Pennsylvania Senate, District 14
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Pennsylvania's 14 Senatorial District includes parts of Carbon, Luzerne And Monroe Counties

Carbon County
Carbon County, Pennsylvania
As of the census of 2000, there were 58,802 people, 23,701 households, and 16,424 families residing in the county. The population density was 154 people per square mile . There were 30,492 housing units at an average density of 80 per square mile...

  • Banks Township
    Banks Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania
    Banks Township is a township in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,359 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , all of it land...

  • Beaver Meadows
    Beaver Meadows, Pennsylvania
    Beaver Meadows is a borough in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 968 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Beaver Meadows is located at ....

  • East Side
    East Side, Pennsylvania
    East Side is a borough in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 290 at the 2000 census.-Geography:East Side is located at ....

  • Jim Thorpe
    Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
    Jim Thorpe is a borough in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USA. The population was 4,804 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Carbon County. The town has been called the "Switzerland of America" due to the picturesque scenery, mountainous location, and architecture; as well as the "Gateway to...

  • Kidder Township
    Kidder Township, Pennsylvania
    Kidder Township is a township in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,185 at the 2000 census.- History :On October 10, 1888 a train wreck known as the Mud Run Disaster occurred on the Lehigh Valley Railroad which runs through the township, 66 people were killed, most...

  • Lansford
    Lansford, Pennsylvania
    Lansford is a borough in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, located northwest of Allentown and 9 miles south of Hazleton. Settled in 1845, Lansford was incorporated in 1876. In 1900, 4,888 people lived in Lansford; in 1910, 8,321 people inhabited it, and in 1940, 8,710 residents called Lansford home....

  • Lausanne Township
    Lausanne Township, Pennsylvania
    Lausanne Township is a township in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 218 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , all of it land...

  • Lehigh Township
    Lehigh Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania
    Lehigh Township is a township in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 527 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water. It is drained by the Lehigh River, which...

  • Lehighton
    Lehighton, Pennsylvania
    Lehighton is a borough in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, north by west of Philadelphia. In the past, it developed early industries because of water power from the Lehigh River. With the location of a repair facility here and its regional operations, the Lehigh Valley Railroad became for years a...

  • Mahoning Township
    Mahoning Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania
    Mahoning Township is a township in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,978 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 23.7 square miles , of which, 23.6 square miles of it is land and...

  • Nesquehoning
    Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania
    Nesquehoning is a borough in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,288 at the 2000 census. The name is of Native American origin, commonly believed to signify "narrow valley;" however native language scholars translate the name as "at the black lick" or "at the dirty...

  • Packer Township
    Packer Township, Pennsylvania
    Packer Township is a township in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 986 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 28.8 square miles , all of it land...

  • Summit Hill
    Summit Hill, Pennsylvania
    Summit Hill is a borough in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,974 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Summit Hill is located at ....

  • Weatherly
    Weatherly, Pennsylvania
    Weatherly a borough in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, located northwest of Jim Thorpe and northwest of Allentown. Early in the twentieth century, there were silk mills, foundries, a candy factory, a fabricating plant, and a cigar factory. In 1900 2,471 people lived there, and in 1910, the...

  • Weissport
    Weissport, Pennsylvania
    Weissport is a borough in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, United States. The town was founded in 1792 by Col. Jacob Weiss. This particular area was located between Lehighton, Parryville and Longrun. Soon after the town itself was established, and the first wooden bridge over the river to the town...



Luzerne County
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
- Demographics :As of the 2010 census, the county was 90.7% White, 3.4% Black or African American, 0.2% Native American, 1.0% Asian, 3.3% were of some other race, and 1.5% were two or more races. 6.7% of the population was of Hispanic or Latino ancestry...

  • Ashley
    Ashley, Pennsylvania
    Ashley is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, one mile from Wilkes Barre. It was a productive coal-mining area at the start of the twentieth century. Population in 1900, 4,046; in 1910, 5,601; and in 1940, 6,371...

  • Bear Creek Township
    Bear Creek Township, Pennsylvania
    Bear Creek Township is a township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The township was the site of a plane crash on May 21, 2000 when an airplane, in its attempt to land at the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport in nearby Avoca, crashed in what was described by BBC as a...

