The Pennsylvania State Senate is the upper house of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, the Pennsylvania state legislature. The State Senate meets in the State Capitol building in Harrisburg. Senators are elected for four years in terms staggered such that half of the seats are contested at each election.[1]
The Senate is made up of 50 members who are elected by district. As of 2009, the current party breakdown is 30 Republicans and 20 Democrats. The President of the Senate is the Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, who has no vote except in the event of an otherwise tie vote.
In 2002, a State Senate district had an average population of 245,621 residents.
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- ^ "CONSTITUTION OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA: Article II - The Legislature". Pennsylvania Constitution Web Page of the Duquesne University School of Law. Duquesne University School of Law. 2010-02-11. Retrieved 2010-02-11.