| State: | Pennsylvania |
| District Number: | 10 |
| Image Caption: | Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023 |
| Representative: | Scott Perry |
| Party: | Republican |
| Residence: | Dillsburg |
| Population: | 779,565[1] |
| Population Year: | 2022 |
| Median Income: | $75,032 |
| Percent White: | 71.2 |
| Percent Hispanic: | 9.5 |
| Percent Black: | 10.1 |
| Percent Asian: | 4.5 |
| Percent More Than One Race: | 4.0 |
| Percent Other Race: | 0.6 |
| Cpvi: | R+5[2] |
Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district is currently located in the south-central region of the state. It encompasses all of Dauphin County as well as parts of Cumberland County and York County. The district includes the cities of Harrisburg and York. Prior to 2019, the district was located in the northeastern part of the state. The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania redrew the district in 2018 after ruling the previous map unconstitutional because of gerrymandering. The court added State College to the old district's boundaries while removing some Democratic-leaning areas and redesignated it the twelfth district; an area encompassing Harrisburg and York was numbered as the "10th". The new tenth district is represented by Republican Scott Perry, who previously represented the old fourth district.[3]
The district was one of the 12 original districts created prior to the 4th Congress. In 2006, when it was still located in northeastern Pennsylvania, the 10th district experienced one of the greatest party shifts among all House seats that switched party control: in 2004, Republican Don Sherwood won with an 86% margin of victory over his nearest opponent and two years later, Democrat Chris Carney unseated Sherwood by a 53%–47% margin.[4] In 2008, Carney won reelection by 12 points but the district swung back in 2010, electing Republican Tom Marino. The district was mostly Republican in its political composition, an aspect of the district that was reflected especially well in presidential elections. In 2004, President George W. Bush won 60 percent of the vote in the district and in 2008, Senator John McCain beat Senator Barack Obama here by a margin of 54 percent to 45 percent. Nonetheless, Carney easily won reelection as a Democrat the same year McCain won the district. However, in the 2010 midterm elections, Marino unseated Carney by a 55%–45% margin. In 2016, local businessman and former mayor of Lewisburg, Mike Molesevich challenged Marino for the seat, but he fell to the Republican in November by more than two to one. In 2018, Marino won election to a redrawn 12th district; while he remained the congressman for the 10th district into January 2019, he moved within the new district's boundaries beforehand.
| Year | Office | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | President | align=left | Trump 51–47%[5] | |
| 2022 | Governor | align=left | Shapiro 55–43% | |
| 2022 | Senate | align=left | Oz 49–48% |
According to the APM Research Lab's Voter Profile Tools[6] (featuring the U.S. Census Bureau's 2019 American Community Survey), the district contained about 559,000 potential voters (citizens, age 18+). Of these, 80% are White, 10% Black, and 6% Latino. Immigrants make up 5% of the district's potential voters. Median income among households (with one or more potential voter) in the district is about $67,300, while 9% of households live below the poverty line. As for the educational attainment of potential voters in the district, 9% of those 25 and older have not earned a high school diploma, while 30% hold a bachelor's or higher degree.
The Pennsylvania 10th was the third-largest congressional district in the state. The district encompassed the following counties and areas:[7] [8]
On June 8, 2012, The Pennsylvania Legislative Reapportionment Commission adopted a revised final redistricting plan.[9] On May 8, 2013, The state Supreme Court unanimously approved the Legislative Reapportionment Commission's 2012 Revised Final Plan.[10] The resulting district encompassed the following areas:[11]
District created in 1795.
| Representative | Party | Years | Congress | Electoral history | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District established March 4, 1795 | ||||||
| align=left | David Bard | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1799 | Elected in 1794. Re-elected in 1796. Lost re-election. | ||
Henry Woods | Federalist | March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1803 | Elected in 1798. Re-elected in 1800. Redistricted to the and lost re-election. | |||
| William Hoge | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1803 – October 15, 1804 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1802. Resigned. | |||
| Vacant | October 15, 1804 – November 27, 1804 | |||||
| John Hoge | Democratic-Republican | November 27, 1804 – March 3, 1805 | Elected November 2, 1804 to finish his brother's term and seated November 27, 1804. Retired. | |||
| John Hamilton | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807 | Elected in 1804. Lost re-election. | |||
| William Hoge | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809 | Elected in 1806. Retired. | |||
| Aaron Lyle | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1813 | Elected in 1808. Re-elected in 1810. Redistricted to the . | |||
| Cong ress | Years | Seat A | Seat B | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representative | Party | Electoral history | Representative | Party | Electoral history | |||||
| nowrap | March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815 | align=left | Isaac Smith | Democratic-Republican | Elected in 1812. Lost re-election. | Jared Irwin | Democratic-Republican | Elected in 1812. Retired. | ||
| nowrap | March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817 | William Wilson | Democratic-Republican | Elected in 1814. Re-elected in 1816. Retired. | ||||||
| nowrap | March 4, 1817 – ?, 1817 | align=left | David Scott | Democratic-Republican | Elected in 1816. Resigned. | |||||
| nowrap | ?, 1817 – October 14, 1817 | Vacant | ||||||||
| nowrap | October 14, 1817 – March 3, 1819 | John Murray | Democratic-Republican | Elected to finish Scott's term. Re-elected in 1818. Retired. | ||||||
| nowrap | March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821 | George Denison | Democratic-Republican | Elected in 1818. Re-elected in 1820. Retired. | ||||||
| nowrap | March 4, 1821 – ?, 1821 | align=left | William Cox Ellis | Democratic-Republican | Elected in 1820. Resigned and lost re-election. | |||||
| nowrap | ?, 1821 – October 9, 1821 | Vacant | ||||||||
| nowrap | October 9, 1821 – March 3, 1823 | align=left | Thomas Murray Jr. | Democratic-Republican | Elected to finish Ellis's term. Retired. | |||||
| Representative | Party | Cong ress | Years | Electoral history | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James S. Mitchell | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. Retired. | ||||
| Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827 | |||||||
