Pennsylvania State House District 153
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Ben Sanchez Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28
Ben SanchezDemocratic · Incumbent8 years since first winCory L TonerRepublican
No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2024 general: Ben Sanchez (D) 65.7, Joseph J. Rooney (R) 34.3
- Last election
- Ben Sanchez (Democratic) won by 31.4 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
Side by side
Left column: SanchezRight column: Toner
- Donor-based spectrum
- LiberalCentristConservativeSanchezNo published score for Toner
- Races
- Won 4 of 4
- None listed
- Years since first win
- 8
- Not available
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- Ben SanchezIncumbentDemocratic
- Cory L TonerRepublican
Source: pavoterservices.pa.gov, dated Oct 28
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History (29 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 39,166
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 153, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBen SanchezWonName as filed: Benjamin V Sanchez Democratic 25,73965.7% RepublicanJoseph J. Rooney Republican 13,42734.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 32,855
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 153, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBen SanchezWon(incumbent)Name as filed: Benjamin Sanchez Democratic 22,60068.8% RepublicanLarry Steven Ulrich Republican 10,25531.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 39,522
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2014 to 2021)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 153, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBen SanchezWon(incumbent)Name as filed: Benjamin V. Sanchez Democratic 30,43477.0% OtherMarc Bozzacco Other 9,08823.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 33,484
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2014 to 2021)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 153, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBen SanchezWon Democratic 23,69470.8% RepublicanDouglas M. Beaver Jr. Republican 9,43728.2% LibertarianMarc Bozzacco Libertarian 3531.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 36,974
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2014 to 2021)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 153, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMadeleine Dean CunnaneWon(incumbent) Democratic 24,49666.3% RepublicanAnthony M. Scalfaro III Republican 12,47833.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,984
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2014 to 2021)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 153, 1968 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMadeleine Dean CunnaneWon(incumbent) Democratic 16,984100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 32,623
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 153, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMadeleine Dean CunnaneWon Democratic 20,93464.2% RepublicanNicholas W. Mattiacci Republican 11,36934.9% LibertarianKenneth V. Krawchuk Libertarian 3201.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 24,856
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 153, 1968 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJosh ShapiroWon(incumbent) Democratic 17,43070.1% RepublicanTom Bogar Republican 7,42629.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 33,165
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 153, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJosh ShapiroWon(incumbent) Democratic 33,165100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 25,938
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 153, 1968 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJosh ShapiroWon(incumbent) Democratic 19,71276.0% RepublicanLou Guerra Jr. Republican 6,22624.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 33,575
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 153, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJosh ShapiroWon Democratic 18,23754.3% RepublicanJon D. Fox Republican 15,02244.7% LibertarianMatthew Wusinich Libertarian 3160.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 23,702
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 153, 1968 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanEllen M. BardWon(incumbent) Republican 15,64166.0% DemocraticSusan Liberace Democratic 8,06134.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 27,173
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 153, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanEllen M. BardWon(incumbent) Republican 16,73961.6% DemocraticLarry Pfeiffer Democratic 10,03336.9% LibertarianLarry W. Goulart Libertarian 4011.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,261
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 153, 1968 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanEllen M. BardWon(incumbent) Republican 14,31993.8% LibertarianDaniel S. Kujala Libertarian 9426.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 24,119
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 153, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanEllen M. BardWon(incumbent) Republican 14,87561.7% DemocraticAlex Katz Democratic 8,50135.3% OtherMartin L. Laub Other 7433.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 21,459
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 153, 1968 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanEllen M. BardWon Republican 11,83555.1% DemocraticDavid Barol Democratic 7,66735.7% LibertarianKenneth V. Krawchuk Libertarian 1,0604.9% OtherGeorge R. Stevenson Jr. Other 8974.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 25,087
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 153, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMartin L. LaubWon Republican 12,68250.5% DemocraticDavid Barol Democratic 12,40549.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,334
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 153, 1968 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJon D. FoxWon(incumbent) Republican 15,30979.2% DemocraticDean I. Weitzman Democratic 4,02520.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 27,443
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 153, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJon D. FoxWon(incumbent) Republican 27,443100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 21,081
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 153, 1968 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJon D. FoxWon(incumbent) Republican 21,081100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 28,794
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 153, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJon D. FoxWon Republican 19,30367.0% DemocraticHelga H. Wagner Democratic 9,49133.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 22,882
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 153, 1968 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJoseph M. HoeffelWon(incumbent) Democratic 12,57355.0% RepublicanLynne P. Iannelli Republican 10,30945.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 26,831
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 153, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJoseph M. HoeffelWon(incumbent) Democratic 14,48354.0% RepublicanTheodore H. Swan Jr. Republican 12,34846.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 22,322
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 153, 1968 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJoseph M. HoeffelWon(incumbent) Democratic 11,51551.6% RepublicanJames J. Coyle Republican 10,80748.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 28,059
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 153, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJoseph M. HoeffelWon Democratic 15,19854.2% RepublicanHorace F. Richter Jr. Republican 12,86145.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 21,863
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 153, 1968 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDaniel E. BerenWon(incumbent) Republican 11,68453.4% DemocraticJoseph M. Hoeffel Democratic 10,17946.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 27,985
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 153, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDaniel E. BerenWon(incumbent) Republican 18,07964.6% DemocraticJames J. McDonald Democratic 9,90535.4% Scattered write-ins Write-in 10.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 24,738
- Election day
- November 3, 1970
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 153, 1968 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDaniel E. BerenWon(incumbent) Republican 13,96756.5% DemocraticWilliam P. Cunnane Democratic 10,23841.4% OtherWilliam A. Cave Other 5332.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 30,021
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 153, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDaniel E. BerenWon(incumbent) Republican 18,40961.3% DemocraticWilliam J. Connelly Democratic 11,61238.7%
- 2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
- 1968 to 2022: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source
Last contest in this district on file: 2024.
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Election Wrld. (2026). Pennsylvania State House District 153, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/pa/house/153. Retrieved October 31, 2026.
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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.
District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:pa/sldl:153
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), DIME (ODC-BY), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026