The 2026 midterm elections are still 19 months away. But the Republican Party just heard an early harbinger of trouble to come.

Democrat Dan Goughnour handily won a special election in western Pennsylvania on Tuesday, keeping majority control of the state House in his party's hands by a single seat.

Source: Election results and race calls are from The Associated Press. By The New York Times election results team: Michael Andre, Emma Baker, Neil Berg, Andrew Chavez, Michael Beswetherick, Matthew Bloch,

Democrats claimed a majority in the Pa. House and held a narrow lead in a Lancaster County state Senate district where the GOP has a strong advantage.

Voters in Lancaster County are casting ballots for their state senator in Tuesday's special election for the 36th state Senate District.

After suffering a blow on the national stage in 2024, states like Pennsylvania are giving Democrats some cause for optimism.

Voters in Pennsylvania are heading to the polls Tuesday to fill one vacant state House seat that will likely hand Democrats back their majority, as well as a vacant state Senate seat. The

Voters from opposite ends of Pennsylvania will fill two state legislative vacancies in special elections Tuesday. Democrats are defending a state House seat on friendly turf with control of the deadlocked chamber on the line,

The Democratic win came in a district which strongly voted for President Donald Trump last November, exacerbating special election concerns for the GOP.