State Senate for Pennsylvania State Government

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November 4, 2008 Election

State Senate Contests
for Pennsylvania State Government

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State Senate

State Senator; District 1

Lawrence M. Farnese, Jr., Democratic .......... 95,727 votes 80.8%

Jack Morley, Republican .......... 22,698 votes 19.2%

State Senator; District 3

Shirley M. Kitchen, Democratic .......... 96,328 votes 88.4%

Robert S. Nix, Republican .......... 12,647 votes 11.6%

State Senator; District 5

Mike Stack, Democratic .......... 71,141 votes 72.0%

John Farley, Republican .......... 27,702 votes 28.0%

State Senator; District 7

Vincent J. Hughes, Democratic .......... 101,996 votes 85.5%

Marc Perry, Republican .......... 17,344 votes 14.5%

State Senator; District 9

Dominic Pileggi, Republican .......... 77,440 votes 58.2%

John Linder, Democratic .......... 55,730 votes 41.8%

State Senator; District 11

Michael A. O'Pake, Democratic .......... 76,885 votes 71.3%

Stephen P. Fuhs, Republican .......... 30,991 votes 28.7%

State Senator; District 13

Lloyd K. Smucker, Republican .......... 66,632 votes 56.9%

Jose E. Urdaneta, Democratic .......... 50,488 votes 43.1%

State Senator; District 15

Jeff Piccola, Republican .......... 64,166 votes 51.9%

Judy Hirsh, Democratic .......... 59,432 votes 48.1%

State Senator; District 17

Daylin Leach, Democratic .......... 79,114 votes 61.4%

Lance Rogers, Republican .......... 49,643 votes 38.6%

State Senator; District 19

Andrew E. Dinniman, Democratic .......... 84,846 votes 57.8%

Steve Kantrowitz, Republican .......... 62,026 votes 42.2%

State Senator; District 21

Mary Jo White, Republican .......... 76,699 votes 84.6%

Mary Lea Lucas, Libertarian .......... 13,987 votes 15.4%

State Senator; District 23

Gene Yaw, Republican .......... 61,430 votes 60.2%

Louis Trey Casimir, Democratic .......... 29,612 votes 29.0%

Michael A. Dincher, Independent .......... 10,965 votes 10.7%

State Senator; District 25

Joseph B. Scarnati, III, Republican .......... 64,103 votes 66.7%

Donald L. Hilliard, Democratic .......... 31,979 votes 33.3%

State Senator; District 27

John R. Gordner, Republican .......... 79,985 votes 100.0%

State Senator; District 29

James J. Rhoades, Republican .......... 68,160 votes 62.8%

Peter PJ Symons, Jr., Democratic .......... 38,017 votes 35.0%

Dennis Baylor, None .......... 2,354 votes 2.2%

State Senator; District 31

Patricia H. Vance, Republican .......... 92,959 votes 71.3%

Susan Kiskis, Democratic .......... 37,406 votes 28.7%

State Senator; District 33

Richard Alloway, II, Republican .......... 80,259 votes 68.6%

Bruce Tushingham, Democratic .......... 36,804 votes 31.4%

State Senator; District 35

John N. Wozniak, Democratic .......... 65,281 votes 65.8%

Joseph W. Veranese, Republican .......... 33,959 votes 34.2%

State Senator; District 37

John Pippy, Republican .......... 88,770 votes 65.8%

Amy Jude Schmotzer, Democratic .......... 46,152 votes 34.2%

State Senator; District 39

Kim Ward, Republican .......... 60,740 votes 54.1%

Tony Bompiani, Democratic .......... 51,571 votes 45.9%

State Senator; District 41

Don White, Democratic, Republican .......... 97,625 votes 100.0%

State Senator; District 43

Jay Costa, Jr., Democratic .......... 101,482 votes 100.0%

State Senator; District 45

Sean Logan, Democratic .......... 85,334 votes 100.0%

State Senator; District 47

Elder Vogel, Jr., Republican .......... 60,047 votes 56.7%

Jason Petrella, Democratic .......... 45,857 votes 43.3%

State Senator; District 49

Jane M. Earll, Republican .......... 62,934 votes 58.1%

Cindy Purvis, Democratic .......... 45,480 votes 42.0%

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