  • Bear Creek Village
    Bear Creek Village, Pennsylvania
    Bear Creek Village is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 284 at the 2000 census. It was incorporated on August 25, 1993 from portions of Bear Creek Township.-Geography:...

  • Buck Township
    Buck Township, Pennsylvania
    Buck Township is a township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 435 at the 2010 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water.-Demographics:As of the census of 2010,...

  • Edwardsville
    Edwardsville, Pennsylvania
    Edwardsville is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, two miles west of Wilkes Barre and also adjacent to the boroughs of Kingston to the north and Larksville to the south. It is strictly a residential place, the population being 5,165 in 1900 and 8,407 in 1910. A substantial decrease in the...

  • Exeter
    Exeter, Pennsylvania
    Exeter is a borough in the Greater Pittston area of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, about west of Scranton. The borough is in the middle of a fertile agricultural area, and some lumber and coal-mining had been carried out early on. In 1900, the population consisted of 1,948 persons; in 1910, 3,537...

  • Foster Township
    Foster Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
    Foster Township is a township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,323 at the 2000 census. It was first settled in 1824 by John Lines and incorporated as a township in 1855.-Geography:...

  • Freeland
    Freeland, Pennsylvania
    Freeland, originally called Birbeckville after founder Joseph Birkbeck, then South Heberton, is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, south of Wilkes-Barre, and 10 miles northeast of Hazleton in an agricultural region. Freeland was officially incorporated as a borough on September 11, 1876....

  • Hanover Township
    Hanover Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
    Hanover Township is a township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 11,488 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which of it is land and is water. The Susquehanna River drains it and...

  • Hazle Township
    Hazle Township, Pennsylvania
    Hazle Township is a township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 9,000 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water. It is drained by the Susquehanna River...

  • Hazleton
    Hazleton, Pennsylvania
    Hazleton is a city in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 25,340 at the 2010 census, an increase of 8.6% from the 2000 census count .-Greater Hazleton:...

  • Hughestown
    Hughestown, Pennsylvania
    Hughestown is a borough in the Greater Pittston area of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,541 at the 2000 census....

  • Jeddo
    Jeddo, Pennsylvania
    Jeddo is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 98 at the 2010 census. It was named after a Japanese port to which coal was exported by the Hazleton Coal Company.-Geography:Jeddo is located at ....

  • Jenkins Township
    Jenkins Township, Pennsylvania
    Jenkins Township is a township within the Greater Pittston area of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,584 at the 2000 census. The township is adjacent to the small city of Pittston...

  • Laflin
    Laflin, Pennsylvania
    Laflin is a borough in the Greater Pittston area of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,502 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Laflin is located at ....

  • Larksville
    Larksville, Pennsylvania
    Larksville is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, two miles west of Wilkes Barre on the Susquehanna River, running through US-Route 11. In 1910, 9,288 people lived here, and in 1940, 8,467 people lived here...

  • Laurel Run
    Laurel Run, Pennsylvania
    Laurel Run is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 723 at the 2000 census.Laurel Run is the site of a mine fire which started in 1915...

  • Luzerne
    Luzerne, Pennsylvania
    Luzerne is a borough located five miles north of Wilkes Barre in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania near the Susquehanna River. In the early years of the twentieth century, it had coal mines, a foundry, drill factories, flour and feed mills, canning factory, silk mill, etc. In 1900, 3,817 people lived...

  • Nanticoke
    Nanticoke, Pennsylvania
    Nanticoke is a city in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 10,465 at the 2010 census.-History:The name Nanticoke was derived from Nantego, the Indian tidewater people who moved here when their Maryland lands were spoiled for hunting by the colonial settlement in...

  • Newport Township
    Newport Township, Pennsylvania
    Newport Township is a township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 5,006 at the 2000 census.It consists of 6 towns: Alden Station, Sheatown, Newport Center, Glen Lyon, Wanamie and Lee.-Geography:...

  • Pittston
    Pittston, Pennsylvania
    Pittston is a city in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States, between Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. It gained prominence in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as an active anthracite coal mining city, drawing a large portion of its labor force from European immigrants. The population was...

  • Pittston Township
    Pittston Township, Pennsylvania
    Pittston Township is a township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The township is located within the Greater Pittston metro area. The population was 3,450 at the 2000 census. The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport is located in Pittston Township.-History:Pittston Township was...

