Pennsylvania Senate, District 44

Pennsylvania State Senate District 44 includes parts of Berks County, Chester County, and Montgomery County. It is currently represented by Democrat Katie Muth.

Pennsylvania's 44th State Senate district
Senator	Katie Muth D–Royersford
Population (2021)	264,849

District profile

The district includes the following areas:^[1]

Berks County:

• Union Township
• Birdsboro

Chester County:

• Atglen
• Caln Township
• Charlestown Township
• East Brandywine Township
• East Coventry Township
• East Nantmeal Township
• East Pikeland Township
• East Vincent Township
• East Whiteland Township
• Elverson
• Honey Brook
• Honey Brook Township
• North Coventry Township
• Parkesburg
• Phoenixville
• Sadsbury Township
• Schuylkill Township
• South Coventry Township
• Spring City
• Upper Uwchlan Township
• Uwchlan Township
• Wallace Township
• Warwick Township
• West Brandywine Township
• West Caln Township
• West Nantmeal Township
• West Pikeland Township
• West Sadsbury Township
• West Vincent Township

Montgomery County:

• Lower Providence Township
• Royersford
• Upper Providence Township

Senators since 1939

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Note	Counties
John M. Walker	Republican	1939–1954			Allegheny (part)[2]
Theodore H. Schmidt	Democratic	1955–1958			Allegheny (part)[3]
Hospeh D. Ripp	Democratic	1959–1962			Allegheny (part)[4]
Jack E. McGregor	Republican	1963–1970			Allegheny (part)[5]
Thomas M. Nolan	Democratic	1971–1972			Allegheny (part)[6]
		1973–1978			Westmoreland (part)[6]
Frank A. Pecora	Republican	1979–1982			Westmoreland (part)[7]
		1983–1992			Allegheny (part), Westmoreland (part)[7]
	Democratic	1992–1994		Switched party in 1992	Berks (part), Chester (part), Lehigh (part), Montgomery (part)[7]
James W. Gerlach	Republican	1995–2002			Berks (part), Chester (part), Lehigh (part), Montgomery (part)[8]
John C. Rafferty, Jr.	Republican	2003–2019			Berks (part), Chester (part), Montgomery (part)[9][10]
Katie Muth	Democratic	2019–present			Berks (part), Chester (part), Montgomery (part)[10]

Recent election results

PA Senate election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Katie Muth (incumbent)	70,626	55.7
	Republican	Jessica Florio	56,279	44.3
Total votes			126,905	100.0
	Democratic hold

PA Senate election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Katie Muth	62,692	52.0
	Republican	John Rafferty Jr. (incumbent)	57,943	48.0
Total votes			120,635	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

PA Senate election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Rafferty Jr. (incumbent)	48,655	61.4
	Democratic	Kathi Cozzone	30,597	38.6
Total votes			79,252	100.0
	Republican hold

PA Senate election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Rafferty Jr. (incumbent)	55,418	62.1
	Democratic	Matt Stehman	33,802	37.9
Total votes			89,220	100.0
	Republican hold

References

1. "2021 Final Reapportionment Plan" (PDF). Pennsylvania Department of State. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
2. Cox, Harold (2004). "Senate Members 'W'". Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682–2004. Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
3. Cox, Harold (2004). "Senate Members 'S'". Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682–2004. Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
4. Cox, Harold (2004). "Senate Members 'R'". Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682–2004. Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
5. Cox, Harold (2004). "Senate Members 'M'". Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682–2004. Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
6. Cox, Harold (2004). "Senate Members 'N'". Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682–2004. Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
7. Cox, Harold (2004). "Senate Members 'P'". Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682–2004. Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
8. Cox, Harold (2004). "Senate Members 'G'". Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682–2004. Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
9. "Senate Districts 2001" (PDF). Pennsylvania Redistricting. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
10. "Pennsylvania Senate Districts 2012" (PDF). Pennsylvania Redistricting. Retrieved January 19, 2020.