Pennsylvania Senate, District 46

Pennsylvania's 46th State Senate district
Senator	Camera Bartolotta R – Carroll Township, Washington County
Population (2021)	250,466

Pennsylvania State Senate District 46 includes part of Beaver County and all of Greene County and Washington County. It is currently represented by Republican Camera Bartolotta.

District profile

The district includes the following areas: ^[1]

Beaver County:

• Frankfort Springs
• Hanover Township
• Independence Township

All of Greene County

All of Washington County

Senators

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Note	Counties
William J. Lane	Democratic	1946–1964		Elected May 21, 1946 [2]	Greene, Washington [3]
		1965–1966			Washington [3]
		1967–1970			Greene, Washington (part) [3]
Austin Murphy	Democratic	1971–1972		Resigned January 4, 1977 [4]	Greene, Washington (part) [5]
		1973–1977			Greene, Fayette (part), Washington (part) [5]
J. Barry Stout	Democratic	1977–1982		Seated June 7, 1977 [4]	Greene, Fayette (part), Washington (part) [6]
		1983–1992			Greene, Beaver (part), Washington (part) [6]
		1993–2002			Greene, Beaver (part), Washington (part), Westmoreland (part) [6]
		2003–2010			Greene, Allegheny (part), Beaver (part), Washington (part) [7]
Timothy J. Solobay	Democratic	2011–2014		Defeated for re-election
		2013–2014			Greene, Beaver (part), Washington (part) [8]
Camera Bartolotta	Republican	2015–present		Incumbent	Greene, Beaver (part), Washington (part) [8]

Recent election results

PA Senate election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Camera Bartolotta (incumbent)	78,262	100
Total votes			78,262	100.0
	Republican hold

PA Senate election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Camera Bartolotta (incumbent)	55,527	58.8
	Democratic	James Craig	38,908	41.2
Total votes			94,435	100.0
	Republican hold

PA Senate election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Camera Bartolotta	36,697	53.2
	Democratic	Tim Solobay (incumbent)	32,237	46.8
Total votes			68,934	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

PA Senate election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tim Solobay	39,530	53.3
	Republican	Kris Vanderman	34,597	46.7
Total votes			74,127	100.0
	Democratic hold

References

1. "2021 Final Reapportionment Plan" (PDF). Pennsylvania Department of State . Retrieved November 11, 2022.
2. Cox, Harold (2004). "Pennsylvania Senate - 1945–1946" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project . Wilkes University.
3. Cox, Harold (2004). "Senate Members "L"". Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682–2004. Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
4. Cox, Harold (2004). "Pennsylvania Senate - 1977–1978" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project . Wilkes University.
5. Cox, Harold (2004). "Senate Members "M"". Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682–2004. Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
6. Cox, Harold (2004). "Senate Members "S"". Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682–2004. Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
7. "Senate Districts 2001" (PDF). Pennsylvania Redistricting. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
8. "Pennsylvania Senate Districts 2012" (PDF). Pennsylvania Redistricting. Retrieved January 18, 2020.