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1996Final results

1996 election for Pennsylvania Senate District 45

Pennsylvania State Senate · Pennsylvania

Albert V. Belan (D) won with 63.8% of the vote, defeating Dick Reid (R) by 27.7 points.

Albert V. BelanDemocrat · winner · incumbent
63.8%53,518
Dick ReidRepublican
36.2%30,322
83,840 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+24.71976D+46.21980D+27.71996D+22.22000D+0.12020D+6.22024

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