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2008 US House elections in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania elected 19 members of the House in 2008: Democrats won 12 seats and Republicans 7.

The closest was the 3rd district, decided by 2.5 points: Kathy Dahlkemper (Democrat) beat Phil English (Republican), 51.2% to 48.8%, a margin of 2.5 points and 7,139 votes.

In the House vote by county, Republicans led in 38 of the 67 counties and Democrats in 29. The largest, Philadelphia, cast 667,949 votes and went to the Democrat by 72.2 points. The closest was Elk, where 111 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. Brady242,799 (90.8%) Mike Muhammad24,714 (9.2%) D+81.5
2 Chaka Fattah276,870 (88.9%) Adam A. Lang34,466 (11.1%) D+77.9
3 Kathy Dahlkemper146,846 (51.2%) Phil English139,707 (48.8%) D+2.5
4 Jason Altmire186,536 (55.9%) Melissa Hart147,411 (44.1%) D+11.7
5 Mark B. McCracken112,509 (41.0%) Glenn W. Thompson155,513 (56.7%) 6,155 R+15.7
6 Bob Roggio164,952 (47.9%) Jim Gerlach179,423 (52.1%) R+4.2
7 Joe Sestak209,955 (59.6%) W. Craig Williams142,362 (40.4%) D+19.2
8 Patrick J. Murphy197,869 (56.8%) Tom Manion145,103 (41.6%) 5,543 D+15.1
9 Tony Barr98,735 (36.1%) Bill Shuster174,951 (63.9%) R+27.9
10 Christopher P. Carney160,837 (56.3%) Chris Hackett124,681 (43.7%) D+12.7
11 Paul E. Kanjorski146,379 (51.6%) Lou Barletta137,151 (48.4%) D+3.3
12 John P. Murtha155,268 (57.9%) William Russell113,120 (42.1%) D+15.7
13 Allyson Y. Schwartz196,868 (62.8%) Marina Kats108,271 (34.5%) 8,374 D+28.3
14 Michael F. Doyle242,326 (91.3%) none 23,214 D+91.3
15 Sam Bennett128,333 (41.4%) Charles W. Dent181,433 (58.6%) R+17.1
16 Bruce A. Slater120,193 (39.4%) Joseph R. Pitts170,329 (55.8%) 14,645 R+16.4
17 Tim Holden192,699 (63.7%) Toni Gilhooley109,909 (36.3%) D+27.4
18 Steve O'Donnell119,661 (35.9%) Tim Murphy213,349 (64.1%) R+28.1
19 Philip J. Avillo Jr.109,533 (33.4%) Todd Russell Platts218,862 (66.6%) R+33.3

