After two years of Democrats’ one-seat majority, control of the Pennsylvania State House will be determined in Tuesday’s elections.

And a handful of state House seats, including some in Bucks and Delaware counties, will play a decisive role.

House Democrats hope to expand their narrow 102-101 majority, while Republicans hope to regain control of the state House, which they controlled for more than a decade before Democrats shocked the state in 2022.

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Democrats surprised state in 2022 When they overturned the state legislature with a narrow majority for the first time in 12 years. Officials were awaiting new redistricted maps of the state. Republicans have a slight lead over Democratsto make races more competitive, but I didn’t expect the Democrats to change the legislature so quickly.

House Democrats currently control the lower chamber by just one vote and have had to lean on moderate Republicans at times. Bucks County When they couldn’t get all members to support them, they tried to pass the bill. law making stopped many times Over the course of the two-year legislative session, more than a half-dozen resignations put Democrats under a numerical majority.

Control of the State Legislature remains mixed and It will narrow down to about 10 races statewide.. Republicans have targeted vulnerable Democratic-held seats in other parts of the state that lean toward red. Democrats, meanwhile, hope to pick up some of the few remaining GOP-held seats in collar counties — like Rep. Craig Williams’ last Republican seat, representing parts of Delco or Two Lower Bucks seats represented by Republican Reps. K.C. Tomlinson and Joe Hogan – as people they thought they could turn to to preserve and expand their narrow majority.

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Republicans also have their eye on several seats across the state they think they can flip, including Rep. Brian Munroe (D., Bucks). House Republicans and Jeff Yass-backed political action committee spill more than $600,000 in advertising We support GOP challenger Dan McPhillips.

Governor. Josh ShapiroA Democrat, he spent $1 million to help his party maintain and expand its state House majority and secured 20 endorsements across the state in districts Democrats hope to flip or protect vulnerable incumbents. In his endorsements earlier this fall, Shapiro noted his and the slim Democratic majority in the House Democrats’ priorities: Aligns with GOP-controlled state Senate – had managed to pass, including increased property tax and rent reduction for seniorsONE expanded child care tax creditAnd Major investments in public education responding to a court ruling requiring authorities to create a new school funding system.

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House Republican leaders said they believe Pennsylvanians should re-elect a GOP majority to ensure fiscal restraint, prioritize economic and job development and boost Republican priorities.

In recent years, Democrats have dominated the fast-growing collar counties around Philadelphia, electing Democrats to 31 of 39 precincts in Bucks, Montgomery, Delaware and Chester counties.

The Bucks remain an outlier in Philadelphia’s increasingly blue suburbs. Only collar county with GOP voter registration advantage. That’s why most competitive House races are held in Bucks County, and Republicans represent more districts in Bucks than in any other coast county.