# Pennsylvania Senate, District 9

Pennsylvania State Senate District 9 includes parts of Chester County and Delaware County. It is currently represented by Democrat John I. Kane.

## District profile

The district includes the following areas:
Chester County
* Avondale
* Birmingham Township
* East Marlborough Township
* Franklin Township
* Kennett Township
* Kennett Square
* London Britain Township
* London Grove Township
* New Garden Township
* Pennsbury Township
* Pocopson Township
* Thornbury Township
* West Grove
* Westtown Township
Delaware County
* Aston Township
* Bethel Township
* Brookhaven
* Chadds Ford Township
* Chester
* Chester Heights
* Chester Township
* Concord Township
* Eddystone
* Edgmont Township
* Lower Chichester Township
* Marcus Hook
* Middletown Township
* Nether Providence Township
* Parkside
* Rose Valley
* Thornbury Township
* Trainer
* Upland
* Upper Chichester Township

## Senators

| Representative | Party | Years | Note |
| Richard Thomas | Federalist | 1791 – 1793 | U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania from 1795 to 1801 |
| William Ross | Democratic-Republican | 1811 – 1815 | |
| Charles Fraser | Democratic-Republican | 1815 – 1819 | |
| Simon Snyder | Democratic-Republican | 1817 – 1819 | 3rd Governor of Pennsylvania from 1808 to 1817 |
| Robert Willets | Democratic | 1819 – 1821 | |
| Redmond Conyngham | Federalist | 1819 – 1823 | |
| Andrew Albright | Republican | 1821 – 1822 | |
| Lewis Dewart | Democratic-Republican | 1821 – 1825 | |
| John Ray | Jackson Democrat | 1827 – 1829 | |
| Samuel Jones Packer | Anti-Mason | 1831 – 1833 | |
| Isaac Slenker | Democratic | 1835 – 1837 | |
| Charles Frailey | Democratic | 1835 – 1841 | |
| Samuel Freeman Headley | Democratic | 1841 – 1842 | |
| Jefferson Kreider Heckman | Democratic | 1843 – 1845 | |
| Jacob D. Boas | Whig | 1847 – 1849 | |
| Conrad Schilp Shimer | Democratic | 1851 – 1852 | |
| William Fry | Democratic | 1853 – 1854 | |
| Joseph Laubach | Democratic | 1855 – 1857 | |
| Elijah Reed Myer | Republican | 1859 – 1860 | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 17th district from 1857 to 1858 |
| George Landon | Republican | 1859 – 1863 | |
| William J. Turrell | Republican | 1863 – 1865 | |
| William M. Randall | Democratic | 1865 – 1873 | |
| Thomas Valentine Cooper | Republican | 1874 – 1889 | Pennsylvania State Representative for Delaware County from 1870 to 1871, 1872 to 1873 and 1901 to 1909. Pennsylvania State Senator for the 5th district from 1873 to 1874 |
| John Buchanan Robinson | Republican | 1889 – 1892 | U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 6th district from 1891 to 1897 |
| Jesse Matlack Baker | Republican | 1893 – 1897 | Pennsylvania State Representative for Delaware County from 1889-1892 |
| William Cameron Sproul | Republican | 1897 – 1919 | 27th Governor of Pennsylvania from 1919 to 1923 |
| Richard J. Baldwin | Republican | 1919 – 1920 | Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1917 to 1918 |
| Albert Dutton MacDade | Republican | 1921 – 1929 | |
| John J. McClure | Republican | 1929 – 1937 | Found guilty and sentenced to 18 months in prison for vice and rum-running, conviction overturned on appeal |
| Weldon Brinton Heyburn | Republican | 1937 – 1949 | |
| George Watkins | Republican | 1949 – 1960 | U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district from 1965 to 1967. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district from 1967 to 1970 |
| Clarence D. Bell | Republican | 1961 – 2002 | Longest serving state senator in Pennsylvania history |
| Dominic F. Pileggi | Republican | 2002 – 2016 | Mayor of Chester, Pennsylvania from 1999 to 2002. Republican leader of the Pennsylvania Senate from 2007 to 2014 |
| Tom Killion | Republican | 2016 – 2020 | Pennsylvania State Representative for the 168th district from 2003 to 2016 |
| John I. Kane | Democratic | 2020 – present | |

## Recent election results

PA Senate election, 2020 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | John I. Kane | 80,198 | 51.9 |
| | Republican | Tom Killion (incumbent) | 74,173 | 48.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 154,371 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican |
PA Senate election, 2016 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Tom Killion (incumbent) | 70,764 | 51.4 |
| | Democratic | Martin Molloy | 67,011 | 48.6 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 137,775 | 100.0 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |
9th Senatorial District special election, 2016 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Tom Killion | 41,613 | 56.9 |
| | Democratic | Martin Molloy | 31,533 | 43.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 73,146 | 100.0 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |
PA Senate election, 2012 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Dominic F. Pileggi (incumbent) | 73,003 | 55.4 |
| | Democratic | Patricia Worrell | 58,769 | 44.6 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 131,772 | 100.0 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |
PA Senate election, 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Dominic F. Pileggi (incumbent) | 77,440 | 58.1 |
| | Democratic | John Linder | 55,730 | 41.9 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 133,170 | 100.0 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |