2024 Pennsylvania Senate election

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2024 Pennsylvania Senate election
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All odd-numbered seats in the Pennsylvania State Senate
26 seats needed for a majority
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Leader Kim Ward Jay Costa
Party Republican Democratic
Leader sinceJanuary 5, 2021 (2021-01-05)January 4, 2011 (2011-01-04)
Leader's seat 39th district 43rd district
Last election2822
Current seats2822
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Map of the incumbents:
     Democratic incumbent     Democratic incumbent retiring
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Elections for the Pennsylvania State Senate will be held on November 5, 2024, with 25 of 50 districts being contested. The term of office for those elected in 2024 will begin when the Senate convenes in January 2025. Pennsylvania State Senators are elected for four-year terms, with half of the seats up for election every two years. [1] The election will coincide with the 2024 U.S. presidential election, elections to the U.S. Senate, elections to the U.S. House of Representatives, and elections to the entirety of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

Contents

Republicans have controlled the chamber since the 1994 election (30 years).

Retiring incumbents

Democrats

  1. District 45: Jim Brewster is retiring [2]

Republicans

  1. District 15: John DiSanto is retiring [3]
  2. District 31: Mike Regan is retiring [4]

Incumbents defeated in primary

Democrats

Republicans

Primary elections

    Source: [10]

    General election

    Predictions

    SourceRankingAs of
    CNalysis [11] Likely RFebruary 29, 2024

    Overview

    Statewide Outlook
    AffiliationCandidatesVotes%Seats beforeSeats upSeats wonSeats after
    Republican 2028
    Democratic 1722
    Libertarian 10
    Total50

    District breakdown

    DistrictPartyIncumbentStatusPartyCandidateVotes %
    1 Democratic Nikil Saval Running Democratic Nikil Saval
    3 Democratic Sharif Street Running Democratic Sharif Street
    5 Democratic Jimmy Dillon Running Democratic Jimmy Dillon
    Republican Joseph Picozzi
    7 Democratic Vincent Hughes Running Democratic Vincent Hughes
    9 Democratic John I. Kane Running Democratic John I. Kane
    Republican Michael Woodin
    11 Democratic Judy Schwank Running Democratic Judy Schwank
    Republican Lisha Rowe
    13 Republican Scott Martin Running Republican Scott Martin
    Democratic Trex Proffitt
    15 Republican John DiSanto Retiring [3] Republican Nick DiFrancesco
    Democratic Patty Kim
    17 Democratic Amanda Cappelletti Running Democratic Amanda Cappelletti
    Republican Greg Harris
    19 Democratic Carolyn Comitta Running Democratic Carolyn Comitta
    Republican Duane Milne
    21 Republican Scott Hutchinson Running Republican Scott Hutchinson
    23 Republican Eugene Yaw Running Republican Eugene Yaw
    Democratic Denitra Moffett
    25 Republican Cris Dush Running Republican Cris Dush
    Democratic William McGill
    27 Republican Lynda Schlegel Culver Running Republican Lynda Schlegel Culver
    Democratic Patricia Lawton
    29 Republican Dave Argall Running Republican Dave Argall
    Democratic John Zugarek
    Libertarian Timothy Henning
    31 Republican Mike Regan Retiring [4] Republican Dawn Keefer
    Democratic Mark Temons
    33 Republican Doug Mastriano Running Republican Doug Mastriano
    Democratic Cameron Schroy
    35 Republican Wayne Langerholc Running Republican Wayne Langerholc
    37 Republican Devlin Robinson Running Republican Devlin Robinson
    Democratic Nicole Ruscitto
    39 Republican Kim Ward Running Republican Kim Ward
    41 Republican Joe Pittman Running Republican Joe Pittman
    43 Democratic Jay Costa Running Democratic Jay Costa
    45 Democratic Jim Brewster Retiring [2] Democratic Nick Pisciottano
    Republican Jennifer Dintini
    47 Republican Elder Vogel Running Republican Elder Vogel
    Democratic Kate Lennan
    49 Republican Dan Laughlin Running Republican Dan Laughlin
    Democratic Jim Wertz

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      2. 1 2 Deto, Ryan (January 10, 2024). "State Sen. Jim Brewster retiring at end of 2024". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review . Retrieved January 11, 2024.
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