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Election 1974 Results

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1974 US Senate election in Pennsylvania

Richard Schweiker (Republican) beat Peter Flaherty (Democrat) in Pennsylvania in 1974, 53.0% to 45.9%, a margin of 7.1 points and 247,196 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1968, when Richard Schweiker also won.

Republicans led in 53 of the 67 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 14. The largest, Philadelphia, cast 557,803 votes and went to the Democrat by 0.8 points. The closest was Forest, where 144 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
Richard Schweiker won Republican 1,843,317 53.0%
Peter Flaherty Democratic 1,596,121 45.9%
All other candidates 38,374 1.1%
Total3,477,812

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Philadelphia 279,267 50.1% 274,776 49.3% 3,760 557,803 D+0.8
Allegheny 286,895 58.9% 194,021 39.8% 6,407 487,323 D+19.1
Delaware 76,473 36.9% 128,640 62.1% 1,929 207,042 R+25.2
Montgomery 60,067 29.2% 143,275 69.7% 2,288 205,630 R+40.5
Bucks 42,949 36.9% 71,093 61.1% 2,325 116,367 R+24.2
Westmoreland 68,691 64.8% 36,555 34.5% 799 106,045 D+30.3
Luzerne 42,947 40.7% 61,838 58.6% 773 105,558 R+17.9
Berks 36,560 44.7% 43,773 53.5% 1,539 81,872 R+8.8
Lackawanna 36,636 45.3% 43,851 54.3% 308 80,795 R+8.9
Chester 28,308 35.9% 49,702 63.0% 914 78,924 R+27.1
Lancaster 27,295 34.6% 50,173 63.7% 1,342 78,810 R+29.0
Erie 30,766 42.3% 40,873 56.2% 1,130 72,769 R+13.9
York 27,145 38.1% 43,047 60.5% 966 71,158 R+22.3
Lehigh 26,260 38.7% 40,603 59.9% 929 67,792 R+21.2
Washington 40,613 64.0% 22,456 35.4% 428 63,497 D+28.6
Beaver 42,300 67.3% 20,121 32.0% 401 62,822 D+35.3
Dauphin 20,011 32.4% 40,858 66.1% 967 61,836 R+33.7
Cambria 32,347 52.4% 29,079 47.1% 323 61,749 D+5.3
Schuylkill 21,914 37.8% 35,126 60.6% 946 57,986 R+22.8
Northampton 23,000 42.9% 29,546 55.1% 1,039 53,585 R+12.2
Cumberland 14,577 32.7% 29,268 65.6% 752 44,597 R+32.9
Fayette 26,515 63.7% 14,728 35.4% 357 41,600 D+28.3
Blair 15,064 37.8% 24,500 61.4% 323 39,887 R+23.7
Butler 23,576 64.0% 12,844 34.9% 413 36,833 D+29.1
Mercer 16,941 47.0% 18,496 51.4% 571 36,008 R+4.3
Northumberland 13,733 40.3% 20,014 58.8% 297 34,044 R+18.4
Lawrence 20,169 62.6% 11,858 36.8% 217 32,244 D+25.8
Lycoming 10,578 33.2% 20,777 65.2% 534 31,889 R+32.0
Centre 8,529 32.8% 17,281 66.4% 209 26,019 R+33.6
Armstrong 14,039 55.3% 11,238 44.3% 101 25,378 D+11.0
Franklin 10,658 42.6% 13,954 55.8% 400 25,012 R+13.2
Indiana 11,815 47.8% 12,812 51.8% 105 24,732 R+4.0
Somerset 13,077 53.6% 11,201 45.9% 135 24,413 D+7.7
Lebanon 8,682 35.8% 15,211 62.7% 372 24,265 R+26.9
Clearfield 10,404 45.6% 12,200 53.5% 220 22,824 R+7.9
Crawford 8,651 40.5% 12,365 57.8% 367 21,383 R+17.4
Columbia 7,478 41.8% 10,095 56.4% 312 17,885 R+14.6
Venango 8,103 49.0% 8,287 50.1% 143 16,533 R+1.1
Carbon 6,919 41.9% 9,328 56.4% 279 16,526 R+14.6
Adams 6,108 38.1% 9,761 61.0% 144 16,013 R+22.8
Bradford 3,747 24.4% 11,356 74.1% 226 15,329 R+49.6
Jefferson 7,215 49.2% 7,369 50.3% 71 14,655 R+1.1
Bedford 5,211 39.0% 8,080 60.5% 70 13,361 R+21.5
Monroe 5,376 41.4% 7,443 57.3% 169 12,988 R+15.9
Clarion 7,460 60.0% 4,904 39.4% 69 12,433 D+20.6
McKean 4,686 38.0% 7,535 61.1% 117 12,338 R+23.1
Susquehanna 3,680 30.4% 8,182 67.7% 232 12,094 R+37.2
Greene 6,744 59.7% 4,490 39.8% 59 11,293 D+20.0
Tioga 3,200 28.5% 7,905 70.4% 124 11,229 R+41.9
Warren 3,968 36.5% 6,705 61.6% 206 10,879 R+25.2
Huntingdon 3,331 30.8% 7,473 69.2% 10,804 R+38.3
Elk 5,928 56.5% 4,508 43.0% 56 10,492 D+13.5
Mifflin 3,100 29.9% 7,143 68.9% 117 10,360 R+39.0
Clinton 3,439 34.7% 6,357 64.2% 105 9,901 R+29.5
Perry 2,744 28.8% 6,636 69.7% 143 9,523 R+40.9
Wayne 2,760 29.8% 6,227 67.3% 262 9,249 R+37.5
Snyder 1,800 23.0% 5,909 75.5% 114 7,823 R+52.5
Union 1,915 25.9% 5,358 72.6% 111 7,384 R+46.6
Wyoming 1,990 27.2% 5,273 72.0% 64 7,327 R+44.8
Juniata 2,117 34.5% 3,981 64.9% 36 6,134 R+30.4
Montour 1,926 38.0% 3,091 61.0% 48 5,065 R+23.0
Potter 1,979 39.4% 2,998 59.6% 52 5,029 R+20.3
Pike 1,636 35.5% 2,899 62.9% 77 4,612 R+27.4
Fulton 1,345 42.0% 1,825 57.0% 32 3,202 R+15.0
Sullivan 989 37.4% 1,634 61.8% 21 2,644 R+24.4
Cameron 975 39.6% 1,468 59.6% 20 2,463 R+20.0
Forest 800 45.6% 944 53.9% 9 1,753 R+8.2

Counties as they stood in 1974; 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
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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