2024_Pennsylvania_Senate_election
Elections for the Pennsylvania State Senate will be held on November 5, 2024, with 25 of 50 districts being contested. The term of office for those elected in 2024 will begin when the Senate convenes in January 2025. Pennsylvania State Senators are elected for four-year terms, with half of the seats up for election every two years.[1] The election will coincide with the 2024 U.S. presidential election, elections to the U.S. Senate, elections to the U.S. House of Representatives, and elections to the entirety of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
Not to be confused with the 2024 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania.
Quick Facts All odd-numbered seats in the Pennsylvania State Senate 26 seats needed for a majority, Leader ...
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Republicans have controlled the chamber since the 1994 election (30 years).
Democrats
- District 45: Jim Brewster is retiring[2]
Republicans
- District 15: John DiSanto is retiring[3]
- District 31: Mike Regan is retiring[4]
Incumbents defeated in primary
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Republicans
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Predictions
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| Affiliation | Candidates | Votes | % | Seats before | Seats up | Seats won | Seats after | |
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| Republican | 20 | 28 | ||||||
| Democratic | 17 | 22 | ||||||
| Independent | 0 | |||||||
| Libertarian | 0 | |||||||
| Total | 50 | |||||||
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| District | Party | Incumbent | Status | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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| 1 | Democratic | Nikil Saval | Running | ||||||
| 3 | Democratic | Sharif Street | Running | ||||||
| 5 | Democratic | Jimmy Dillon | Running | ||||||
| 7 | Democratic | Vincent Hughes | Running | ||||||
| 9 | Democratic | John I. Kane | Running | ||||||
| 11 | Democratic | Judy Schwank | Running | ||||||
| 13 | Republican | Scott Martin | Running | ||||||
| 15 | Republican | John DiSanto | Retiring[3] | ||||||
| 17 | Democratic | Amanda Cappelletti | Running | ||||||
| 19 | Democratic | Carolyn Comitta | Running | ||||||
| 21 | Republican | Scott Hutchinson | Running | ||||||
| 23 | Republican | Eugene Yaw | Running | ||||||
| 25 | Republican | Cris Dush | Running | ||||||
| 27 | Republican | Lynda Schlegel Culver | Running | ||||||
| 29 | Republican | Dave Argall | Running | ||||||
| 31 | Republican | Mike Regan | Retiring[4] | ||||||
| 33 | Republican | Doug Mastriano | Running | ||||||
| 35 | Republican | Wayne Langerholc | Running | ||||||
| 37 | Republican | Devlin Robinson | Running | ||||||
| 39 | Republican | Kim Ward | Running | ||||||
| 41 | Republican | Joe Pittman | Running | ||||||
| 43 | Democratic | Jay Costa | Running | ||||||
| 45 | Democratic | Jim Brewster | Retiring[2] | ||||||
| 47 | Republican | Elder Vogel | Running | ||||||
| 49 | Republican | Dan Laughlin | Running | ||||||
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- Center, Legislativate Data Processing. "Members of the Senate". The official website for the Pennsylvania General Assembly. Archived from the original on September 15, 2019. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
- Deto, Ryan (January 10, 2024). "State Sen. Jim Brewster retiring at end of 2024". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
- Ulrich, Steve (December 8, 2023). "SD-15: DiSanto Says He Will Not Seek Reelection". PoliticsPA.
- Owens, Dennis (January 2, 2024). "Pennsylvania State Senator Mike Regan not seeking re-election". WHTM-TV.
- "2024 Presidential Election". Pennsylvania Department of State. pp. 7–12. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
- "24 PA Forecast". projects.cnalysis.com. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
- Electionreturns.pa.gov, Pennsylvania Department of State
- Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association, "Pennsylvania", Voting & Elections Toolkits
- "Pennsylvania: Election Tools, Deadlines, Dates, Rules, and Links", Vote.org, Oakland, CA
- "League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania". (State affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)