2008 general · November 4, 2008
2008 Pennsylvania State Senate election results, district by district
Every Pennsylvania State Senate district in the 2008 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Republicans controlled the chamber · 50 seats
After the electionD 20 · R 30
Races25
Changed party2
Unopposed16%4 races
Incumbents defeated0
Every district
D 10 · R 15
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-1 | Lawrence M. Farnese Jr. (D) | 61.7 | |
| SD-3 | Shirley M. Kitchen (D) | 76.8 | |
| SD-5 | Michael J. Stack III (D) | 43.9 | |
| SD-7 | Vincent Hughes (D) | 70.9 | |
| SD-9 | Dominic F. Pileggi (R) | 16.3 | |
| SD-11 | Michael A. Opake (D) | 42.5 | |
| SD-13 | Lloyd Smucker (R) | 13.8 | |
| SD-15 | Jeffrey E. Piccola (R) | 3.8 | |
| SD-17 | Daylin Leach (D) | 22.9 | |
| SD-19 | Andrew E. Dinniman (D) | 15.5 | Flipped |
| SD-21 | Martina White (R) | 69.2 | |
| SD-23 | Gene Yaw (R) | 31.2 | |
| SD-25 | Joseph B. Scarnati III (R) | 33.4 | |
| SD-27 | John R. Gordner (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-29 | James J. Rhoades (R) | 27.8 | |
| SD-31 | Patricia H. Vance (R) | 42.6 | |
| SD-33 | Richard Alloway II (R) | 37.1 | |
| SD-35 | John N. Wozniak (D) | 31.6 | |
| SD-37 | John R. Pippy (R) | 31.6 | |
| SD-39 | Kim Ward (R) | 8.2 | |
| SD-41 | Don White (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-43 | Jay Costa (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-45 | Sean F. Logan (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-47 | Elder Vogel (R) | 13.4 | Flipped |
| SD-49 | Jane M. Earll (R) | 16.1 |
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