2018 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania

2018 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania
Turnout	58.18%
	County results Casey: 50–60% 60–70% 80–90%; Barletta: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
U.S. senator before election; Bob Casey Jr.; Democratic	Elected U.S. Senator ; Bob Casey Jr.; Democratic

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. 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 who was 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.

Democratic primary[]

Candidates[]

On ballot[]

Bob Casey Jr., incumbent U.S. Senator^[6]

Results[]

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

Republican primary[]

Candidates[]

On ballot[]

Lou Barletta, U.S. Representative from Hazleton^[8]
Jim Christiana, State Representative from Beaver^[9]

Withdrew[]

Paul Addis, businessman (running for PA-5)^[10]^[11]^[12]
Cynthia E. Ayers, cyber security consultant and former National Security Agency employee^[12]^[13]
Paul DeLong, candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2004^[12]^[14]
Bobby Lawrence, small business owner (endorsed Dale Kerns)^[12]^[15]
Andrew Shecktor, Berwick Borough Councilman (running for PA-9)^[16]^[17]
Rick Saccone, state representative (ran for PA-18, ran for PA-14)^[18]
Jeff Bartos, real estate developer (running for lieutenant governor)^[19]

Declined[]

Mike Kelly, U.S. Representative^[20]
Pat Meehan, former U.S. Representative^[21]
Dave Reed, Majority Leader of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives^[22]

Endorsements[]

Jim Christiana

State Senators

Jake Corman, State Senator from the 34th district (1999-present), Pennsylvania State Senate Majority Leader (2015-2020)^[23]

State Representatives

Mike Turzai, 140th Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (2015-2020), State Representative from the 28th district (2001-2020), candidate for Governor in 2018^[24]
Dave L. Reed, State Representative from the 62nd district (2003-2018), Pennsylvania House Majority Leader (2015-2018)^[25]
Kerry Benninghoff, State Representative from the 171st district (1997-present)^[26]
Garth Everett, State Representative from the 84th district (2007-2020)
Mark Mustio, State Representative from the 44th district (2003-2019)
Jesse Topper, State Representative from the 78th district (2014-present)

Newspapers

The Beaver County Times^[27]

Cynthia E. Ayers (withdrew)

Individuals

Henry Cooper, former Director of the Strategic Defense Initiative^[28]
Major General Robert B. Newman Jr., Former Adjutant General of Virginia (USAF).^[28]
Brigadier General Ken Chrosniak, Former instructor at the U.S. Army War College.^[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]
Dr. Brian Hay, Business Executive and National Security Expert.^[29]

Bobby Lawrence (withdrew)

Individuals

Jeremy Hanson, host of Unleashed The Jeremy Hanson Show^[30]

Polling[]

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

Results[]

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^[31]
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[]

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.^[32]

Candidates[]

Nominee[]

Dale Kerns, former Republican Eddystone Borough council member^[33] and board of directors member for Goodwill Industries^[5]^[12]^[34]

Green Party[]

Candidates[]

Nominee[]

Neal Gale, Clean Energy Consultant ^[4]

General election[]

Candidates[]

Lou Barletta (R), U.S. Representative
Bob Casey Jr. (D), incumbent senator
Neal Gale (G), Clean Energy Consultant
Dale Kerns (L), former Eddystone Borough council member

Predictions[]

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[35]	Likely D	October 26, 2018
Inside Elections^[36]	Safe D	November 1, 2018
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[37]	Safe D	November 5, 2018
Daily Kos^[38]	Safe D	November 5, 2018
Fox News^[39]^[a]	Likely D	November 5, 2018
CNN^[40]	Likely D	November 5, 2018
RealClearPolitics^[41]	Likely D	November 5, 2018

Notes

^ The Fox News Midterm Power Rankings uniquely does not contain a category for Safe/Solid races

Endorsements[]

Lou Barletta (R)

Federal officials

Donald Trump, 45th President of the United States (2017-2021)^[42]
Mike Pence, 48th Vice President of the United States (2017-2021)^[43]

U.S. Senators

Rick Santorum, U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania (1995-2007)^[44]
Pat Toomey, U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania (2011-present)^[45]

U.S. Representatives

Mike Kelly, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district (2011-2019)^[46]
Scott Perry, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district (2013-2019)^[46]
Glenn Thompson, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district (2009-2019)^[46]
Ryan Costello, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district (2015-2019)^[46]
Pat Meehan, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district (2011-2018)^[46]
Brian Fitzpatrick, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district (2017-2019)^[46]
Bill Shuster, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district (2001-2019)^[46]
Tom Marino, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district (2011-2019)^[46]
Keith Rothfus, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district (2013-2019)^[46]
Charlie Dent, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district (2005-2018)^[46]
Lloyd Smucker, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district (2017-2019)^[46]

