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2018 Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election

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Who won the 2018 Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election?

Tom Wolf won the 2018 Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election. Tom Wolf received 2,895,662 popular votes (57.77%). The main challenger was Scott Wagner (40.7%).

See the full head-to-head between Wolf and Wagner

Wolf +17.1 pts · won by 855,763 votes
Tom WolfDemocraticWINNER57.77%
2,895,662 votes
Scott WagnerRepublican40.7%
2,039,899 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 1.5% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote totals for governor elections are compiled from official state results (via Wikipedia); Louisiana shows the decisive round of its jungle primary.

Data last verified July 28, 2026.