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Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt on Tuesday certified Pennsylvania’s 2024 presidential election results. Shapiro signed the legally required Certificate of Ascertainment, which records the final results of the presidential election for use by Congress and other official purposes.
“More than 7 million legal, eligible voters made their voices heard in this election and once again, voters across the Commonwealth were able to cast their ballots safely and securely,” Shapiro said in a statement. “Our local Republican and Democratic county elections officials, ordinary Americans doing their part to make democracy work, worked tirelessly to ensure all 67 counties could administer a free and fair election.”
The final tallies for 2024 saw Republican President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance winning 3,543,308 votes. Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris and running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz received 3,423,042 votes.
Trump and Vance’s presidential electors will gather at noon on Dec. 17 in the chamber of the House of Representatives for the electoral college vote.
According to the Department of State, Pennsylvania had a nearly 77% turnout rate, with more than 7 million Pennsylvania registered voters casting ballots in 2024.
Pennsylvania’s 19 electoral votes made it a key prize for the presidential campaigns, which spent millions of dollars and many hours campaigning in the Keystone State. The election’s outcome all but ensures Pennsylvania will remain a swing state in future national elections; the state swung from Democrat Barack Obama in 2012 to Trump in 2016, to Democrat Joe Biden in 2020 and now back to Trump for a second term.
