Polls close in Pennsylvania primary elections – NBC10 Philadelphia

What to Know

• Democratic voters in Tuesday’s Pennsylvania primary picked their nominees to flip 4 seats seen as important for the social gathering to retake the US House in November.
• Polls open on Tuesday, May 19, at 7 am ET and closed Tuesday night time at 8 pm ET. Only voters registered with a political social gathering might take part in that social gathering’s primary. Democrats couldn’t vote in the Republican primary or vice versa. Independent or unaffiliated voters couldn’t take part in both primary.
• After 4 a long time in public service, Congressman Dwight Evans (D-Third dist.) has determined to not run for re-election. Four Democratic candidates – Dr. Ala Stanford, Sen. Sharif Street, State Rep. Chris Rabb and Shaun Griffith – ran to fill his vacated seat.
• Republicans maintain a slim House majority and only a handful of seats might decide whether or not they proceed to regulate the chamber subsequent 12 months. Democrats see 4 aggressive Republican-held districts in Pennsylvania as amongst their prime pick-up alternatives.
• US Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick in the first Congressional District, Ryan Mackenzie in the seventh Congressional District, Rob Bresnahan in the eighth Congressional District and Scott Perry in the tenth Congressional District are the projected winners in spite of everything ran unopposed in their Republican primaries.
• In the race for governor, Democratic incumbent Josh Shapiro and Republican Pennsylvania treasurer Stacy Garrity ran unopposed in the primary and at the moment are anticipated to face off towards one another in the overall election in November.
• Voters throughout the commonwealth can even determine primaries for lieutenant governor and for each chambers of the General Assembly.
• Click here for live primary election results after the polls close.