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Elections for the Pennsylvania State Senate were held on November 7, 2000, with even-numbered districts being contested.[1] State Senators are elected for four-year terms, with half of the Senate seats up for a vote every two years. The term of office for those elected in 2000 ran from January 3, 2001[2] until November 30, 2004.[3] Necessary primary elections were held on April 27, 2004.[4]
The make-up of the senate remained the same following the 2000 elections. DemocraticMike Stack defeated incumbent RepublicanFrank A. Salvatore in the5th senatorial district. RepublicanDonald C. White defeated the democratic nominee to succeed the retiringPatrick J. Stapleton, Jr. in the41st senatorial district. DemocraticSean Logan succeeded the retiringAlbert V. Belan.
RepublicanBill Slocum remained on the ballot in the25th senatorial district, even after his resignation from the senate on June 1, 2000. Slocum pleaded guilty and spent a month in federal prison for filing false reports to thePennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and discharging raw sewage intoBrokenstraw Creek while he was a sewage plant manager inYoungsville, Pennsylvania.[5] The local Republican party supported the eventual winner,Joseph B. Scarnati III, who ran as anindependent and changed his party registration to Republican after his election.[6]
| District | Party | Incumbent | Status | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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| 1 | Democratic | Vincent J. Fumo | re-elected | Democratic | Vincent J. Fumo | 64,877 | 81.1 | ||
| Republican | George Jacob | 15,114 | 18.9 | ||||||
| 3 | Democratic | Shirley M. Kitchen | re-elected | Democratic | Shirley M. Kitchen | 61,895 | 100.0 | ||
| 5 | Republican | Frank A. Salvatore | defeated | Democratic | Mike Stack | 46,980 | 52.6 | ||
| Republican | Frank A. Salvatore | 42,416 | 47.4 | ||||||
| 7 | Democratic | Vincent Hughes | re-elected | Democratic | Vincent Hughes | 69,777 | 100.0 | ||
| 9 | Republican | Clarence D. Bell | re-elected | Republican | Clarence D. Bell | 66,345 | 100.0 | ||
| 11 | Democratic | Michael O'Pake | re-elected | Democratic | Michael O'Pake | 81,926 | 94.9 | ||
| Green | Jennaro Pullano | 4,405 | 5.1 | ||||||
| 13 | Republican | Gibson E. Armstrong | re-elected | Republican | Gibson E. Armstrong | 63,581 | 68.7 | ||
| Democratic | Ricci Dehl | 28,964 | 31.3 | ||||||
| 15 | Republican | Jeffrey E. Piccola | re-elected | Republican | Jeffrey E. Piccola | 65,718 | 67.3 | ||
| Democratic | D. Ann Smilek | 31,881 | 32.7 | ||||||
| 17 | Republican | Richard A. Tilghman | re-elected | Republican | Richard A. Tilghman | 57,664 | 50.3 | ||
| Democratic | Lynn Yeakel | 44,224 | 35.5 | ||||||
| 19 | Republican | Robert J. Thompson | re-elected | Republican | Robert J. Thompson | 70,210 | 63.3 | ||
| Democratic | Thomas J. Bosak | 40,749 | 36.7 | ||||||
| 21 | Republican | Mary Jo White | re-elected | Republican | Mary Jo White | 73,423 | 87.6 | ||
| Libertarian | Vernon L. Etzel | 10,405 | 12.4 | ||||||
| 23 | Republican | Roger A. Madigan | re-elected | Republican | Roger A. Madigan | 67,698 | 100.0 | ||
| 25 | Republican | Bill Slocum[7] | resigned, but remained on the ballot | Independent | Joseph B. Scarnati III[8] | 29,346 | 32.9 | ||
| Democratic | Joseph J. Calla, Jr. | 29,149 | 32.7 | ||||||
| Republican | Bill Slocum | 28,209 | 31.6 | ||||||
| Constitution | Alan R. Kiser | 2,460 | 2.8 | ||||||
| 27 | Republican | Edward W. Helfrick | re-elected | Republican | Edward W. Helfrick | 61,335 | 100.0 | ||
| 29 | Republican | James J. Rhoades | re-elected | Republican | James J. Rhoades | 87,397 | 100.0 | ||
| 31 | Republican | Harold F. Mowery, Jr. | re-elected | Republican | Harold F. Mowery, Jr. | 66,112 | 65.9 | ||
| Democratic | James H. Hertzler | 34,227 | 34.1 | ||||||
| 33 | Republican | Terry Punt | re-elected | Republican | Terry Punt | 92,456 | 100.0 | ||
| 35 | Democratic | John N. Wozniak | re-elected | Democratic | John N. Wozniak | 66,625 | 77.1 | ||
| Democratic | J. Anthony Connell | 19,799 | 22.9 | ||||||
| 37 | Republican | Tim Murphy | re-elected | Republican | Tim Murphy | 73,198 | 64.3 | ||
| Democratic | Joseph Rudolph | 40,661 | 36.7 | ||||||
| 39 | Democratic | Allen G. Kukovich | re-elected | Democratic | Allen G. Kukovich | 54,358 | 57.6 | ||
| Republican | Gene Porterfield | 40,017 | 42.4 | ||||||
| 41 | Democratic | Patrick J. Stapleton, Jr. | retired | Republican | Don White | 46,239 | 53.8 | ||
| Democratic | James McQuown | 39,629 | 46.2 | ||||||
| 43 | Democratic | Jay Costa, Jr. | re-elected | Democratic | Jay Costa, Jr. | 71,210 | 100.0 | ||
| 45 | Democratic | Albert V. Belan | retired | Democratic | Sean F. Logan | 56,775 | 61.1 | ||
| Republican | Laurie Zacharia MacDonald | 36,183 | 38.9 | ||||||
| 47 | Democratic | Gerald J. LaValle | re-elected | Democratic | Gerald J. LaValle | 86,647 | 100.0 | ||
| 49 | Republican | Jane M. Earll | re-elected | Republican | Jane M. Earll | 53,617 | 57.7 | ||
| Democratic | John Paul Jones | 39,254 | 42.3 | ||||||
