Pennsylvania State Senate District 15
Next vote Tue, Nov 3, 2026 · Represented by Patty Kim Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28
This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.
- Last election
- Patty Kim (Democratic) won by 16.4 points, 2024
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History (15 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 132,560
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Pennsylvania Senate District 15, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticPatty KimWonName as filed: Patricia H. Kim Democratic 77,18158.2% RepublicanDominic D. Difrancesco Republican 55,37941.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 137,751
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
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- Older district map (2014 to 2021)
Pennsylvania Senate District 15, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGiovanni M. DisantoWon(incumbent) Republican 71,11951.6% DemocraticGeorge B. Scott Democratic 66,63248.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 121,365
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
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- Older district map (2014 to 2021)
Pennsylvania Senate District 15, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGiovanni M. DisantoWon Republican 62,77451.7% DemocraticRobert F. Teplitz(incumbent) Democratic 58,59148.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 118,643
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
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- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Pennsylvania Senate District 15, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRob TeplitzWon Democratic 61,13951.5% RepublicanJohn McNally Republican 57,50448.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 123,598
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
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- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Pennsylvania Senate District 15, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJeff PiccolaWon(incumbent) Republican 64,16651.9% DemocraticJudy Hirsh Democratic 59,43248.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 114,711
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
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- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Pennsylvania Senate District 15, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJeffrey E. PiccolaWon(incumbent) Republican 70,05861.1% DemocraticEric J. Epstein Democratic 44,65338.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 97,599
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Pennsylvania Senate District 15, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJeffrey E. PiccolaWon(incumbent) Republican 65,71867.3% DemocraticD. Ann Smilek Democratic 31,88132.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 89,760
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Pennsylvania Senate District 15, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJeffrey E. PiccolaWon Republican 60,10067.0% DemocraticD. Ann Smilek Democratic 29,66033.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 95,585
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Pennsylvania Senate District 15, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn J. ShumakerWon(incumbent) Republican 56,38959.0% DemocraticDave Tamanimi Democratic 39,19641.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 82,540
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
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- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Pennsylvania Senate District 15, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn J. ShumakerWon(incumbent) Republican 56,72068.7% DemocraticD. Ann Smilek Democratic 25,82031.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 86,724
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
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- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Pennsylvania Senate District 15, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn J. ShumakerWon Republican 48,82656.3% DemocraticA. Jane Perkins Democratic 37,89843.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 77,713
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
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- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Pennsylvania Senate District 15, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGeorge W. GekasWon(incumbent) Republican 51,80566.7% DemocraticRon Buxton Democratic 25,90833.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 84,749
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
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- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Pennsylvania Senate District 15, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGeorge W. GekasWon Republican 47,77456.4% DemocraticLarry Hochendoner Democratic 36,97543.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 79,958
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Pennsylvania Senate District 15, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanWilliam B. LentzWon(incumbent) Republican 51,40864.3% DemocraticLarry S. Shaffner Democratic 28,55035.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 78,268
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Pennsylvania Senate District 15, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanWilliam B. LentzWon(incumbent) Republican 54,46369.6% DemocraticFrank B. Purcell Democratic 22,31428.5% OtherChester A. Horton Other 1,4911.9%
- 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 2020: 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
Only part of this chamber is up in a given cycle. Which districts vote on which date is not on file. Last contest in this district on file: 2024.
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Election Wrld. (2026). Pennsylvania State Senate District 15, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/pa/senate/15. 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/sldu:15
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026