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What's on the 2024 ballot in Pennsylvania?

What's on the 2024 ballot in Pennsylvania?

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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Well over a million voters have already cast mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania. Millions more will go to the polls in person on Tuesday and find more on the ballot than just the presidential election.

Voters will elect one of Pennsylvania's U.S. senators and all 435 U.S. Congressional seats are before voters. There are also state races for attorney general, auditor general and treasurer, as well as elections in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and Senate.

Here's what Pennsylvania voters can expect to see on their ballots.

Casey and McCormick are vying for Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate seat

Senator Bob Casey and Republican Dave McCormick are vying for one of Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate seats, which are voted on every six years.

Casey has been a fixture on the political scene for decades, but the Democrat faces his biggest challenge for reelection: McCormick, who returned to Pennsylvania in 2022 after running a hedge fund in Connecticut for 12 years. Both candidates spoke to KDKA-TV about important voter issues, including the economy.

McCormick blames Casey for the current inflation, while Casey said KDKA-TV that he has been fighting against higher costs for families for a “long time.”

Casey also noted that he supports bills to expand child tax credits and limit insulin costs for seniors. McCormick argued that Casey voted for “all these reckless spending bills” 98 percent of the time.

Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district

Chris Deluzio and Rob Mercuri are facing off in the race to represent Pennsylvania's 17th Congressional District in Congress, which includes the Beaver Falls, Mt. Lebanon and Wexford areas of western Pennsylvania.

Incumbent Deluzio is seeking a second term in the U.S. House of Representatives. Meanwhile, Mercuri currently serves the 28th Legislative District in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district

Summer Lee is seeking to secure a seat in Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District, which includes the city of Pittsburgh, ahead of Republican James Hayes.

Lee defeated Bhavini Patel in the Democratic primary in April. She is also the first black woman in Pennsylvania elected to Congress. Hayes ran unopposed in the April Republican primary. He holds a doctorate from Case Western Reserve and degrees from Princeton and Georgetown Universities.

Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district

There are three House districts in Pennsylvania that are considered “toss-ups,” according to the Cook Political Report. These races also lead the state in House election spending, according to OpenSecrets, a nonprofit that monitors money in politics.

Six-term Republican Rep. Scott Perry is seeking re-election in the 10th Congressional District, which includes the cities of Harrisburg and York.

Perry meets longtime York, Pennsylvania broadcaster Janelle Stelson just endorsed by the group Republicans for Harris.

Perry took action against Stelson because he doesn't live in the district. Attack ads have focused on Perry, who defied a House committee subpoena on Jan. 6 The phone will be briefly confiscated by the FBI in 2022 as part of an investigation into the Capitol riot.

Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district

In eastern Pennsylvania, incumbent Democratic Rep. Susan Wild wants to keep her seat representing the 7th Congressional District, which includes all of Lehigh, Northampton and Carbon counties and part of Monroe County.

Wild is in a competitive race with Republican Ryan Mackenzie, who represents part of Lehigh County in the Pennsylvania House.

Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district

North of that lies Pennsylvania's 8th Congressional District, currently represented by Democrat Matt Cartwright. In the district dominated by the cities of Wilkes-Barre and President Biden's birthplace of Scranton, Cartwright faces Republican Rob Bresnahan Jr., a political newcomer and CEO of his family's electrical company.

Cartwright has retained his seat in the House of Representatives since 2013.

The state of Pennsylvania takes part in the vote

State elections such as attorney general, comptroller and treasurer are also on the ballot.

In the race for attorney general, Democrat and former comptroller Eugene DePasquale will face Republican York County District Attorney Dave on Sunday. Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry, who took over after Josh Shapiro was elected governor, is not running for re-election.

For auditor general, incumbent Republican Tim DeFoor is being challenged by Democratic Pennsylvania state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta. Whoever is elected will serve as the state's top financial watchdog.

Pennsylvania voters will also choose between Republican Treasurer Stacy Garrity and her Democratic challenger Erin McClelland.

Pennsylvania State House races to watch

After Democrats made gains two years ago and shocked Republicans by flipping the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Democratic members still control the chamber by the narrowest possible margin – one vote.

In 2022, Democrats regained control of the House of Representatives in Harrisburg for the first time in more than a decade with the election of state Rep. Arvind Venkat. This year, he is being challenged in the 30th District, which covers parts of Pittsburgh's North Hills, by Republican Nathan Wolfe and Libertarian Bill Baierl.

Several races in 2022 were decided by narrow margins, particularly in Bucks County. In the 142nd District, which includes Langhorne and parts of Middletown Township, Republican Rep. Joe Hogan won his seat by just 76 more votes than his Democratic opponent Mark Moffa. This year, Hogan will face Anna Payne, a member of the Middletown Township Board of Supervisors.

Over in the 144th District, which includes Warminster and Warrington townships, Democratic challenger Brian Munroe defeated Republican incumbent Rep. F. Todd Polinchock by just 515 votes. Munroe is running for re-election against Warminster Township Board of Supervisors member Dan McPhillips.

In the 18th District surrounding Bensalem, Pennsylvania, Republican KC Tomlinson is trying to defend her seat against Democratic challenger Anand Patel. Tomlinson won in 2022 by about 1,100 votes over Laurie Smith.

Pennsylvania State Senate race

Races for the Pennsylvania Senate are also on the agenda.

In the 37th District of the Pennsylvania Senatewhich includes parts of Allegheny County, Republican Sen. Devlin Robinson is facing off against Democrat Nicole Ruscitto in one of the toughest races.

In Northeast Philadelphia's 5th District, Democrat Jimmy Dillon is running a competitive race against Republican Joe Picozzi. Dillon won the seat by about 4,000 votes in a special election in 2022 after Sen. John Sabatina Jr. resigned to become a judge on the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas.

In Dauphin County's 15th District, Democratic state Rep. and former news anchor Patty Kim is running against incumbent John DiSanto and could make history as the first Asian American woman elected to the Senate.

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