
Northumberland 13,470 50.6% 13,140 49.4% 26,610 D+1.2
Indiana 12,953 49.2% 13,390 50.8% 26,343 R+1.7
Clearfield 12,938 50.1% 12,830 49.7% 32 25,800 D+0.4
Armstrong 9,552 41.3% 13,595 58.7% 23,147 R+17.5
Bradford 8,485 44.2% 10,670 55.6% 26 19,181 R+11.4
Columbia 9,281 50.5% 9,078 49.4% 26 18,385 D+1.1
Venango 7,906 44.8% 9,742 55.2% 13 17,661 R+10.4
Carbon 10,633 60.5% 6,917 39.4% 25 17,575 D+21.1
Bedford 6,372 38.3% 10,270 61.7% 1 16,643 R+23.4
Wayne 8,143 51.6% 7,635 48.4% 7 15,785 D+3.2
Susquehanna 8,239 54.5% 6,874 45.4% 18 15,131 D+9.0
Perry 4,477 30.9% 9,998 69.1% 14,475 R+38.1
Jefferson 5,402 38.1% 8,774 61.9% 14,176 R+23.8
Pike 7,393 53.0% 6,551 47.0% 5 13,949 D+6.0
Huntingdon 5,490 40.4% 8,103 59.6% 1 13,594 R+19.2
Warren 7,278 55.4% 5,846 44.5% 17 13,141 D+10.9
Clarion 5,451 42.1% 7,505 57.9% 3 12,959 R+15.8
Greene 7,055 55.4% 5,670 44.5% 18 12,743 D+10.9
Tioga 5,126 40.9% 7,370 58.9% 23 12,519 R+17.9
Mifflin 4,730 38.2% 7,642 61.8% 12,372 R+23.5
Union 5,006 43.4% 6,503 56.4% 13 11,522 R+13.0
Elk 6,907 60.5% 4,499 39.4% 17 11,423 D+21.1
Snyder 4,073 36.1% 7,203 63.9% 5 11,281 R+27.7
McKean 5,044 46.1% 5,890 53.8% 6 10,940 R+7.7
Wyoming 5,518 53.8% 4,726 46.0% 21 10,265 D+7.7
Clinton 5,464 55.7% 4,341 44.3% 9,805 D+11.5
Juniata 2,748 35.4% 4,995 64.3% 27 7,770 R+28.9
Montour 2,764 47.4% 3,059 52.5% 7 5,830 R+5.1
Potter 2,035 36.7% 3,498 63.1% 10 5,543 R+26.4
Fulton 1,670 38.5% 2,669 61.5% 4,339 R+23.0
Sullivan 1,264 49.8% 1,275 50.2% 2,539 R+0.4
Forest 929 46.7% 1,059 53.2% 1 1,989 R+6.5
Cameron 793 44.5% 989 55.5% 1,782 R+11.0

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