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Election 2006 Results

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2006 US House elections in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania elected 19 members of the House in 2006: Democrats won 11 seats and Republicans 8.

The closest was the 8th district, decided by 0.6 points: Patrick J. Murphy (Democrat) beat Michael G. Fitzpatrick (Republican), 50.3% to 49.7%, a margin of 0.6 points and 1,518 votes.

In the House vote by county, Republicans led in 44 of the 67 counties and Democrats in 23. The largest, Allegheny, cast 440,507 votes and went to the Democrat by 32.8 points. The closest was Sullivan, where 9 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.

Every district

DistrictDemocratVotesRepublicanVotesOthersMargin
1 Robert A. Brady137,987 (100.0%) none 12 D+100.0
2 Chaka Fattah165,867 (88.6%) Michael Gessner17,291 (9.2%) 4,125 D+79.3
3 Steven Porter85,110 (42.0%) Phil English108,525 (53.6%) 8,883 R+11.6
4 Jason Altmire131,847 (51.9%) Melissa A. Hart122,049 (48.0%) 188 D+3.9
5 Donald L. Hilliard76,456 (39.9%) John E. Peterson115,126 (60.0%) 145 R+20.2
6 Lois Murphy117,892 (49.3%) Jim Gerlach121,047 (50.7%) R+1.3
7 Joe Sestak147,898 (56.4%) Curt Weldon114,426 (43.6%) 110 D+12.8
8 Patrick J. Murphy125,656 (50.3%) Michael G. Fitzpatrick124,138 (49.7%) 23 D+0.6
9 Tony Barr79,610 (39.6%) Bill Shuster121,069 (60.3%) 141 R+20.6
10 Christopher Carney110,115 (52.9%) Don Sherwood97,862 (47.0%) 196 D+5.9
11 Paul E. Kanjorski134,340 (72.5%) Joseph F. Leonardi51,033 (27.5%) 40 D+44.9
12 John P. Murtha123,472 (60.8%) Diana Irey79,612 (39.2%) 79 D+21.6
13 Allyson Y. Schwartz147,368 (66.1%) Raj Peter Bhakta75,492 (33.9%) D+32.3
14 Michael F. Doyle161,075 (89.8%) none 18,326 D+89.8
15 Charles Dertinger86,186 (43.5%) Charles W. Dent106,153 (53.6%) 5,834 R+10.1
16 Lois K. Herr80,915 (39.5%) Joseph R. Pitts115,741 (56.6%) 8,013 R+17.0
17 Tim Holden137,253 (64.5%) Matthew A. Wertz75,455 (35.5%) 69 D+29.0
18 Chad Kluko105,419 (42.1%) Tim Murphy144,632 (57.8%) 189 R+15.7
19 Philip J. Avillo, Jr.74,625 (33.5%) Todd Russell Platts142,512 (63.9%) 5,761 R+30.5

