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Join Telegram ChannelAs all eyes look to Pennsylvania, voters across the commonwealth went to the polls to cast their ballots Tuesday. With more than one million ballots already sent in by mail, millions more were expected to be cast on Election Day.Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 is tracking live updated results as they come in. See more updates from across the state below:2:30 A.M.Former President Donald Trump has won Pennsylvania and its 19 electoral votes.ABC News reported the win, and now the Associated Press is also calling Pennsylvania for Trump.Addressing his supporters early Wednesday from his campaign’s watch party in Florida, Trump said, “Every citizen, I will fight for you, for your family and your future.”12:30 A.M.Allegheny County officials issued what they say will be their final election update of the night, saying that all mail votes have been posted and nine precincts will not be reporting their election day totals tonight.”We will make every effort to secure the results for this outstanding results and post them tomorrow,” county spokesperson Abigail Gardner said in an email.”Staff will start to inventory the poll bags that returned to the warehouse tonight and begin to get a count of how many provisional ballots will need to be reviewed and processed. We likely will not know how many potential provisional ballots there are until Friday,” Gardner said.Elections staff will convene at the warehouse at 9 a.m. Wednesday and be sworn in to start processing military, overseas and provisional ballots.11:50 P.M.Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Casey and Republican challenger Dave McCormick are locked in a tight race.Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 anchor Shannon Perrine, who is at Casey’s election night headquarters in Scranton, reported that Mayor Paige Cognetti told the remaining members of the crowd to go home for the night because the race is too close to call. Casey did not come out to address his supporters during the party.11 P.M.Washington County saw a big turnout on Election Day, which led to some long lines but no major problems for voters, Pittsburgh’s Action News 4’s Bob Mayo reported.More than 28,000 ballots were cast by mail in the county. Volunteer poll workers removed the ballots from envelopes, and those ballots were scanned into the system. Voting equipment and data from polling places arrived secured through the evening. Election observers sworn in by a judge were able to observe the process directly and by closed circuit video feeds.Election officials believed a majority of the count would be done by midnight. The most recent word was that they would keep counting if it’s not.”We are finished scanning all of our mail-In ballots, which is a great thing,” said Nick Sherman, chair of the county commissioners and the election board. “We have about 300 left that were marked flawed for whatever reason. Sometimes people fold them in weird ways, so they’re not feeding to the machine, so we have got about 300 of those to do. Our numbers have been posted on the website, so we’re happy about that. The polls are coming in. We are diligently going through and getting those numbers in so we can continuously update the website.”Sherman says there was one incident in Houston, Washington County, where a dispute took place over a poll watcher using a work laptop computer at the voting place, which is allowed.”We had a judge of elections who became agitated. We gave him multiple warnings to settle down and to just go back to his job that he was hired to do,” Sherman said. “He started becoming belligerent, so we warned him several times. The constable had to intervene, and when the constable intervened, they called the sheriff for backup. The sheriff showed up, was quick, removed him without any further incident.”10:20 P.M.The Associated Press projects that two more Republican members of Congress have won their reelection bids in western Pennsylvania.U.S. Rep. Guy Reschenthaler defeated Democrat Chris Dziados to win a fourth term in Pennsylvania’s 14th Congressional District.U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly was elected to his eighth term in Pennsylvania’s 16th Congressional District, defeating Democrat Preston Nouri.Click here for U.S. House election results in districts across Pennsylvania.10 P.M.Mail-in ballots are still coming in at the Butler County elections bureau. Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 reporter Chandi Chapman saw a steady stream of cars dropping off bags full of returned ballots, and officials taking the ballots inside the election office on West Cunningham Street in Butler. The public was invited to go inside the building and watch the ballot-counting process, but pictures and video recording were not permitted.According to the elections bureau, Butler County has received more than 31,000 absentee and mail-in ballots.9:40 P.M.The Associated Press is projecting that Republican U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson has been reelected in Pennsylvania’s 15th Congressional District, which includes Armstrong County and parts of Indiana, Venango and several other counties.Thompson easily turned back a challenge from Democrat Zach Womer.Click here for U.S. House election results in districts across Pennsylvania.9:25 P.M.As counting of mail-in votes continued Tuesday night, Gov. Josh Shapiro says all counties in Pennsylvania now have “far more experience handling and processing mail ballots” than they did for the 2020 election.Shapiro says new equipment at county election offices allows for quicker processing of mail ballots — and, under Act 88, which became law in 2022, counties must count their mail-in votes through the night until they are finished.The mail-in vote for the 2024 election in Pennsylvania appears to be closer to 2 million, compared to about 2.5 million in 2020, Shapiro said.”That’s not a reflection on the energy around the presidential race, or any race in Pennsylvania, or a reflection of Pennsylvanians interests in voting. Rather, it is a reflection of how people chose to vote, and it seems that more people showed up at the polls in person today than in 2020, as county officials now work diligently to count every ballot,” Shapiro said. “I want to thank every Pennsylvania voter who voted by mail or showed up at the polls to exercise their right to vote, regardless of their preferred candidate.”9 P.M.Gov. Josh Shapiro said “multiple bomb threats have been called in” to polling and municipal sites in Pennsylvania on Tuesday night.”My team and I have been in direct communications with Pennsylvania State Police Col. Christopher Paris, who is coordinating with local and federal law enforcement, as well as PEMA. State and local law enforcement, along with the FBI, are investigating these threats, and thus far, there is no credible threat to the public,” Shapiro said at a news conference addressing Tuesday’s election and voter turnout across the state.Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 reporter Paul Van Osdol reported that the Clearfield County administration building, where votes were being counted, was one of the places targeted. Because of that threat, a judge ordered voting hours in Clearfield County to be extended until 9 p.m.8:55 P.M.Beaver County elections officials tell Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 reporter Yazmin Rodriguez that 400 mail-in ballots were dropped off at locations throughout the county on Tuesday. They hope to have all of the dropped-off ballots counted by 10 p.m.Click here to see the latest results from Beaver County as they come in.8:45 P.M.The director of operations for Westmoreland County tells Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 reporter Marcie Cipriani that the county’s first results (absentee and mail-in ballots) are now online.Click here to see the latest results from Westmoreland County as they come in.8:30 P.M.The Associated Press projects that Democratic U.S. Rep. Summer Lee has defeated Republican James Hayes to win reelection in Pennsylvania’s 12th Congressional District, which includes Pittsburgh and much of Allegheny County.Click here for U.S. House results across Pennsylvania.8 P.M.Polls are closed across much of the commonwealth. You can track our live, updating results as they come in. 7:50 P.M.Allegheny County elections officials say 222,343 ballots have been scanned and the data is uploading now. The first set of those results (about 186,000 mail-in ballots) were expected to be posted shortly after 8 p.m., followed by another batch of about 36,000 when the data upload is complete.”County employees are working with the USPS on California Avenue now to sweep for any final ballots for us to take possession of and count. Employees at the county office building will also bring ballots to the warehouse to be counted that were turned in today. We are anticipating several hundreds of ballots in those batches,” county spokesperson Abigail Gardner said via email.7:10 P.M. Things are moving smoothly in Westmoreland County, with the county’s director of operations telling Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 reporter Marcie Cipriani that unofficial results may be in before Wednesday morning. The director told us that anywhere between 10 p.m. Tuesday and 12 a.m. Wednesday, we could see an unofficial projection of winners in the county. 6:20 P.M.In Beaver County, election officials tell Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 reporter Yazmin Rodriguez that the mail-in ballot return is over 90% but they still expect to see a lot of people at the polls Tuesday evening.Officials say they foresee counting those mail ballots soon, and having it be the county’s first drop of results.Daniel Camp, chairman of the board of elections, said the day has gone without any major incidents. A minor verbal altercation in the morning involved opposing voters outside one precinct, but nobody was taken into custody, he said.”We had one small power outage in North Sewickley this morning, where we deployed assets such as generators to the sites, but by the time we got there, everything was back up,” Camp said, adding that voting was not