2012 general · November 6, 2012
2012 Pennsylvania State Senate election results, district by district
Every Pennsylvania State Senate district in the 2012 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Republicans controlled the chamber · 50 seats
After the electionD 23 · R 27
Races25
Changed party0
Unopposed36%9 races
Incumbents defeated0
Every district
D 13 · R 12
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-1 | Lawrence M. Farnese Jr. (D) | 64.8 | |
| SD-3 | Shirley M. Kitchen (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-5 | Michael J. Stack III (D) | 43.3 | |
| SD-7 | Vincent Hughes (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-9 | Dominic F. Pileggi (R) | 10.8 | |
| SD-11 | Judy Schwank (D) | 28.7 | |
| SD-13 | Lloyd Smucker (R) | 11.4 | |
| SD-15 | Robert F. Teplitz (D) | 3.1 | |
| SD-17 | Daylin Leach (D) | 26.4 | |
| SD-19 | Andrew E. Dinniman (D) | 14.9 | |
| SD-21 | Scott Hutchinson (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-23 | Gene Yaw (R) | 39.5 | |
| SD-25 | Joseph B. Scarnati III (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-27 | John R. Gordner (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-29 | Dave Argall (R) | 12.3 | |
| SD-31 | Patricia H. Vance (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-33 | Richard Alloway II (R) | 41.5 | |
| SD-35 | John N. Wozniak (D) | 2.0 | |
| SD-37 | Matt Smith (D) | 5.2 | |
| SD-39 | Kim Ward (R) | 73.9 | |
| SD-41 | Don White (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-43 | Jay Costa (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-45 | James R. Brewster (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-47 | Elder Vogel (R) | 14.1 | |
| SD-49 | Sean Wiley (D) | 20.0 |
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