2008Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
2008 election for Pennsylvania Senate District 47
Pennsylvania State Senate · Pennsylvania
Elder Vogel (R) won with 56.7% of the vote, defeating Jason M. Petrella (D) by 13.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Elder VogelRepublican · winner
56.7%60,047
Jason M. PetrellaDemocrat
43.3%45,857
105,904 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 2008
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET