1970 general · November 3, 1970
1970 Pennsylvania State Senate election results, district by district
Every Pennsylvania State Senate district in the 1970 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Democrats controlled the chamber · 50 seats
After the electionD 26 · R 24
Races26
Changed party0
Unopposed0%0 races
Incumbents defeated3
Every district
D 14 · R 12
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-2 | Benjamin R. Donolow (D) | 26.1 | |
| SD-4 | Joseph F. Smith (D) | 13.9 | |
| SD-6 | Robert A. Rovner (R) | 0.5 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-8 | Thomas P. McCreesh (D) | 29.4 | |
| SD-10 | Edward L. Howard (R) | 9.6 | |
| SD-12 | Wilmot E. Fleming (R) | 6.9 | |
| SD-14 | Martin L. Murray (D) | 20.8 | |
| SD-16 | Henry C. Messinger (D) | 1.8 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-18 | Jeanette F. Reibman (D) | 39.4 | |
| SD-19 | John Stauffer (R) | 21.0 | |
| SD-20 | T. Newell Wood (R) | 19.2 | |
| SD-22 | Robert J. Mellow (D) | 7.2 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-24 | Edwin G. Holl (R) | 23.0 | |
| SD-26 | Clyde R. Dengler (R) | 21.3 | |
| SD-28 | Ralph W. Hess (R) | 5.7 | |
| SD-30 | Stanley G. Stroup (R) | 15.6 | |
| SD-32 | William E. Duffield (D) | 25.6 | |
| SD-34 | Joseph S. Ammerman (D) | 7.7 | |
| SD-36 | Louis G. Hill (D) | 26.5 | |
| SD-38 | Stanley M. Noszka (D) | 37.4 | |
| SD-40 | Robert D. Fleming (R) | 18.3 | |
| SD-42 | Thomas F. Lamb (D) | 25.7 | |
| SD-44 | Thomas M. Nolan (D) | 3.9 | |
| SD-46 | Austin Murphy (D) | 40.2 | |
| SD-48 | Clarence F. Manbeck (R) | 9.1 | |
| SD-50 | R. Budd Dwyer (R) | 17.4 |
Pennsylvania State Senate
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner