Pennsylvania Senate, District 48

Pennsylvania's 48th State Senate district
Senator	Chris Gebhard R – North Cornwall Township
Population (2021)	269,151

Pennsylvania State Senate District 48 includes parts of Berks County and Lancaster County and all of Lebanon County. It is currently represented by Republican Chris Gebhard.

District profile

The district includes the following areas: ^[1]

Berks County:

• Albany Township
• Bern Township
• Bernville
• Bethel Township
• Centerport
• Centre Township
• Greenwich Township
• Hamburg
• Heidelberg Township
• Jefferson Township
• Leesport
• Lenhartsville
• Lower Heidelberg Township
• Maidencreek Township
• Marion Township
• North Heidelberg Township
• Ontelaunee Township
• Penn Township
• Robesonia
• Shoemakersville
• South Heidelberg Township
• Tilden Township
• Tulpehocken Township
• Upper Bern Township
• Upper Tulpehocken Township
• Wernersville
• Windsor Township
• Womelsdorf

Lancaster County:

• Adamstown (Lancaster County portion)
• Brecknock Township
• Clay Township
• Denver
• East Cocalico Township
• West Cocalico Township

All of Lebanon County

Senators

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Note	Counties
Richard Frame	Republican	1963–1964		Elected.	Warren, Venango [2]
		1965–1966		Re-elected.	Venango [2]
		1967–1968		Re-elected. Redistricted to the 25th district.	Lebanon, Berks (part), Lancaster (part) [2]
Clarence Manbeck	Republican	1969–1972		Elected.	Lebanon, Berks (part), Lancaster (part) [3]
		1973–1976		Re-elected.	Lebanon (part), Berks (part), Lancaster (part) [3]
		1977–1980		Re-elected.
		1981–1982		Re-elected. Unknown departure reason.
David J. Brightbill	Republican	1983–1986		Elected.	Lebanon, Berks (part), Lehigh (part) [4]
		1987–1990		Re-elected.
		1991–1994		Re-elected.
		1995–1998		Re-elected.
		1999–2002		Re-elected.
		2003–2006		Re-elected. Lost primary election to Folmer.	Lebanon, Dauphin (part), Lancaster (part) [5]
Mike Folmer	Republican	2007–2010	Lebanon	Elected.
		2011–2014		Re-elected.
		2015–2018		Re-elected.	Lebanon, Dauphin (part), York (part) [6]
		2019		Re-elected. Resigned on September 18, 2019 (2019-09-18), following his arrest on charges relating to his alleged possession of child pornography. [7]
Vacant		2019–2020		Special election held January 14, 2020 (2020-01-14), to determine Folmer's successor. [8]
Dave Arnold	Republican	2020–2021	Lebanon	Elected to complete Folmer's term. [9] Died in office.
Vacant		2021		Special election held May 18, 2021 (2021-05-18), to determine Arnold's successor. [10]
Chris Gebhard	Republican	2021–2022	North Cornwall Township	Elected to complete Arnold's term. [11]
		2023–present		Re-elected.	Lebanon, Berks (part), Lancaster (part)

References

1. "2021 Final Reapportionment Plan" (PDF). Pennsylvania Department of State . Retrieved November 11, 2022.
2. Cox, Harold (2004). "Senate Members 'F'". Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682–2004. Wilkes University Election Statistics Project . Retrieved January 15, 2020.
3. Cox, Harold (2004). "Senate Members 'M'". Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682–2004. Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
4. Cox, Harold (2004). "Senate Members 'B'". Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682–2004. Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
5. "Senate Districts 2001" (PDF). Pennsylvania Redistricting. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
6. "Pennsylvania Senate Districts 2012" (PDF). Pennsylvania Redistricting. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
7. "State Sen. Mike Folmer resigns following child pornography charges". Lebanon Daily News . Retrieved September 18, 2015.
8. Kulp, Andrew; Shelly, Nora (September 25, 2019). "Mike Folmer Pa. state Senate seat: Date set for special election". Lebanon Daily News. Retrieved September 26, 2019– via MSN.
9. "Dave Arnold wins 48th Senatorial District special election". WHP. January 14, 2020. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
10. Murphy, Jan (January 26, 2021). "Special election date set to fill seat left vacant by Pa. Sen. Dave Arnold's death". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
11. Murphy, Jan (June 9, 2021). "Pa. Sen. Chris Gebhard nervous but ready to take on challenge of his new job". The Patriot-News . Retrieved June 9, 2021– via MSN.