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1996 election for Pennsylvania House District 5

Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Pennsylvania

Tracy Seyfert (D) won with 52.4% of the vote, defeating Bill Knupp (R) by 4.8 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

Tracy SeyfertDemocrat · winner
52.4%11,601
Bill KnuppRepublican
47.6%10,547
22,148 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

EvenR+12.01988R+32.41990R+38.71994D+4.81996R+36.92000R+42.62004

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