2000 Pennsylvania Senate election explained

Election Name:2000 Pennsylvania Senate election
Country:Pennsylvania
Type:legislative
Ongoing:No
Previous Election:1998 Pennsylvania Senate election
Previous Year:1998
Next Election:2002 Pennsylvania Senate election
Next Year:2002
Seats For Election:All odd-numbered seats in the Pennsylvania State Senate
Majority Seats:26
Election Date:November 7, 2000
Leader1:Robert Jubelirer
Party1:Republican Party (United States)
Leaders Seat1:30th district
Seats Before1:30
Seats After1:30
Leader2:Bob Mellow
Party2:Democratic Party (United States)
Leaders Seat2:22nd District
Seats Before2:20
Seats After2:20
Map Size:350px
President Pro Tempore
Before Election:Robert Jubelirer
Before Party:Pennsylvania Republican Party
Posttitle:President Pro Tempore
After Election:Robert Jubelirer
After Party:Pennsylvania Republican Party

Elections for the Pennsylvania State Senate were held on November 7, 2000, with even-numbered districts being contested.[1] 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[2] until November 30, 2004.[3] Necessary primary elections were held on April 27, 2004.[4]

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.[5] 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.[6]

AffiliationMembers
 Republican Party30
 Democratic Party20
 Total
50

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2000 General Election. Commonwealth of PA - Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. 2004. 2008-06-01. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20081127051435/http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/ElectionsInformation.aspx?FunctionID=12&ElectionID=2. 2008-11-27.
  2. Web site: Legislative Journal for January 2, 2001 . Commonwealth of PA . Legislative Data Processing Center . 2004 . 2008-06-08.
  3. Web site: Legislative Journal for November 30, 2004 . Commonwealth of PA . Legislative Data Processing Center . 2004 . 2008-06-08.
  4. Web site: Senator in the General Assembly, 2000 General Primary . Commonwealth of PA - Elections Information . Pennsylvania Department of State . 2004 . 2008-05-16.
  5. Web site: Senator gets jail time for dumping sewage . web.archive.org . 2024-07-01.
  6. Web site: Cox . Harold . Pennsylvania Senate - 2001-2002 . 2008-06-08.