2020 Pennsylvania elections
Elections were held in Pennsylvania on November 3, 2020. On that date, the state held elections for President of the United States, U.S. House of Representatives, Pennsylvania State Senate, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and various others.
The office of the Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth oversaw the election process, including voting and vote counting. To vote by mail, registered Pennsylvania voters had to request a ballot by October 27, 2020. By early October, 2,568,084 voters requested mail ballots.
Election law changes for 2020
On October 29, 2019, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed Act 77 by a vote of 138–61. Later that day, the Pennsylvania State Senate passed Act 77 by a vote of 35–14. Governor Tom Wolf signed Act 77 into law two days later. The law enacted numerous changes to Pennsylvania's election code. Voters were allowed to request a mail-in ballot without providing a reason. A person could register to vote up to 15 days before an election and vote in that election, instead of the previous 30-day period. It said that mail-in ballots and absentee ballots would be valid if received by 8 p.m. on election day. The law eliminated the option of pushing one button to vote for all candidates of the same party, called straight-ticket voting; instead, a voter would need to select each candidate in order to vote the same way. The law said the state would cover up to 60percent of the cost for counties to replace their voting machines with systems that had voter-verifiable paper. Governor Wolf described the changes as the "most significant improvement to Pennsylvania’s elections in more than 80 years".In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and the Pennsylvania State Senate both unanimously passed Act 12 on March 25, 2020, and Gov. Wolf signed it into law two days later. Act 12 delayed the primary election from April 28 to June 2. Act 12 also allowed counties to begin counting ballots at 7 a.m. on election day rather than being required to wait until 8 p.m. to do so.
Federal offices
President and Vice President of the United States
Pennsylvania had 20 electoral votes in the Electoral College. Incumbent Republican Donald Trump won the state in 2016 with 48.2% of the vote.United States House of Representatives
Voters in Pennsylvania elected 18 candidates to serve in the U.S. House, one from each of the 18 congressional districts.| District | Democratic nominee | Republican nominee | Libertarian nominee | Independent candidates |
| District 1 | Christina Finello | Brian Fitzpatrick, incumbent | Steve Scheetz | |
| District 2 | Brendan Boyle, incumbent | David Torres | ||
| District 3 | Dwight Evans, incumbent | Michael Harvey | ||
| District 4 | Madeleine Dean, incumbent | Kathy Bernette | Joe Tarshish | |
| District 5 | Mary Gay Scanlon, incumbent | Dasha Pruett | ||
| District 6 | Chrissy Houlahan, incumbent | John Emmons | John H. McHugh | |
| District 7 | Susan Wild, incumbent | Lisa Scheller | Anthony Sayegh | |
| District 8 | Matt Cartwright, incumbent | Jim Bognet | ||
| District 9 | Gary Wegman | Dan Meuser, incumbent | ||
| District 10 | Eugene DePasquale | Scott Perry, incumbent | ||
| District 11 | Sarah Hammond | Lloyd Smucker, incumbent | ||
| District 12 | Lee Griffin | Fred Keller, incumbent | Elizabeth Terwilliger | |
| District 13 | Todd Rowley | John Joyce, incumbent | ||
| District 14 | William Marx | Guy Reschenthaler, incumbent | ||
| District 15 | Robert Williams Ronnie Ray Jenkins | Glenn Thompson, incumbent | ||
| District 16 | Kristy Gnibus | Mike Kelly, incumbent | ||
| District 17 | Conor Lamb, incumbent | Sean Parnell | ||
| District 18 | Michael Doyle, incumbent | Luke Negron | Donald Nevills Daniel Vayda |