Pennsylvania Senate, District 29 Explained

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.

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
		1900 - 1906		Schuylkill County bifurcated by Districts 29 and 30.	Schuylkill (part)[2]
		1907 - 1908			Schuylkill
		1909 - 1917		Resigned on April 20, 1917, to run for Pennsylvania State Auditor.[3]	Schuylkill[4]
Vacant		1917 - 1918
		1919 - 1920			Schuylkill (part)[5]
		1921 - 1932			Schuylkill
		1933 - 1936			Schuylkill
		1937 - 1940			Schuylkill
		1941 - 1944			Schuylkill[6]
	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.[7]	Schuylkill
Vacant		1965 - 1966
		1967 - 1972			Carbon, Schuylkill
		1973 - 1976			Carbon, Schuylkill, Monroe (part)
		1977 - 1980			Carbon, Schuylkill, Monroe[8]
		1981 - 1992		Died October 18, 2008[9]	Carbon, Schuylkill, Monroe[10]
		1993 - 2004			Carbon, Schuylkill, Montour
		2005 - 2008			Schuylkill, Berks (part), Carbon (part), Lehigh (part), Monroe (part), Northampton (part)[11]
	Republican	2009 - 2012		Elected March 3, 2009 to fill vacancy.[12]	Schuylkill, Berks (part), Carbon (part), Lehigh (part), Monroe (part), Northampton (part)
		2013 - present			Schuylkill, Berks (part)[13]

References

• Web site: Cox. Harold. Legislatures - 1776-2004. Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University. 2004.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2021 Final Reapportionment Plan . . 2022-11-11.
2. Web site: Senate Members 'Q' . . Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682–2004 . February 17, 2020 . Harold . Cox . 2004 .
3. https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/bioshistory/MemBio.cfm?ID=4032&body=H Historical Biographies, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Charles A. Snyder (Retrieved April 6, 2019
4. Web site: Senate Members 'S' . . Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682–2004 . February 17, 2020 . Harold . Cox . 2004 .
5. Web site: Senate Members 'H' . . Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682–2004 . February 17, 2020 . Harold . Cox . 2004 .
6. Web site: Senate Members 'W' . . Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682–2004 . February 17, 2020 . Harold . Cox . 2004 .
7. See Westlaw, Pennsylvania Reporter, The Absentee Ballots Case, 423 Pa. 504 (1966)
8. Web site: Senate Members 'G' . . Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682–2004 . February 17, 2020 . Harold . Cox . 2004 .
9. Web site: James Rhoades Profile . SenatorRhoades.com . Pennsylvania Senate Republican Caucus . 2008 . 2008-11-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080704072202/http://www.senatorrhoades.com/profile.htm . 2008-07-04 . dead .
10. Web site: Senate Members 'R' . . Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682–2004 . February 17, 2020 . Harold . Cox . 2004 .
11. Web site: Senate Districts 2001 . Pennsylvania Redistricting . February 17, 2020 .
12. Web site: 2009 Special Election for the 29th Senatorial District . Commonwealth of PA - Elections Information . Pennsylvania Department of State . 2004 .
13. Web site: Pennsylvania Senate Districts 2012 . Pennsylvania Redistricting . February 17, 2020 .