Anusha Mathur

Nov 11, 2024 | thedp.com | Anusha Mathur

Matt Cartwright (D-Pa.), a six-term member of the United States House of Representatives and 1986 University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School graduate, lost his reelection campaign against Rob Bresnahan. Bresnahan's victory by nearly two percentage points above Cartwright brings an end to the incumbent's tenure in Pennsylvania’s 8th Congressional District, representing Scranton and nearby suburbs.

Nov 7, 2024 | thedp.com | Anusha Mathur

Republican candidate Dave McCormick will win the highly contested race for Pennsylvania’s United States Senate seat, defeating incumbent Sen. Bob Casey, the Associated Press projects. The AP called the race for McCormick on Thursday afternoon, who won with a margin of just under 30,000 votes. McCormick’s victory in the Keystone State marks a major win for the Republican Party and its projected multi-seat majority in the Senate.

Nov 5, 2024 | thedp.com | Anusha Mathur

Philadelphia’s 2024 early voting and absentee ballot data reveal a high level of voter engagement — though still trailing the historic levels of the 2020 election — and a large proportion of Democratic voters. Under Pennsylvania law, mail-in ballots cannot be prepared to be counted until polls open at 7 a.m. on Tuesday.

Nov 4, 2024 | thedp.com | Anusha Mathur

Penn's campus has been flooded with signs encouraging civic engagement in the week before the 2024 election. The displays come amid an uptick in efforts from both student and non-Penn affiliated organizations to mobilize voters on campus and in the larger West Philadelphia community. The signage has been largely funded by a combination of Democratic candidates and an independent group.

Oct 31, 2024 | thedp.com | Anusha Mathur |Diamy Wang

Ahead of Election Day, The Daily Pennsylvanian has compiled a comprehensive ballot guide to all of the candidates — national and local — on the ticket, along with where you can go on campus to vote for them on Tuesday, Nov. 5. The deadline to register to vote has already passed in Pennsylvania, but voters can check their registration status here.