The 2022 Pennsylvania Primary vote is over and here are the statewide results. For U-S Senate on the GOP side, Dr. Memhet Oz leads Dave McCormick by roughly 2,000 votes with Kathy Barnette coming in a distant third. On the Democratic side, Lt. Governor John Fetterman easily bested Congressman Connor Lamb by more than a 2-to-1 margin. In the race for Governor, Republican state Senator Doug Mastriano beat his nearest competitor former Congressman Lou Barletta by a 2-to-1 margin. Come November he will face Democratic Attorney General Josh Shapiro who ran unopposed. For Lt. Governor, Republican Carrie Delrosso outlasted 8-other candidates, while Austin Davis coasted to a win on the Democratic side.
Locally, many of the races had candidates with no competitor for their party’s nomination and incumbents generally won. In Lancaster County, Republican House Speaker Bryan Cutler, state Senator Ryan Aument and Democratic state Representative Mike Sturla all held off challengers. In open state House districts, Democratic Lancaster city council President Izzy Smith-Wade-El won the primary to represent the 49th Legislative District while Republican Tom Jones took the top spot in the 98th. But there were two surprises in York County, on the Republican side, Wendy Fink beat long-time state Representative Stan Saylor and current state representative Keith Gillespie fell to Joe D’Orsie.
As for Congressional races in November, Democrat Shamaine Daniels will face 10th District Republican Congressman Scott Perry. In the 11th District, Democrat Bob Hollister will run against GOP Congressman Lloyd Smucker.
Get more detailed results on all the 2022 Primary races in York and Lancaster Counties by following these web site links.
https://yorkcountypa.gov/voting-elections/election-results.html
http://vr.co.lancaster.pa.us/ElectionReturns/May_17,2022-_General_Primary/SelectParty.html
