Low Pennsylvania primary turnout and races that followed the party line shed light on what voters can expect this November. As sleepy as the primaries were, political analysts expect high turnout, lots of political spending and hotly contested races in the fall. 

This election will decide which party will control the state Legislature, which could have long-term impacts on national politics. With three Congressional races considered toss-ups by the Cook Political Report, control of the U.S. House of Representatives also runs through the Keystone State. 

More than 1.7 million Pennsylvanians cast ballots in Tuesday’s primary election, accounting for about one out of four registered Democrats and Republicans eligible to vote.  

There were no significant disruptions to polling sites. Secretary of State Al Schmidt said Tuesday’s smooth voting process is thanks to at least 45,000 poll workers.

Former television news anchor Janelle Stelson won the Democratic primary against Dauphin County Commissioner Justin Douglas. Early unofficial results show her winning with three-quarters of the vote.  

She now gears up to face incumbent Republican Congressman Scott Perry in the fall. Perry won his primary unopposed. 

Today, somewhere between 1-2 million Pennsylvanian voters are expected to travel to their local polling place to cast a ballot. As with every major election day, with over a million voters, thousands of volunteers running polling places across Pennsylvania, and hundreds of voting machines, some mistakes — usually small — are bound to happen. 

On Tuesday, Democratic voters across Dauphin County and most of Cumberland and York Counties will choose the next challenger to the seven-term Republican incumbent in the U.S. House of Representatives, Scott Perry. The expected 60,000 or fewer voters, based on previous midterm primaries, have the choice between former local TV news anchor Janelle Stelson and Dauphin County Commissioner Justin Douglas.

The number of people living in shelters, cars, and tents are near record highs in Berks, Lancaster and York counties. 

Shapiro and the immigrant rights activists both claim President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown is violating Constitutional protections. They disagree on whether Shapiro is doing enough in response.

The Democratic primary in Pennsylvania’s 10th Congressional District is starting to turn heads. Janelle Stelson is refusing to debate her opponent Justin Douglas, a Dauphin County commissioner. In turn, Douglas is refusing to endorse Stelson should she win the primary unless she liberalizes more of her positions, including on immigration. 

A federal judge is siding with Pennsylvania over an out-of-state advocacy group in a lawsuit about voter data. The group, the Voter Reference Foundation, sued over Pennsylvania’s ban on publishing voter data online.