Senator David Argall

After spending the past 24 years in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, it's going to take time to get used to David Argall as a member of the Pennsylvania Senate.

Argall was sworn in today to a four-year term to replace Sen. James Rhoades, who was killed in a car crash last October. Rhoades' name remained on the November ballot and he won re-election posthumously.

Argall won a special election to represent the 29th Senatorial District, which includes all of of Schuylkill and parts of Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe and Northampton counties.

Argall rose to the No. 2 position in the House Republican Caucus.

He's now the most junior member of the Senate, but his arrival gives the Republicans a 30-20 majority in the 50-member chamber. Argall will be given some plum committee assignments.

His Senate bio has already been posted, but Argall must be posing for a new photograph since the site is missing one.

A special election for Argall's vacated House seat in the 124th District will be held on May 19, which is the same day as the primary election in Pennsylvania.