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Pennsylvania 2026 midterms: ballot, races, and key dates

Pennsylvania’s November 3, 2026 voter-services candidate list includes governor and lieutenant governor as the statewide offices. U.S. House contests on that list are by district.

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Last updated: October 28, 2026. Unofficial information. Not affiliated with any government or election authority. Confirm with your official election office (Pennsylvania Department of State — Voting).

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State briefing

What Pennsylvania voters are deciding in 2026

Pennsylvania’s statewide executive ballot, on the list this hub cites, is governor and lieutenant governor. There is no Senate line on that list. The governor guide stores a Solid Democratic Cook label and a Franklin & Marshall survey showing a wide gap between Josh Shapiro and Stacy Garrity. A Solid label is still the outlet’s label. It is not this site’s call, and it says nothing about U.S. House districts. The 7th District has its own guide precisely because a district can be competitive while a statewide race is not. Mail and civilian absentee timelines are statutory and county-administered.

Pennsylvania’s sourced statewide list includes Governor; Lieutenant Governor. This state’s regular Class 2 Senate seat is not on the November 3, 2026 ballot. Voters may still have an unexpired Senate term, a House ballot, or state offices. The office list above is the check. A governor’s race is on the cycle. The winner becomes the state’s chief executive under the state constitution. This page does not predict who that will be. The pages read for this hub did not become a statewide-question essay. If the election office adds a measure after the date on the hub, the office’s list controls. The list is not a sample ballot for a street address. Counties add local offices, and a ZIP sketch on this site is not the official card.

Race guides linked from this hub: PA Governor (Cook Political Report: Solid D, August 20, 2026); PA-07. A rating in that list is the outlet’s label. It is not a Map the Midterms call, and a guide with no rating is not secretly a Toss-up. Candidate names on a guide come from an election-office list, a certified ballot, or the Clerk of the House nominee list. The short bio restates that listing. It is not a speech. Where a card links a verified Ballotpedia profile, the profile collects public reporting. This briefing does not copy it.

Past margins for president, Senate, governor, or a House district are the canvass Pennsylvania Department of State — Voting certified, and for federal offices the compilation the Federal Election Commission publishes from those state reports. This briefing does not drop in a percentage it has not copied from one of those documents. A close prior canvass is a reason to watch how Pennsylvania reports mail and provisional ballots. It is not a 2026 result. Turnout rates disagree when one chart uses the Census Bureau’s survey and another uses registered voters or ballots counted. Harrisburg is the capital. Most of Pennsylvania is on Eastern Time. Poll-close comparisons with other states have to respect that clock. Certification is the state’s work, on the state’s calendar, after election night.

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Candidates on the Pennsylvania ballot, November 3, 2026

Names and parties are copied in stored-list order: U.S. Senate, each U.S. House district, governor, then other statewide offices, including attorney general, secretary of state, treasurer, auditor, comptroller, superintendent, commissioners, and state supreme court seats when that list contains them. State legislative contests are included when that stored list contains them.

Official election office

  • Most of Pennsylvania is on Eastern Time.
  • County election offices maintain Pennsylvania registration lists. Dates for the November 3, 2026 general election are on the voting-deadlines page.
  • Pennsylvania’s in-person options and mail-ballot timelines are set by state law and county practice.
  • Mail and civilian absentee dates for the November 3, 2026 general election are on the voting-deadlines page.
  • Identification rules are published by the Pennsylvania Department of State.

Pennsylvania Department of State — Voting

Jump to tools

Statewide offices on the November 3, 2026 ballot

  • Governor
  • Lieutenant Governor

Last checked October 18, 2026. Sources: Pennsylvania Department of State — PA Voter Services candidate list, 2026 general election; Pennsylvania Department of State — voting and elections

Key 2026 general election dates

Dates below are paraphrased from the official pages linked on each line and were last checked against those pages on October 28, 2026. They can change. Pennsylvania Department of State — Voting publishes the current calendar. County voting hours vary. “Passed,” “Deadline today,” “In progress,” and “Upcoming” markers use only the date on the device. They ignore cutoff times and the state’s time zone, so a deadline marked for today may already have closed. The marker is not an official cutoff.

