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State Senate District 14·Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania 14th State Senate District delivered D+1 in 2024 — close enough to flip again next time.

One of Pennsylvania's most reliably Republican legislative districts

20082024·5 elections
PA
Latest
D+1
in 2024
Archetype
Tossup
since the recent cycles
Population
266,650
2024 ACS

Pennsylvania 14th State Senate District, Pennsylvania: Tossup district. In 2024, voted D+1%. Democratic peak: D+15 in 2008.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
D+1MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
TossupAkashic typology
Population
266,6502024 5-year
Median household income
$82,4452024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
65.4%2024 5-year
Black
6.4%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
24.8%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+15 in 2008MIT Election Lab
2 counties · 1 D · 1 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
D
+1.4%
69,03167,056137,657
D
+5.7%
69,71762,139133,519
D
+2.4%
56,78653,997116,231
D
+6.9%
55,49148,207105,209
D
+14.7%
61,74345,758109,012

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
21.1%
Irish
10.4%
Italian
8.6%
English
6.0%
American
5.7%
Polish
3.7%
French
1.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
76.7%
speak English only
Spanish16.9%
Other Indo-European3.4%
Other languages1.7%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
18.3%
Mainline Protestant
11.0%
Other Christian
6.9%
Non-Christian
2.3%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.3%
Methodist
1.1%
Baptist
0.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 58.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

With a 2024 presidential margin of R+27.2, this district sits well outside Pennsylvania's competitive statewide battleground, anchored by rural and small-town communities that have shifted decisively toward Republican candidates over the past decade.

The district's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached fifteen points in 2008; Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Its demographics — a population of 266,650, a 65% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $82,445 — situate the district close to national averages on several dimensions.

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State Senate District 14, Pennsylvania — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/sld-upper/42014/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did State Senate District 14, Pennsylvania vote in 2024?
In 2024, State Senate District 14, Pennsylvania voted Democratic by 1.4 points (D+1), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 137,657 votes cast, 69,031 went Democratic and 67,056 went Republican.
What is State Senate District 14, Pennsylvania's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State Senate District 14, Pennsylvania as a "Tossup" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 5 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 5 times, Republican 0 times, and other 0 times.
How many people live in State Senate District 14, Pennsylvania?
State Senate District 14, Pennsylvania has a population of 266,650 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in State Senate District 14, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in State Senate District 14, Pennsylvania is $82,445 — above the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of State Senate District 14, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in State Senate District 14, Pennsylvania from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 0 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Tossup" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.