Pennsylvania State Senate District 5
Next vote Tue, Nov 3, 2026 · Represented by Joe Picozzi Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.
- Last election
- Joe Picozzi (Republican) won by 0.8 points, 2024
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History (15 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 100,305
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Pennsylvania Senate District 5, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJoe PicozziWonName as filed: Joseph Samuel Picozzi Republican 50,57050.4% DemocraticJames Dillon Democratic 49,73549.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 69,514
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
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- Older district map (2014 to 2021)
Pennsylvania Senate District 5, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJohn P. Sabatina Jr.Won(incumbent) Democratic 69,514100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 96,152
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
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- Older district map (2014 to 2021)
Pennsylvania Senate District 5, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJohn P. Sabatina Jr.Won Democratic 64,50867.1% RepublicanRoss Eric Feinberg Republican 31,64432.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 91,541
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
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- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Pennsylvania Senate District 5, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMike StackWon(incumbent) Democratic 65,58771.7% RepublicanMichael J. Tomlinson Republican 25,95428.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 98,843
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
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- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Pennsylvania Senate District 5, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMike StackWon(incumbent) Democratic 71,14172.0% RepublicanJohn Farley Republican 27,70228.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 101,673
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
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- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Pennsylvania Senate District 5, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMichael J. Stack IIIWon(incumbent) Democratic 66,84465.7% RepublicanSam Mirarchi Republican 34,82934.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 89,396
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Pennsylvania Senate District 5, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMichael J. Stack IIIWon Democratic 46,98052.5% RepublicanHank Salvatore(incumbent) Republican 42,41647.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 78,586
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Pennsylvania Senate District 5, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanHank SalvatoreWon(incumbent) Republican 46,57559.3% DemocraticTom Mills Democratic 32,01140.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 96,573
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Pennsylvania Senate District 5, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanHank SalvatoreWon Republican 52,21154.1% DemocraticMichael J. Stack III Democratic 44,36245.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 102,639
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
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- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Pennsylvania Senate District 5, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanFrank A. SalvatoreWon Republican 58,33156.8% DemocraticMichael J. Stack III Democratic 44,30843.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 113,285
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
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- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Pennsylvania Senate District 5, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanHank SalvatoreWon Republican 57,26550.5% DemocraticJames R. Lloyd(incumbent) Democratic 56,01949.5% Scattered write-ins Write-in 10.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 90,473
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
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- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Pennsylvania Senate District 5, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJames R. LloydWon Democratic 50,59155.9% RepublicanJack W. Childs Republican 39,88244.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 105,084
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
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- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Pennsylvania Senate District 5, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanCharles F. DoughertyWon(incumbent) Republican 53,90851.3% DemocraticStephen R. Wojdak Democratic 51,17648.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 113,550
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Pennsylvania Senate District 5, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanCharles F. DoughertyWon Republican 57,49050.6% DemocraticHerbert J. McGlinchey(incumbent) Democratic 56,06049.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 87,803
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Pennsylvania Senate District 5, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticHerbert J. McGlincheyWon(incumbent) Democratic 57,20165.2% RepublicanCarl A. Herbster Republican 30,60234.9%
- 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 5, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/pa/senate/5. 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:5
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026