The House vote in every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Allegheny 283,527 64.4% 139,260 31.6% 17,720 440,507 D+32.8
Philadelphia 343,121 87.4% 45,679 11.6% 3,858 392,658 D+75.8
Montgomery 178,130 61.5% 111,070 38.3% 550 289,750 D+23.1
Bucks 115,645 49.8% 116,669 50.2% 232,314 R+0.4
Delaware 120,915 58.8% 84,691 41.2% 205,606 D+17.6
Chester 81,365 46.9% 90,042 51.9% 1,938 173,345 R+5.0
Lancaster 54,689 36.4% 90,062 59.9% 5,493 150,244 R+23.5
Westmoreland 59,879 46.4% 69,127 53.6% 129,006 R+7.2
York 42,895 34.0% 80,457 63.7% 2,908 126,260 R+29.7
Berks 60,065 51.9% 55,038 47.6% 582 115,685 D+4.3
Luzerne 66,378 70.2% 28,137 29.8% 94,515 D+40.5
Lehigh 38,810 41.5% 51,963 55.5% 2,773 93,546 R+14.1
Dauphin 53,071 61.7% 32,976 38.3% 86,047 D+23.4
Erie 37,138 43.7% 44,405 52.2% 3,536 85,079 R+8.5
Northampton 38,212 46.4% 41,404 50.3% 2,691 82,307 R+3.9
Cumberland 25,616 32.5% 51,693 65.5% 1,574 78,883 R+33.1
Lackawanna 57,134 73.6% 20,495 26.4% 77,629 D+47.2
Washington 34,277 47.5% 37,810 52.5% 72,087 R+4.9
Beaver 39,024 60.3% 25,669 39.7% 64,693 D+20.6
Butler 24,857 39.2% 37,061 58.5% 1,469 63,387 R+19.3
Cambria 35,527 67.7% 16,987 32.3% 52,514 D+35.3
Schuylkill 36,642 77.8% 10,438 22.2% 47,080 D+55.7
Franklin 15,243 35.5% 27,666 64.5% 42,909 R+29.0
Centre 19,524 45.6% 23,269 54.4% 42,793 R+8.8
Lebanon 23,093 59.2% 15,921 40.8% 39,014 D+18.4
Blair 15,024 38.6% 23,881 61.4% 38,905 R+22.8
Mercer 19,648 51.7% 17,014 44.8% 1,334 37,996 D+6.9
Fayette 23,138 61.6% 14,436 38.4% 37,574 D+23.2
Lycoming 15,078 42.8% 20,114 57.2% 35,192 R+14.3
Monroe 22,226 64.6% 12,174 35.4% 34,400 D+29.2
Lawrence 18,430 57.8% 13,480 42.2% 31,910 D+15.5
Adams 10,754 35.5% 18,373 60.7% 1,158 30,285 R+25.2
Crawford 9,631 34.7% 17,023 61.3% 1,128 27,782 R+26.6
Somerset 13,051 47.5% 14,396 52.5% 27,447 R+4.9
Indiana 12,477 47.5% 13,781 52.5% 26,258 R+5.0
Northumberland 14,610 56.1% 11,420 43.9% 26,030 D+12.3
Clearfield 11,944 47.0% 13,447 53.0% 25,391 R+5.9
Armstrong 10,207 44.5% 12,332 53.8% 379 22,918 R+9.3
Bradford 8,814 46.7% 10,057 53.3% 18,871 R+6.6
Columbia 11,463 63.1% 6,712 36.9% 18,175 D+26.1
Venango 6,031 34.6% 11,346 65.0% 76 17,453 R+30.5
Carbon 12,215 70.4% 5,137 29.6% 17,352 D+40.8
Bedford 6,038 36.4% 10,562 63.6% 16,600 R+27.3
Wayne 7,575 48.5% 8,047 51.5% 15,622 R+3.0
Susquehanna 7,496 49.7% 7,589 50.3% 15,085 R+0.6
Perry 5,615 39.1% 8,739 60.9% 14,354 R+21.8
Jefferson 5,665 40.5% 8,333 59.5% 13,998 R+19.1
Pike 7,174 52.2% 6,569 47.8% 13,743 D+4.4
Huntingdon 5,811 43.0% 7,709 57.0% 13,520 R+14.0
Warren 4,217 32.5% 7,983 61.5% 784 12,984 R+29.0
Clarion 4,596 35.9% 8,196 64.1% 12,792 R+28.1
Greene 7,356 58.5% 5,210 41.5% 12,566 D+17.1
Tioga 4,089 33.2% 8,220 66.8% 12,309 R+33.6
Mifflin 4,199 35.2% 7,725 64.8% 11,924 R+29.6
Union 5,527 48.8% 5,789 51.2% 11,316 R+2.3
Elk 5,417 48.1% 5,855 51.9% 11,272 R+3.9
Snyder 4,816 43.5% 6,245 56.5% 11,061 R+12.9
McKean 3,660 33.7% 7,190 66.3% 10,850 R+32.5
Wyoming 4,328 42.3% 5,896 57.7% 10,224 R+15.3
Clinton 4,255 43.8% 5,450 56.2% 9,705 R+12.3
Juniata 2,487 32.5% 5,164 67.5% 7,651 R+35.0
Montour 3,103 54.2% 2,621 45.8% 5,724 D+8.4
Potter 1,612 29.4% 3,879 70.6% 5,491 R+41.3
Fulton 1,828 41.8% 2,549 58.2% 4,377 R+16.5
Sullivan 1,253 50.2% 1,244 49.8% 2,497 D+0.4
Forest 766 38.5% 1,222 61.5% 1,988 R+22.9
Cameron 690 39.3% 1,065 60.7% 1,755 R+21.4

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Pennsylvania in every House election we hold

YearSeatsHouse vote
2024 D 7, R 10 R+2.1
2022 D 9, R 8 R+5.2
2020 D 9, R 9 R+1.3
2018 D 9, R 9 D+10.3
2016 D 5, R 13 R+8.2
2014 D 5, R 13 R+11.0
2012 D 5, R 13 D+1.5
2010 D 7, R 12 R+3.8
2008 D 12, R 7 D+11.9
2006 D 11, R 8 D+12.4
2004 D 7, R 12 R+1.7
2002 D 7, R 12 R+15.4
2000 D 10, R 11 D+1.1
1998 D 11, R 10 R+3.2
1996 D 11, R 10 D+4.3
1994 D 11, R 10 R+10.1
1992 D 11, R 10 R+4.2
1990 D 11, R 12 R+9.1