Patrick Joseph Toomey Jr. is an American businessman and politician who served as a United States senator from Pennsylvania from 2011 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party,he served three terms as the U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district,from 1999 to 2005.
Michael F. Doyle Jr. is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district,serving from 1995 to 2022. He is a member of the Democratic Party. His district was based in Pittsburgh and included most of Allegheny County.
The Pennsylvania State Senate is the upper house of the Pennsylvania General Assembly,the Pennsylvania state legislature. The State Senate meets in the State Capitol building in Harrisburg. Senators are elected for four-year terms,staggered every two years,such that half of the seats are contested at each election. Even- and odd-numbered district seats are contested in separate election years. The president pro tempore of the Senate becomes the lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania in the event of the sitting lieutenant governor's removal,resignation or death. In this case the president pro tempore and lieutenant governor would be the same person. The Pennsylvania Senate has been meeting since 1791.
Michael Folmer is an American politician and convicted sex offender. He represented the 48th district in the Pennsylvania State Senate,which includes all of Lebanon County and portions of Dauphin and York Counties,from 2007 to 2019. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Jay Costa is an American politician,currently serving as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate who has represented the 43rd District since 1996. On November 17,2010,Senate Democrats elected Costa as their new floor leader,succeeding the retiring Bob Mellow.
Gordon R. Denlinger is a former Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (2003–2015). In December 2017,he entered the 2018 race for Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania,dropping out in February 2018.
Robert Mensch is an American politician. A Republican,served as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate representing the 24th district from 2009 to 2022. He previously served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives,where he represented the 147th legislative district.
Lloyd Kenneth Smucker is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative from Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district,which includes Lancaster County and most of southern York County. He is a member of the Republican Party and represented the 16th district until the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania redrew it in 2018 due to gerrymandering. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 13th district from 2009 to 2016.
Kim Lee Ward is an American politician who currently serves as President pro tempore of the Pennsylvania Senate. She was first elected to the state senate in 2008,and represents the 39th Senatorial District which covers the central portions of Westmoreland County,Pennsylvania. Following the resignation of Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman,Ward became acting lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania on January 3,2023,and served until January 17,2023. She is the first female president pro tempore of the Pennsylvania Senate.
Robert Patrick Casey Jr. is an American lawyer and politician who served from 2007 to 2025 as a United States senator from Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Mark Edward Green is an American politician,physician,and retired U.S. Army officer who has served as the U.S. representative for Tennessee's 7th congressional district since 2019. As a member of the Republican Party,Green has chaired the Committee on Homeland Security since 2023. Before his election to Congress,he served in the Tennessee Senate from 2013 to 2018,representing the 22nd district.
Nancy K. Barto is an American politician and a former Republican member of the Arizona State Senate from 2021 to 2023. She previously served in the Arizona House of Representatives from 2019 to 2021 and the Arizona Senate representing District 15 from 2013 to 2019. Barto served consecutively in the Arizona State Legislature from January 2007 until January 10,2011,in the Arizona House of Representatives District 7 seat,then in the Arizona Senate in the District 7 seat from January 10,2011,until January 14,2013.
Brett Miller is a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
David H. Zimmerman is an American politician and current member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives,representing the 99th District.
Dan Zumbach is an American politician and farmer from the state of Iowa. A Republican,he has served in the Iowa Senate since 2013 as a member from the 34th district. He is the chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee.
Theodore Paul Budd is an American businessman and politician serving as the junior United States senator for North Carolina since 2023. A member of the Republican Party,he was the U.S. representative for North Carolina's 13th congressional district from 2017 to 2023.
The 2022 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on November 8,2022,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Democratic lieutenant governor John Fetterman won his first term in office,defeating Republican surgeon Mehmet Oz. Fetterman succeeded Republican incumbent senator Pat Toomey,who did not seek re-election after two terms. This was the only U.S. Senate seat to flip parties in 2022.
Michael Kent Braun is an American businessman and politician serving as the 52nd governor of Indiana since 2025. A member of the Republican Party,he served from 2019 to 2025 as a United States senator from Indiana and from 2014 to 2017 as the representative for the 63rd district in the Indiana House of Representatives. Braun was elected to the United States Senate in 2018,defeating Democratic incumbent Joe Donnelly. He was elected governor in 2024,defeating Democratic nominee Jennifer McCormick and Libertarian nominee Donald Rainwater by a margin of 13.3%,the highest margin in an open seat election for governor since 1980.
The 2024 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on November 5,2024,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Pennsylvania. Incumbent Democratic Senator Bob Casey Jr. lost re-election to a fourth term,being defeated by Republican nominee Dave McCormick in what was considered a major upset. Most predictions gave Casey a slight advantage,and Casey narrowly led in most polls. Along with Sherrod Brown in Ohio and Jon Tester in Montana,Casey was one of three incumbent Senators to lose re-election in 2024.
The 2025 Pennsylvania elections will take place on November 4,2025 to hold judicial retention votes and fill numerous county,local and municipal offices. The necessary primary elections will be held on May 20,2025. In addition,special elections for legislative vacancies could be held at various times in 2025.
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