Pennsylvania State Senate District 47

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

This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.

Last election: Elder Vogel (Republican) won by 27.6 points, 2024

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History (15 elections for this seat)

Votes for listed candidates: 151,866
Election day: November 5, 2024
District map: Older district map (2022 to 2024)

Pennsylvania Senate District 47, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanElder VogelWon	Republican	96,87963.8%	63.8%
DemocraticKathleen C. Lennen	Democratic	54,98736.2%	36.2%

Votes for listed candidates: 133,014
Election day: November 3, 2020
District map: Older district map (2014 to 2021)

Pennsylvania Senate District 47, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanElder VogelWon(incumbent)Name as filed: Elder A. Vogel Jr.	Republican	88,41966.5%	66.5%
DemocraticStephen John Krizan III	Democratic	44,59533.5%	33.5%

Pennsylvania Senate District 47, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanElder VogelWon(incumbent)Name as filed: Elder A. Vogel Jr.	Republican	95,622100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 100,961
Election day: November 6, 2012
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2013)

Pennsylvania Senate District 47, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanElder A. Vogel Jr.Won(incumbent)	Republican	57,61357.1%	57.1%
DemocraticKimberly Pazzanita Villella	Democratic	43,34842.9%	42.9%

Votes for listed candidates: 105,904
Election day: November 4, 2008
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2013)

Pennsylvania Senate District 47, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanElder Vogel Jr.Won	Republican	60,04756.7%	56.7%
DemocraticJason M. Petrella	Democratic	45,85743.3%	43.3%

Pennsylvania Senate District 47, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticGerald J. LavalleWon(incumbent)	Democratic	95,952100.0%	100.0%

Pennsylvania Senate District 47, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticGerald J. LavalleWon(incumbent)	Democratic	86,647100.0%	100.0%

Pennsylvania Senate District 47, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticGerald J. LavalleWon(incumbent)	Democratic	83,905100.0%	100.0%

Pennsylvania Senate District 47, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticGerald J. LavalleWon	Democratic	92,444100.0%	100.0%

Pennsylvania Senate District 47, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJames E. RossWon(incumbent)	Democratic	81,501100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 97,427
Election day: November 6, 1984
District map: Older district map (1982 to 1991)

Pennsylvania Senate District 47, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJames E. RossWon(incumbent)	Democratic	75,91377.9%	77.9%
RepublicanR. Paul Stranko	Republican	21,45422.0%	22.0%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	600.1%	0.1%

Pennsylvania Senate District 47, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJames E. RossWon(incumbent)	Democratic	81,082100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 88,186
Election day: November 2, 1976
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Pennsylvania Senate District 47, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJames E. RossWon(incumbent)	Democratic	63,12471.6%	71.6%
RepublicanJohn Pournaras	Republican	25,06228.4%	28.4%

Votes for listed candidates: 84,382
Election day: November 7, 1972
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Pennsylvania Senate District 47, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJames E. RossWon	Democratic	49,91559.1%	59.1%
RepublicanWalter E. Landgraf	Republican	34,43440.8%	40.8%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	330.0%	0.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 86,898
Election day: November 5, 1968
District map: Older district map (1966 to 1971)

Pennsylvania Senate District 47, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticErnest P. KlineWon(incumbent)	Democratic	59,19768.1%	68.1%
RepublicanGeorge C. Garmen	Republican	26,29830.3%	30.3%
OtherWilliam L. Sheafer	Other	1,4031.6%	1.6%

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:47

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