1974 general · November 4, 1974
1974 Pennsylvania State Senate election results, district by district
Every Pennsylvania State Senate district in the 1974 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Democrats controlled the chamber · 50 seats
After the electionD 29 · R 21
Races25
Changed party0
Unopposed4%1 races
Incumbents defeated2
Every district
D 17 · R 8
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-2 | Francis J. Lynch (D) | 48.9 | |
| SD-4 | Joseph F. Smith (D) | 29.3 | |
| SD-6 | H. Craig Lewis (D) | 25.2 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-8 | Paul McKinney (D) | 51.4 | |
| SD-10 | Edward L. Howard (R) | 7.1 | |
| SD-12 | Wilmot E. Fleming (R) | 10.0 | |
| SD-14 | Martin L. Murray (D) | 42.4 | |
| SD-16 | Henry C. Messinger (D) | 35.4 | |
| SD-18 | Jeanette F. Reibman (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-20 | T. Newell Wood (R) | 16.4 | |
| SD-22 | Robert J. Mellow (D) | 28.1 | |
| SD-24 | Edwin G. Holl (R) | 26.4 | |
| SD-26 | John James Sweeney (D) | 0.6 | |
| SD-28 | Ralph W. Hess (R) | 24.7 | |
| SD-30 | Robert C. Jubelirer (R) | 1.8 | |
| SD-32 | William E. Duffield (D) | 14.0 | |
| SD-34 | Joseph S. Ammerman (D) | 22.5 | |
| SD-36 | Louis G. Hill (D) | 44.1 | |
| SD-38 | Stanley M. Noszka (D) | 42.9 | |
| SD-40 | Edward M. Early (D) | 31.0 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-42 | Eugene F. Scanlon (D) | 43.3 | |
| SD-44 | Thomas M. Nolan (D) | 18.2 | |
| SD-46 | Austin Murphy (D) | 55.0 | |
| SD-48 | Clarence F. Manbeck (R) | 22.0 | |
| SD-50 | R. Budd Dwyer (R) | 28.0 |
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