2020 Pennsylvania Senate election

The 2020 elections for the Pennsylvania State Senate are to be held on November 3, 2020, with 25 of 50 districts being contested. Primary elections were held on June 2, 2020.[1] The term of office for those elected in 2020 will begin when the Senate convenes in January 2021. Pennsylvania State Senators are elected for four-year terms, with half of the seats up for election every two years.[2]

2020 Pennsylvania Senate elections

November 3, 2020
All odd-numbered seats in the Pennsylvania State Senate 26 seats needed for a majority
Leader Joe Scarnati Jay Costa Party Republican Democratic Independent Leader since January 2, 2007 January 4, 2011 Leader's seat 25th 43rd Current seats 28 21 1
Incumbent President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati Republican

A special election was held on January 14, 2020, to determine Dave Arnold as the next state senator for the 48th district after Mike Folmer's resignation in September 2019.[3][4]

Republicans have controlled the chamber since the 1994 election (25 years).

Overview

Affiliation		Candidates	Votes	Vote %	Seats Won	Seats Not Up for Election	Seats After
	Republican	20			1	11
	Democratic	24			5	13
	Green	TBD				0
	Libertarian	TBD				0
	Independent	TBD				1
Total		TBD		100%	25	25	50

Results

District	Party		Incumbent	Status	Party		Candidate	Votes	%
1		Democratic	Larry Farnese	Lost in primary		Democratic	Nikil Saval
3		Democratic	Sharif Street	Unopposed		Democratic	Sharif Street
5		Democratic	John Sabatina	Unopposed		Democratic	John Sabatina
7		Democratic	Vincent Hughes	Unopposed		Democratic	Vincent Hughes
9		Republican	Tom Killion	Running		Republican	Tom Killion
						Democratic	John Kane
11		Democratic	Judy Schwank	Running		Democratic	Judy Schwank
						Republican	Annette Baker
13		Republican	Scott Martin	Running		Republican	Scott Martin
						Democratic	Janet Diaz
15		Republican	John DiSanto	Running		Republican	John DiSanto
						Democratic	George Scott
17		Democratic	Daylin Leach	Lost in primary		Democratic	Amanda Cappelletti
						Republican	Ellen Fisher
19		Democratic	Andy Dinniman	Retiring[5]		Democratic	Carolyn Comitta
						Republican	Kevin Runey
21		Republican	Scott Hutchinson	Running		Republican	Scott Hutchinson
						Democratic	Shelbie Stromyer
23		Republican	Eugene Yaw	Running		Republican	Eugene Yaw
						Democratic	Jaclyn Baker
25		Republican	Joe Scarnati	Retiring[6]		Republican	Cris Dush
						Democratic	Margaret S. Brown
27		Republican	John Gordner	Running		Republican	John Gordner
						Democratic	Michelle Siegel
29		Republican	Dave Argall	Unopposed		Republican	Dave Argall
31		Republican	Mike Regan	Running		Republican	Mike Regan
						Democratic	Shanna Danielson
						Independent
33		Republican	Doug Mastriano	Running		Republican	Doug Mastriano
						Democratic	Richard Sterner
35		Republican	Wayne Langerholc	Running		Republican	Wayne Langerholc
						Democratic	Shaun Dougherty
37		Democratic	Pam Iovino	Running		Democratic	Pam Iovino
						Republican	Devlin Robinson
39		Republican	Kim Ward	Running		Republican	Kim Ward
						Democratic	Tay Waltenbaugh
41		Republican	Joe Pittman	Running		Republican	Joe Pittman
						Democratic	Anthony Deloreto
						Independent
43		Democratic	Jay Costa	Running		Democratic	Jay Costa
45		Democratic	Jim Brewster	Running		Democratic	Jim Brewster
						Republican	Nicole Ziccarelli
47		Republican	Elder Vogel	Running		Republican	Elder Vogel
						Democratic	Stephen Krizan
49		Republican	Dan Laughlin	Running		Republican	Dan Laughlin
						Democratic	Julie Slomski

References

1. "Pennsylvania State Senate elections, 2020". Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
2. Center, Legislativate Data Processing. "Members of the Senate". The official website for the Pennsylvania General Assembly. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
3. Kulp, Andrew; Shelly, Nora (September 25, 2019). "Mike Folmer Pa. state Senate seat: Date set for special election". Lebanon Daily News. Retrieved September 26, 2019 – via MSN.
4. Naylor, Sean (January 14, 2020). "Lebanon County DA Dave Arnold will be the next state senator for PA's 48th district". WPMT. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
5. "Sen. Dinniman won't seek re-election, plans to retire". Daily Local News. 8 February 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
6. Micek, John (12 February 2020). "Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati is not seeking re-election". Pennsylvania Capital-Star. Retrieved 5 March 2020.