by Charlie Wolfson, Pittsburgh’s Public Source
May 19, 2026
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The polls closed at 8 p.m. across Pennsylvania and Allegheny County reported almost all of its mail-in ballot results shortly after. Those results, plus some in-person votes, are now visible in the tables below.
U.S. Rep. Summer Lee, a Swissvale Democrat, won her party’s primary as she seeks a third term in Congress, the AP declared. She will face Republican James Hayes in the November election.
State Sen. Wayne Fontana, a Democrat from Pittsburgh’s Brookline neighborhood, won his party’s nod for a sixth term in office, per the AP. In the four contested state House primaries in Allegheny County: Democratic Rep. La’Tasha Mayes won renomination in the 24th district. Jeremy Ferderber won the Democratic nomination in the 28th district. Dylan Altemara prevailed in the 39th district Democratic race. Brittany Bloam led the Democratic primary in the 45th House district with 63% of the vote and all but one precinct’s votes counted.
Congressional primaries
The 12th District includes all of Pittsburgh, some suburbs and part of Westmoreland County. Lee, a Democrat, faced a primary challenge. The Republican primary was uncontested.
The 17th District includes Pittsburgh suburbs in Allegheny County and all of Beaver County. Rep. Chris Deluzio, a Democrat, was unopposed in the primary. There are two candidates for the Republican nomination.
Below are the congressional primary results for other regions of Pennsylvania, plus statewide office results.
State Senate primaries
The 42nd Pa. Senate District includes parts of Pittsburgh and some South Hills and Ohio River communities. Sen. Wayne Fontana, a Democrat, survived a primary challenge and there are no candidates on the Republican primary ballot.
The 46th Pa. Senate District includes part of Beaver County and all of Greene and Washington Counties. Sen. Camera Bartolotta, a Republican, faces a primary challenge. The Democratic primary is uncontested.
Below are results from contested state Senate primaries outside of Southwestern Pennsylvania.
State House primaries
Four of the Democratic primaries for Allegheny County state House seats were contested. None of the Republican primaries are contested. The 24th District features a challenge to an incumbent Democrat, the 28th and 39th districts have contested Democratic primaries in Republican-held seats, and the 45th District primary is a race to succeed a retiring Democrat.
Below are results from contested state House primaries outside of Southwestern Pennsylvania.
Ballot Referendum
Pittsburgh voters decided whether to amend the home rule charter to allow the city to advertise public hearings on the city’s website and digital news outlets in the event that the city has no print newspaper of general circulation.
Result: The referendum was cruising to easy passage with more than half of precincts reporting.
This article first appeared on Pittsburgh’s Public Source and is republished here under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