The House vote in every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Philadelphia 573,291 85.8% 91,002 13.6% 3,656 667,949 D+72.2
Allegheny 396,894 65.3% 187,955 30.9% 23,214 608,063 D+34.4
Montgomery 233,827 57.8% 166,096 41.0% 4,868 404,791 D+16.7
Bucks 181,993 56.0% 137,775 42.4% 5,393 325,161 D+13.6
Delaware 180,065 63.4% 103,837 36.6% 283,902 D+26.9
Chester 113,164 45.5% 131,918 53.0% 3,736 248,818 R+7.5
Lancaster 79,979 36.0% 132,142 59.6% 9,761 221,882 R+23.5
York 66,014 34.5% 125,360 65.5% 191,374 R+31.0
Westmoreland 72,694 42.0% 100,412 58.0% 173,106 R+16.0
Berks 92,502 53.6% 79,032 45.8% 1,148 172,682 D+7.8
Lehigh 61,201 41.4% 86,457 58.6% 147,658 R+17.1
Luzerne 67,448 50.4% 66,491 49.6% 133,939 D+0.7
Northampton 53,498 41.6% 74,985 58.4% 128,483 R+16.7
Erie 71,332 56.6% 54,669 43.4% 126,001 D+13.2
Dauphin 78,402 63.2% 45,654 36.8% 124,056 D+26.4
Cumberland 35,942 32.4% 74,876 67.6% 110,818 R+35.1
Lackawanna 68,435 64.3% 38,054 35.7% 106,489 D+28.5
Washington 41,704 42.9% 55,527 57.1% 97,231 R+14.2
Butler 40,707 45.7% 48,395 54.3% 89,102 R+8.6
Beaver 53,205 63.8% 30,135 36.2% 83,340 D+27.7
Centre 33,686 45.9% 38,036 51.8% 1,714 73,436 R+5.9
Cambria 43,466 66.0% 22,413 34.0% 65,879 D+32.0
Monroe 36,271 56.0% 28,538 44.0% 64,809 D+11.9
Schuylkill 47,941 76.1% 15,062 23.9% 63,003 D+52.2
Franklin 20,545 32.9% 41,923 67.1% 62,468 R+34.2
Lebanon 30,176 52.9% 26,910 47.1% 57,086 D+5.7
Blair 20,827 39.3% 32,167 60.7% 52,994 R+21.4
Mercer 28,670 54.2% 24,222 45.8% 52,892 D+8.4
Fayette 29,369 57.0% 22,167 43.0% 51,536 D+14.0
Lycoming 21,012 43.6% 26,848 55.7% 375 48,235 R+12.1
Adams 13,416 30.6% 30,393 69.4% 43,809 R+38.8
Lawrence 25,441 60.9% 16,329 39.1% 41,770 D+21.8
Crawford 15,737 41.9% 21,754 57.9% 83 37,574 R+16.0
Indiana 16,233 44.1% 20,554 55.9% 36,787 R+11.7
Somerset 14,709 42.1% 20,235 57.9% 34,944 R+15.8
Northumberland 19,207 56.8% 14,633 43.2% 33,840 D+13.5
Clearfield 15,582 46.6% 17,424 52.1% 438 33,444 R+5.5
Armstrong 13,576 45.5% 16,258 54.5% 29,834 R+9.0
Columbia 11,490 41.5% 16,201 58.5% 27,691 R+17.0
Carbon 12,525 47.4% 13,905 52.6% 26,430 R+5.2
Bradford 13,128 51.8% 12,228 48.2% 25,356 D+3.5
Pike 12,279 51.9% 11,397 48.1% 23,676 D+3.7
Venango 8,766 38.2% 13,251 57.8% 920 22,937 R+19.6
Wayne 11,620 51.8% 10,834 48.2% 22,454 D+3.5
Bedford 7,135 31.9% 15,200 68.1% 22,335 R+36.1
Perry 7,392 38.2% 11,936 61.8% 19,328 R+23.5
Susquehanna 11,334 59.3% 7,790 40.7% 19,124 D+18.5
Jefferson 6,950 37.5% 11,234 60.5% 370 18,554 R+23.1
Huntingdon 7,605 41.4% 10,764 58.6% 18,369 R+17.2
Warren 8,103 44.9% 9,801 54.3% 148 18,052 R+9.4
Tioga 5,816 33.1% 11,330 64.5% 427 17,573 R+31.4
Clarion 7,027 40.2% 10,019 57.3% 436 17,482 R+17.1
Union 8,509 50.5% 8,332 49.5% 16,841 D+1.1
Mifflin 5,143 31.8% 10,896 67.3% 159 16,198 R+35.5
Greene 8,378 52.8% 7,499 47.2% 15,877 D+5.5
McKean 5,743 37.5% 9,306 60.7% 278 15,327 R+23.2
Snyder 6,566 43.5% 8,536 56.5% 15,102 R+13.0
Clinton 6,229 43.3% 7,916 55.1% 232 14,377 R+11.7
Elk 6,948 49.4% 6,837 48.7% 268 14,053 D+0.8
Wyoming 7,550 58.3% 5,400 41.7% 12,950 D+16.6
Juniata 2,754 28.8% 6,790 70.9% 27 9,571 R+42.2
Montour 4,224 53.7% 3,646 46.3% 7,870 D+7.3
Potter 2,055 28.0% 5,102 69.6% 177 7,334 R+41.5
Fulton 2,173 35.0% 4,037 65.0% 6,210 R+30.0
Sullivan 1,670 54.5% 1,392 45.5% 3,062 D+9.1
Forest 1,043 43.6% 1,289 53.9% 60 2,392 R+10.3
Cameron 852 38.8% 1,299 59.2% 43 2,194 R+20.4

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