| Adam King | Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1833 | Elected in 1826. Re-elected in 1828. Re-elected in 1830. Lost re-election. | ||||
William Clark | Anti-Masonic | nowrap | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837 | Elected in 1832. Re-elected in 1834. Retired. | ||||
| Luther Reily | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 | Elected in 1836. Retired. | ||||
| William Simonton | Whig | nowrap | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843 | Elected in 1838. Re-elected in 1840. | ||||
Richard Brodhead | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1849 | Elected in 1843. Re-elected in 1844. Re-elected in 1846. Retired. | ||||
| Milo M. Dimmick | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853 | Elected in 1848. Re-elected in 1850. Retired. | ||||
Ner Middleswarth | Whig | nowrap | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 | Elected in 1852. Retired. | ||||
John C. Kunkel | Opposition | nowrap | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 | Elected in 1854. Re-elected in 1856. Retired. | ||||
| Republican | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 | |||||||
| John W. Killinger | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863 | Elected in 1858. Re-elected in 1860. Retired. | ||||
Myer Strouse | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867 | Elected in 1862. Re-elected in 1864. Retired. | ||||
Henry L. Cake | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1871 | Elected in 1866. Re-elected in 1868. Lost renomination. | ||||
| John W. Killinger | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875 | Elected in 1870. Re-elected in 1872. Retired. | ||||
William Mutchler | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 | Elected in 1874. Retired. | ||||
Samuel A. Bridges | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879 | Elected in 1876. Retired. | ||||
Reuben K. Bachman | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881 | Elected in 1878. Retired. | ||||
William Mutchler | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1885 | Elected in 1880. Re-elected in 1882. Retired. | ||||
William H. Sowden | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889 | Elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Retired. | ||||
Marriott Brosius | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1889 – March 16, 1901 | Elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Died. | ||||
| nowrap | March 16, 1901 – November 5, 1901 | Vacant | ||||||
Henry B. Cassel | Republican | November 5, 1901 – March 3, 1903 | Elected to finish Brosius's term. Redistricted to the . | |||||
George Howell | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1903 – February 10, 1904 | Lost contested election. | ||||
William Connell | Republican | February 10, 1904 – March 3, 1905 | Won contested election. | |||||
Thomas H. Dale | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907 | Elected in 1904. Lost re-election. | ||||
Thomas D. Nicholls | Independent Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1911 | Elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Retired. | ||||
John R. Farr | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1919 | Elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Lost re-election. | ||||
Patrick McLane | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1919 – February 25, 1921 | Lost contested election. | ||||
John R. Farr | Republican | February 25, 1921 – March 3, 1921 | Won contested election. Lost renomination. | |||||
Charles R. Connell | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1921 – September 26, 1922 | Elected in 1920. Died. | ||||
| September 26, 1922 – March 3, 1923 | Vacant | |||||||
William W. Griest | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1923 – December 5, 1929 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Died. | ||||
| nowrap | December 5, 1929 – January 28, 1930 | Vacant | ||||||
J. Roland Kinzer | Republican | nowrap | January 28, 1930 – January 3, 1945 | Elected to finish Griest's term. Re-elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Redistricted to the . | ||||
John W. Murphy | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1945 – July 17, 1946 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1944. Resigned to become U.S. District Judge. | ||||
| James P. Scoblick | Republican | nowrap | November 5, 1946 – January 3, 1949 | Elected to complete Murphy's term. Elected in 1946. Lost renomination. | ||||
Harry P. O'Neill | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953 | Elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Lost renomination. | ||||
Joseph L. Carrigg | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1959 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Lost renomination. | ||||
Stanley A. Prokop | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961 | Elected in 1958. Lost renomination. | ||||
William Scranton | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963 | Elected in 1960. Elected Governor of Pennsylvania. | ||||
Joseph M. McDade | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1999 | Elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Retired. | ||||
Don Sherwood | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2007 | Elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Lost re-election. | ||||
Chris Carney | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2011 | Elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Lost re-election. | ||||
Tom Marino | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2019 | Elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Redistricted to the . | ||||
Scott Perry | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 2019 – present | nowrap | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. |
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Rep. Tom Marino declared his intent to run for his 4th term and was uncontested in the Republican primary. Originally, no Democratic candidates filed to run for office, upon this revelation, Mike Molesevich, an environmental contractor and former Lewisburg mayor, announced he would seek a write-in campaign to get on the general election ballot.[12] [13] Write-in candidates need over 1,000 votes in the primary election to appear on the ballot in the 2016 general election.[14] Mike Molesevich succeeded in his effort, receiving 2425 votes, earning a spot on the general election ballot.[15] Jerry Kairnes of Lycoming County announced that he would seek to be on the November ballot as an Independent, but dropped out after Molesevich earned a spot on the ballot[16]
Among the Democrats who have announced their intentions to challenge Perry are Pennsylvania businessman John Broadhurst, WITF senior vice president and director of community policing for the Harrisburg Bureau of Police Blake Lynch, former WGAL-TV anchor Janelle Stelson, retired Marine Mike O'Brien, retired soldier Rick Coplen, and Harrisburg city councilor Shamaine Daniels.[17]