2 candidates are tracked for Pennsylvania Senate District 38 on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Lindsey Williams and Thomas West. Candidate information follows official Allegheny County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Lindsey Williams (Democratic), Thomas West (Republican) meet on the November 3 ballot; Lindsey Williams is the sitting member, per the General Assembly's roster. Lindsey Williams was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Thomas West was unopposed in the Republican primary. Pennsylvania nominates by plurality (no runoffs); unopposed nominees still print. The field is the Department of State's official May 19 primary returns (electionreturns.pa.gov) with the Department's post-primary withdrawal listing; independent and minor-party candidates who filed nomination papers are added when the Department of State posts the certified general-election list. This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot.
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This race. Elected by district: only voters who live in the district see this race on their ballot. The sitting officeholder, Lindsey Williams, is on the ballot.
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Democratic Incumbent
Lindsey Williams is the Democratic state senator for Senate District 38 in Allegheny County. A former whistleblower-protection and labor advocate, she is minority chair of the Senate Education Committee, per her official Pennsylvania Senate biography. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.
Republican
Per the campaign site.
Thomas West is the Republican nominee for Pennsylvania Senate District 38, per his campaign website. He is a Highland Park small-business owner who has run TRIM Pittsburgh for more than a decade and previously worked 15 years as a television news producer, per his campaign site.
Who is running for Pennsylvania Senate District 38 in 2026?
2 candidates are tracked for Pennsylvania Senate District 38 on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Lindsey Williams and Thomas West. Candidate information follows official Allegheny County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
When is the Pennsylvania Senate District 38 election in Pennsylvania?
Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Registration deadlines, early voting dates and mail ballot rules for Pennsylvania are on the Pennsylvania election hub at theballotbrief.com.
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