Pennsylvania State Senate

Pennsylvania State Senate
Pennsylvania General Assembly

Type
Type	Upper House
Term limits	None
History
New session started	January 2015
Leadership
President/Lt. Governor	Mike Stack (D) since January 20, 2015
President Pro Tem of the Senate	Joseph Scarnati (R) since January 2, 2007
Majority Leader	Jake Corman (R) since January 6, 2015
Minority Leader	Jay Costa (D) since January 4, 2011
Structure
Seats	50

Political groups	Republican: 30 seats Democrat: 20 seats
Length of term	4 years
Authority	Article II, Pennsylvania Constitution
Salary	$85,536/year^[1]
Elections
Last election	November 4, 2014 (25 seats)
Next election	November 8, 2016 (25 seats)
Redistricting	Legislative Control
Meeting place

State Senate Chamber Pennsylvania State Capitol Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Website
Pennsylvania State Senate

The Pennsylvania State Senate has been meeting since 1791. It 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.^[2] Even numbered seats and odd numbered 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.^[3]

The President of the Senate is the Lieutenant Governor, who has no vote except in the event of an otherwise tie vote. Following the 2014 Elections, the Senate consists of 30 Republicans and 20 Democrats;

Senate leadership

President of the Senate: Mike Stack (D)
President Pro Tem of the Senate: Joe Scarnati (R)

Majority party (R)	Leadership position	Minority party (D)
Jake Corman	Floor Leader	Jay Costa
John Gordner	Whip	Anthony H. Williams
Bob Mensch	Caucus Chairman	Wayne Fontana
Rich Alloway	Caucus Secretary	Lawrence M. Farnese, Jr.
Pat Browne	Appropriations Committee Chairman	Vincent Hughes
Dave Argall	Policy Committee Chairman	Lisa Boscola
Chuck McIlhinney	Caucus Administrator	John T. Yudichak

Composition

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total

	Republican	Democratic		Vacant
End of session, 2014	27	23	50	0

Begin	30	20	50	0
January 20, 2015	30	19	50	1
May 19, 2015			50
Latest voting share	7001600000000000000♠60%	7001380000000000000♠38%

Members

The Senate is made up of 50 members who are elected by district. As of 2015, the partisan breakdown is 30 Republicans and 20 Democrats. In 2012, a State Senate district had an average population of 254,047 residents.

Pennsylvania Senate Districts colored by party (2015-):

