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1996Final results

1996 election for Pennsylvania House District 131

Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Pennsylvania

Pat Browne (R) won with 52.1% of the vote, defeating Kurt J. Derr (D) by 4.3 points.

Pat BrowneRepublican · winner · incumbent
52.1%8,104
Kurt J. DerrDemocrat
47.9%7,440
15,544 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 1996

Races before and after

EvenD+7.91990D+24.91992R+6.71994R+4.31996R+28.11998R+18.02000

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