1988Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1988 election for Pennsylvania House District 4
Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Pennsylvania
Tom Scrimenti (D) won with 50.9% of the vote, defeating Harry E. Bowser (R) by 1.8 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Tom ScrimentiDemocrat · winner
50.9%10,492
Harry E. BowserRepublican · incumbent
49.1%10,113
20,605 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1988
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET