It’s not surprising that Democrats won in blue states like New Jersey and Virginia earlier this week. However, it’s the margin they won by and current election trends that should give Pennsylvania gun owners pause.
Virginia: A Warning to Every Gun Owner in Pennsylvania
In 2021, Republican voters in Virginia surged to the polls and flipped the Governor’s Mansion. Glenn Youngkin won, Winsome Earle-Sears won. Jason Miyares won. Republicans were awake.
Four years later, in 2025? Those same voters didn’t show up.
Between 2021 and 2025:
- 229,482 fewer Republican votes for Governor.
- 170,301 fewer Republican votes for Lieutenant Governor.
- 88,340 fewer Republican votes for Attorney General.
Over 488,000 Republican votes vanished…because Republicans stayed home.
New Jersey: A Cautionary Tale
In all respects, New Jersey was an uphill battle to begin with.
However, as Election Day got closer, polls began to suggest that Democrat Mikie Sherrill was going to match incumbent Governor Phil Murphy’s 2021 reelection numbers and not drastically outpace him.
However, Democrat turnout far exceeded expectations.
Sherrill outpaced Murphy’s 2021 turnout, with 465,773 more Democrat votes being cast in 2025.
Even though Republican Jack Ciattarelli outperformed his 2021 campaign by 129,416 votes this year, it just wasn’t enough.
Republicans stayed home.
Pennsylvania Is Starting to Look the Same
Let’s be honest, 2025 didn’t go well for Republicans in Pennsylvania either. Democrats turned out more Harris voters than Republicans turned out Trump voters this year.
Earlier this year, Democrat James Malone was elected to State Senate District 36 in Lancaster County, which hadn’t sent a Democrat to Harrisburg since just after the Civil War.
Then, earlier this week, Republicans just did not turn out.
Clearfield County, which went for President Trump by 51.5% just last year, elected a Democrat to its Court of Common Pleas for the first time in recent history.
Not to mention that, despite the millions of dollars dumped into the judicial retention elections encouraging voters NOT to retain several liberal judges, those incumbents sailed through with over 60% of the vote!
Plainly put: Republicans stayed home.
It was a quiet warning that almost no one wants to talk about.
2026 is the Breaking Point
The stakes couldn’t be higher for gun owners next year…
An election for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, all 203 State House seats, and 25 of 50 State Senate seats.
The current balance of power in the General Assembly is a Democrat-controlled House by one seat (102-101) and a two-seat Republican majority in the Senate.
Suppose a repeat of Democrats turning out more Harris voters than Republicans turning out Trump voters happens in 2026.
In that case, gun grabbers will walk away with: the Governor’s Mansion, a Democrat-controlled House, and a Democrat-controlled Senate.
A Democrat trifecta in Harrisburg, just like in Richmond and Trenton.
That comes with Josh Shapiro being eager to prove his far-left credentials to a base that somehow believes he is a moderate.
And then comes the legislation we all know is waiting, and have been fighting for years.
- “Red Flag” Gun Confiscation
- “Assault Weapons” bans
- Magazine limits
- Gun registries
- Permit-to-Purchase schemes
- More “Gun Free” zones where you can’t carry
- Insurance requirements
- …and much more
All of it can become very real in one election.
Pennsylvania Has a Chance in 2026
There’s a big chance for redemption in Pennsylvania during the 2026 elections.
Pennsylvania still gets to choose which version it becomes.
Look no further than 2024 in Pennsylvania when gun owners sent Kamala “I Own a Glock” Harris packing and sent Donald Trump back to Washington.
Gun owners also sent U.S. Senator Bob Casey, one of the Gun Control Lobby’s favorite Democrats, into retirement and elected Dave McCormick.
We also rebuffed advances by some of the most liberal candidates to take over the Attorney General’s office, State Treasurer’s office, and Auditor General’s office.
Finally, gun owners flipped TWO Congressional seats in eastern Pennsylvania and sent Democrat Representatives Susan Wild and Matt Cartwright packing.
That proves one thing:
When gun owners vote, they win.
Pennsylvania Gun Rights will be working tirelessly to educate and inform Pennsylvania gun owners about the actual positions of their elected officials —from the Governor on down to State Representatives and everywhere in between —leading up to November 2026.
But we need your help to do it.
We need you to chip in to prevent the disaster of Virginia 2025 from happening here in Pennsylvania.
A contribution of $100, $75, or $50 will be used to mobilize thousands of Pennsylvania gun owners to push back on the radical agendas being pushed by the gun grabbers in Harrisburg.
Stand firm for Pennsylvania and for freedom.
