When is the Pennsylvania, United States, midterm elections 2026?

Polling day is 2026-11-03 (officially set).

When will the final result of the U.S. House race be official?

Expected between 2026-11-24T05:00:00Z and 2026-12-23T04:59:59Z (UTC), confidence precedent. Statewide: on receiving the counties' certified returns, the Secretary of the Commonwealth "shall forthwith proceed to tabulate, compute and canvass the votes" and certify the tabulation (Election Code § 1409); the statute sets no date. Precedent: the Department of State said the acting Secretary completed certification of all 2022 general-election races on 22 Dec 2022, 44 days after polling day, after recount petitions in many counties delayed county certifications (CBS News Pittsburgh / AP, 27 Dec 2022); in 2024 the Department verified county totals and certified on 4 Dec 2024 (DOS release, 10 Dec 2024). The window opens after the county deadline and, erring late, closes at the end of 22 Dec 2026, Eastern time, matching 2022; confidence is precedent because no statutory deadline exists. The Secretary must order a statewide recount and recanvass if a candidate for an office on the ballot in every election district is defeated by 0.5% or less of the votes cast, unless the defeated candidate waives it in writing; the order is due by 5:00 PM on the second Thursday after the election (12 Nov), the recount must be completed by noon on 24 Nov and reported by noon on 25 Nov (§ 1404(g)–(h), 25 P.S. § 3154(g)–(h); DOS 2026 calendar). Seats are voted by district, so the statewide automatic recount does not apply to them. The Governor then issues certificates of election to the winners (§ 1413).

When will the final result of the Governor race be official?

Expected between 2026-11-24T05:00:00Z and 2026-12-23T04:59:59Z (UTC), confidence precedent. Statewide: on receiving the counties' certified returns, the Secretary of the Commonwealth "shall forthwith proceed to tabulate, compute and canvass the votes" and certify the tabulation (Election Code § 1409); the statute sets no date. Precedent: the Department of State said the acting Secretary completed certification of all 2022 general-election races on 22 Dec 2022, 44 days after polling day, after recount petitions in many counties delayed county certifications (CBS News Pittsburgh / AP, 27 Dec 2022); in 2024 the Department verified county totals and certified on 4 Dec 2024 (DOS release, 10 Dec 2024). The window opens after the county deadline and, erring late, closes at the end of 22 Dec 2026, Eastern time, matching 2022; confidence is precedent because no statutory deadline exists. The Secretary must order a statewide recount and recanvass if a candidate for an office on the ballot in every election district is defeated by 0.5% or less of the votes cast, unless the defeated candidate waives it in writing; the order is due by 5:00 PM on the second Thursday after the election (12 Nov), the recount must be completed by noon on 24 Nov and reported by noon on 25 Nov (§ 1404(g)–(h), 25 P.S. § 3154(g)–(h); DOS 2026 calendar). The Secretary delivers the returns to the President of the Senate at the first meeting of the General Assembly after the election, where they are opened and published before both houses (§ 1415). A contest of the Governor's election is a first-class contest, begun by petition to the presiding officer of the Senate within ten days of the organization of the next General Assembly (§§ 1711–1713).

Where are the official U.S. House results?

No single-election results page is recorded yet. The counting authority is Pennsylvania Department of State (https://www.pa.gov/agencies/dos).

Where are the official Governor results?

No single-election results page is recorded yet. The counting authority is Pennsylvania Department of State (https://www.pa.gov/agencies/dos).

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Pennsylvania, United States, midterm elections 2026

Name: Pennsylvania, United States, midterm elections 2026
Start: 2026-11-03
Location: United States

Polling day Tue, 3 Nov 2026. 2 races. Counted by Pennsylvania Department of State. Times are New York time; hover for UTC.

U.S. House, Governor Scheduled

24 Nov – 22 Dec 2026

Final result window, derived from the last election. Treat as final after Tue 22 Dec, 23:59 New York time.

Polls close: Tue 3 Nov, 20:00
First count by: Wed 4 Nov, 12:00
Counted by: Pennsylvania Department of State
Results page: No single-election results page yet.
Authority site: pa.gov/agencies/dos

U.S. House 17 seats

2 Nov16 Nov30 Nov14 Dec

Election-night count

3–4 NovElection-night count: Tue 3 Nov, 20:00 → Wed 4 Nov, 12:00, estimate.

