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2012Final results

2012 election for Pennsylvania House District 51

Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Pennsylvania

Tim Mahoney (D) won with 63.4% of the vote, defeating Gary Gearing (R) by 26.7 points.

Tim MahoneyDemocrat · winner · incumbent
63.4%12,799
Gary GearingRepublican
36.6%7,400
20,199 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 2012

Races before and after

EvenD+26.02002D+18.42004D+23.62006D+26.72012R+6.12016R+10.92018

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