2018 Pennsylvania Senate election

2018 Pennsylvania Senate election

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All even-numbered seats in the Pennsylvania State Senate
26 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Joe Scarnati Jay Costa
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since December 2006[1] January 4, 2011
Leader's seat 25th 43rd
Last election 34 16
Seats won 13 12
Seats after 29 21
Seat change Decrease 5 Increase 5
Popular vote 1,096,954 1,297,494
Percentage 45.51% 53.83%

Results
     Democratic hold      Democratic gain
     Republican hold      No election

President Pro Tempore before election

Joe Scarnati
Republican

Elected President Pro Tempore

Joe Scarnati
Republican

The 2018 elections for the Pennsylvania State Senate were held on November 6, 2018, with 25 of 50 districts being contested. Primary elections were held on May 15, 2018.[2] The term of office for those elected in 2018 began when the Senate convened in January 2019. Pennsylvania State Senators are elected for four-year terms, with half of the seats up for election every two years.[3]

Republicans have controlled the chamber since the 1994 election (24 years).

  1. ^ "Member Information, Joseph Scarnati".
  2. ^ "PA 2018 Election Calendar". Committee of Seventy. Archived from the original on January 10, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
  3. ^ Center, Legislativate Data Processing. "Members of the Senate". The official website for the Pennsylvania General Assembly. Retrieved February 2, 2018.