Intermediate count

6–23 NovIntermediate count: Fri 6 Nov, 09:00 → Mon 23 Nov, 23:59, announced.

Final result

24 Nov – 22 DecFinal result: Tue 24 Nov, 00:00 → Tue 22 Dec, 23:59, precedent.

announced set by law or the authorityprecedent from the last electionestimate our estimateNew York time. Polls close in 40 days.

Stage windows and their sources 3 stages, each cited

Election-night count
Tue 3 Nov, 20:00 → Wed 4 Nov, 12:00
estimate

Polls close at 8:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (Election Code § 1205, 25 P.S. § 3045; DOS 2026 calendar) = 01:00 UTC on 4 Nov; the whole state is on Eastern time. Counties must report election-night returns from the judges of election to the Department of State by 3:00 AM on 4 Nov (DOS 2026 calendar), and the Department posts unofficial returns on electionreturns.pa.gov as they arrive. The window closing at noon EST on 4 Nov is an estimate, not a published time: mail-in and absentee ballots may only be pre-canvassed from 7:00 AM on election day, so counties keep adding them after election night, and military-overseas ballots are accepted until 5:00 PM on 10 Nov (DOS 2026 calendar). No 2022 completion time from an official source was found.
Intermediate count
Fri 6 Nov, 09:00 → Mon 23 Nov, 23:59
announced

County computation and canvass. The county board must, "at nine o'clock A. M. on the third day following the primary or election", publicly commence the computation and canvassing of the returns (Election Code § 1404(a), 25 P.S. § 3154(a)) — Friday 6 Nov 2026. Counties submit unofficial returns for statewide offices to the Secretary of the Commonwealth by 5:00 PM on the Tuesday following the election, 10 Nov (§ 1404(f)); returns stay unofficial for five days after computation, during which recount petitions may be filed (§§ 1404(f), 1703(a)). Each county board must "certify, no later than the third Monday following the primary or election, the results thereof to the Secretary of the Commonwealth" (Election Code § 302(k), 25 P.S. § 2642(k)) — Monday 23 Nov 2026 per the DOS 2026 calendar. The window closes at the end of that day, Eastern time. In 2022 some counties certified after the deadline (the statutory deadline was 28 Nov 2022).
Final result
Tue 24 Nov, 00:00 → Tue 22 Dec, 23:59
precedent

Statewide: on receiving the counties' certified returns, the Secretary of the Commonwealth "shall forthwith proceed to tabulate, compute and canvass the votes" and certify the tabulation (Election Code § 1409); the statute sets no date. Precedent: the Department of State said the acting Secretary completed certification of all 2022 general-election races on 22 Dec 2022, 44 days after polling day, after recount petitions in many counties delayed county certifications (CBS News Pittsburgh / AP, 27 Dec 2022); in 2024 the Department verified county totals and certified on 4 Dec 2024 (DOS release, 10 Dec 2024). The window opens after the county deadline and, erring late, closes at the end of 22 Dec 2026, Eastern time, matching 2022; confidence is precedent because no statutory deadline exists. The Secretary must order a statewide recount and recanvass if a candidate for an office on the ballot in every election district is defeated by 0.5% or less of the votes cast, unless the defeated candidate waives it in writing; the order is due by 5:00 PM on the second Thursday after the election (12 Nov), the recount must be completed by noon on 24 Nov and reported by noon on 25 Nov (§ 1404(g)–(h), 25 P.S. § 3154(g)–(h); DOS 2026 calendar). Seats are voted by district, so the statewide automatic recount does not apply to them. The Governor then issues certificates of election to the winners (§ 1413).

Results sources 4 pages, 0 can answer a results question

URL	Role	Kind	Can answer a results question	Last check
electionreturns.pa.gov	results-live	results index	no (results host, but its root lists many elections)	not checked yet
pa.gov/agencies/dos/resources/voting-and-elections-resources/voting-and-election-statistics/election-data	results-final	other	no (no election or results marker)	not checked yet
pa.gov/content/dam/copapwp-pagov/en/dos/programs/voting-and-elections/running-for-office/2026/2026-general-election-calendar.pdf	timetable	other	no (election page without a results marker)	not checked yet
pa.gov/agencies/dos	authority-home	other	no (no election or results marker)	not checked yet

Governor 1 seats

2 Nov16 Nov30 Nov14 Dec

Election-night count

3–4 NovElection-night count: Tue 3 Nov, 20:00 → Wed 4 Nov, 12:00, estimate.

