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2022 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election
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The 2022 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election will take place on November 8, 2022, to elect the governor of Pennsylvania and lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania. Incumbent Democratic Governor Tom Wolf is term-limited and cannot seek re-election to a third term.

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro is the only candidate currently running in the Democratic primary and has been described as the party's presumptive nominee.[1][2] In the Republican primary leading candidates include former Congressman Lou Barletta, Montgomery County Commissioner Joe Gale, political strategist Charlie Gerow, and former U.S. Attorney William McSwain.

Democratic primary

Governor

Candidates

Declared
2022 Democratic candidates for Governor
Potential
Declined

Endorsements

Josh Shapiro
U.S. Senators
State Executives
U.S. Representatives
State legislators
Local officials
Party officials
Labor unions
Organizations
Individuals

Lieutenant Governor

Candidates

Declared
2022 Democratic candidates for Lieutenant Governor

Formed exploratory committee

Publicly expressed interest
Potential
Declined

Endorsements

Brian Sims
Organizations

Republican primary

Governor

Candidates

Declared
2022 Republican candidates for Governor
Formed exploratory committee
Publicly expressed interest
Potential
Declined

Endorsements

Lou Barletta
Executive Branch officials
Jason Richey
Individuals

Polling

Graphical Summary
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[b] 		Margin
of error 		Lou
Barletta 		Scott
Martin 		Doug
Mastriano 		William
McSwain 		Other Undecided
Susquehanna Polling & Research (R) September 24–30, 2021 313 (LV) ± 5.6% 27% 6% – 0% 6%[c] 60%
WPA Intelligence (R)[A] May 10–12, 2021 826 (LV) ± 3.4% 16% – 19% – 17%[d] 49%
Susquehanna Polling & Research (R) February 16–24, 2021 272 (LV) ± 5.9% 20% – 11% 3% 6%[e] 60%

Lieutenant Governor

Declared

2022 Republican candidates for Lieutenant Governor

Publicly expressed interest

Libertarian primary

Governor

Candidates

Declared

Lieutenant Governor

Candidates

Declared

Green primary

Governor

Candidates

Declared

Independents

Governor

Candidates

Declared

General election

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[87] Tossup October 5, 2021
Inside Elections[88] Battleground September 29, 2021
Sabato's Crystal Ball[89] Tossup September 15, 2021

Notes

  1. ^ Gale was removed from the ballot in 2018 as he did not meet minimum age requirement of 30
  2. ^ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  3. ^ "None/other" with 4%; Gale and Richey with 1%; Ciarrocchi, Gerow, Laughlin, and Zama with 0%
  4. ^ "Someone else" with 10%; "Other" with 7%
  5. ^ Meuser with 3%, Cawley with 2%, "None/other" with 1%; Gale and Richey with 1%
Partisan clients
  1. ^ Poll sponsored by Club for Growth Action

References

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External links

Official campaign websites for gubernatorial candidates
Official campaign websites for lieutenant gubernatorial candidates
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