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Finally, Rep. Barbara Gleim’s 199th district includes Carlisle (college town) plus rural areas
It voted Republican for Recorder of Deeds by just 3.4%
And in the statewide Superior Court race, Democrat Brandon Neuman lost it by a narrower margin (1.05%) than Shapiro in ‘22 (8/9)
It voted Republican for Recorder of Deeds by just 3.4%
And in the statewide Superior Court race, Democrat Brandon Neuman lost it by a narrower margin (1.05%) than Shapiro in ‘22 (8/9)
November 9, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Finally, Rep. Barbara Gleim’s 199th district includes Carlisle (college town) plus rural areas
It voted Republican for Recorder of Deeds by just 3.4%
And in the statewide Superior Court race, Democrat Brandon Neuman lost it by a narrower margin (1.05%) than Shapiro in ‘22 (8/9)
It voted Republican for Recorder of Deeds by just 3.4%
And in the statewide Superior Court race, Democrat Brandon Neuman lost it by a narrower margin (1.05%) than Shapiro in ‘22 (8/9)
The more exurban 87th district, held by Thomas Kutz, voted Shapiro-Oz in 2022
It voted Republican in this year’s Recorder of Deeds election by 4.3% (7/9)
It voted Republican in this year’s Recorder of Deeds election by 4.3% (7/9)
November 9, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The more exurban 87th district, held by Thomas Kutz, voted Shapiro-Oz in 2022
It voted Republican in this year’s Recorder of Deeds election by 4.3% (7/9)
It voted Republican in this year’s Recorder of Deeds election by 4.3% (7/9)
The 88th district, based in Harrisburg’s suburbs and held by Sheryl Delozier, has been on Democrats’ radar the past couple cycles, as it voted for both Fetterman and Shapiro in 2022
Democrat Susan Turner won it comfortably, by 8.5%, in the 2025 Recorder of Deeds race (6/9)
Democrat Susan Turner won it comfortably, by 8.5%, in the 2025 Recorder of Deeds race (6/9)
November 9, 2025 at 11:54 PM
The 88th district, based in Harrisburg’s suburbs and held by Sheryl Delozier, has been on Democrats’ radar the past couple cycles, as it voted for both Fetterman and Shapiro in 2022
Democrat Susan Turner won it comfortably, by 8.5%, in the 2025 Recorder of Deeds race (6/9)
Democrat Susan Turner won it comfortably, by 8.5%, in the 2025 Recorder of Deeds race (6/9)
Tuesday saw a seismic shift on the Susquehanna’s west bank
Ancestrally Republican Cumberland County didn’t just vote for Democrats at the top of the ticket, it also elected Dems to 3 county-level offices
Thread on the RECORDER OF DEEDS race and its State House implications (1/9)
Ancestrally Republican Cumberland County didn’t just vote for Democrats at the top of the ticket, it also elected Dems to 3 county-level offices
Thread on the RECORDER OF DEEDS race and its State House implications (1/9)
November 9, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Tuesday saw a seismic shift on the Susquehanna’s west bank
Ancestrally Republican Cumberland County didn’t just vote for Democrats at the top of the ticket, it also elected Dems to 3 county-level offices
Thread on the RECORDER OF DEEDS race and its State House implications (1/9)
Ancestrally Republican Cumberland County didn’t just vote for Democrats at the top of the ticket, it also elected Dems to 3 county-level offices
Thread on the RECORDER OF DEEDS race and its State House implications (1/9)
~18% overperformance in the NY media market
November 5, 2025 at 4:41 AM
~18% overperformance in the NY media market
BLUEZERNE COUNTY COUNCIL
November 5, 2025 at 3:44 AM
BLUEZERNE COUNTY COUNCIL
With 35% of precincts reporting, Krasner looks to be replicating his 2021 coalition powered by Black voters across the city plus white neighborhoods outside the Northeast
May 21, 2025 at 1:45 AM
With 35% of precincts reporting, Krasner looks to be replicating his 2021 coalition powered by Black voters across the city plus white neighborhoods outside the Northeast
With all precincts reporting, Democrat James Malone leads by 0.89%.
Keep in mind, SD-36 completely excludes the City of Lancaster. It's the once reliably-red suburbs, exurbs, and small towns that have flipped this district.
Keep in mind, SD-36 completely excludes the City of Lancaster. It's the once reliably-red suburbs, exurbs, and small towns that have flipped this district.
