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U.S. Senate, Pennsylvania
Democratic primary Republican primary General election
Election details
Filing deadline: February 13, 2024
Primary: April 23, 2024 General: November 5, 2024
How to vote
Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voting in Pennsylvania
Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Lean Democratic Sabato's Crystal Ball: Likely Democratic Inside Elections: Tilt Democratic
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Voters in Pennsylvania will elect one member to the U.S. Senate in the general election on November 5, 2024. The primary is April 23, 2024. The filing deadline is February 13, 2024.

The election will fill the Class I Senate seat held by Bob Casey Jr. (D), who first took office in 2007.

For more information about the primaries in this election, click on the links below:

• United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 2024 (April 23 Democratic primary)
• United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 2024 (April 23 Republican primary)

Candidates and election results

Note: The following list includes official candidates only. Ballotpedia defines official candidates as people who:

• Register with a federal or state campaign finance agency before the candidate filing deadline
• Appear on candidate lists released by government election agencies
  

General election

The primary will occur on April 23, 2024. The general election will occur on November 5, 2024. Additional general election candidates will be added here following the primary.

General election for U.S. Senate Pennsylvania

Hussein Tartour-Aguirre and Quincy Magee are running in the general election for U.S. Senate Pennsylvania on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate
		Hussein Tartour-Aguirre (Independent)
		Quincy Magee (Independent) (Write-in)

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Pennsylvania

Incumbent Bob Casey Jr. and Blaine Forkner are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Pennsylvania on April 23, 2024.

		Candidate
		Bob Casey Jr.
		Blaine Forkner

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Pennsylvania

David McCormick, Tariq Parvez, and Cory Widmann are running in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Pennsylvania on April 23, 2024.

		Candidate
		David McCormick
		Tariq Parvez
		Cory Widmann

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Voting information

See also: Voting in Pennsylvania

Ballotpedia will publish the dates and deadlines related to this election as they are made available.

Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey responses

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No candidate in this race has completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey. Ballotpedia is seeking 100 percent participation so voters can learn more about all the candidates on their ballots.

Campaign finance

Name	Party	Receipts*	Disbursements**	Cash on hand	Date
Bob Casey Jr.	Democratic Party	$14,459,590	$7,570,339	$7,377,269	As of September 30, 2023
Blaine Forkner	Democratic Party	$2,108	$1,848	$5,610	As of September 30, 2023
David McCormick	Republican Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Tariq Parvez	Republican Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Cory Widmann	Republican Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Quincy Magee	Independent	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Hussein Tartour-Aguirre	Independent	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC). * According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." ** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election. *** Candidate either did not report any receipts or disbursements to the FEC, or Ballotpedia did not find an FEC candidate ID.

General election race ratings

See also: Race rating definitions and methods

Ballotpedia provides race ratings from three outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, and Sabato's Crystal Ball. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:

• Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
• Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
• Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.
• Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.

Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.

Race ratings: U.S. Senate election in Pennsylvania, 2024
Race tracker	Race ratings
	January 2, 2024	December 19, 2023	December 12, 2023	December 5, 2023
The Cook Political Report	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic
Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales	Tilt Democratic	Tilt Democratic	Tilt Democratic	Tilt Democratic
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball	Likely Democratic	Likely Democratic	Likely Democratic	Likely Democratic
Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week.

Ballot access requirements

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates in Pennsylvania in the 2024 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Pennsylvania, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates, 2024
State	Office	Party	Signatures required	Filing fee	Filing deadline	Source
Pennsylvania	U.S. Senate	Ballot-qualified party	2,000	$200.00	TBD	Source
Pennsylvania	U.S. Senate	Unaffiliated	2% of the largest entire vote cast for any elected statewide candidate in the last election	$200.00	TBD	Source

Election history

The section below details election results for this state's U.S. Senate elections dating back to 2016.

2022

See also: United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Pennsylvania

The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate Pennsylvania on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Fetterman (D)	51.2	2,751,012
		Mehmet Oz (R)	46.3	2,487,260
		Erik Chase Gerhardt (L)	1.4	72,887
		Richard Weiss (G)	0.6	30,434
		Daniel Wassmer (Keystone Party of Pennsylvania)	0.5	26,428
		Quincy Magee (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	0
		Ronald Johnson (Constitution Party) (Write-in)	0.0	0

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,368,021
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Everett Stern (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Pennsylvania

John Fetterman defeated Conor Lamb, Malcolm Kenyatta, and Alexandria Khalil in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Pennsylvania on May 17, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Fetterman	58.6	753,557
		Conor Lamb	26.3	337,498
		Malcolm Kenyatta	10.8	139,393
		Alexandria Khalil	4.2	54,460

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,284,908
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Walter Sluzynsky (D)
• John McGuigan (D)
• Kyle Norton (D)
• Alan Shank (D)
• Larry Johnson (D)
• Kevin Baumlin (D)
• Sharif Street (D)
• Valerie Arkoosh (D)
• Lew Tapera (D)
• Eric Orts (D)
• Kael Dougherty (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Pennsylvania

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Pennsylvania on May 17, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mehmet Oz	31.2	420,168
		David McCormick	31.1	419,218
		Kathy Barnette	24.7	331,903
		Carla Sands	5.4	73,360
		Jeff Bartos	5.0	66,684
		Sean Gale	1.5	20,266
		George Bochetto	1.1	14,492

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,346,091
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• John Debellis (R)
• Max Richardson (R)
• John Eichenberg (R)
• Vince Fusca (R)
• Martin Rosenfeld (R)
• Bobby Jeffries (R)
• Richard Mulholland (R)
• Sean Parnell (R)
• Ronald Johnson (R)
• Craig Snyder (R)
• David Xu (R)

2018

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Pennsylvania

Incumbent Bob Casey Jr. defeated Lou Barletta, Dale Kerns, and Neal Gale in the general election for U.S. Senate Pennsylvania on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bob Casey Jr. (D)	55.7	2,792,437
		Lou Barletta (R)	42.6	2,134,848
		Dale Kerns (L)	1.0	50,907
		Neal Gale (G)	0.6	31,208

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,009,400
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2016

See also: United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 2016

The race for Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate seat was one of nine competitive battleground races in 2016 that helped Republicans keep control of the upper chamber after the November 8 general election. Incumbent Pat Toomey (R), who began serving in the Senate in 2011, defeated Katie McGinty (D), Edward Clifford III (L), and write-in candidate Everett Stern (I) in the general election.

Toomey ran his campaign separately from Donald Trump, and he did not tell people who he would vote for on Election Day. Toomey said, “You know, I’m not campaigning with Donald Trump. He’s running his campaign. I’m running mine.”

Hillary Clinton, who campaigned with McGinty in October, criticized Toomey for not rejecting Trump as his party’s nominee. She said, “How much does he have to hear or to see? If he doesn’t have the courage to stand up against Donald Trump after all of this, then how will he stand up to special interests and powerful forces that are going to be trying to have their way in Washington?”

Speaking about his campaign strategy, Toomey said, “I am convinced that Pennsylvania voters are going to make a complete separation in their minds. … There’s a presidential race going on, quite obviously, lots of attention, lots of focus, everybody’s got their opinion about it, and then there’s a totally separate thing happening in the Senate race — an incumbent senator most people know and an opponent. Totally separate campaign and totally separate judgment.” Toomey stated on Election Day that he voted for Trump.

U.S. Senate, Pennsylvania General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Pat Toomey Incumbent	48.8%	2,951,702
	Democratic	Katie McGinty	47.3%	2,865,012
	Libertarian	Edward Clifford	3.9%	235,142
Total Votes				6,051,856
Source: Pennsylvania Department of State

U.S. Senate, Pennsylvania Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Katie McGinty	42.5%	669,774
Joe Sestak	32.6%	513,221
John Fetterman	19.5%	307,090
Joseph Vodvarka	5.4%	85,837
Total Votes		1,575,922
Source: Pennsylvania Department of State

Political context

This section will be updated with information about the political landscape in Pennsylvania.

See also

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Footnotes

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Pennsylvania's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Bob Casey (D)

John Fetterman (D)

Representatives

District 1

Brian Fitzpatrick (R)

District 2

Brendan Boyle (D)

District 3

Dwight Evans (D)

District 4

Madeleine Dean (D)

District 5

Mary Scanlon (D)

District 6

Chrissy Houlahan (D)

District 7

Susan Wild (D)

District 8

Matt Cartwright (D)

District 9

Dan Meuser (R)

District 10

Scott Perry (R)

District 11

Lloyd Smucker (R)

District 12

Summer Lee (D)

District 13

John Joyce (R)

District 14

Guy Reschenthaler (R)

District 15

Glenn Thompson (R)

District 16

Mike Kelly (R)

District 17

Christopher Deluzio (D)

Democratic Party (11)

Republican Party (8)