| New reporting from NBC News today is highlighting how Pennsylvania Democrats have major momentum heading into 2026 after winning key Pennsylvania counties in both the judicial retention races and downballot elections last Tuesday night.
Democratic victories in places like Bucks, Luzerne, Northampton, and Cumberland spell trouble for vulnerable GOP Congressmen Brian Fitzpatrick, Rob Bresnahan, Ryan Mackenzie, and Scott Perry.
Read key points below:
NBC News: Pennsylvania Democrats seek to roll momentum from judicial elections into House battles
By Allan Smith | 11/14/25
- The Pennsylvania Democratic Party is highlighting the party’s success last week in swing and red counties that voted for President Donald Trump in 2024, arguing it can build upon off-year election results in the upcoming midterms, the party chairman wrote in a memo published Friday.
- Pennsylvania Democrats pointed to substantial victories in three judicial retention races as well as downballot elections in 15 counties, including key swing counties like Bucks, Erie, Luzerne and Northampton, as well as wins from traditionally Republican areas like Lancaster and Beaver counties.
- “This is bad news for the Pennsylvania Republicans who have completely embraced Trump and the most unpopular elements of Washington politics — from higher costs and taxes, to rampant corruption and attacks on our democracy,” Pennsylvania Democratic Party chair Eugene DePasquale wrote in a memo. “Whether it’s Stacy Garrity, Doug Mastriano, Ryan Mackenzie, Rob Bresnahan, Scott Perry, or Brian Fitzpatrick, the GOP candidates up in 2026 have championed an agenda of chaos and high prices, and they will be held responsible for it with Pennsylvania voters.”
- Democratic judges won by 3 to 15 points in Beaver, Berks, Columbia, Cumberland, Lancaster, Luzerne, Montour, Pike, Union, Washington and Westmoreland counties — all places Trump has won three times — in last week’s off-year elections (elections that have been more favorable to Democrats in recent cycles).
- Some of those counties will host competitive U.S. House races next year that will be key to determining congressional control, with DePasquale going after GOP Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick, Scott Perry, Rob Bresnahan and Ryan Mackenzie in the memo.
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