Pennsylvania Senate elections, 2000

Elections for the Pennsylvania State Senate were held on November 7, 2000, with even-numbered districts being contested.cite web
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title = 2000 General Election
work = Commonwealth of PA - Elections Information
publisher = Pennsylvania Department of State
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url = http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/ElectionsInformation.aspx?FunctionID=12&ElectionID=2
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accessdate = 2008-06-01] 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 [cite web
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title = Legislative Journal for January 2, 2001
work = Commonwealth of PA
publisher = Legislative Data Processing Center
date = 2004
url = http://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/SJ/2001/0/Sj20010102.pdf
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accessdate = 2008-06-08] until November 30, 2004. [cite web
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title = Legislative Journal for November 30, 2004
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url = http://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/SJ/2004/0/Sj20041130.pdf
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accessdate = 2008-06-08] Necessary primary elections were held on April 27, 2004.cite web
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title = Senator in the General Assembly, 2000 General Primary
work = Commonwealth of PA - Elections Information
publisher = Pennsylvania Department of State
date = 2004
url = http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/ElectionsInformation.aspx?FunctionID=13&ElectionID=1&OfficeID=12
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accessdate = 2008-05-16]

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 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 plead 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. [ [http://www.post-gazette.com/regionstate/20000510slocum6.asp Senator gets jail time for dumping sewage] ] 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. [cite web
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title = Pennsylvania Senate - 2001-2002
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url = http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/legis/185S.pdf
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General election

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type = DistrictElection box inline incumbent
race = 1
party = Democratic Party (US)
incumbent = Vincent J. Fumo
status = re-elected
candidates = 2Election box inline candidate with party link no change
party= Democratic Party (US)
candidate = Vincent J. Fumo
votes = 64,877
percentage = 81.1Election box inline candidate with party link no change
party= Republican Party (US)
candidate = George Jacob
votes = 15,114
percentage = 18.9

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race = 3
party = Democratic Party (US)
incumbent = Shirley M. Kitchen
status = re-elected
candidates = 1Election box inline candidate with party link no change
party= Democratic Party (US)
candidate = Shirley M. Kitchen
votes = 61,895
percentage = 100.0

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race = 5
party = Republican Party (US)
incumbent = Frank A. Salvatore
status = defeated
candidates = 2Election box inline candidate with party link no change
party= Democratic Party (US)
candidate = Mike Stack
votes = 46,980
percentage = 52.6
shift = DemocraticElection box inline candidate with party link no change
party= Republican Party (US)
candidate = Frank A. Salvatore
votes = 42,416
percentage = 47.4

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race = 7
party = Democratic Party (US)
incumbent = Vincent Hughes
status = re-elected
candidates = 1Election box inline candidate with party link no change
party= Democratic Party (US)
candidate = Vincent Hughes
votes = 69,777
percentage = 100.0

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race = 9
party = Republican Party (US)
incumbent = Clarence D. Bell
status = re-elected
candidates = 1Election box inline candidate with party link no change
party= Republican Party (US)
candidate = Clarence D. Bell
votes = 66,345
percentage = 100.0

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race = 11
party = Democratic Party (US)
incumbent = Michael A. O'Pake
status = re-elected
candidates = 2Election box inline candidate with party link no change
party= Democratic Party (US)
candidate = Michael A. O'Pake
votes = 81,926
percentage = 94.9Election box inline candidate with party link no change
party= Green Party (US)
candidate = Jennaro Pullano
votes = 4,405
percentage = 5.1

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race = 13
party = Republican Party (US)
incumbent = Gibson E. Armstrong
status = re-elected
candidates = 2Election box inline candidate with party link no change
party= Republican Party (US)
candidate = Gibson E. Armstrong
votes = 63,581
percentage = 68.7Election box inline candidate with party link no change
party= Democratic Party (US)
candidate = Ricci Dehl
votes = 28,964
percentage = 31.3

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race = 15
party = Republican Party (US)
incumbent = Jeffrey E. Piccola
status = re-elected
candidates = 2Election box inline candidate with party link no change
party= Republican Party (US)
candidate = Jeffrey E. Piccola
votes = 65,718
percentage = 67.3Election box inline candidate with party link no change
party= Democratic Party (US)
candidate = D. Ann Smilek
votes = 31,881
percentage = 32.7

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race = 17
party = Republican Party (US)
incumbent = Richard A. Tilghman
status = re-elected
candidates = 2Election box inline candidate with party link no change
party= Republican Party (US)
candidate = Richard A. Tilghman
votes = 57,664
percentage = 50.3Election box inline candidate with party link no change
party= Democratic Party (US)
candidate = Lynn H. Yeakel
votes = 44,224
percentage = 35.5

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race = 19
party = Republican Party (US)
incumbent = Robert J. Thompson
status = re-elected
candidates = 2Election box inline candidate with party link no change
party= Republican Party (US)
candidate = Robert J. Thompson
votes = 70,210
percentage = 63.3Election box inline candidate with party link no change
party= Democratic Party (US)
candidate = Thomas J. Bosak
votes = 40,749
percentage = 36.7

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race = 21
party = Republican Party (US)
incumbent = Mary Jo White
status = re-elected
candidates = 2Election box inline candidate with party link no change
party= Republican Party (US)
candidate = Mary Jo White
votes = 73,423
percentage = 87.6Election box inline candidate with party link no change
party= Libertarian Party (US)
candidate = Vernon L. Etzel
votes = 10,405
percentage = 12.4