Republican senator

Democratic senator

Vacancy

List

District	Representative	Party	Residence	Counties represented	Term ends	First Elected
1	Larry Farnese	Dem	Philadelphia	Philadelphia	2016	2008
2	Christine Tartaglione	Dem	Philadelphia	Philadelphia	2018	1994
3	Shirley Kitchen	Dem	Philadelphia	Philadelphia	2016	1996
4	Arthur L. Haywood III	Dem	Philadelphia	Montgomery, Philadelphia	2018	2014
5	Vacant		Philadelphia	Philadelphia	2016	2015
6	Tommy Tomlinson	Rep	Bensalem Township	Bucks	2018	1994
7	Vincent Hughes	Dem	Philadelphia	Montgomery, Philadelphia	2016	1994
8	Anthony Williams	Dem	Philadelphia	Delaware, Philadelphia	2018	1998
9	Dominic Pileggi	Rep	Chester	Chester, Delaware	2016	2002
10	Chuck McIlhinney	Rep	Plumstead Township	Bucks	2018	2006
11	Judy Schwank	Dem	Fleetwood	Berks	2016	2011
12	Stewart Greenleaf	Rep	Upper Moreland Township	Bucks, Montgomery	2018	1978
13	Lloyd Smucker	Rep	West Lampeter Township	Lancaster	2016	2008
14	John Yudichak	Dem	Plymouth Township	Carbon, Luzerne	2018	2010
15	Rob Teplitz	Dem	Susquehanna Township	Dauphin, Perry	2016	2012
16	Pat Browne	Rep	Allentown	Lehigh	2018	2005
17	Daylin Leach	Dem	Upper Merion Township	Delaware, Montgomery	2016	2008
18	Lisa Boscola	Dem	Bethlehem Township	Lehigh, Northampton	2018	1998
19	Andy Dinniman	Dem	West Whiteland Township	Chester	2016	2006
20	Lisa Baker	Rep	Lehman Township	Luzerne, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne, Wyoming	2018	2006
21	Scott Hutchinson	Rep	Oil City	Butler, Clarion, Forest, Venango, Warren	2016	2012
22	John Blake	Dem	Archbald	Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe	2018	2010
23	Gene Yaw	Rep	Loyalsock Township	Bradford, Lycoming, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Union	2016	2008
24	Bob Mensch	Rep	Marlborough Township	Berks, Bucks, Montgomery	2018	2009
25	Joe Scarnati	Rep	Brockway	Cameron, Clearfield, Clinton, Elk, Jefferson, McKean, Potter, Tioga	2016	2000
26	Thomas J. McGarrigle	Rep	Springfield Township	Chester, Delaware	2018	2014
27	John Gordner	Rep	Berwick	Columbia, Luzerne, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder	2016	2003
28	Scott Wagner	Rep	Spring Garden Township	York	2018	2014
29	Dave Argall	Rep	Rush Township	Berks, Schuylkill	2016	2009
30	John Eichelberger	Rep	Duncansville	Blair, Cumberland, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon	2018	2006
31	Pat Vance	Rep	Silver Spring Township	Cumberland, York	2016	2004
32	Patrick J. Stefano	Rep	Bullskin Township	Fayette, Somerset, Westmoreland	2018	2014
33	Rich Alloway	Rep	Hamilton Township	Adams, Cumberland, Franklin, York	2016	2008
34	Jake Corman	Rep	Benner Township	Centre, Huntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin	2018	1998
35	John Wozniak	Dem	Johnstown	Bedford, Cambria, Clearfield	2016	1996
36	Ryan Aument	Rep	East Hempfield Township	Lancaster	2018	2014
37	Matt Smith	Dem	Mount Lebanon	Allegheny, Washington	2016	2012
38	Randy Vulakovich	Rep	Shaler Township	Allegheny	2018	2012
39	Kim Ward	Rep	Hempfield Township	Westmoreland	2016	2008
40	Mario Scavello	Rep	Mount Pocono Borough	Monroe, Northampton	2018	2014
41	Don White	Rep	Indiana	Armstrong, Butler, Indiana, Westmoreland	2016	2000
42	Wayne Fontana	Dem	Pittsburgh	Allegheny	2018	2005
43	Jay Costa	Dem	Forest Hills	Allegheny	2016	1996
44	John Rafferty, Jr.	Rep	Lower Providence Township	Berks, Chester, Montgomery	2018	2002
45	Jim Brewster	Dem	McKeesport	Allegheny, Westmoreland	2016	2010
46	Camera Bartolotta	Rep	Monongahela	Beaver, Greene, Washington	2018	2014
47	Elder Vogel	Rep	New Sewickley Township	Beaver, Butler, Lawrence	2016	2008
48	Mike Folmer	Rep	Lebanon	Dauphin, Lebanon, York	2018	2006
49	Sean Wiley	Dem	Millcreek Township	Erie	2016	2012
50	Michele Brooks	Rep	Jamestown	Crawford, Erie, Mercer, Warren	2018	2014

References

↑ The Pennsylvania Manual, p. 3-7.
↑ Article II, section 3, Pennsylvania Constitution.
↑ Article IV, section 14, Pennsylvania Constitution.

Sources

Trostle, Sharon, ed. (2009). The Pennsylvania Manual 119. Harrisburg: Pennsylvania Department of General Services. ISBN 0-8182-0334-X.

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Pennsylvania Senate

Topics	Lieutenant Governor President President pro tempore

Elections	2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014

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Members of the Pennsylvania State Senate

President of the Senate: Mike Stack (D) President pro tempore: Joseph Scarnati (R) Majority Leader: Jake Corman (R) Minority Leader: Jay Costa (D)

Larry Farnese (D) Tina Tartaglione (D) Shirley Kitchen (D) Arthur L. Haywood III (D) Vacant Tommy Tomlinson (R) Vincent Hughes (D) Anthony Williams (D) Dominic Pileggi (R) Chuck McIlhinney (R) Judy Schwank (D) Stewart Greenleaf (R) Lloyd Smucker (R) John Yudichak (D) Rob Teplitz (D) Pat Browne (R) Daylin Leach (D) Lisa Boscola (D) Andy Dinniman (D) Lisa Baker (R) Scott Hutchinson (R) John Blake (D) Gene Yaw (R) Bob Mensch (R) Joseph Scarnati (R) Thomas J. McGarrigle (R) John Gordner (R) Scott Wagner (R) Dave Argall (R) John Eichelberger (R) Pat Vance (R) Patrick J. Stefano (R) Rich Alloway (R) Jake Corman (R) John Wozniak (D) Ryan Aument (R) Matt Smith (D) Randy Vulakovich (R) Kim Ward (R) Mario Scavello (R) Don White (R) Wayne Fontana (D) Jay Costa (D) John Rafferty (R) Jim Brewster (D) Camera Bartolotta (R) Elder Vogel (R) Mike Folmer (R) Sean Wiley (D) Michele Brooks (R)

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