delayed.The county is hopeful to have each vote counted by the end of Tuesday night.6 P.M.Pennsylvania could see election results come in later than anticipated following several setbacks from polling precincts within the state. Here’s a round-up of those issues.5:30 P.M.In Washington County, things seem to be running smoothly as volunteers work to open mail-in ballot envelopes and flatten ballots. Officials told Pittsburgh’s Action 4 News reporter Bob Mayo that about 28,000 voters in the county casted their vote by mail in this election. As volunteers continue to go through each ballot, results will not be posted until 8 p.m. Tuesday. County Commissioner Larry Maggi and the Washington Court Administration say no outstanding issues within the county have been reported.5 P.M.In Fayette County, the elections director is seeking a court order to prevent the election judge in Washington Township from removing ballots to perform a hand count of all ballots when polls close.Doing so is against state law. 4:30 P.M.In Butler County, officials tell Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 reporter Chandi Chapman that the mail-in ballots process is going smoothly. Workers are accepting mail-in ballots until 8 p.m. at the county elections office on West Cunningham Street, and until 6 p.m. at a drive-thru drop-off location outside the office.Elections officials say voters should know on Tuesday night which presidential candidate won Butler County.”I’m feeling very great. I voted for Trump, of course, because I believe in his economical plans and the border as well,” one voter said.”I’m definitely voting for Harris, and I think we have to get behind someone that has more than a hate message,” another voter said.3 P.M.Allegheny County officials say all inner envelopes of mail-in ballots that are currently in the county’s election warehouse have been opened. The ballots are being removed from the envelopes and prepared for the scanners.In Pennsylvania, mail-in ballots can still be dropped off in person until 8 p.m.2 P.M.Laflin Borough in Luzerne County will be able to vote until 9:30 p.m. According to our ABC sister station WNEP, there were multiple issues at the location.1:25 P.M.In the small county seat of Butler, voter turnout was brisk at city center precincts, just a few miles from where Trump survived an assassination attempt on July 13.Voters and an elections official said the process was going smoothly.Several voters were about evenly split between Trump and Harris, even as surrounding neighborhoods and countryside were overwhelmingly marked with Trump signs and flags, some depicting a photo of him raising his fist in the moments after the shooting.This portion was contributed by the Associated Press. 12 P.M.Scanning of mail-in ballot tabulation has begun in Allegheny County. All outer envelopes have been opened.11:30 A.M.Cambria County will be allowed to extend their voting hours until 10 p.m. All votes cast after 8 p.m. will be cast by provisional ballot.10:30 A.M. The director of communications for Pennsylvania courts says so far there are two pending cases – one in Northampton County and one in Cambria County. Cambria County has asked to extend voting until 10 p.m.9 A.M.Cambria County experience problems with scanning ballots. The Department of State says it is “in contact with officials in Cambria County. Voters are continuing to vote by paper ballot, in accordance with normal operations, while the county resolves the issue with in-precinct scanning. We are working with the County to resolve this technical matter and remain committed to ensuring a free, fair, safe, and secure election.” Read more here.8:50 A.M.Pittsburgh’s Lincoln Place polling location opened late after an election judge did not arrive on time. 8 A.M.Here is the latest tally on mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania.There were 2,199,359 mail-in ballots requested statewideOf the requested ballots, 1,877,992 have been returned.Mail-in ballots returned by partyDEMOCRAT BALLOTS RETURNED | 1,037,783REPUBLICAN BALLOTS RETURNED | 618,205OTHER PARTIES | 222,0047 A.M Polls open across the commonwealth. Polls in Pennsylvania close at 8 p.m. Those who are already in line to vote at that time will be able to cast a ballot. NOV. 4Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump held a final push in Western Pennsylvania with dueling rallies. Thousands of people filed into PPG Paints Arena ahead of the Trump rally. Some began waiting in line before sunrise.In Rankin, Harris spoke to supporters that packed into Carrie Blast Furnaces. WHAT TO KNOW:Pennsylvania’s General Election: When polls close and everything you need to knowPennsylvania election officials weighing in on challenges to 4,300 mail ballot applicationsThis is how precincts in Pennsylvania handle unexpected issues on Election DaySee how mail-in ballots are processed, counted in Allegheny County
As all eyes look to Pennsylvania, voters across the commonwealth went to the polls to cast their ballots Tuesday. With more than one million ballots already sent in by mail, millions more were expected to be cast on Election Day.
Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 is tracking live updated results as they come in. See more updates from across the state below:
2:30 A.M.
Former President Donald Trump has won Pennsylvania and its 19 electoral votes.
ABC News reported the win, and now the Associated Press is also calling Pennsylvania for Trump.
Addressing his supporters early Wednesday from his campaign’s watch party in Florida, Trump said, “Every citizen, I will fight for you, for your family and your future.”
12:30 A.M.
Allegheny County officials issued what they say will be their final election update of the night, saying that all mail votes have been posted and nine precincts will not be reporting their election day totals tonight.
“We will make every effort to secure the results for this outstanding results and post them tomorrow,” county spokesperson Abigail Gardner said in an email.
“Staff will start to inventory the poll bags that returned to the warehouse tonight and begin to get a count of how many provisional ballots will need to be reviewed and processed. We likely will not know how many potential provisional ballots there are until Friday,” Gardner said.
Elections staff will convene at the warehouse at 9 a.m. Wednesday and be sworn in to start processing military, overseas and provisional ballots.
11:50 P.M.
Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Casey and Republican challenger Dave McCormick are locked in a tight race.
Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 anchor Shannon Perrine, who is at Casey’s election night headquarters in Scranton, reported that Mayor Paige Cognetti told the remaining members of the crowd to go home for the night because the race is too close to call. Casey did not come out to address his supporters during the party.
11 P.M.
Washington County saw a big turnout on Election Day, which led to some long lines but no major problems for voters, Pittsburgh’s Action News 4’s Bob Mayo reported.
More than 28,000 ballots were cast by mail in the county. Volunteer poll workers removed the ballots from envelopes, and those ballots were scanned into the system. Voting equipment and data from polling places arrived secured through the evening. Election observers sworn in by a judge were able to observe the process directly and by closed circuit video feeds.
Election officials believed a majority of the count would be done by midnight. The most recent word was that they would keep counting if it’s not.
“We are finished scanning all of our mail-In ballots, which is a great thing,” said Nick Sherman, chair of the county commissioners and the election board. “We have about 300 left that were marked flawed for whatever reason. Sometimes people fold them in weird ways, so they’re not feeding to the machine, so we have got about 300 of those to do. Our numbers have been posted on the website, so we’re happy about that. The polls are coming in. We are diligently going through and getting those numbers in so we can continuously update the website.”
Sherman says there was one incident in Houston, Washington County, where a dispute took place over a poll watcher using a work laptop computer at the voting place, which is allowed.
“We had a judge of elections who became agitated. We gave him multiple warnings to settle down and to just go back to his job that he was hired to do,” Sherman said. “He started becoming belligerent, so we warned him several times. The constable had to intervene, and when the constable intervened, they called the sheriff for backup. The sheriff showed up, was quick, removed him without any further incident.”
10:20 P.M.
The Associated Press projects that two more Republican members of Congress have won their reelection bids in western Pennsylvania.
U.S. Rep. Guy Reschenthaler defeated Democrat Chris Dziados to win a fourth term in Pennsylvania’s 14th Congressional District.
U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly was elected to his eighth term in Pennsylvania’s 16th Congressional District, defeating Democrat Preston Nouri.
Click here for U.S. House election results in districts across Pennsylvania.
10 P.M.
Mail-in ballots are still coming in at the Butler County elections bureau. Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 reporter Chandi Chapman saw a steady stream of cars dropping off bags full of returned ballots, and officials taking the ballots inside the election office on West Cunningham Street in Butler. The public was invited to go inside the building and watch the ballot-counting process, but pictures and video recording were not permitted.
According to the elections bureau, Butler County has received more than 31,000 absentee and mail-in ballots.
9:40 P.M.
The Associated Press is projecting that Republican U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson has been reelected in Pennsylvania’s 15th Congressional District, which includes Armstrong County and parts of Indiana, Venango and several other counties.
