- 2026 NFL Draft in Pittsburgh (April 23–25)
- 2026 Elections including governor and state legislature races later this year
Background
Pennsylvania is a purple state located in the Northeastern United States. A part of the Rust Belt, it was narrowly won by Republican Donald Trump in his non-consecutive second victory in 2024 after similarly narrow victories by Democrat Joe Biden in 2020 and Trump in his first election in 2016.[2][3]
The state has a Democratic and Republican senator, making it one of only three states to have a split Senate delegation,[a] while Republicans hold a majority in the state’s House delegation, with ten seats to the Democrats’ seven.[5] Democrats also control the Pennsylvania House of Representatives while Republicans control the Pennsylvania Senate.[6]
Republicans have not won a Pennsylvania gubernatorial election since 2010. Incumbent Democratic governor Josh Shapiro was first elected with 56.5% of the vote in 2022, succeeding term-limited Democrat Tom Wolf. from wikipedia