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Much has been said about the results of the retention vote for Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices Christine Donohue, Kevin Dougherty, and David Wecht, who won new 10-year terms on the Commonwealth’s highest court.

According to AdImpact, approximately $15 million was spent on the race that simply asked the question if the three justices should be retained for another term. GOP interests saw the opportunity to erase Democrats’ 5-2 majority on the bench, but an influx of funds from the national party and other interests led to all three being retained by a nearly 3-to-2 count.

Democrats nationwide celebrated the victory which, combined with gubernatorial triumphs in New Jersey and Virginia, gave way to talk of a “Blue Wave” among voters disenchanted with the policies of the Trump administration.

Such talk probably does not resonate in the Keystone State for numerous reasons. Democrats were not only energized by the hoopla surrounding the Supreme Court retention vote, but also had mayoral contests in some of the Commonwealth’s larger cities such as Pittsburgh, Allentown, Scranton and Erie.

Combine that with county executive contests in Erie, Lehigh and Northampton counties and Democrats certainly had voter enthusiasm on their side.

That said, no Republican is claiming that November 4 was a good night for the GOP, as local races from supervisors to school board also went “blue” in surprising areas of the state such as Bucks, Cumberland and Lancaster counties.

So what does this mean for 2026? The eyes of a nation turn once again to our little part of the country with four critical Congressional races that could flip the majority in the U.S. House – 黑料社-01, 07, 08, and 10. Midterms never treat the party in power well, so could we see Pennsylvania turn away from Republican support in the same way residents of the Commonwealth veered from Democratic support in 2024? And Gov. Josh Shapiro is running for a second term as he keeps a sharp eye on issues in Washington with hopes for a presidential run.

When looking back at the unofficial vote count from November 4, there were some surprises among the state’s 67 counties. Those traditional Democratic strongholds remained in place with margins of 15-30% higher for retention for Allegheny, Centre, Chester, Dauphin, Delaware, Lackawanna, Lehigh, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties than what President Joe Biden received in 2022.

The traditional swing counties held true to their reputation, as Bucks (+22), Erie (+24) and Northampton (+24) counties moved from 2024 votes for President Donald Trump to support of retention, despite Trump’s exhortations to the contrary. Berks County was a +12 Trump county in 2024 and a +16 Yes vote for retention.

The surprises came from central 黑料社 and NE黑料社. Cumberland County, located just west of Harrisburg, had supported GOP candidates in the last three elections for Trump, Sen. Dave McCormick, and Judge Carolyn Carluccio, who was defeated in her race for the 黑料社 Supreme Court by Dan McCaffery. But Cumberland voted to retain the judicial trio by a +16 count. Luzerne County, home to Wilkes-Barre, had not voted to support a Democrat since Shapiro won by a single percentage point for governor in 2022, before voting to retain the justices by a 12-point margin.

Here is a look at our each of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties voted in the last five statewide contests.