Pennsylvania Senate, District 38

Pennsylvania's 38th State Senate district
Senator	Lindsey Williams D – West View
Population (2021)	251,647

Pennsylvania State Senate District 38 includes part of Allegheny County. It is currently represented by Democrat Lindsey Williams.

District profile

The district includes the following areas: ^[1]

• Aspinwall
• Blawnox
• Brackenridge
• Cheswick
• East Deer Township
• Etna
• Fawn Township
• Fox Chapel
• Frazer Township
• Hampton Township
• Harmar Township
• Harrison Township
• Indiana Township
• McCandless Township
• O'Hara Township
• Pine Township
• Pittsburgh [PART, Wards 10, 11 and 12]
• Richland Township
• Ross Township
• Shaler Township
• Sharpsburg
• Springdale
• Springdale Township
• Tarentum
• West Deer Township
• West View

Senators

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Note	Counties
Stanley M. Noszka	Democratic	1967–1978			Allegheny (part) [2]
Leonard J. Bodack	Democratic	1979–2002			Allegheny (part) [3]
Jim Ferlo	Democratic	2003–2012		Redistricted	Allegheny (part), Armstrong (part), Westmoreland (part) [4]
		2013–2014			Allegheny (part) [5]
Randy Vulakovich	Republican	2015 – 2019	Shaler Township	Redistricted from the 40th	Allegheny (part) [5]
Lindsey Williams	Democratic	2019 – present		West View	Allegheny (part) [5]

Recent election results

PA Senate election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lindsey Williams (incumbent)	69,839	55.6
	Republican	Lori Mizgorski	55,808	44.4
Total votes			125,647	100.0
	Democratic hold

PA Senate election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lindsey Williams	62,361	50.3
	Republican	Jeremy Shaffer	61,568	49.7
Total votes			123,929	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

PA Senate election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Randy Vulakovich	58,599	100
Total votes			58,599	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

PA Senate election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Ferlo (incumbent)	53,595	100
Total votes			92,821	100.0
	Democratic hold

References

1. "2021 Final Reapportionment Plan" (PDF). Pennsylvania Department of State . Retrieved November 11, 2022.
2. Cox, Harold (2004). "Senate Members 'N'". Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682–2004. Wilkes University Election Statistics Project . Retrieved January 15, 2020.
3. Cox, Harold (2004). "Senate Members 'B'". Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682–2004. Wilkes University Election Statistics Project . Retrieved January 15, 2020.
4. "Senate Districts 2001" (PDF). Pennsylvania Redistricting. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
5. "Pennsylvania Senate Districts 2012" (PDF). Pennsylvania Redistricting. Retrieved January 16, 2020.

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