Election 2012 Results
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2012 US House elections in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania elected 18 members of the House in 2012: Democrats won 5 seats and Republicans 13.
The closest was the 12th district, decided by 3.5 points: Keith J. Rothfus (Republican) beat Mark S. Critz (Democrat), 51.7% to 48.3%, a margin of 3.5 points and 11,763 votes.
In the House vote by county, Republicans led in 55 of the 67 counties and Democrats in 12. The largest, Philadelphia, cast 649,949 votes and went to the Democrat by 73.9 points. The closest was Fayette, where 459 votes separated the two parties.
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
| District | Democrat | Votes | Republican | Votes | Others | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert A. Brady | 235,394 (84.9%) | John Featherman | 41,708 (15.1%) | D+69.9 | |
| 2 | Chaka Fattah | 318,176 (89.3%) | Robert Allen Mansfield, Jr. | 33,381 (9.4%) | 4,829 | D+79.9 |
| 3 | Missa Eaton | 123,933 (41.0%) | Mike Kelly | 165,826 (54.8%) | 12,755 | R+13.9 |
| 4 | Harry Perkinson | 104,643 (34.4%) | Scott Perry | 181,603 (59.7%) | 17,734 | R+25.3 |
| 5 | Charles Dumas | 104,725 (37.1%) | Glenn Thompson | 177,740 (62.9%) | R+25.9 | |
| 6 | Manan M. Trivedi | 143,803 (42.9%) | Jim Gerlach | 191,725 (57.1%) | R+14.3 | |
| 7 | George Badey | 143,509 (40.6%) | Patrick Meehan | 209,942 (59.4%) | R+18.8 | |
| 8 | Kathy Boockvar | 152,859 (43.4%) | Michael G. Fitzpatrick | 199,379 (56.6%) | R+13.2 | |
| 9 | Karen Ramsburg | 105,128 (38.3%) | Bill Shuster | 169,177 (61.7%) | R+23.4 | |
| 10 | Philip Scollo | 94,227 (34.4%) | Tom Marino | 179,563 (65.6%) | R+31.2 | |
| 11 | Gene Stilp | 118,231 (41.5%) | Lou Barletta | 166,967 (58.5%) | R+17.1 | |
| 12 | Mark S. Critz | 163,589 (48.3%) | Keith J. Rothfus | 175,352 (51.7%) | R+3.5 | |
| 13 | Allyson Y. Schwartz | 209,901 (69.1%) | Joseph James Rooney | 93,918 (30.9%) | D+38.2 | |
| 14 | Michael F. Doyle | 251,932 (76.9%) | Hans Lessmann | 75,702 (23.1%) | D+53.8 | |
| 15 | Rick Daugherty | 128,764 (43.2%) | Charles W. Dent | 168,960 (56.8%) | R+13.5 | |
| 16 | Aryanna C. Strader | 111,185 (39.0%) | Joseph R. Pitts | 156,192 (54.8%) | 17,404 | R+15.8 |
| 17 | Matthew A. Cartwright | 161,393 (60.3%) | Laureen A. Cummings | 106,208 (39.7%) | D+20.6 | |
| 18 | Larry Maggi | 122,146 (36.0%) | Tim Murphy | 216,727 (64.0%) | R+27.9 |
The House vote in every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia | 562,767 86.6% | 82,709 12.7% | 4,473 | 649,949 | D+73.9 |
| Allegheny | 343,431 61.0% | 219,359 39.0% | 562,790 | D+22.0 | |
| Montgomery | 218,807 55.3% | 176,663 44.6% | 356 | 395,826 | D+10.6 |
| Bucks | 137,917 43.9% | 175,918 56.1% | 313,835 | R+12.1 | |
| Delaware | 144,034 52.6% | 129,744 47.4% | 273,778 | D+5.2 | |
| Chester | 106,897 43.4% | 137,499 55.8% | 2,158 | 246,554 | R+12.4 |
| Lancaster | 72,073 33.0% | 132,928 60.8% | 13,624 | 218,625 | R+27.8 |
| York | 59,351 31.9% | 114,159 61.4% | 12,505 | 186,015 | R+29.5 |
| Westmoreland | 65,917 36.8% | 113,062 63.2% | 178,979 | R+26.3 | |
| Berks | 71,331 44.0% | 89,175 55.0% | 1,766 | 162,272 | R+11.0 |
| Lehigh | 67,957 47.2% | 75,871 52.8% | 143,828 | R+5.5 | |
| Northampton | 60,425 48.9% | 63,193 51.1% | 123,618 | R+2.2 | |
| Luzerne | 61,134 50.2% | 60,566 49.8% | 121,700 | D+0.5 | |
| Dauphin | 59,937 51.0% | 57,358 48.8% | 328 | 117,623 | D+2.2 |
