Pennsylvania Senate, District 37

Pennsylvania's 37th State Senate district
Senator	Devlin Robinson R–Bridgeville
Population (2021)	248,858

Pennsylvania State Senate District 37 includes part of Allegheny County. It is currently represented by Republican Devlin Robinson.

District profile

The district includes the following areas:^[1]

• Aleppo Township
• Bell Acres
• Ben Avon Heights
• Bethel Park
• Bradford Woods
• Bridgeville
• Collier Township
• Coraopolis
• Crescent Township
• Edgeworth
• Findlay Township
• Franklin Park
• Glen Osborne
• Glenfield
• Haysville
• Heidelberg
• Jefferson Hills
• Kilbuck Township
• Leet Township
• Leetsdale
• Marshall Township
• McDonald (Allegheny County portion)
• Moon Township
• North Fayette Township
• Oakdale
• Ohio Township
• Pennsbury Village
• Pleasant Hills
• Robinson Township
• Rosslyn Farms
• Sewickley
• Sewickley Heights
• Sewickley Hills
• South Fayette Township
• South Park Township
• Thornburg
• Upper St. Clair Township

Senators

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Note	Counties
Wayne S. Ewing	Republican	1969–1976			Allegheny (part)[2]
Michael P. Schaefer	Democratic	1977–1980			Allegheny (part)[3]
D. Michael Fisher	Republican	1981–1982			Allegheny (part)[4]
		1983–1996			Allegheny (part), Washington (part)[4]
Timothy F. Murphy	Republican	1997–2003		Resigned January 3, 2003.[5]	Allegheny (part), Washington (part)[6]
John R. Pippy	Republican	2003–2012		Elected March 11, 2003 to fill vacancy.[7] Resigned June 30, 2012.[8]	Allegheny (part), Washington (part)[9][10]
Matthew H. Smith	Democratic	2013–2015	Mt. Lebanon	Resigned June 2015[11]	Allegheny (part), Washington (part)[12]
Guy Reschenthaler	Republican	2015–2019	Jefferson Hills	Elected November 3, 2015 to fill vacancy. Elected to the US House of Representatives.	Allegheny (part), Washington (part)[12]
Pam Iovino	Democratic	2019–2020	Mt. Lebanon	Elected April 2, 2019 to fill vacancy.[13] Lost re-election	Allegheny (part), Washington (part)[12]
Devlin Robinson	Republican	2021–Present		Incumbent	Allegheny (part), Washington (part)[12]

Recent election results

2020 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Devlin Robinson	92,027	52.1
	Democratic	Pam Iovino (incumbent)	84,582	47.9
Total votes			176,609	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

2019 special election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pam Iovino	33,401	52.0
	Republican	D. Raja	30,854	48.0
Total votes			64,255	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

2016 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Guy Reschenthaler (incumbent)	90,987	60.6
	Democratic	Edward Eichenlaub	59,044	39.4
Total votes			150,031	100.0
	Republican hold

2015 special election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Guy Reschenthaler	30,565	55.1
	Democratic	Heather Arnet	24,888	44.9
Total votes			55,453	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

2012 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Matthew H. Smith	70,883	52.6
	Republican	D. Raja	63,854	47.4
Total votes			134,737	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

References

1. "2021 Final Reapportionment Plan" (PDF). Pennsylvania Department of State. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
2. Cox, Harold (2004). "Senate Members 'E'". Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682–2004. Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
3. Cox, Harold (2004). "Senate Members 'S'". Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682–2004. Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
4. Cox, Harold (2004). "Senate Members 'F'". Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682–2004. Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
5. Cox, Harold (2004). "Pennsylvania Senate - 2003-2004" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
6. Cox, Harold (2004). "Senate Members 'M'". Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682–2004. Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
7. "2003 Special Election for the 37th Senatorial District". Commonwealth of PA - Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. 2004.
8. Olson, Laura (July 1, 2012). "State Sen. Pippy resigns from legislative seat following budget vote". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
9. Cox, Harold (2004). "Senate Members 'P'". Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682–2004. Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
10. "Senate Districts 2001" (PDF). Pennsylvania Redistricting. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
11. Santoni, Matthew (May 27, 2015). "State Sen. Matt Smith resigning to become Chamber president". TribLIVE. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
12. "Pennsylvania Senate Districts 2012" (PDF). Pennsylvania Redistricting. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
13. Routh, Julian (April 2, 2019). "Democrat Pam Iovino wins Pa. Senate Seat". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved April 2, 2019.

• Cox, Harold (2004). "Legislatures - 1776-2004". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.