1992Final results

1992 election for Pennsylvania Senate District 39

Pennsylvania State Senate · Pennsylvania

Gene Porterfield (D) won with 55.9% of the vote, defeating Michael C. Smith (R) by 11.9 points.

Gene PorterfieldDemocrat · winner · incumbent
55.9%50,624
44.1%39,883
90,507 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+12.61980D+21.01984D+19.51988D+11.91992D+21.91996D+15.22000

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