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Elder Vogel
Republican Party
Pennsylvania State Senate District 47
Tenure
2008 - Present
Term ends
2028
Years in position
17
Compensation
Base salary
$110,015.54/year
Per diem
$198/day
Elections and appointments
Last election
November 5, 2024
Personal
Profession
Manager/Dairy Farmer, Junell Farms
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Elder Vogel (Republican Party) is a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, representing District 47. He assumed office on December 1, 2008. His current term ends on November 30, 2028.

Vogel (Republican Party, Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Pennsylvania State Senate to represent District 47. Vogel (Republican Party) won in the general election on November 5, 2024. He lost as a write-in in the Democratic primary on April 23, 2024. He advanced from the Republican primary on April 23, 2024.

Biography

Vogel's professional experience includes owning and managing Junell Farms, a dairy farm. Vogel began serving as a township supervisor for New Sewickley Township in 1997.

Committee assignments

2025-2026

Vogel was assigned to the following committees:

2023-2024

Vogel was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Vogel was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Vogel was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Pennsylvania committee assignments, 2017
• Agriculture & Rural Affairs, Chair
• Appropriations
• Banking & Insurance
• Communications & Technology
• Environmental Resources & Energy
• Labor & Industry

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Vogel served on the following committees:

2013-2014

In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Vogel served on the following committees:

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Vogel served on these committees:

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Vogel served on these committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

Elections

2024

See also: Pennsylvania State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for Pennsylvania State Senate District 47

Incumbent Elder Vogel defeated Kate Lennen in the general election for Pennsylvania State Senate District 47 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Elder Vogel
Elder Vogel (R)
 
63.7
 
96,879
Image of Kate Lennen
Kate Lennen (D)
 
36.2
 
54,987
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
210

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2

Total votes: 152,076
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 47

Kate Lennen defeated incumbent Elder Vogel in the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 47 on April 23, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Kate Lennen
Kate Lennen (Write-in)
 
46.4
 
2,282
Image of Elder Vogel
Elder Vogel (Write-in)
 
31.5
 
1,547
 Other/Write-in votes
 
22.1
 
1,086

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 4,915
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 47

Incumbent Elder Vogel advanced from the Republican primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 47 on April 23, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Elder Vogel
Elder Vogel
 
98.9
 
20,285
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.1
 
220

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 20,505
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Campaign finance

Endorsements

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2020

See also: Pennsylvania State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for Pennsylvania State Senate District 47

Incumbent Elder Vogel defeated Stephen Krizan III in the general election for Pennsylvania State Senate District 47 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Elder Vogel
Elder Vogel (R)
 
66.5
 
88,419
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Stephen Krizan III (D)
 
33.5
 
44,595

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 133,014
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 47

Stephen Krizan III advanced from the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 47 on June 2, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Stephen Krizan III
 
100.0
 
24,870

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 24,870
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 47

Incumbent Elder Vogel advanced from the Republican primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 47 on June 2, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Elder Vogel
Elder Vogel
 
100.0
 
23,715

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 23,715
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Campaign finance

2016

See also: Pennsylvania State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the Pennsylvania State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election was held on April 26, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was February 16, 2016.

Incumbent Elder Vogel ran unopposed in the Pennsylvania State Senate District 47 general election.[1][2]

Pennsylvania State Senate District 47, General Election, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Elder Vogel Incumbent (unopposed)
Source: Pennsylvania Department of State



Incumbent Elder Vogel ran unopposed in the Pennsylvania State Senate District 47 Republican primary.[3][4]

Pennsylvania State Senate District 47, Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Elder Vogel Incumbent (unopposed)


2012

See also: Pennsylvania State Senate elections, 2012

Vogel ran in the 2012 election for Pennsylvania Senate District 47. Vogel ran unchallenged in the Republican primary on April 24 and defeated Kimberly Villella (D) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012. [5][6]

Pennsylvania State Senate, District 47, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngElder Vogel Incumbent 57.1% 57,613
     Democratic Kimberly Villella 42.9% 43,348
Total Votes 100,961

2008

See also: Pennsylvania State Senate elections, 2008

On November 4, 2008, Vogel was elected to District 47 of the Pennsylvania State Senate.[7]

Vogel raised $1,339,151 for this campaign.[8]

Pennsylvania State Senate District 47
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png VOGEL, ELDER JR. (R) 60,047
PETRELLA, JASON M. (D) 45,857

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2020

Elder Vogel did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

Note: The finance data shown here comes from the disclosures required of candidates and parties. Depending on the election or state, this may represent only a portion of all the funds spent on their behalf. Satellite spending groups may or may not have expended funds related to the candidate or politician on whose page you are reading this disclaimer. Campaign finance data from elections may be incomplete. For elections to federal offices, complete data can be found at the FEC website. Click here for more on federal campaign finance law and here for more on state campaign finance law.

Elder Vogel campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024Pennsylvania State Senate District 47Won general$243,638 $321,871
2020Pennsylvania State Senate District 47Won general$401,069 N/A**
2016Pennsylvania State Senate, District 47Won $342,727 N/A**
2012Pennsylvania State Senate, District 47Won $1,075,023 N/A**
2008Pennsylvania State Senate, District 47Won $1,339,151 N/A**
Grand total$3,401,607 $321,871
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Election Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Personal

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Elder is single and resides in Rochester, Pennsylvania.

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Pennsylvania Voter Services, "Candidate listing," accessed August 31, 2016
    2. ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "November 8, 2016, official election results," accessed May 17, 2017
    3. ↑ Pennsylvania Secretary of State, "Election Information," accessed February 18, 2016
    4. ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "2016 Presidential Primary," accessed August 2, 2016
    5. ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "2012 General Primary," accessed March 11, 2014
    6. ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "2012 General Election," accessed March 11, 2014
    7. ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "2008 General Election," accessed March 11, 2014
    8. ↑ Follow the Money, "2008 campaign contributors," accessed May 15, 2014

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