2022 Pennsylvania Senate election

Not to be confused with the 2022 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania.

2022 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 Jake Corman (retired) Jay Costa Party Republican Democratic Leader since January 5, 2021 (2021-01-05) January 4, 2011 (2011-01-04) Leader's seat 34th 43rd Last election 28 21 Seats before 28 [a] 21 Seats won 13 12 Seats after 28 22 Seat change 1 Popular vote 1,190,410 1,140,567 Percentage 51.03% 48.89%   Third party   Party Independent Last election 1 Seats before 1 Seats won 0 Seats after 0 Seat change 1
Results by gains and holds Results by winning party vote share      Democratic gain      Democratic hold     Republican hold      No election Republican:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     >90% Democratic:     50–60%     80–90%     >90%
President Pro Tempore before election Kim Ward Republican President Pro Tempore Kim Ward Republican

The 2022 elections for the Pennsylvania State Senate were held on November 8, with 25 of 50 districts being contested. The term of office for those elected in 2022 would begin when the Senate convenes in January 2023. Pennsylvania State Senators are elected for four-year terms, with half of the seats up for election every two years. ^[1] The election coincided with the 2022 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, United States House of Representatives elections, and the election of the entirety of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

Republicans had controlled the chamber since the 1994 election (28 years).

Special elections

5th senatorial district

In the 2021 elections, Democratic state senator John Sabatina was elected as a judge on the Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia and resigned his seat on December 31. ^[2] On January 10, Democrats selected ward leader Shawn Dillon as their nominee. ^[3] Republicans selected Sam Oropeza. ^[4] Shawn Dillon withdrew from the race after facing a legal challenge due to missing candidate filing paperwork, he was replaced on the ballot by his younger brother and School District of Philadelphia grant compliance monitor Jimmy Dillon. ^[5] A special election was held on May 17; Dillon won with nearly 57% of the vote. ^[6]

2022 Pennsylvania Senate, District 5 special election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jimmy Dillon	17,339	56.69
	Republican	Sam Oropeza	13,246	43.31
Total votes			30,585	100.00
	Democratic hold

Results summary

Redistricting

Due to redistricting after the 2020 United States census, senators were drawn into new districts. ^[7]

Retiring incumbents

Democrats

No Democratic incumbents retired in this cycle.

Independents

1. District 14: John Yudichak retired.

Republicans

1. District 6: Tommy Tomlinson retired.
2. District 24: Bob Mensch retired.
3. District 34: Jake Corman retired to run for governor of Pennsylvania.
4. District 40: Mario Scavello retired.

Incumbents defeated in primary

Republicans

1. District 16: Pat Browne lost renomination to Jarrett Coleman. ^[8]

Primary elections

Democratic primary 2022 Pennsylvania Senate elections Democratic primary District Candidates Votes Percent 2 Christine Tartaglione Unopposed 4 Art Haywood Unopposed 6 Ann Mitchell Unopposed 8 Anthony H. Williams 19,201 60.06 Paul Prescod 12,767 39.94 10 Steve Santarsiero Unopposed 12 Maria Collett Unopposed 14 Nick Miller 8,844 42.37 Tara Zrinski 8,796 42.14 Yamelisa Taveras 3,234 15.49 16 Mark Pinsley Unopposed 18 Lisa Boscola Unopposed 20 Jaclyn Baker Unopposed 22 Marty Flynn Unopposed 24 Jill Dennin 17,442 73.86 Emanuel Wilkerson 6,173 26.14 26 Tim Kearney Unopposed 28 Judith McCormick Higgins Unopposed 30 Carol Taylor Unopposed 32 No candidate filed for party. 34 James Massey Jr. Unopposed 36 No candidate filed for party. 38 Lindsey Williams Unopposed 40 Jennifer Shukaitis Unopposed 42 Wayne D. Fontana Unopposed 44 Katie Muth Unopposed 46 No candidate filed for party. 48 Calvin Clements Unopposed 50 Rianna Czech Unopposed

Republican primary 2022 Pennsylvania Senate elections Republican primary District Candidates Votes Percent 2 No candidate filed for party. 4 No candidate filed for party. 6 Frank Farry Unopposed 8 No candidate filed for party. 10 Matthew McCullough Unopposed 12 Robert Davies Unopposed 14 Dean Browning 8,843 49.11 Cynthia Miller 5,395 29.96 Omy Maldonado 3,767 20.92 16 Jarrett Coleman 17,049 50.04 Pat Browne 17,025 49.96 18 John Merrhottein Jr. Unopposed 20 Elizabeth Baker Unopposed 22 No candidate filed for party. 24 Tracy Pennycuick 21,007 70.41 David Moyer 8,827 29.59 26 Frank Agovino Unopposed 28 Kristin Phillips-Hill Unopposed 30 Judy Ward Unopposed 32 Patrick J. Stefano Unopposed 34 Greg Rothman 27,666 68.14 Michael Gossert 12,933 31.86 36 Ryan Aument 24,583 60.06 Michael Miller 16,345 39.94 38 Lori Mizgorski 15,845 67.82 Jacob Roberts 7,518 32.18 40 Rosemary Brown Unopposed 42 No candidate filed for party. 44 Jessica Florio Unopposed 46 Camera Bartolotta Unopposed 48 Chris Gebhard Unopposed 50 Michele Brooks Unopposed

