Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 72 explained

The 72nd Pennsylvania House of Representatives District is located in west central Pennsylvania and has been represented by Frank Burns since 2009.

Despite having a state representative from the Democratic Party, the county that the district is in voted for Republican Donald Trump by nearly 40 percentage points in the concurrent 2024 presidential election.^[1]

District profile

The 72nd District is located in Cambria County and includes the following areas:^[2]

• Blacklick Township
• Brownstown
• Cambria Township
• Conemaugh Township
• Croyle Township
• Daisytown
• Dale
• East Conemaugh
• East Taylor Township
• Ebensburg
• Ehrenfeld
• Franklin
• Jackson Township
• Johnstown
• Lorain
• Lower Yoder Township
• Middle Taylor Township
• Nanty Glo
• Southmont
• Summerhill
• Upper Yoder Township
• Vintondale
• West Taylor Township
• Westmont

Representatives

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Note
Prior to 1969, seats were apportioned by county.
		Elected to represent district in 1968		Died shortly after election to seat in 1968.
		1969  - 1974		Elected 20 May 1969 to fill vacancy.[3] Elected to Congress[4]
		1974  - 1976			Elected 21 May 1974.[5]
	Democrat	1977  - 1987		vacated seat in 1987.[6]
	Democrat	1987  - 1992		Elected November 1987 to fill vacancy[7]
	Democrat	1993  - 2008
		2009  - present	East Taylor Township	Incumbent

References

• Web site: Cox. Harold. Legislatures - 1776-2004. Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University. 2004.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Caruso . Stephen . Meyer . Katie . Meet the PA Democrat winning in Trump country . Spotlight PA . en-us . 11 November 2024.
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20220607225915/https://www.vote.pa.gov/Pages/Pennsylvania-Redistricting-House-of-Representative.aspx/ 2022 PA House of Representatives District maps
3. Web site: Cox . Harold . Pennsylvania House of Representatives - 1969-1970. Wilkes University . Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. November 3, 2004.
4. Web site: Cox . Harold . Pennsylvania House of Representatives - 1973-1974. Wilkes University . Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. November 3, 2004.
5. Web site: Cox . Harold . Pennsylvania House of Representatives - 1973-1974. Wilkes University . Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. November 3, 2004.
6. Web site: Cox . Harold . Pennsylvania House of Representatives - 1987-1988. Wilkes University . Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. November 3, 2004 .
7. Web site: Cox . Harold . Pennsylvania House of Representatives - 1987-1988. Wilkes University . Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. November 3, 2004 .