| Erie | 60,427 52.5% | 51,012 44.4% | 3,560 | 114,999 | D+8.2 |
| Cumberland | 37,514 34.6% | 67,678 62.5% | 3,109 | 108,301 | R+27.9 |
| Washington | 43,602 44.5% | 54,333 55.5% | 97,935 | R+11.0 | |
| Lackawanna | 62,820 66.6% | 31,475 33.4% | 94,295 | D+33.2 | |
| Beaver | 47,484 50.4% | 46,786 49.6% | 94,270 | D+0.7 | |
| Butler | 25,527 29.0% | 59,742 67.8% | 2,892 | 88,161 | R+38.8 |
| Centre | 30,567 45.2% | 37,012 54.8% | 67,579 | R+9.5 | |
| Franklin | 19,187 31.1% | 42,564 68.9% | 61,751 | R+37.9 | |
| Cambria | 33,688 58.2% | 24,219 41.8% | 57,907 | D+16.4 | |
| Monroe | 31,826 55.5% | 25,523 44.5% | 57,349 | D+11.0 | |
| Schuylkill | 26,571 47.6% | 29,298 52.4% | 55,869 | R+4.9 | |
| Lebanon | 17,819 32.7% | 36,648 67.3% | 54,467 | R+34.6 | |
| Mercer | 24,692 49.1% | 23,869 47.4% | 1,754 | 50,315 | D+1.6 |
| Blair | 17,256 34.6% | 32,655 65.4% | 49,911 | R+30.9 | |
| Fayette | 23,200 49.5% | 23,659 50.5% | 46,859 | R+1.0 | |
| Lycoming | 12,733 27.8% | 33,044 72.1% | 59 | 45,836 | R+44.3 |
| Adams | 12,105 29.0% | 27,408 65.6% | 2,249 | 41,762 | R+36.6 |
| Lawrence | 17,826 45.2% | 20,370 51.7% | 1,237 | 39,433 | R+6.5 |
| Somerset | 15,507 40.4% | 22,881 59.6% | 38,388 | R+19.2 | |
| Indiana | 13,517 38.1% | 21,999 61.9% | 35,516 | R+23.9 | |
| Crawford | 13,032 37.2% | 20,183 57.7% | 1,792 | 35,007 | R+20.4 |
| Northumberland | 11,395 35.4% | 20,738 64.5% | 24 | 32,157 | R+29.1 |
| Clearfield | 9,617 30.6% | 21,801 69.3% | 28 | 31,446 | R+38.7 |
| Armstrong | 8,607 29.8% | 18,939 65.5% | 1,350 | 28,896 | R+35.8 |
| Columbia | 9,532 37.8% | 15,693 62.2% | 25,225 | R+24.4 | |
| Carbon | 11,446 46.9% | 12,977 53.1% | 24,423 | R+6.3 | |
| Pike | 10,507 44.6% | 13,075 55.4% | 23,582 | R+10.9 | |
| Bradford | 6,789 30.0% | 15,840 70.0% | 22,629 | R+40.0 | |
| Bedford | 6,298 28.6% | 15,752 71.4% | 22,050 | R+42.9 | |
| Venango | 6,896 31.7% | 14,809 68.2% | 19 | 21,724 | R+36.4 |
| Wayne | 7,134 34.2% | 13,754 65.8% | 20,888 | R+31.7 | |
| Perry | 5,411 29.1% | 13,191 70.9% | 18,602 | R+41.8 | |
| Jefferson | 4,484 25.1% | 13,354 74.9% | 17,838 | R+49.7 | |
| Susquehanna | 5,884 33.4% | 11,697 66.4% | 28 | 17,609 | R+33.0 |
| Huntingdon | 5,267 30.6% | 11,940 69.3% | 24 | 17,231 | R+38.7 |
| Warren | 5,943 35.6% | 10,711 64.2% | 22 | 16,676 | R+28.6 |
| Tioga | 4,604 28.0% | 11,827 72.0% | 16,431 | R+44.0 | |
| Clarion | 4,597 28.9% | 11,092 69.7% | 227 | 15,916 | R+40.8 |
| Mifflin | 4,122 26.1% | 11,668 73.9% | 15,790 | R+47.8 | |
| Union | 5,250 33.3% | 10,522 66.7% | 15,772 | R+33.4 | |
| McKean | 4,334 29.5% | 10,334 70.5% | 14,668 | R+40.9 | |
| Greene | 6,544 45.4% | 7,857 54.6% | 14,401 | R+9.1 | |
| Snyder | 3,759 26.2% | 10,608 73.8% | 14,367 | R+47.7 | |
| Elk | 4,627 35.5% | 8,416 64.5% | 13,043 | R+29.1 | |
| Clinton | 4,727 36.4% | 8,252 63.6% | 12,979 | R+27.2 | |
| Wyoming | 4,441 38.0% | 7,235 62.0% | 11,676 | R+23.9 | |
| Juniata | 2,376 25.8% | 6,822 74.1% | 13 | 9,211 | R+48.3 |
| Montour | 2,959 39.1% | 4,610 60.9% | 7,569 | R+21.8 | |
| Potter | 1,589 22.4% | 5,505 77.6% | 7,094 | R+55.2 | |
| Fulton | 1,695 27.8% | 4,407 72.2% | 6,102 | R+44.4 | |
| Sullivan | 866 30.2% | 1,997 69.7% | 1 | 2,864 | R+39.5 |
| Forest | 773 34.3% | 1,483 65.7% | 2,256 | R+31.5 | |
| Cameron | 651 31.4% | 1,421 68.5% | 2 | 2,074 | R+37.1 |
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
| Year | Seats | House 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 |