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McKean County
McKean has 25,358 registered voters as of Oct 19, 2026, 0.3% of the state's roll. Republicans lead by 10,857, up from 10,713 at the November 2024 election. The scenario model groups it with 40 other counties as “Rural rest.”
Registered now
25,358
All parties, Oct 19, 2026
Republican lead
10,857
D 21.1% · R 63.9% of the roll
Since Nov 2024
−392
−1.5% from 25,750
Inactive
9.2%
23,019 active, 2,339 inactive
Registration by party
Since Nov 2024 the Republican share here rose from 63.5% to 63.9% and the Democratic share fell from 21.9% to 21.1%.
Now (Oct 19, 2026)
- Democrats 21.1%
- Republicans 63.9%
- Other and no party 15.0%
May 2026 primary
- Democrats 21.0%
- Republicans 64.2%
- Other and no party 14.8%
Nov 2024 election
- Democrats 21.9%
- Republicans 63.5%
- Other and no party 14.7%
| When | Dem | Rep | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Now (Oct 19, 2026) | 5,348 | 16,205 | 3,805 | 25,358 |
| May 2026 primary | 5,286 | 16,167 | 3,726 | 25,179 |
| Nov 2024 election | 5,632 | 16,345 | 3,773 | 25,750 |
Republicans lead by 10,857, down from 10,881 at the May primary.
Turnout, 2014–2024
In 2022, 58.7% of McKean's registered voters cast a governor vote, 1.7 points below the state. In 2024 it was 76.4%, 0.2 points below the state.
- McKean
- Statewide
Results by year
Mastriano carried McKean by 38.7 points in 2022, and Trump by 47.2 in 2024. Republicans carried it in all 6 elections.
| Election | Democrat | Votes | Republican | Votes | Other | Margin | Registered | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 governor | Wolf | 2,945 (36%) | Corbett | 5,311 (64%) | 0 | Corbett +28.7 | 24,134 | 34.2% |
| 2016 president | Clinton | 4,025 (25%) | Trump | 11,635 (71%) | 636 | Trump +46.7 | 24,911 | 65.4% |
| 2018 governor | Wolf | 3,899 (31%) | Wagner | 8,512 (68%) | 182 | Wagner +36.6 | 23,852 | 52.8% |
| 2020 president | Biden | 5,098 (26%) | Trump | 14,083 (72%) | 285 | Trump +46.2 | 25,849 | 75.3% |
| 2022 governor | Shapiro | 4,392 (30%) | Mastriano | 10,082 (69%) | 238 | Mastriano +38.7 | 25,061 | 58.7% |
| 2024 president | Harris | 5,115 (26%) | Trump | 14,401 (73%) | 166 | Trump +47.2 | 25,750 | 76.4% |
What Garrity needs here
On the smallest uniform path to a statewide tie, Garrity needs 72.1% of the ballot in McKean. That is 3.5 points more than Mastriano won in 2022, and 1.1 points below Trump's 2024 share.
Mastriano 2022
68.5%
Wagner 2018 67.6% · Corbett 2014 64.3%
Trump 2024
73.2%
Share of the presidential ballot
Tie-path target
72.1%
73.3% of the two-party vote
Gain over Mastriano
+3.5 pts
Share of the ballot
Net votes needed
+1,054
Over a 2022 replay, 0.1% of the statewide gap
In 2022 Shapiro lost McKean by 5,690 votes. At the target, on about 14,886 ballots at 2022 turnout on today's roll, Garrity would carry the county by 6,811 votes. That is 1,054 net votes better for her than a 2022 replay on the same roll.
How turnout is measured
Turnout is votes in the top race divided by registered voters. The top race is governor in 2014, 2018 and 2022 and president in 2016, 2020 and 2024. The state's returns files have no total-ballots count, so this undercounts by the roughly 1% who skip the top race.
The state's own 2024 count of people who voted in McKean is 19,830, against 19,682 presidential votes.
A turnout rate can rise because the roll shrank, not because more people voted. That did not happen to a large degree here: no four-year span saw the roll fall 5% or more while votes held within 3%. Warren is the clearest case statewide: 20,650 presidential votes in 2020 and 20,723 in 2024 on a roll that fell from 31,431 to 26,871.