Voter registration

October 19, 2026 was the last day to register before the November election. The calendar does not split that deadline into mail, online, and in-person cutoffs.

Source: Pennsylvania Department of State — upcoming elections

Mail-in or civilian absentee application

October 27, 2026 was the last day to apply for a mail-in or civilian absentee ballot.

Source: Pennsylvania Department of State — upcoming elections

Mail-in or civilian absentee return

November 3, 2026 is the last day for a county election office to receive a completed mail-in or civilian absentee ballot, and it must be received by 8:00 p.m. Military and overseas ballots use a later receipt date on that calendar.

Source: Pennsylvania Department of State — upcoming elections

Early or in-person absentee voting

Not listed on the 2026 upcoming-elections page read for this update. That page does not list a statewide early-voting window. The Pennsylvania Department of State and county election offices are the official sources.

Same-day or Election Day registration

Not listed on the upcoming-elections calendar read for this update. That calendar does not describe same-day registration. The Pennsylvania Department of State is the official source.

Compare with other states · Pennsylvania Department of State — Voting

Race guides

Governor·Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Governor — 2026

The Monroe County candidate proclamation for the November 3, 2026 general election lists, county-wide, Josh Shapiro with lieutenant governor Austin Davis (Democratic), Stacy Garrity with lieutenant governor Jason Richey (Republican), and Ken Krawchuk with lieutenant governor John Thomas (Libertarian).

Cook Political Report: Solid D
U.S. House·Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania 7th Congressional District — 2026

The Monroe County candidate proclamation for the November 3, 2026 general election lists Bob Brooks (Democratic) and Ryan Mackenzie (Republican) for representative in Congress, 7th district, in Eldred, Polk, and Ross One.

Questions about the Pennsylvania 2026 midterms

Short answers from the offices and race guides already linked on this page. Registration and voting rules are published by Pennsylvania Department of State — Voting.

What is on the Pennsylvania ballot in the 2026 midterms?
The Pennsylvania Department of State voter-services candidate list for the November 3, 2026 general election, read October 18, 2026, includes two statewide offices: Governor and Lieutenant Governor. U.S. House contests on that list are by district. The Department of State voting-and-elections page read on October 18, 2026 does not print a statewide ballot question. The voter-services file read the same day is a candidate list and does not list a ballot question.
Where are official Pennsylvania sample-ballot and registration pages?
Pennsylvania Department of State — Voting publishes the official sample ballot, registration, and election rules. Vote.gov: Pennsylvania registration information. Map the Midterms does not look up voter records, issue sample ballots, or request mail ballots.
Which Map the Midterms race guides cover Pennsylvania?
Map the Midterms publishes 2 Pennsylvania race guides: Pennsylvania Governor — 2026 and Pennsylvania 7th Congressional District — 2026. Pennsylvania 7th Congressional District — 2026 is one district example. It is not a claim that the district is yours. These pages cite public sources. They are not a certified candidate list, not a poll average, and not an endorsement. Other districts and local contests in Pennsylvania are not covered in depth. The race guides are linked on this page. Qualified names are published by Pennsylvania Department of State — Voting.
When is Election Day 2026 in Pennsylvania?
The 2026 U.S. midterm general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. The Pennsylvania Department of State lists October 19, 2026 as the last day to register before the November election and October 27, 2026 as the last day to apply for a mail-in or civilian absentee ballot. Both of those deadlines have passed. The same calendar lists 8:00 p.m. on November 3, 2026 as the deadline for a county election office to receive those completed ballots. That calendar does not list a statewide early-voting window. Dates can change. The Pennsylvania Department of State and county election offices publish the current calendar. Most of Pennsylvania is on Eastern Time.
Is Map the Midterms an official Pennsylvania election website?
No. Map the Midterms is an informational site. It is not a government, secretary of state, or county election website. The official election office for Pennsylvania is Pennsylvania Department of State — Voting. Registration, sample ballots, and voting rules are published there and on Vote.gov: Pennsylvania registration information.

Pennsylvania Department of State — Voting · Vote.gov: Pennsylvania registration information · Sample ballot structure

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