Pennsylvania House
District 15
Previous Election Results
| 1996 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Paul McHale |
Democratic |
109,812 |
54.8% |
| Bob Kilbanks |
Republican |
82,803 |
41.3% |
| Nicholas Sabatine III |
Reform |
6,931 |
3.5% |
| Phillip Faust |
Natural law |
812 |
0.4% |
| 1996 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Bob Kilbanks |
Republican |
10,499 |
38.6% |
| Ken Smith |
Republican |
9,062 |
33.3% |
| Edward Smith |
Republican |
5,568 |
20.5% |
| James Brose |
Republican |
2,077 |
7.6% |
| 1998 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Pat Toomey |
Republican |
81,755 |
55.0% |
| Roy Afflerbach |
Democratic |
66,930 |
45.0% |
| 1998 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Roy Afflerback |
Democratic |
14,466 |
62.7% |
| Janice McElroy |
Democratic |
8,590 |
37.3% |
| 1998 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Pat Toomey |
Republican |
7,981 |
27.1% |
| Bob Kilbanks |
Republican |
7,266 |
24.7% |
| Joseph Uliana |
Republican |
6,912 |
23.5% |
| Joe Pascuzzo |
Republican |
3,518 |
12.0% |
| Nick Sabatine |
Republican |
3,219 |
10.9% |
| Lawrence Grello |
Republican |
525 |
1.8% |
| 2000 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Pat Toomey |
Republican |
118,307 |
53.3% |
| Ed O'Brien |
Democratic |
103,864 |
46.7% |
| 2002 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Pat Toomey |
Republican |
98,493 |
57.4% |
| Edward O'Brien |
Democratic |
73,212 |
42.6% |
| 2004 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Charles Dent |
Republican |
170,634 |
58.6% |
| Joe Driscoll |
Democratic |
114,646 |
39.4% |
| Richard Piotrowski |
Libertarian |
3,660 |
1.3% |
| Greta Browne |
Green |
2,194 |
0.8% |
| 2004 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Joe Driscoll |
Democratic |
18,768 |
56.4% |
| Richard Orloski |
Democratic |
14,535 |
43.6% |
| 2004 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Charles Dent |
Republican |
25,376 |
51.5% |
| Joe Pascuzzo |
Republican |
16,152 |
32.8% |
| Brian O'Neill |
Republican |
7,749 |
15.7% |
| 2006 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Charles Dent |
Republican |
106,153 |
53.6% |
| Charles Dertinger |
Democratic |
86,186 |
43.5% |
| Greta Browne |
Green |
5,802 |
2.9% |
| 2006 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Charles Dent |
Republican |
18,858 |
100.0% |
| 2008 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Charles Dent |
Republican |
181,433 |
58.6% |
| Sam Bennett |
Democratic |
128,333 |
41.4% |
| 2008 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Siobhan Bennett |
Democratic |
73,734 |
100.0% |
| 2008 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Charles Dent |
Republican |
27,875 |
100.0% |
| 2010 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Charles Dent |
Republican |
109,534 |
53.5% |
| John Callahan |
Democratic |
79,766 |
39.0% |
| Jake Towne |
Independent |
15,248 |
7.5% |
| 2010 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| John Callahan |
Democratic |
32,825 |
100.0% |
| 2010 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Charles Dent |
Republican |
31,618 |
82.9% |
| Mat Benol |
Republican |
6,514 |
17.1% |
Demographic Data
| Population |
646,300 |
| Percentage White |
89.5% |
| Percentage Black |
3.1% |
| Percentage American Indian / Alaska Native |
0.2% |
| Percentage Asian |
1.7% |
| Percentage Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander |
0.0% |
| Percentage Mixed Race |
1.6% |
| Percentage Other Race |
3.9% |
| |
| Percentage Hispanic |
7.9% |
| Percentage Non Hispanic White |
86.4% |
| Percentage Non Hispanic Black |
2.8% |
| |
| Percentage Households All Speak Language Other than English |
8.5% |
| |
| Median Household Income |
$45,330 |
| Percentage Married Couple Both Work |
38.7% |
| Percentage Income in Poverty in 1999 |
8.2% |
| Percentage Lived in different household in 1995 |
39.4% |
| |
| Percentage Homes heated by Electricity |
30.1% |
| Percentage Homes heated by Gas |
25.9% |
| Percentage Homes heated by Coal |
1.4% |
| Percentage Homes heated by Fuel Oil |
39.1% |
| Percentage of Population Age 65 and Up |
15.5% |
| Percentage Employed Civilians 16-years-old and up |
48.5% |
| Percentage with a College Degree |
22.2% |
| Percentage Management or Professional Workers |
32.4% |
| Percentage Sales or Office Workers |
27.0% |
| Percentage Production or Transportation Workers |
17.6% |
| |
| Percentage Married Couples |
55.4% |
| Percentage Married Couples with Children |
23.7% |
| Percentage Unmarried Partner Households, Male living with Male |
0.3% |
| Percentage Unmarried Partner Households, Female living with Female |
0.3% |

Last updated 9:16pm October 4, 2012
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