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2012Final results

2012 election for Pennsylvania Senate District 47

Pennsylvania State Senate · Pennsylvania

Elder Vogel (R) won with 57.1% of the vote, defeating Kimberly Pazzanita Villella (D) by 14.1 points.

Elder VogelRepublican · winner · incumbent
57.1%57,613
42.9%43,348
100,961 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

EvenD+43.21976D+55.91984R+13.42008R+14.12012R+32.92020R+27.62024

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