1992Final results

1992 election for Pennsylvania Senate District 21

Pennsylvania State Senate · Pennsylvania

Tim Shaffer (R) won with 69.3% of the vote, defeating Rich Bartchy (D) by 38.6 points.

Tim ShafferRepublican · winner · incumbent
69.3%62,628
Rich BartchyDemocrat
30.7%27,734
90,362 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

EvenR+2.01980R+25.01984R+40.41988R+38.61992R+20.11996R+37.72004

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