2000 Pennsylvania Senate election

Template:ElectionsPA Elections for the Pennsylvania State Senate were held on November 7, 2000, with even-numbered districts being contested. 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 until November 30, 2004. Necessary primary elections were held on April 27, 2004.

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. 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.

Affiliation		Members
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	Republican Party	30
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	Democratic Party	20
Total		50

General election

District	Party		Incumbent	Status	Party		Candidate	Votes	%
1			Vincent J. Fumo	re-elected			Vincent J. Fumo	64,877	81.1
							George Jacob	15,114	18.9
3			Shirley M. Kitchen	re-elected			Shirley M. Kitchen	61,895	100.0
5			Frank A. Salvatore	defeated			style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Mike Stack	46,980	52.6
							Frank A. Salvatore	42,416	47.4
7			Vincent Hughes	re-elected			Vincent Hughes	69,777	100.0
9			Clarence D. Bell	re-elected			Clarence D. Bell	66,345	100.0
11			Michael O'Pake	re-elected			Michael O'Pake	81,926	94.9
							Jennaro Pullano	4,405	5.1
13			Gibson E. Armstrong	re-elected			Gibson E. Armstrong	63,581	68.7
							Ricci Dehl	28,964	31.3
15			Jeffrey E. Piccola	re-elected			Jeffrey E. Piccola	65,718	67.3
							D. Ann Smilek	31,881	32.7
17			Richard A. Tilghman	re-elected			Richard A. Tilghman	57,664	50.3
							Lynn Yeakel	44,224	35.5
19			Robert J. Thompson	re-elected			Robert J. Thompson	70,210	63.3
							Thomas J. Bosak	40,749	36.7
21			Mary Jo White	re-elected			Mary Jo White	73,423	87.6
							Vernon L. Etzel	10,405	12.4
23			Roger A. Madigan	re-elected			Roger A. Madigan	67,698	100.0
25			Bill Slocum	resigned, but remained on the ballot			Joseph B. Scarnati III	29,346	32.9
							Joseph J. Calla, Jr.	29,149	32.7
							Bill Slocum	28,209	31.6
							Alan R. Kiser	2,460	2.8
27			Edward W. Helfrick	re-elected			Edward W. Helfrick	61,335	100.0
29			James J. Rhoades	re-elected			James J. Rhoades	87,397	100.0
31			Harold F. Mowery, Jr.	re-elected			Harold F. Mowery, Jr.	66,112	65.9
							James H. Hertzler	34,227	34.1
33			Terry Punt	re-elected			Terry Punt	92,456	100.0
35			John N. Wozniak	re-elected			John N. Wozniak	66,625	77.1
							J. Anthony Connell	19,799	22.9
37			Tim Murphy	re-elected			Tim Murphy	73,198	64.3
							Joseph Rudolph	40,661	36.7
39			Allen G. Kukovich	re-elected			Allen G. Kukovich	54,358	57.6
							Gene Porterfield	40,017	42.4
41			Patrick J. Stapleton, Jr.	retired			style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Don White	46,239	53.8
							James McQuown	39,629	46.2
43			Jay Costa, Jr.	re-elected			Jay Costa, Jr.	71,210	100.0
45			Albert V. Belan	retired			Sean F. Logan	56,775	61.1
							Laurie Zacharia MacDonald	36,183	38.9
47			Gerald J. LaValle	re-elected			Gerald J. LaValle	86,647	100.0
49			Jane M. Earll	re-elected			Jane M. Earll	53,617	57.7
							John Paul Jones	39,254	42.3