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1992 Pennsylvania U.S. House District 20 Election

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Who won the 1992 Pennsylvania U.S. House District 20 Election?

Austin J. Murphy won the 1992 Pennsylvania U.S. House District 20 Election. Austin J. Murphy received 114,898 popular votes (50.73%). The main challenger was Bill Townsend (49.27%).

See the full head-to-head between Murphy and Townsend

Murphy +1.5 pts · won by 3,307 votes
Austin J. MurphyDemocraticWINNER50.73%
114,898 votes
Bill TownsendRepublican49.27%
111,591 votes
Popular-vote totals for U.S. House elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).

Data last verified July 28, 2026.