Pennsylvania State Senate

Pennsylvania State Senate
Pennsylvania General Assembly

Type
Type	Upper House
Term limits	None
History
New session started	January 2017
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	Majority Republican (34) Minority Democratic (16)
Length of term	4 years
Authority	Article II, Pennsylvania Constitution
Salary	$85,536/year^[1]
Elections
Last election	November 8, 2016 (25 seats)
Next election	November 6, 2018 (25 seats)
Redistricting	Legislative Control
Meeting place

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

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.^[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 Pennsylvania Senate has been meeting since 1791.

The President of the Senate is the Lieutenant Governor, who has no vote except in the event of an otherwise tie vote. Following the 2016 elections, the Senate consisted of 34 Republicans and 16 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 D. 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
1995-1996 Session	29	21	50	0
1997-1998 Session	30	20	50	0
1999-2000 Session	30	20	50	0
2001-2002 Session	30	20	50	0
2003-2004 Session	29	21	50	0
2005-2006 Session	30	20	50	0
2007-2008 Session	29	21	50	0
2009-2010 Session	30	20	50	0
2011-2012 Session	30	20	50	0
2013-2014 Session	27	23	50	0
2015-2016 Session	30	20	50	0
End of session, 2016	31	19	50	0

2017-2018 Session	34	16	50	0
Latest voting share	7001680000000000000♠68%	7001320000000000000♠32%		5000000000000000000♠0%

Membership

The Senate is made up of 50 members who are elected by district. As of 2017, the partisan breakdown is 34 Republicans and 16 Democrats. In 2012, a State Senate district had an average population of 254,047 residents.

List of current members

District	Representative	Party	Residence	Counties represented	Term ends	First Elected
1	Larry Farnese	Dem	Philadelphia	Philadelphia	2020	2008
2	Christine Tartaglione	Dem	Philadelphia	Philadelphia	2018	1994
3	Sharif Street	Dem	Philadelphia	Philadelphia	2020	2016
4	Arthur L. Haywood III	Dem	Philadelphia	Montgomery, Philadelphia	2018	2014
5	John Sabatina	Dem	Philadelphia	Philadelphia	2020	2015
6	Tommy Tomlinson	Rep	Bensalem Township	Bucks	2018	1994
7	Vincent Hughes	Dem	Philadelphia	Montgomery, Philadelphia	2020	1994
8	Anthony Williams	Dem	Philadelphia	Delaware, Philadelphia	2018	1998
9	Tom Killion	Rep	Middletown Township	Chester, Delaware	2020	2016
10	Chuck McIlhinney	Rep	Plumstead Township	Bucks	2018	2006
11	Judy Schwank	Dem	Fleetwood	Berks	2020	2011
12	Stewart Greenleaf	Rep	Upper Moreland Township	Bucks, Montgomery	2018	1978
13	Scott Martin	Rep	West Lampeter Township	Lancaster	2020	2016
14	John Yudichak	Dem	Plymouth Township	Carbon, Luzerne	2018	2010
15	John DiSanto	Rep	Susquehanna Township	Dauphin, Perry	2020	2016
16	Pat Browne	Rep	Allentown	Lehigh	2018	2005
17	Daylin Leach	Dem	Upper Merion Township	Delaware, Montgomery	2020	2008
18	Lisa Boscola	Dem	Bethlehem Township	Lehigh, Northampton	2018	1998
19	Andy Dinniman	Dem	West Whiteland Township	Chester	2020	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	2020	2012
22	John Blake	Dem	Archbald	Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe	2018	2010
23	Gene Yaw	Rep	Loyalsock Township	Bradford, Lycoming, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Union	2020	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	2020	2000
26	Thomas J. McGarrigle	Rep	Springfield Township	Chester, Delaware	2018	2014
27	John Gordner	Rep	Berwick	Columbia, Luzerne, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder	2020	2003
28	Scott Wagner	Rep	Spring Garden Township	York	2018	2014
29	Dave Argall	Rep	Rush Township	Berks, Schuylkill	2020	2009
30	John Eichelberger	Rep	Duncansville	Blair, Cumberland, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon	2018	2006
31	Mike Regan	Rep	Carroll Township	Cumberland, York	2020	2016
32	Patrick J. Stefano	Rep	Bullskin Township	Fayette, Somerset, Westmoreland	2018	2014
33	Rich Alloway	Rep	Hamilton Township	Adams, Cumberland, Franklin, York	2020	2008
34	Jake Corman	Rep	Benner Township	Centre, Huntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin	2018	1998
35	Wayne Langerholc	Rep	Johnstown	Bedford, Cambria, Clearfield	2020	2016
36	Ryan Aument	Rep	East Hempfield Township	Lancaster	2018	2014
37	Guy Reschenthaler	Rep	Jefferson Hills	Allegheny, Washington	2020	2015
38	Randy Vulakovich	Rep	Shaler Township	Allegheny	2018	2012
39	Kim Ward	Rep	Hempfield Township	Westmoreland	2020	2008
40	Mario Scavello	Rep	Mount Pocono	Monroe, Northampton	2018	2014
41	Don White	Rep	Indiana	Armstrong, Butler, Indiana, Westmoreland	2020	2000
42	Wayne Fontana	Dem	Pittsburgh	Allegheny	2018	2005
43	Jay Costa	Dem	Forest Hills	Allegheny	2020	1996
44	John Rafferty, Jr.	Rep	Lower Providence Township	Berks, Chester, Montgomery	2018	2002
45	Jim Brewster	Dem	McKeesport	Allegheny, Westmoreland	2020	2010
46	Camera Bartolotta	Rep	Monongahela	Beaver, Greene, Washington	2018	2014
47	Elder Vogel	Rep	New Sewickley Township	Beaver, Butler, Lawrence	2020	2008
48	Mike Folmer	Rep	Lebanon	Dauphin, Lebanon, York	2018	2006
49	Dan Laughlin	Rep	Millcreek Township	Erie	2020	2016
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 2016
Districts	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50

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) Sharif Street (D) Arthur L. Haywood III (D) John Sabatina (D) Tommy Tomlinson (R) Vincent Hughes (D) Anthony Williams (D) Tom Killion (R) Chuck McIlhinney (R) Judy Schwank (D) Stewart Greenleaf (R) Scott Martin (R) John Yudichak (D) John DiSanto (R) 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) Mike Regan (R) Patrick J. Stefano (R) Rich Alloway (R) Jake Corman (R) Wayne Langerholc (R) Ryan Aument (R) Guy Reschenthaler (R) 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) Dan Laughlin (R) Michele Brooks (R)
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Coordinates: 40°15′52.9″N 76°53′1.9″W / 40.264694°N 76.883861°W / 40.264694; -76.883861

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