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1990 election for Pennsylvania House District 12

Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Pennsylvania

Pat Carone (D) won with 53.8% of the vote, defeating James M. Burd (R) by 10.2 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

Pat CaroneDemocrat · winner
53.8%8,867
James M. BurdRepublican · incumbent
43.6%7,181
2.6%426
16,474 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 1990

Races before and after

EvenR+22.01984R+30.11986R+37.11988D+10.21990D+18.41992R+40.21994

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The candidates

Pat Carone (D)James M. Burd (R)

Also on the ballot: Erich L. Kaltenhauser (Other party), 2.6%