State officials

Jim Cawley, 32nd Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania (2011-2015)^[44]

State Senators

Lisa Baker, state senator from the 20th district (2007-present)^[44]
Camera Bartolotta, state senator from the 46th district (2015-present)^[44]
John DiSanto, state senator from the 15th district (2017-present)^[44]
John Gordner, state senator from the 27th district (2003-present)^[44]
Scott Martin, state senator from the 13th district (2017-present)^[44]
Mike Regan, state senator from the 31st district (2017-present)^[44]
Mario Scavello, state senator from the 40th district (2015-present)^[44]
Robert Tomlinson, state senator from the 6th district (1995-present)^[44]
Kim Ward, state senator from the 39th district (2009-present)^[44]

State Representatives

Steve Bloom, state representative from the 199th district (2011-2019)^[44]
Sheryl Delozier, state representative from the 88th district (2009-present)^[44]
Doyle Heffley, state representative from the 122nd district (2011-present)^[44]
Sue Helm, state representative from the 104th district (2007-present)^[44]
Dawn Keefer, state representative from the 92nd district (2017-present)^[44]
Fred Keller, state representative from the 85th district (2011-2019)^[44]
Jerry Knowles, state representative from the 124th district (2009-present)^[44]
Ryan Mackenzie, state representative from the 134th district (2012-present)^[44]
John Maher, state representative from the 40th district (1997-2019)^[44]
Kurt Masser, state representative from the 107th district (2011-present)^[44]
Tom Mehaffie, state representative from the 106th district (2017-present)^[44]
Daryl Metcalfe, state representative from the 12th district (1999-present)^[44]
Dave Millard, state representative from the 109th district (2004-present)^[44]
Kristin Phillips-Hill, state representative from the 93rd district (2015-2019)^[44]
Greg Rothman, state representative from the 87th district (2015-present)^[47]
Justin Simmons, state representative from the 131st district (2011-2021)^[44]
Mike Tobash, state representative from the 125th district (2011-2020)^[44]
Tarah Toohil, state representative from the 116th district (2011-present)^[44]

Individuals

Nigel Farage, chair of Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy (2004-2019), Member of the European Parliament for South East England (1999-2020), and former chair and leader of the UK Independence Party (1998-2000)^[48]
Paul Mango, candidate for Governor in 2018^[49]
Eric Trump, businessman and son of U.S. President Donald Trump^[50]
Lara Trump, television host and daughter-in-law of U.S. President Donald Trump^[50]

Organizations

Pennsylvania GOP^[51]
National Right to Life^[52]
Students For Trump^[53]
Associated Builders and Contractors^[54]
National Federation of Independent Business^[55]
National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA)^[56]
Penn-Del-Jersey Chapter of NECA^[56]
Western Pennsylvania Chapter of NECA^[56]
Fraternal Order of Police Fort Pitt Lodge #1^[57]

Newspapers

The Patriot-News^[58]

Bob Casey Jr. (D)

Federal officials

Joe Biden, 47th Vice President of the United States (2009-2017)^[59]
Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States (2009-2017)^[60]

U.S. Senators

Cory Booker, U.S. Senator from New Jersey (2013-present)^[61]
Catherine Cortez Masto, U.S. Senator from Nevada (2017-present)^[62]
Dick Durbin, Senate Minority Whip (2015-2021), U.S. Senator from Illinois (1997-present)^[63]
Kamala Harris, U.S. Senator from California (2017-2021)^[64]
Ed Markey, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts (2013-present)^[65]
Jeff Merkley, U.S. Senator from Oregon (2009-present)^[66]
Gary Peters, U.S. Senator from Michigan (2015-present)^[67]
Elizabeth Warren, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts (2013-present)^[68]

U.S. Representatives

Conor Lamb, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district (2018-2019)^[69]
Dwight Evans, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district (2016-2019)^[70]

Local and statewide officials

Tom Wolf, 47th Governor of Pennsylvania (2015-present)^[71]
Josh Shapiro, 50th Attorney General of Pennsylvania (2017-present)^[72]
John Fetterman, Mayor of Braddock (2006-2019) and Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor in 2018

Labor unions

Pennsylvania State AFL–CIO^[73]
United Mine Workers of America^[74]

Organizations

Council for a Livable World^[75]
End Citizens United^[76]
Equality Pennsylvania^[77]
League of Conservation Voters^[78]
National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare^[79]
Natural Resources Defense Council Action Fund^[80]
Sierra Club^[81]

Neal Gale (G)

Organizations

Green Party^[82]
Green Party of Pennsylvania^[82]

Dale Kerns (L)

Governors

Gary Johnson, 29th Governor of New Mexico (1995-2003), Libertarian nominee for President in 2012 and 2016, nominee for Senate in New Mexico in 2018^[83]
Bill Weld, 68th Governor of Massachusetts (1991-1997), Libertarian nominee for Vice President in 2016^[84]

State and local politicians

Jennifer Moore, Upper Providence Township Auditor^[85] (Libertarian)
Brandon Magoon, Majority Inspector of Elections Erie 6-1^[86] (Republican)
Bruno Novak, Judge of Elections, Hempfield-3^[86] (Libertarian)
Michael Oehling Jr, Buffalo Township Republican Committeeman and Auditor^[85]

Individuals

Bobby Lawrence, former Republican U.S. Senate candidate and small business owner^[85]

Organizations

Libertarian Party^[5]^[12]
Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania^[5]^[12]

Polling[]

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Bob Casey Jr. (D)	Lou Barletta (R)	Other	Undecided
Change Research	November 2–4, 2018	1,833	–	51%	44%	3%^[87]	–
Research Co.	November 1–3, 2018	450	± 4.6%	56%	39%	1%	4%
Muhlenberg College	October 28 – November 1, 2018	421	± 5.5%	54%	40%	–	–
Franklin & Marshall College	October 22–28, 2018	214 LV	± 9.5%	50%	35%	–	14%
Franklin & Marshall College	October 22–28, 2018	537 RV	± 6.0%	50%	31%	4%^[88]	14%
Morning Consult	October 1–2, 2018	1,188	± 3.0%	47%	32%	–	21%
Franklin & Marshall College	September 17–23, 2018	204 LV	–	50%	33%	–	15%
Franklin & Marshall College	September 17–23, 2018	545 RV	± 6.1%	48%	30%	4%^[89]	20%
Ipsos	September 12–20, 2018	1,080	± 3.0%	53%	37%	3%	7%
Muhlenberg College	September 13–19, 2018	404	± 5.5%	53%	35%	7%^[90]	6%
Rasmussen Reports	September 12–13, 2018	800	± 3.5%	52%	38%	2%	8%
Franklin & Marshall College	August 20–26, 2018	222 LV	–	47%	34%	1%	19%
Franklin & Marshall College	August 20–26, 2018	511 RV	± 6.1%	48%	29%	3%^[91]	20%
NBC News/Marist	August 12–16, 2018	713	± 4.2%	53%	38%	1%	8%
Commonwealth Leaders Fund (R)	August 13–15, 2018	2,012	± 3.6%	47%	45%	2%	6%
SurveyMonkey/Axios	June 11 – July 2, 2018	990	± 4.5%	55%	41%	–	5%
Suffolk University	June 21–25, 2018	500	± 4.4%	47%	32%	1%	21%
Franklin & Marshall College	June 4–10, 2018	472	± 6.5%	44%	27%	1%	28%
Muhlenberg College	April 4–12, 2018	414	± 5.5%	48%	32%	8%	18%
Franklin & Marshall College	March 19–26, 2018	423	± 6.8%	43%	25%	2%	30%
Public Policy Polling (D-Protect Our Care)	March 15–16, 2018	1,056	± 3.0%	54%	36%	–	10%
SurveyMonkey/Axios	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	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)	March 15–16, 2018	1,056	± 3.0%	53%	41%	7%

Results[]

United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 2018^[92]
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

By congressional district[]

Bob Casey Jr won 11 of 18 congressional districts, including the 1st and 10th districts, which elected Republicans to the House.^[93]

District	Barletta	Casey Jr.	Representative
1st	41.65%	56.72%	Brian Fitzpatrick
2nd	20.33%	78.53%
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%
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

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^ ^a ^b "Facebook". Facebook. Facebook.
^ Neal Gale (G) with 2%, Dale Kerns (L) with 1%
^ Neal Gale (G) with 2%, Dale Kerns (L) with 1%; other with 1%
^ Dale Kerns (L) with 2%, Neal Gale (G) with 1%; other with 1%
^ Neal Gale (G) and Dale Kerns (L) with 2%, neither/other with 3%
^ Dale Kerns (L) and Neal Gale (G) with 1%; other with 1%
^ "Pennsylvania Elections - Summary Results". electionreturns.pa.gov.
^ "Twitter".

External links[]

Candidates at Vote Smart
Candidates at Ballotpedia
Campaign finance at FEC
Campaign finance at Center for Responsive Politics

Official campaign websites

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Contents

Democratic primary[]

Candidates[]

On ballot[]

Results[]

Republican primary[]

Candidates[]

On ballot[]

Withdrew[]

Declined[]

Endorsements[]

Polling[]

Results[]

Libertarian Party[]

Candidates[]

Nominee[]

Green Party[]

Candidates[]

Nominee[]

General election[]

Candidates[]

Predictions[]

Endorsements[]

Polling[]

Results[]

By congressional district[]

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