Pennsylvania Senate, District 29

Pennsylvania State Senate District 29 includes part of Luzerne County and all of Carbon County and Schuylkill County. It is currently represented by Republican Dave Argall.

Pennsylvania's 29th State Senate district
Senator	Dave Argall R–Rush Township, Schuylkill County
Population (2021)	264,845

District profile

The district includes the following areas:^[1]

All of Carbon County

Luzerne County

• Bear Creek Township
• Bear Creek Village
• Buck Township
• Dennison Township
• Foster Township
• Freeland
• Hazle Township
• Hazleton
• Jeddo
• Penn Lake Park
• West Hazleton
• White Haven

All of Schuylkill County

Senators

Representative	Party	Years	Hometown	Notes	Counties
Charles E. Quail	Republican	1900–1906		Schuylkill County bifurcated by Districts 29 and 30.	Schuylkill (part)[2]
		1907–1908			Schuylkill[2]
Charles A. Snyder	Republican	1909–1917		Resigned on April 20, 1917, to run for Pennsylvania State Auditor.[3]	Schuylkill[4]
Vacant		1917–1918
Robert D. Heaton	Republican	1919–1920			Schuylkill (part)[5]
		1921–1932			Schuylkill[5]
Charles W. Staudenmeier	Republican	1933–1936			Schuylkill[4]
Joseph P. Dando	Democratic	1937–1940			Schuylkill
G. Harold Watkins	Republican	1941–1944			Schuylkill[7]
Paul L. Wagner	Republican	1945–1964		Wagner ran against Albert I. Nagle in 1964. The results of that election were inconclusive and neither candidate was able to claim the Senatorial seat.[8]	Schuylkill[7]
Vacant		1965–1966
Frederick H. Hobbs	Republican	1967–1972			Carbon, Schuylkill[5]
		1973–1976			Carbon, Schuylkill, Monroe (part)[5]
Joseph E. Gurzenda	Democratic	1977–1980			Carbon, Schuylkill, Monroe[9]
James J. Rhoades	Republican	1981–1992		Died October 18, 2008[10]	Carbon, Schuylkill, Monroe[11]
		1993–2004			Carbon, Schuylkill, Montour[11]
		2005–2008			Schuylkill, Berks (part), Carbon (part), Lehigh (part), Monroe (part), Northampton (part)[12]
Dave Argall	Republican	2009–2012		Elected March 3, 2009 to fill vacancy.[13]	Schuylkill, Berks (part), Carbon (part), Lehigh (part), Monroe (part), Northampton (part)[12]
		2013–present			Schuylkill, Berks (part)[14]