This is the 1990 race. The latest: 2026 →

1990Final results

1990 election for Pennsylvania Senate District 16

Pennsylvania State Senate · Pennsylvania

Roy C. Afflerbach (D) won with 70.2% of the vote, defeating Tom Ritter (R) by 40.4 points.

Roy C. AfflerbachDemocrat · winner · incumbent
70.2%39,811
Tom RitterRepublican
29.8%16,915
56,726 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+2.11978R+0.31982D+6.61986D+40.41990D+3.71994R+18.91998

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