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race = 23
party = Republican Party (US)
incumbent = Roger A. Madigan
status = re-elected
candidates = 1Election box inline candidate with party link no change
party= Republican Party (US)
candidate = Roger A. Madigan
votes = 67,698
percentage = 100.0

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race = 25
party = Republican Party (US)
incumbent = Bill Slocum [ [http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/legis/183S.pdf resigned] on June 1, 2000]
status = resigned, but remained on the ballot
candidates = 4Election box inline candidate with party link no change
party= Independent (politician)|Independent
candidate = Joseph B. Scarnati III [Joined Republican party after election]
votes = 29,346
percentage = 32.9Election box inline candidate with party link no change
party= Democratic Party (US)
candidate = Joseph J. Calla, Jr.
votes = 29,149
percentage = 32.7Election box inline candidate with party link no change
party= Republican Party (US)
candidate = Bill Slocum
votes = 28,209
percentage = 31.6Election box inline candidate with party link no change
party= Constitution Party (US)
candidate = Alan R. Kiser
votes = 2,460
percentage = 2.8

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race = 27
party = Republican Party (US)
incumbent = Edward W. Helfrick
status = re-elected
candidates = 1Election box inline candidate with party link no change
party= Republican Party (US)
candidate = Edward W. Helfrick
votes = 61,335
percentage = 100.0

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race = 29
party = Republican Party (US)
incumbent = James J. Rhoades
status = re-elected
candidates = 1Election box inline candidate with party link no change
party= Republican Party (US)
candidate = James J. Rhoades
votes = 87,397
percentage = 100.0

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race = 31
party = Republican Party (US)
incumbent = Harold F. Mowery, Jr.
status = re-elected
candidates = 2Election box inline candidate with party link no change
party= Republican Party (US)
candidate = Harold F. Mowery, Jr.
votes = 66,112
percentage = 65.9Election box inline candidate with party link no change
party= Democratic Party (US)
candidate = James H. Hertzler
votes = 34,227
percentage = 34.1

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race = 33
party = Republican Party (US)
incumbent = Terry Punt
status = re-elected
candidates = 1Election box inline candidate with party link no change
party= Republican Party (US)
candidate = Terry Punt
votes = 92,456
percentage = 100.0

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race = 35
party = Democratic Party (US)
incumbent = John N. Wozniak
status = re-elected
candidates = 2Election box inline candidate with party link no change
party= Democratic Party (US)
candidate = John N. Wozniak
votes = 66,625
percentage = 77.1Election box inline candidate with party link no change
party= Democratic Party (US)
candidate = J. Anthony Connell
votes = 19,799
percentage = 22.9

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race = 37
party = Republican Party (US)
incumbent = Tim Murphy
status = re-elected
candidates = 2Election box inline candidate with party link no change
party= Republican Party (US)
candidate = Tim Murphy
votes = 73,198
percentage = 64.3Election box inline candidate with party link no change
party= Democratic Party (US)
candidate = Joseph Rudolph
votes = 40,661
percentage = 36.7

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race = 39
party = Democratic Party (US)
incumbent = Allen G. Kukovich
status = re-elected
candidates = 2Election box inline candidate with party link no change
party= Democratic Party (US)
candidate = Allen G. Kukovich
votes = 54,358
percentage = 57.6Election box inline candidate with party link no change
party= Republican Party (US)
candidate = Gene Porterfield
votes = 40,017
percentage = 42.4

Election box inline incumbent
race = 41
party = Democratic Party (US)
incumbent = Patrick J. Stapleton
status = retired
candidates = 2Election box inline candidate with party link no change
party= Republican Party (US)
candidate = Don White
votes = 46,239
percentage = 53.8
shift = RepublicanElection box inline candidate with party link no change
party= Democratic Party (US)
candidate = James McQuown
votes = 39,629
percentage = 46.2

Election box inline incumbent
race = 43
party = Democratic Party (US)
incumbent = Jay Costa, Jr.
status = re-elected
candidates = 1Election box inline candidate with party link no change
party= Democratic Party (US)
candidate = Jay Costa, Jr.
votes = 71,210
percentage = 100.0

Election box inline incumbent
race = 45
party = Democratic Party (US)
incumbent = Albert V. Belan
status = retired
candidates = 2Election box inline candidate with party link no change
party= Democratic Party (US)
candidate = Sean F. Logan
votes = 56,775
percentage = 61.1Election box inline candidate with party link no change
party= Republican Party (US)
candidate = Laurie Zacharia MacDonald
votes = 36,183
percentage = 38.9

Election box inline incumbent
race = 47
party = Democratic Party (US)
incumbent = Gerald J. LaValle
status = re-elected
candidates = 1Election box inline candidate with party link no change
party= Democratic Party (US)
candidate = Gerald J. LaValle
votes = 86,647
percentage = 100.0

Election box inline incumbent
race = 49
party = Republican Party (US)
incumbent = Jane M. Earll
status = re-elected
candidates = 2Election box inline candidate with party link no change
party= Republican Party (US)
candidate = Jane M. Earll
votes = 53,617
percentage = 57.7Election box inline candidate with party link no change
party= Democratic Party (US)
candidate = John Paul Jones
votes = 39,254
percentage = 42.3

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