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Pennsylvania State Senate District 16 includes parts of Bucks County and Lehigh County. It is currently represented by Republican Jarrett Coleman.

Population(2021)265,055
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Pennsylvania's 16th
State Senate district

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Senator
  Jarrett Coleman
R–Upper Macungie Township
Population (2021)265,055
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District profile

The district includes the following areas:[1]

Bucks County

Lehigh County

Senators

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Representative[2] Party Years District home Note
John ReedDemocratic-Republican Party1815 – 1820
Henry AllshouseDemocratic-Republican Party1819 – 1826
Alexander MahonDemocratic-Republican Party1821 – 1828
Jesse MillerDemocratic1827 – 1832U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 13th district from 1833 to 1836
Charles B. PenroseWhig1833 – 1837Was a Democratic-Republican from 1833 to 1835, and a Whig from 1835 to 1841 and a Republican in 1857. Served in the 14th district from 1837 to 1841. Served in the 1st district in 1857. Was Speaker of the Senate from 1838 to 1839 and again in 1841.[3]
Samuel Leas CarpenterDemocratic1837 – 1839Served in the 18th district from 1835 to 1837
John C. PlumerJackson Democrat Party1839 – 1842
John HillDemocratic1843 – 1844Pennsylvania State Senator for the 21st district from 1845 to 1846[4]
William B. AndersonDemocratic1845
Robert Chambers SterrettDemocratic1847 – 1850
Charles Rollin BuckalewDemocratic1851 – 1854Pennsylvania State Senator for the 13th district from 1857 to 1858. First term as Pennsylvania State Senator for the 16th district with his second term from 1859 to 1860. Minister Resident for Ecuador from 1858 to 1861. U.S. Senator for Pennsylvania from 1863 to 1869. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 11th district from 1887 to 1889 and the 17th district from 1889 to 1891.[5]
Bartram A. SchafferRepublican1857 – 1859
George P. SteeleDemocratic1857 – 1859
Robert A. BaldwinRepublican1859
William HamiltonRepublican1861
John Andrew HiestandRepublican1861Pennsylvania State Representative from 1852 to 1853 and 1856. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 9th district from 1885 to 1889.[6]
Benjamin ChampneysDemocratic1863 – 1864Pennsylvania State Representative from 1825 to 1826, 1828 to 1829 and 1863. Pennsylvania Attorney General from 1846 to 1848. Pennsylvania State Senator for the 6th district from 1843 to 1844 and the 17th district from 1865 to 1866[7]
John M. DunlapRepublican1863 – 1864Pennsylvania State Senator for the 17th district from 1865 to 1866[8]
David FlemingRepublican1865 – 1866Pennsylvania State Senator for the 15th district from 1863 to 1864[9]
G. Dawson ColemanRepublican1867
David MummaRepublican1867
Charles Rollins BuckalewDemocratic1869 – 1870Pennsylvania State Senator for the 13th district from 1857 to 1858. Second term as Pennsylvania State Senator for the 16th district having previously served from 1851 to 1854[10]
Butler B. StrangRepublican1871 – 1874Pennsylvania State Senator for the 25th district from 1875 to 1876[11]
Evan HolbenDemocratic1877 – 1882
Milton C. HenningerDemocratic1883 – 1894
Harry Gibson StilesDemocratic1895 – 1902
Arthur Granville DewaltDemocratic1903 – 1910U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 13th district from 1915 to 1921[12]
James A. MillerDemocratic1911 – 1914
Horace Walker SchantzRepublican1915 – 1930
Henry L. SnyderDemocratic1931 – 1934
George A. RuppDemocratic1935 – 1938
Oscar Jacob TallmanRepublican1939 – 1950
Tilghman A. FreedRepublican1951 – 1954Pennsylvania State Representative during the 1939, 1943, and 1945 terms. [13]
John T. Van SantRepublican1955 – 1970AllentownPennsylvania State Representative for the Lehigh County district from 1951 to 1954[14]
Henry C. MessingerDemocratic1971 – 1982AllentownWorld War II veteran and professor at Cornell University, President of the Pennsylvania State Education Association (1962–1964).[15]
Guy KratzerRepublican1983 – 1986AllentownEvangelical pastor and Allentown City Councilman.[16]
Roy AfflerbachDemocratic1987 – 1998AllentownPennsylvania State Representative for the 131st district from 1983 to 1986. 35th mayor of Allentown, Pennsylvania from 2002 to 2006[17]
Charles W. DentRepublican1997 – 2005AllentownPennsylvania State Representative for the 132nd district from 1991 to 1998. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district from 2005 to 2018[18]
Pat BrowneRepublican2005 – 2023AllentownPennsylvania State Representative for the 131st district from 1995 to 2005[19]
Jarrett ColemanRepublican2023 – presentUpper MacungieCommercial pilot elected to school board in 2021 due to opposition to COVID-19 lock-downs.

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Recent election results

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PA Senate election, 2022
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jarrett Coleman 68,344 54.2
Democratic Mark Pinsley 57,844 45.8
Total votes 126,188 100.0
Republican hold
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Republican primary, 2022
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jarrett Coleman 17,049 50.04%
Republican Pat Browne (incumbent) 17,025 49.96%
Total votes 34,074 100.0%
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PA Senate election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Pat Browne (incumbent) 48,897 51.4
Democratic Mark Pinsley 46,200 48.6
Total votes 95,097 100.0
Republican hold
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PA Senate election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Pat Browne (incumbent) 36,745 62.4
Democratic Walter Felton 22,146 37.6
Total votes 58,891 100.0
Republican hold
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PA Senate election, 2010
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Pat Browne (incumbent) 46,402 61.5
Democratic Richard Orloski 29,028 38.5
Total votes 75,430 100.0
Republican hold
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