Thompson easily turned back a challenge from Democrat Zach Womer.
Click here for U.S. House election results in districts across Pennsylvania.
9:25 P.M.
As counting of mail-in votes continued Tuesday night, Gov. Josh Shapiro says all counties in Pennsylvania now have “far more experience handling and processing mail ballots” than they did for the 2020 election.
Shapiro says new equipment at county election offices allows for quicker processing of mail ballots — and, under Act 88, which became law in 2022, counties must count their mail-in votes through the night until they are finished.
The mail-in vote for the 2024 election in Pennsylvania appears to be closer to 2 million, compared to about 2.5 million in 2020, Shapiro said.
“That’s not a reflection on the energy around the presidential race, or any race in Pennsylvania, or a reflection of Pennsylvanians interests in voting. Rather, it is a reflection of how people chose to vote, and it seems that more people showed up at the polls in person today than in 2020, as county officials now work diligently to count every ballot,” Shapiro said. “I want to thank every Pennsylvania voter who voted by mail or showed up at the polls to exercise their right to vote, regardless of their preferred candidate.”
9 P.M.
Gov. Josh Shapiro said “multiple bomb threats have been called in” to polling and municipal sites in Pennsylvania on Tuesday night.
“My team and I have been in direct communications with Pennsylvania State Police Col. Christopher Paris, who is coordinating with local and federal law enforcement, as well as PEMA. State and local law enforcement, along with the FBI, are investigating these threats, and thus far, there is no credible threat to the public,” Shapiro said at a news conference addressing Tuesday’s election and voter turnout across the state.
Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 reporter Paul Van Osdol reported that the Clearfield County administration building, where votes were being counted, was one of the places targeted. Because of that threat, a judge ordered voting hours in Clearfield County to be extended until 9 p.m.
8:55 P.M.
Beaver County elections officials tell Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 reporter Yazmin Rodriguez that 400 mail-in ballots were dropped off at locations throughout the county on Tuesday. They hope to have all of the dropped-off ballots counted by 10 p.m.
Click here to see the latest results from Beaver County as they come in.
8:45 P.M.
The director of operations for Westmoreland County tells Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 reporter Marcie Cipriani that the county’s first results (absentee and mail-in ballots) are now online.
Click here to see the latest results from Westmoreland County as they come in.
8:30 P.M.
The Associated Press projects that Democratic U.S. Rep. Summer Lee has defeated Republican James Hayes to win reelection in Pennsylvania’s 12th Congressional District, which includes Pittsburgh and much of Allegheny County.
Click here for U.S. House results across Pennsylvania.
8 P.M.
Polls are closed across much of the commonwealth. You can track our live, updating results as they come in.
7:50 P.M.
Allegheny County elections officials say 222,343 ballots have been scanned and the data is uploading now. The first set of those results (about 186,000 mail-in ballots) were expected to be posted shortly after 8 p.m., followed by another batch of about 36,000 when the data upload is complete.
“County employees are working with the USPS on California Avenue now to sweep for any final ballots for us to take possession of and count. Employees at the county office building will also bring ballots to the warehouse to be counted that were turned in today. We are anticipating several hundreds of ballots in those batches,” county spokesperson Abigail Gardner said via email.
7:10 P.M.
Things are moving smoothly in Westmoreland County, with the county’s director of operations telling Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 reporter Marcie Cipriani that unofficial results may be in before Wednesday morning.
The director told us that anywhere between 10 p.m. Tuesday and 12 a.m. Wednesday, we could see an unofficial projection of winners in the county.
6:20 P.M.
In Beaver County, election officials tell Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 reporter Yazmin Rodriguez that the mail-in ballot return is over 90% but they still expect to see a lot of people at the polls Tuesday evening.
Officials say they foresee counting those mail ballots soon, and having it be the county’s first drop of results.
Daniel Camp, chairman of the board of elections, said the day has gone without any major incidents. A minor verbal altercation in the morning involved opposing voters outside one precinct, but nobody was taken into custody, he said.
“We had one small power outage in North Sewickley this morning, where we deployed assets such as generators to the sites, but by the time we got there, everything was back up,” Camp said, adding that voting was not delayed.
The county is hopeful to have each vote counted by the end of Tuesday night.
6 P.M.
Pennsylvania could see election results come in later than anticipated following several setbacks from polling precincts within the state. Here’s a round-up of those issues.
5:30 P.M.
In Washington County, things seem to be running smoothly as volunteers work to open mail-in ballot envelopes and flatten ballots.
Officials told Pittsburgh’s Action 4 News reporter Bob Mayo that about 28,000 voters in the county casted their vote by mail in this election.
As volunteers continue to go through each ballot, results will not be posted until 8 p.m. Tuesday.
County Commissioner Larry Maggi and the Washington Court Administration say no outstanding issues within the county have been reported.
5 P.M.
In Fayette County, the elections director is seeking a court order to prevent the election judge in Washington Township from removing ballots to perform a hand count of all ballots when polls close.
Doing so is against state law.
4:30 P.M.
In Butler County, officials tell Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 reporter Chandi Chapman that the mail-in ballots process is going smoothly. Workers are accepting mail-in ballots until 8 p.m. at the county elections office on West Cunningham Street, and until 6 p.m. at a drive-thru drop-off location outside the office.
Elections officials say voters should know on Tuesday night which presidential candidate won Butler County.
“I’m feeling very great. I voted for Trump, of course, because I believe in his economical plans and the border as well,” one voter said.
“I’m definitely voting for Harris, and I think we have to get behind someone that has more than a hate message,” another voter said.
3 P.M.
Allegheny County officials say all inner envelopes of mail-in ballots that are currently in the county’s election warehouse have been opened. The ballots are being removed from the envelopes and prepared for the scanners.
In Pennsylvania, mail-in ballots can still be dropped off in person until 8 p.m.
2 P.M.
Laflin Borough in Luzerne County will be able to vote until 9:30 p.m. According to our ABC sister station WNEP, there were multiple issues at the location.
1:25 P.M.
In the small county seat of Butler, voter turnout was brisk at city center precincts, just a few miles from where Trump survived an assassination attempt on July 13.
Voters and an elections official said the process was going smoothly.
Several voters were about evenly split between Trump and Harris, even as surrounding neighborhoods and countryside were overwhelmingly marked with Trump signs and flags, some depicting a photo of him raising his fist in the moments after the shooting.
This portion was contributed by the Associated Press.
12 P.M.
Scanning of mail-in ballot tabulation has begun in Allegheny County. All outer envelopes have been opened.
11:30 A.M.
Cambria County will be allowed to extend their voting hours until 10 p.m. All votes cast after 8 p.m. will be cast by provisional ballot.
10:30 A.M.
The director of communications for Pennsylvania courts says so far there are two pending cases – one in Northampton County and one in Cambria County. Cambria County has asked to extend voting until 10 p.m.
9 A.M.
Cambria County experience problems with scanning ballots.
The Department of State says it is “in contact with officials in Cambria County. Voters are continuing to vote by paper ballot, in accordance with normal operations, while the county resolves the issue with in-precinct scanning. We are working with the County to resolve this technical matter and remain committed to ensuring a free, fair, safe, and secure election.” Read more here.
8:50 A.M.
Pittsburgh’s Lincoln Place polling location opened late after an election judge did not arrive on time.
8 A.M.
Here is the latest tally on mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania.
- There were 2,199,359 mail-in ballots requested statewide
- Of the requested ballots, 1,877,992 have been returned.
Mail-in ballots returned by party
- DEMOCRAT BALLOTS RETURNED | 1,037,783
- REPUBLICAN BALLOTS RETURNED | 618,205
- OTHER PARTIES | 222,004
7 A.M
Polls open across the commonwealth. Polls in Pennsylvania close at 8 p.m. Those who are already in line to vote at that time will be able to cast a ballot.
NOV. 4
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump held a final push in Western Pennsylvania with dueling rallies.
Thousands of people filed into PPG Paints Arena ahead of the Trump rally. Some began waiting in line before sunrise.
In Rankin, Harris spoke to supporters that packed into Carrie Blast Furnaces.
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