Joseph Vodvarka
Joseph Vodvarka (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Pennsylvania. He did not appear on the ballot for the Republican primary on April 23, 2024.
Elections
2024
See also: United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 2024
General election
General election for U.S. Senate Pennsylvania
The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate Pennsylvania on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | David McCormick (R) | 48.8 | 3,399,295 | |
| Bob Casey Jr. (D) | 48.6 | 3,384,180 | ||
| John Thomas (L) | 1.3 | 89,653 | ||
| Leila Hazou (G) | 1.0 | 66,388 | ||
| Marty Selker (Constitution Party) | 0.3 | 23,621 | ||
| Quincy Magee (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| Cory Widmann (R) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| Total votes: 6,963,137 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Hussein Tartour-Aguirre (Independent)
- Erik Messina (American Solidarity Party)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Pennsylvania
Incumbent Bob Casey Jr. advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Pennsylvania on April 23, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Bob Casey Jr. | 98.3 | 1,024,545 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.7 | 18,039 | ||
| Total votes: 1,042,584 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- William Parker (D)
- Blaine Forkner (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. Senate Pennsylvania
David McCormick advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Pennsylvania on April 23, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | David McCormick | 98.2 | 878,320 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.8 | 16,539 | ||
| Total votes: 894,859 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Joseph Vodvarka (R)
- Cory Widmann (R)
- Tariq Parvez (R)
- Brandi Tomasetti (R)
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Vodvarka in this election.
2018
General election
General election for U.S. Senate Pennsylvania
Incumbent Bob Casey Jr. defeated Lou Barletta, Dale Kerns, and Neal Gale in the general election for U.S. Senate Pennsylvania on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Bob Casey Jr. (D) | 55.7 | 2,792,437 | |
| Lou Barletta (R) | 42.6 | 2,134,848 | ||
| Dale Kerns (L) | 1.0 | 50,907 | ||
| Neal Gale (G) | 0.6 | 31,208 | ||
| Total votes: 5,009,400 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Pennsylvania
Incumbent Bob Casey Jr. advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Pennsylvania on May 15, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Bob Casey Jr. | 100.0 | 752,008 | |
| Total votes: 752,008 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Brian Kelly (D)
- Ray Uhric (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. Senate Pennsylvania
Lou Barletta defeated Jim Christiana in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Pennsylvania on May 15, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Lou Barletta | 63.0 | 433,312 | |
| Jim Christiana | 37.0 | 254,118 | ||
| Total votes: 687,430 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Joseph Vodvarka (R)
- Cynthia Ayers (R)
- Paul DeLong (R)
- Bobby Lawrence (R)
2016
The race for Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate seat was one of nine competitive battleground races in 2016 that helped Republicans keep control of the upper chamber after the November 8 general election. Incumbent Pat Toomey (R), who began serving in the Senate in 2011, defeated Katie McGinty (D), Edward Clifford III (L), and write-in candidate Everett Stern (I) in the general election.
Toomey ran his campaign separately from Donald Trump, and he did not tell people who he would vote for on Election Day. Toomey said, “You know, I’m not campaigning with Donald Trump. He’s running his campaign. I’m running mine.”[1][2][3]
Hillary Clinton, who campaigned with McGinty in October, criticized Toomey for not rejecting Trump as his party’s nominee. She said, “How much does he have to hear or to see? If he doesn’t have the courage to stand up against Donald Trump after all of this, then how will he stand up to special interests and powerful forces that are going to be trying to have their way in Washington?”[3]
Speaking about his campaign strategy, Toomey said, “I am convinced that Pennsylvania voters are going to make a complete separation in their minds. … There’s a presidential race going on, quite obviously, lots of attention, lots of focus, everybody’s got their opinion about it, and then there’s a totally separate thing happening in the Senate race — an incumbent senator most people know and an opponent. Totally separate campaign and totally separate judgment.”[3] Toomey stated on Election Day that he voted for Trump.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |  Pat Toomey Incumbent |
48.8% | 2,951,702 | |
| Democratic | Katie McGinty | 47.3% | 2,865,012 | |
| Libertarian | Edward Clifford | 3.9% | 235,142 | |
| Total Votes | 6,051,856 | |||
| Source: Pennsylvania Department of State | ||||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Katie McGinty |
42.5% | 669,774 | ||
| Joe Sestak | 32.6% | 513,221 | ||
| John Fetterman | 19.5% | 307,090 | ||
| Joseph Vodvarka | 5.4% | 85,837 | ||
| Total Votes | 1,575,922 | |||
| Source: Pennsylvania Department of State |
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
Footnotes
- ↑ Real Clear Politics, "Pennsylvania: Trump vs. Clinton vs. Johnson vs. Stein," accessed October 24, 2016
- ↑ Real Clear Politics, "Pennsylvania Senate - Toomey vs. McGinty," accessed October 24, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 The Los Angeles Times, "A Republican Senator's strategy to save his seat in one of the country's tightest races: Avoid Trump," accessed October 24, 2016
- ↑ The New York Times, "Patrick Toomey Wins Re-election in Pennsylvania Senate Race," accessed November 11, 2016
