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Election 1982 Results

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1982 US Senate election in Pennsylvania

John Heinz (Republican) beat Cyril H. Wecht (Democrat) in Pennsylvania in 1982, 59.3% to 39.2%, a margin of 20.1 points and 723,453 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1976, when H. John Heinz III won.

Republicans led in 64 of the 67 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 3. The largest, Philadelphia, cast 522,289 votes and went to the Democrat by 20.2 points. The closest was Lawrence, where 200 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
John Heinz won Republican 2,136,418 59.3%
Cyril H. Wecht Democratic 1,412,965 39.2%
All other candidates 54,725 1.5%
Total3,604,108

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Philadelphia 308,759 59.1% 203,458 39.0% 10,072 522,289 D+20.2
Allegheny 190,423 37.7% 303,658 60.1% 11,037 505,118 R+22.4
Montgomery 55,330 28.2% 139,004 70.7% 2,166 196,500 R+42.6
Delaware 58,278 30.3% 132,001 68.5% 2,291 192,570 R+38.3
Bucks 49,884 33.8% 96,114 65.0% 1,763 147,761 R+31.3
Westmoreland 48,910 41.4% 67,236 56.9% 2,013 118,159 R+15.5
Luzerne 51,650 48.4% 54,060 50.6% 1,106 106,816 R+2.3
Chester 22,579 25.1% 66,208 73.7% 1,048 89,835 R+48.6
Lancaster 17,633 20.0% 69,684 79.0% 936 88,253 R+59.0
Erie 36,028 41.8% 48,263 56.0% 1,840 86,131 R+14.2
Berks 28,193 34.2% 52,908 64.2% 1,374 82,475 R+30.0
York 23,343 29.6% 54,411 69.1% 1,045 78,799 R+39.4
Beaver 34,962 46.9% 38,645 51.8% 950 74,557 R+4.9
Lehigh 24,022 33.2% 47,288 65.4% 1,022 72,332 R+32.2
Lackawanna 31,401 44.8% 37,787 53.9% 898 70,086 R+9.1
Washington 32,133 46.4% 36,434 52.6% 733 69,300 R+6.2
Dauphin 21,877 32.1% 45,075 66.2% 1,157 68,109 R+34.1
Cambria 27,216 44.2% 33,898 55.1% 424 61,538 R+10.9
Northampton 24,408 42.1% 32,453 56.0% 1,116 57,977 R+13.9
Schuylkill 22,725 41.0% 32,064 57.9% 575 55,364 R+16.9
Cumberland 14,463 26.7% 39,109 72.2% 602 54,174 R+45.5
Butler 15,972 34.9% 28,974 63.3% 842 45,788 R+28.4
Fayette 22,267 51.6% 20,332 47.1% 558 43,157 D+4.5
Blair 11,254 27.9% 28,729 71.2% 395 40,378 R+43.3
Mercer 16,415 43.8% 20,329 54.2% 737 37,481 R+10.4
Lawrence 17,833 49.1% 18,033 49.6% 455 36,321 R+0.6
Lycoming 10,624 32.2% 21,983 66.6% 413 33,020 R+34.4
Centre 8,692 27.1% 22,510 70.2% 844 32,046 R+43.1
Northumberland 13,651 45.1% 15,957 52.7% 656 30,264 R+7.6
Franklin 9,365 33.3% 18,545 65.9% 243 28,153 R+32.6
Lebanon 7,138 25.7% 20,064 72.2% 584 27,786 R+46.5
Indiana 9,576 35.2% 17,332 63.7% 295 27,203 R+28.5
Somerset 9,672 36.7% 16,521 62.6% 186 26,379 R+26.0
Crawford 9,554 37.3% 15,700 61.3% 362 25,616 R+24.0
Armstrong 9,684 40.6% 13,854 58.1% 301 23,839 R+17.5
Clearfield 9,634 40.8% 13,799 58.4% 203 23,636 R+17.6
Columbia 7,520 39.1% 11,573 60.2% 120 19,213 R+21.1
Adams 5,618 30.2% 12,808 68.9% 172 18,598 R+38.7
Venango 6,049 33.4% 11,918 65.8% 136 18,103 R+32.4
Monroe 6,242 36.1% 10,795 62.5% 248 17,285 R+26.3
Carbon 7,678 46.5% 8,626 52.3% 199 16,503 R+5.7
Bradford 3,820 24.7% 11,515 74.4% 134 15,469 R+49.7
Bedford 4,487 31.5% 9,666 67.9% 76 14,229 R+36.4
Jefferson 4,503 33.2% 8,964 66.0% 108 13,575 R+32.9
Clarion 4,334 34.0% 8,288 65.0% 131 12,753 R+31.0
Greene 6,232 51.6% 5,736 47.5% 111 12,079 D+4.1
Huntingdon 3,188 26.8% 8,615 72.3% 112 11,915 R+45.5
Warren 3,772 32.6% 7,648 66.1% 158 11,578 R+33.5
Elk 4,734 40.9% 6,749 58.4% 83 11,566 R+17.4
McKean 3,278 29.0% 7,832 69.3% 185 11,295 R+40.3
Tioga 3,109 27.5% 8,016 71.0% 169 11,294 R+43.4
Susquehanna 3,299 29.4% 7,793 69.4% 135 11,227 R+40.0
Mifflin 3,268 29.7% 7,538 68.5% 203 11,009 R+38.8
Perry 2,955 27.2% 7,802 71.8% 109 10,866 R+44.6
Clinton 3,575 37.0% 5,921 61.4% 154 9,650 R+24.3
Wayne 2,361 25.4% 6,804 73.2% 134 9,299 R+47.8
Snyder 1,926 21.2% 7,103 78.1% 60 9,089 R+57.0
Union 1,943 23.5% 6,200 74.9% 131 8,274 R+51.5
Wyoming 2,115 27.5% 5,521 71.8% 52 7,688 R+44.3
Juniata 2,299 36.0% 4,061 63.6% 29 6,389 R+27.6
Pike 1,841 32.5% 3,706 65.4% 120 5,667 R+32.9
Montour 1,727 34.8% 3,195 64.4% 43 4,965 R+29.6
Potter 1,566 32.5% 3,173 65.8% 83 4,822 R+33.3
Fulton 1,385 39.3% 2,111 59.9% 31 3,527 R+20.6
Cameron 1,014 39.1% 1,557 60.1% 20 2,591 R+21.0
Sullivan 948 37.7% 1,545 61.5% 21 2,514 R+23.7
Forest 631 33.8% 1,219 65.3% 16 1,866 R+31.5

Counties as they stood in 1982; 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