Pennsylvania Senate, District 26

Pennsylvania's 26th
State Senate district
Pennsylvania's 26th; State Senate district
Senator
	Tim Kearney; D–Swarthmore
Population (2021)	255,232

Pennsylvania State Senate District 26 includes part of Delaware County. It is currently represented by Democrat Tim Kearney.

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Representative	Party	Years	Note	Counties
George B. Stevenson	Republican	1939–1962	Former Lock Haven mayor (1935–37) in Clinton County.^[2]	Cameron, Clarion, Clinton, Elk, Forest^[3]
Lyle G. Hall	Democratic	1963–1968		Cameron, Clarion, Clinton, Elk, Forest^[4]
		1965–1966		Clarion, Elk, Forest^[4]
		1967–1968		Delaware (part)^[4]
Clyde R. Dengler	Republican	1969–1974		Delaware (part)^[5]
John James Sweeney	Democratic	1975–1978		Delaware (part)^[3]
F. Joseph Loeper, Jr.	Republican	1979–2000	Resigned December 31, 2000.^[6]	Delaware (part)^[7]
Edwin B. Erickson	Republican	2001–2014	Elected March 20, 2001 to fill vacancy.^[8]	Delaware (part)^[9]
Edwin B. Erickson	Republican	2005–2014	Elected March 20, 2001 to fill vacancy.^[8]	Delaware (part), Chester (part)^[10]
Thomas J. McGarrigle	Republican	2015–2019		Delaware (part), Chester (part)^[11]
Tim Kearney	Democratic	2019–present	Incumbent	Delaware (part), Chester (part)^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tim Kearney (incumbent)	65,675	59.9
	Republican	Frank Agovino	44,045	40.1
Total votes			109,720	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tim Kearney	65,660	54.3
	Republican	Thomas J. McGarrigle (incumbent)	55,287	45.7
Total votes			120,947	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thomas J. McGarrigle	45,910	52.1
	Democratic	John I. Kane	42,170	47.9
Total votes			88,080	100.0
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Edwin Erickson (incumbent)	54,408	58.6
	Democratic	Michael Farrell	38,413	41.4
Total votes			92,821	100.0
	Republican hold

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