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Election 1998 Results

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1998 US Senate election in Pennsylvania

Arlen Specter (Republican) beat Bill Lloyd (Democrat) in Pennsylvania in 1998, 61.3% to 34.8%, a margin of 26.6 points and 785,341 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1992, when Arlen Specter also won.

Republicans led in 65 of the 67 counties and Democrats in 2. The largest, Allegheny, cast 339,918 votes and went to the Republican by 21.7 points. The closest was Fayette, where 42 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
Arlen Specter won Republican 1,814,180 61.3%
Bill Lloyd Democratic 1,028,839 34.8%
All other candidates 114,480 3.9%
Total2,957,499

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Allegheny 125,944 37.1% 199,654 58.7% 14,320 339,918 R+21.7
Philadelphia 177,969 58.7% 117,277 38.7% 7,852 303,098 D+20.0
Montgomery 60,315 28.9% 139,956 67.0% 8,495 208,766 R+38.1
Delaware 44,704 29.5% 101,502 66.9% 5,444 151,650 R+37.5
Bucks 42,976 30.5% 91,809 65.1% 6,299 141,084 R+34.6
Chester 24,611 24.3% 71,508 70.5% 5,246 101,365 R+46.3
Lancaster 21,108 22.0% 69,422 72.2% 5,616 96,146 R+50.3
Westmoreland 34,778 36.9% 54,839 58.2% 4,547 94,164 R+21.3
York 22,395 27.0% 57,107 68.8% 3,543 83,045 R+41.8
Berks 22,282 28.3% 52,787 67.0% 3,766 78,835 R+38.7
Lehigh 22,484 30.3% 48,627 65.5% 3,171 74,282 R+35.2
Erie 25,616 35.5% 43,175 59.8% 3,358 72,149 R+24.3
Luzerne 24,205 34.1% 44,513 62.6% 2,348 71,066 R+28.6
Lackawanna 25,492 38.7% 38,710 58.8% 1,665 65,867 R+20.1
Northampton 21,808 34.1% 39,679 62.1% 2,388 63,875 R+28.0
Dauphin 17,209 28.3% 41,397 68.0% 2,273 60,879 R+39.7
Cumberland 13,276 25.2% 37,643 71.3% 1,843 52,762 R+46.2
Washington 20,535 39.7% 29,289 56.6% 1,903 51,727 R+16.9
Beaver 20,729 40.2% 29,111 56.5% 1,720 51,560 R+16.3
Cambria 21,720 48.2% 22,335 49.6% 1,013 45,068 R+1.4
Butler 12,504 28.1% 29,798 67.0% 2,183 44,485 R+38.9
Schuylkill 13,855 31.3% 29,098 65.7% 1,328 44,281 R+34.4
Franklin 8,210 26.6% 21,704 70.2% 1,003 30,917 R+43.6
Centre 9,041 29.3% 20,909 67.7% 917 30,867 R+38.4
Mercer 12,122 41.6% 15,904 54.5% 1,145 29,171 R+13.0
Fayette 13,812 47.8% 13,854 47.9% 1,247 28,913 R+0.1
Blair 6,748 24.2% 20,223 72.6% 885 27,856 R+48.4
Lycoming 7,134 25.7% 19,506 70.3% 1,114 27,754 R+44.6
Lebanon 6,089 22.9% 19,539 73.4% 1,007 26,635 R+50.5
Lawrence 11,167 43.0% 14,000 53.9% 813 25,980 R+10.9
Somerset 16,203 66.2% 7,986 32.6% 297 24,486 D+33.6
Monroe 7,967 32.7% 15,393 63.1% 1,030 24,390 R+30.4
Indiana 7,856 34.0% 14,577 63.0% 695 23,128 R+29.1
Northumberland 7,534 34.1% 13,529 61.2% 1,053 22,116 R+27.1
Crawford 5,986 29.0% 13,763 66.6% 902 20,651 R+37.7
Clearfield 7,415 36.5% 12,162 59.9% 724 20,301 R+23.4
Adams 5,462 27.3% 13,740 68.8% 781 19,983 R+41.4
Armstrong 5,212 29.2% 11,748 65.9% 876 17,836 R+36.6
Bradford 3,932 23.7% 12,112 73.0% 559 16,603 R+49.3
Venango 4,226 27.7% 10,562 69.3% 455 15,243 R+41.6
Columbia 4,662 32.8% 9,003 63.3% 548 14,213 R+30.5
Carbon 5,218 39.6% 7,353 55.8% 618 13,189 R+16.2
Susquehanna 3,363 26.1% 9,198 71.3% 344 12,905 R+45.2
Bedford 3,216 26.8% 8,406 70.1% 374 11,996 R+43.3
Wayne 3,105 26.0% 8,469 70.8% 386 11,960 R+44.8
Jefferson 3,433 30.8% 7,161 64.3% 551 11,145 R+33.4
Warren 2,935 28.4% 6,784 65.6% 618 10,337 R+37.2
Clarion 2,666 25.8% 6,983 67.7% 671 10,320 R+41.8
Perry 2,360 23.3% 7,374 72.8% 394 10,128 R+49.5
Tioga 2,523 25.3% 7,045 70.7% 398 9,966 R+45.4
Pike 2,982 31.0% 6,310 65.6% 325 9,617 R+34.6
Huntingdon 2,280 24.2% 6,752 71.8% 376 9,408 R+47.5
Mifflin 2,499 26.6% 6,611 70.4% 276 9,386 R+43.8
Wyoming 1,810 19.6% 7,166 77.5% 267 9,243 R+57.9
McKean 2,505 27.4% 6,332 69.1% 320 9,157 R+41.8
Elk 3,597 39.5% 5,175 56.9% 324 9,096 R+17.3
Greene 3,991 44.3% 4,742 52.7% 269 9,002 R+8.3
Clinton 2,837 34.4% 5,100 61.8% 314 8,251 R+27.4
Union 1,872 23.2% 5,927 73.3% 285 8,084 R+50.2
Snyder 1,708 21.6% 5,963 75.3% 249 7,920 R+53.7
Juniata 1,720 29.1% 4,034 68.3% 153 5,907 R+39.2
Potter 1,131 25.2% 3,177 70.9% 175 4,483 R+45.6
Montour 1,223 29.1% 2,808 66.8% 170 4,201 R+37.7
Fulton 962 29.5% 2,238 68.5% 65 3,265 R+39.1
Sullivan 651 28.4% 1,583 69.2% 55 2,289 R+40.7
Cameron 517 32.6% 987 62.3% 80 1,584 R+29.7
Forest 442 28.6% 1,052 68.1% 51 1,545 R+39.5

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