2012Final results
2012 election for Pennsylvania Senate District 17
Pennsylvania State Senate · Pennsylvania
Daylin Leach (D) won with 63.2% of the vote, defeating Charles Henry Gehret (R) by 26.4 points.
Daylin LeachDemocrat · winner · incumbent
63.2%78,508
Charles Henry GehretRepublican
36.8%45,707
124,215 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 2012
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET