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Unofficial results from Tuesday's Primary Election indicated races for three statewide offices are taking shape.
Former state Auditor General Eugene DePasquale won the Democratic nomination for state Attorney General according to the unofficial results on the state's website and will face York County District Attorney and Republican nominee Dave Sunday.
DePasquale received about 35.6% of the primary vote. Jack Stollsteimer, a former assistant district attorney for Delaware County and assistant U.S. attorney, came in second place with about 20%.
Erin McClelland and Malcolm Kenyatta won the Democratic nominations for state Treasurer and state Auditor General respectively, and will face Republican incumbents Stacy Garrity and Tim DeFoor.
McClelland, a former congressional candidate and project manager for the Allegheny County Department of Human Services, defeated state Rep. Ryan Bizzarro, D-Millcreek, about 54.3% to about 45.6%, according to unofficial results posted on the state's website.
Kenyatta, a state Representative from Philadelphia, defeated Mark Pinsley, Lehigh County's controller, about 64.2% to about 35.7%, according to unofficial results.
More training for election officials and more experience with mail-in voting seemed to help avoid some problems experienced during the commonwealth's previous elections, according to a report by The Center Square.
In 2020, the Department of State received 3,600 calls to its voter hotline related to voting problems on the last presidential primary day and 1,100 calls on the last midterm primary day, Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt said during a Tuesday evening press conference.
"Today, we handled approximately 600," he said. "It is a significant decrease -- one that we believe demonstrates that Pennsylvania's voters overwhelmingly encountered an improved voting experience this year."
The secretary thanked the hundreds of county election officials, The Center Square's Anthony Hennen reported, and emphasized that "nothing out of the ordinary" occurred on Election Day.
In Lycoming County, former President Donald Trump earned about 87.8% of the unofficial vote for the Republican presidential nomination while President Joe Biden earned about 85.3% of Lycoming County Democrats' votes for that party's nomination. Statewide, Trump received about 83.4% of Republicans' Primary Election votes while Biden received about 93.1% of the Democratic Primary Election vote.