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2020

Pennsylvania'south 8th Congressional District

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Democratic primary
Republican primary
General election
Election details
Filing deadline: March fifteen, 2022
Chief: May 17, 2022
General: November eight, 2022
How to vote
Poll times: 7 a.m. to viii p.m.
Voting in Pennsylvania
Race ratings
Melt Political Written report: Toss-upwards
Sabato's Crystal Ball: Toss-upward
Inside Elections: Toss-up
Ballotpedia analysis
U.S. Senate battlegrounds
U.S. House battlegrounds
Federal and country primary competitiveness
Ballotpedia's Ballot Analysis Hub, 2022
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All U.South. Business firm districts, including the eighth Congressional Commune of Pennsylvania, are holding elections in 2022. The general ballot is scheduled on November 8, 2022. The primary is scheduled for May 17, 2022. The filing deadline was March fifteen, 2022.

Candidates and election results

General ballot

The master will occur on May 17, 2022. The full general ballot will occur on November eight, 2022. Full general election candidates will exist added here following the primary.

Democratic primary election

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

  • Jon Lanzaro-Fisher (D)
  • Brian Kelly (D)

Republican primary ballot

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

  • Teddy Daniels (R)

Entrada finance

Name Political party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
Matt Cartwright Autonomous Party $2,534,260 $696,207 $2,008,918 As of March 31, 2022
Jim Bognet Republican Political party $643,569 $105,054 $672,002 As of March 31, 2022
Mike Marsicano Republican Political party $0 $0 $0 Data not available

Source: Federal Elections Committee, "Campaign finance information," 2022.

* Co-ordinate to the FEC, "Receipts are annihilation of value (coin, goods, services or holding) received by a political commission."
** Co-ordinate to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, accelerate, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election.

General election race ratings

Encounter also: Race rating definitions and methods

Ballotpedia provides race ratings from three outlets: The Cook Political Written report, Inside Elections, and Sabato's Crystal Ball. Each race rating indicates if ane political party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the caste of advantage:

  • Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one political party has a clear edge and the race is non competitive.
  • Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
  • Lean ratings indicate that one political party has a pocket-size edge, but the race is competitive.[1]
  • Tossup ratings indicate that neither party has an reward.

Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and ballot result history in the race's district or state.[two] [iii] [4]

Race ratings: Pennsylvania'due south 8th Congressional Commune election, 2022
Race tracker Race ratings
April nineteen, 2022 April 12, 2022 April 5, 2022 March 29, 2022
The Cook Political Report Toss-up Toss-up Toss-upwards Toss-up
Inside Elections with Nathan Fifty. Gonzales Toss-up Toss-upward Toss-up Toss-upwardly
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball Toss-up Toss-upwardly Toss-up Toss-up
Note: Ballotpedia updates external race ratings every week throughout the election flavor.

Ballot access requirements

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Pennsylvania in the 2022 election bike. For additional data on candidate ballot access requirements in Pennsylvania, click hither.

Filing requirements for U.S. Firm candidates, 2022
Country Office Party Signatures required Filing fee Filing deadline Source
Pennsylvania U.S. House Ballot-qualified party 1,000 $150.00 three/15/2022 Source
Pennsylvania U.South. House Unaffiliated ii% of largest entire vote cast for a candidate in the district in the terminal election $150.00 8/1/2022 Source

District analysis

Click the tabs beneath to view information about voter composition, past elections, and demographics in both the commune and the state.

  • District map - An interactive map of the district including cities and towns.
  • Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2022 U.S. Business firm elections in the state.
  • Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
  • District demographics - Information nearly the district's demographics from the census.
  • Land party command - The partisan makeup of the state'due south congressional delegation and land government.

District map

Below is the district map in place for this election, enacted equally function of the 2020 redistricting bike.

Competitiveness

See also: Primary election competitiveness in land and federal government, 2022

This section will incorporate principal election competitiveness information for this state's U.S. Business firm elections. It will be updated later the candidate filing deadline.

Presidential elections

See besides: Presidential election in Pennsylvania, 2020 and The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

As a consequence of redistricting post-obit the 2020 census, many district boundaries changed. As a result, assay of the presidential vote in each of these new districts is not notwithstanding available. In one case that analysis is available, it volition be published here.

Pennsylvania presidential ballot results (1900-2020)

  • xiv Autonomous wins
  • sixteen Republican wins
  • one other win
Year 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Winning Party R R R P [5] R R R R R D D D R R R D D D R D R R R D D D D D D R D

District demographics

As a consequence of redistricting post-obit the 2020 census, many commune boundaries changed. As a result, demographics in each of these districts changed. Once a demographic analysis is completed, we will include that data hither. If you know of existing analysis, permit us know.

Land party command

Congressional delegation

The tabular array below displays the partisan composition of Pennsylvania's congressional delegation as of March 2022.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Pennsylvania, March 2022
Party U.South. Senate U.S. Business firm Total
Democratic i 9 x
Republican one 9 1 0
Independent 0 0 0
Vacancies 0 0 0
Total 2 xviii 20

Country executive

The tabular array below displays the officeholders in Pennsylvania'due south top four state executive offices every bit of March 2022.

State executive officials in Pennsylvania, March 2022
Role Officeholder
Governor Democratic Party Tom Wolf
Lieutenant Governor Democratic Party John Fetterman
Secretary of Land Democratic Party Leigh Chapman
Attorney Full general Democratic Party Josh Shapiro

State legislature

The tables below highlight the partisan composition of the Pennsylvania General Assembly equally of March 2022.

Pennsylvania State Senate

Party As of March 2022
Democratic Political party 20
Republican Party 28
Independent i
Vacancies 1
Total 50

Pennsylvania House of Representatives

Party As of March 2022
Democratic Political party 88
Republican Party 112
Vacancies 3
Total 203

Trifecta control

As of March 2022, Pennsylvania was a divided government, with Democrats controlling the governorship and Republican majorities in both chambers of the country legislature. The table beneath displays the historical trifecta condition of the state.

Pennsylvania Party Control: 1992-2022
Ane year of a Autonomous trifecta  •Twelve years of Republican trifectas
Coil left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 xiii fourteen 15 16 17 18 19 xx 21 22
Governor D D D R R R R R R R R D D D D D D D D R R R R D D D D D D D D
Senate R D R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
House D D D R R R R R R R R R R R R D D D D R R R R R R R R R R R R

District history

2020

See too: Pennsylvania's eighth Congressional Commune election, 2020

Pennsylvania'south 8th Congressional Commune ballot, 2020 (June 2 Republican principal)

Pennsylvania's eighth Congressional District ballot, 2020 (June ii Democratic primary)

General election

Democratic primary ballot

Republican primary election

2018

Come across too: Pennsylvania's eighth Congressional District election, 2018

General election

Democratic primary election

Republican primary ballot

Results prior to 2018 redistricting

On February 19, 2018, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court adopted a new congressional district map after ruling that the original map constituted an illegal partisan gerrymander. District locations and numbers were changed past the new map. Click here for more information nearly the ruling.

2016

See likewise: Pennsylvania's 8th Congressional District ballot, 2016

Pennsylvania'southward 8th Congressional District was a battleground district in 2016. Incumbent Michael Thou. Fitzpatrick (R), who served in Congress from 2005 to 2007 and was elected one time again in 2010, chose not to seek re-election in 2016, leaving the seat open. Fitzpatrick decided not to run in 2016 because of cocky-imposed term limits.

Brian Fitzpatrick (R), a former FBI agent and the blood brother of the retiring incumbent, defeated state Rep. Steve Santarsiero (D) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Fitzpatrick defeated former Bucks County Commissioner Andy Warren and clinical psychologist and neuropsychologist Marc Duome in the Republican chief. Santarsiero defeated business possessor Shaughnessy Naughton to win the Democratic nomination. The main elections took identify on Apr 26, 2016.[half dozen] [seven] [8] [9] [ten] [11] [12] [thirteen] [14]

U.South. House, Pennsylvania District 8 Full general Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Republican Green check mark transparent.png Brian Fitzpatrick 54.four% 207,263
Autonomous Steve Santarsiero 45.half dozen% 173,555
Total Votes 380,818
Source: Pennsylvania Department of State
U.Due south. House, Pennsylvania District 8 Democratic Primary, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Steve Santarsiero 59.8% 50,416
Shaughnessy Naughton twoscore.2% 33,864
Total Votes 84,280
Source: Pennsylvania Department of State
U.South. Business firm, Pennsylvania Commune viii Republican Primary, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Brian Fitzpatrick 78.4% 74,150
Andy Warren 12.5% xi,828
Marc Duome 9.i% 8,641
Total Votes 94,619
Source: Pennsylvania Department of State

2014

Michael G. Fitzpatrick won re-election to the U.South. Firm of Representatives on November 4, 2014. He defeated Kevin Strouse in the general election.

U.S. House, Pennsylvania Commune 8 Full general Ballot, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Republican Green check mark transparent.png Michael M. Fitzpatrick Incumbent 61.nine% 137,731
Democratic Kevin Strouse 38.1% 84,767
Total Votes 222,498
Source: Pennsylvania Department of Country
U.Due south. House, Pennsylvania District 8 Democratic Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Kevin Strouse 51.1% eighteen,428
Shaughnessy Naughton 48.nine% 17,610
Total Votes 36,038
Source: Results via Associated Press

Political context

This section will exist updated with information most the political mural in Pennsylvania.

Redistricting post-obit the 2020 census

On Feb 4, 2022, the Pennsylvania Legislative Reapportionment Commission voted 4-one to approve new land House and Senate maps.[15] House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff (R) voted no, while Senate Majority Leader Kim Ward (R), state Rep. Joanna McClinton (D), country Sen. Jay Costa (D), and chairman Mark Nordenberg voted yes.[15] These maps take consequence for Pennsylvania'due south 2022 legislative elections.

See also

Pennsylvania 2022 primaries 2022 U.Southward. Congress elections

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Footnotes

  1. Inside Elections besides uses Tilt ratings to bespeak an fifty-fifty smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
  2. Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," Apr xix, 2018
  3. Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
  4. Amee LaTour, "Electronic mail correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018
  5. Progressive Political party
  6. Roll Call, "Democrat Kicks Off Race for Open up Pennsylvania Seat," accessed Jan 12, 2014
  7. Politics PA, "PA-8: Warren to Run in 2016," June 24, 2015
  8. Politics PA, "PA-8: Petri Officially Jumps into Congressional Race," October ii, 2015
  9. Ballotpedia Staff, "Email correspondence with Marc Duome," January 11, 2016
  10. Philly.com, "Fitzpatrick's brother aims to succeed him in U.Southward. House," January 22, 2016
  11. Roll Call, "Democrat Kicks Off Race for Open Pennsylvania Seat," accessed January 12, 2014
  12. Philly.com, "GOP's Petri drops out of Bucks County congressional race," Feb 1, 2016
  13. Pennsylvania Department of Land, "Unofficial Candidate Listing – Pre Election Lottery," accessed February 17, 2016
  14. The New York Times, "Pennsylvania Master Results," Apr 26, 2016
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Senators

Representatives

Democratic Party (10)

Republican Party (ten)