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1996Final results

1996 election for Pennsylvania Senate District 11

Pennsylvania State Senate · Pennsylvania

Michael A. Opake (D) won with 72.9% of the vote, defeating Scott C. Carbon (R) by 45.8 points.

Michael A. OpakeDemocrat · winner · incumbent
72.9%58,108
Scott C. CarbonRepublican
27.1%21,602
79,710 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+21.11980D+37.11984D+37.51992D+45.81996D+41.82004D+42.52008

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