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Governor · Pennsylvania · 2026

General election · 2 on the November ballot · Incumbent running

Model rating Leans Democratic (Held) on our experimental model — not a poll or a forecast.

14 polls on file from pollsters we have not verified yet — shown below, not averaged. Model inputs: 4 of 7, updated yesterday. Sources · What is validated

News attention 59/100 — how much coverage the race gets, not who is winning. Updated yesterday. How it works

On the November ballot (2)

From reported primary results, checked 2026-09-29. Each state certifies its own ballot; see the source below.

Other filers (6)

Registered with the FEC or listed in public records, but not on the November ballot as far as the results show.

Ballot source: https://www.electionreturns.pa.gov/

Latest verified field polling

Only checksummed releases from verified (Tier V) pollsters appear here.

none yet

No verified poll has been published for this race. Vector, our experimental model rating, is below — it is not a poll.

Polling average

no verified inputs yet

14 polls on file for this race, all from quarantined (U-tier) pollsters — visible below, not yet averaged.

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Josh Shapiro (D)Stacy Garrity (R)● verified poll · ○ quarantined poll · ◎ live average

Results

Vote counts as reported by the state; transcribed from the Wikipedia election article (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites the state's official results.

Democratic primary · official results

Josh Shapiro (incumbent) won1,116,960100.0%

Republican primary

Stacy Garrity won641,534100.0%

Source: Wikipedia article revision (CC BY-SA 4.0), retrieved 2026-09-29 · parser wiki-race-1.0.0

Key dates

Official federal election dates for this state from the FEC. Registration deadlines and early voting: see the state election office.

  • 2026-05-19 — Primary election: U.S. House
  • 2026-11-03 — General election: U.S. House

Source: FEC election dates (public domain).

Primary and hypothetical polls (2)

Kept on file, never averaged into this race. Polls listed on the Wikipedia election article (CC BY-SA 4.0), each linked to the pollster's own release.

  • Hypothetical matchup · Quinnipiac University · 2025-09-25–2025-09-29 · n=1,579 · Josh Shapiro (D) 56%, Doug Mastriano (R) 39% · release
  • Republican primary · Public Policy Polling (partisan) · 2025-09-18–2025-09-19 · n=524 · Doug Mastriano 39%, Stacy Garrity (R) 20% · release

In the news

Headlines from outlets across the political spectrum, linked to the publisher. Vugol.me doesn’t write or endorse them. How we choose them · All election news

Signals (experimental)

Attention 59 Vector D · Held

Vugol Me Attention (attention intensity)

Attention intensity index 0–100 · not a poll · normalized nightly

pulse-1.0.0
59OUT OF 100Moderate attention
Attention percentile77th
7-day momentum0 / 100
Source breadth100% of tracked

Vugol Me Vector (experimental)

Directional rating without probability · experimental · model confidence: high

vector-1.1.0
Democratic leanOpen centerRepublican lean
AnchoredHeldTiltingOpenTiltingHeldAnchored
Completeness4 of 7 inputs (national, prior, pres, incumbent) · missing: money, pulse, poll
Evidenceno verified poll · fundamentals only
Freshnessoldest input 2026-09-29 (yesterday)
Vector component signals · estimated margin D +13.8Presidential lean of the seat (2024 R +1.7, national swing D +8.4)D +6.7Last result for this seat (2022 D +14.8, national swing D +8.5)D +23.2IncumbencyD +6.0National environment: our generic-ballot average is D +7.9 (27 pollsters, as of 2026-09-29), against the 2024 national House vote of R +2.6. The seat's last result and presidential lean move by that swing × 0.8 for this office; polls, incumbency and money do not. How.

Daily precision telemetry

Per-source daily series, CSV export and Vector inputs · paid plans

Sources

Band: D · Held (experimental). Have a say in the community poll; it is open to signed-in voters and never feeds these numbers.