2 candidates are tracked for Pennsylvania Senate District 44 on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Katie Muth and Melissa Dicranian. Candidate information follows official Montgomery County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Katie Muth (Democratic), Melissa Dicranian (Republican) meet on the November 3 ballot; Katie Muth is the sitting member, per the General Assembly's roster. Katie Muth was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Melissa Dicranian 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, Katie Muth, is on the ballot.
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Katie J. Muth is the Democratic state senator for Senate District 44, representing parts of Berks, Chester, and Montgomery counties, per the Pennsylvania General Assembly's website. She is the Democratic minority chair of the Senate Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee and also serves on the Finance and State Government committees, per her legislative profile. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.
Top priorities
Per the campaign site.
Dicranian is an architectural designer who has designed corporate offices, schools, churches and historic buildings in Boston and South Carolina, and now runs a small business on her family farm, per the campaign site. She comes from an entrepreneurial family, chairs Charlestown Township's Historic Commission, and serves on the PA Farm Bureau Legislative Committee, per the campaign site.
Who is running for Pennsylvania Senate District 44 in 2026?
2 candidates are tracked for Pennsylvania Senate District 44 on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Katie Muth and Melissa Dicranian. Candidate information follows official Montgomery County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
When is the Pennsylvania Senate District 44 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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