Pennsylvania State House District 47
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Joe D'Orsie Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
Joe D'OrsieRepublican · Incumbent4 years since first winEdward Lee RitterDemocratic
Joe D'Orsie 62.8Edward Lee Ritter 37.2
Last result · 2024 generalNo published poll names both candidates.
- Last election
- Joe D'Orsie (Republican) won by 25.6 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
Side by side
Left column: D'OrsieRight column: Ritter
- Donor-based spectrum
- LiberalCentristConservativeD'OrsieNo published score for Ritter
- Races
- Won 2 of 2
- Won 0 of 1
- Years since first win
- 4
- Not available
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Candidates on the ballot
- Edward Lee RitterDemocratic
- Joe D'OrsieIncumbentRepublican
Source: pavoterservices.pa.gov, dated Oct 28
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Official results for Pennsylvania
History (29 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 35,523
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 47, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJoe D'OrsieWonName as filed: Joseph Frank Dorsie Republican 22,32262.8% DemocraticEdward Lee Ritter Democratic 13,20137.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,537
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 47, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJoe D'OrsieWonName as filed: Joseph Frank Dorsie Republican 19,537100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 33,753
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2014 to 2021)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 47, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKeith J. GillespieWon(incumbent) Republican 22,06665.4% DemocraticDonald Alfred Owens Democratic 11,68734.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 25,330
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2014 to 2021)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 47, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKeith J. GillespieWon(incumbent) Republican 16,28664.3% DemocraticMichael J. Wascovich Democratic 9,04435.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 24,026
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2014 to 2021)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 47, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKeith J. GillespieWon(incumbent) Republican 24,026100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,659
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2014 to 2021)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 47, 1968 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKeith J. GillespieWon(incumbent) Republican 14,659100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 33,363
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 47, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKeith GillespieWon(incumbent) Republican 20,23660.6% DemocraticSarah D. Speed Democratic 13,12739.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 23,240
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 47, 1968 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKeith GillespieWon(incumbent) Republican 16,91972.8% DemocraticEric P. Wolfgang Democratic 6,32127.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 26,098
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 47, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKeith GillespieWon(incumbent) Republican 26,098100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,289
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 47, 1968 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKeith GillespieWon(incumbent) Republican 18,289100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,923
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 47, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKeith GillespieWon(incumbent) Republican 20,923100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,208
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 47, 1968 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKeith GillespieWon Republican 13,11492.3% IndependentMarlin D. Cutshall Independent 1,0947.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,166
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 47, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLeo J. Trich Jr.Won(incumbent) Democratic 11,70158.0% RepublicanCody Knotts Republican 8,46542.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,177
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 47, 1968 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLeo J. Trich Jr.Won(incumbent) Democratic 8,62170.8% RepublicanWilliam Haynes Republican 3,55629.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,366
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 47, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLeo J. Trich Jr.Won(incumbent) Democratic 12,33967.2% RepublicanWilliam Haynes Republican 6,02732.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,107
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 47, 1968 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLeo J. Trich Jr.Won(incumbent) Democratic 10,73466.6% RepublicanWilliam Haynes Republican 5,37333.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,136
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 47, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLeo J. Trich Jr.Won(incumbent) Democratic 18,136100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,208
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 47, 1968 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLeo J. Trich Jr.Won(incumbent) Democratic 8,62965.3% RepublicanJohn Chris Keisling Republican 4,57934.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,359
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 47, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLeo J. Trich Jr.Won Democratic 10,27556.0% RepublicanJohn Chris Keisling Republican 8,08444.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,296
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 47, 1968 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRoger Raym FischerWon(incumbent) Republican 9,16559.9% DemocraticLeo J. Trich Jr. Democratic 6,13140.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,480
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 47, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRoger Raymond FischerWon(incumbent) Republican 19,480100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,711
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 47, 1968 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRoger Raymond FischerWon(incumbent) Republican 10,39166.1% DemocraticJack Manning Democratic 5,32033.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 22,602
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 47, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRoger Raymond FischerWon(incumbent) Republican 16,02370.9% DemocraticJoe Shook Democratic 6,57929.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,406
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 47, 1968 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRoger Raymond FischerWon(incumbent) Republican 11,62663.2% DemocraticDaniel L. Chunko Democratic 6,78036.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 21,798
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 47, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRoger Raymond FischerWon(incumbent) Republican 13,58262.3% DemocraticJ. Albert Spence Democratic 8,21637.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,758
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 47, 1968 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRoger Raymond FischerWon(incumbent) Republican 14,67693.1% OtherAnthony S. Dixon Other 1,0436.6% Scattered write-ins Write-in 390.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 21,368
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 47, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRoger Raymond FischerWon(incumbent) Republican 14,78069.2% DemocraticDavid L. Gilmore Democratic 6,47030.3% OtherJohn A. Witkowski Other 1180.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,495
- Election day
- November 3, 1970
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 47, 1968 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRoger Raymond FischerWon(incumbent) Republican 9,05667.1% DemocraticJames Oren Roupe Democratic 4,43932.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,471
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 47, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRoger R. FischerWon(incumbent) Republican 11,58562.7% DemocraticAlbert D. Metzner Democratic 6,56535.5% OtherL. I. Snyder Other 3211.7%
- 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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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:47
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