March 26, 2025 at 2:21 AM
With all precincts reporting, Democrat James Malone leads by 0.89%.
Keep in mind, SD-36 completely excludes the City of Lancaster. It's the once reliably-red suburbs, exurbs, and small towns that have flipped this district.
Keep in mind, SD-36 completely excludes the City of Lancaster. It's the once reliably-red suburbs, exurbs, and small towns that have flipped this district.
I’ve mapped the 2024 PA Row Office elections by State House district
In each race the Republican won 109 districts to the Democrat’s 94
HD-2 voted Sunday-Kenyatta-McClelland, while HD-30 voted DePasquale-DeFoor-Garrity
In each race the Republican won 109 districts to the Democrat’s 94
HD-2 voted Sunday-Kenyatta-McClelland, while HD-30 voted DePasquale-DeFoor-Garrity
January 19, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I’ve mapped the 2024 PA Row Office elections by State House district
In each race the Republican won 109 districts to the Democrat’s 94
HD-2 voted Sunday-Kenyatta-McClelland, while HD-30 voted DePasquale-DeFoor-Garrity
In each race the Republican won 109 districts to the Democrat’s 94
HD-2 voted Sunday-Kenyatta-McClelland, while HD-30 voted DePasquale-DeFoor-Garrity
Democrat Sean Dougherty entered the race just before the primary, unseating the incumbent Kevin Boyle, whose bad personal behavior could be the subject of another thread
Dougherty outperformed Harris just enough to win, particularly in the Trump-won 58th and 63rd wards (8/11)
Dougherty outperformed Harris just enough to win, particularly in the Trump-won 58th and 63rd wards (8/11)
November 19, 2024 at 11:55 PM
Democrat Sean Dougherty entered the race just before the primary, unseating the incumbent Kevin Boyle, whose bad personal behavior could be the subject of another thread
Dougherty outperformed Harris just enough to win, particularly in the Trump-won 58th and 63rd wards (8/11)
Dougherty outperformed Harris just enough to win, particularly in the Trump-won 58th and 63rd wards (8/11)
A comfortably Democratic district in the Obama years, the current 172nd gave Biden just a 7% margin in 2020, before narrowly flipping to Trump this year (7/11)
November 19, 2024 at 11:53 PM
A comfortably Democratic district in the Obama years, the current 172nd gave Biden just a 7% margin in 2020, before narrowly flipping to Trump this year (7/11)
Some of those suburban races were indeed close this year
But the closest race of all? The one that put Democrats over the top to return their 102-101 majority? The 172nd House District in Northeast Philadelphia (5/11)
But the closest race of all? The one that put Democrats over the top to return their 102-101 majority? The 172nd House District in Northeast Philadelphia (5/11)
November 19, 2024 at 11:50 PM
Some of those suburban races were indeed close this year
But the closest race of all? The one that put Democrats over the top to return their 102-101 majority? The 172nd House District in Northeast Philadelphia (5/11)
But the closest race of all? The one that put Democrats over the top to return their 102-101 majority? The 172nd House District in Northeast Philadelphia (5/11)
Aside from a couple rural districts that flipped from Democrat to Republican, these are all suburban districts, mostly concentrated in Southeast PA
And all are at least two thirds white by Voting Age Population (3/11)
And all are at least two thirds white by Voting Age Population (3/11)
November 19, 2024 at 11:48 PM
Aside from a couple rural districts that flipped from Democrat to Republican, these are all suburban districts, mostly concentrated in Southeast PA
And all are at least two thirds white by Voting Age Population (3/11)
And all are at least two thirds white by Voting Age Population (3/11)
In 2022, after 12 years out of power, Democrats won a 1-seat majority in the Pennsylvania House
Here were the 10 closest districts that year (2/11)
Here were the 10 closest districts that year (2/11)
November 19, 2024 at 11:47 PM
In 2022, after 12 years out of power, Democrats won a 1-seat majority in the Pennsylvania House
Here were the 10 closest districts that year (2/11)
Here were the 10 closest districts that year (2/11)
THREAD on the decisive House District 172:
A New Kind of Pennsylvania Battleground (1/11)
A New Kind of Pennsylvania Battleground (1/11)
November 19, 2024 at 11:46 PM
THREAD on the decisive House District 172:
A New Kind of Pennsylvania Battleground (1/11)
A New Kind of Pennsylvania Battleground (1/11)
Basically my take too
November 14, 2024 at 11:13 PM
Basically my take too
If PA's state house map were redrawn based on the county-level population estimates published this week, HD10 would likely move from Philadelphia to western Cumberland County, as shown below
Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, and York are currently underrepresented by 0.72 districts
Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, and York are currently underrepresented by 0.72 districts
March 16, 2024 at 10:47 PM
If PA's state house map were redrawn based on the county-level population estimates published this week, HD10 would likely move from Philadelphia to western Cumberland County, as shown below
Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, and York are currently underrepresented by 0.72 districts
Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, and York are currently underrepresented by 0.72 districts
And here's the 2023 Pennsylvania Supreme Court election by State Senate district
Dem Dan McCaffery won 29/50 districts, including 4 that were won by Republicans in 2022, and 3 R-held seats that are up this year
Those are:
SD15, by 11%
SD37, by 2.7%
SD49, by 0.1% (62 votes!)
