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2018 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania

For related races, see 2018 United States Senate elections.
Not to be confused with 2018 Pennsylvania Senate election.

The 2018 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania took place on November 6, 2018, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Pennsylvania, concurrently with other elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives, and various state and local elections. This was one of ten Democratic-held Senate seats up for election in a state that Donald Trump won in the 2016 presidential election. The primary elections were held on May 15.[1] Incumbent Democratic Senator Bob Casey Jr. ran for re-election to a third term.[2] Casey, who faced no primary opposition, defeated the Republican nominee, Lou Barletta,[3] Green Party nominee Neal Gale,[4] and Libertarian Party nominee Dale Kerns.[5] Casey was the first senator to be elected to a third term from Pennsylvania since Arlen Specter in 1992, and the first Pennsylvania Democrat to be popularly elected to three terms in the Senate.

2018 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania
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Turnout58.18%
 
Nominee Bob Casey Jr. Lou Barletta
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 2,792,437 2,134,848
Percentage 55.74% 42.62%
Casey:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Barletta:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Tie:      40–50%      50%      No data
U.S. senator before election

Bob Casey Jr.
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Bob Casey Jr.
Democratic

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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On ballot

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Results

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Democratic primary results[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bob Casey Jr. (incumbent) Unopposed
Total votes 752,008 100.00%

Republican primary

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Candidates

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On ballot

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Withdrew

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Declined

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Endorsements

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Jim Christiana

State senators

State representatives

Newspapers

Cynthia E. Ayers (withdrew)

Individuals

  • Brigadier General Ken Chrosniak, former instructor at the U.S. Army War College[28]
  • Henry Cooper, former Director of the Strategic Defense Initiative[28]
  • Dr. Brian Hay, business executive and national security expert[29]
  • Major General Robert B. Newman Jr., former Adjutant General of Virginia (USAF)[28]
  • Dr. Peter Pry, Director of the United States Nuclear Strategy Forum, an advisory board to Congress on policies to counter Weapons of Mass Destruction.[28]
Bobby Lawrence (withdrew)

Individuals

  • Jeremy Hanson, host of Unleashed: The Jeremy Hanson Show[30]

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Lou
Barletta 		Jim
Christiana 		Other Undecided
Susquehanna Polling & Research (R-Christiana)[31] April 2018 >400 – 32% 11% – 58%
Bellwether Research (R-Addis)[32] September 20–24, 2017 600 ± 4.0% 22% – <10% 60%

Results

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Results by county:
  Barletta—>90%
  Barletta—80–90%
  Barletta—70–80%
  Barletta—60–70%
  Barletta—50–60%
  Christiana—50–60%
  Christiana—60–70%
  Christiana—70–80%
Republican primary results[33]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lou Barletta 433,312 63.03%
Republican Jim Christiana 254,118 36.97%
Total votes 687,430 100.00%

Libertarian Party

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Dale Kerns ran unopposed for the Libertarian nomination and received the official nomination from the Pennsylvania Libertarian Party at the state convention on March 6, 2018.[34]

Candidates

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Nominee

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Green Party

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Candidates

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Nominee

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  • Neal Gale, clean energy consultant[4]

General election

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Candidates

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[37] Likely D October 26, 2018
Inside Elections[38] Safe D November 1, 2018
Sabato's Crystal Ball[39] Safe D November 5, 2018
Daily Kos[40] Safe D November 5, 2018
Fox News[41][a] Likely D November 5, 2018
CNN[42] Likely D November 5, 2018
RealClearPolitics[43] Likely D November 5, 2018
Notes
  1. ^ The Fox News Midterm Power Rankings uniquely does not contain a category for Safe/Solid races

Endorsements

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Lou Barletta (R)

Federal officials

U.S. Senators

U.S. Representatives

State officials

State senators

State representatives

Individuals

Organizations

Newspapers

Bob Casey Jr. (D)

Federal officials

U.S. Senators

U.S. Representatives

Local and state officials

Labor unions

Organizations

Neal Gale (G)

Organizations

Dale Kerns (L)

Governors

State and local politicians

  • Brandon Magoon, Majority Inspector of Elections Erie 6-1[86] (Republican)
  • Jennifer Moore, Upper Providence Township Auditor[87] (Libertarian)
  • Bruno Novak, Judge of Elections, Hempfield-3[86] (Libertarian)
  • Michael Oehling Jr, Buffalo Township Republican Committeeman and Auditor[87]

Individuals

  • Bobby Lawrence, former Republican U.S. Senate candidate and small business owner[87]

