Pennsylvania official results
Counts exactly as Pennsylvania Department of State reports them, with a link to the official source.
Unofficial results until certified. These are counts as published by the official state election authority on election night. Counts change as ballots are counted. Power & Politics does not call races or project winners. Where news organizations' projections are shown, each is labeled as that outlet's and kept apart from the official record.
Election Week: how news outlets are covering the count, beside the official record
No official record has been found at this time. We are watching for updates.
Results: see Pennsylvania Department of State official results page
Counts will appear here when the state reports them (checked Oct 5, 2026). Pennsylvania publishes its counts on its election returns site. We will show the November election once the state lists it.
Certification and canvass: Pennsylvania
Not yet certified. No official certification has been found at this time. We are watching for updates.
- County canvass deadline: Nov 23, 2026 (third Monday following the election). (25 P.S. §§ 2642(k), 3154: official text) The statute: “to canvass and compute the same, and to certify, no later than the third Monday following the primary or election, the results thereof to the Secretary of the Commonwealth” Source checked Sep 25, 2026.
- State certification deadline: Set by rule, not a fixed date. The statute: “The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall forthwith lay the return so made before the Governor, and the Governor shall issue a commission” (25 P.S. §§ 3160-3163 (Sections 1410-1416 of the Election Code): official text) Source checked Sep 25, 2026.
- Recount request deadline: Set by rule, not a fixed date. The statute: “Any petition to open a ballot box or to recanvass the votes on a voting machine or an electronic voting system pursuant to sections 1701 and 1702 shall be filed no later than five (5) days after the completion of the computational canvassing of all returns of the county by the county board.” (25 P.S. § 3263 (Section 1703): official text) Source checked Sep 25, 2026.
- Election contest filing deadline: Dec 3, 2026 (within 20 days after the day of the election). (25 P.S. § 3456 (Section 1756): official text) The statute: “The commencement of proceedings in the case of contests of the second, third, fourth and fifth classes shall be by petition, which shall be made and filed, as herein required, within twenty days after the day of the primary or election” Source checked Sep 25, 2026.
- Ballot receipt and cure deadlines: Nov 3, 2026, 8:00 P.M. (no post-Election-Day receipt or postmark grace for domestic mail-in/absentee ballots; separate UOCAVA rule under 25 Pa.C.S. § 3511). (25 P.S. § 3150.16(c) (Section 1306-D(c)); 25 Pa.C.S. § 3511 (UOCAVA): official text) The statute: “a completed mail-in ballot must be received in the office of the county board of elections no later than eight o'clock P.M. on the day of the primary or election” Source checked Sep 25, 2026.
Deadlines are the state's own statutes and official guidance, each linked. Where a deadline depends on when an earlier step happens, the rule is shown instead of a date. Every date shown is worked out from the statute quoted beside it. Certification status changes only from the certifying authority's own announcement or official results file. All states