1998Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1998 election for Pennsylvania Senate District 16
Pennsylvania State Senate · Pennsylvania
Charles W. Dent (R) won with 59.4% of the vote, defeating Glenn Solt (D) by 18.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Charles W. DentRepublican · winner
59.4%34,786
Glenn SoltDemocrat
40.6%23,746
58,532 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1998
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET