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Election 1962 Results

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1962 US Senate election in Pennsylvania

Joseph S. Clark (Democrat) beat James E. Van Zandt (Republican) in Pennsylvania in 1962, 51.1% to 48.7%, a margin of 2.4 points and 103,734 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1956, when Joseph S. Clark also won.

Republicans led in 50 of the 67 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 17. The largest, Philadelphia, cast 794,579 votes and went to the Democrat by 22.7 points. The closest was Mercer, where 38 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.

Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Joseph S. Clark won Democratic 2,238,383 51.1%
James E. Van Zandt Republican 2,134,649 48.7%
All other candidates 10,443 0.2%
Total4,383,475

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Philadelphia 486,549 61.2% 306,160 38.5% 1,870 794,579 D+22.7
Allegheny 375,494 58.2% 267,274 41.4% 2,049 644,817 D+16.8
Delaware 95,948 42.0% 131,976 57.8% 360 228,284 R+15.8
Montgomery 79,204 38.5% 126,131 61.3% 317 205,652 R+22.8
Luzerne 81,690 53.8% 69,675 45.9% 588 151,953 D+7.9
Westmoreland 81,640 60.3% 53,263 39.3% 558 135,461 D+20.9
Lackawanna 68,390 55.6% 54,518 44.3% 71 122,979 D+11.3
Bucks 49,631 46.2% 57,557 53.6% 294 107,482 R+7.4
Berks 48,333 50.9% 46,390 48.8% 308 95,031 D+2.0
Lancaster 30,832 32.6% 63,532 67.2% 173 94,537 R+34.6
Erie 48,820 53.8% 41,750 46.0% 202 90,772 D+7.8
Dauphin 32,189 37.2% 54,122 62.6% 198 86,509 R+25.4
Cambria 43,961 53.9% 37,395 45.8% 247 81,603 D+8.0
York 38,756 48.0% 41,922 51.9% 146 80,824 R+3.9
Washington 49,546 61.5% 30,759 38.2% 215 80,520 D+23.3
Schuylkill 37,565 47.1% 42,100 52.8% 118 79,783 R+5.7
Lehigh 37,797 47.4% 41,651 52.3% 226 79,674 R+4.8
Chester 28,790 38.1% 46,763 61.8% 103 75,656 R+23.8
Beaver 45,391 60.8% 28,934 38.8% 280 74,605 D+22.1
Northampton 37,563 55.3% 30,146 44.4% 180 67,889 D+10.9
Fayette 36,361 61.5% 22,630 38.3% 126 59,117 D+23.2
Blair 17,132 35.0% 31,685 64.8% 79 48,896 R+29.8
Cumberland 17,653 37.7% 29,046 62.1% 76 46,775 R+24.4
Northumberland 20,700 45.2% 25,041 54.7% 79 45,820 R+9.5
Mercer 21,514 49.9% 21,476 49.8% 96 43,086 D+0.1
Lycoming 17,825 42.7% 23,811 57.1% 79 41,715 R+14.3
Lawrence 21,902 53.1% 19,154 46.5% 159 41,215 D+6.7
Butler 18,291 45.8% 21,582 54.0% 77 39,950 R+8.2
Somerset 14,427 43.5% 18,682 56.3% 52 33,161 R+12.8
Armstrong 15,509 49.0% 16,081 50.8% 79 31,669 R+1.8
Indiana 14,022 45.6% 16,689 54.2% 56 30,767 R+8.7
Clearfield 13,507 44.0% 17,116 55.8% 75 30,698 R+11.8
Franklin 12,982 42.9% 17,262 57.0% 32 30,276 R+14.1
Lebanon 10,226 34.2% 19,656 65.7% 47 29,929 R+31.5
Crawford 11,327 43.2% 14,810 56.5% 80 26,217 R+13.3
Centre 9,184 36.9% 15,680 62.9% 45 24,909 R+26.1
Columbia 10,688 46.2% 12,416 53.6% 41 23,145 R+7.5
Carbon 11,436 50.8% 11,074 49.1% 23 22,533 D+1.6
Venango 8,771 41.0% 12,589 58.8% 44 21,404 R+17.8
Jefferson 8,465 41.3% 12,030 58.6% 18 20,513 R+17.4
Bradford 7,418 36.3% 13,006 63.6% 30 20,454 R+27.3
Adams 8,120 43.0% 10,756 56.9% 22 18,898 R+13.9
Bedford 7,128 39.0% 11,128 60.8% 38 18,294 R+21.9
McKean 6,823 38.8% 10,687 60.8% 76 17,586 R+22.0
Greene 9,894 60.4% 6,438 39.3% 39 16,371 D+21.1
Clarion 6,854 44.5% 8,508 55.3% 31 15,393 R+10.7
Susquehanna 5,930 38.6% 9,414 61.3% 14 15,358 R+22.7
Monroe 6,987 46.1% 8,134 53.7% 26 15,147 R+7.6
Huntingdon 5,744 38.7% 9,073 61.2% 19 14,836 R+22.4
Warren 5,823 40.0% 8,695 59.7% 55 14,573 R+19.7
Tioga 4,975 34.8% 9,289 65.1% 12 14,276 R+30.2
Clinton 6,330 45.7% 7,487 54.1% 30 13,847 R+8.4
Elk 7,181 52.7% 6,426 47.2% 21 13,628 D+5.5
Mifflin 5,622 42.4% 7,625 57.5% 24 13,271 R+15.1
Wayne 4,259 32.8% 8,675 66.9% 32 12,966 R+34.1
Perry 4,445 38.2% 7,173 61.6% 23 11,641 R+23.4
Snyder 2,792 29.0% 6,809 70.8% 14 9,615 R+41.8
Union 2,536 27.4% 6,702 72.5% 11 9,249 R+45.0
Wyoming 2,877 34.0% 5,567 65.9% 10 8,454 R+31.8
Juniata 3,403 44.3% 4,273 55.6% 9 7,685 R+11.3
Potter 2,684 38.0% 4,360 61.7% 21 7,065 R+23.7
Montour 2,837 45.3% 3,416 54.6% 7 6,260 R+9.2
Pike 1,915 37.0% 3,256 63.0% 1 5,172 R+25.9
Fulton 1,978 45.7% 2,344 54.2% 4 4,326 R+8.5
Cameron 1,362 41.7% 1,903 58.2% 3 3,268 R+16.6
Sullivan 1,468 46.3% 1,699 53.6% 1 3,168 R+7.3
Forest 987 43.5% 1,278 56.3% 4 2,269 R+12.8

Counties as they stood in 1962; 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 Senate elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Dave McCormick (R) R+0.2
2022 John K Fetterman (D) D+4.9
2018 Robert P Casey Jr (D) D+12.9
2016 Patrick J. Toomey (R) R+1.4
2012 Robert P. Casey, Jr. (D) D+9.1
2010 Pat Toomey (R) R+2.0
2006 Bob Casey, Jr. (D) D+17.4
2004 Arlen Specter (R) R+10.6
2000 Rick Santorum (R) R+6.9
1998 Arlen Specter (R) R+26.6
1994 Rick Santorum (R) R+2.5
1992 Arlen Specter (R) R+2.8
1988 John Heinz (R) R+34.0
1986 Arlen Specter (R) R+13.6
1982 John Heinz (R) R+20.1
1980 Arlen Specter (R) R+2.4
1976 H. John Heinz III (R) R+5.6
1974 Richard Schweiker (R) R+7.1
1970 Hugh Scott (R) R+6.0
1968 Richard Schweiker (R) R+6.1
1964 Hugh Scott (R) R+1.5
1962 Joseph S. Clark (D) D+2.4
1958 Hugh Scott (R) R+2.8
1956 Joseph S. Clark (D) D+0.4
1952 Edward Martin (R) R+3.6
1950 James H. Duff (R) R+3.6
1946 Edward Martin (R) R+19.4
1944 Francis Myers (D) D+0.6
1940 Joseph F. Guffey (D) D+4.4
1938 James J. Davis (R) R+10.6
1934 Joseph F. Guffey (D) D+4.3
1932 James J. Davis (R) R+6.2
1928 David A. Reed (R) R+30.4
1926 William S. Vare (R) R+11.5
1922 David A. Reed (R) R+25.5
1920 Boies Penrose (R) R+32.8
1916 Philander Knox (R) R+19.1
1914 Boies Penrose (R) R+22.8