List of United States Senators from Pennsylvania

## Contents

* 1 Current members
* 2 Election history
* 2.1 Class I
* 2.1.1 2018
* 2.1.2 2012
* 2.1.3 2006
* 2.1.4 2000
* 2.2 Class III
* 2.2.1 2022
* 2.2.2 2016
* 2.2.3 2010
* 2.2.4 2004
* 3 Historical members
* 4 See also
* 5 Footnotes

This page displays current and historical information pertaining to the U.S. Senate delegation from Pennsylvania.

## Current members[edit]

The current members of the U.S. Senate from Pennsylvania are:

Office | Name | Party | Date assumed office | Date term ends

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U.S. Senate Pennsylvania | Bob Casey Jr. | Democratic  | January 3, 2007 | January 3, 2025
U.S. Senate Pennsylvania | Pat Toomey | Republican  | January 3, 2011 | January 3, 2023

## Election history[edit]

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For more information on the different classes of U.S. Senators, please see: Classes of United States Senators

### Class I[edit]

Senators in Class I were elected to office in the November 2018 general election, unless they took their seat through appointment or special election.[1] Class I terms run from the beginning of the 116th Congress on January 3, 2019, to the end of the 118th Congress on January 3, 2025.[1]

#### 2018[edit]

General election

##### General election for U.S. Senate Pennsylvania

Incumbent Bob Casey Jr. defeated Lou Barletta, Dale Kerns, and Neal Gale in the general election for U.S. Senate Pennsylvania on November 6, 2018.

Candidate

Votes

|
|
|

✔ |

| Bob Casey Jr. (D)  |

55.7

| 2,792,437

| Lou Barletta (R) |

42.6

| 2,134,848

| Dale Kerns (L) |

1.0

| 50,907

| Neal Gale (G) |

0.6

| 31,208

* * *

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

| Total votes: 5,009,400

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#### 2012[edit]

U.S. Senate, Pennsylvania General Election, 2012

Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes
| Democratic  | Bob Casey Jr. Incumbent | 53.7% | 3,021,364
| Republican  |  Tom Smith  | 44.6% | 2,509,132
| Libertarian  |  Rayburn Douglas Smith  | 1.7% | 96,926
Total Votes | 5,627,422
Source: Pennsylvania Department of State

#### 2006[edit]

On November 7, 2006, Bob Casey, Jr. won election to the United States Senate. He defeated Rick Santorum (R) and various write-in candidates in the general election.[2]

U.S. Senate, Pennsylvania General Election, 2006

Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes
| Democratic  | Bob Casey, Jr. | 58.6% | 2,392,984
| Republican  |  Rick Santorum incumbent | 41.3% | 1,684,778
| N/A  |  Write-in  | 0.1% | 3,281
Total Votes | 4,081,043

#### 2000[edit]

On November 7, 2000, Rick Santorum won re-election to the United States Senate. He defeated Ron Klink (D), John J. Featherman (L), Robert E. Domske (Reform) and Lester B. Searer (Constitution) in the general election.[3]

U.S. Senate, Pennsylvania General Election, 2000

Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes
| Republican  | Rick Santorum incumbent | 52.4% | 2,481,962
| Democratic  |  Ron Klink  | 45.5% | 2,154,908
| Libertarian  |  John J. Featherman  | 1% | 45,775
| Reform  |  Robert E. Domske  | 0.5% | 24,089
| Constitution  |  Lester B. Searer  | 0.6% | 28,382
Total Votes | 4,735,116

### Class III[edit]

Senators in Class III were elected to office in the November 2016 general election, unless they took their seat through appointment or special election.[4] Class III terms run from the beginning of the 115th Congress on January 3, 2017, to the end of the 117th Congress on January 3, 2023.[4]

#### 2022[edit]

See also: United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 2022

General election

##### General election for U.S. Senate Pennsylvania

The following candidates are running in the general election for U.S. Senate Pennsylvania on November 8, 2022.

Candidate

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| John Fetterman (D)

| Mehmet Oz (R)

| Richard Weiss (G)

| Daniel Wassmer (Keystone Party of Pennsylvania)

| Erik Chase Gerhardt (L)

| Ronald Johnson (Constitution Party) (Write-in)

| Quincy Magee (Independent) (Write-in)

| Everett Stern (Independent) (Write-in)

* * *

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Democratic primary election

#####  Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Pennsylvania

John Fetterman defeated Conor Lamb, Malcolm Kenyatta, and Alexandria Khalil in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Pennsylvania on May 17, 2022.

Candidate

Votes

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|

✔ |

| John Fetterman |

58.6

| 751,521

| Conor Lamb |

26.3

| 336,606

| Malcolm Kenyatta |

10.9

| 139,119

| Alexandria Khalil |

4.2

| 54,240

* * *

There were no incumbents in this race. Source

| Total votes: 1,281,486
(95.00% precincts reporting)

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#### Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

* John McGuigan (D)
* Eric Orts (D)
* Sharif Street (D)
* Valerie Arkoosh (D)
* Kevin Baumlin (D)
* Walter Sluzynsky (D)
* Kael Dougherty (D)
* Lew Tapera (D)
* Larry Johnson (D)
* Alan Shank (D)
* Kyle Norton (D)

Republican primary election

#####  Republican primary for U.S. Senate Pennsylvania

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Pennsylvania on May 17, 2022.

