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2002Final results

2002 election for Pennsylvania Senate District 42

Pennsylvania State Senate · Pennsylvania

Jack Wagner (D) won with 72.3% of the vote, defeating Thomas Stepnick (R) by 44.6 points.

Jack WagnerDemocrat · winner · incumbent
72.3%44,249
Thomas StepnickRepublican
27.7%16,952
61,201 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 2002

Races before and after

EvenD+25.71970D+43.31974D+28.61978D+44.51982D+50.41986D+44.62002

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET