Pennsylvania Senate, District 40

Pennsylvania's 40th State Senate district
Senator	Rosemary Brown R – East Stroudsburg
Population (2021)	256,698

Pennsylvania State Senate District 40 includes parts of Lackawanna County and Wayne County and all of Monroe County. It is currently represented by Republican Rosemary Brown.

District profile

The district includes the following areas: ^[1]

Lackawanna County:

• Archbald
• Blakely
• Carbondale
• Carbondale Township
• Clifton Township
• Covington Township
• Elmhurst Township
• Fell Township
• Jefferson Township
• Jermyn
• Jessup
• Madison Township
• Mayfield
• Moscow
• Olyphant
• Roaring Brook Township
• Spring Brook Township
• Thornhurst Township
• Vandling

All of Monroe County

Wayne County:

• Canaan Township
• Cherry Ridge Township
• Dreher Township
• Honesdale
• Lake Township
• Lehigh Township
• Prompton
• Salem Township
• South Canaan Township
• Sterling Township
• Texas Township
• Waymart

Senators

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Note	Counties
Robert D. Fleming	Republican	1951–1974			Allegheny (part) [2]
Edward M. Early	Democratic	1975–1982			Allegheny (part) [3]
		1983–1986			Allegheny (part), Armstrong (part), Westmoreland (part) [3]
John W. Regoli	Democratic	1987–1990			Allegheny (part), Armstrong (part), Westmoreland (part) [4]
Melissa A. Hart	Republican	1991–1992		Resigned on January 3, 2001 following election to Congress. [5]	Allegheny (part), Armstrong (part), Westmoreland (part) [6]
		1993–2001			Allegheny (part), Butler (part), Westmoreland (part) [6]
Jane Clare Orie	Republican	2001–2012		Elected March 20, 2001 to fill vacancy, [7] resigned on May 21, 2012.	Allegheny (part), Butler (part) [8]
Randy Vulakovich	Republican	2012–2014		Elected August 7, 2012 to fill vacancy.; [9] Subsequently, represented the 38th district	Allegheny (part), Butler (part) [8]
Mario Scavello	Republican	2015–2023		Elected November 4, 2014 upon redistricting.	Monroe (part), Northampton (part) [10]
Rosemary Brown	Republican	2023–present			Lackawanna County (part), Wayne County (part), Monroe County

References

1. "2021 Final Reapportionment Plan" (PDF). Pennsylvania Department of State . Retrieved 2022-11-11.
2. Cox, Harold (2004). "Senate Members 'F'". Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682–2004. Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
3. Cox, Harold (2004). "Senate Members 'E'". Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682–2004. Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
4. Cox, Harold (2004). "Senate Members 'R'". Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682–2004. Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
5. "SESSION OF 2001 185TH OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY No.1" (PDF). Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Senate Legislative Journal. Pennsylvania General Assembly. January 2, 2001. p. 28. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
6. Cox, Harold (2004). "Senate Members 'H'". Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682–2004. Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
7. "2001 Special Election for the 40th Senatorial District". Commonwealth of PA - Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. 2004. Archived from the original on 2008-06-27.
8. "Senate Districts 2001" (PDF). Pennsylvania Redistricting. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
9. McNulty, Timothy (7 August 2012). "Vulakovich defeats Brown for Orie's seat". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
10. "Pennsylvania Senate Districts 2012" (PDF). Pennsylvania Redistricting. Retrieved January 20, 2020.