The 2006 Elections for the Pennsylvania State Senate were held on November 7, 2006, with even-numbered districts being contested. Necessary primary elections were held on May 16, 2006. State Senators are elected for four-year terms, with half of the Senate seats up for a vote every two years. Members elected in 2006 were inaugurated on January 2, 2007. The Senate elections saw no seats change parties, with the Republicans holding onto an eight-seat majority. Senate Republican floor leader, David J. Brightbill, was defeated for in the primary election by tire salesman

Mike Folmer Michael Folmer (born January 2, 1956) is an American politician and confessed sex offender. He represented the 48th district in the Pennsylvania State Senate, which includes all of Lebanon County and portions of Dauphin and York Counties, from ...

. President pro tempore Robert C. Jubelirer was defeated for re-election by fellow Republican and

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commissioner John Eichelberger. Three Republican senators,

Joe Conti Joseph Conti (born May 13, 1954) is an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 143rd district from 1993 to 1996 and the Pennsylvania Senate for the 10th distri ...

, Charles D. Lemmond Jr.,

Noah W. Wenger Noah W. Wenger (October 20, 1934 – February 28, 2024) was an American politician, farmer and businessman. He was a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the Pennsylvania State Senate who represented the Pennsylvania Senate, Di ...

, retired and were succeeded by

Chuck McIlhinney Charles T. McIlhinney Jr. (born May 19, 1967) is a Republican former member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, representing the 10th District from 2007 to 2019. Previously, he was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1998 ...

, Lisa Baker, and

Michael W. Brubaker Michael W. Brubaker (born 1958) is an American politician and member of the Republican. He served in the Pennsylvania State Senate, representing the 36th District from 2007 until his retirement in 2015. Biography Brubaker is a member of the ...

, respectively.

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2006 state legislature elections in the United States

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