The 2022 elections for the Pennsylvania State Senate were held on November 8, with 25 of 50 districts being contested. The term of office for those elected in 2022 would begin when the Senate convenes in January 2023. Pennsylvania State Senators are elected for four-year terms, with half of the seats up for election every two years. The election coincided with the 2022 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, United States House of Representatives elections, and the election of the entirety of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
Republicans had controlled the chamber since the 1994 election ( years).
Special elections 5th senatorial district In the 2021 elections, Democratic state senator John Sabatina was elected as a judge on the Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia and resigned his seat on December 31. On January 10, Democrats selected ward leader Shawn Dillon as their nominee. Republicans selected Sam Oropeza. Shawn Dillon withdrew from the race after facing a legal challenge due to missing candidate filing paperwork, he was replaced on the ballot by his younger brother and School District of Philadelphia grant compliance monitor Jimmy Dillon. A special election was held on May 17; Dillon won with nearly 57% of the vote.
Results summary
Redistricting Due to redistricting after the 2020 United States census, senators were drawn into new districts.
Retiring incumbents
Democrats No Democratic incumbents retired in this cycle.
Independents District 14: John Yudichak retired.
Republicans District 6: Tommy Tomlinson retired. District 24: Bob Mensch retired. District 34: Jake Corman retired to run for governor of Pennsylvania. District 40: Mario Scavello retired.
Incumbents defeated in primary
Republicans
District 16: Pat Browne lost renomination to Jarrett Coleman.
Primary elections
Democratic primary +2022 Pennsylvania Senate electionsDemocratic primaryDistrictCandidatesVotesPercent2Unopposed4Art HaywoodUnopposed6Ann MitchellUnopposed8Anthony H. Williams19,20160.06Paul Prescod12,76739.9410Steve SantarsieroUnopposed12Maria CollettUnopposed14Nick Miller8,84442.37Tara Zrinski8,79642.14Yamelisa Taveras3,23415.4916Mark PinsleyUnopposed18Lisa BoscolaUnopposed20Jaclyn BakerUnopposed22Marty FlynnUnopposed24Jill Dennin17,44273.86Emanuel Wilkerson6,17326.1426Tim KearneyUnopposed28Judith McCormick HigginsUnopposed30Carol TaylorUnopposed32No candidate filed for party.34James Massey Jr.Unopposed36No candidate filed for party.38Lindsey WilliamsUnopposed40Jennifer ShukaitisUnopposed42Wayne D. FontanaUnopposed44Katie MuthUnopposed46No candidate filed for party.48Calvin ClementsUnopposed50Rianna CzechUnopposed
Republican primary +2022 Pennsylvania Senate electionsRepublican primaryDistrictCandidatesVotesPercent2No candidate filed for party.4No candidate filed for party.6Frank FarryUnopposed8No candidate filed for party.10Matthew McCulloughUnopposed12Robert DaviesUnopposed14Dean Browning8,84349.11Cynthia Miller5,39529.96Omy Maldonado3,76720.9216Jarrett Coleman17,04950.04Pat Browne17,02549.9618John Merrhottein Jr.Unopposed20Elizabeth BakerUnopposed22No candidate filed for party.24Tracy Pennycuick21,00770.41David Moyer8,82729.5926Frank AgovinoUnopposed28Kristin Phillips-HillUnopposed30Judy WardUnopposed32Patrick J. StefanoUnopposed34Greg Rothman27,66668.14Michael Gossert12,93331.8636Ryan Aument24,58360.06Michael Miller16,34539.9438Lori Mizgorski15,84567.82Jacob Roberts7,51832.1840Rosemary BrownUnopposed42No candidate filed for party.44Jessica FlorioUnopposed46Camera BartolottaUnopposed48Chris GebhardUnopposed50Michele BrooksUnopposed
General election Predictions SourceRankingAs of Sabato's Crystal Ball May 19, 2022
Overview +Statewide outlookAffiliationCandidatesVotes%Seats beforeSeats upSeats wonSeats afterRepublican221,190,41051.03281313 ()28Democratic221,140,56748.89211112 (1)22Libertarian11,9460.08000 ()0Independent0 - -110 (1)0Total452,332,923100.0050252550
Close races Six district races had winning margins of less than 15%:
District Winner Margin District 6 Republican 8% District 14 Democratic (flip) 6.9% District 16 Republican 8.3% District 24 Republican 4% District 38 Democratic 11% District 40 Republican 11.4% District 44 Democratic 11.2%
District breakdown
See also
2022 Pennsylvania elections Elections in Pennsylvania List of Pennsylvania state legislatures
References
External links
(state affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)