List of United States Senators from Pennsylvania
This page displays current and historical information pertaining to the U.S. Senate delegation from Pennsylvania.
Current members
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 | John Fetterman | Democratic | January 3, 2023 | January 3, 2029 |
U.S. Senate Pennsylvania | David McCormick | Republican | January 3, 2025 | January 3, 2031 |
Election history
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- For more information on the different classes of U.S. Senators, please see: Classes of United States Senators
Class I
Senators in Class I were elected to office in the November 2024 general election, unless they took their seat through appointment or special election. Class I terms run from the beginning of the 119th Congress on January 3, 2025, to the end of the 121st Congress on January 3, 2031.
2024
See also: United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 2024
General election
General election for U.S. Senate Pennsylvania
The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate Pennsylvania on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | David McCormick (R) | 48.8 | 3,399,295 | |
Bob Casey Jr. (D) | 48.6 | 3,384,180 | ||
John Thomas (L) | 1.3 | 89,653 | ||
Leila Hazou (G) | 1.0 | 66,388 | ||
Marty Selker (Constitution Party) | 0.3 | 23,621 | ||
Quincy Magee (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | ||
Cory Widmann (R) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | ||
Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 5,598 |
Total votes: 6,968,735 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Hussein Tartour-Aguirre (Independent)
- Erik Messina (American Solidarity Party)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Pennsylvania
Incumbent Bob Casey Jr. advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Pennsylvania on April 23, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Bob Casey Jr. | 98.3 | 1,024,545 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 1.7 | 18,039 |
Total votes: 1,042,584 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- William Parker (D)
- Blaine Forkner (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. Senate Pennsylvania
David McCormick advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Pennsylvania on April 23, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | David McCormick | 98.2 | 878,320 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 1.8 | 16,539 |
Total votes: 894,859 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Joseph Vodvarka (R)
- Cory Widmann (R)
- Tariq Parvez (R)
- Brandi Tomasetti (R)
2018
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 |
Total votes: 5,009,400 | ||||
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2012
Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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Democratic | 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
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.[1]
2000
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.[2]
Class III
Senators in Class III were elected to office in the November 2022 general election, unless they took their seat through appointment or special election. Class III terms run from the beginning of the 118th Congress on January 3, 2023, to the end of the 120th Congress on January 3, 2029.
2022
General election
General election for U.S. Senate Pennsylvania
The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate Pennsylvania on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | John Fetterman (D) | 51.2 | 2,751,012 | |
Mehmet Oz (R) | 46.3 | 2,487,260 | ||
Erik Chase Gerhardt (L) | 1.4 | 72,887 | ||
Richard Weiss (G) | 0.6 | 30,434 | ||
Daniel Wassmer (Keystone Party of Pennsylvania) | 0.5 | 26,428 | ||
Quincy Magee (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | ||
Ronald Johnson (Constitution Party) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 |
Total votes: 5,368,021 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Everett Stern (Independent)
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 | ||
✔ | John Fetterman | 58.6 | 753,557 | |
Conor Lamb | 26.3 | 337,498 | ||
Malcolm Kenyatta | 10.8 | 139,393 | ||
Alexandria Khalil | 4.2 | 54,460 |
Total votes: 1,284,908 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Walter Sluzynsky (D)
- John McGuigan (D)
- Kyle Norton (D)
- Alan Shank (D)
- Larry Johnson (D)
- Kevin Baumlin (D)
- Sharif Street (D)
- Valerie Arkoosh (D)
- Lew Tapera (D)
- Eric Orts (D)
- Kael Dougherty (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 | ||
✔ | Mehmet Oz | 31.2 | 420,168 | |
David McCormick | 31.1 | 419,218 | ||
Kathy Barnette | 24.7 | 331,903 | ||
Carla Sands | 5.4 | 73,360 | ||
Jeff Bartos | 5.0 | 66,684 | ||
Sean Gale | 1.5 | 20,266 | ||
George Bochetto | 1.1 | 14,492 |
Total votes: 1,346,091 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- John Debellis (R)
- Max Richardson (R)
- John Eichenberg (R)
- Vince Fusca (R)
- Martin Rosenfeld (R)
- Bobby Jeffries (R)
- Richard Mulholland (R)
- Sean Parnell (R)
- Ronald Johnson (R)
- Craig Snyder (R)
- David Xu (R)
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 ran his campaign separately from Donald Trump, and he did not tell people who he would vote for on Election Day. Toomey said, “You know, I’m not campaigning with Donald Trump. He’s running his campaign. I’m running mine.”[3][4][5]
Hillary Clinton, who campaigned with McGinty in October, criticized Toomey for not rejecting Trump as his party’s nominee. She said, “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?”[5]
Speaking about his campaign strategy, Toomey 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.”[5] Toomey stated on Election Day that he voted for Trump.[6]
Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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Republican | 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 |
Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
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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
On November 2, 2010, Pat Toomey won election to the United States Senate. He defeated Joe Sestak in the general election.[7]
U.S. Senate, Pennsylvania General Election, 2010 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
Republican | 51% | 2,028,945 | ||
Democratic | Joe Sestak | 49% | 1,948,716 | |
Total Votes | 3,977,661 |
2004
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.[8]
Historical members
Historical Representation to the U.S. Senate by Party from Pennsylvania | ||||
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Party | Total | |||
Democratic | 16 | |||
Republican | 27 | |||
Federalist | 1 | |||
Jacksonian | 1 | |||
Pro-Administration | 1 | |||
Anti-Administration | 2 | |||
Whig | 1 | |||
Democratic Republican | 8 | |||
Pro-Administration, Federalist | 1 | |||
Adams; Anti-Jacksonian | 1 |
Class 1 Senators from Pennsylvania | ||||||||
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Senator | Years Served | Party | ||||||
William Maclay | 1789-1791 | Anti-Administration | ||||||
James Ross | 1794-1803 | Pro-Administration, Federalist | ||||||
Samuel Maclay | 1803-1809 | Democratic Republican | ||||||
Michael Leib | 1809-1814 | Democratic Republican | ||||||
Jonathan Roberts | 1814-1821 | Democratic Republican | ||||||
William Findlay | 1821-1827 | Anti-Administration | ||||||
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 | ||||||
Bob Casey Jr. | 2007-2025 | Democratic | ||||||
David McCormick | 2025-Present | Republican |
Class 3 Senators from Pennsylvania | ||||||||
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Senator | Years Served | Party | ||||||
Robert Morris | 1789-1795 | Pro-Administration | ||||||
William Bingham | 1795-1801 | Federalist | ||||||
John Peter G. Muhlenberg | 1801-1801 | Democratic Republican | ||||||
George Logan | 1801-1807 | Democratic Republican | ||||||
Andrew Gregg | 1807-1813 | Democratic Republican | ||||||
Abner Lacock | 1813-1819 | Democratic Republican | ||||||
Walter Lowrie | 1819-1825 | Democratic 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 | 2011-2023 | Republican | ||||||
John Fetterman | 2023-Present | Democratic |
See also
- United States Senate
- United States congressional delegations from Pennsylvania
- Classes of United States Senators
Footnotes
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2006," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2000," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ Real Clear Politics, "Pennsylvania: Trump vs. Clinton vs. Johnson vs. Stein," accessed October 24, 2016
- ↑ Real Clear Politics, "Pennsylvania Senate - Toomey vs. McGinty," accessed October 24, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 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
- ↑ The New York Times, "Patrick Toomey Wins Re-election in Pennsylvania Senate Race," accessed November 11, 2016
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2004," accessed March 28, 2013