# Pennsylvania Senate, District 15

Pennsylvania State Senate District 15 includes part of Dauphin County. It is currently represented by Democrat Patty Kim.

## District profile

The district includes the following areas:
* Conewago Township
* Dauphin
* Derry Township
* East Hanover Township
* Harrisburg
* Highspire
* Hummelstown
* Londonderry Township
* Lower Paxton Township
* Lower Swatara Township
* Middle Paxton Township
* Middletown
* Paxtang
* Penbrook
* Royalton
* South Hanover Township
* Steelton
* Susquehanna Township
* Swatara Township
* West Hanover Township

## Senators

| Representative | Party | Years | District home | Note |
| James Poe | Democratic-Republican | 1803 – 1818 | | |
| Robert Smith | Democratic-Republican | 1819 – 1822 | | |
| John Rea | Democratic-Republican | 1823 – 1824 | | |
| James Dunlop | Federalist | 1823 – 1826 | | |
| David Fullerton | Anti-Masonic | 1827 – 1838 | | U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 5th district from 1819 to 1820. Pennsylvania State Senator for the 14th district from 1839 to 1840 |
| Samuel M. Barclay | National Republican | 1837 – 1840 | | |
| George Shannon Mullin, Sr. | Whig | 1841 – 1842 | | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 19th district from 1843 to 1844 |
| Henry C. Eyer | Democratic | 1845 – 1846 | | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 8th district from 1843 to 1844 |
| Jacob Wagenseller | Whig | 1845 – 1848 | | |
| Jonathan J. Cunningham | Whig | 1849 – 1850 | | |
| Robert Allison McMurtrie | Whig | 1851 – 1852 | | |
| Ner Middleswarth | Whig | 1853 – 1854 | | Pennsylvania State Representative from 1815 to 1841. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district from 1853 to 1855 |
| John Creswell, Jr. | Democratic | 1853 – 1858 | | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 20th district from 1859 to 1860 |
| John Brisban Rutherford | Republican | 1857 – 1860 | | |
| Amos R. Boughter | Republican | 1861 – 1864 | | |
| David Fleming | Republican | 1863 – 1864 | | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 16th district from 1865 to 1866 |
| David B. Montgomery | Democratic | 1865 – 1866 | | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 13th district from 1863 to 1864 |
| George Duggan Jackson | Democratic | 1867 – 1868 | | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 24th district from 1879 to 1880 |
| Thomas Chalfant | Democratic | 1873 – 1874 | | |
| Andrew Jackson Herr | Republican | 1875 – 1880 | | |
| Alexander F. Thompson | Republican | 1885 – 1892 | | |
| Samuel John Milton McCarrell | Republican | 1893 – 1900 | | |
| John E. Fox | Republican | 1901 – 1912 | | |
| Edward Ensinger Beidleman | Republican | 1913 – 1918 | | Pennsylvania State Representative for Dauphin County from 1905 to 1908. 12th Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1919 to 1923 |
| Frank A. Smith | Republican | 1919 – 1924 | | |
| William H. Earnest | Republican | 1925 – 1932 | | |
| George Leffingwell Reed | Republican | 1933 – 1936 | | |
| George Kunkel | Democratic | 1937 – 1940 | | |
| M. Harvey Taylor | Republican | 1941 – 1964 | | |
| William B. Lentz | Republican | 1965 – 1976 | | |
| George W. Gekas | Republican | 1977 – 1982 | | U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district from 1983 to 2003 |
| John J. Shumaker | Republican | 1983 – 1995 | | Seated April 11, 1983, to fill vacancy. Resigned August 31, 1995 |
| Jeffrey E. Piccola | Republican | 1995 – 2012 | | Pennsylvania State Representative for the 104th district from 1977 to 1995. |
| Rob Teplitz | Democratic | 2013 – 2017 | Susquehanna Township | |
| John DiSanto | Republican | 2017 – 2024 | | |
| Patty Kim | Democratic | 2025 – present | Harrisburg | |

## Recent election results

PA Senate election, 2024: Pennsylvania Senate, District 15 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Patty Kim | 77,155 | 58.22 |
| | Republican | Nick DiFrancesco | 55,368 | 41.78 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 132,523 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican |
PA Senate election, 2020 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | John DiSanto (incumbent) | 70,041 | 51.7 |
| | Democratic | George Scott | 65,366 | 48.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 135,407 | 100.0 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |
PA Senate election, 2016 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | John DiSanto | 62,774 | 51.7 |
| | Democratic | Rob Teplitz (incumbent) | 58,591 | 48.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 121,365 | 100.0 |
| | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic |
PA Senate election, 2012 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Rob Teplitz | 61,139 | 51.5 |
| | Republican | John McNally | 57,504 | 48.5 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 118,643 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican |
PA Senate election, 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Jeffrey Piccola (incumbent) | 63,829 | 52.0 |
| | Democratic | Judy Hirsch | 59,014 | 48.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 122,843 | 100.0 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |