It’ll come as no surprise that Donald Trump and Joe Biden each won their respective Primary elections in Pennsylvania on Tuesday.
Statewide, Trump secured 83.4% of Republican votes counted (as of midnight Wednesday), thoroughly defeating Nikki Haley, who has already suspended her campaign.
In Schuylkill County, Trump actually got more of the Republican vote, which shouldn’t surprise anyone either. Here, the former President got 85.5% of the Republican vote.
On the Democrat side, President Joe Biden got 93.1% of the vote statewide. But in Schuylkill County, Biden didn’t do nearly as well.
Here, Biden got just 79.9% of all Democrat votes cast in the Primary. Minnesota Congressman Dean Phillips got 12.5% of Democrat votes in Schuylkill County.
And local voters clearly not enamored with either Democrat candidate let themselves be known with write-in votes on the party’s ballot. There were 541 write-in votes for President on Democrat ballots in Schuylkill County in this year’s Primary. There were just 215 write-ins on the Republican side.
2024 PA Primary Results
Here’s a look at the other contested races on the Pennsylvania Primary ballot with statewide results and how they compare with the results in Schuylkill County.
PA Attorney General
David Sunday easily defeated Craig Williams for the Republican nomination for state Attorney General. He cruised to a 70-30% margin of victory statewide.
In Schuylkill County, Sunday got 9,899 votes to 3,116 for Williams.
On the Democrat ballot, Eugene DePasquale narrowly won the Schuylkill County vote for Attorney General, squeaking by his nearest challenger, Jack Stollsteimer, 1,882-1,621.
But statewide, the margin of victory for DePasquale was 35.8% to 20.1% over Stollsteimer.
PA Auditor General
Malcolm Kenyatta easily defeated Mark Pinsley for the Democrat nomination for state Auditor General, 64.1% to 35.8%, in statewide results.
However, in Schuylkill County, it was Pinsley who garnered the most votes, 4,673-2,157.
Republicans did not have a challenger to incumbent Tim DeFoor.
PA Treasurer
Erin McClelland narrowly defeated Ryan Bizzarro in the Democrat race for State Treasurer, 54.3% to 45.6%. Schuylkill County voters went the same route, picking McClelland over Bizzarro, 4,339 to 2,415.
Incumbent Republican Stacy Garrity ran unopposed for the Republican nomination.
Delegates to the Republican National Convention
Here are the unofficial final results in the vote for delegates to the Republican National Convention:
| Candidate | Votes |
|---|---|
| Jessica Morgan | 4,894 |
| Laura Jane Miller | 4,835 |
| Steven Michael Wolfe | 4,822 |
| Tammy Delucia | 4,737 |
| Dave Huffman | 4,335 |
| Carolyn Bonkoski | 4,149 |
| Eugene Bonkoski | 3,932 |
| Doug McLinko | 2,367 |
| Write-in | 194 |
Delegates to the Democrat National Convention
Here are the unofficial final results in the vote for delegates to the Democrat National Convention:
| Candidate | Votes |
|---|---|
| Todd Zimmerman | 5,677 |
| Liz Bettinger | 5,569 |
| Denitra Michelle Moffett | 4,959 |
| Write-in | 277 |
Uncontested Races
All other races on the Republican and Democrat ballots on Tuesday were uncontested.
Incumbent Rep. Dan Meuser secured the GOP nomination for US Rep for Pennsylvania’s 9th District. Amanda Waldman won the Democrat nomination.
Sen. Bob Casey won the Democrat nomination for US Senate and Dave McCormick won the GOP nod.
Locally, incumbent Republicans for the State House of Representatives all advanced to the General Election with uncontested wins on Tuesday: Joanne Stehr (107th), Dane Watro (116th), Tim Twardzik (123rd), and Jamie Barton (124th).
On the Democrat side, all these candidates ran unopposed, too: Deborah Adoff (116th), Michael Zvalaren (123rd), and Tina Burns (124th).
State Sen. Dave Argall secured another GOP nomination with an uncontested win. John Zugarek won the uncontested race on the Democrat side.
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