Intermediate count

6–23 NovIntermediate count: Fri 6 Nov, 09:00 → Mon 23 Nov, 23:59, announced.

Final result

24 Nov – 22 DecFinal result: Tue 24 Nov, 00:00 → Tue 22 Dec, 23:59, precedent.

announced set by law or the authorityprecedent from the last electionestimate our estimateNew York time. Polls close in 40 days.

Stage windows and their sources 3 stages, each cited

Election-night count
Tue 3 Nov, 20:00 → Wed 4 Nov, 12:00
estimate

Polls close at 8:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (Election Code § 1205, 25 P.S. § 3045; DOS 2026 calendar) = 01:00 UTC on 4 Nov; the whole state is on Eastern time. Counties must report election-night returns from the judges of election to the Department of State by 3:00 AM on 4 Nov (DOS 2026 calendar), and the Department posts unofficial returns on electionreturns.pa.gov as they arrive. The window closing at noon EST on 4 Nov is an estimate, not a published time: mail-in and absentee ballots may only be pre-canvassed from 7:00 AM on election day, so counties keep adding them after election night, and military-overseas ballots are accepted until 5:00 PM on 10 Nov (DOS 2026 calendar). No 2022 completion time from an official source was found.
Intermediate count
Fri 6 Nov, 09:00 → Mon 23 Nov, 23:59
announced

County computation and canvass. The county board must, "at nine o'clock A. M. on the third day following the primary or election", publicly commence the computation and canvassing of the returns (Election Code § 1404(a), 25 P.S. § 3154(a)) — Friday 6 Nov 2026. Counties submit unofficial returns for statewide offices to the Secretary of the Commonwealth by 5:00 PM on the Tuesday following the election, 10 Nov (§ 1404(f)); returns stay unofficial for five days after computation, during which recount petitions may be filed (§§ 1404(f), 1703(a)). Each county board must "certify, no later than the third Monday following the primary or election, the results thereof to the Secretary of the Commonwealth" (Election Code § 302(k), 25 P.S. § 2642(k)) — Monday 23 Nov 2026 per the DOS 2026 calendar. The window closes at the end of that day, Eastern time. In 2022 some counties certified after the deadline (the statutory deadline was 28 Nov 2022).
Final result
Tue 24 Nov, 00:00 → Tue 22 Dec, 23:59
precedent

Statewide: on receiving the counties' certified returns, the Secretary of the Commonwealth "shall forthwith proceed to tabulate, compute and canvass the votes" and certify the tabulation (Election Code § 1409); the statute sets no date. Precedent: the Department of State said the acting Secretary completed certification of all 2022 general-election races on 22 Dec 2022, 44 days after polling day, after recount petitions in many counties delayed county certifications (CBS News Pittsburgh / AP, 27 Dec 2022); in 2024 the Department verified county totals and certified on 4 Dec 2024 (DOS release, 10 Dec 2024). The window opens after the county deadline and, erring late, closes at the end of 22 Dec 2026, Eastern time, matching 2022; confidence is precedent because no statutory deadline exists. The Secretary must order a statewide recount and recanvass if a candidate for an office on the ballot in every election district is defeated by 0.5% or less of the votes cast, unless the defeated candidate waives it in writing; the order is due by 5:00 PM on the second Thursday after the election (12 Nov), the recount must be completed by noon on 24 Nov and reported by noon on 25 Nov (§ 1404(g)–(h), 25 P.S. § 3154(g)–(h); DOS 2026 calendar). The Secretary delivers the returns to the President of the Senate at the first meeting of the General Assembly after the election, where they are opened and published before both houses (§ 1415). A contest of the Governor's election is a first-class contest, begun by petition to the presiding officer of the Senate within ten days of the organization of the next General Assembly (§§ 1711–1713).

