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Chester County, Pennsylvania

2026 election results. Josh Shapiro (D) has 68% of the vote for governor in Chester County, with about 88% of the expected vote counted.

2026 results in Chester County

Governor

Josh Shapiro
67.8%165,907
Stacy Garrity
31.1%76,115
Kenneth Krawchuk
1.0%2,552
88% counted

Statewide: Josh Shapiro wins. Called.

The leader in Chester County is only who has the most votes counted here. Races are won statewide or district-wide, and only the race pages report calls. Last vote update here Nov 12, 3:42 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
PA GovernorD +37.1D +14.6Not yet
PA-06D +30.6D +14.6Not yet

Margins compare the Democrat and the Republican only. The 2024 column is the presidential margin in the same places as each race's votes here. Shift is this year's margin minus it, shown once at least 90% of the expected vote is counted. A dash means there's no 2024 figure for those exact places.

How Chester County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris56.7%Donald Trump42.2%D +14.5325,078
2020Joe Biden58.0%Donald Trump40.9%D +17.1314,501
2016Hillary Clinton52.7%Donald Trump43.2%D +9.5268,800
2012Barack Obama49.3%Mitt Romney49.5%R +0.2251,973
2008Barack Obama54.2%John McCain45.0%D +9.2254,305
2004John Kerry47.5%George W. Bush52.0%R +4.5230,823
2000Al Gore43.7%George W. Bush53.4%R +9.6187,562

Shares are of all presidential votes, and the margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's. Since 2000, the presidential margin here has moved D +24.1.

Other counties in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania results

Sources & scope

Votes for 2026 come from the count this site reads, by county. They're unofficial until Pennsylvania certifies them. Past presidential votes are from MEDSL and VEST, via Polling Forecast. Pennsylvania's own results, deadlines and offices are on the state page.