2000 Pennsylvania Senate election

Elections for the Pennsylvania State Senate were held on November 7, 2000, with even-numbered districts being contested. State Senators are elected for four-year terms, with half of the Senate seats up for a vote every two years. The term of office for those elected in 2000 ran from January 3, 2001 until November 30, 2004. Necessary primary elections were held on April 27, 2004.

2000 Pennsylvania Senate election

November 7, 2000
All odd-numbered seats in the Pennsylvania State Senate 26 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Robert Jubelirer Bob Mellow Party Republican Democratic Leader's seat 30th district 22nd District Seats before 30 20 Seats after 30 20 Seat change
Results      Democratic hold      Democratic gain      Republican hold      Republican gain      No election
President Pro Tempore before election Robert Jubelirer Republican President Pro Tempore Robert Jubelirer Republican

The make-up of the senate remained the same following the 2000 elections. Democratic Mike Stack defeated incumbent Republican Frank A. Salvatore in the 5th senatorial district. Republican Donald C. White defeated the democratic nominee to succeed the retiring Patrick J. Stapleton, Jr. in the 41st senatorial district. Democratic Sean Logan succeeded the retiring Albert V. Belan.

Republican Bill Slocum remained on the ballot in the 25th senatorial district, even after his resignation from the senate on June 1, 2000. Slocum pleaded guilty and spent a month in federal prison for filing false reports to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and discharging raw sewage into Brokenstraw Creek while he was a sewage plant manager in Youngsville, Pennsylvania. The local Republican party supported the eventual winner, Joseph B. Scarnati III, who ran as an independent and changed his party registration to Republican after his election.

Affiliation		Members
	Republican Party	30
	Democratic Party	20
Total		50

General election

District	Party		Incumbent	Status	Party		Candidate	Votes	%
1		Democratic	Vincent J. Fumo	re-elected		Democratic	Vincent J. Fumo	64,877	81.1
						Republican	George Jacob	15,114	18.9
3		Democratic	Shirley M. Kitchen	re-elected		Democratic	Shirley M. Kitchen	61,895	100.0
5		Republican	Frank A. Salvatore	defeated		Democratic	Mike Stack	46,980	52.6
						Republican	Frank A. Salvatore	42,416	47.4
7		Democratic	Vincent Hughes	re-elected		Democratic	Vincent Hughes	69,777	100.0
9		Republican	Clarence D. Bell	re-elected		Republican	Clarence D. Bell	66,345	100.0
11		Democratic	Michael O'Pake	re-elected		Democratic	Michael O'Pake	81,926	94.9
						Green	Jennaro Pullano	4,405	5.1
13		Republican	Gibson E. Armstrong	re-elected		Republican	Gibson E. Armstrong	63,581	68.7
						Democratic	Ricci Dehl	28,964	31.3
15		Republican	Jeffrey E. Piccola	re-elected		Republican	Jeffrey E. Piccola	65,718	67.3
						Democratic	D. Ann Smilek	31,881	32.7
17		Republican	Richard A. Tilghman	re-elected		Republican	Richard A. Tilghman	57,664	50.3
						Democratic	Lynn Yeakel	44,224	35.5
19		Republican	Robert J. Thompson	re-elected		Republican	Robert J. Thompson	70,210	63.3
						Democratic	Thomas J. Bosak	40,749	36.7
21		Republican	Mary Jo White	re-elected		Republican	Mary Jo White	73,423	87.6
						Libertarian	Vernon L. Etzel	10,405	12.4
23		Republican	Roger A. Madigan	re-elected		Republican	Roger A. Madigan	67,698	100.0
25		Republican	Bill Slocum	resigned, but remained on the ballot		Independent	Joseph B. Scarnati III	29,346	32.9
						Democratic	Joseph J. Calla, Jr.	29,149	32.7
						Republican	Bill Slocum	28,209	31.6
						Constitution	Alan R. Kiser	2,460	2.8
27		Republican	Edward W. Helfrick	re-elected		Republican	Edward W. Helfrick	61,335	100.0
29		Republican	James J. Rhoades	re-elected		Republican	James J. Rhoades	87,397	100.0
31		Republican	Harold F. Mowery, Jr.	re-elected		Republican	Harold F. Mowery, Jr.	66,112	65.9
						Democratic	James H. Hertzler	34,227	34.1
33		Republican	Terry Punt	re-elected		Republican	Terry Punt	92,456	100.0
35		Democratic	John N. Wozniak	re-elected		Democratic	John N. Wozniak	66,625	77.1
						Democratic	J. Anthony Connell	19,799	22.9
37		Republican	Tim Murphy	re-elected		Republican	Tim Murphy	73,198	64.3
						Democratic	Joseph Rudolph	40,661	36.7
39		Democratic	Allen G. Kukovich	re-elected		Democratic	Allen G. Kukovich	54,358	57.6
						Republican	Gene Porterfield	40,017	42.4
41		Democratic	Patrick J. Stapleton, Jr.	retired		Republican	Don White	46,239	53.8
						Democratic	James McQuown	39,629	46.2
43		Democratic	Jay Costa, Jr.	re-elected		Democratic	Jay Costa, Jr.	71,210	100.0
45		Democratic	Albert V. Belan	retired		Democratic	Sean F. Logan	56,775	61.1
						Republican	Laurie Zacharia MacDonald	36,183	38.9
47		Democratic	Gerald J. LaValle	re-elected		Democratic	Gerald J. LaValle	86,647	100.0
49		Republican	Jane M. Earll	re-elected		Republican	Jane M. Earll	53,617	57.7
						Democratic	John Paul Jones	39,254	42.3

References

• Cox, Harold (November 3, 2004). "Pennsylvania Senate - 1999-2000" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University. Retrieved June 8, 2008.
• "2000 General Primary - Senator in the General Assembly". Commonwealth of PA - Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. 2004. Retrieved June 28, 2008.
• "2000 General Election- Senator in the General Assembly". Commonwealth of PA - Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. 2004. Retrieved June 28, 2008.