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1990 election for Pennsylvania Senate District 28

Pennsylvania State Senate · Pennsylvania

Michael E. Bortner (D) won with 54.9% of the vote, defeating Donald W. Dorr (R) by 9.9 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

Michael E. BortnerDemocrat · winner
54.9%32,073
Donald W. DorrRepublican
45.1%26,320
58,393 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+38.11978R+33.21982D+9.91990R+15.41994R+27.21998R+35.92006

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