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Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 72

American legislative district

Field	Value
state	Pennsylvania
district	72
chamber	House of Representatives
representative	Frank Burns
party	Democratic
residence	East Taylor Township
population	64,105
population_year	2022

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.

District profile

The 72nd District is located in Cambria County and includes the following areas:

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.
Edward McNally	Democrat	Elected to represent district in 1968		Died shortly after election to seat in 1968.
John Murtha	Democrat	1969 – 1974		Elected 20 May 1969 to fill vacancy.
Elected to Congress
James O. Whelan, Jr.	Republican	1974 – 1976			Elected 21 May 1974.
William J. Stewart	Democrat	1977 – 1987		vacated seat in 1987.
Andrew Billow, Jr.	Democrat	1987 – 1992		Elected November 1987 to fill vacancy
Thomas F. Yewcic	Democrat	1993 – 2008	Conemaugh Township
Frank Burns	Democrat	2009 – present	East Taylor Township	Incumbent

Recent election results

References

(11 November 2024). "Meet the PA Democrat winning in Trump country".
[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]
Cox, Harold. (November 3, 2004). "Pennsylvania House of Representatives - 1969-1970". Wilkes University.
Cox, Harold. (November 3, 2004). "Pennsylvania House of Representatives - 1973-1974". Wilkes University.
Cox, Harold. (November 3, 2004). "Pennsylvania House of Representatives - 1973-1974". Wilkes University.
Cox, Harold. (November 3, 2004). "Pennsylvania House of Representatives - 1987-1988". Wilkes University.
Cox, Harold. (November 3, 2004). "Pennsylvania House of Representatives - 1987-1988". Wilkes University.

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