Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district | |
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Population (2023) | 765,968 |
Median household income | $67,325 |
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Cook PVI | R+21 [2] |
Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district is located in the east central part of the state and encompasses all of Bradford, Columbia, Lebanon, Montour, Northumberland, Schuylkill, Sullivan, Susquehanna, and Wyoming counties, as well as parts of Berks, Luzerne, and Lycoming counties.
Much of the district includes Pennsylvania's Anthracite Coal Region. Republican Dan Meuser represents the district, serving since 2019.
Before 2019, the district was located in the southern part of the state and was a very safe seat for Republicans. According to the Cook Partisan Voting Index, in 2010 the 9th was the most Republican district in Pennsylvania (and the Industrial Midwest), then with a score of R+17.
Redistricting slightly increased the number of Democrats in the district, with the addition of majority-Democratic Fayette County as well as some of the Democratic portions of Washington, Greene, Cambria and Westmoreland Counties.
In 2014, the long-time Republican incumbent, former businessman Bill Shuster, won 52.8% of the vote in a three-way Republican primary race over retired Coast Guard search and rescue pilot Art Halvorson (34.5%) and livestock farmer Travis Schooley (12.7%). In the 2012 general election, he beat his Democratic opponent, nurse Karen Ramsburg, taking 62% of the vote.
In 2010, he won 73% of the vote, and in 2008 won 64%. Shuster was first elected to the district in 2001, effectively inheriting the seat from his father, Bud Shuster, who had held the seat since 1973. Shuster announced in January 2018 that he would retire from Congress at the end of his term, and did not run for re-election in 2018. [3]
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania redrew this district's boundaries in February 2018 after ruling the previous map unconstitutional, also re-assigning the number to a district in east central Pennsylvania–essentially, the successor to the old 11th district – for the 2018 elections and representation thereafter. Meanwhile, the bulk of the old ninth became the new 13th district, and is as Republican as its predecessor. [4]
Year | Office | Results [5] [6] |
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2008 | President | McCain 56% - 42% |
2012 | President | Romney 61% - 39% |
2016 | President | Trump 68% - 28% |
Senate | Toomey 62% - 31% | |
Attorney General | Rafferty Jr. 65% - 35% | |
Treasurer | Voit III 57% - 35% | |
Auditor General | Brown 60% - 33% | |
2018 | Senate | Barletta 62% - 37% |
Governor | Wagner 58% - 40% | |
2020 | President | Trump 68% - 31% |
Attorney General | Heidelbaugh 63% - 34% | |
Treasurer | Garrity 66% - 30% | |
Auditor General | DeFoor 66% - 29% | |
2022 | Senate | Oz 63% - 33% |
Governor | Mastriano 59% - 38% |
# | County | Seat | Population |
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11 | Berks | Reading | 432,821 |
15 | Bradford | Towanda | 59,695 |
37 | Columbia | Bloomsburg | 65,439 |
75 | Lebanon | Lebanon | 144,252 |
79 | Luzerne | Wilkes-Barre | 327,388 |
81 | Lycoming | Williamsport | 112,724 |
93 | Montour | Danville | 17,860 |
97 | Northumberland | Sunbury | 90,120 |
107 | Schuylkill | Pottsville | 143,786 |
113 | Sullivan | Laporte | 5,834 |
115 | Susquehanna | Montrose | 38,109 |
131 | Wyoming | Tunkhannock | 25,902 |
The district was created in 1795.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bill Shuster (incumbent) | 169,177 | 61.7 | |
Democratic | Karen Ramsburg | 105,128 | 38.3 | |
Total votes | 274,305 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bill Shuster (Incumbent) | 110,094 | 63.5 | |
Democratic | Alanna Hartzok | 63,223 | 36.5 | |
Total votes | 173,317 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bill Shuster (incumbent) | 186,580 | 63.3 | |
Democratic | Arthur L Halvorson | 107,985 | 36.7 | |
Total votes | 294,565 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Dan Meuser | 148,723 | 59.7 | |
Democratic | Denny Wolff | 100,204 | 40.3 | |
Total votes | 248,927 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Dan Meuser (incumbent) | 232,988 | 66.3 | |
Democratic | Gary Wegman | 118,266 | 33.7 | |
Total votes | 351,254 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Dan Meuser (incumbent) | 209,185 | 69.3 | |
Democratic | Amanda Waldman | 92,622 | 30.7 | |
Total votes | 301,807 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
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