Election 2026: What Philly voters need to know before Tuesday – Metro Philadelphia

Election 2026: What Philly voters need to know before Tuesday  Metro Philadelphia

Americans will go to the polls Tuesday in a midterm election that will determine control of Congress for the final two years of President Donald Trump’s second term. In Pennsylvania, voters will also be electing a governor and choosing the lawmakers that will represent them in Harrisburg, and Philadelphians will be faced with a pair of ballot questions. Gov. Josh Shapiro, widely seen as a potential Democratic presidential candidate in 2028, is running for reelection against Republican Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity, who has won a pair of competitive statewide elections over the past six years. Garrity’s running mate is Jason Richey, chair of the Allegheny County GOP, while current Lt.

Gov. Austin Davis will appear on the ballot alongside Shapiro. Libertarians Ken Krawchuk, a computer programmer and writer who lives in Abington, and John Thomas, who ran unsuccessfully for U.S. Senate in 2024, are also running for governor and lieutenant governor, respectively. Back in May, state Rep. Chris Rabb earned the Democratic nomination in Pennsylvania’s 3rd Congressional District, defeating state Sen. Sharif Street and Dr. Ala Stanford. He is expected to be officially elected Tuesday in the heavily Democratic district, which covers West and Northwest Philadelphia, along with much of Center City and parts of North and South Philadelphia. Incumbent Dwight Evans announced last year that he would not be