Results sources 4 pages, 0 can answer a results question

URL	Role	Kind	Can answer a results question	Last check
electionreturns.pa.gov	results-live	results index	no (results host, but its root lists many elections)	not checked yet
pa.gov/agencies/dos/resources/voting-and-elections-resources/voting-and-election-statistics/election-data	results-final	other	no (no election or results marker)	not checked yet
pa.gov/content/dam/copapwp-pagov/en/dos/programs/voting-and-elections/running-for-office/2026/2026-general-election-calendar.pdf	timetable	other	no (election page without a results marker)	not checked yet
pa.gov/agencies/dos	authority-home	other	no (no election or results marker)	not checked yet

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Provenance: researcher agent 2026-09-25: Pennsylvania Election Code (Act 320 of 1937, palegis.us text) §§ 302(k), 1205, 1404, 1409, 1413, 1415, 1711–1713; DOS 2026 General Election Calendar; DOS 2026 primary precinct returns (offices GOV and USC districts 1–17, no U.S. Senate); DOS historical election data page; AP via CBS News (27 Dec 2022) for the 2022 certification date (CC BY 4.0 (Election Index)). Last verified 2026-09-25.

Questions and answers

When is the Pennsylvania, United States, midterm elections 2026?: Polling day is 2026-11-03 (officially set).
When will the final result of the U.S. House race be official?: Expected between 2026-11-24T05:00:00Z and 2026-12-23T04:59:59Z (UTC), confidence precedent. Statewide: on receiving the counties' certified returns, the Secretary of the Commonwealth "shall forthwith proceed to tabulate, compute and canvass the votes" and certify the tabulation (Election Code § 1409); the statute sets no date. Precedent: the Department of State said the acting Secretary completed certification of all 2022 general-election races on 22 Dec 2022, 44 days after polling day, after recount petitions in many counties delayed county certifications (CBS News Pittsburgh / AP, 27 Dec 2022); in 2024 the Department verified county totals and certified on 4 Dec 2024 (DOS release, 10 Dec 2024). The window opens after the county deadline and, erring late, closes at the end of 22 Dec 2026, Eastern time, matching 2022; confidence is precedent because no statutory deadline exists. The Secretary must order a statewide recount and recanvass if a candidate for an office on the ballot in every election district is defeated by 0.5% or less of the votes cast, unless the defeated candidate waives it in writing; the order is due by 5:00 PM on the second Thursday after the election (12 Nov), the recount must be completed by noon on 24 Nov and reported by noon on 25 Nov (§ 1404(g)–(h), 25 P.S. § 3154(g)–(h); DOS 2026 calendar). Seats are voted by district, so the statewide automatic recount does not apply to them. The Governor then issues certificates of election to the winners (§ 1413).
When will the final result of the Governor race be official?: Expected between 2026-11-24T05:00:00Z and 2026-12-23T04:59:59Z (UTC), confidence precedent. Statewide: on receiving the counties' certified returns, the Secretary of the Commonwealth "shall forthwith proceed to tabulate, compute and canvass the votes" and certify the tabulation (Election Code § 1409); the statute sets no date. Precedent: the Department of State said the acting Secretary completed certification of all 2022 general-election races on 22 Dec 2022, 44 days after polling day, after recount petitions in many counties delayed county certifications (CBS News Pittsburgh / AP, 27 Dec 2022); in 2024 the Department verified county totals and certified on 4 Dec 2024 (DOS release, 10 Dec 2024). The window opens after the county deadline and, erring late, closes at the end of 22 Dec 2026, Eastern time, matching 2022; confidence is precedent because no statutory deadline exists. The Secretary must order a statewide recount and recanvass if a candidate for an office on the ballot in every election district is defeated by 0.5% or less of the votes cast, unless the defeated candidate waives it in writing; the order is due by 5:00 PM on the second Thursday after the election (12 Nov), the recount must be completed by noon on 24 Nov and reported by noon on 25 Nov (§ 1404(g)–(h), 25 P.S. § 3154(g)–(h); DOS 2026 calendar). The Secretary delivers the returns to the President of the Senate at the first meeting of the General Assembly after the election, where they are opened and published before both houses (§ 1415). A contest of the Governor's election is a first-class contest, begun by petition to the presiding officer of the Senate within ten days of the organization of the next General Assembly (§§ 1711–1713).
Where are the official U.S. House results?: No single-election results page is recorded yet. The counting authority is Pennsylvania Department of State (https://www.pa.gov/agencies/dos).
Where are the official Governor results?: No single-election results page is recorded yet. The counting authority is Pennsylvania Department of State (https://www.pa.gov/agencies/dos).