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [9]	Likely R	May 19, 2022

Overview

Statewide outlook

Affiliation		Candidates	Votes	%	Seats before	Seats up	Seats won	Seats after
	Republican	22	1,190,410	51.03	28	13	13 ()	28
	Democratic	22	1,140,567	48.89	21	11	12 (1)	22
	Libertarian	1	1,946	0.08	0	0	0 ()	0
	Independent	0	-	-	1	1	0 (1)	0
Total		45	2,332,923	100.00	50	25	25	50

Close races

Six district races had winning margins of less than 15%:

District	Winner	Margin
District 6	Republican	8%
District 14	Democratic (flip)	6.9%
District 16	Republican	8.3%
District 24	Republican	4%
District 38	Democratic	11%
District 40	Republican	11.4%
District 44	Democratic	11.2%

District breakdown

District	Party		Incumbent	Status	Party		Candidate	Votes	%
2		Democratic	Christine Tartaglione	Re-elected		Democratic	Christine Tartaglione	36,444	100.0
4		Democratic	Arthur L. Haywood III	Re-elected		Democratic	Arthur L. Haywood III	95,536	84.3
						Republican	Todd Johnson	17,749	15.7
6		Republican	Robert M. Tomlinson	Retired [10]		Republican	Frank Farry [11]	67,234	52.7
						Democratic	Ann Marie Mitchell [12]	57,012	44.7
						Libertarian	Brandon Bentrim [13]	1,946	1.5
8		Democratic	Anthony H. Williams	Re-elected [14]		Democratic	Anthony H. Williams	63,437	85.8
						Republican	John Hayes	10,542	14.2
10		Democratic	Steve Santarsiero	Re-elected [15]		Democratic	Steve Santarsiero	77,125	57.8
						Republican	Matthew McCullough [16]	54,684	41.0
12		Democratic	Maria Collett	Re-elected		Democratic	Maria Collett	77,482	59.2
						Republican	Rob Davies	52,022	39.8
14		Independent	John Yudichak	Retired [17]		Democratic	Nick Miller	46,444	52.8
						Republican	Dean Browning [18]	40,360	45.9
16		Republican	Pat Browne	Defeated in primary [8]		Republican	Jarrett Coleman	68,238	53.5
						Democratic	Mark Pinsley [19]	57,703	45.2
18		Democratic	Lisa Boscola	Re-elected		Democratic	Lisa Boscola	61,429	58.2
						Republican	John Merhottein	42,828	40.6
20		Republican	Lisa Baker	Re-elected		Republican	Lisa Baker	75,599	67.0
						Democratic	Jackie Baker	36,114	32.0
22		Democratic	Marty Flynn	Re-elected		Democratic	Marty Flynn	53,999	59.8
24		Republican	Bob Mensch	Retired [20]		Republican	Tracy Pennycuick	62,883	51.5
						Democratic	Jill Dennin	58,017	47.5
26		Democratic	Tim Kearney	Re-elected		Democratic	Tim Kearney	66,404	59.4
						Republican	Frank Agovino	44,195	39.6
28		Republican	Kristin Phillips-Hill	Re-elected		Republican	Kristin Phillips-Hill	74,665	65.6
						Democratic	Judith McCormick Higgins	36,338	31.9
30		Republican	Judy Ward	Re-elected [21]		Republican	Judy Ward	76,844	75.4
						Democratic	Carol Taylor	24,043	23.6
32		Republican	Patrick J. Stefano	Re-elected		Republican	Patrick J. Stefano	76,496	74.5
34		Republican	Jake Corman	Retired to run for Governor [22]		Republican	Greg Rothman	74,233	62.9
						Democratic	Jim Massey	42,595	36.1
36		Republican	Ryan P. Aument	Re-elected		Republican	Ryan P. Aument	91,710	100.0
38		Democratic	Lindsey Williams	Re-elected		Democratic	Lindsey Williams	69,839	55.0
						Republican	Lori Mizgorski [23]	55,808	44.0
40		Republican	Mario Scavello	Retired [24]		Republican	Rosemary Brown [25]	53,795	54.5
						Democratic	Jennifer Shukaitis	43,557	44.1
42		Democratic	Wayne D. Fontana	Re-elected		Democratic	Wayne D. Fontana	85,905	100.0
44		Democratic	Katie Muth	Re-elected		Democratic	Katie Muth	70,782	55.0
						Republican	Jessica Florio	56,341	43.8
46		Republican	Camera C. Bartolotta	Re-elected		Republican	Camera C. Bartolotta	78,289	100.0
48		Republican	Chris Gebhard	Re-elected [26]		Republican	Chris Gebhard	74,120	67.7
						Democratic	Calvin Clements	34,263	31.3
50		Republican	Michele Brooks	Re-elected		Republican	Michele Brooks	75,823	70.7
						Democratic	Rianna Czech	30,340	28.3

See also

• 2022 Pennsylvania elections
• Elections in Pennsylvania
• List of Pennsylvania state legislatures

References

1. 29 seats were in the Republican caucus due to John Yudichak caucusing with the Republicans

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External links

• 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)