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Elections for the Pennsylvania State Senate were held on November 5, 2002, 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.[2] The term of office for those elected in 2002 ran from January 3, 2003[3] until November 28, 2006.[4] Necessary primary elections were held on May 21, 2002.[5]
This was the firstPennsylvania State Senate election held after the constitutionally-mandated[6]decennial reapportionment plan.[7][8]
None of the seats of the three senators who did not run for re-election changed party hands.Robert C. Wonderling succeeded the retiring Republican senator,Edwin G. Holl.John C. Rafferty, Jr. succeeded Republican SenatorJames W. Gerlach, who successfully ran forPennsylvania's 6th congressional district.Jim Ferlo, a veteran member of Pittsburgh's City Council, succeeded the retiring Democratic senatorLeonard J. Bodack.[9]
| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| The Cook Political Report[10] | Likely R | October 4, 2002 |
| Affiliation | Members | |
|---|---|---|
| Republican Party | 29 | |
| Democratic Party | 21 | |
| Total | 50 | |
| District | Party | Incumbent | Status | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Democratic | Christine M. Tartaglione | re-elected | Democratic | Christine M. Tartaglione | 39,785 | 79.4 | ||
| Republican | Gary Adam Feldman | 9,787 | 19.5 | ||||||
| Green | Traci Confer | 532 | 1.1 | ||||||
| 4 | Democratic | Allyson Y. Schwartz | re-elected | Democratic | Allyson Y. Schwartz | 77,396 | 82.3 | ||
| Republican | Ron Holt | 15,231 | 17.7 | ||||||
| 6 | Republican | Robert M. Tomlinson | re-elected | Republican | Robert M. Tomlinson | 42,532 | 52.6 | ||
| Democratic | Peter H. Kostmayer | 38,385 | 47.4 | ||||||
| 8 | Democratic | Anthony H. Williams | re-elected | Democratic | Anthony H. Williams | 46,583 | 78.9 | ||
| Republican | John P. McKelligott | 12,460 | 21.1 | ||||||
| 10 | Republican | Joe Conti | re-elected | Republican | Joe Conti | 49,407 | 61.5 | ||
| Democratic | Ronald H. Elgart | 30,901 | 38.5 | ||||||
| 12 | Republican | Stewart J. Greenleaf | re-elected | Republican | Stewart J. Greenleaf | 56,858 | 66.8 | ||
| Democratic | Howard P. Rovner | 28,206 | 33.2 | ||||||
| 14 | Democratic | Raphael J. Musto | re-elected | Democratic | Raphael J. Musto | 40,442 | 100.0 | ||
| 16 | Republican | Charles W. Dent | re-elected | Republican | Charles W. Dent | 40,320 | 65.1 | ||
| Democratic | Richard J. Orloski | 21,571 | 34.9 | ||||||
| 18 | Democratic | Lisa Boscola | re-elected | Democratic | Lisa Boscola | 39,312 | 61.7 | ||
| Republican | Nick Sabatine | 24,353 | 38.3 | ||||||
| 20 | Republican | Charles D. Lemmond, Jr. | re-elected | Republican | Charles D. Lemmond, Jr. | 43,467 | 69.6 | ||
| Democratic | John Petrizzo | 18,998 | 30.4 | ||||||
| 22 | Democratic | Robert J. Mellow | re-elected | Democratic | Robert J. Mellow | 50,274 | 69.1 | ||
| Republican | Frank Scavo | 22,451 | 30.9 | ||||||
| 24 | Republican | Edwin G. Holl | retired | Republican | Robert C. Wonderling | 39,464 | 55.1 | ||
| Democratic | Jim Maza | 32,215 | 44.9 | ||||||
| 26 | Republican | Edwin B. Erickson[11] | re-elected | Republican | Edwin B. Erickson | 52,908 | 63.3 | ||
| Democratic | Sean Crumlish | 30,643 | 36.7 | ||||||
| 28 | Republican | Mike Waugh | re-elected | Republican | Mike Waugh | 46,560 | 100 | ||
| 30 | Republican | Robert C. Jubelirer | re-elected | Republican | Robert C. Jubelirer | 47,715 | 73.1 | ||
| Democratic | Stacey R. Brumbaugh | 17,578 | 26.9 | ||||||
| 32 | Democratic | Richard A. Kasunic | re-elected | Democratic | Richard A. Kasunic | 41,686 | 100.0 | ||
| 34 | Republican | Jacob D. Corman III | re-elected | Republican | Jacob D. Corman III | 57,472 | 92.6 | ||
| Libertarian | Daniel W. Tuel | 4,620 | 7.4 | ||||||
| 36 | Republican | Noah W. Wenger | re-elected | Republican | Noah W. Wenger | 52,158 | 94.6 | ||
| Constitution | Laurellynn T. Petolicchio | 2,994 | 5.4 | ||||||
| 38 | Democratic | Leonard J. Bodack | retired | Democratic | Jim Ferlo | 38,886 | 64.9 | ||
| Constitution | Ted Tomson | 21,000 | 35.1 | ||||||
| 40 | Republican | Jane C. Orie[12] | re-elected | Republican | Jane C. Orie | 57,310 | 70.8 | ||
| Democratic | Dan Demarco | 23,642 | 29.1 | ||||||
| 42 | Democratic | Jack Wagner | re-elected | Democratic | Jack Wagner | 44,249 | 72.3 | ||
| Republican | Thomas Stepnick | 16,952 | 27.7 | ||||||
| 44 | Republican | James W. Gerlach | ran forCongress | Republican | John C. Rafferty, Jr. | 42,558 | 59.2 | ||
| Democratic | Rick Jacobs | 29,368 | 40.8 | ||||||
| 46 | Democratic | J. Barry Stout | re-elected | Democratic | J. Barry Stout | 58,973 | 100.0 | ||
| 48 | Republican | David J. Brightbill | re-elected | Republican | David J. Brightbill | 52,341 | 69.5 | ||
| Democratic | Ed Arnold | 22,952 | 30.5 | ||||||
| 50 | Republican | Bob Robbins | re-elected | Republican | Bob Robbins | 42,728 | 65.1 | ||
| Democratic | Kyle Klaric | 22,894 | 34.9 | ||||||
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