Pennsylvania Senate, District 27

Pennsylvania's 27th State Senate district
Senator	Lynda Schlegel Culver R – Rockefeller Township
Population (2021)	260,244

Pennsylvania State Senate District 27 includes part of Luzerne County and all of Columbia County, Montour County, Northumberland County, and Snyder County. It is currently represented by Republican Lynda Schlegel Culver.

District profile

The district includes the following areas: ^[1]

All of Columbia County

Luzerne County

• Black Creek Township
• Butler Township
• Conyngham
• Conyngham Township
• Dorrance Township
• Fairview Township
• Hollenback Township
• Huntington Township
• Nescopeck
• Nescopeck Township
• New Columbus
• Nuangola
• Rice Township
• Salem Township
• Shickshinny
• Slocum Township
• Sugarloaf Township
• Wright Township

All of Montour County

All of Northumberland County

All of Snyder County

Senators

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Note	Counties
Preston B. Davis	Republican	1963–1972		Elected February 19, 1963 [2]	Northumberland, Snyder, Union [3]
		1967–1972			Montour, Snyder, Union [3]
Franklin L. Kury	Democratic	1973–1980			Columbia, Northumberland, Snyder, Union, Juniata (part) [4]
Edward Helfrick	Republican	1981–1982		Resigned August 22, 2003 [5]	Columbia, Montour, Snyder, Union, Juniata (part) [6]
		1983–1992			Columbia, Montour, Snyder, Luzerne (part), Northumberland (part), Union (part) [6]
		1993–2003			Columbia, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder, Union (part) [6]
Vacant		2003–2004			Columbia, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder, Union (part) [6]
John Gordner	Republican	2005–2012		Elected November 4, 2003 to fill vacancy. [7] Resigned November 30, 2022. [8]	Columbia, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder, Dauphin (part) [9]
		2013–2022			Columbia, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder, Luzerne (part) [10]
Vacant		2022–2023
Lynda Schlegel Culver	Republican	2023–present		Elected in special election

Recent election results

2023 Pennsylvania Senate, District 27 special election ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lynda Schlegel-Culver	24,462	69.68
	Democratic	Patricia Lawton	10,643	30.32
Total votes			35,105	100.00
	Republican hold

References

1. "2021 Final Reapportionment Plan" (PDF). Pennsylvania Department of State . Retrieved November 11, 2022.
2. Cox, Harold (2004). "Pennsylvania Senate - 1963-1964" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project . Wilkes University.
3. Cox, Harold (2004). "Senate Members 'D'". Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682–2004. Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
4. Cox, Harold (2004). "Senate Members 'K'". Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682–2004. Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
5. Cox, Harold (2004). "Pennsylvania Senate - 2003-2004" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project . Wilkes University.
6. Cox, Harold (2004). "Senate Members 'H'". Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682–2004. Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
7. "2003 Special Election for the 27th Senatorial District". Commonwealth of PA - Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. 2004.
8. Ulrich, Steve (November 28, 2022). "State Senator John Gordner Resigns". PoliticsPA.
9. "Senate Districts 2001" (PDF). Pennsylvania Redistricting. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
10. "Pennsylvania Senate Districts 2012" (PDF). Pennsylvania Redistricting. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
11. Gowins, Max (January 31, 2023). "Election Results: Jan. 31, 2023 State Legislative Special Elections - DDHQ". Decision Desk HQ . Retrieved February 1, 2023.

• Cox, Harold (2004). "Legislatures - 1776-2004". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project . Wilkes University.