Organizations

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Bob
Casey Jr. (D) 		Lou
Barletta (R) 		Other Undecided
Change Research[88] November 2–4, 2018 1,833 – 51% 44% 3%[89] –
Research Co.[90] November 1–3, 2018 450 ± 4.6% 56% 39% 1% 4%
Muhlenberg College[91] October 28 – November 1, 2018 421 ± 5.5% 54% 40% – –
Franklin & Marshall College[92] October 22–28, 2018 214 LV ± 9.5% 50% 35% – 14%
537 RV ± 6.0% 50% 31% 4%[93] 14%
Morning Consult[94] October 1–2, 2018 1,188 ± 3.0% 47% 32% – 21%
Franklin & Marshall College[95] September 17–23, 2018 204 LV – 50% 33% – 15%
545 RV ± 6.1% 48% 30% 4%[96] 20%
Ipsos[97] September 12–20, 2018 1,080 ± 3.0% 53% 37% 3% 7%
Muhlenberg College[98] September 13–19, 2018 404 ± 5.5% 53% 35% 7%[99] 6%
Rasmussen Reports[100] September 12–13, 2018 800 ± 3.5% 52% 38% 2% 8%
Franklin & Marshall College[101] August 20–26, 2018 222 LV – 47% 34% 1% 19%
511 RV ± 6.1% 48% 29% 3%[102] 20%
NBC News/Marist[103] August 12–16, 2018 713 ± 4.2% 53% 38% 1% 8%
Commonwealth Leaders Fund (R)[104] August 13–15, 2018 2,012 ± 3.6% 47% 45% 2% 6%
SurveyMonkey/Axios[105] June 11 – July 2, 2018 990 ± 4.5% 55% 41% – 5%
Suffolk University[106] June 21–25, 2018 500 ± 4.4% 47% 32% 1% 21%
Franklin & Marshall College[107] June 4–10, 2018 472 ± 6.5% 44% 27% 1% 28%
Muhlenberg College[108] April 4–12, 2018 414 ± 5.5% 48% 32% 8% 18%
Franklin & Marshall College[109] March 19–26, 2018 423 ± 6.8% 43% 25% 2% 30%
Public Policy Polling (D-Protect Our Care)[110] March 15–16, 2018 1,056 ± 3.0% 54% 36% – 10%
SurveyMonkey/Axios[111] February 12 – March 5, 2018 2,165 ± 3.8% 52% 43% – 5%
Hypothetical polling

with Jim Christiana

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Bob
Casey Jr. (D) 		Jim
Christiana (R) 		Other Undecided
Muhlenberg College[108] April 4–12, 2018 414 ± 5.5% 48% 29% 3% 20%

with generic Democrat and Republican

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Generic
Democrat 		Generic
Republican 		Undecided
Public Policy Polling (D-Protect Our Care)[110] March 15–16, 2018 1,056 ± 3.0% 53% 41% 7%

Results

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United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 2018[112]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Bob Casey Jr. (incumbent) 2,792,437 55.74% +2.05%
Republican Lou Barletta 2,134,848 42.62% −1.97%
Libertarian Dale Kerns 50,907 1.02% −0.70%
Green Neal Gale 31,208 0.62% N/A
Total votes 5,009,400 100.00% N/A
Democratic hold

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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By congressional district

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Casey won 11 of 18 congressional districts, including the 1st and 10th districts, which elected Republicans to the House.[113]

District Barletta Casey Jr. Representative
1st 41.65% 56.72% Brian Fitzpatrick
2nd 20.33% 78.53%
Brendan Boyle
3rd 5.76% 93.06% Dwight Evans
4th 34.11% 64.36% Madeleine Dean
5th 30.84% 67.88% Mary Gay Scanlon
6th 39.17% 59.05% Chrissy Houlahan
7th 42.21% 56.07% Susan Wild
8th 47.02% 51.84%
Matt Cartwright
9th 58.77% 39.57% Dan Meuser
10th 48.19% 49.78% Scott Perry
11th 55.77% 42.04% Lloyd Smucker
12th 60.26% 37.80% Tom Marino
13th 64.15% 34.20% John Joyce
14th 52.34% 46.04% Guy Reschenthaler
15th 60.19% 38.04% Glenn Thompson
16th 50.21% 48.11% Mike Kelly
17th 40.66% 57.55% Conor Lamb
18th 27.41% 70.86% Mike Doyle

See also

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References

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  45. ^ "Rep. Lou Barletta, a Great Republican from Pennsylvania who was one of my very earliest supporters, will make a FANTASTIC Senator. He is strong & smart, loves Pennsylvania & loves our Country! Voted for Tax Cuts, unlike Bob Casey, who listened to Tax Hikers Pelosi and Schumer!". Twitter. February 11, 2018. Retrieved February 11, 2018.
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  93. ^ Neal Gale (G) with 2%, Dale Kerns (L) with 1%; other with 1%
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  96. ^ Dale Kerns (L) with 2%, Neal Gale (G) with 1%; other with 1%
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  99. ^ Neal Gale (G) and Dale Kerns (L) with 2%, neither/other with 3%
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