Candidate

Votes

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|
|

✔ |

| Mehmet Oz |

31.2

| 419,834

| David McCormick |

31.1

| 418,868

| Kathy Barnette |

24.7

| 331,776

| Carla Sands |

5.4

| 73,290

| Jeff Bartos |

5.0

| 66,647

| Sean Gale |

1.5

| 20,242

| George Bochetto |

1.1

| 14,473

* * *

There were no incumbents in this race. Source

| Total votes: 1,345,130

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#### Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

* Craig Snyder (R)
* Vince Fusca (R)
* Sean Parnell (R)
* John Eichenberg (R)
* Max Richardson (R)
* David Xu (R)
* Ronald Johnson (R)
* Bobby Jeffries (R)
* Richard Mulholland (R)
* Martin Rosenfeld (R)
* John Debellis (R)

#### 2016[edit]

See also: United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 2016

The race for Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate seat was one of nine competitive battleground races in 2016 that helped Republicans keep control of the upper chamber after the November 8 general election. Incumbent Pat Toomey (R), who began serving in the Senate in 2011, defeated Katie McGinty (D), Edward Clifford III (L), and write-in candidate Everett Stern (I) in the general election.

Toomey managed to keep his race with McGinty close by running his campaign separately from President-elect Donald Trump and by withholding whom he would vote for on Election Day. Toomey told reporters, “You know, I’m not campaigning with Donald Trump. He’s running his campaign. I’m running mine.”[5][6][7]

Hillary Clinton, who campaigned with McGinty in October, criticized Toomey for not rejecting Trump as his party’s nominee. She said to a crowd of supporters, “How much does he have to hear or to see? If he doesn’t have the courage to stand up against Donald Trump after all of this, then how will he stand up to special interests and powerful forces that are going to be trying to have their way in Washington?”[7]

McGinty repeated the criticism, saying to supporters, "What more does Pat Toomey need to hear? You're fired, that's a good one!"[8]

Toomey was confident that his strategy to keep his re-election bid separate from the presidential race would be successful. He said, “I am convinced that Pennsylvania voters are going to make a complete separation in their minds. … There’s a presidential race going on, quite obviously, lots of attention, lots of focus, everybody’s got their opinion about it, and then there’s a totally separate thing happening in the Senate race — an incumbent senator most people know and an opponent. Totally separate campaign and totally separate judgment.”[7] Toomey stated on Election Day that he voted for Trump.[9]

U.S. Senate, Pennsylvania General Election, 2016

Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes
| Republican  | Pat Toomey Incumbent | 48.8% | 2,951,702
| Democratic  |  Katie McGinty  | 47.3% | 2,865,012
| Libertarian  |  Edward Clifford  | 3.9% | 235,142
Total Votes | 6,051,856
Source: Pennsylvania Department of State

U.S. Senate, Pennsylvania Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate | Vote % | Votes
Katie McGinty | 42.5% | 669,774
Joe Sestak  | 32.6% | 513,221
John Fetterman  | 19.5% | 307,090
Joseph Vodvarka  | 5.4% | 85,837
Total Votes | 1,575,922
Source: Pennsylvania Department of State

#### 2010[edit]

On November 2, 2010, Pat Toomey won election to the United States Senate. He defeated Joe Sestak in the general election.[10]

U.S. Senate, Pennsylvania General Election, 2010

Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes
| Republican  | Pat Toomey | 51% | 2,028,945
| Democratic  |  Joe Sestak  | 49% | 1,948,716
Total Votes | 3,977,661

#### 2004[edit]

On November 2, 2004, Arlen Specter won re-election to the United States Senate. He defeated Joseph M. Hoeffel (D), James N. Clymer (Constitution), Betsy Summers (Libertarian) and various other challengers in the general election.[11]

U.S. Senate, Pennsylvania General Election, 2004

Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes
| Republican  | Arlen Specter incumbent | 52.6% | 2,925,080
| Democratic  |  Joseph M. Hoeffel  | 42% | 2,334,126
| Constitution  |  James N. Clymer  | 4% | 220,056
| Libertarian  |  Betsy Summers  | 1.4% | 79,263
| N/A  |  Scattering  | 0% | 580
Total Votes | 5,559,105

## Historical members[edit]

Historical Representation to the U.S. Senate by Party from Pennsylvania

Party | Total
Democratic | 15
Republican | 35
Federalist | 2
Jacksonian | 1
Pro-Administration | 1
Anti-Administration | 1
Anti-Jacksonian | 1
Whig | 1
Class 1 Senators from Pennsylvania

