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1990Final results

1990 election for Pennsylvania House District 85

Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Pennsylvania

Russ Fairchild (R) won with 76.3% of the vote, defeating Manning A. Smith (D) by 52.7 points.

Russ FairchildRepublican · winner · incumbent
76.3%9,910
23.7%3,070
12,980 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

EvenD+26.11984D+36.91986R+23.91988R+52.71990R+51.91992R+36.02006

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