Pennsylvania State Senate District 39

Next vote Tue, Nov 3, 2026 · Represented by Kim Ward Republican · Member list as of Oct 28

This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.

Last election: Kim Ward (Republican) was unopposed, 2024

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History (15 elections for this seat)

Pennsylvania Senate District 39, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanKim WardWon	Republican	122,605100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 138,078
Election day: November 3, 2020
District map: Older district map (2014 to 2021)

Pennsylvania Senate District 39, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanKim WardWon(incumbent)	Republican	93,31067.6%	67.6%
DemocraticTay R. Waltenbaugh	Democratic	44,76832.4%	32.4%

Pennsylvania Senate District 39, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanKim WardWon(incumbent)	Republican	111,696100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 106,930
Election day: November 6, 2012
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2013)

Pennsylvania Senate District 39, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanKim L. WardWon(incumbent)	Republican	92,98487.0%	87.0%
IndependentRonald M. Gazze	Independent	13,94613.0%	13.0%

Pennsylvania Senate District 39, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanKim WardWon	Republican	60,74054.1%	54.1%
DemocraticTony Bompiani	Democratic	51,57145.9%	45.9%

Votes for listed candidates: 110,850
Election day: November 2, 2004
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2013)

Pennsylvania Senate District 39, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanBob RegolaWon	Republican	58,10752.4%	52.4%
DemocraticAllen Kukovich(incumbent)	Democratic	52,74347.6%	47.6%

Votes for listed candidates: 94,375
Election day: November 7, 2000
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Pennsylvania Senate District 39, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticAllen KukovichWon(incumbent)	Democratic	54,35857.6%	57.6%
RepublicanGene Porterfield	Republican	40,01742.4%	42.4%

Votes for listed candidates: 83,774
Election day: November 5, 1996
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Pennsylvania Senate District 39, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticAllen KukovichWon	Democratic	51,07061.0%	61.0%
RepublicanCharles H. Frederickson	Republican	32,70439.0%	39.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 90,507
Election day: November 3, 1992
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Pennsylvania Senate District 39, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticGene PorterfieldWon(incumbent)	Democratic	50,62455.9%	55.9%
RepublicanMike Smith	Republican	39,88344.1%	44.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 74,748
Election day: November 8, 1988
District map: Older district map (1982 to 1991)

Pennsylvania Senate District 39, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticGene PorterfieldWon	Democratic	44,65259.7%	59.7%
RepublicanRobert W. Keibler	Republican	30,09640.3%	40.3%

Votes for listed candidates: 81,758
Election day: November 6, 1984
District map: Older district map (1982 to 1991)

Pennsylvania Senate District 39, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJames R. KelleyWon(incumbent)	Democratic	49,47160.5%	60.5%
RepublicanHugh M. Dempsey	Republican	32,28739.5%	39.5%

Votes for listed candidates: 79,898
Election day: November 4, 1980
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Pennsylvania Senate District 39, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJames R. KelleyWon(incumbent)	Democratic	44,96856.3%	56.3%
RepublicanDavid L. Robinson	Republican	34,93043.7%	43.7%

Votes for listed candidates: 79,406
Election day: November 2, 1976
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Pennsylvania Senate District 39, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJames R. KelleyWon	Democratic	43,15054.3%	54.3%
RepublicanBetty M. Sandella	Republican	36,25645.7%	45.7%

Votes for listed candidates: 82,821
Election day: November 7, 1972
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Pennsylvania Senate District 39, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJohn N. ScalesWon	Democratic	57,96170.0%	70.0%
RepublicanCharles C. Johnston	Republican	24,85630.0%	30.0%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	40.0%	0.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 104,031
Election day: November 5, 1968
District map: Older district map (1966 to 1971)

Pennsylvania Senate District 39, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticPaul W. MahadyWon(incumbent)	Democratic	64,45062.0%	62.0%
RepublicanJohn W. Jenks	Republican	37,07835.6%	35.6%
OtherCharles A. Andrews	Other	2,5032.4%	2.4%

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

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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:39

DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026