Senator  | Years Served  | Party
William Maclay | 1789-1791 | Anti-Administration
James Ross | 1794-1803 | Pro-Administration, Federalist
Samuel Maclay | 1803-1809 | Republican
Michael Leib | 1809-1814 | Republican
Jonathan Roberts | 1814-1821 | Republican
William Findlay | 1821-1827 | Republican
Isaac D. Barnard | 1827-1831 | Democratic
George M. Dallas | 1831-1833 | Democratic
Samuel McKean | 1833-1839 | Democratic
Daniel Sturgeon | 1840-1851 | Democratic
Richard Brodhead | 1851-1857 | Democratic
Simon Cameron | 1857-1861 | Republican
David Wilmot | 1861-1863 | Republican
Charles R. Buckalew | 1863-1869 | Democratic
John Scott | 1869-1875 | Republican
William A. Wallace | 1875-1881 | Democratic
John I. Mitchell | 1881-1887 | Republican
Matthew S. Quay | 1887-1899, 1901-1904 | Republican
Philander C. Knox | 1904-1909 | Republican
George T. Oliver | 1909-1917 | Republican
Philander C. Knox | 1917-1921 | Republican
William E. Crow | 1921-1922 | Republican
David A. Reed | 1922-1935 | Republican
Joseph F. Guffey | 1935-1947 | Democratic
Edward Martin | 1947-1959 | Republican
Hugh D. Scott, Jr. | 1959-1977 | Republican
H. John Heinz III | 1977-1991 | Republican
Harris Wofford | 1991-1995 | Democratic
Rick Santorum | 1995-2007 | Republican
Robert P. Casey, Jr. | 2007-Present | Democratic
Class 3 Senators from Pennsylvania

Senator  | Years Served  | Party
Robert Morris | 1789-1795 | Pro-Administration
William Bingham | 1795-1801 | Federalist
John Peter G. Muhlenberg | 1801-1801 | Republican
George Logan | 1801-1807 | Republican
Andrew Gregg | 1807-1813 | Republican
Abner Lacock | 1813-1819 | Republican
Walter Lowrie | 1819-1825 | Republican
William Marks | 1825-1831 | Adams; Anti-Jacksonian
William Wilkins | 1831-1834 | Jacksonian
James Buchanan | 1834-1845 | Democratic
Simon Cameron | 1845-1849 | Democratic
James Cooper | 1849-1855 | Whig
William Bigler | 1856-1861 | Democratic
Edgar Cowan | 1861-1867 | Republican
Simon Cameron | 1867-1877 | Republican
James Donald Cameron | 1877-1897 | Republican
Boies Penrose | 1897-1921 | Republican
George Wharton Pepper | 1922-1927 | Republican
William S. Vare | 1927-1929 | Republican
Joseph R. Grundy | 1929-1930 | Republican
James J. Davis | 1930-1945 | Republican
Francis J. Myers | 1945-1951 | Democratic
James H. Duff | 1951-1957 | Republican
Joseph S. Clark | 1957-1969 | Democratic
Richard S. Schweiker | 1969-1981 | Republican
Arlen Specter | 1981-2011 | Republican
Pat Toomey | 2011-Present | Republican

## See also[edit]

* United States Senate
* United States congressional delegations from Pennsylvania
* Classes of United States Senators

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 United States Senate, "Class I," accessed February 14, 2013
2. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2006," accessed March 28, 2013
3. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2000," accessed March 28, 2013
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 United States Senate, "Class III," accessed February 14, 2013
5. ↑ Real Clear Politics, "Pennsylvania: Trump vs. Clinton vs. Johnson vs. Stein," accessed October 24, 2016
6. ↑ Real Clear Politics, "Pennsylvania Senate - Toomey vs. McGinty," accessed October 24, 2016
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 The Los Angeles Times, "A Republican Senator's strategy to save his seat in one of the country's tightest races: Avoid Trump," accessed October 24, 2016
8. ↑ The Inquirer Daily News, "A confident Clinton at Penn pushes McGinty's Senate candidacy," accessed October 24, 2016
9. ↑ The New York Times, "Patrick Toomey Wins Re-election in Pennsylvania Senate Race," accessed November 11, 2016
10. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
11. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2004," accessed March 28, 2013

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Pennsylvania's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Bob Casey (D)

Pat Toomey (R)

Representatives

District 1

Brian Fitzpatrick (R)

District 2

Brendan Boyle (D)

District 3

Dwight Evans (D)

District 4

Madeleine Dean (D)

District 5

Mary Scanlon (D)

District 6

Chrissy Houlahan (D)

District 7

Susan Wild (D)

District 8

Matt Cartwright (D)

District 9

Dan Meuser (R)

District 10

Scott Perry (R)

District 11

Lloyd Smucker (R)

District 12

Fred Keller (R)

District 13

John Joyce (R)

District 14

Guy Reschenthaler (R)

District 15

Glenn Thompson (R)

District 16

Mike Kelly (R)

District 17

Conor Lamb (D)

District 18

Michael Doyle (D)

Democratic Party (10)

Republican Party (10)

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