Pennsylvania State Senate

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The Pennsylvania State Senate is the upper house of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legislative branch of Pennsylvania government. The State Senate meets in the State Capitol building located in Harrisburg. Senators are elected for four years. Senators terms are staggered with only half of the Senate contested at each election.

It is made up of 50 members who are elected by district from around the Commonwealth. The current party breakdown is 29 Republicans and 21 Democrats. The President of the Senate is the Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania (currently Catherine Baker Knoll) who has no vote except in case of a tie.

In 2002, a State Senate district had an average population of 245,621 residents.

1 Senate Leadership
2 Make-up of the Senate
3 Members of the Pennsylvania State Senate
4 See also
5 External link

[edit] Senate Leadership

President Pro Tempore: Joe Scarnati (R)

Majority Party	Leadership Position	Minority Party
Dominic Pileggi	Floor Leader	Bob Mellow
Jane Orie	Whip	Mike O'Pake
Mike Waugh	Caucus Chairman	Jay Costa
Bob Robbins	Caucus Secretary	Gerald LaValle
Gib Armstrong	Appropriations Committee Chairman	Vince Fumo
Terry Punt	Caucus Administrator	Constance Williams
Jake Corman	Policy Committee Chairman	Rich Kasunic

[edit] Make-up of the Senate

Affiliation		Members
	Republican Party	29
	Democratic Party	21
Total		50
Government Majority		8

[edit] Members of the Pennsylvania State Senate

District	Representative	Party	Residence	Counties Represented	Term Up
1	Vince Fumo	Democratic	Philadelphia	Philadelphia	2008
2	Christine Tartaglione	Democratic	Philadelphia	Philadelphia	2010
3	Shirley Kitchen	Democratic	Philadelphia	Philadelphia	2008
4	LeAnna Washington	Democratic	Philadelphia	Montgomery, Philadelphia	2010
5	Mike Stack	Democratic	Philadelphia	Philadelphia	2008
6	Tommy Tomlinson	Republican	Bensalem	Bucks	2010
7	Vincent Hughes	Democratic	Philadelphia	Montgomery, Philadelphia	2008
8	Anthony Williams	Democratic	Philadelphia	Delaware, Philadelphia	2010
9	Dominic Pileggi	Republican	Chester	Chester, Delaware	2008
10	Charlie McIlhinney	Republican	Doylestown	Bucks, Montgomery	2010
11	Mike O'Pake	Democratic	Reading	Berks	2008
12	Stewart Greenleaf	Republican	Willow Grove	Bucks, Montgomery	2010
13	Gib Armstrong	Republican	Lancaster	Lancaster, York	2008
14	Raphael Musto	Democratic	Pittston	Carbon, Luzerne	2010
15	Jeffrey Piccola	Republican	Susquehanna Township	Dauphin, York	2008
16	Pat Browne	Republican	Allentown	Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton	2010
17	Constance Williams	Democratic	Haverford	Delaware, Montgomery	2008
18	Lisa Boscola	Democratic	Bethlehem	Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton	2010
19	Andy Dinniman	Democratic	West Chester	Chester, Montgomery	2008
20	Lisa Baker	Republican	Dallas	Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne, Wyoming	2010
21	Mary Jo White	Republican	Franklin	Butler, Clarion, Erie, Forest, Venango, Warren	2008
22	Bob Mellow	Democratic	Blakely	Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe	2010
23	Roger Madigan	Republican	Burlington Township	Bradford, Lycoming, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Union	2008
24	Rob Wonderling	Republican	Harleysville	Bucks, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton	2010
25	Joe Scarnati	Republican	Brockway	Cameron, Clearfield, Elk, Jefferson, McKean, Potter, Tioga, Warren	2008
26	Ted Erickson	Republican	Newtown Square	Chester, Delaware	2010
27	John Gordner	Republican	Berwick	Columbia, Dauphin, Luzerne, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder	2008
28	Mike Waugh	Republican	York	York	2010
29	James Rhoades	Republican	Mahanoy City	Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton, Schuylkill	2008
30	John Eichelberger	Republican	Altoona	Bedford, Blair, Franklin, Huntingdon, Mifflin	2010
31	Pat Vance	Republican	Silver Spring Township	Cumberland, York	2008
32	Rich Kasunic	Democratic	Dunbar	Fayette, Somerset, Washington, Westmoreland	2010
33	Terry Punt	Republican	Waynesboro	Adams, Franklin, York	2008
34	Jake Corman	Republican	Benner Township	Centre, Juniata, Mifflin, Perry, Union	2010
35	John Wozniak	Democratic	Johnstown	Cambria, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Somerset	2008
36	Mike Brubaker	Republican	Ephrata	Chester, Lancaster	2010
37	John Pippy	Republican	Moon Township	Allegheny, Washington	2008
38	Jim Ferlo	Democratic	Pittsburgh	Allegheny, Armstrong, Westmoreland	2010
39	Bob Regola	Republican	Greensburg	Westmoreland	2008
40	Jane Orie	Republican	Pittsburgh	Allegheny, Butler	2010
41	Don White	Republican	Indiana	Armstrong, Clearfield, Indiana, Westmoreland	2008
42	Wayne Fontana	Democratic	Pittsburgh	Allegheny	2010
43	Jay Costa	Democratic	Forest Hills	Allegheny	2008
44	John Rafferty, Jr.	Republican	Collegeville	Berks, Chester, Montgomery	2010
45	Sean Logan	Democratic	Monroeville	Allegheny, Westmoreland	2008
46	Barry Stout	Democratic	Bentleyville	Allegheny, Beaver, Greene, Washington, Westmoreland	2010
47	Gerald LaValle	Democratic	Rochester	Allegheny, Beaver, Lawrence	2008
48	Mike Folmer	Republican	Lebanon	Berks, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon	2010
49	Jane Earll	Republican	Erie	Erie	2008
50	Bob Robbins	Republican	Greenville	Butler, Crawford, Lawrence, Mercer	2010

[edit] See also

[edit] External link

Pennsylvania State Senate Website

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