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2012Final results

2012 election for Pennsylvania House District 9

Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Pennsylvania

Chris Sainato (D) won with 58.1% of the vote, defeating Jason T. Murtha (R) by 16.2 points.

Chris SainatoDemocrat · winner · incumbent
58.1%13,791
Jason T. MurthaRepublican
41.9%9,941
23,732 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+11.61992D+15.31994D+36.52000D+16.22012D+33.72014D+13.72018

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