1990Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1990 election for Pennsylvania Senate District 40
Pennsylvania State Senate · Pennsylvania
Melissa Hart (R) won with 51.2% of the vote, defeating John W. Regoli (D) by 2.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Melissa HartRepublican · winner
51.2%34,783
John W. RegoliDemocrat · incumbent
48.8%33,113
67,896 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET