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1992Final results

1992 election for Pennsylvania House District 159

Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Pennsylvania

Thaddeus Kirkland (D) won with 56.4% of the vote, defeating John W. Taylor (R) by 12.8 points.

Thaddeus KirklandDemocrat · winner
56.4%9,565
John W. TaylorRepublican
43.6%7,401
16,966 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 1992

Races before and after

EvenD+12.81992D+20.21994D+41.11996

Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

The candidates

Thaddeus Kirkland (D)John W. Taylor (R)