2000 Pennsylvania Senate election

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2000 Pennsylvania Senate election
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November 7, 2000
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All odd-numbered seats in the Pennsylvania State Senate
26 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Leader Robert Jubelirer Bob Mellow
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat 30th district 22nd District
Seats before3020
Seats after3020
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Results
     Democratic hold     Democratic gain
     Republican hold     Republican gain
     No election
President Pro Tempore before election

Robert Jubelirer
Republican

President Pro Tempore

Robert Jubelirer
Republican

Elections for the Pennsylvania State Senate were held on November 7, 2000, with even-numbered districts being contested. [1] State Senators are elected for four-year terms, with half of the Senate seats up for a vote every two years. The term of office for those elected in 2000 ran from January 3, 2001 [2] until November 30, 2004. [3] Necessary primary elections were held on April 27, 2004. [4]

The make-up of the senate remained the same following the 2000 elections. Democratic Mike Stack defeated incumbent Republican Frank A. Salvatore in the 5th senatorial district. Republican Donald C. White defeated the democratic nominee to succeed the retiring Patrick J. Stapleton, Jr. in the 41st senatorial district. Democratic Sean Logan succeeded the retiring Albert V. Belan.

Republican Bill Slocum remained on the ballot in the 25th senatorial district, even after his resignation from the senate on June 1, 2000. Slocum pleaded guilty and spent a month in federal prison for filing false reports to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and discharging raw sewage into Brokenstraw Creek while he was a sewage plant manager in Youngsville, Pennsylvania. [5] The local Republican party supported the eventual winner, Joseph B. Scarnati III, who ran as an independent and changed his party registration to Republican after his election. [6]

General election

DistrictPartyIncumbentStatusPartyCandidateVotes%
1 Democratic Vincent J. Fumo re-elected Democratic Vincent J. Fumo 64,87781.1
Republican George Jacob15,11418.9
3 Democratic Shirley M. Kitchen re-elected Democratic Shirley M. Kitchen 61,895100.0
5 Republican Frank A. Salvatore defeated Democratic Mike Stack 46,98052.6
Republican Frank A. Salvatore 42,41647.4
7 Democratic Vincent Hughes re-elected Democratic Vincent Hughes 69,777100.0
9 Republican Clarence D. Bell re-elected Republican Clarence D. Bell 66,345100.0
11 Democratic Michael O'Pake re-elected Democratic Michael O'Pake 81,92694.9
Green Jennaro Pullano4,4055.1
13 Republican Gibson E. Armstrong re-elected Republican Gibson E. Armstrong 63,58168.7
Democratic Ricci Dehl28,96431.3
15 Republican Jeffrey E. Piccola re-elected Republican Jeffrey E. Piccola 65,71867.3
Democratic D. Ann Smilek31,88132.7
17 Republican Richard A. Tilghman re-elected Republican Richard A. Tilghman 57,66450.3
Democratic Lynn Yeakel 44,22435.5
19 Republican Robert J. Thompson re-elected Republican Robert J. Thompson 70,21063.3
Democratic Thomas J. Bosak40,74936.7
21 Republican Mary Jo White re-elected Republican Mary Jo White 73,42387.6
Libertarian Vernon L. Etzel10,40512.4
23 Republican Roger A. Madigan re-elected Republican Roger A. Madigan 67,698100.0
25 Republican Bill Slocum [7] resigned, but remained on the ballot Independent Joseph B. Scarnati III [8] 29,34632.9
Democratic Joseph J. Calla, Jr.29,14932.7
Republican Bill Slocum 28,20931.6
Constitution Alan R. Kiser2,4602.8
27 Republican Edward W. Helfrick re-elected Republican Edward W. Helfrick 61,335100.0
29 Republican James J. Rhoades re-elected Republican James J. Rhoades 87,397100.0
31 Republican Harold F. Mowery, Jr. re-elected Republican Harold F. Mowery, Jr. 66,11265.9
Democratic James H. Hertzler34,22734.1
33 Republican Terry Punt re-elected Republican Terry Punt 92,456100.0
35 Democratic John N. Wozniak re-elected Democratic John N. Wozniak 66,62577.1
Democratic J. Anthony Connell19,79922.9
37 Republican Tim Murphy re-elected Republican Tim Murphy 73,19864.3
Democratic Joseph Rudolph40,66136.7
39 Democratic Allen G. Kukovich re-elected Democratic Allen G. Kukovich 54,35857.6
Republican Gene Porterfield40,01742.4
41 Democratic Patrick J. Stapleton, Jr. retired Republican Don White 46,23953.8
Democratic James McQuown39,62946.2
43 Democratic Jay Costa, Jr. re-elected Democratic Jay Costa, Jr. 71,210100.0
45 Democratic Albert V. Belan retired Democratic Sean F. Logan 56,77561.1
Republican Laurie Zacharia MacDonald36,18338.9
47 Democratic Gerald J. LaValle re-elected Democratic Gerald J. LaValle 86,647100.0
49 Republican Jane M. Earll re-elected Republican Jane M. Earll 53,61757.7
Democratic John Paul Jones39,25442.3

References

  1. ↑ "2000 General Election". Commonwealth of PA - Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. 2004. Archived from the original on November 27, 2008. Retrieved June 1, 2008.
  2. ↑ "Legislative Journal for January 2, 2001" (PDF). Commonwealth of PA. Legislative Data Processing Center. 2004. Retrieved June 8, 2008.
  3. ↑ "Legislative Journal for November 30, 2004" (PDF). Commonwealth of PA. Legislative Data Processing Center. 2004. Retrieved June 8, 2008.
  4. ↑ "Senator in the General Assembly, 2000 General Primary". Commonwealth of PA - Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. 2004. Archived from the original on June 5, 2008. Retrieved May 16, 2008.
  5. ↑ "Senator gets jail time for dumping sewage". web.archive.org. Retrieved July 1, 2024.
  6. ↑ Cox, Harold. "Pennsylvania Senate - 2001-2002" (PDF). Retrieved June 8, 2008.
  7. ↑ resigned on June 1, 2000
  8. ↑ Joined Republican party after election
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