  • Plains Township
    Plains Township, Pennsylvania
    Plains Township is a township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania in the greater metropolitan area of the city of Wilkes-Barre. The population was 10,906 at the 2000 census. Plains Township is the location of Pennsylvania's first casino, Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs...

  • Plymouth
    Plymouth, Pennsylvania
    Plymouth is an incorporated borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States 4 miles west of Wilkes Barre, on the Susquehanna River. Prior to its incorporation in 1866, it was part of Plymouth Township, established in 1769 by the Susquehanna Company and claimed by Connecticut based on...

  • Plymouth Township
    Plymouth Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
    Plymouth Township is located in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,097 at the 2000 census.-History:On September 6, 1869, a mine fire killed 110 people in Avondale, an unincorporated community in Plymouth Township....

  • Sugar Notch
    Sugar Notch, Pennsylvania
    Sugar Notch is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,023 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Sugar Notch is located at ....

  • Swoyersville
    Swoyersville, Pennsylvania
    Swoyersville is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 5,157 at the 2000 census. Swoyersville is located within the Wyoming Valley West School District.-History:...

  • Warrior Run
    Warrior Run, Pennsylvania
    Warrior Run is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 624 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Warrior Run is located at ....

  • West Hazleton
    West Hazleton, Pennsylvania
    West Hazleton, founded by Conrad Horn, is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, south of Wilkes Barre. In 1900, 2,516 people lived here; in 1910, 4,715 people lived here. The population was 4,594 at the 2010 census...

  • West Pittston
    West Pittston, Pennsylvania
    West Pittston is a borough in the Greater Pittston area of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, on the Susquehanna River opposite Pittston. The town once produced mine screens, cut glass, crackers, and knit and silk goods.-Geography:...

  • West Wyoming
    West Wyoming, Pennsylvania
    West Wyoming is a borough within Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,833 at the 2000 census.-Geography:West Wyoming is located at ....

  • Wilkes-Barre
    Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
    Wilkes-Barre is a city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, the county seat of Luzerne County. It is at the center of the Wyoming Valley area and is one of the principal cities in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area, which had a population of 563,631 as of the 2010 Census...

  • Wilkes-Barre Township
    Wilkes-Barre Township, Pennsylvania
    Wilkes-Barre Township is a township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,235 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Wilkes-Barre Township is located at ....

  • Wyoming
    Wyoming, Pennsylvania
    Wyoming is a borough in the Greater Pittston area of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States five miles north of Wilkes Barre, on the Susquehanna River. Formerly, coal mining was the chief industry. In 1900, 1,909 people resided in Wyoming. There were 3,010 residents in 1910...

  • Yatesville
    Yatesville, Pennsylvania
    Yatesville is a borough within the Greater Pittston area of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 649 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Yatesville is located at ....



Monroe County
Monroe County, Pennsylvania
-National protected areas:* Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area * Middle Delaware National Scenic River -Demographics:As of the census of 2010, there are 176,567 people, 49,454 households, and 36,447 families residing in the county. The population density was 228 people per square mile...

  • Pocono Township
    Pocono Township, Pennsylvania
    Pocono Township is a township in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States. Township government is located in the village of Tannersville, Pennsylvania, near the site of the popular Camelback Water Beach & Ski Area, which is located in Pocono and the adjacent Jackson Township. The top of the ski...

  • Tobyhanna Township
    Tobyhanna Township, Pennsylvania
    Tobyhanna Township is a township in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 6,152 at the 2000 census. Tobyhanna Township has Tobyhanna Elementary Center and Locust Lake Village.-Geography:...


Senators since 1969

Representative Party Years District home Note
Martin L. Murray
Martin L. Murray
Martin L. Murray is a former Democratic member of the Pennsylvania State Senate who served from 1957 to 1964, and from 1969 to 1982. He served as President Pro Tempore of the Senate from 1971 through 1980. He also served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.-References:...

 
Democrat
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

1969 – 1982 Did not seek re-election
Raphael J. Musto
Raphael J. Musto
Raphael John Musto, usually known as Ray Musto is a Democratic politician, and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. He later served in the Pennsylvania Senate from 1982 until his retirement in 2010....

 
Democrat
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

1983 – 2010 Did not seek re-election
John T. Yudichak  Democrat
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

2011 – present Incumbent
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