Pennsylvania State Senate District 9
Next vote Tue, Nov 3, 2026 · Represented by John Kane Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28
This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.
- Last election
- John Kane (Democratic) won by 12.2 points, 2024
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History (15 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 145,346
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Pennsylvania Senate District 9, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJohn KaneWon Democratic 81,55056.1% RepublicanMichael Allan Woodin Republican 63,79643.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 154,371
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
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- Older district map (2014 to 2021)
Pennsylvania Senate District 9, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJohn KaneWon Democratic 80,19852.0% RepublicanThomas H. Killion(incumbent) Republican 74,17348.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 137,775
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
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- Older district map (2014 to 2021)
Pennsylvania Senate District 9, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanThomas H. KillionWon Republican 70,76451.4% DemocraticMartin W. Molloy II Democratic 67,01148.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 131,772
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
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- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Pennsylvania Senate District 9, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDominic F. PileggiWon(incumbent) Republican 73,00355.4% DemocraticPatricia L. Worrell Democratic 58,76944.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 133,170
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
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- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Pennsylvania Senate District 9, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDominic PileggiWon(incumbent) Republican 77,44058.1% DemocraticJohn Linder Democratic 55,73041.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 120,163
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
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- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Pennsylvania Senate District 9, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDominic F. PileggiWon Republican 71,37959.4% DemocraticThomas J. Bosak Democratic 48,78440.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 66,345
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Pennsylvania Senate District 9, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanClarence D. BellWon(incumbent) Republican 66,345100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 91,529
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Pennsylvania Senate District 9, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanClarence D. BellWon(incumbent) Republican 59,88265.4% DemocraticRobert L. Felker Democratic 31,64734.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 98,863
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Pennsylvania Senate District 9, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanClarence D. BellWon(incumbent) Republican 61,46862.2% DemocraticMary Ellen McLaughlin Democratic 37,39537.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 95,816
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
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- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Pennsylvania Senate District 9, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanClarence D. BellWon(incumbent) Republican 69,97973.0% DemocraticGrant McMaster Democratic 25,83727.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 101,062
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
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- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Pennsylvania Senate District 9, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanClarence D. BellWon(incumbent) Republican 68,35367.6% DemocraticBob Rapp Democratic 32,70932.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 88,594
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
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- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Pennsylvania Senate District 9, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanClarence D. BellWon(incumbent) Republican 51,28857.9% DemocraticRobert J. Strunk Democratic 37,30642.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 93,673
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
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- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Pennsylvania Senate District 9, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanClarence D. BellWon(incumbent) Republican 47,86451.1% DemocraticRobert J. Strunk Democratic 45,80948.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 94,637
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Pennsylvania Senate District 9, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanClarence D. BellWon(incumbent) Republican 61,30864.8% DemocraticRobert A. McGinley Democratic 32,17334.0% OtherCraig Loughery Other 1,1561.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 88,622
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Pennsylvania Senate District 9, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanClarence D. BellWon(incumbent) Republican 49,92256.3% DemocraticWilliam W. Dougherty Democratic 37,71642.6% OtherJohn Phillips Other 9841.1%
- 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 9, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/pa/senate/9. 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:9
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026