Pennsylvania Senate, District 37

Pennsylvania State Senate District 37 includes parts of Allegheny County and Washington County. More specifically, it includes the following areas:[1]

Allegheny County:

• Aleppo Township
• Bell Acres
• Ben Avon Heights
• Bethel Park
• Bridgeville
• Collier Township
• Crescent Township
• Edgeworth
• Emsworth
• Findlay Township
• Glen Osborne
• Glenfield
• Haysville
• Jefferson Hills
• Kilbuck Township
• Leetsdale
• Leet Township
• McDonald (Allegheny County Portion)
• Moon Township
• Mt. Lebanon
• North Fayette Township
• Oakdale
• Ohio Township
• Pennsbury Village
• Pleasant Hills
• Robinson Township
• Rosslyn Farms
• Sewickley
• Sewickley Heights
• Sewickley Hills
• South Fayette Township
• South Park Township
• Thornburg
• Upper St. Clair Township
• Whitehall

Washington County:

• Peters Township

The most recent senator representing district 37 was Guy Reschenthaler. Reschenthaler resigned following his election to the U.S. House of Representatives. On April 2, 2019, Democrat Pam Iovino defeated Republican D. Raja to fill the vacancy.[2]

Senators

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Note	Counties
Wayne S. Ewing	Republican	1969–1976			Allegheny (part)[3]
Michael P. Schaefer	Democratic	1977–1980			Allegheny (part)[4]
D. Michael Fisher	Republican	1981–1982			Allegheny (part)[5]
		1983–1996			Allegheny (part), Washington (part)[5]
Timothy F. Murphy	Republican	1997–2003		Resigned January 3, 2003.[6]	Allegheny (part), Washington (part)[7]
John R. Pippy	Republican	2003–2012		Elected March 11, 2003 to fill vacancy.[8] Resigned June 30, 2012.[9]	Allegheny (part), Washington (part)[10][11]
Matthew H. Smith	Democratic	2013–2015	Mt. Lebanon	Resigned June 2015[12]	Allegheny (part), Washington (part)[13]
Guy Reschenthaler	Republican	2015–2019	Jefferson Hills	Elected November 3, 2015 to fill vacancy. Elected to the US House of Representatives.	Allegheny (part), Washington (part)[13]
Pamela Iovino	Democratic	2019–present	Mt. Lebanon	Elected April 2, 2019 to fill vacancy.[2]	Allegheny (part), Washington (part)[13]

References

1. "Composite Listing of State Senate Districts" (PDF). Pennsylvania Department of State. Retrieved 2015-02-19.
2. Routh, Julian (2 April 2019). "Democrat Pam Iovino wins Pa. Senate Seat". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
3. Cox, Harold (2004). "Senate Members 'E'". Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682–2004. Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
4. Cox, Harold (2004). "Senate Members 'S'". Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682–2004. Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
5. Cox, Harold (2004). "Senate Members 'F'". Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682–2004. Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
6. Cox, Harold (2004). "Pennsylvania Senate - 2003-2004" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
7. Cox, Harold (2004). "Senate Members 'M'". Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682–2004. Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
8. "2003 Special Election for the 37th Senatorial District". Commonwealth of PA - Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. 2004.
9. Olson, Laura (1 July 2012). "State Sen. Pippy resigns from legislative seat following budget vote". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
10. Cox, Harold (2004). "Senate Members 'P'". Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682–2004. Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
11. "Senate Districts 2001" (PDF). Pennsylvania Redistricting. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
12. Santoni, Matthew (27 May 2015). "State Sen. Matt Smith resigning to become Chamber president". TribLIVE. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
13. "Pennsylvania Senate Districts 2012" (PDF). Pennsylvania Redistricting. Retrieved January 22, 2020.

• Cox, Harold (2004). "Legislatures - 1776-2004". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.