Patrick Stefano
2014 - Present
2026
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Patrick Stefano (Republican Party) is a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, representing District 32. He assumed office on December 1, 2014. His current term ends on November 30, 2026.
Stefano (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Pennsylvania State Senate to represent District 32. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Stefano was assigned to the following committees:
- Aging & Youth Committee
- Senate Appropriations Committee
- Community, Economic & Recreational Development Committee
- Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure Committee, Chair
- Health & Human Services Committee
- Senate State Government Committee
- Senate Transportation Committee, Vice Chair
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2021-2022
Stefano was assigned to the following committees:
- Aging & Youth Committee
- Senate Appropriations Committee
- Communications & Technology Committee, Vice-Chair
- Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure Committee
- Senate State Government Committee
- Senate Transportation Committee
- Senate Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness Committee, Chair
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2019-2020
Stefano was assigned to the following committees:
- Senate Appropriations Committee
- Community, Economic & Recreational Development Committee, Vice Chair
- Communications & Technology Committee
- Law & Justice Committee, Chair
- Senate State Government Committee
- Senate Transportation Committee
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2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
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| • Community, Economic & Recreational Development, Vice chair |
| • Game & Fisheries, Chair |
| • Rules & Executive Nominations |
| • State Government |
| • Transportation |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Stefano served on the following committees:
| Pennsylvania committee assignments, 2015 |
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| • Community, Economic & Recreational Development, Vice-Chair |
| • Game & Fisheries |
| • Rules & Executive Nominations |
| • State Government |
| • Transportation |
| • Joint Conservation |
Sponsored legislation
The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.
Elections
2022
See also: Pennsylvania State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for Pennsylvania State Senate District 32
Incumbent Patrick Stefano defeated Sydney Hovis in the general election for Pennsylvania State Senate District 32 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Patrick Stefano (R) | 75.1 | 76,852 |
 | Sydney Hovis (D)  | 24.9 | 25,477 | |
| Total votes: 102,329 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 32
Sydney Hovis advanced from the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 32 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Sydney Hovis (Write-in) |
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 32
Incumbent Patrick Stefano advanced from the Republican primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 32 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Patrick Stefano | 92.7 | 32,857 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 7.3 | 2,599 | ||
| Total votes: 35,456 | |||
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Campaign finance
2018
General election
General election for Pennsylvania State Senate District 32
Incumbent Patrick Stefano defeated Pamela Gerard in the general election for Pennsylvania State Senate District 32 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Patrick Stefano (R) | 65.7 | 54,417 |
 | Pamela Gerard (D) | 34.3 | 28,371 | |
| Total votes: 82,788 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 32
Pamela Gerard advanced from the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 32 on May 15, 2018.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Pamela Gerard |
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 32
Incumbent Patrick Stefano advanced from the Republican primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 32 on May 15, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Patrick Stefano | 100.0 | 13,727 |
| Total votes: 13,727 | |||
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2014
Elections for the Pennsylvania State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 20, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in that election was March 11, 2014. Deberah Kula defeated Harry Fike in the Democratic primary, while Patrick Stefano was unopposed in the Republican primary. Rose Mary Ambrosino (D) was removed from the ballot on April 8, 2014. Stefano defeated Kula in the general election.[1][2][3]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican |  Patrick Stefano |
57.2% | 36,670 | |
| Democratic | Deberah Kula | 42.8% | 27,428 | |
| Total Votes | 64,098 | |||
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Deberah Kula |
64.6% | 14,269 |
| Harry Fike | 35.4% | 7,818 |
| Total Votes | 22,087 | |
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2014
Stefano's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[4]
Our Jobs | Our Workers
- Excerpt: "He will work to ensure laid-off or displaced workers have effective retraining programs so they are able to support their families. He will support effective career education training to get more Pennsylvanians back to work in skilled jobs that are available now. Pat will never support corporate welfare or giveaways."
Protecting Taxpayers
- Excerpt: "As State Senator, he’ll prioritize spending and eliminate waste to hold the line on taxes. He thinks government must do more with less so local working families are able to keep more of their hard earned money. Pat will only support real balanced budgets to bring fiscal sanity to the budget process in Harrisburg."
Eliminate Outdated Programs
- Excerpt: "Pat will do what he has done as a small businessman and while serving as a local water and sewer authority Board Member: review the budget line-by-line to see what works, what doesn’t and what can be eliminated."
Stop Spending Money We Don’t Have
- Excerpt: "Pat will go to Harrisburg with an eye toward finding savings we know exists in the Commonwealth’s $29 billion plus budget."
Reform State Government
- Excerpt: "Pat is not a politician. As our State Senator, he will live like we do and will put your interests first."
Campaign finance summary
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Scorecards
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2024
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In 2024, the Pennsylvania State Legislature was in session from January 2 to November 14.
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2023
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In 2023, the Pennsylvania State Legislature was in session from January 3 to December 13.
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2022
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In 2022, the Pennsylvania State Legislature was in session from January 4 to November 30.
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2021
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In 2021, the Pennsylvania State Legislature was in session from January 5 to December 31.
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2020
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In 2020, the Pennsylvania State Legislature was in session from January 7 to November 30.
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2018
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In 2018, the Pennsylvania General Assembly was in session from January 2 through November 30.
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2017
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In 2017, the Pennsylvania General Assembly was in session from January 3 through December 31.
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2016
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In 2016, the Pennsylvania General Assembly was in session from January 5 through November 30.
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2015
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In 2015, the Pennsylvania General Assembly was in session from January 6 through December 31.
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See also
2022 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "Official primary results for May 20, 2014," accessed July 9, 2014
- ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "2014 Objections Cases Filed with the Department of State," accessed April 29, 2014
- ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "2014 Official Candidate Listing," accessed March 19, 2014
- ↑ Stefano for Senate, "Issues," accessed September 3, 2014
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Pennsylvania State Senate District 32 2014-Present |
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