Pennsylvania’s primary election is Tuesday, May 19.
Pennsylvania has a closed primary system in which Republicans and Democrats can only vote for candidates in their respective parties. Primary winners earn their party’s nomination to run for the office in November.
The state has an online tool to let voters find their polling place by entering their address here.
For more information on polling places, go to the official election pages for your county:
• Allegheny County election page
• Westmoreland County election page
• Armstrong County election page
Here’s a look at the contested races in Southwestern Pennsylvania:
12th Congressional District
| Democratic | Republican |
| Summer Lee (Incumbent) | James Hayes |
| William Parker |
17th Congressional District
| Democratic | Republican |
| Chris Deluzio (Incumbent) | Tony Guy |
| Jesse Vodvarka |
Lieutenant governor
| Democratic | Republican |
| Austin Davis (Incumbent) | Jason Richey |
| John Ventre |
Richey, Ventre seek GOP nomination for Lt. Governor
Allegheny County Republican Committee Chairman Jason Richey and retired UPS executive John Ventre of Hempfield make up the field of candidates running this spring for Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor. Both briefly ran aborted campaigns for governor in 2022, but bowed out before that year’s primary.
Allegheny County GOP Chairman Jason Richey to run for lieutenant governor
A Sewickley attorney who serves as Allegheny County’s GOP chairman said Thursday that he is running for lieutenant governor with the endorsement of the presumptive Republican nominee for the state’s highest office, Stacy Garrity.
32nd State Senate District
| Democratic | Republican |
| Patrick Stefano (Incumbent) | |
| Harry Cochran |
42nd State Senate District
| Democratic | Republican |
| Wayne Fontana (Incumbent) | |
| Paul Steenkiste |
46th State Senate District
| Democratic | Republican |
| Evan Snyder | Camera Bartolotta (Incumbent) |
| Albert Buchtan |
12th State House District
| Democratic | Republican |
| Brandon Dukes | Ethan Nicholas |
| Scott Timko |
24th State House District
| Democratic | Republican |
| La’Tasha Mayes (Incumbent) | |
| William Anderson |
28th State House District
| Democratic | Republican |
| Robert Bertha | Jeremy Shaffer (Incumbent) |
| Jeremy Ferderber |
2 Democrats seeking nomination to challenge Republican state Rep. Jeremy Shaffer
Two Democrats are seeking their party’s nomination in the May 19 primary to challenge incumbent Republican state Rep. Jeremy Shaffer in November. Robert Bertha of West Deer and Jeremy Ferderber of Richland are vying for the Democratic nomination in the 28th state House District race.
39th State House District
| Democratic | Republican |
| Dylan Altemara | Andrew Kuzma (Incumbent) |
| Kellianne Frketic |
45th State House District
| Democratic | Republican |
| Brittany Bloam | James Julius |
| Patrick Catena Jr. |
59th State House District
| Democratic | Republican |
| Lisa Gephart | Leslie Baum Rossi (Incumbent) |
| Jordan Omlor |
NEWS
Political handicappers give Western Pa. incumbents the upper hand in midterms
Only one congressional incumbent from Southwestern Pennsylvania is considered vulnerable in this year’s pivotal midterm elections, and that congressman, U.S. Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-Fox Chapel, faces a minimal threat, a new analysis shows.
Western Pa. congressional incumbents have upper hand over challengers in campaign cash
Congressional incumbents seeking reelection in Western Pennsylvania have significantly more cash to fuel their campaigns than their challengers, new filings show.
Undeterred by past setbacks, perennial political candidates set sights on primary
If at first — or the second, third or fourth time — you don’t succeed, try, try again. Some people seeking office this year are known in political circles as perennial candidates. They’ve appeared on ballots several times before but typically came up far short in bids for the same office or an array of different offices. They’ve also typically raised and spent far less money than their successful opponents, many of them entrenched incumbents. Yet, these candidates keep coming back.