Dem Dan McCaffery won 29/50 districts, including 4 that were won by Republicans in 2022, and 3 R-held seats that are up this year
Those are:
SD15, by 11%
SD37, by 2.7%
SD49, by 0.1% (62 votes!)
February 3, 2024 at 11:46 PM
And here's the 2023 Pennsylvania Supreme Court election by State Senate district
Dem Dan McCaffery won 29/50 districts, including 4 that were won by Republicans in 2022, and 3 R-held seats that are up this year
Those are:
SD15, by 11%
SD37, by 2.7%
SD49, by 0.1% (62 votes!)
Dem Dan McCaffery won 29/50 districts, including 4 that were won by Republicans in 2022, and 3 R-held seats that are up this year
Those are:
SD15, by 11%
SD37, by 2.7%
SD49, by 0.1% (62 votes!)
At long last, I present the 2023 Pennsylvania Supreme Court election by State House district
Democrat Dan McCaffery won a whopping 112/203 districts, as Republicans’ downballot strength in the exurbs evaporated in response to the Dobbs decision
Democrat Dan McCaffery won a whopping 112/203 districts, as Republicans’ downballot strength in the exurbs evaporated in response to the Dobbs decision
February 3, 2024 at 11:44 PM
At long last, I present the 2023 Pennsylvania Supreme Court election by State House district
Democrat Dan McCaffery won a whopping 112/203 districts, as Republicans’ downballot strength in the exurbs evaporated in response to the Dobbs decision
Democrat Dan McCaffery won a whopping 112/203 districts, as Republicans’ downballot strength in the exurbs evaporated in response to the Dobbs decision
Who would represent this State Senate district?
December 3, 2023 at 9:36 PM
Who would represent this State Senate district?
Celebrating 100 followers on Bluesky with this map of 2022 performance by State House candidates compared to the US Senate race
October 10, 2023 at 9:52 PM
Celebrating 100 followers on Bluesky with this map of 2022 performance by State House candidates compared to the US Senate race
1,052,935 Democrats voted in the 2023 PA Supreme Court Primary, compared to 823,925 Republicans
Looking by House district, some of that gap is explained by ancestral Dems
But Dem turnout was also strong in places you might not expect, like the Lehigh Valley and Central Bucks
Looking by House district, some of that gap is explained by ancestral Dems
But Dem turnout was also strong in places you might not expect, like the Lehigh Valley and Central Bucks
September 20, 2023 at 9:38 PM
1,052,935 Democrats voted in the 2023 PA Supreme Court Primary, compared to 823,925 Republicans
Looking by House district, some of that gap is explained by ancestral Dems
But Dem turnout was also strong in places you might not expect, like the Lehigh Valley and Central Bucks
Looking by House district, some of that gap is explained by ancestral Dems
But Dem turnout was also strong in places you might not expect, like the Lehigh Valley and Central Bucks
Pennsylvania drawn in the style of the Texas Senate, with a brutal Republican gerrymander. Trump win 19/31 seats by 10% or more, and not even Tom Wolf wins a majority of seats.
September 1, 2023 at 8:35 PM
Pennsylvania drawn in the style of the Texas Senate, with a brutal Republican gerrymander. Trump win 19/31 seats by 10% or more, and not even Tom Wolf wins a majority of seats.
Pennsylvania in the style of the Texas House. 150 districts and county line rule. Median districts are Biden +0.5% in SW Chesco and Lower Bucks.
September 1, 2023 at 7:31 PM
Pennsylvania in the style of the Texas House. 150 districts and county line rule. Median districts are Biden +0.5% in SW Chesco and Lower Bucks.